256
Site Suggestions & Support / Re: The next level.
« on: November 07, 2017, 04:22:39 PM »
And the new shorthand for someone who is a great poster is born...
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
257
DF Spoilers / Re: Proven Guilty - some minor unanswered questions
« on: November 07, 2017, 04:18:25 PM »
She will probably be one of those name drops or minor thread resolutions in the BAT that has people scrambling through the previous books to connect the dots.
258
DF Spoilers / Re: Proven Guilty - some minor unanswered questions
« on: November 06, 2017, 09:45:59 PM »What if she was complaisant? What if she approached a Blampire and said she'd work for them?
That would mean she has a knowledge of the supernatural in general and some desire to work for the Black Court in particular. Since by WOJ black court vampires are evil that does not say good things about Sandra if this is the case.
259
DF Spoilers / Re: A pattern in last 4 books
« on: November 06, 2017, 09:43:25 PM »
They could have "attached" themselves to him for the purpose of seeing him defeated. It makes me wonder if Nic has some additional protection against ghosts.
260
DF Spoilers / Re: Dead Horses that have not beenbeaten
« on: November 06, 2017, 09:41:49 PM »If memory serves, Harry had speculated that Lafortier had discovered Peabody's existence as a spy, and that his death was something of a reaction to that. If Harry was wrong, it could have been because he represented such a large minority and made for a better leverage to get Cristos in position.
I actually would go with situation 2. Lafortier was killed during the night. I can't see him finding out about the existence of a spy (especially one with such close association to the Senior Council) and waiting to tell someone about it and going to bed instead. My bet is that it was a combination of him being a "sort target" (as opposed to Eb for instance), the fact that his replacement was from the minority segment, and the fact that his killing would upset the biggest number of white council wizards and cause divisions due to underrepresentation.
261
DF Spoilers / Re: A pattern in last 4 books
« on: November 06, 2017, 07:05:15 PM »
We know shades can "attach" themselves to someone or something (Sir Stuart). I wonder how many shades Nic has collected over the millennia. Morty may go into ectomancer overload if he was in the vicinity of Nic.
262
DF Spoilers / Re: Proven Guilty - some minor unanswered questions
« on: November 06, 2017, 07:02:01 PM »
Can the black court create thralls without killing them?
263
DF Spoilers / Re: Dead Horses that have not beenbeaten
« on: November 06, 2017, 07:00:39 PM »Didn't puppy Mouse do some barking and growling?
Puppy mouse seemed to react to the supernatural, but never glowed to my knowledge or displayed any powers.
264
DF Spoilers / Re: Questions And Answers
« on: November 05, 2017, 03:48:03 AM »
Business suit would work, but it may not stop some members from requesting her "help" with their workout.
265
DF Spoilers / Re: Questions And Answers
« on: November 04, 2017, 03:08:48 AM »Executive Priority Health bouncer?
I would love to see the conversation between Ms. Demeter and/or Marcone about Murphy wearing the "uniform" at Executive Priority.
266
DF Spoilers / Re: Proven Guilty - some minor unanswered questions
« on: November 04, 2017, 03:07:20 AM »
Wow, until this thread I never had a second thought about Sandra. She looked pure vanilla mortal to me. Someone used to introduce Harry to the con and provide some background. Now you guys have got me wondering. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence around her that she might be spooky. Implanting the idea of using fear speaks the loudest to me. We know (or we assume) there was some kind of background game going on with Molly. Some game designed to make sure that Molly ended up as Harry's apprentice. Ms. Marling could have been the front used to bring Molly's powers to Harry's awareness.
267
DF Spoilers / Re: Gatekeeper's Cryptic Question in Summer Knight
« on: November 03, 2017, 05:18:41 PM »
I'll have to go check to be sure, but a couple of days. The battle happens near the midsummer solstice when the stone table switches from summer to winter.
268
DF Spoilers / Re: A pattern in last 4 books
« on: November 03, 2017, 05:17:27 PM »Yeah. A portable defibrillator and temporarily stopping her heart (which I'm positive her Fallen could've accomplished, considering Lash taught Harry to collapse the freaking bones in his hand) would've been a better idea.
Definitely could have worked, but I would not be surprised if Hades has built it so that the shade/ghost/spirit is immediately sucked away for judgement which would prevent its return to the body.
269
DF Spoilers / Re: Proven Guilty - some minor unanswered questions
« on: November 03, 2017, 02:31:11 PM »
There was a brief conversation. Here is the quote:
So whatever the mask was it had to be someone Molly trusted enough to invite inside and somewhat familiar to the fetches. All three of the fetches had experience with Harry so they could have used his appearance. Could also have been Rawlings possibly. Molly might have invited a police officer in. My money is on the boyfriend Nelson. Since it was Molly's mental manipulation of him that attracted the fetches I think they were capable of taking his appearance.
Quote
We listened to Daniel's recounting of the attack. It was simple enough. He'd heard Molly moving around downstairs and had come down to talk to his sister. There had been a knock at the door. Molly had gone to answer it. There had been an exchange of words, and then Molly had screamed and slammed the door.
"She came running into the living room," Daniel said. "And they broke down the door behind her and came in." He shivered. "They were going upstairs and Molly said we had to distract them, so I grabbed the poker from the fireplace and just sort of jumped them." He shook his head. "I thought they were just costumes. You know. Like... really stupid burglars or something. But the Reaper grabbed me. And he was going to... you know. Cut me with that curved knife." He gestured vaguely at his wounded arm. "Molly hit him and he dropped me."
So whatever the mask was it had to be someone Molly trusted enough to invite inside and somewhat familiar to the fetches. All three of the fetches had experience with Harry so they could have used his appearance. Could also have been Rawlings possibly. Molly might have invited a police officer in. My money is on the boyfriend Nelson. Since it was Molly's mental manipulation of him that attracted the fetches I think they were capable of taking his appearance.
270
DF Spoilers / Re: Gatekeeper's Cryptic Question in Summer Knight
« on: November 03, 2017, 01:58:08 PM »It might have been that Rashid didn't honestly know. If he was at the Gates, and time moves differently there, he might not know. Harry's answer told Rashid everything he needed to know.
That was my initial line of reasoning. My hang-up is that it was not referenced again. It would make sense that the Gatekeeper needs to be good with time if the time at the Outer Gates move differently, but Harry visited the Gates in CD with no discernible loss or gain of time. It is either a subtle reference to midsummer solstice like wardenferry said or planted seed that has not yet sprouted.