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Mab chose Molly
Arjan:
Or a really big one that is not topped off.
vincentric:
While I'm not going to weigh in on whether rape cancels virginity we have a pretty convincing argument that it is not required to become a Lady. Unless one believes that Sarissa was a virgin at the time she took the mantle.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: LostInTime on October 14, 2021, 01:51:58 PM ---Mab chose Molly.
In the grip of insomnia last night I went back and re-read the chapter in Peace Talks where Harry summons Molly and this bit jumped out at me. It was easy to miss given all the bombshells with the summoning and Molly's tenuous mortal status.
There’s so much to unpack here. But, first and foremost, MAB CHOSE MOLLY TO BE THE WINTER LADY.
So, perhaps in a way, Molly brought herself to Mab’s attention by helping Harry arrange his death? Lea instructing her during her year as the Ragged Lady might have helped prepare her to be a vessel for fae power, but I think she was already on the board. Besides, due to Lea’s obligation, she would have been bound to instruct Molly. Molly made a cold, hard decision, against her emotional human interests, to help Harry suicide. That really does ring of Winter.
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as you note, the fae are information hoarders (if they only could work ferromancy, they could fill disk arrays....)
Molly likely was watched somewhat before Harry even came in the picture. She is the daughter of a Knight of The Cross, his eldest child. He is one of the more powerful mortals out there in a sense. Then she manifests Talent, and becomes the apprentice to a very potent wizard. Surveillance goes up a notch. Then helps Harry attempt to slip his bargain with Mab - obeys her master, and does so with skill and competence. Her term as the Ragged Lady. Shows bravery and skill - she did well, without the raw power of Harry or Lea. Sure, Lea was fulfilling her pledge, watching over Molly... what in her pledge precludes her from filing progress reports with Mab?
Ed0517:
--- Quote ---There’s so much to unpack here. But, first and foremost, MAB CHOSE MOLLY TO BE THE WINTER LADY.
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--- Quote from: Mira on October 14, 2021, 02:53:14 PM ---
Actually she didn't, when it happens in Cold Days after the fact she tells Harry she would have preferred Molly to have been the Summer Lady, or rather said she felt she was more suited for that and that Sarissa would become the Winter Lady. But Maeve and the Mantles had other ideas. So Mab chose Molly to be a Lady, but not Winter Lady.Titania didn't chose Lily, she was the nearest vessel when Aurora died, Lily wasn't at all prepared to be a Lady. Titania said she would help her, and not saying she didn't, but Titania was in deep mourning for some time over Aurora, all of this led to infested Maeve being able to lie to Lily and convince her of things that brought about her end and more.
Could have, but I think Molly was on the radar before that for her warlock attitudes.. Also back in Grave Peril I think it was Lea expresses interest in Michael's first child.
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I think Molly was Plan B, but Plan B is still a Plan.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: LostInTime on October 14, 2021, 07:10:52 PM ---Harry is an unreliable narrator. And the fae hoard knowledge. They aren't going to give it to you without you cornering them by asking them three times or making a bargain for knowledge with them.
In Summer Knight, Lily says that no mortal has ever received a fae mantle before. Mab and Titania were both mortal and they were both ladies. If fae blood is required to receive a mantle how did Molly get it? We know who their parents were and they were both human mortals.
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How much Fae blood do they need? Is this the old single drop rule? Maybe a grandmother or grandfather had been a changeling who chose humanity? For that matter, maybe you need the fae gene to be a wizard.... Charity passed it down to Molly, and Margaret Le Fay passed it to Harry in the X. The
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