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Did Butters break the Laws of Magic?

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peterwiggin94:
My personal favorite explanation is that the Council allows for flexibility in matters of self defense or defense of one's interests. We know that they allow for killing via magic in defense and I wouldn't be shocked in relatively minor breaks to some of the other 6 would be allowed too. One example is Dresden's wards that "suggested" people skip his bolt hole. Those were a gray area but, since they didn't cause permanent harm or major effects to the timestream and were in self defense, so they were fine. The mind fog grenades that Butters had only worked temporarily (if I remember correctly) and he got them while trying to help the humans of Chicago. My suspicion is that most Wardens would have let Butters off with a warning but tried to kill/capture Bob.

Dina:

--- Quote from: peterwiggin94 on July 24, 2024, 06:37:28 PM ---My personal favorite explanation is that the Council allows for flexibility in matters of self defense or defense of one's interests. We know that they allow for killing via magic in defense and I wouldn't be shocked in relatively minor breaks to some of the other 6 would be allowed too. One example is Dresden's wards that "suggested" people skip his bolt hole. Those were a gray area but, since they didn't cause permanent harm or major effects to the timestream and were in self defense, so they were fine. The mind fog grenades that Butters had only worked temporarily (if I remember correctly) and he got them while trying to help the humans of Chicago. My suspicion is that most Wardens would have let Butters off with a warning but tried to kill/capture Bob.

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I agree with this but I also think it is relevant what others said. Butters being a Knight and not being the one casting the fog himself would probably save him for bad repercusion with the WC.

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