@bestnemesis,

Things come back 10 years later in this series.  Faith Astor is set to come back at the start of BAT.  You may not have cared, but other's do.  And PG is the book with the least tied up answers in most people's mind.  That is because all of this is recently relevant in the series.  For example, it is where (if we had known) we saw an nFected Maeve.  That and the Black Council are still important enemies.

Finally, Time Travel is a horrible answer in this series.  If I were Harry and I time traveled from the end of the series I would:

1 - Go back in Time and Kill Cowl.
2 - Ditto with Peabody
3 - Same with Arianna
4 - And the rest of the Red Court
5 - And heck while we are at it the Fomor

If you can not see the problem with going back in time, then remember this - if you can...do the "Kill the bad guy" thing before it becomes a problem for Harry.  Why would TT Harry just not wait at Molly's, Kill the Fetches, and move along.  He knows they are showing up.

@raidem,

Actually all you did is post about your theories.  I put you on ignore about 3 years ago because this is my opinion of what you do.  You post about what you think repeatedly.  With the forum's going away, I removed that.  So how about this, make a post critiquing what I wrote without mentioning anything that you have ever posted.  Compare what I wrote to the text of the books and WoJ's, etc.  The point of the exercise is to see how well what the Theory Wrote compares to the information that we have. 

You have posted the same stuff for years about time travel and alternate realities and such.  My theory is that NONE of that happened in PG.  That there is NO Time Travel NOR is there any Alternate Reality NOR is there any Special Connection, except as I have spelled out.  This was Mab saving Molly.  In a Mab way.

Thank at least 1 person for discussing my theory.  I went from the WoJ (I think it was) that we could discover the point of PG by looking at what came out of it.  Most everyone noted the BC attack, but the main plot of the book was patently ignored.  So, I said...suppose the main plot of the book was actually the main plot of the book.

However, I think the Mouse thing is trivial to explain.  Molly had recently done Black Magic.  Mouse reacts to evil actions not to potential evil (otherwise he would have had problems with Thomas).  As Molly got more distant from this and potentially changed direction, Mouse changes his views and likes her.

NOTE:  The only reason I type this is that Sandra Marling meets Mouse twice during the book and he has no noted reaction to her.  That (to me) pretty much seals it that she is not a player in the game.

I would greatly prefer if you want to have a thread about another theory...that you make another thread.  Thanks!

"and it was still self defence."

1 - Harry was put on double secret probation when he killed in self defense.  See Justin.
2 - Hannah Ascher was declared a Warlock for killing in self defense.

Going through each candidate listed:

1 - Cowl/Kumori under their Black Council roles are not members of the Accords.  As this looks to be held under the Accords, they have no seat at the table.

2 - The Raiths are not really absent.  They had a role in Cold Days, though Thomas was the only member "on screen".  Lara specifically participated.  Lord Raith is unlikely to travel to a meeting when Lara can represent him.

3 - Mavra is a possibility, but I don't see her gain in being in a place where lots of folks would want her eliminated.

4 - The Eebs have 2 problems.  First, they may not be alive.  If the Blood Curse did not get them, the Erlking's folk might have.  Second, it assumes that they are well and released by the Erlking.  Given that they violated his territory (and their Guest Rite) and his stated use for them was to entertain his followers, not sure why they would let them go if they are alive.

I think we need to basically say that the technology interactions are problematic in the series and that no single theory can explain them.  They are there to make the plot work.  Let me give some examples:

1 - Guns:  Okay how about old guns...The Colt Model 1911 (aka a 45), Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, the M2 Machine Gun, and a Gatling Gun.  Now that Harry is the Winter Knight he should be able to hold and wield any of these and manage the recoil through clever use of ice.  All of them were invented for or used in WWI with the exception of the Gatling Gun which is US Civil War era tech.  Given the "WWII" nature of the tech challenge, none of these should be impacted by Harry.  So automatic weapons should be completely available to him.  Please note that he used VERY modern ammo in his shotgun during Small Favor...so ammo does not seem to be a problem.  I recognize nobody would walk down a street with an M2 but a 45 is no bigger than some of the crap he has carried.

2 - Phones:  Okay he kills cell phones, but I am more interested in his interference with Landlines.  In the earlier stories in particular, this was a problem.  Now if he was smart he would have had an old style rotary dial desk phone.  Technology perfected in the 1920s.  Pulse dialing still works today.  Now the problem might be on the other end of the line...but the standard for cable length in the US Outside Plant in a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC and given this is Chicago this is now AT&T formerly SBC formerly Ameritech) is 12,000 ft or about 2.5 miles.  The tech used is older than in cell phone - which Harry does not blow up walking down the street.  So, it seems to me that impacting tech 2.5 miles away when you are not impacting tech in the next room seems dubious.  The kind of patch cord switch that is used in Edinburgh is a much trickier proposition.  The allocation of functions that worked in the days of patch cords is not true today and without very special arrangements would be greatly problematic.  The loss plan and echo cancellation and where it happens has moved.  It would make this very old fashioned model a problem for network operations.  The same could be said with a stepper motor based switch, but I think there are one or 2 of those still in active use.

3 - Computers:  Remember Dead Beat and Butters and the GPS?  Okay....so clearly Electro-Mechanical Waves pass through circles or we would not have had a functioning GPS.  That means well Harry can have a completely modern computer and have it connected to the Internet!  How so?  There are 4 problems.  One having an unbroken Circle around the computer...transmitting power to the computer...transmitting some form of Wireless Internet....being able to interact with the computer.  All of these interactions can be accomplished by transmission of E-M energy across an air gap.  The first is pretty easy.  Telsa himself wanted to transmit energy through the air.  For Harry it can be even simpler, with the use of magnetic coupling to turn an linear motor.  The second is trivial as well...use wireless...remember Harry clearly does not interfere with cell service throughout Chicago.  He interferes with nearby Cell Phones and so you locate the hotspot inside the circle with the computer.  The 3rd was a problem for keyboard and mouse until I leaned about shaped magnets.  This would allow for the creation of completely mechanical devices to interact with the computer across an air gap.  Use the shaped magnets to represent different key strokes on a keyboard (shape and location being key).  Mice are essentially location based anyway - so are detectable through an air gap.  And poof Harry has a computer.

All of these items would essentially destroy our enjoyment of the stories but are supported by the reading of any of the books.

Actually, I don't think that they were meant to be fictionalized.  But if you look at the way people are portrayed the Auroran's are honorable and highly skilled.  The actual "bad" people in the story are from Albion.