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Little Things [spoilers]
Conspiracy Theorist:
It does strike me that as Bob the Castle can project on the Castle surfaces and previously shown to receive the electromagnetic spectrum, he should be able to access the internet for the Castle inhabitants opening a window on any castle surface, without Harry’s Murphyonic field screwing things up. Bob has himself entered the silicon age after all. This gives him an edge over Alfred, who is still Stone Age.
This means that wizardofchicago@bobthecastle.com can now be a real thing, once the local network is repaired. I bet the first thing Harry would do is e-mail Goodman Grey, given the foreshadowing in Peace Talks.
Harry is stuck in 2014 Netflix had already started streaming and Amazon Prime started streaming that year, he can access both via Bob the Streamer, he can read a book in his (hot) shower via Bob the Kindle projecting on the shower wall (that’s how he punishes Bob in the future). He can use Amazon and EBay, and he can fully participate in the Paranet via Bob the Server.
morriswalters:
Downgraded from talking head pervert to Alexa with Fairies. Bob has been diminished. :-\
Mr. Mouse:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on May 07, 2022, 10:12:27 PM ---Downgraded from talking head pervert to Alexa with Fairies. Bob has been diminished. :-\
--- End quote ---
Alexa was Amazon's attempt to reproduce Bob.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Now that would be a fun scene, Bob trying to engage with Alexa or Siri, to try and pick them up, thinking they too are spirits of intellect. Harry would never let him live it down.
Bob is everything he always was, in this form though it gives Harry a significant power up technologically that other wizards do not have, and more importantly with wider society, something Harry expressed an intention to do at the end of Battle Ground. Bob can still take on new knowledge perhaps with even greater capacity and computational power as an aid to Harry. We know there will be Gargoyles giving Bob a remote capacity.
Bob is his current form can act as a discrete server for the entire Paranet, and scan in books new to him increasing his database, supplementing it with material from the internet, on science, history, art and porn (very important given Harry’s impending nuptials.
One could posit as the castle had been taken apart once, that its wards can bear being separated. With Bob is residence, one could take a flattish, rectangular piece of stone and use it off-site to remotely access Bob the Castles capabilities plus the internet, messaging etc, basically a tablet, an Bobpad. Harry therefore regains the use of Bob in battle, whilst Bob is safely ensconced in the Castle. Best of both worlds. And Harry Can look at cat videos. To everyone else or it is just a chunk of stone, as only the holder of the Castle can access it.
I hope Bob doesn’t pick up any computer viruses.
Conspiracy Theorist:
One thing I have noted is that Harry has invited Winter Fae to reside at the Castle (that surprised me) and that Bob has adopted Winter colours (also surprising) The Castle has become a Winter Fortress in the mortal world. This suggests that Harry may be trying to forge a new connection in the Never Never for the Castle perhaps with Arctis Tor, with Mab’s help. Is this the reason for his meditation? He is willing it into existence changing facts on the ground to make it so as quickly as possible.
The access from the Never Never is a major defensive flaw, unless it backs onto somewhere equally secure as the Castle. I have theorised in the past there is a direct link from Arctis Tor to Demonreach as the Gatekeeper and Maeve both used the Never Never to get to Demonreach before it’s defences became fully active and it became unsafe to use that route.
The Gremlins came from the roof not the Never Never, suggesting this is being addressed.
Aside from protecting the Castle in the Never Never, this could give Harry a secure short cut to Demonreach something he definitely needs.
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