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Little Things [spoilers]
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 06, 2022, 11:46:31 PM ---Elaine and Marcone?
I expect Elaine is Nemfected (and I fear Harry is gonna have to kill her (or maybe put her in Demonreach Deepfreeze)).
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I suspect the grail can cure Nemfection as a super purifier, it was why Nicky was after it, as well as the spear. The two together would allow him to take on any nemfected Fallen, beat them and cure them.
After the Apocalypse, when humanity become the Guardians there will be no need for the Fae Courts and Mantles, and they can be dissolved. Whether what left is functionally human is another matter. That is I think Harry’s ultimate dilemma.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 07, 2022, 12:08:08 PM --- ... But I think Harry is going to escape his position and he wants to do it with Molly
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99% agree with this.
Of course, that's Harry's intent. It remains to be seen what Harry's Tormentor-in-Chief writes for him.
Given that Donar Vadderung can put on Kringle's Mantle and take it off again, what I actually expect (the 1% difference) is that Harry will become a "part-time" WK, donning the Mantle at need but mostly not living under its influence.
I think that is also what Mab intends! She understands the strengths and the weaknesses of thr WK mantle, and she takes her job as Guardian of the Outer Gates very seriously. Powering-up the Starborn is a key element of her planning in this regard, and she intends for Harry to have the WK powers on-tap, but be able to escape the WK weaknesses.
I think Uriel is in on this plan, too. Chatting with Harry, then giving him Soulfire, then giving him the After-Death (almost) experience... more powerups for the Starborn.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I think Uriel is in on this plan, too. Chatting with Harry, then giving him Soulfire, then giving him the After-Death (almost) experience... more powerups for the Starborn.
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The Starborn? Or just Harry? Somehow I cannot see Uriel giving Drakul or Listens more power ups than they already have.
--- Quote ---Given that Donar Vadderung can put on Kringle's Mantle and take it off again, what I actually expect (the 1% difference) is that Harry will become a "part-time" WK, donning the Mantle at need but mostly not living under its influence.
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But Vadderung is actually the god Odin, Harry is not a god, as it is he doesn't always have complete control over the mantel that he has.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Do not assume the Kringle Mantle is the same as other Mantles. I suspect there is only one day per year where he cannot but be Kringle but has more latitude the rest of the year. This isn’t the same for the Faerie Mantles.
Yes, Uriel has been in on the conspiracy since Grave Peril. The choice THIS Harry took opened up possibilities that didn’t previously exist, and note Michael was present when this decision was made, Uriels agent. Harry’s choice? to try to save both Michael and Susan even unto his own death. It’s the next book Summer Knight Mab turns up and starts showing interest in Harry, prior to this Harry wasn’t on Mab’s radar, only Lea. Michael knew about the coin, obviously so did Uriel and it opened up the gift of Soulfire. They had always intended for Harry to get the power ups of the Mantle and Soulfire, they didn’t plan for Demonreach, that was all pure Harry, stepping in it and coming up smelling of roses although that proved to be essential in surviving Changes and Battle Ground. Together with Vadderung and Hades they planned to transfer the Superweapons to Harry, another power up.
With Harry it isn’t all predestination he has defied prophecy, entropy and death curses, and lived through them all, I think as a Starborn that is part of what he is, and the Spear magnifies that I think, from the personal to the global. Without it he can break prophecy applying specifically to him, with it he can break prophecy applying to the whole world. He is Nostradamus bane.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 07, 2022, 05:33:11 PM ---The Starborn? Or just Harry?
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Harry the Starborn wizard; you're right, not "any" Starborn will do.
I suspect it has to be a Starborn who:
* is a wizard (it's unclear to me if that's part of the "starborn" definition; can mundanes be Outsider-resistant???)
* loves others, to the point of self-sacrifice if needed
* is incredibly stubborn/strong-willed (this may be a feature of being Starborn, or it may not)(I note, FWIW, that the (believed to be Starborn (do we have WoJ on that?)) Gatekeeper also has some unusual-even-by-senior-council-standards powerups (including being far older than any other wizard; though possibly that comes just from spending a lot of time in the Far Nevernever (I doubt it gets much "Farther" than the Outer Gates), with presumably a very "favorable" time-flow, causing him to age much less.)
--- Quote from: Mira on June 07, 2022, 05:33:11 PM --- ... Harry is not a god, as it is he doesn't always have complete control over the mantel that he has.
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But Harry's path is -- always -- about gaining more control over the powers that he has.
And Odin has apparently (in some sense) given up his "godhood." He's very powerful, very strong-willed, and... he has shown Harry that it's possible.
It certainly won't come quickly, or easily. But I expect it's coming.
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