The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Damn, Maeve really did win
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on August 02, 2021, 12:20:53 PM ---I think Justine was infected just before when she was captured.
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Possible, but I agree with Griffyn612, that she was infected way earlier. Interesting coincidence don't you think that vamp feeding on her emotions would keep her insanity in check, then when she is almost killed by it she is suddenly cured? I think as late as Grave Peril she still appeared a bit unstable mentally, but feeding kept it in check. Not saying that true love didn't happen between her and Thomas, but when it did, it gave HWWB an opening.. At some point during Ghost Story the plan began to be implemented, that being the lesbian sex work around that made sex between her and Thomas possible. Because of the infertility of WCVamps in general they knew that actual conception would take a while.
Second Aristh:
As far as Maeve's comment, I could also see that as similar to the mirrors in Molly's soulgaze. Not really a sign that a grandmaster strategist is making a move, but a nice easter egg for us to look back upon. Maeve was right, but she had no idea how right she was.
The timeline for Justine's infection is an interesting one. Nemesis says it was ever since Justine had become close to Lara, but that might not be reliable. Justine saving a child from the Fomor in the Marcone short story muddies the water for motivations there as well. As an Important Story EventTM, Justine getting Nemfected probably happened in the background of one of the main books where some kind of throwaway line is a clue. CD is an obvious candidate, but are there earlier possibilities?
BrainFireBob:
Remember: Nemfection is a deal- you change some part of who you immutably are, but until it cranks itself up to 11, you're still you.
Maeve was Nemfected and gained the ability to lie- but was still Maeve. We don't know what it offered Lea or what she wanted to do with it- I'm hoping for a reveal that she really does have a maternal bond with Dresden on her own, crazy-demented side and was looking for freedom to not have to deal in bargains (gaining the ability to unilaterally act), something of that sort.
Lara told us that someone fed upon into mental incompetence, like Justine, was unlikely to recover. If Nemesis was able to offer her mind back- without the crazy hormones- she would still seem Justine to herself and us until Nemesis was ready to do otherwise.
I do like how Nemesis is written. It's so <i>Needful Things</i>.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Lara told us that someone fed upon into mental incompetence, like Justine, was unlikely to recover. If Nemesis was able to offer her mind back- without the crazy hormones- she would still seem Justine to herself and us until Nemesis was ready to do otherwise.
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If that is what it did, it could be even before "Blood Rites." Remember in "Grave Peril", a key book in so many ways, we learn that she is mentally ill, but being feed upon keeps her stable.. Well, Nemesis doesn't do it's work in a day, so there's an in. The son of Lord Raith being the one who is doing the feeding, plus I imagine Nemesis also knows who is the half brother to Thomas. Justine, beautiful and sweet in her own right would be easy to fall in love with.. The big near fatal feeding in "Blood Rites" set her up to be Lara's assistant..
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 01, 2021, 09:37:13 PM ---But Mab knew that, where Harry was, Molly was. Mab won. The mantle was never in danger. The hapless mortal would have been Murphy, Justine was Maeve's ally.
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Was Karrin even a compatible vessel? I think but for Molly, the mantle might have gone flying off the island entirely to some random changeling who'd been having sufficient contact with their Sidhe kin to qualify.
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