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Bob's Parents
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 06, 2022, 12:32:11 PM --- Or he didn't have any parents, he might be the origin of how the tale of "babies found under cabbage leaves.."began. Welcome to the forum!
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Born from a head of cabbage?
WOJ doesn’t indicate a cruciferous vegetable origin, but rather two parents a mortal and a spirit.
We have seen a possessed cabbage patch doll in the Dresdenverse so it may be possible.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on January 06, 2022, 12:55:26 PM ---Born from a head of cabbage?
WOJ doesn’t indicate a cruciferous vegetable origin, but rather two parents a mortal and a spirit.
We have seen a possessed cabbage patch doll in the Dresdenverse so it may be possible.
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No, I said found under a cabbage leaf, not born from, two different things all together.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Bobs a Caterpillar? What does he pupate into?
A Deaths Head Moth?
BrainFireBob:
I also think Leanansidhe.
She gains power by doing what she does, which is unlocking creative potential at the cost of shortened life.
I've thought a lot about the shadows, and I think what's supposed to happen is that they are re-absorbed by the parent when the coin is taken up. They're an imprint that is to be over-written or returned to the host.
If Leanansidhe works similarly, then what she does is put a seed of herself in a mortal that unlocks their potential by hardwiring in skills they'd otherwise need years of study to unlock, and the shadow grows in said mortal until mommy comes along and reabsorbs it, growing stronger by what the "father" has put into the child. Perhaps the birth of the spirit is what kills the host?
Furthering that analogy, if Bob was safely delivered, his fear of Mab would come down to his being simply too powerful. If Leanansidhe reabsorbed him, she'd grow too strong too quickly, and throw the Courts into turmoil. Amusingly, it would also- if Leanansidhe can track Bob- provide a way for her to have protected Harry's old home- her link to her "child." Perhaps she gets info from Bob.
As to the father- whoo boy! Rashid's old enough. Vadderung and Lea have a bit of something alluded to at Chicken Itza (wouldn't that be a crazy twist!) Assuming Bob's original knowledge of magic is derived from his parents, his knowledge of faith magic and the Knights is, IIRC, a bit sketchy but his knowledge of the Winter Fae pretty extensive. I'd lean towards one of those.
I also really hope Lea drops a line about liking her men- and women- best at 27.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Lash did gift Harry with music so definitely a parallel to Lea.
I think the Chicken Pizza reference is that Vadderung is also Kringle, a foreshadowing of Cold Days reveal that they are the one and the same. Lea of course would know as Mab’s No2. Definitely a relationship but not the one you are thinking of.
Bob came to Harry via Justin but Margaret LeFey had long been an Fae target of interest and she made a bargain which resulted in protecting Harry. I suspect Margaret bargained away the first female issue of her line which would be Maggie to protect her second son.
Besides Mister was Leas spy in Harry’s household, I have written a whole Spiel on that particular conspiracy theory.
Now Mab can’t see inside Demonreach, if you were Bob’s father and had survived his birth only for Lea to continue to obsessively stalk profess her love for you, it is the one place you could actually hide out from her. Look at Lasciel with Harry. That’s why I think the British Prisoner is Bob’s Father. He says he deserved to be there because he voluntarily got involved with an Easter Bunny Boiler.
If it is Michael Scot then he may be a link in the chain between the original Merlin and Eb, and may have personal knowledge of the young Mab.
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