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Dabble Interview 23 August 2023
Mira:
--- Quote ---Susan wasn't a wizard, but she still had something supernatural about her nature-- plus she had the magical tattoos that warned when her Rampness was in danger of taking over
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There was nothing "supernatural" about Susan's nature, she made her living reporting on it, but that didn't make her supernatural. For all her reporting about it and actually having an actual wizard as a boyfriend, she still didn't really respect the supernatural. By that I mean deep down she didn't really believe it, that's what got her into trouble in my opinion. The tattoos were done by Martin, and though perhaps magical in of themselves and reacted to Red Vampire venom rising for lack of a better term to warn a half turned victim, they didn't make the half turned his or herself more magical.
CrusherJen:
A Red vampire, even a half-turned one, isn't supernatural?
Though I suppose that begs the question of what we define as "supernatural" in the world of Dresden, and yeah, that's a headache. 😔 Maybe it's safer to say Susan wasn't a "typical mortal" at the time of Maggie's conception. I wonder if that's the kind of influence that might increase the odds of Maggie becoming a wizard, or not. We only know what Harry knows about such things... and there's so much Harry doesn't know. 🤷♀️
Mira:
--- Quote from: CrusherJen on August 27, 2023, 07:11:30 PM ---A Red vampire, even a half-turned one, isn't supernatural?
Though I suppose that begs the question of what we define as "supernatural" in the world of Dresden, and yeah, that's a headache. 😔 Maybe it's safer to say Susan wasn't a "typical mortal" at the time of Maggie's conception. I wonder if that's the kind of influence that might increase the odds of Maggie becoming a wizard, or not. We only know what Harry knows about such things... and there's so much Harry doesn't know. 🤷♀️
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Somehow I don't see Red Court vampires as very supernatural, or not in the same way as magical talent is supernatural. I don't see Susan being half vampire increasing the chances of Maggie having talent.. If she has talent, and I'd be shocked if she doesn't, it will be because her father, her grandmother, her grandfather and who know who many generations back were powerful wizards. But even with that, it isn't a given, take Thomas, his half brother is a powerful wizard, his mother and grandfather are and were powerful wizards, his father a White Court vampire lord with some magical wards surrounding his person, yet Thomas has very little magical talent. Yes, he managed a tracking spell, but that takes some talent, but not enough to become a wizard.
Conspiracy Theorist:
We know nothing of Susan’s family so we can’t even make a guess a
About any magical inheritance on her side of the family.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 28, 2023, 03:10:19 AM ---We know nothing of Susan’s family so we can’t even make a guess a
About any magical inheritance on her side of the family.
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While that is true, we do know that before she was infected, she showed nothing.
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