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Ghost Story--two things
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 26, 2025, 12:41:39 PM ---Again, I am not sure Raith knew about Margaret having another child. I am not even sure he knew about Malcolm.
I always wondered in what context a stage magician met the wife of a vampire, who is a witch.
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I think that depends on how targeted his killing spell had to be. I mean if he had to know where she was, then he should have known at least that she was in labor.. Was Margaret really married to Lord Raith? Or did he just call her that because she had one of his children? Wonder what happened to his other wives? I also wonder in what context Margaret could have met Malcolm, I mean if she was just on the run from Lord Raith, I hardly think she'd attend a magic show.. Like a lot in the novels, stuff sounds great on the surface, but if you dig too deeply they begin not to make sense... Especially over a long series, stuff begins to contradict, happens in television series as well, I guess the author and writers think we fans forget details, and that's a real mistake.
Dina:
I do not think he knew where she was. The spell should target her, perhaps Raith has some hair or blood or something like that.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 26, 2025, 04:06:50 PM --- I think that depends on how targeted his killing spell had to be. I mean if he had to know where she was...
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I do not think "sympathetic magic" needs a physical "aim here" target, it ... just hits.
The sympathetic bond targets via magic, to wherever that bond exists (needing extra power to cross rivers or other running water, a HUGE amount to cross an ocean, etc).
--- Quote from: Mira on June 26, 2025, 04:06:50 PM --- ... I also wonder in what context Margaret could have met Malcolm, I mean if she was just on the run from Lord Raith, I hardly think she'd attend a magic show.. Like a lot in the novels, stuff sounds great on the surface, but if you dig too deeply they begin not to make sense... Especially over a long series, stuff begins to contradict, happens in television series as well, I guess the author and writers think we fans forget details, and that's a real mistake.
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Where could they have met?
Literally anywhere... At a grocery store... At a library... Doing a cheesy tourist location... Maybe even, yes, a magic-show: I imagine a fair number of Dresdenverse "real wizards" find mundane stage-magic to be various kinds of fascinating, amusing, etc... Like, "I know there's no real magic happening here, I could tell if there were... how TF did he DO that??!? Ha-ha-ha-ha this is AMAZEBALLS!" Also, I think a stage-magic show is exactly the kind of place Lord Raith would never expect Margaret "LaFey" Dresden to go, so it'd be obscurely extra-safe.
Dina:
Well, I do not think is so easy. As the wife of the very wealthy vampire king, I do not think she is going for groceries and thinks like that. Perhaps to very expensive things, like jewelry or fine clothing, but that is not a place where you would find Malcolm. Same with travels. First, I do not think Raith allowed Maggie to travel alone but that would be a moot point if Maggie can just use a Way to go for an esspresso in Italy. But how would she interact with Malcolm? Library is an option but I think the most probable scenario is Maggie (and perhaps Lara and her sisters) going to to Malcolm show just for curiosity. Still, it would be interesting to know more about that.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 30, 2025, 09:32:41 PM ---Well, I do not think is so easy. As the wife of the very wealthy vampire king, I do not think she is going for groceries and thinks like that. Perhaps to very expensive things, like jewelry or fine clothing, but that is not a place where you would find Malcolm. Same with travels. First, I do not think Raith allowed Maggie to travel alone but that would be a moot point if Maggie can just use a Way to go for an esspresso in Italy. But how would she interact with Malcolm? Library is an option but I think the most probable scenario is Maggie (and perhaps Lara and her sisters) going to to Malcolm show just for curiosity. Still, it would be interesting to know more about that.
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Once she was on the run from Raith, she very well might be hitting up a grocery-store or other "common" (i.e. not-ultrarich) activities & entertainments.
I mean, she was also a reasonably-senior and very powerful wizard in her own right, so I expect she had plenty of resources in her own right, if she wanted/needed, without drawing upon any of the Whamps' backing. But circulating in the wealthy echelons will make her MUCH more visible to her angry scorned ex-lover.
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