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Offline unfilthy

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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #210 on: March 09, 2011, 11:59:40 PM »
I like the idea of Cowl doing prep work, like Mavra did with the ghosts, and I find it more plausible than the Erlking explanation. What confuses me is that I gathered that post-Changes we're meant to think Erlking  (hence the *), which seems like a much less plausible explanation for the wolf belts falling into FBI hands.
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #211 on: March 10, 2011, 12:14:07 AM »
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet or not (it wasn't on the list though), but couldn't you say that Harry's skill at Listening is an unsolved mystery?

So far, we know that:

Harry aquirred the skill from time and practice
The Gatekeeper has it as well:

"I understand you know how to Listen, too." (SK, 42)

But other than the times when Harry and the Gatekeeper use the skill, Listening is hardly (if at all) mentioned in the series. Do other wizards have the potential to learn how to Listen, and do they even know about the skill?
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #212 on: March 10, 2011, 06:38:19 AM »
At the risk of repeating myself:

Here's one that's been bugging me for a while:

When Harry's house caught fire in Changes, why, exactly, didn't Mouse just start with his "Patented ALARM! Bark" to wake Mrs. Spunklecrief and the upstairs people?
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #213 on: March 10, 2011, 12:53:21 PM »
Quote from: Grey Paladin on March 10, 2011, 06:38:19 AM
At the risk of repeating myself:

Here's one that's been bugging me for a while:

When Harry's house caught fire in Changes, why, exactly, didn't Mouse just start with his "Patented ALARM! Bark" to wake Mrs. Spunklecrief and the upstairs people?

I second this question.

It's amazing the number of things I ended up forgetting about by the time I reached the end of Changes, but in any other book, this would be a huge WTF for me, personally.
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #214 on: March 11, 2011, 03:13:39 PM »
Oops, missed that one earlier.  Added!
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #215 on: March 12, 2011, 11:22:17 PM »
Quote from: Grey Paladin on March 10, 2011, 06:38:19 AM
At the risk of repeating myself:

Here's one that's been bugging me for a while:

When Harry's house caught fire in Changes, why, exactly, didn't Mouse just start with his "Patented ALARM! Bark" to wake Mrs. Spunklecrief and the upstairs people?

Because then Jim would have had to come up with some other way to break Harry's back...
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #216 on: March 14, 2011, 01:35:52 AM »
Quote from: wildone654 on March 12, 2011, 11:22:17 PM
Because then Jim would have had to come up with some other way to break Harry's back...

Shhh!
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #217 on: March 15, 2011, 10:14:28 PM »
Quote from: parthagenon on March 11, 2011, 03:13:39 PM
Oops, missed that one earlier.  Added!

My guess is that Mouse's earlier fight with the Ick had depleted his spiritual batteries, as it were.
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #218 on: March 16, 2011, 05:03:39 PM »
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When Harry's house caught fire in Changes, why, exactly, didn't Mouse just start with his "Patented ALARM! Bark" to wake Mrs. Spunklecrief and the upstairs people?

Ummm.  I think Molly had taken Mouse for walk or something.  They were not at the apartment when the eebs set it afire.  Just Harry. 
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #219 on: March 16, 2011, 05:14:17 PM »
Has anyone mentioned Harry's invisible lady friend?  The one who guided his hand to his amulet in Storm Front and who Harry periodically smells--most recently in Changes at the church?
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #220 on: March 17, 2011, 10:53:42 PM »
Quote from: Lee3178 on March 16, 2011, 05:03:39 PM
Ummm.  I think Molly had taken Mouse for walk or something.  They were not at the apartment when the eebs set it afire.  Just Harry. 

I'm afraid you're wrong on that one:  Molly actually yelled at Harry to look out, and Mouse was there.

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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #221 on: March 20, 2011, 07:05:51 PM »
Oops! Note to Lee: do not rely on your memory.  It ain't all that.
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #222 on: March 21, 2011, 05:03:13 AM »
Okay, I'm starting to think that JB needs a CONTINUITY OBSESSED beta reader, because I just caught another plot-hole.

During the meeting with Nicky and the Nickelheads at Shedd Aquarium in Small Favor, after they raised their pentangle or whatever it was (pentagon? pentacle? pentagram?), to cage the Archive and shut her away from help...?

Why, exactly, did Anastasia Luccio, who was present and did have the item in question, fail to simply use her Warden's Sword-- made to cut through ANY enchantment-- to cut through the barrier and charge in to help with Murphy at her side, and Michael and Sanya not far behind?

Ooops.
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #223 on: March 21, 2011, 12:14:26 PM »
Can Luccio make a sword that can cut through Lucifer's magic? Possible but doubtful.
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Re: Unsolved Mysteries Version II
« Reply #224 on: March 21, 2011, 02:11:38 PM »
Quote from: Grey Paladin on March 21, 2011, 05:03:13 AM
Why, exactly, did Anastasia Luccio, who was present and did have the item in question, fail to simply use her Warden's Sword-- made to cut through ANY enchantment-- to cut through the barrier and charge in to help with Murphy at her side, and Michael and Sanya not far behind?

Ooops.
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They don't cut through anything.  They are super good for cutting through/disrupting fields of magical energy.  They rip through magic-charged ectoplasm of the nevernever, like the kind demons make when they need a body to inhabit in the real world, like there's no tomorrow.  Otherwise, they are simply swords created by a master of the craft with centuries of experience from the finest alloys available at the time of their creation.

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