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A crescendo of deliberate continuity errors
Mira:
--- Quote ---Harry thinks so.
But he's not actually "enslaved." He's caught in a bargain he cannot currently escape from; but it's a bargain he substantively got to shape, to set some baselines. He's continuously pushing back against Mab, standing up for what he thinks is right.
And we have the word of both Mother Summer and Uriel, that Harry can keep being Harry, can keep on pushing back, keep on being himself.
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Doesn't matter what Harry thinks, he may think he is being enslaved, but he doesn't act enslaved. That's the whole point of Uriel's seven words, in the end it's up to Harry, and he remains himself. Harry has a vital job as Winter Knight, just as Rashid does as Gatekeeper, it requires that they are who they are, Mab knows that.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 20, 2025, 03:16:57 PM ---Doesn't matter what Harry thinks, he may think he is being enslaved, but he doesn't act enslaved. That's the whole point of Uriel's seven words, in the end it's up to Harry, and he remains himself. Harry has a vital job as Winter Knight, just as Rashid does as Gatekeeper, it requires that they are who they are, Mab knows that.
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Nevertheless, Harry isn't free. Just for a current example, there's the compulsory marriage to Lara. At the end of Battleground, Harry is musing about just how trapped he is.
Mira:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on January 21, 2025, 07:25:28 AM ---Nevertheless, Harry isn't free. Just for a current example, there's the compulsory marriage to Lara. At the end of Battleground, Harry is musing about just how trapped he is.
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No, he isn't free, but none of us are really, it depends on how you look at it. We have to see how this latest order from Mab plays out. At the moment it is an order, but nothing that simple for either Harry or Lara, neither responds well to "orders." Yes, there is a physical attraction there, part because there just is for a number of reasons and part because of White Vampire "chemistry" or whatever it is. Yes, it is an order, the inclination of both Harry and Lara is not just to say "no" but "HELL NO!" However both Lara and Harry are very rational beings, and even if it doesn't seem that way now, they do have a series of choices to make based on whatever information they receive or events of the moment. If both can see a real need for this union, it will happen, because it must happen. If both cannot see a real need for this union, it won't happen no matter how much pressure Mab cares to lay on.. And if it doesn't, she will smile and say," at last the Knight I've been looking for.." I wouldn't at all be shocked if it turns out to be just another one of her little tests and exercises that she feels are needed to shape the star born one destined to lead the troops in the final BAT.
g33k:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on January 21, 2025, 07:25:28 AM ---Nevertheless, Harry isn't free. Just for a current example, there's the compulsory marriage to Lara...
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Nevertheless, Harry isn't free. Just for a current example, there's little Maggie -- and Bonea -- and his responsibilities there.
Nobody is "free" in the sense of being unencumbered by any obligations to others.
Harry's obligations to Mab run a bit to the brutal side of things, it's true. Still, it's the life Harry chose.
Nooneofconsequence:
So here is a thought, tangent to the multiverse hypothesis. Are the microfictions, and I am specifically thinking of Morgan's, from the POV of the, for lack of a better term, "main timeline" versions of the character?
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