I think you are wrong there, I think all you need is the will to be able to use it.  Nobody on the White Council is physically all that big, yet they wanted the Eye.  If need be during the BAT Harry might turn it over to Rivershoulders to shoot, or Alfred is large enough to use it if it is needed to keep the island secure.  I think Harry could use it with some modifications.

Not physically. Metaphysically, spiritual mass.

And I don't think it is safe to use an item that big that is made of pure hate. It will make you hate. It is just not safe to use even if you can use it.

It is about gaining time. How useful that is depends on how that time is used.

I admit, it felt a bit weird to me too. And I suspect it really IS too big to contain.

Just, not yet. For a while, Chicago (and NG-inclusive hinterland) can be a woke island in a sea of the unknowing, with information slowly trickling out. I think the coverers-up are making a mistake, and it will cost them when the truth gets out, but eh, that might be after the next election.

Nobody expect it to hold indefinitely but if they can get rid of the fomor and get some time to think and prepare before the masquerade crumbles it would be worth the effort.

Sorry, not the same thing at all. The death camps were somewhat sequestered from the general public, and even still rumors abounded (and higher ups knew it for a fact). Hiding the Chicago incident would be more like trying to tell Japan nukes dont exist after Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

Nuclear bombs are natural. There is some sort of inner resistance in most mortals against really seeing the supernatural for what it is. A lot of people accept any explanation above the supernatural one. I think there is a supernatural explanation for that.

Everyone in power wants to cover it up including the mortals. That does not mean they will ultimately succeed but it is a strong force. There is a rack in it and it will only get wider but we don’t get a completely different world in one day, it will take some time.

Couple thoughts on this. It seems that a lot of people here believe Marcone to be taken over. After reading Even Hand, I really don't think he will. Marcone knows lawyer talk. He is a meticulous, intelligent, and cunning mind. I am of the opinion that he's of the same stuff as Harry and will keep control.

Harry never took the coin, he had the shadow and one of the reasons he could resist that temptation is that he could change the shadow as well.
The other reason was that he ultimately did not want the coin.

Marcone has the coin. He accepted it with his free will. He wants to keep it. Theoretically he can resist it but practically that will be not that likely. It will become more and more difficult and he will grow dependent on it. The coin will influence him and he will I’ll. e changed as a result. No big change at once but after some time his goals will align with the fallen and he will be their tool. This can take some time but the idea that Harry could take up Lasciel’s coin and stay in control for 500 years is not very likely. It is just a matter of time. Only throwing away the coin will reverse this process.


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And as far the KotC going after him. Until Marcone does something to make them take notice, like use the coin to get his way in mundane situations, I think the Knights don't have a reason to interfere.
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They need a reason for that. They did not go after Harry when he had the coin.

I do like Jim's smack down of all the people who believed Marcone to take up the last sword. It's not a complete no it can't happen, but if Marcone chose to pick up the coin and wasn't seduced or tricked like Sanya, I don't think he's a candidate anymore.

Mab might know about Namshiel but she can not break her bonds with Marcone that easily, it would make a bad impression and would harm the accords and she first have to find out who is in charge at this moment. Ultimately it would be Namshiel but that might take some time and the apocalypse might be first.

From skin game it is clear she knows that Anduriel is more important than Nic.

But she is already taken measures. Closer ties to the white court and siding with her knight against Marcone during the meeting. Compare the interaction between them during Skin Game and in Battle Ground.

"While here we wait, O hunter of the shadows! We who yearn for your shadow to fall upon our enemy! We who cry out in need for thy strength, O Lord of Slowest Terror! May your right arm come to us! Send unto us your captain of destruction! Mastercraftsman of death! Let now our need become the traveler's road, the vessel for He Who Walks Behind!"

Lara heard and she has access to all information she can wrangle out of her father. No way to tell how much she knows though.