Also, take the whole "can't defend against itself" thing with a grain of salt. We don't have any specific reason to think Maeve was lying, but she could, and thus we can't assume she was being truthful. Maybe she wanted Harry to try and fail to make Mab have to kill him in defense of something.As long as I have no specific reason to think Maeve was not lying I assume she was. ;D
Also, take the whole "can't defend against itself" thing with a grain of salt. We don't have any specific reason to think Maeve was lying, but she could, and thus we can't assume she was being truthful. Maybe she wanted Harry to try and fail to make Mab have to kill him in defense of something.
She may have suspected Harry had been given orders to kill her; whatever his reason for being in Chicago, she wanted to thwart it.Maeve was playing that card since proven guilty.
Mab had finally gotten an active Knight on the field again... just as Maeve's plans were about to bear fruit, and unlock the Demonreach prison. Of course Maeve wanted Harry stymied!!!
What better way than to dangle the "Mab may be mad" bait in front of Harry's nose?
Sex with the Winter/Summer Knight of there respective courts. Mab says what the Mantle will do to defend itself. Winter Knight is part of the Winter Mantle as extensively talked about in Cold Days. Mantle can't defend against itself, would probably indulge in it.
Harry's thaumaturgy skills. He has winter, so.....
Disagree. I rather think Slate's hatred of Maeve is that she used sex to entice him, and when he cornered her on "delivery", the Mantle did its thing.
I also suspect that this is the purpose and point of the Lady *needing* a handmaiden. Dollars to doughnuts, Jenny Greenteeth, shapeshifter, "pinch hit" for Maeve when necessary and available. Tradeoff? Having a secret on the Lady.
So sometimes she gives him what he wants, sometimes she gives him a Ramirez, and his hatred of Maeve makes total sense.
2) Murphy. 3 divorced husbands by age 20-something. Never mentioned to have any other lover or partner. On and off tension with Dresden. Never consummates. They share several kisses like some middle school kids. She has sex with Kincaid, but the relationship doesn't last past a holiday. Then nothing ever.She was still "with" Kincaid in Love Hurts which is almost 6 years after Dead Beat. By her comments in Changes, I wouldn't be surprised if she got more than Harry knows. She was willing with Harry in Proven Guilty, but Harry wasn't.
Can the Winter Lady get pregnant from another Fae?I'm fairly certain the answer is no.
Then Molly should be able to have sex. Why hasn't she? Jim always finds a reasonThe reason is magic. The reason is story. Molly is saddled with a mantle that is supposed to be virgin because the mantles nature, story is virgin. Just like the lady should be female. It is about how these powers express themselves in the real world. It is all about the stories told about them. Those stories are not based on modern morality because they are old and only change slowly.
I am more referring to "on screen" events, so Luccio's past is left out.I'm taking this to mean you're ruling out events that don't take place between Storm Front and Skin Games because there's only been two to five on screen sex scenes (unless we count the porno sets as on screen). But the "on screen" point just goes to my point that Harry is the focal point, and there are a host of reasons making it hard for him to get any; he's shy, doesn't look people in the eye, isn't up for hook-ups or even casual relationships, definitely isn't doing any of the online dating or dating apps, one of his first date answer's is "wizard," and then there's the complexity of that last bit being true. I'm kinda surprised he's gotten laid at all.
I would get the Ladies being unable to have sex with other Sidhe if it was Maiden, Mother, Crone. If that's part of the mantles, then it makes sense. I'm pretty sure they were based on that archetype/trope, so I don't find it too out of place.He has power. That is attractive to some women.
I'm taking this to mean you're ruling out events that don't take place between Storm Front and Skin Games because there's only been two to five on screen sex scenes (unless we count the porno sets as on screen). But the "on screen" point just goes to my point that Harry is the focal point, and there are a host of reasons making it hard for him to get any; he's shy, doesn't look people in the eye, isn't up for hook-ups or even casual relationships, definitely isn't doing any of the online dating or dating apps, one of his first date answer's is "wizard," and then there's the complexity of that last bit being true. I'm kinda surprised he's gotten laid at all.
He has power. That is attractive to some women.But only to women who know magic is real. To the rest, it's kooky. Also, poor isn't generally attractive to women.
But only to women who know magic is real. To the rest, it's kooky. Also, poor isn't generally attractive to women.But for that you have to go out and meet people. You have to do things with people to get to know them. Never socializing with the rest of the white council also means not meeting woman who will appreciate his talents.
All that being said, I've seen some attractive (not just physically) women with some absolute losers, so Dresden should be able to find somebody.
@Yuillegan: Yeah, I just feel like a lot of those reasons are flimsy, even if we do need to have to know about the other characters sex lives for whatever reasons.
Honestly, I think a lot of that puritanical ideas are subconscious ones and he doesn't think too deeply about it. I'm not that wild about the ideas about sex that are put forward here, esp the idea of lust as a negative emotion.
And to be even more honest- and this is probably an unpopular opinion- but I found the Winter mantles problematic. There doesn't need to be all those rapetacular vibes for the knights, as rape isn't about sex. The 'sex' is just the means to an end so that the rapist can exert power in one of the most painful, angry way that they can. Even if the rapist believes that sex and rape go together, they're wrong. I'm getting tired of having rape and sex drive being connotative together within the series.
Plus, the idea that Molly can't have sex is weird b/c it just takes away more of her agency for titillation. It's inconsistent with what's been previously unwritten and also just isn't needed. I don't think posting links is allowed and even if it was, I wouldn't do it. But xserpx and davetheshady on tublr make much more salient points on this regarding Cold Case.
I would have thought, if keeping Winter numbers up for fighting Outsiders is needed, why don't they reproduce asexually, like some type of cell division that could be a cool bit of world building. Make the fae more alien as well.
But yeah.
... And to be even more honest- and this is probably an unpopular opinion- but I found the Winter mantles problematic. There doesn't need to be all those rapetacular vibes for the knights, as rape isn't about sex. The 'sex' is just the means to an end so that the rapist can exert power in one of the most painful, angry way that they can. Even if the rapist believes that sex and rape go together, they're wrong. I'm getting tired of having rape and sex drive being connotative together within the series ...
... On the hand I think there should be some better discussion and development so that Harry isn't a rapebot ...
I dunno having rape being a fixture of Winter and then having Winter being the defenders against Outsiders feels too much like letting bad things slide for the 'greater good' and that's a slippery slope right there.