The Archive -- within the context of the Accords -- is at least legally a "neutral party" regarding any other two parties?
I was going to say yes, but I'm not sure if she is a
de facto or
de jure neutral party. I'm also not sure if she is a neutral party regarding
any other two parties.
She is "bound" to that "neutrality" to whatever degree her being signatory to the Accords binds her.
No because the "bound" language comes from the description of the Archive's essential nature. I believe agreeing to the use of the bound language for two different situations just confuses the issue when people have enough trouble with this concept when not using the same language to describe both ideas.
We don't know if neutral parties are bound to that neutrality or if they just happen to be neutral parties, so we wouldn't really even be agreeing to anything.
This is strictly an objection to form and not substance.
I do not believe the Fae can be obliviated. They are too tightly tied to the mundane world, too naturally a part of it.
Thomas said that the Venatori tried but failed because of Gutenberg and the Grimm Brothers. The Venatori operate under orders from the Archive. Thus the Archive tried to obliviate the Fae. The Archive acted against multiple Accorded members without provocation.
Whether or not that task is achievable is irrelevant to the issue at hand, though it is interesting, and I'd be happy to leave this discussion behind to take that one up. I just don't have much to offer other than that if the Archive ordered it, then it is exceedingly likely that it is possible. A counter to that argument might be that the Venatori sometimes act on their own initiative.