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DF Reference Collection / Re: Santa Claus is a Fae reference collection [CD Spoilers]
« on: January 01, 2013, 09:28:24 PM »
That is pretty much what I was doing, yes, but with the aim of speculating on the current question (I don't remember what that was at the time, something about whether Santa should have been weak to Iron, I think.).  What's the fun of obsessively following something if we can't extrapolate wild theories about it?

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Santa Claus is a Fae reference collection [CD Spoilers]
« on: January 01, 2013, 08:34:21 PM »
Quote from: 123456789blaaa on January 01, 2013, 11:43:53 AM
Would you mind telling me what your point was?
My point is very similar to that which Ms Duck and you are arguing.

Why is it what it is?  What are the qualifications?  What are the reasons?  Granted, I was rambling a bit, I do that a lot, but still.

'Fae are weak to iron because they are Fae' is a statement that needs qualification, and you qualified it, but it does not answer whether Fae existed before they were weak to Iron; or if they did exist before then, were they still Sidhe?

Just like you too are arguing whether or not so-and-so is a god based on unknown and assumed qualifications.  (Though In that case, I blame Jahovah for claiming exclusive licencing on the title of 'God'.  Few Religious figures were ever that ballsy.  How about use the word 'deity' so you don't get His panties in a twist, Eh?)  Ms Duck is extrapolating data, and the Count is taking the conservative approach.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Santa Claus is a Fae reference collection
« on: January 01, 2013, 02:34:36 AM »
Quote from: 123456789blaaa on December 31, 2012, 10:07:33 PM
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Thanks for that.  You completely missed my point, and helped it along at the same time.

Quote from: vultur on January 01, 2013, 02:09:41 AM
Tied to the world by mortal knowledge (not necessarily belief), I think.

From a limited mortal stand point, there isn't much difference between gods gaining power through mortal knowledge/belief and gods gaining influence over the world through mortal knowledge/belief.  But I think you are largely right (or at least Bob might compliment your understanding of it).

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Santa Claus is a Fae reference collection
« on: December 31, 2012, 09:27:04 PM »
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DF Reference Collection / Re: Crazy HWWB theory revisited [CD SPOILERS]
« on: December 01, 2012, 12:44:30 AM »
Quote from: Cenphx on November 28, 2012, 07:02:15 PM
I have never been able to come up with a satisfactory answer for where Lash was in GS. Anywhere you put her creates other problems.

Like if she was Inez in the cemetary, and I think some of the language Inez used fits a fallen angel kinda nicely, but then, who was Mab's proxy? Since there is a WoJ I believe, that DR and Mab each had a proxy there. 

If Lash was the whisperer at the church, then where was Lasciel in the book? Plus, the Whisperer seems more evil and out to get Harry, and I don't peg Lash as that antagonistic.

I suppose Lash could appear as to Harry as another person, like she did in DB as Sheila.  I haven't reread GS looking for a character with whom only Harry interacts while he is alone.  But this feels like a stretch to me.

So I'm stuck.

I've always interpreted Leah as being Mab's proxy in Ghost Story.  This leaves Inez free to be either Lasciel or Lash, and the bedside shade to be the other.  (though I am still in favor of the parasite being Lash, but I'm biased)

@ the headaches:  I think we need to home in on the point at which they were specifically pointed out as a recurring problem: Butter's comment in Turn Coat.  Before then, most of the headaches can be attributed to stress, trauma, or Geas.  Was there anything significant that happened between Small Favor and Turn Coat?  A short story? (I don't have Side Jobs nearby to check.) If not, it is certainly safer to assume it has something to do with Lash departing at the end of White Night (which give whatever problem; be it physical, magical, or parasite; time to develop into a full scale problem)(and has been pointed out, there was enough head pain going on in Small Favor that migraines could be easily missed in the Background Radiation).

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