The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Mouse & the Castle
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Mira on April 09, 2022, 08:23:36 PM --- Let's see, a single father with two children living under one roof? I'd say that qualifies as a family home as much as the Carpenter home does. Who knows, a step mother may be added as well.
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If it’s Lara you are referring to its “Wicked Stepmother”
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on April 09, 2022, 08:23:36 PM --- ... I'd say that qualifies as a family home as much as the Carpenter home does ...
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I don't think threshold is a Y/N binary, "qualifies / doesn't".
I think it's much more of a spectrum, a sliding-scale.
I suspect churches have a very "threshold-like" effect going on, too...
A single person in a rental has very minimal threshold, but I think it does seem gather over time. A family in a rental has more threshold, and/or it gathers faster. A longtime rental works up more. An owned residence (in which the resident invests their identity, I think?) has MUCH more, and yet more again if a family lives there. A longtime/multi-generational household incredibly-much (Murphy's house, inherited from her Grandma, had a huge threshold despite being a single-person residence).
But there's something extra about the Carpenters' threshold; they're like the archetypal "family," with love and Faith working together. I'm pretty sure its one of the most-potent Thresholds in the entire Dresdenverse.
vincentric:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 09, 2022, 09:46:57 PM ---If it’s Lara you are referring to its “Wicked Stepmother”
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Jim has a habit of introducing his female characters as antagonistic and making them friendlier as time goes on. As they get to know Harry, better they transition from enemies to friends to allies. Even Susan, Charity and Murphy started this way.
If this marriage goes through, Maggie will be part of Lara's family. And she is loyal and protective of any family that isn't trying to kill her. She might be distant and strange but I doubt she'll ever be wicked to Maggie.
Conspiracy Theorist:
I meant “wicked” in it’s use as “playfully mischievous”, or its modern British slang parlance as “brilliant” or “excellent” or “fabulous”
I think that neatly sums up dear Lara. She will be a “wicked” stepmother indeed.
BrainFireBob:
Yes, Maggie's getting an absolutely scandalous prom dress of only the finest materials. Complete "Stacy's Mom" situation for the poor girl, though.
We've never quite gathered how Mouse cheats. Does he absorb ambient magic from Dresden? Does he draw on Dresden's sense of ownership of Chicago? Does he leech and store power from the Nevernever everytime Dresden opens a Way?
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