Well, let's just get it over with. Molly Carpenter is at least 20 years old at the time of Changes. As in physically adult, within a few percentage points of final growth. Anyone found any reference whatsoever that Mab and Molly have any sort of resemblance, save the fact that they are both female? Dresden would have noticed; more it would have conflicted with the padawan as student and non lust object and Mab as uber hottie. The resemblance would have been there even before Molly got as old as she is. No one's noticed. There should have been some indication. If 'Mab' arose after a mortal wizard travelled in time and ascended, a lot of entities would have noted and remembered it. So far, nothing....

I don't know that it's that much of a "worked long enough" thing; I am having a bit of a "the beginning of this, which I have written, sucks, and the ending, which I am trying to figure out, sucks, and I do not think the middle does but only because I've not thought about it much yet" moment on the newest project.

It is really irritating when various priorities need an atypical lot of your attention and you have to leave a new project aside short-term and the new project keeps popping up new ideas and waving at you and jumping up and down saying "look at me".  I could be writing it, but only if I took it out of sleep time and I am underslept as is.