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DF Spoilers / Re: Carlos and Chandler's mentors
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I mean, unless Harry becomes immortal...which has been hinted at. But I think Harry might go the Vadderung model if he does, rather than the Mab one. Something a bit more flexible. That said, after everything Harry has been through I think it would almost cruel to have to live more in the mortal plane (whether he is immortal or otherwise). Harry deserves to find peace and be with his family again.If Harry dies, it will be at the end I hope surrounded by his children and grandchildren. I don't want to see Harry made into some kind of immortal of any stripe. He does deserve peace, and after it is over, if he is surrounded by friends and family, he will have it.
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Well, it's just a philosophical position. Which doesn't mean he follows every tenet of it. But he does surely hold the central tenet of liberty (the freedom from oppressive restrictions imposed by an authority on one's life) is a core value of his. So, even if he isn't a Libertarian in the sense of a political movement (and I was a bit unclear on that, I apologise) he is a follower of the philosophy.
It doesn't make him a libertarian, it just makes him an ordinary human who wishes to havethe freedom to mostly live his life as he sees fit. That's no different from the rest of us, and most of us understand there are still laws we all have to abide by or there would be anarchy. Harry understands that also.
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But I am not suggesting he believes the world would be better without the White Council, yet. I do think he thinks the world is better off without a corrupt one, though. Which I think it could be argued the current one, is.
I don't think anyone disagrees with that except maybe some of the old fossilized wizards, however having said that I don't think for the most part that the White Council is corrupt so much as it needs to be reformed and updated to fit better into the 21st Century.
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As Ebenezar has pointed out, Harry is being isolated. By his own choice, to a degree. But also by his new allies like Mab. From Harry's perspective, he is making the best choices he can. But that doesn't mean he isn't being isolated.However that isn't an isolation of choice on Harry's part.. That kind of isolation isn't the same as choosing to be a loner.
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Ultimately though, Harry himself admits openly his distrust and disdain for authority. Every single book has had him clash with some sort of authority. I would even go so far to say it's a core part of his character - to clash with authority. He has improved a lot since the early days, is a bit wiser about how he goes about it and understands the issues better now. But he doesn't want to rule anyone, because he himself doesn't wish to be ruled.Again, I disagree, Harry has reason to distrust authority, but that isn't the same as having a disdain for authority. His clashes with authority in most of the books is about what the rules should be and living by those rules, not about disregarding the rules.
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Something else to consider. If the White Council had an enemy or group of enemies out there, who wanted to remove them, who found them inconvenient - one of the best and oldest tricks to do it is divide and conquer. Now, what enemy might the White Council have? A shadowy organisation with links to eldritch demon gods...? If, say, that organisation knew of a powerful, rebellious wizard and knew that by isolating him and playing into his fears and pressuring him it might send him on a collision course with the White Council, how might they go about that?
Well, that is a technique as old as when mankind first began to organize into groups. In this case it isn't Harry doing the isolation, the White Council is it's own worst enemy. The enemy plays upon the White Council's own fossilized view of the world, not much Harry can do about that. He has clashed with the White Council at Molly's trial, and Rashid has foretold that he will clash with them again... However that doesn't mean that it is a bad thing if he does.
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Would they just tell him to attack the White Council, make some offer for power that he wouldn't take? Or would they turn his allies against him? Misconstrue his actions and best intentions to look as bad as possible? Create an environment of fear and distrust in order to push people to act in certain ways, say, kicking a White Council hero off the team? Target his friends and family in order to get him to act rashly? Perhaps even put years of work into him just to get him to the moment he might act?
Except I cannot see Harry doing that, nor does the series point to that happening in my opinion. Harry is too logical a being, that's part of his makeup as a good private detective.