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The fae slaves
LostInTime:
I think that Maeve resisting the mantle drove her crazy. I think that Molly's mental defense training, being hunted and on the run as the Ragged Lady, and straight up fighting for her life in mental combat against Corpsetaker, plus the recent fighting off fae 'frenemies' when she sleeps, will make her mentally tough enough to resist and survive. Plus, Maeve was Winter Lady for up to 300 years. Molly's only got to make it the last book.
Mira:
--- Quote from: LostInTime on January 12, 2023, 02:32:29 AM ---I think that Maeve resisting the mantle drove her crazy. I think that Molly's mental defense training, being hunted and on the run as the Ragged Lady, and straight up fighting for her life in mental combat against Corpsetaker, plus the recent fighting off fae 'frenemies' when she sleeps, will make her mentally tough enough to resist and survive. Plus, Maeve was Winter Lady for up to 300 years. Molly's only got to make it the last book.
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I don't think the Mantle drove her crazy, I think she always had issues, but was coping. Nemesis broke down those coping mechanisms, then it drove her crazy.
vincentric:
In CD, Sarissa tells Harry that she has a mental illness and part of her deal with Mab was helping her cope. Since Maeve was her twin, she may have also started out with that same problem.
g33k:
--- Quote from: vincentric on January 12, 2023, 02:49:16 PM --- In CD, Sarissa tells Harry that she has a mental illness and part of her deal with Mab was helping her cope. Since Maeve was her twin, she may have also started out with that same problem.
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Sarissa had spotted Maeve's increasing instability for herself, but I think that was -- unknown to Sarissa -- Nemfection. Being a changeling herself, I think Sarissa was subject to "urges" that most mortals are not... easy enough (with a bit of "help") to process that as potential mental-illness.
I think Mab "helped" Sarissa think that way, with implied consequences & by mentioning worst-case situations, e.g. having ID'ed Maeve as having been Nemfected, she might imply to Sarissa that she'd "could" have a similar outcome (Nemesis likes to target the Ladies, evidently!), without ever explaining to Sarissa what was really going on...
It's a very Mab approach to mothering.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I think Mab "helped" Sarissa think that way, with implied consequences & by mentioning worst-case situations, e.g. having ID'ed Maeve as having been Nemfected, she might imply to Sarissa that she'd "could" have a similar outcome (Nemesis likes to target the Ladies, evidently!), without ever explaining to Sarissa what was really going on...
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Very Mab, indeed.
What a difference a few minutes make, since Maeve was born first, she was pegged to be Winter Lady. Thus she was subjected to the though love that Mab thought necessary for a Winter Lady in these times, meanwhile her twin received all the nurturing mother/daughter things that both needed for normal emotional development. It created resentments in Maeve, that Nemesis was able to exploit. When we first meet Maeve at Mac's place, she seems very punk rocker, but not the sexual voyeur that Harry and Billy meet at her court in the Chicago Underground.
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