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Lashiel's distorted messages
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 30, 2021, 04:00:38 PM ---I have a WAG that says she did both in different times.
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I don't dispute that, all I am saying is once Harry found out that she was a shadow in his head and
trying to win him over for lack of a better word so he'd accept the coin, he had a healthy skepticism
of most advice that she gave him. Where he ran into trouble was his acceptance and willingness to use hell fire. He wasn't aware or ignored the fact that it was corrupting him every time he used it. It wasn't until Murphy sat him down and pointed out how he was changing that he began to reject that as well.
morriswalters:
Changing what he saw isn't giving advice.
Speaking as a Doylist Jim did something odd. He writes Lash as having a panic attack when Harry actually gets to use LC, yet in the first instance she doesn't make a peep. Was there any less hazard?
One scenario would be if her intent was to kill with the first and to prevent him from using it to find Molly in the second. YMMV
dspringer1:
I was actually suggesting that Lashiel was deliberately distorting (subtly) what Harry heard when talking to other people. For example, when Harry was getting information from his skull Friday perhaps a key details was not heard or subtly changed. Alternatively she could have subtly changing what Harry perceives with his magic or the results of his divination spells. She cannot interfere with his sight, but she clearly could fake his other magical senses - like when he tried to get a sense of the flavor of Cowl's magic. Harry talks to a lot of people in these books collecting information and it would not take much illusion effort on Lashiel's part to hide or distort a key fact while leaving everything else alone.
I doubt she would try anything in front of a major power like the Merlin, Eb, Mab, etc. But all else is game.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 30, 2021, 05:34:13 PM ---I don't dispute that, all I am saying is once Harry found out that she was a shadow in his head and
trying to win him over for lack of a better word so he'd accept the coin, he had a healthy skepticism
of most advice that she gave him. Where he ran into trouble was his acceptance and willingness to use hell fire. He wasn't aware or ignored the fact that it was corrupting him every time he used it. It wasn't until Murphy sat him down and pointed out how he was changing that he began to reject that as well.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make. Lash has a 3 book arc. Why was she there, what was the arc of her character to accomplish? The answer is Bonea. What my WAG suggests is that Bonea is the source of the knowledge that Harry needs to save himself. Bonea is a messenger. She may tell Harry what no one else will when the time comes. YMMV
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 31, 2021, 12:12:35 AM ---I think you missed the point I was trying to make. Lash has a 3 book arc. Why was she there, what was the arc of her character to accomplish? The answer is Bonea. What my WAG suggests is that Bonea is the source of the knowledge that Harry needs to save himself. Bonea is a messenger. She may tell Harry what no one else will when the time comes. YMMV
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At the moment though that is a bit of a stretch, she has a lot of maturing to do. At the moment she may have at her fingertips every pancake recipe known to man, but she also thinks milk is alive because it moves in the glass when you pour it.
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