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Dabble Interview 23 August 2023
CrusherJen:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 24, 2023, 02:14:00 PM ---Fitz doesn’t have a broad enough talent to be a wizard, but I could see him apprenticing to Mort.
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This makes sense! I'd love to see Fitz show up again, but his skill set does match Mort's more closely than Harry's.
I do think Maggie will have some sort of ability/talent at some point; Mom was a half-Ramp, Dad's a wizard, so the odds are stacked in favor of her being magically-inclined. (Plus who else would Harry have caught conjouritis from? School kids are a vector for germs, after all. Even if her abilities haven't kicked in yet, Maggie could still carry it. 🤣) But is she old enough yet for her power to awaken? Maybe one of her school friends will be the new apprentice.
Mira:
--- Quote from: CrusherJen on August 25, 2023, 12:40:31 AM ---This makes sense! I'd love to see Fitz show up again, but his skill set does match Mort's more closely than Harry's.
I do think Maggie will have some sort of ability/talent at some point; Mom was a half-Ramp, Dad's a wizard, so the odds are stacked in favor of her being magically-inclined. (Plus who else would Harry have caught conjouritis from? School kids are a vector for germs, after all. Even if her abilities haven't kicked in yet, Maggie could still carry it. 🤣) But is she old enough yet for her power to awaken? Maybe one of her school friends will be the new apprentice.
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I agree with most of what you say except I doubt that little Maggie inherited anything of Susan's vampside.. Because she was infected, it wasn't inherited like in the case of White Court vamps. It is possible that the vamp infection crossed the placenta during Susan's pregnancy or maybe I guess she might have gotten infected during the birthing process, but I think if either were the case it would have shown up by now. Even if it had, being a Red Court Vamp doesn't automatically give you magical talent.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 24, 2023, 02:14:00 PM ---... they don’t make winged horses that small and she would never live down a winged pony.
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Witty!
But incorrect. Both the Icelandic Horse and the Norwegian Fjord Horse are very small indeed, AND come from Odin's old stomping-grounds. Murphy won't have been the first "tiny, but fierce!" on his radar...
g33k:
--- Quote from: CrusherJen on August 25, 2023, 12:40:31 AM --- ... I do think Maggie will have some sort of ability/talent at some point; Mom was a half-Ramp, Dad's a wizard, so the odds are stacked in favor of her being magically-inclined ...
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Rampires are made, not born. It's almost like a psychic version of the parasitoid wasps -- an adult Rampire can implant an immature Ramp-spirit, when it attacks a suitable mortal host. They cannot reproduce from the hosts' mating (Whampires are the opposite, reproducing with host-matings but unable to spread by attacking/infecting others). I don't think we have any (canonical) reason to think Susan would have "passed along" any special powers/abilities. Is there WoJ on the matter???
As for Harry's bloodline... I think it almost as unlikely. Harry says inheritance of magical powers is poorly understood, but mostly (when it happens) follows "Salic Law," i.e. the mother's bloodline. Harry's mom was a strong magician, but his dad was a muggle. That said... WoJ was that Eb's wife (Margaret LeFay's mother) was herself a muggle; so if Harry's birth is a case in point, the prior generation proved the opposite point.
Finally, of course, is the question of plotline & story. Maggie having strong talent, and needing training, will add to the complexity of Harry's life, so of course Jim will write it that way! Unless he decides not to (in order to confound the fans and mess with expectations, I'd presume).
Conspiracy Theorist:
What about Bones? It has been postulated that she might be able to enflesh her skull with an ectoplasmic body. Her apprenticeship may not be in being a wizard (she has those skills) but in being human.
As I said Jim was a bit too eager to drop that titbit, normally it mean he is squaring up for something really from left field. There has been a lot of criticism of Bonea being underused, this would address this.
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