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Is the White Council afraid of Harry Dresden?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 28, 2022, 02:09:42 PM ---Which is why it must be stopped. I think poor Carlos situation arose from being sexually abused by his Master, and the White Council wilfully ignoring it.
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Most powerful wizards are a few centuries old. Now if a boy or girl is sexually abused we take it seriously, at least where I live. But the scandals of the past could continue for so long because people did think differently. They did not take the children's testimonies seriously and were easily cowed by people with authority.
The older wizards would not take these things as serious as we do and might think it more important to protect the wizard than the apprentice.
BrainFireBob:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 28, 2022, 10:26:36 AM ---And yet it’s quite clear Morgan’s faction at least we’re aware of Harry’s connection to Eb.
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Morgan was. I took his short story as an insight that his loyalty is not as monolithic as everyone thought it was. He has personal opinions. He made have thought Margaret a pure bad seed warlock- we don't know- but he also was willing to accept her request to guard her child and was angry at himself for failing an innocent boy.
--- Quote from: Arjan on April 28, 2022, 03:51:38 PM ---Most powerful wizards are a few centuries old. Now if a boy or girl is sexually abused we take it seriously, at least where I live. But the scandals of the past could continue for so long because people did think differently. They did not take the children's testimonies seriously and were easily cowed by people with authority.
The older wizards would not take these things as serious as we do and might think it more important to protect the wizard than the apprentice.
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This is a dark topic. I will only note that the romantic attachment felt by some early adolescent students toward their teachers was discussed by ancient Greek sources as something to be encouraged as an additional motivator to do well at their studies- the dark underbelly of Greek/Roman intellectual culture. I could see this being part of Carlos' background specifically.
Conspiracy Theorist:
I think this is a possibility because of how Harry treated Molly, there was a mutual attraction but Harry clearly stamped on it to be just a teacher to Molly. He was aware of the possibility of abuse in that relationship.
It also strikes me that Carlos in putting the moves on the Winter Lady must have known something like that would happen to him, subconsciously he must have anticipated and welcomed the attack, another excuse not to address his own underlying trauma, to find an external blame for his predicament, like his perpetual run on injuries, they are an excuse not to address it. Harry has has significantly worse and numerous injuries yet since breaking his back he has had relations with Mab and Murphy.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 28, 2022, 02:09:42 PM --- ... I think poor Carlos situation arose from being sexually abused by his Master, and the White Council wilfully ignoring it.
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That seems possible.
But it's also possible that he's just phenomenally unlucky in this regard.
I've known 20something & 30something virgins who hadn't been abused; and Carlos' "Latin machismo" facade mostly provides cover for something embarrassing (and some comic relief for Jim & his audience).
Arjan:
There is nothing strange about it. Some people just have more social skills than others and there is some luck involved as well.
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