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I like the idea that Harry decided to be more honest with Kim in Fool Moon. As such, she didn't die, and neither did Harley MacFinn, which in turn means he and Tara are still around and able to provide help (including financial help from Harley) to every case after that point.
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Renegret posted:No don't you dare even suggest that. This is the best idea. 'Sup bad guys, I know you're thinking about some evil today but how about you just play with these puppies instead. Look how cute they are. Then: denarian doggy day care, mab's mobile grooming, nemesis gets the pet turtle it always wanted and stops being bad to work on building a really nice heated water feature in the back yard for the turtle to play in. Vampires spend all their time constructing super-elaborate mazes for their pet rats.
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Pretty much this. I seriously expect the alternate Dresden and co. to feel like "our" Dresden is the one who made the "wrong" choice.
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I'm about a dozen pages into The Fuller Memorandum and already have a bit of a creeping notion that this is going to be the Empire Strikes Back entry in the series, isn't it? You know, the one where everything goes to poo poo for the heroes and the bad guys basically win?
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Wheat Loaf posted:I'm about a dozen pages into The Fuller Memorandum and already have a bit of a creeping notion that this is going to be the Empire Strikes Back entry in the series, isn't it? You know, the one where everything goes to poo poo for the heroes and the bad guys basically win? You'll feel more like that when you've got a dozen pages left.
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I suppose it'll actually be a bit like Grave Peril, then, where they win but you don't feel like they won? (Not giving anything away, mind you.)
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My general feeling on the Laundry Files is that basically every single book except maybe the Jennifer Morgue is 'things are getting worse for everyone."
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Sep 24, 2015 15:01
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What if Harry never decided to work for Nick Angel? Without the detective angle, he never meets Murphy, probably never meets Michael, never really forges the connections he has in the mundane world.
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Sep 24, 2015 15:51
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ImpAtom posted:My general feeling on the Laundry Files is that basically every single book except maybe the Jennifer Morgue is 'things are getting worse for everyone." The book is basically founded on the premise that we're creeping closer to an inevitable apocalypse so yeah, pretty much 
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Sep 24, 2015 16:11
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What if Evil Mirror Harry made the "right" choice when Regular Harry made the wrong one?
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Sep 24, 2015 18:24
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Is it clear there will be a Harry? What if Harry died due to some choice and we get to see how all the supporting cast makes out without him.
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Sep 24, 2015 19:17
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Clinton1011 posted:Is it clear there will be a Harry? What if Harry died due to some choice and we get to see how all the supporting cast makes out without him. It's been done already, and the answer is obviously puppies. I don't know why everyone keeps guessing other things.
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Clinton1011 posted:Is it clear there will be a Harry? What if Harry died due to some choice and we get to see how all the supporting cast makes out without him. This almost literally describes my DFRPG game.
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Sep 24, 2015 19:42
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Wouldn't it just basically be "everything is hosed when Summer and Winter go to war because nobody but Harry stood a chance?"
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Sep 24, 2015 20:27
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ImpAtom posted:Wouldn't it just basically be "everything is hosed when Summer and Winter go to war because nobody but Harry stood a chance?" Would those events have happened if the masquerade never happened since that's when the nemesis started afflicting members of the fae courts?
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Sep 24, 2015 20:32
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Clinton1011 posted:Would those events have happened if the masquerade never happened since that's when the nemesis started afflicting members of the fae courts? I don't think that the masquerade is where it began infecting everyone, it is just where Lea got her own particular infection from. It's certainly had other vectors.
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ImpAtom posted:I don't think that the masquerade is where it began infecting everyone, it is just where Lea got her own particular infection from. It's certainly had other vectors. The first 3 books are because of Nemeisis . Jim didn't know if he was going to get a contract. That's why the 4th or 3rd book ends with "Mouse I think someone's trying to kill me". If Jim didn't get a contract he could get things rolling on ending the series.
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I'm going to go with mirror Harry accepting Marcone's job offer way back when, and things have worked out better as Harry had more resources earlier. Murphy would be more of an antagonistic relationship, kinda on par with early Gard.
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Toma, stop hitting yourself Edit: Whoa, wrong thread!
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I kind of hope Harry gets turned into a dog by Lea. This elegant solution involves puppies still.
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ImpAtom posted:Wouldn't it just basically be "everything is hosed when Summer and Winter go to war because nobody but Harry stood a chance?" Not in a universe where the world existed afterwards, it didn't. Clearly someone stopped that outcome from happening. That's how universes with main characters work: things that the main characters don't have an opportunity to interact with either aren't a big deal, or else get solved by someone else. It would be really boring if the PCs are enjoying their slow growth to power and excellence when, all of a sudden, an unknowable force destroyed the world.
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I've finished the 3 Pax Arcana books and I like 'em. Any other new-ish good UF series?
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Blasphemeral posted:That's how universes with main characters work: things that the main characters don't have an opportunity to interact with either aren't a big deal, or else get solved by someone else. It would be really boring if the PCs are enjoying their slow growth to power and excellence when, all of a sudden, an unknowable force destroyed the world. Sure, that's sort of like what Thomas is doing in his story from Side Jobs, isn't it?
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Sep 25, 2015 15:38
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Wheat Loaf posted:Sure, that's sort of like what Thomas is doing in his story from Side Jobs, isn't it? Precisely.  Excellent example.
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Barbe Rouge posted:I've finished the 3 Pax Arcana books and I like 'em. Try The Library on Mount Char, California Bones and The Unnoticeables.
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Sep 25, 2015 15:58
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Wheat Loaf posted:Sure, that's sort of like what Thomas is doing in his story from Side Jobs, isn't it? The Oblivion War is one of the coolest ideas in the Dresden universe, but I doubt we'll see much more of it.
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Megazver posted:Try The Library on Mount Char, California Bones and The Unnoticeables. True story: I had just finished The Unnoticables when my wife put on the Mario Lopez episode of Family Feud. I was... unnerved. Seriously. Go read it. Don't let me be the only one freaked out when A.C. Slater pops up on TV.
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ConfusedUs posted:The Oblivion War is one of the coolest ideas in the Dresden universe, but I doubt we'll see much more of it. Yeah, what a cool concept. I suspect we'll hear more about it in the finale trilogy, though, even though Jim has suggested that we won't.
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Barbe Rouge posted:I've finished the 3 Pax Arcana books and I like 'em.
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ImpAtom posted:I don't think that the masquerade is where it began infecting everyone, it is just where Lea got her own particular infection from. It's certainly had other vectors. Do we know who she picked it up from?
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Magres posted:Do we know who she picked it up from? The knife she got as the gift IIRC.
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Hahaha those motherfuckers
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Magres posted:Do we know who she picked it up from? I think you made someone very angry according to your custom title...
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Exmond posted:I think you made someone very angry according to your custom title... Magres posted:Short version is that gamergate hates trans people and gets real, real mad if you ban people for saying lovely thing about trans people. it is a good title
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ImpAtom posted:Wouldn't it just basically be "everything is hosed when Summer and Winter go to war because nobody but Harry stood a chance?" Gatekeeper could have handled it much sooner. He gave Harry the job to keep him from getting kicked out of the Council.
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ConfusedUs posted:The Oblivion War is one of the coolest ideas in the Dresden universe, but I doubt we'll see much more of it. I like the theory that it's literally just Laura manipulating Thomas in such a way that he won't question it. Go kill these people, and don't give me any lip or tell anyone or the monsters will get everyone.
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Rygar201 posted:I like the theory that it's literally just Laura manipulating Thomas in such a way that he won't question it. And then erase your memory about it afterwards so you can't even remember anything that might make you suspicious.
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Picked up Working for Bigfoot today. Overpriced, but a still enjoyable set of short stories. Lot of charm in those brief adventures.
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Speaking of Mouse, I never got how Butcher mistook lions for dogs.
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Neremworld posted:Speaking of Mouse, I never got how Butcher mistook lions for dogs. Well, a Chinese zoo passed off a dog as a lion.
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