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Mac's True Nature (spoilers for BG)
Avernite:
--- Quote from: Wicked Woodpecker of West on November 06, 2020, 09:39:45 PM ---The main argument against it is - I think fact that Mab lists Rapahel as one of active archangels.
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Maybe Mac was just on vacation for a century, and Harry and the placard reminded him holiday was over. Mab would consider a century of vacation 'active' ;)
Mira:
--- Quote from: Wicked Woodpecker of West on November 06, 2020, 09:39:45 PM ---The main argument against it is - I think fact that Mab lists Rapahel as one of active archangels.
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Yup, and isn't he the archangel that helps with Michael's safe room?
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Wicked Woodpecker of West on November 06, 2020, 09:39:45 PM ---The main argument against it is - I think fact that Mab lists Rapahel as one of active archangels.
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She says "the Demon Binder takes tasks upon his own shoulders and solves his problems with his own hands."
The theory is that Raphael gave his Grace to Merlin, who created Demonreach across space and time and dimensions, and Merlin then put the Grace into a vessel later named Alfred, leaving Raphael in the transubstantiated form of Mac, who made his choice and only watches now as Alfred fulfills the role of Demon Binder.
Wicked Woodpecker of West:
--- Quote ---The theory is that Raphael gave his Grace to Merlin, who created Demonreach across space and time and dimensions, and Merlin then put the Grace into a vessel later named Alfred, leaving Raphael in the transubstantiated form of Mac, who made his choice and only watches now as Alfred fulfills the role of Demon Binder.
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This is extremely stretching things out I must say.
Such playing with reality should send Rafael to Hell, not to Irish Pub :P
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Wicked Woodpecker of West on November 07, 2020, 12:50:48 AM ---This is extremely stretching things out I must say.
Such playing with reality should send Rafael to Hell, not to Irish Pub :P
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What do you mean? Raphael is really only known for a couple things. The big one is, at the command of TWG, creating an earthly prison to hold Azazel until the end of days. That fits pretty well with Demonreach.
The other things he's known for are more mundane, with him helping humans bind a demon and heal illness using things that might be interpreted as spells and potions. If these were done post-transubstantiation, it would fit with the WoJ that Mac has never done anything other mortals couldn't do (paraphrased).
The hangups are A) a necessary interpretation of Mab's meaning, and B) Lash's identification of the protection spells being the work of 'Raphael or one of his lieutenants'. I think the former is possible because Mab would totally be the type to care more about the mantle than the bearer, and the latter is explainable as it being a lieutenant did it, or Mac did it, or Lash including Raphael as a possible source because she doesn't know his status (which would have been post-Fall).
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