Ebenezar said something that confuses me and p's me off

[g33k]

Ask and you shall get a half answer, misread or half remembered.
I tried to find the full quote but all i got was a reference to the quote on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/phvgfe/the_merlin_in_dragoncon_and_what_it_means/
Hope anyone who has the full quote will assist

Thank you, that does help!

“What was the Merlin’s plan to get rid of the Red Court Root and Branch.”
Answer: he let Dresden loose on them. What the Merlin says and what he does are two different things. Harry doesn’t have a good grasp on what the Council actually does due to his biased POV. The Merlin is much more subtle than we’ve realized.

^{-- From DragonCon 2021 (I presume on YT) per Reply#3 in this thread -- https://www.paranetonline.com/index.php?topic=54949.0}

[Mira]

Answer: he let Dresden loose on them. What the Merlin says and what he does are two different things. Harry doesn’t have a good grasp on what the Council actually does due to his biased POV. The Merlin is much more subtle than we’ve realized

Which is another non-answer, answer.. Which is what you'd expect, the author has to give himself plenty of wiggle room.

[Con]

I assume Harry as Star Born has the power to wield Outsiders including Nemesis in a way that could risk destroying the universe. Becoming a Destroyer. I think that's what Morgan was afraid of.

[Mira]

I assume Harry as Star Born has the power to wield Outsiders including Nemesis in a way that could risk destroying the universe. Becoming a Destroyer. I think that's what Morgan was afraid of.

Or Morgan knows just enough about it to be ignorant.  What gets me is Morgan never tried to even talk to Harry about it.  Not that Harry would be much help since until recently he also had no clue and still doesn't as to what, why, and who he is.

[g33k]

I assume Harry as Star Born has the power to wield Outsiders including Nemesis in a way that could risk destroying the universe. Becoming a Destroyer. I think that's what Morgan was afraid of.

My own fantheory is that "Destroyer" is simply any Starborn who uses their unique powers for entirely selfish reasons -- summoning/controlling Outsiders as weapons, as threats, etc.  Then just sending them back, purpose accomplished.

[Mira]

My own fantheory is that "Destroyer" is simply any Starborn who uses their unique powers for entirely selfish reasons -- summoning/controlling Outsiders as weapons, as threats, etc.  Then just sending them back, purpose accomplished.

However Destroyer doesn't have to be selfish or evil... A Destroyer can destroy evil for example.  We seek out destroyers of disease is another example..

[g33k]

However Destroyer doesn't have to be selfish or evil... A Destroyer can destroy evil for example.  We seek out destroyers of disease is another example..

True!

Jim has said he hopes to loop in more mythology from India, where Lord Shiva's primary title is "The Destroyer" (but Shiva is not a "bad" or "evil" deity).