Didn't San'Lanyah say that her host body was a gift from Morgana?
Wasn't there something in The Movie about greater magical power leading to more restrictions (or requiring taking on more restrictions to get)?
Not a gift. A purchase, and an expensive one at that. But how did Lucy end up in Morgana's possession? To sell someone, you need to owe them, first. How did that come to be? What could Lucy wish for that she had to pay such a price?
No, I don't remember anything about restrictions... Talia's speech was pretty confusing, though. This might be what you are referring to...
Power itself cannot act. It requires an intermediary, an avatar to manifest it within the physical world.
...but I think it was said in relation to why the existence of Knights to wield that power was necessary.
I keep thinking about how much of the tragedy that befell Camelot could have been avoided. Most of what happened was inevitable given the actors, their circumstances and their personalities.
Merlin could not have left Artura to die, so he made the reincarnation spell. He loved her, of course he did. What would one do differently in his place? So then, since he could not have done everything alone, he went to Morgan to check his work, and we know how that ended.
Mordred couldn't have processed what he saw on the night of Gala's Knighting, so he went to find an adult, and found Lady Bercila, who couldn't have let it slide and took it to Artura... who in turn could not have behaved differently. The sentencing of Gwynn, Lorelei's rebellion - they are all links of the same logical chain. Pull one, and the rest will follow.
And then there is this now... Gala could not have left Morgan to face Lorelei alone, so she fled her post to warn him, whereupon the both of them conspired to prove something to their parents.
A lot of it is as immutable as the laws of physics that dictate that fire and gunpowder in close proximity will create an explosion. But was there something that lit the fuse? Did the events evolve naturally, as a series of cosmic coincidences, or were they aided? And if it is the latter, then by whom, and for what purpose? Was it Morgana? Was it the power of Fate? Talia murmured something about raw destinal energies...
There's unfortunately a lot of things wrapped up in and around this issue. Good intentions backfiring, uncountable unknown evils vs. a known one, and a core of self-destructiveness are what I'm attempting to point out and address.
Wasn't it the same with Mathew's vote? The one where he believed he was the only one who knew how to help? So what is different now? We promised to give his solution a proper consideration if it's likely to help in any way, so I guess we could extend the same promise to Ginny?
But of course, that would be deflecting the responsibility from ourselves to a third party. She is asking us to decide what we are going to do when Gemma wakes up. Will we leave, or will we stay around? Will we turn her down, or will we lead her on? Her decision will likely be based on that, because if she believes we are going to hurt her friend, it's off with our head.
So what does your vote answer to her question? You are asking her right back about what you should do... but didn't she tell you already?
veekie gives a straight answer and comes to a decision. You let her decide. If she tells you to get lost and not come back until Gemma gets better, will you oblige her?
