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Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Rasins on June 21, 2017, 02:34:46 PM ---But then he'd either be a full Fae (which Harry would have noticed by now) or he'd be an actual, factual vanilla Mortal with no unusual healing abilities whatsoever. Changeling only fits him if he's managed to stall out straddling the fence.
Sorry, fixed it.
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Actually, you were more correct the first time. Kincaid is (as far as we know) a vanilla mortal that chose what he is, but has managed to live for centuries. That's probably more like whatever Mac is, rather than an unchosen.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on June 21, 2017, 06:01:40 PM ---Actually, you were more correct the first time. Kincaid is (as far as we know) a vanilla mortal that chose what he is, but has managed to live for centuries. That's probably more like whatever Mac is, rather than an unchosen.
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Are you thinking that Kincaid actually /is/ human somehow, rather than simply lying to Harry that time? Id always thought His unconscious Choice had to be his Inhuman side which is what kept him alive. Unless he chose Human and his Human side turned out to be a Wizard? That only works if he's somehow Lost his magic recently (otherwise he'd have used it in SmF, no?).
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 21, 2017, 06:06:38 PM ---Are you thinking that Kincaid actually /is/ human somehow, rather than simply lying to Harry that time? Id always thought His unconscious Choice had to be his Inhuman side which is what kept him alive. Unless he chose Human and his Human side turned out to be a Wizard? That only works if he's somehow Lost his magic recently (otherwise he'd have used it in SmF, no?).
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I don't think Kincaid was lying. I think he thinks he's just as human as Harry, who isn't entirely human. Compared to vanilla humans, Harry is a demigod. He'll live for centuries, his injuries heal much better than normal for humans, and he has access to power that lets him manipulate reality around him to certain degrees.
By comparison, we know that Kincaid has lived for centuries, has somehow survived the things he's faced in that time, and has senses (and potentially abilities and skillsets) beyond human levels. He could quite possibly be more human than Harry in some ways.
Now, as to the source of Kincaid's longevity and senses, I'm not sure. I don't think we know enough about the nature of Changelings/Scions/Nephilim to know what physically and spiritually happens to them if the choose mortality. Are Kincaid's genetics superior to a normal human's because of his parentage? And if so, is his physical body left as-is if he decides to remain mortal? Maybe, maybe not.
Personally, I figure wizards are descendants of scions that chose mortality, but got to keep a small measure of power or ability. Kincaid might be the same, but from a different branch in the sire-tree.
Which would make him just as human as Harry.
Rasins:
To Piggyback on Griff, we don't know if wizards have some genetic thing that sets them apart from the rest of humanity.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Rasins on June 21, 2017, 07:13:29 PM ---To Piggyback on Griff, we don't know if wizards have some genetic thing that sets them apart from the rest of humanity.
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Well, just to footnote my thoughts, 1) genetic variation is very small, and 2) there's no proof (yet) that magic is genetic at all in the Dresdenverse.
Every human shares at least 99% of identical code. All variation exists in that 1%. There could be just one sequence that's activated for practitioners. Or, the difference could be entirely metaphysical, in which case there's no genetic variation. Charity might not have had a genetic sequence for practitioning; she just had a practitioner's spirit. When she gave birth to Molly, that spirit was still strong, and was passed on. But when she had Daniel, she'd shut that down, and it wasn't passed on.
I tend to think there's at least some genetic variation, but it's not a guarantee.
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