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Mac's True Nature (spoilers for BG)

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Dina:
I don't really understand that Mac was supposed to ask for help. I see it more banal, if he fells the bar fells.

--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on October 27, 2020, 10:44:51 PM ---That's not my interpretation of the scene. My interpretation is that the plaque paints a target on the person who's blood is on it. The protection offered by the plaque is connected to Mac, so any attack would come at him. 

That's a huge difference from helping defend. If the plaque had been present in the Cold Days attack, then rather than Before breaking the threshold of the place and attacking all three there, he would have had to have gone through Mac and killed him.

It's putting a huge, inescapable target on his back.  It makes a huge difference in regards to strategy.  It makes him the Tank. And if he isn't strong enough, he'll wind up dead.

And as for his reaction, his unease wasn't just putting his blood on it, if it was that at all. It was that Harry had deduced what he was. 

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What do you mean? That any attack will be redirected to him or that the attackers would actively search for him? Because I think it's the latter (and in fact, some attackers may not know how the protection is working). And then, Mac may be clever in choosing to hide (or better, blur in the background) better than actively tanking.
Also, I disagree with your interpretation about his unease. He specifically sighted before smearing his blood. I don't know exactly why. Perhaps it is because, as Mira says, he was choosing a side. Or perhaps is because he had too much devotion for the placard, perhaps he didn't feel worthy of doing that. I am not sure.
And I still don't know who told Harry all that about the pieces but I want to know what all of them (including the Grial) do in the Dresdenverse.

Mira:

--- Quote ---And I still don't know who told Harry all that about the pieces but I want to know what all of them (including the Grial) do in the Dresdenverse.
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Yeah, that remains a mystery, it could be that Alfred knows just what the artifacts can do. 

Feral Plum:
Such angels taught men. Wanna bet Mac taught brewing? I am convinced he is also Ethniu's ex, the father of Lug(h), the Celtic sun god. Such blood lines are known for giantism. You mentioned Goliath.

Watchers watch something. And they must report. I think of Mac as a spy or an investigator. He showed up in Chicago just before Harry.
If Mac is investigating, his appearance may be unrelated to Dresden, and related to the appearance of Nemesis and the odd occurrences which started the Dresden Files when they did and not before.
If he is watching, well, there is something that brought him there. 6'9" isn't unheard of, but it is odd for someone who's grandfather is 5'8" and who's father is not described as tall. Maggie Le Fey is 6' even. 5'10'' is the 99th percentile for women by my charts. [Butcher knows these charts: Ivy referred the her height percentile for her age.] I wonder if giantism run's in Harry's family, either from Ebenezer's wife or Malcolm's side. If Mac as a 'tripped' angel lusted after women, he may have a very personal reason for watching Dresden.

Telynn:
I took it to mean that the bar has super protection, everyone in it will be safe, as long as Mac is alive.  Which puts a huge target on his back.  I didn't really take it to mean Mac himself will be forced to become super fighter to protect others.  But he will be put in a position to fight to save his own life, if someone wants someone else in the bar dead.

Bad Alias:

--- Quote from: Snark Knight on October 27, 2020, 11:11:17 PM ---I thought the one about Lasciel's offense was more trying to convince both sides she was loyal to them and play them against each other for her own ends, not just honestly standing aside.

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It could have been, and, yes, that's not just standing aside.

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