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Questions Specifically for Jim, Part 3
cass:
Oh, I'm not doubting that the equinoxes are important to at least *some* denizens of Faerie. I was just pointing out that Harry's thought process in Changes doesn't match up with our understanding of how that portion of Faerie politics works from SK.
I guess my faith in Jim, Jim's editor and/or the betas is such that I didn't think that using the word "equinox" in place of "solstice" would be unintentional. (I'm paranoid, you say? Why thank you!) Hence my rambling question about whether it was intended as a clue to an as-yet-untold segment of Faerie politics, or whether it's merely a mistake on Harry's part. (And if my faith in the author and his editing staff is misplaced? Then the second explanation-- "Cut Harry some slack-- he's been through enough to excuse that kind of slip"-- prevails.)
I just want to know if this line is something that should go on my hypothetical corkboard of conspiracy theories. I also figure that 1) I'm more likely to get an answer if I give Jim an out and 2) if it is significant all Jim has to do in order to cause pain and suffering and rampant speculation (which, I'm told, is pleasing to him) is say, without elaborating, that the word choice was intentional.
Thanatos:
I suppose it could be intentional, meant as a mistake on Harry's part, but I've always thought the books come from his case files. That's the in-character way they're treated in the DFRPG, as well. From the marginalia there, it seems like each was written up at some unspecified time later (much later in the case of Changes, granted) after the case was closed.
Either way, pointing it out can either get it fixed in future editions, or maybe get a confirmation that it was intentional. Arguing about that sort of thing would be pointless and can only screw up the thread.
Thanks for mentioning the equinox/solstice thing, whichever way it turns out. I meant to ask about it myself. In my case, i have the audiobook, so for me there was a third possibility: maybe the draft Mr. Marsters was working from could have been slightly different, if it came from a version prior to the final edit.
Dina:
I don't think Dresden, as a character, could make such a mistake. Solstices and Equinox days are too important for magic things for that. A wizard, a person who knows things, shouldn't confuse them.
cass:
Well, no, he shouldn't-- that's why I wanted confirmation :D
Let's just say that, given the days leading up to that line, I wouldn't think less of him for having a lapse in vocabulary if, indeed, that's all it was. ;)
dragon80:
It doesn't really make a difference because the equinox was still after the solstice, so what he said was correct. He might have used equinox because it would have been the most recent event and didn't want people to confuse what time of the year it was. Of course it could mean everything, a small detail that doesn't come back until the final trilogy and makes everyone go, "Oh, that was what that meant."
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