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DF Spoilers / Dresden and Lara
« on: January 22, 2021, 12:07:35 AM »
This is an interesting plot twist that can go so many ways
Pluses
1) Dresden and Lara have a great deal of respect for each other.
2) They are also clearly attracted to each other in a way that has nothing to do with magic or inner demon beings
3) This ties Lara even more tightly to Mab -- a very strong political alliance for Mab. After all, the White Court has a great deal of power in the mortal world - where Mab is fairly weak (relatively speaking).
4) It demonstrates Mabs power over Dresden in a very public way right after he was just super scary
5) It provides another layer of protection for Dresden vis-a-vis the white council. I am sure there are other allies of the White court that would not hesitate to target Dresden before but would hesitate after a marriage.
6) Does this give Dresden access to white court resources? Aka - cash and favors?
Negatives
1) Lara feeds on souls -- so hard to see how they can have a marriage without that being a pretty strong barrier
2) Dresden is going to resent the hell out of a political marriage and that will create a lot of issues. And if it becomes a real marriage then either Mab loses a lot of control over Harry to Lara (aka - she feeds on him scenario) or it turns to love and this becomes very damaging to Lara.
3) A lot of worry that Lara is infected by outsiders based on odd behavior. That could have been Justine distorting things-- or it could be a real sign that Justine infected Lara (or visa-versa as her father was probably associated with outsiders as well.
4) A distraction for Dresden. Normally that would be a good thing for Mab, but things are very ugly right now and having her winter knight be off his game would be dangerous.
5) A political marriage involves obligations on both sides. What would Mab promise Lara to make this happen? Or does Lara already owe Mab too much to say no.
6) Kids - enough said
7) Lara is the responsible type -- and a soul eating vampire. Relations with Maggie will be complicated..... of course, this might explain why Maggie goes to boarding school....
8.) Dresden will have obligations to Lara that might conflict with his obligations to Mab. And Mab cannot just override such obligations as winter law applies.
9) Lara's family are mostly a bunch of monsters. Her extended family/court even more so. That cannot end well when Dresden walks into the room. And they are unlikely to take a few random deaths as well as the winter court did.
Pluses
1) Dresden and Lara have a great deal of respect for each other.
2) They are also clearly attracted to each other in a way that has nothing to do with magic or inner demon beings
3) This ties Lara even more tightly to Mab -- a very strong political alliance for Mab. After all, the White Court has a great deal of power in the mortal world - where Mab is fairly weak (relatively speaking).
4) It demonstrates Mabs power over Dresden in a very public way right after he was just super scary
5) It provides another layer of protection for Dresden vis-a-vis the white council. I am sure there are other allies of the White court that would not hesitate to target Dresden before but would hesitate after a marriage.
6) Does this give Dresden access to white court resources? Aka - cash and favors?
Negatives
1) Lara feeds on souls -- so hard to see how they can have a marriage without that being a pretty strong barrier
2) Dresden is going to resent the hell out of a political marriage and that will create a lot of issues. And if it becomes a real marriage then either Mab loses a lot of control over Harry to Lara (aka - she feeds on him scenario) or it turns to love and this becomes very damaging to Lara.
3) A lot of worry that Lara is infected by outsiders based on odd behavior. That could have been Justine distorting things-- or it could be a real sign that Justine infected Lara (or visa-versa as her father was probably associated with outsiders as well.
4) A distraction for Dresden. Normally that would be a good thing for Mab, but things are very ugly right now and having her winter knight be off his game would be dangerous.
5) A political marriage involves obligations on both sides. What would Mab promise Lara to make this happen? Or does Lara already owe Mab too much to say no.
6) Kids - enough said
7) Lara is the responsible type -- and a soul eating vampire. Relations with Maggie will be complicated..... of course, this might explain why Maggie goes to boarding school....
8.) Dresden will have obligations to Lara that might conflict with his obligations to Mab. And Mab cannot just override such obligations as winter law applies.
9) Lara's family are mostly a bunch of monsters. Her extended family/court even more so. That cannot end well when Dresden walks into the room. And they are unlikely to take a few random deaths as well as the winter court did.