artemis fowl - Did Holly violate the don't enter a human's home unless invited rule in "The Time Paradox"?
In the Artemis Fowl series, fairies are not allowed to enter a human home unless specifically invited to do so. The method of invitation can vary significantly, but it still exists.
In between Artemis Fowl: the Time Paradox and Artemis Fowl: the Lost Colony this rule
is eventually removed.
However, in Artemis Fowl: the Time Paradox, Holly and Artemis
go back in time, to a time before this restriction is in place.
Holly enters several human buildings, including the compound of the Extinctionists, without any permission.
It seems like this is a violation of Fairy Law at the time, but no mention of this is ever made. The same thing could be said of Opal.
Am I going crazy, did the limits not affect her because of the time travel, or is there something else I'm missing entirely?
Answer
First, the spell only affects fairies entering dwellings, not buildings. Holly entered the restaurant and fought a troll in the very first book the very first time we encountered her, with no ill effects.
Secondly, fairies can enter dwellings without permission, it’s just they get violently sick and lose their magic.
Now, if Holly DID break this rule in The Time Paradox (and I don’t recall offhand that she did enter an actual dwelling), she might have been temporarily immune because she was charged up with Number One’s demon warlock magic. It was the demon warlocks that cast the global spell that put that restriction in place.
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