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Where do you go out on a date with the Queen of the sex vampires?
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: vincentric on August 27, 2024, 10:51:57 PM ---If you think Harry will have trouble adjusting, just imagine how much mileage Jim can get from Thomas's reactions if he is ever freed. Thomas and Michael would be 1a and 1b for best man or would you make Thomas the ring bearer?
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I don't think Thomas will be back so soon. He probably won't see the wedding. But Michael has to be best man! I am so looking forward to Michael talking to Lara.
--- Quote from: Dina on August 27, 2024, 11:21:45 PM ---One of my first reactions after reading Mab saying they have to marry was..."oh, Eb won't be happy". I honestly think he may try to kill Lara. Perhaps he even succeeds, making more drama for Harry (and Thomas when he is freed). But really, it is really cruel to make Harry (Eb's grandson) the son in law of his mother's killer. Seems excessive, even for Mab.
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O yes. Eb trying to kill Lara came to my mind, too.
And I agree, it is cruel. But I think, Mab didn't mean to be cruel. For her this has purely practical reasons and in her opinion, Harry should get over his useless human feelings and do what is needed.
I think she puts him in a position inside the white court on purpose for several reasons. Some of them being access to the knowledge in the Raith library, being close to the court which was targeted by Nemesis to find out Outsider influences and what exactly Nemesid did there and why, and many more.
--- Quote from: Dina on August 26, 2024, 09:47:23 PM ---I like the idea of Harry and Lara enjoying some time together. I actually think Lara would be surprised and interested by the Field Museum. They could also visit some historical museum so Lara can relive a few of the days of old. It would be so novel for her, because I do not think any other man wanted to do with her. Of course, dinner and wine will still be required.
Again, I do not think Harry could ever love her, she is too much of a monster. And she is probably still angry about Thomas.
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The Field Museum also came to my mind. And yes, there won't be love, but I can imagine it could become a partnership of convenience for common goals. Lara being involved in the Oblivion War and working with Harry against Outsiders. Also working with Harry to find Justine and safe the child (if it even exists, but if it does, I can imagine Lara taking care of her nephew or niece) and safe Thomas.
Mira:
There still is the issue of "true love" to get around. Was what Harry and Murphy had true love? And if is was, is Harry still protected? I also don't think undoing that will be all that simple, though it sounds simple. I don't see it working out between Harry and Lara, yeah, there is attraction and they share a lot of points of view.. However there are some opposing view points between them that I think will just be a bridge too far for both of them. I really think this will be one of those rare times when Mab's chess moves might actually backfire on her because of the push back she will get not just from Harry but Lara as well.
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 28, 2024, 12:24:04 PM --- There still is the issue of "true love" to get around. Was what Harry and Murphy had true love? And if is was, is Harry still protected? I also don't think undoing that will be all that simple, though it sounds simple. I don't see it working out between Harry and Lara, yeah, there is attraction and they share a lot of points of view.. However there are some opposing view points between them that I think will just be a bridge too far for both of them. I really think this will be one of those rare times when Mab's chess moves might actually backfire on her because of the push back she will get not just from Harry but Lara as well.
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I agree in part.
I don't think, this will backfire at Mab, because she will have planned for all consequences. And no matter what will happen, she will win something of it.
And for the true love part:
I imagine a conversation between Lara and Mab.
Lara: "Your Knight is protected by the true love curse. The marriage cannot be consumated without him losing it. Please order him to do so."
Mab: "I don't care about your minor problem. I have granted your favor. If you are not content, so do something about it yourself. Or are you not as capable as I thought?"
And I think Harry will be highly motivated to find a way to deal with the Hunger demon. If not for himself, so for his child. Maggie will be in grave danger being too close to White Court Vampires in the future. And he has to somehow free Thomas without his Hunger consuming him.
I believe Harry will either invent a spell or an amulet or a potion to make the Hunger sleep. Or an amulet AND a potion. The amulet or spell for protection against the Hunger. For himself and Maggie. And the potion for the Whampire themselve. To make the demon sleep, as Lea did with the Red Court demons in Susan and Martin in Changes. Somehow it must be possible to do so.
This could be useful for the future.
We don't know yet, if Harry will loose the true love protection or not. But we know how it can be done: have sex with someone. And the other method is still just theory: the marriage vows.
But it is a strong theory supported by the short story "Something Borrowed" (correct title?) when Jenny Greenteeth tries to marry Will Borden. So the marriage vows are supposed to be a powerful magical binding.
And I do think, the true love protection is hard to get, but easy to loose.
g33k:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on August 27, 2024, 05:17:50 AM ---... And there would have been a lot more dead minor practitioners except that Thomas ran interference ...
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There actually were quite a few more dead practitioners; we know from Elaine & the word-of-mouth via the proto-Paranet that the "cull the minor practitioners" plan had been enacted in multiple cities before they brought it to Chicago, where Thomas twigged quickly (then left clues for Harry). We don't really know how many cities, how many dead; I presume more than we're told, because the Paranet was very "proto".
Avernite:
--- Quote from: vincentric on August 28, 2024, 03:50:11 AM ---Got to disagree here. The hero marrying the daughter of the villain that killed his parent(s) is fairly common in fantasy. It's jarring here, because Lara is not a damsel to be rescued but a mature power in her own right that had an equal role in taking down said villain. The key being, we don't know if she'll reform to the hero's morals. She'd have to do quite a bit to earn redemption, but if she really did seek it, she could have 300+ years as Harry's wife if they both survive.
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Eh...
the Demon being what it is, I have my doubts Lara could be redeemed without booting the Hunger. In which case she might live a good few years, but she'd need some supernatural boost to be 300+.
Something like becoming the next Winter Queen after Mab? The Knight is to some extent consort of the Queens of Faerie, too, which a wedding would fit quite adequately.
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