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Pham Nuwen posted:I enjoy reading the Dresden books but I don't admit that to people I know. He doesn't wear hats.
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Skippy McPants posted:It always kinda struck me as funny that Harry's healing factor, which is able to perfectly rehabilitate bone calluses and even regrow Axons after the Myelin has been char broiled, is somehow unable to deal with a little bit of fibrosis. Remember that magic takes intent and the subconscious into effect. Harry's really attached to who he is and his memories. It'd make sense for him to be subconsciously suppressing his healing factor when it comes to his more memorable scars.
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May 26, 2014 19:26
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WastedJoker posted:When was it revealed that Vadderung is Kringle!? Cold Days. Kringle is Odin is Vadderung. As for Nick, the only way I see him being scary again is if he ditches the coin and guns down Maggie's school or something like that. I think things are That Personal now, and him ditching the coin would get around Michael's family's protection. It's also exactly the sort of thing he'd do if he felt he had nothing left to lose.
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Jun 2, 2014 21:57
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Fried Chicken posted:Adding mass sure, and getting rid if the extra you just grabbed is easy, but what about things like Listens to Wind reducing his to less than what a human would have? Wait, doesn't the ectoplasm thing make shapeshifting even more dangerous than we thought? I mean, if you get Circled then you'd lose bits, and I can't see that being anything other than fatal.
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Jun 5, 2014 16:34
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Illuyankas posted:I'm rereading/listening to Dead Beat now, that little video clip gave Butters' lines to Harry! My immersion! Maybe Butters knew what they were, but refused to believe that what he knew about fiction had anything to do with reality.
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Jun 6, 2014 02:51
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thespaceinvader posted:The Knights at least have to be mortal; they're literally the Faerie courts' mortal representatives, is how I understand it. I don't think most people who take up the Summer/Winter Mantles know nearly as much as Harry did going into it. They probably don't hear about the responsibilities and the danger until after they sign up.
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Jun 9, 2014 23:37
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Darkrenown posted:It's kinda one of the big themes of the series: It's ok to have hosed up desires, it's actually acting on them that makes you a monster. At the end of the day, people do a lot of stupid and nonsensical things when family is involved.
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Jun 13, 2014 14:20
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Xtanstic posted:It's funny how (spoilers for the new guy don't click this!) a bunch of wizards carry around a Batman Utility Belt with potions except for Harry. I think, Merlin and Elaine have a bunch of potions always ready? Harry being prepared is never a thing and it is great. Oh I don't know, he starts learning starting in Turn Coat.
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Jun 22, 2014 08:11
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Xtanstic posted:This won't be a problem once his standing army Little Folk 'level up'. He'll have his own elves! Take that Kringle! Has it ever been explained why Toot is getting bigger? Is it because his influence among the Little Folk is spreading?
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Aug 17, 2014 18:49
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It is unfortunate, but I chalk it up to Marcone being far too smart to do anything that would set Harry off directly in front of him. That would be a really, really bad idea. His entire MO regarding Harry is to show that he's a reasonable businessman, while behind the scenes running his criminal empire.
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Aug 26, 2014 17:10
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I really hope that one or both of them wake up and think, "Huh. He's not such a bad guy, now that I think about it."
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Aug 26, 2014 23:23
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Geisladisk posted:I am so sorry for voicing my opinion of The Dresden Files in a thread dedicated to The Dresden Files. I was not aware that this was a no-criticism hugbox. It was not my intention to cause you any emotional distress. It was foreshadowed with Harry that he'd get a hell of a lot better at magic as time went on. It's been straight up said that he has a ton of magical muscle, but relatively little control over it. Add time and experience, and he has more control over that fairly massive wellspring of power that is him. That, and since he keeps throwing his hat into a lot of rings, people either try to kill/stop him, or back him- and thus his power grows in one way or another. It's not like there hasn't been a steady buildup, and the biggest jumps in power have been 1. scary and 2. not without cost.
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Sep 18, 2014 21:01
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Azuth0667 posted:After rereading Small Favor its clear when Lucifer intervened, once capturing Marcone and once capturing the Archive. However Uriel is a lot less clear, I only come up with once giving Harry soulfire. Anyone catch the second intervention? Edit: Whoops spoiler for the wrong book here.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:17
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Xander77 posted:Just read through Turncoat. SPOILERIFIC impressions incoming, please let me know if I'm not getting something: Peabody's been in the background- mentioned, but in the background- a few times. His innocuousness is played up for a reason- bureaucrats are a mild annoyance at best in terms of attention paid. I'm pretty sure accusing the guy in front of the entire senior council minus maybe one or two (I can't remember, it's been a while) was plenty of precaution, and given the mind-bendy nature of the guy's work, Harry couldn't trust that he wouldn't hear him warning others about what he was going to do. Harry can hardly be held responsible for the guy dropping that much freaking mordite in the room. The leap wasn't from "slightly expand the scope in which we police magical abuse" to "invade the US." The leap was from "We should be world police" to "well, then the US would not have survived the mistreatment of the natives, which would have alienated the wizards from that country," and on and on. Wasn't WWII mentioned as being a particular strain, and the Council's neutrality being the only thing that held it together?
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Feb 3, 2015 21:54
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thrawn527 posted:Just finished Summer Knight, and it's probably my favorite Dresden book yet. The finale was absolutely amazing, just a massive battle in a faery field amidst storm clouds. Great last line for the book, too. I know I was thinking about taking a break after this for fear of burning out, but...yeah, that's not happening.  This is why I read this thread. Feel free to drop thoughts mid-book, if you can manage to put it down!
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Apr 25, 2015 01:18
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Deptfordx posted:The whole (Winter) Knight power does seems to have been toned down a lot. The Winter and Summer mantles are pretty explicitly more than that- Harry just refuses to embrace the vast majority of the power offered, because of what he thinks it would do to his psyche/sense of self.
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May 11, 2015 22:35
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thrawn527 posted:What's everyone's opinion of the Dresden TV show? I watched the pilot on YouTube and, while I really like Paul Blackthorne...I was not impressed. It does not and is not.
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May 24, 2015 21:26
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Daric posted:I didn't ever bother with audiobooks either until I started driving 20+ hours a week. Now they're a godsend. I can only listen to so much SportsTalk while the Texans and Rockets suck. Join the dark side, be a Spurs fan. Any time I'm in for a long drive I make sure to have an audiobook with me, even if it's a book I've read already.
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Skippy McPants posted:Maybe because it's a little out of left field? None of the other books mention her having an affinity for Star Trek, so it comes off less as an important cultural touchstone for her personally and more as a cheap pop-culture reference. Not that Butcher is above such a thing, but he usually grounds his references a little better by giving you some background about why the characters would form the connection. I am 26 and care about Star Trek, it seemed fine to me.
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