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Mac's True Nature (spoilers for BG)
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on November 04, 2020, 06:25:48 AM ---It is risk and involvement and it might draw the attention of those you want to avoid. He has to look at the long term consequences.
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Yes, and it is one thing to declare the bar neutral territory, all are welcome to enter the bar, saints, sinners, wizards, quacks, fae, and even Outsiders. Of course they are supposed to play nice and abide by the rules of hospitality etc.. Not unlike Switzerland during WWI and WWII. As defined;
--- Quote ---Despite the apparent precision of these legal terms, neutrality for Switzerland during World War II, as well as for the other continental European countries that claimed neutral status during that period -- Portugal, Sweden, Spain, and the Vatican -- can best be summed up by the phrase, self-interested noncombatant.
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However when Mac smeared his blood on the Placard, it was an oath that the bad guys would have to go through him if they wanted in the bar. He became an interested combatant, whether he ever stuck a blow or not, he had taken a side.
Telynn:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 04, 2020, 06:41:25 AM ---Yes, and it is one thing to declare the bar neutral territory, all are welcome to enter the bar, saints, sinners, wizards, quacks, fae, and even Outsiders. Of course they are supposed to play nice and abide by the rules of hospitality etc.. Not unlike Switzerland during WWI and WWII. As defined;
However when Mac smeared his blood on the Placard, it was an oath that the bad guys would have to go through him if they wanted in the bar. He became an interested combatant, whether he ever stuck a blow or not, he had taken a side.
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And that would be the question, in how the placard works. How does it determine who is the 'bad guy'. Would Mac be in control of who the protection works for, he decides who is the 'bad guy'? Or does it protect anyone within the threshold from anyone who wants to harm them? If it is the former, Mac would be taking a side. If it is the latter, then he isn't taking a side, just putting his life on the line to protect whomever is in the bar. Be interesting to see how it plays out in later books.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Telynn on November 04, 2020, 06:28:02 PM ---And that would be the question, in how the placard works. How does it determine who is the 'bad guy'. Would Mac be in control of who the protection works for, he decides who is the 'bad guy'? Or does it protect anyone within the threshold from anyone who wants to harm them? If it is the former, Mac would be taking a side. If it is the latter, then he isn't taking a side, just putting his life on the line to protect whomever is in the bar. Be interesting to see how it plays out in later books.
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But how can he judge who is the bad guy if it is neutral territory?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 04, 2020, 08:52:23 PM ---But how can he judge who is the bad guy if it is neutral territory?
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The one who disturbs the peace in your neutral territory.
Telynn:
--- Quote from: Arjan on November 04, 2020, 08:57:47 PM ---The one who disturbs the peace in your neutral territory.
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Which would mean he isn't taking sides. If the protection is for anyone in the bar, from anyone who would harm them.
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