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Did Mab fake out Harry... again?
g33k:
(and, btw, Jim fake out his readers!)
As we all infamously know, Mab ordered Harry -- if Mab should die -- to kill Molly. Prompted by other recent threads, I've come up with an unexpected new WAG...
Ostensibly, Harry should kill Molly because she "isn't ready" for the Queenmantle, for unspecified reasons and with unspecified ramifications.
But here's the thing: Mab's a master-manipulator; she gets people to do what she wants, but only sometimes is that with overt orders.
My WAG then:
Mab realizes that Harry killing Molly is a really, really low-likelihood event; improbable in the extreme!
Therefore, that's not the outcome she's pursuing; that's not the intent behind the order.
What, then? Brace yourselves...
This is Mab being genuinely kind!
No, really!
Shocking, innit?
See, Mab is genuinely worried about the pressures on an unprepared and suddenly-elevated Queen Molly. So, she conveys to Harry -- in the strongest language possible -- that this is a HUGE issue.
We know Harry. We know he isn't gonna kill Molly.
What will he do?
Most likely, rally to her side and support her, offer advice & counsel, be a friend, etc.
Exactly the things new Queen Molly would need to stabilize her psyche while she adjusts to the powerful new Queenmantle.
And that was Mab's plan, when she ordered Harry to kill Molly.
"Kill Molly" was Mab-speak for "Be a friend to her." ::)
Mira:
But Harry would rally to Molly's side in any case.. Mab knows this, there is or was no need to play such games with him.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on July 21, 2024, 08:56:36 PM --- But Harry would rally to Molly's side in any case.. Mab knows this, there is or was no need to play such games with him.
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He would... if he understands the need; if he grasped how much harder the Queenmantle is than the Ladymantle. But with a sufficiently-urgent and sufficiently-critical and sufficiently-large To-Do list -- such as he might have, for example, if someone had just taken out Queen Mab -- he might not prioritize getting to Molly quite as quickly.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: g33k on July 21, 2024, 04:38:00 PM ---(and, btw, Jim fake out his readers!)
As we all infamously know, Mab ordered Harry -- if Mab should die -- to kill Molly. Prompted by other recent threads, I've come up with an unexpected new WAG...
Ostensibly, Harry should kill Molly because she "isn't ready" for the Queenmantle, for unspecified reasons and with unspecified ramifications.
But here's the thing: Mab's a master-manipulator; she gets people to do what she wants, but only sometimes is that with overt orders.
My WAG then:
Mab realizes that Harry killing Molly is a really, really low-likelihood event; improbable in the extreme!
Therefore, that's not the outcome she's pursuing; that's not the intent behind the order.
What, then? Brace yourselves...
This is Mab being genuinely kind!
No, really!
Shocking, innit?
See, Mab is genuinely worried about the pressures on an unprepared and suddenly-elevated Queen Molly. So, she conveys to Harry -- in the strongest language possible -- that this is a HUGE issue.
We know Harry. We know he isn't gonna kill Molly.
What will he do?
Most likely, rally to her side and support her, offer advice & counsel, be a friend, etc.
Exactly the things new Queen Molly would need to stabilize her psyche while she adjusts to the powerful new Queenmantle.
And that was Mab's plan, when she ordered Harry to kill Molly.
"Kill Molly" was Mab-speak for "Be a friend to her." ::)
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Hmm...could be. Like your hypothesis that Carlos was faking his 'turning' on Harry, I'll call it 'plausible but unproven' as the Mythbusters would say.
g33k:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on July 22, 2024, 05:56:03 AM --- ... I'll call it 'plausible but unproven' as the Mythbusters would say.
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Oh, for sure!
Nature of the WAGish beast, eh?
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