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Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Dina on December 09, 2020, 06:01:49 PM ---Lamar is alive, he is mentioned after the battle. And as Mac's was fine, I don't think Brock died.
And after the cliché comment, I think Rawlins survived.
Yes, it is true that is important.
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Of course Rawlins survived, and due to a shortage of officers, his retirement has now been delayed indefinitely, he has been put back in uniform (which doesn’t fit anymore) and he is now being partnered by a Rookie advanced because of the same shortage of officers, and whilst the best doughnut place in Chicago was destroyed by the Eye of Balor, his ex-wives (and all their lawyers) all somehow survived without harm. He now has a MASSIVE personal grudge against Ethnui.
Frankly, he would have welcomed a nice clean death.
bigdangmoose:
Steering this back to the topic of Thomas, the way he was talking about having kids, his family history, and how he feels about his demon, I don't see him keeping the vampire side of him. And then add in the trouble he has with Svartheim.
First off, (now I'm going with the idea that the baby is real and it's a boy) we know that Thomas is going to be a father. He is not needed anymore to further the Raith bloodline. The boy will take up that burden.
Second reason deals with his feelings about his demon. We know that he doesn't want to be who he is. He feels bad about taking life from people. He had been fighting the demon for a long time.
One of the only ways Thomas gets out of this is to become the WK. He takes up the mantle which is like a side shift in power, all the strength with none of the feeding, just obeying orders. He has Mab as a backer to get out of the trouble that he's in for the attempted murder. He still has standing with the WCourt because Lara wouldn't pass up the opportunity to have a tie in with the WiCourt, especially since the marriage won't last if it actually goes through. Come on, we all know Harry, things don't last with him around. And he would be free of the demon that has been plaguing him most of his life.
I don't think there's an evolving of the demon. It knows what it knows and hasn't changed, even when Thomas went on his hunger strike. Lara's comments in PT and BG kinda confirm it.
vincentric:
I don't think I'd put too much stock in the marriage not lasting.
Mab caused this marriage as a way of paying off a debt. I expect she will make them keep the legal status even if Harry and Lara live entirely separate lives. As long as Harry and Lara avoid giving mortal insult to each other's courts and keep their side romances out of the tabloids, she'll be down with it.
Lara wanted the alliance even before the Peace Talks. She won't torpedo the marriage without said provocation.
Poor Harry is oathbound to go through with it but doesn't have to obey Lara's desires any more than she has to obey his. Those should be some very interesting and well lawyered wedding vows on both sides though I expect Harry to get the worst of it because it'll add future drama.
bigdangmoose:
--- Quote from: vincentric on December 12, 2020, 03:32:51 AM ---I don't think I'd put too much stock in the marriage not lasting.
Mab caused this marriage as a way of paying off a debt. I expect she will make them keep the legal status even if Harry and Lara live entirely separate lives. As long as Harry and Lara avoid giving mortal insult to each other's courts and keep their side romances out of the tabloids, she'll be down with it.
Lara wanted the alliance even before the Peace Talks. She won't torpedo the marriage without said provocation.
Poor Harry is oathbound to go through with it but doesn't have to obey Lara's desires any more than she has to obey his. Those should be some very interesting and well lawyered wedding vows on both sides though I expect Harry to get the worst of it because it'll add future drama.
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Nah, as I said, the marriage won't last because nothing last for Harry. But to cover the alliance, Thomas becomes the WK. That puts a Raith in service to Mab, tying the WiC and WhC together through Thomas. The marriage is one of Mab's ways to pay off the debt, but not the only way.
This is if they even make it down the aisle to get married, which even that may not happen.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on December 09, 2020, 03:47:44 AM ---I've thought the same thing, but then I remember that all the Einherjar will permanently die with Odin at Ragnarok, so even if Jim brings them back, it won't be for long.
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The depends how literally true the Viking prophecies are in universe, I guess. Most of the other DV mythos' have been presented as the humans' legends being pretty close, but not quite getting the whole picture.
I'm thinking if Vadderung eventually does go out in a blaze of glory, the Allfather mantle might just end up getting stuck to Harry, including a shot at preserving some of the Einherjar with his own soulfire. Maybe even promoting one to a valkyrie.
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