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Little Things [spoilers]
Mira:
--- Quote ---Mister killing all the Gremlins is also suspicious, a mortal cat would have left one half dead under Harry’s bed for Harry to find later. Say in the middle of the night when Mister fancies a little light entertainment. Harry might want to check his shoes for bits of Gremlin even so.
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Mister didn't kill all of them, just those in the kitchen, Za'Guard did in quite a few before they got that far. Cats can be very fast, however I'm surprised that he didn't toy with any of them first. So he might be saving one under Harry's bed.. Or left the body there just because that is something else cats do.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: g33k on May 05, 2022, 01:04:57 AM ---I'm going with that last tidbit...
Not a "random" import at all!
My original thought -- when we learned about all those Demonreach-caliber runes & wards -- was that Marcone had leveraged Gard/Monoc to select & import the castle.
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Here is a candidate. Joyous Gard. Seems to be an interesting coincidence? Here is a poem.
Conspiracy Theorist:
I have a long-standing theory that Jim has cherry picked the Celtic revivalists, and Tennyson for inspiration, characters and plot elements, so Swinburne would make sense.
This could mean the entire Dresden files are nothing more than revenge against his tutor for being forced to study the romantic poets of the 19th Century. If so I hate to think what his revenge on his 8th Grade Science teacher is going to look like.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 05, 2022, 04:06:35 PM ---Cats can be very fast, however I'm surprised that he didn't toy with any of them first.
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Makes me wonder about the theory someone mentioned of Mister being a malk scion in service to Lea as an explanation for his unusual size and continuing vitality in old age. That would certainly account for him being smart like that.
Conspiracy Theorist:
That of course would be me.
Mister at the point of Little Things is 17-18 years of age. Everyone is noting he is quite old, by the calendar, but it is clear from Little Things he is as strong and quick as he has always been, with senses to equal Toot and Lacuna. The Little Folk are noted as being sensitive to to things, Harry has to Listen to even hear them sometimes. He is also relatively peacefully co-existing with The Za Guard. If he were a Malk Changeling, like Sarissa he wouldn’t age unless he chose mortal, and he would fall within Winter and would therefore allow Toot Etc to live, relatively unharnessed. Toot has only been Winter since Changes, prior to that he would have been fair game. A mortal cat wouldn’t make the distinction, a scion would. His blood thirstiness is also a Malk trait, they are worse than mortal cats. The constant reference to Tomcat suggests Mister is not fixed (we know Mouse isn’t) and yet he is not spraying, suggesting he is intelligent enough to not do so. The Mister Microfiction gives some idea of his intelligence.
I think yes Mister was a spy originally for Lea, but as a dog person she failed to address the issue all cat lovers are aware of “Because Cat”. He has been a terrible spy because he has been pursuing his own agenda all along, he is extremely happy being what he is living a life of pets, catnip, random mayhem and sex and terrorising a much larger semi-divine dog. He is living the perfect Cat Life.
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