(and, btw,
Jim fake out his readers!)
As we all infamously know, Mab ordered Harry -- if Mab should die -- to kill Molly. Prompted by other recent threads, I've come up with an unexpected new WAG...
Ostensibly, Harry should kill Molly because she "isn't ready" for the Queenmantle, for unspecified reasons and with unspecified ramifications.
But here's the thing: Mab's a master-manipulator; she gets people to do what she wants, but only sometimes is that with overt orders.
My WAG then:
Mab realizes that Harry killing Molly is a really,
really low-likelihood event; improbable in the extreme!
Therefore, that's not the outcome she's pursuing; that's not the
intent behind the order.
What, then? Brace yourselves...
This is Mab being genuinely kind!No, really!
Shocking, innit?
See, Mab
is genuinely worried about the pressures on an unprepared and suddenly-elevated Queen Molly. So, she conveys to Harry -- in the strongest language possible -- that this is a HUGE issue.
We know Harry. We know he isn't gonna kill Molly.
What
will he do?
Most likely, rally to her side and support her, offer advice & counsel, be a friend, etc.
Exactly the things new Queen Molly would need to stabilize her psyche while she adjusts to the powerful new Queenmantle.
And
that was Mab's plan, when she ordered Harry to kill Molly.
"Kill Molly" was Mab-speak for "Be a friend to her."
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