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It's not a terrible argument, I'm just thinking that it's irrelevant to the issue of magical taint or not.

Again, Harry got a bit of a stain from killing Justin, and "A bunch of people might hypothetically think I'm an easy target" is a lot less of a justification than "He's trying to kill me right this second!"

Touche' :)

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I don't know if he got any taint or not, but if he did, it was probably of the psychological variety rather than the metaphysical variety.  Nothing magical about it, just that it's easy to get into the habit of solving your problems and making your points with violence.  Doing it and having it work just encourages you to do it again.

I agree with what you are saying,  but in that situation with all winter watching  he had to do what he had to do. When around dangerous people, if they think you're weak, your done

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But Harry is not a ranking noble of the Winter Court.  If there were to be any taint from killing a sidhe, just because Harry can justify it to himself (and you can justify it for him) doesn't mean he didn't actually kill someone.  Standard behavior or not, necessity or not, he killed someone with magic.

Now, he killed a sidhe, not a mortal, and as he is not a mortal, I don't think there is that same kind of taint, and he's in the clear for the Laws, but "I've got a really good reason" doesn't make you immune to the corrupting influences of dark magic.

I mean, Harry had as good, if not BETTER justification for killing Justin when he did, and it was still an issue for him with the Laws, and he even got a bit of that taint on him.

So you are saying since he didn't kill a mortal, but killed a sidhe he still got some kind of dark magic taint but not the same as if he would have killed a person,  right? 
(sorry for the wording I have been up for a while with out sleep)

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Before the party, Harry mentions that he was going out to "first day in the prison yard". The #1 rule of the prison yard is "don't show fear". In fact, your best bet for that is to find the biggest, baddest prisoner and beat  the ever-loving hell out of him to establish your credentials.

In the Winter Court, no such credentials would be awarded to a Knight who showed any sort of mercy. To quote Vince McMahon here, "ruthless aggression" is the name of the game for them and the only thing they respond to. Harry understood this, and acted accordingly. His first "kill" was on Mab's orders and as such, did nothing for him. The second was his way of establishing his identity and establishing the ground rules for how he was going to deal with the Sidhe from then on out. It was pre-meditated, but was not outside the realm of "standard behavior" for ranking nobles of the Winter Court. He understood this, and its necessity, so no taint or corruption would apply to him afterward. He didn't want to do it, but he had to, and that's the crucial difference.
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DF Reference Collection / Re: [CD spoilers] Cowl = Simon reference thread
« on: December 01, 2012, 11:28:57 PM »
I am thinking simon is my first choice, second is langtry

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