Down to Brass Tacks
21st of February 2007 A.D.
COMMENTARY
Worth remembering that Tiffany' memories are a lot more cosmopolitan than Harry's, and reach back to times and societies where multiple-partner(one woman-multiple men, one man-multiple women and other variations thereof) relationships and marriages are a thing. She doesnt inherit the same hangups Molly or Harry do.
Besides, de-facto monogamy has not been the social norm for most of human history. Still isnt the social norm in large parts of the world for that matter, even in the West; President Mitterand had both his wife and his mistress show up at his funeral.
Going to note that based on Harry's memories of Susan, there isnt really much for her to object to.
Susan was arguably a little reckless in Grave Peril, but other than that, she was good for and good to Harry.
Not surprised Tiffany might like her.
Should be two thousand years not six. The Fallen were bound in the Coins around 33 AD.
I dont think that Tiffany would be quite so free about mentioning who Harry's grandfather is in front of Martin.
Or maybe she would.
Dunno. Just the knowledge of who his mother was should be enough; Maggie LeFay made a lot of enemies in her own right.
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[X] Sanctuary is safer than anywhere on Earth. Sure there will be an adjustment period, but not that much of a one at her age
Imagine a wizard Maggie trained in our hell, she could revolutionize everything there is to know about wizards. Is she magically gifted tho i dont know
Dresdenverse children tend to be sensitive to non-phyical phenomena, and have some protections.
However, magic talent doesnt generally manifest before 10 at the earliest to my knowledge; Harry and Elaine Awakened around 10, while Molly Awakened around 13. Margaret Angelica Rodriguez-Dresden is roughly 3 years old.
Whether or not she has magic is not going to be a factor for roughly a decade.
And there are other reasons why she shouldnt be in Sanctuary.
Not to mention that Sanctuary has no knowledge or experience of training wizards.
Dresden files magic is usually passed down matrilineally, so unless Susan is a mage then the odds are against her.
Amanda Lucia for example is more likely to have magic due to Rosie having it.
Matrilineal doesnt mean direct mother to daughter only; Molly's mother Charity was a talent, but as far as we know both of Charity's parents were mundane.
And remember that the Council can be wrong.
Anyway, she was carried to term by a Red Court halfblood, which is apparently rare in the setting.
Butcher explicitly says that she has something in a 2017
Interview, but he hasnt publicly said what.
She may or may not be a wizard, but she will have/already has magic.
i honestly don't care about his opinion. firstly harry and the mother are the only one that get a call but more importantly we have hilarious amount of leverage on the council, like to such a extent that it doesn't matter. we literally save the council from being destroyed. I doubt they will protest much. and we can super social them if they try.
Let me stop you right there.
We live in a society. We care about the opinions of others.
And from a straight up cold blooded PoV, if we are believed to have McCoy's great grandkid as a hostage, people in the White Council and beyond will believe that his judgement is compromised
And when he speaks in favor of anything Molly does or proposes, they will ignore it.
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Good point I suppose though we would actually have to ask McCoy to see if he really contextualizes it in that way. Given that Dresden could also be used against him in the same manner though I doubt it.
It would also be very out of character for Molly.
It doesnt just matter what McCoy thinks, it matters what his peers think.
Both the other Senior Council members, and the other senior wizards in the Council. And people beyond the Council as well.
Thats why it pays to pay attention to how your actions appear to others.
Butcher specifically refuses to say one way or the other because he's saving it for a surprise. In the DF cosmology kids that young can't be immediately marked as talents unless they're super unusual.
That isn't the same thing as her specifically not being a wizard.
IIRC, Uriel hints she will have magic back in either Changes or Ghost Story.
But I cant really remember the quote off the top of my head.
There's other hints as well, but nothing hard.
