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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: Yesterday at 07:06:58 PM »
Hi Regen! It was hilarious about the beetles.

Well, I am glad your mom is better but yes, she needs to have her meds doses fixed by an specialist, so I hope she can do it soon. Meanwhile, I imagine a healthy diet and some relax should help.

Today is our Independence Day. It is not cold at all, I think we have 17°C too! And it is also sunny so it feels great. I am having a pastry that is quite traditional this day. "Pastelitos". I am not sure how to describe it, so here is a picture. https://tn.com.ar/resizer/v2/pastelitos-de-membrillo-y-de-batata-un-clasico-criollo-foto-instagram-manhattanpanaderia-VWUSOFYR75E7TIB6HLLNARL64Y.jpg?auth=a703cc46be87649c6416a4201678ac2fc797f1ff90d20c7e64d4aacd563031de&width=1440There are fried things, filled with something sweet, generally quince or sweet potato (sometimes other options). There is a mock battle in Argentina between team quince and team sweet potato. I am definitely team quince (which does not mean sweet potato ones are not yummy too, only I prefer the quince version). That said, I am not such a fan of pastelitos either, I like one occasionally but that is all. But the other traditional sweet thing for July 9 are churros with hot chocolate. We passed on the chocolate today, but we bought some churros, and that is something I definitely enjoy, especially the dulce de leche filled variety. Take that, Spaniards  ;D

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: July 07, 2025, 04:33:11 PM »
Hello Weird!

Fcrate! Glad to see you here! I am doing well, a little under the weather but nothing too bad. And the temperature has raised a lot. For example, we have 14 C now. It is also more or less sunny.
Hubby is doing, well, as well as he does. He also has a cold, with heavier coughing, but he is getting better, it was a bad weekend.
You have a puppy!  :) Please take care of the little one.

Regen: I am sorry to hear about your mom, is she back home? I hope she is totally recovered by now. And I wish the best for your neighbour.
34 C is hot but quite common in the Buenos Aires summer, so I know how it feels. And I imagine in your area there are not as many AC?
When I had cats, in the worst days of Summer we added one or two ice cubes to their drinking water. It helped them.
Anyways it is good the heatwave is gone for now. As it is the extreme cold here. You were not the only one thinking in the Eternauta, especially because they said there was a very small chance of snowing in the city. Let  :D :Dbe clear. There was never as much snow as in The Eternauta in the city. In July 9, 2007, we had a little snow, most of it melted as soon as it touched the grown. Before thar, around a hundred years previously it had snowed some more. As the city was colder then (less asphalt, less big buildings, more empty areas. And less machines sending heat to the air) the snow remained for more time and the pictures are prettier. Still, nothing like the Eternauta, which was part of the impact of the comic images. If you showed a Buenos Aires landmark covered by snow, you know something really bad happened. 

LOL Regen! When you said you had beetles I thought in the biological bugs  :D :D :D Like the Egyptian ones I am sure Fcrate is too tired of  :). It took me a moment to understand what you were saying in your newest post. Now, I still think is great and original that you had car beetles and your kids can play with them. Also great that you had blue beetles before reading Dresden. And I agree, the new models are not as cute as the old ones. I have not seen an old model in ages. They were never super common here to begin with. We had a lots of "fititos" (the Fiat 600 one) which more or less had the niche covered.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: July 02, 2025, 06:02:29 PM »
Hello. I just wanted to comment that we had a few very cold days. Here in Buenos Aires we had around 0 C, which is more or less uncommon. Everybody felt cold all the time and many of us were/are under the weather. But in the South of the country there were until -17 C. Frozen indeed.
There also snowed relatively close to Buenos Aires, so it was fun and pretty.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: July 01, 2025, 11:01:05 AM »
But I thought she met Malcolm before leaving Raith.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« 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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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 28, 2025, 02:11:58 AM »
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.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« 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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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 26, 2025, 03:57:05 AM »
Mira, I agree with you about what Chauncy said and about how important is Malcolm's goodness and Margaret's love for him. However, I don't agree with the first part of your post. Leaving with Thomas was not so easy. Officially he was the prince of the White Court. All the White court would pursue her. Yes, leaving Lord Raith was dangerous. He was a very powerful man, both magically and socially. He had means for having his revenge. But he was not as motivated as he has been if Maggie had taken his child. Not because he loved Thomas but because what he represented.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 23, 2025, 03:18:34 AM »
I don't think Thomas was a failed Starborn. I got the idea that Starborn were born in a very specific window that happens every many, many years. So I do not think Thomas, who is several years older than Harry, was near that window. Also Harry was born on Halloween, which I think is not a coincidence either, I think it was part of Maggie's plan. But Thomas was born on February.

The rest, I don't know.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 22, 2025, 07:59:46 PM »
I do not think she was with child, because I think she conceived Harry after deciding to have a Starborn, so she had to choose the approximated time of the conception. And I believe she took that decision only after she was sure she could do that with Malcolm.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 21, 2025, 02:31:10 AM »
If it was Uriel, it was under the WG orders, I believe.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: June 20, 2025, 02:55:00 AM »
Ah, I hope Micro enjoys her new room! And that she appreciates your hard work.
So interesting about the beetles, that is original.

Today has been a sunny, not really cold day, but the night is really chilly. Thank God for the heaters.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 19, 2025, 11:41:16 PM »
Somehow I don't think so if Malcolm was as good a man as everyone says he was.  I think I remember Harry talking about a photo that he had and lost in the fire of his mother pregnant with him and his father and how happy they looked.  If there were a lot of twists and turns I think it would all be on Winter's part.
I agree. I can imagine Maggie wanting a Starborn, but I think she truly loved Malcom and Malcolm loved her.

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The Bar / Re: New Weird
« on: June 18, 2025, 04:57:30 PM »
That was so amazing and I am so glad it worked for your family.

And great about your mom's birthday! I think a nice visit of some neighbours with not too much fuss is a perfectly fine way to celebrate (after the family meal, of course).

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DF Spoilers / Re: Ghost Story--two things
« on: June 17, 2025, 11:06:33 PM »
I am not sure about all of that but I agree with Maggie knowing she was going to die as soon as Harry, who was protected, left her body. And I also agree she planned everything so he had a Starborn who was protected from Raith and her death curse would weakened Raith. I think Maggie trusted Harry would be protected and raised by Malcolm, and she trusted that would make Harry a good boy.
 I do not think Raith knew about Harry. He may have suspected there was a child (I do not think he knew the child was a male even) but he could not find Harry because he has been protected, and then, as Mira said, DuMorne and Eb where enough to hide him. Of course, this only works if Raith did not know that Maggie had married Malcolm Dresden. Because Harry is using his name and he is even in the book! So someone with Raith contacts could find him in no time.
I do not remember how Thomas found out that Harry was his brother.

Back to the curse, I agree with Mira, Raith did not know it was fueled by her bloodline. If he knew I think he would have managed to have Thomas killed, one way or another.

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