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Mab's word play about the White Court

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groinkick:
Alright so just an idea of mine.

Mab said that a marriage was needed between the White Court and Winter to form a strong alliance.  I don't really buy that she needs them, but she also cannot lie.  So here is what I think is going on.  Mab see's Harry himself as a valuable member of Winter.  He's her Knight, and something more (she hints about it).  My guess is some sort of weapon against the Outside.

Anyways she see's Harry as a valuable member of Winter, but knows that she cannot in the mortal world offer much protection to him.  After all, that's what he's for.  He's her weapon in the mortal world.  Harry being kicked out of the Council has made him very vulnerable.  So Mab pushes for the marriage.  This way Harry belongs to a group who can provide the kind of deterrent she can't.  It's not the same as the White Council but by his marriage to Lara if someone outside the White Court attacked him, it could be seen as an attack on the White Court, and most people don't really want that kind of trouble.

So my opinion is that this alliance to strengthen Winter is actually about protecting Harry who as Winter Knight is Winter, so Mab isn't lying.

Mira:


It could be that you are right, but I think the look that Molly gave Lara after the kracken attack was foreshadowing and not mere dislike.  I think Lara pushed Mab into some kind of bargain and suggesting this was a possible way out of it.

Second Aristh:
Mab does few things for one reason.  The marriage drives the White Council further away from him (hence closer to Mab), offers Harry protection he just lost, and somewhat wriggles out of a favor from Lara while putting a handle on her.  All at once.

Mira:

--- Quote from: Second Aristh on August 07, 2021, 09:16:45 PM ---Mab does few things for one reason.  The marriage drives the White Council further away from him (hence closer to Mab), offers Harry protection he just lost, and somewhat wriggles out of a favor from Lara while putting a handle on her.  All at once.

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Maybe but I still want to know what that dirty look was about that Harry didn't catch..  I'm willing to
bet that there is a lot rotten in the state of Denmark that is being kept from Harry and Molly isn't at liberty to talk about.

morriswalters:
I thought it was obvious that Molly was jealous. It was why Mab told Harry to kill her if she(Mab) died. I think the part where the ground turns to frost under Molly's feet as they leave the castle, pretty much is Molly saying to Lara, you bitch you're stealing my man and I'm pissed.

I find this much more interesting.
--- Quote ---Mab glanced at me wearily. “You know what it is,” she said, “to sell pieces of your soul so that someone who will never know your name will have another chance at life.”

Butcher, Jim. Battle Ground (Dresden Files) (p. 392). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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And this.
--- Quote ---“Certain aspects of my power have to do with choices I made when I was mortal,” she said. “There would be . . . compatibility issues. This is part of the task the Knight was designed for.”

Butcher, Jim. Battle Ground (Dresden Files) (p. 395). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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