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LostInTime:
On Page 219 of BG, Mab orders Harry, if she dies that night, to "kill Molly Carpenter".

Given the events in Good People, the real bone of contention between Mab and Molly is Molly's continued humanity. Mab thinks that you need to be Spock to be a good Winter Queen.

Mab didn't order Harry to kill the Winter Lady or the new Winter Queen. Because having a neophyte lady and queen would be just as bad for Winter as having a queen that still clings to her mortality.

She was ordering Harry to make Molly as inhuman as possible, to make her fully fae, in order to be what Mab envisions a good queen should be.

Jim has stated elsewhere that Mab can't lie, but she can be wrong. I hope that's the case, here.

Jim has also stated that Molly's coming story is not a happy one. Which, to put it frankly, sucks.

seanham:
I was able to create a thread saying the exact same thing! Killing Molly and killing the current Winter Lady are two different things.

morriswalters:

--- Quote from: LostInTime on October 06, 2021, 12:28:52 AM ---Jim has also stated that Molly's coming story is not a happy one. Which, to put it frankly, sucks.

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It never has been a happy one. Molly has been a pawn since the beginning.  She was used by the Black Council and by Mab.  But mostly by Harry. First, in Proven Guilty, she is manipulated by Mab and the BC.  In Changes she is manipulated and betrayed by Harry.  And in Cold Days, the final betrayal, when through the efforts of Mab and Harry she loses her soul and her humanity. Harry didn't do any of it on purpose, but he did, none the less, do it. This by the way is straight out of the text of Cold Days.

The_Sibelis:

--- Quote from: seanham on October 06, 2021, 01:54:59 AM ---I was able to create a thread saying the exact same thing! Killing Molly and killing the current Winter Lady are two different things.

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ah, but she doesn't want to kill Molly carpenter the winter lady. But Molly as the winter queen. I think the real implication is the queen herself knows part of her future is she needs to die. Nemesis taking her is such a large threat she has a direct opposite as a contingency. This is also what she was referring to in her one opportunity to talk to titania, remind her of her duty. She's setting up for every scenario. I think she knows Molly becomes Queen before the event horizon that it'll be Molly as queen, taken by Nemesis. I think she wanted to genuinely spare Harry and Molly that future pain with a quick end. Seems like winter mercy to me.

TrueMonk:
"Mollys story is not a happy one" imagine if he said the opposite, what could do more to take out tension from the story than reassurance that Molly's story will have a happy ending.

Ok lots of things could, but you get the point.

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