History Headscratchers / SkinGame

** I assume it had to be [[spoiler: His daughter because one; She was of his blood and two; she loved him. Remember, she said 'I love you' to which he replied 'That's the problem'. If she had not loved him, and been WILLING to die for him to achieve his goals, she would not have been the one sacrificed.]]

*** I don't know if "execution" was clearly on Michael's mind, but there was at least one fight where he offered redemption to Nicodemus, but switched toa more aggressive fighting form when it was refused. I suspect that as long as redemption is ''legitimately'' offered and refused, then Knights are allowed to attempt to deal with it, since in a 'free will' way Nicodemus is dangerous if left free to do what he wants. (For a tangential equivalent as to why he's allowed to escape, in ''Turn Coat'' Injun Joe let Shagnasty escape because of the chance of collateral damage of the fight went on much longer.)

* Even if Uriel were to Fall, the archangel wouldn't necessarily wind up ''cooperating'' with the Denarian's agenda. Aside from (possibly) the Outsiders, supernatural villains in the Dresdenverse are ''always'' every bit as impeded by infighting as by the good guys' opposition.

** Given Anduriel's role as TheSpymaster, he almost certainly knows about Molly. If Nicodemus were to go after the Carpenters, he would have the Winter Lady and the Winter Knight (a guy who knows his chief weakness) both actively out for his blood.
** Nicodemus and Anduriel pretty clearly don't know what Uriel did. Otherwise, he'd have been too valuable a target to pass up. Even if Nicodemus died and Anduriel's coin was captured, that would still be a net win for the Denarians as Uriel is far stronger than any of them. As for why they didn't realize, that's harder to answer. It may have been a case of EvilCannotComprehendGood as that's been a problem for Nic in the past (such as his refusal to believe Dresden could have turned Lasciel's shadow in Small Favor) or simple VillainBall.

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[[WMG:About the Gate of Blood...]]

[[WMG:About the Parasite...]]

[[WMG: How much does Lasciel know from Lash? ''Nothing.'']]
* By the end of her existence, Lash was on Harry's side, willing to die to protect him. Initially it seemed like she was destroyed with no chance to communicate with Lasciel. Even if she wasn't, Lash said that Lasciel would never let her rejoin her mentally now. And if they ''did'' merge, shouldn't at least some of Lash's new affection for Harry have come with her?

So most likely, Lash never merged with Lasciel, never gave her any info about Harry.

''Lasciel was bluffing about that.''

Look at what she says to Harry. She calls him "lover," because even though she knows he never took up the coin, she cannot conceive of a man, given the chance at completely realistic fantasy sex with whatever female form they choose, turning down the opportunity completely. She assumes Harry ''must'' have taken her up on at least that part of her offerings. Everything else could come from Anduriel eavesdropping on Harry's conversation with Murphy, when he told ''her'' about the spirit gestating in his head.

Harry buys her bluff and assumes Lasciel knows everything that transpired between himself and Lash, but in truth, she doesn't know any more than what she can guess and Anduriel can pass along to her.

[[WMG:The Fellowship of St. Giles]]

** Martin was only telling the Red King what was ''supposed'' to be happening, not reporting on definitely confirmed facts. Some cells may have held out longer or better than he'd anticipated, thus still been alive and fighting before their elders crumbled to dust even as their great enemy did too.

** At least a half-truth? The Fellowship is destroyed, Asher hears how the Red Court was wiped out, someone connect the dots for her using a 'well placed' lie? (We don't hear exactly what she knows before she dies. Although, yes,.it could be a retcon or a misremembered plot point when written, I guess.)

* So [[spoiler: Ascher]] blames Dresden for the destruction of the Fellowship of St. Giles, claiming that his eradication of the Red Court also took out many of the half-vampires who made up the Fellowship of St. Giles. But wasn't the Fellowship destroyed by the Red Court during the events of ''Changes''? Martin gave them up to the Red King to maintain his cover and implies him and Susan are the only ones left by the battle of Chichen Itza. Granted, it's not impossible one of them was lying or the Red Court missed the cell [[spoiler: Ascher]] was involved with, but it still seems like a RetCon.

Harry buys her bluff and assumes Lasciel knows everything that transpired between himself and Lash, but in truth, she doesn't know any more than what she can guess and Anduriel can pass along to her.

** [[Tropers/CurledUpWithDakka I]] expect one of two things: 1.) Knowing how Harry feels conflicted about Molly, why add a reason to feel conflicted about her? 2.) Molly is currently not a "woman" in his life; she's too Fey (as shown with the 'cell phone test') to be a candidate. (And this would depend on the qualifications for "Who should I look like?")

* Why does it take the form of every woman in Harry's life who actually means something to him, but has nothing of Molly in its appearance? While he doesn't reciprocate her romantic feelings, he does care about her quite a bit, and the spirit doesn't just take features from women he cares about romantically.

** Just before her HeroicSacrifice, Lash says that for that act, Lasciel won't take her back. This suggests that there was some degree of communication after said sacrifice between Lash and Lasciel. Furthermore, a) Anduriel was noted to be spending much of the affair listening to Dresden's shadow, and he was unprotected when he informed Murph. Anduriel could easily have tipped off Lasciel, b) with such a powerful spirit of intellect effectively gestating in his brain, it wouldn't be hard for Lasciel to notice that something is up and draw the correct conclusion.

** It is still, technically, formed partly from her

* Why does [[spoiler: The True Lasciel]] know about the Parasite's existence? Wasn't it a separate entity?