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Ghost Story--two things
Lord Kinbote:
Yes, a lot of maybes.
Add one more - maybe Malcom was fae and of Winter. Is there anything definitive on how a changeling knows it's a changeling, especially if Mab doesn't want the changeling to know and has given a direct order for no one to tell?
g33k:
--- Quote from: Lord Kinbote on June 21, 2025, 02:46:22 PM ---... maybe Malcom was fae and of Winter. Is there anything definitive on how a changeling knows it's a changeling, especially if Mab doesn't want the changeling to know and has given a direct order for no one to tell?
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Malcolm seems too warm & loving. Winterfae aren't.
But Eb met him, and iirc testifies as to both his goodness and his being pure-Mundane.
Mira:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 21, 2025, 05:40:46 PM ---Malcolm seems to warm & loving. Winterfae aren't.
But Eb met him, and iirc testifies as to both his goodness and his being pure-Mundane.
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I agree, I don't think that Malcolm had anything to do with the Winter Court. It is my belief that Margaret met Malcolm, fell in love and left Lord Raith. Not clear if she decided to conceive a star born with Malcolm and was pregnant before she left Lord Raith or after she left them. One thing for sure, just the act of leaving him was a death sentence sooner or later. I do believe however she was with child when she made a bargain with Mab and Lea for the protection of her child. I don't think she would have done so otherwise.
Lord Kinbote:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 22, 2025, 02:50:59 PM ---I agree, I don't think that Malcolm had anything to do with the Winter Court. It is my belief that Margaret met Malcolm, fell in love and left Lord Raith. Not clear if she decided to conceive a star born with Malcolm and was pregnant before she left Lord Raith or after she left them. One thing for sure, just the act of leaving him was a death sentence sooner or later. I do believe however she was with child when she made a bargain with Mab and Lea for the protection of her child. I don't think she would have done so otherwise.
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I think Dresden's conception and upbringing is far darker and far more intentional and engineered by multiple parties than this theory suggests. For example, I think the bargain was made before Dresden was conceived; if Maggie, Sr. was pregnant with a human child, why would she then seek to bargain with the fae for protection of Dresden instead of going to her own father, Senior Counsel member and the Black Staff? I believe Butcher has been spreading crumbs while misdirecting us both with Dresden as unreliable/in denial narrator and with his WOJ. I don't think that's a bad thing nor do I mean to suggest that Butcher should have done otherwise; it's just the path that Butcher has essentially had to take to avoid the story being unsurprising as its end builds, given the years/decades that he knew would be spent writing and releasing the overarching story.
But all will be revealed eventually, I suppose. I just hope I'm around to read the last book of the final trilogy.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 22, 2025, 02:50:59 PM --- ... It is my belief that Margaret met Malcolm, fell in love and left Lord Raith ...
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I'm virtually certain I recall WoJ that Margaret met Malcolm _after_ leaving Raith. I suspect that if she had fallen for Mal beforehand, she wouldn't even have left Raith (for fear of painting a target on Mal).
--- Quote from: Mira on June 22, 2025, 02:50:59 PM --- ... One thing for sure, just the act of leaving him was a death sentence sooner or later ...
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If she wanted to remain the renegade / lone-wolf, you're right. She's at least 2-3 magnitudes too weak to be safe from Raith's Outsider-fueled magic and the extra elements of White Court that Raith would be willing to employ (not to reveal his "shame" in having a mortal doe abandon him) .
If she could have gotten the White Council's protection, it'd have been a different story.
--- Quote from: Mira on June 22, 2025, 02:50:59 PM --- ... I do believe however she was with child when she made a bargain with Mab and Lea for the protection of her child. I don't think she would have done so otherwise.
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Absolutely she was with child, yes.
Furthermore, she was almost certainly aware it was a (potential) Starborn, and/or (via Salic Law) likely a powerful wizard; someone who would need protection during childhood.
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