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What the heck was Justin *UP* to??!?
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 22, 2022, 06:24:24 PM ---Honestly, that could have been just "random" bad luck. Not *everything* has to be part of the Grand Conspiracy. Given how prevalent marijuana is in high-school, the odds that somebody is carrying -- in a car-full of teens -- is awfully high.
But that provided an opportunity, I think, that was ruthlessly exploited... or, as you suggest, it could also have had a little nudging from the Spooky Side.
I don't think we have *nearly* enough info on Molly's magical training/education before Proven Guilty. There's nothing to indicate that anyone in particular was (or was not) involved. Mab could have been... Titania could have been... Ancient Mai could have been... <shrugs> Or it could have been 100% mortal stuff by low-level practitioners and wannabe's and untalented booksellers &c, without any push from any of the Supernatural side of things.
My bet is on Mab (possibly via one or more proxies). I think she was "nudged" toward mind-magic (and fear) specifically to get "on the same wavelength" with the phobophages, Mab's personal cadre of Fetches.
Too many elements "came together" in PG for me to think Mab wasn't manipulating Molly from long-before the beginning of that volume.
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The events in the book were set up about the time that Cowl was getting his puppy ass kicked in Dead Beat. Madrigal was invited a year in advance. Molly was popped at about the same time. This is also the point when Lea is imprisoned. Molly only commits Black Magic two weeks before after being prompted by Sandra Marling to use fear. Mab could have done it. All that requires if for Butcher to want it to be that way. But if it was Mab manipulating Molly why go through the other events?
g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 22, 2022, 08:07:48 PM --- ... Molly only commits Black Magic two weeks before after being prompted by Sandra Marling to use fear ...
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We don't know how long Molly has been flirting around the edges of mind-magic; I suspect the spells she cast on her friends weren't the very-first, though. All we know is when the Gatekeeper first notified Harry; for all we know, Rashid may have been carefully monitoring things for a year or more. Hell, as a relatively-close ally of Mab's, he may even have been party to subtly guiding Molly that way...
morriswalters:
--- Quote ---Dresden,
In the past ten days there have been repeated acts of black magic in Chicago. As the senior Warden in the region, it falls to you to investigate and find those responsible. In my opinion, it is vital that you do so immediately. To my knowledge, no one else is aware of the situation.
Rashid
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So at least from the standpoint of what was done to her friends we know exactly when and the source of the Black Magic. You might fairly ask why not tell Harry it was Molly? Your guess would be good as mine. It certainly isn't because of a paradox. When the book opens everything that Molly could do is done. If they are avoiding a paradox it has nothing to do with Molly.
Nobody ever questions why Uriel was involved. Or why Lash appears just before Harry wrecks. Or why Butcher chose to tell us that LC was broken.
Mira:
--- Quote ---So at least from the standpoint of what was done to her friends we know exactly when and the source of the Black Magic. You might fairly ask why not tell Harry it was Molly? Your guess would be good as mine. It certainly isn't because of a paradox. When the book opens everything that Molly could do is done. If they are avoiding a paradox it has nothing to do with Molly.
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Except with in that time frame, it wasn't just limited to Molly, the Korean Kid had to have been active around that time. At his execution the Merlin explains the zero tolerance the Council has for would be warlocks. Why? Not just because of the risks of trying to reform a kid once he starts down that road, but because they can't cover every kid of talent who starts down the wrong road. Also Rashid never specifies if it was a major application or a minor one. What is odd though, is as a Warden, Harry should have sensed it too.
Conspiracy Theorist:
You are presuming that Rashid sensed Molly, so therefore so should have Harry.
Uriel (an intellectus) would have known and passed it on secure in the knowledge Michael would come riding to her rescue.
Alternatively Rashid’s extremely well developed Foresight would have told him and he sat on the information until the relevant time. To appear mysterious and powerful.
Neither would have been apparent to the senses of a Wizard Harry’s age.
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