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Mac's True Nature (spoilers for BG)
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 31, 2020, 05:00:41 AM ---Of course it is, just like yours..
Lots of blood is associated with the Crucifixion, from the whipping, from the Crown of Thorns, from the nails in Jesus's wrists and feet, from the spear piercing His side. I think the smear of blood on the back of the Placard is tied to that somehow, pledge to sacrifice one's self maybe.
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And in the end it is a human sacrifice but I do not think Mac would go that far and he knows more about it than Harry does.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on October 31, 2020, 05:52:39 AM ---In that particular aspect, I disagree. Blood has been used to activate spells and artifacts, from circles to the Demonreach pokeballs, all around the Dresdenverse. That is, regardless of its rapport to Christ or christianity in general.
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True, but one would think more so in this case.. The Blood of Christ takes center stage from the Last Supper through to the Crucifixion, those events are the origins of the artifacts.
--- Quote ---And in the end it is a human sacrifice but I do not think Mac would go that far and he knows more about it than Harry does.
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But that was his pledge when he smeared his blood on the Placard wasn't it? We still don't know what if anything the Placard does. Harry said, now if the bad guys wanted in they'd have to go through Mac. Well, wasn't that the case before he pulled out the Placard? Did it make the bar door a super threshold? It never sent out power vibes like the Spear did. When Murphy asked Harry what it was, he said it was the sign above Christ's head on the Cross, and that it stood for intercession. Looked that word up and it had a lot to do with asking God or some deity for aid. Which for Mac, as an exiled angel playing strictly neutral might not be that easy, unless at last he has decided to take a stand and a side for humanity's sake.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Arjan on October 31, 2020, 04:48:40 AM ---Is opinion the right word here?
Hypothesis. As soon as it is testable and you can draw testable conclusions from it it becomes a theory. If it is confirmed sufficiently it becomes in practice a fact.
You doubt the validity of her hypothesis. In your opinion....
Proposed facts can be true, false or just unconfirmed. Opinion is more like a value attribute.
I would say your interpretation. Or maybe your, in my opinion, wrong or insufficiently supported, conclusions.
Opinions and facts are not interchangeable.
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That's your opinion. 8)
Mira:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on October 31, 2020, 05:10:06 PM ---That's your opinion. 8)
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Yup, we all have an opinion and like to express it, that's why we are here! ;)
Lehane:
--- Quote from: Dina on October 28, 2020, 07:20:57 AM ---
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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Off topic but I do wonder why the Real Shroud of Turin hasn't been used to either heal Helen Bickett's daughter (aka Persephone) or Murphy. Although honestly it is Persephone that has me wondering more cause Murphy likely declined if offered.
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