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Discontinuity = clue? [GS sample ch spoilers]
Mira:
--- Quote from: LogicMouseLives on July 05, 2011, 09:08:21 PM ---Yeah, that bit really bugged me too! In Death Masks as well, Mort was described as "...A dumpy, balding man in his late forties..." which also does not translate to "self-destructively obese." Could it be that Harry was just trying to be nice in his descriptions of him before, and that now that he's dead he doesn't care as much about the potential for offending someone with an honest description? Or maybe now that he's dead he's seeing and remembering things with less self delusion. (Of course that doesn't in any way cover the house changes, but whaddaya do?)
Here's another thing: Every person that Harry has encountered since he died seems to have become a sort of idealized version of themselves. Take a look at the descriptions of Carmichael and Captain Jack, as well as Mort. (Obviously, since we've never met Sir Stuart before we have nothing to compare him with.) It made sense to me when we were just dealing with the dead guys; you've got that whole frozen at 30 thing going on and all. But it seems like he's seeing Mort (and Mort's yard, and Mort's house and its furnishings) in idealized forms as well.
If it isn't just one huge continuity flub (and it seems as if it's much too big to be one) then I'm guessing it's a 'dead' thing.
LML
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No one has taken Harry's age into account when we first meet Mort.. Harry was still in his twenties, his body type runs to thin and runner, even if his diet was crap. So he sees Mort though the unforgiving eyes of a twenty something year old, so being a little heavy is " "self-destructively obese." " to someone who has never gain an ounce. The whole bald thing and trying to hide it to look younger etc may not be seen in a charitable manner by a twenty something wizard who might live to the age of 300 and beyond.
Harry was pushing forty at the time of his death, that waist of his is now or was harder to maintain, and in the last two books before he died Harry is suddenly aware that he is no longer a kid..
toodeep:
Hmmm, what if Jim is pulling a "sixth sense" kinda thing? What if Mortie is dead already and Harry's ghost is talking with his ghost? We never saw Harry interact with the cookie jar, but maybe the reason Mortie could physically interact with the door he came in and out of was because it was painted with the ghost stuff to make it solid to him. Thus a ghost can turn the handle and open it and walk through and close it, appearing normal, compared to the other walls that Harry can't actually touch.
For this to be true though, I got nothing on what is going on with the cookie jar. Why would he paint a jar with the ghost paint, and even if he did, how would he eat a cookie if he's a ghost...?
Joefoe:
another theory, Harry after his death has rewound his own life line. He is visiting Mort prior to Dead beat, and will flit around time. However Ghosts not being subject to this time stream see things differently. Perhaps one of the spots with high necromantic energy is in fact Harry being revived and he lives a life as winter knight parrell to his current one until the events of changes and then steps in.
Serack:
--- Quote from: toodeep on July 18, 2011, 06:14:10 PM ---Hmmm, what if Jim is pulling a "sixth sense" kinda thing? What if Mortie is dead already and Harry's ghost is talking with his ghost? We never saw Harry interact with the cookie jar, but maybe the reason Mortie could physically interact with the door he came in and out of was because it was painted with the ghost stuff to make it solid to him. Thus a ghost can turn the handle and open it and walk through and close it, appearing normal, compared to the other walls that Harry can't actually touch.
For this to be true though, I got nothing on what is going on with the cookie jar. Why would he paint a jar with the ghost paint, and even if he did, how would he eat a cookie if he's a ghost...?
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I believe ghost dust is too heavy for a ghost to manipulate. Remember how Agatha had to rip her arm off to move?
--- Quote from: Joefoe on July 18, 2011, 06:56:36 PM ---another theory, Harry after his death has rewound his own life line. He is visiting Mort prior to Dead beat, and will flit around time. However Ghosts not being subject to this time stream see things differently. Perhaps one of the spots with high necromantic energy is in fact Harry being revived and he lives a life as winter knight parrell to his current one until the events of changes and then steps in.
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SHAZAM!!!! I think you got it, especially cause of bob's eye color!!!!!
Edit: Hold up... on second thought, I was thinking you ment he was in Dead Beat's time line, but that doesn't quite work... I'm a little wierded out here, but I think you might be on to something.
IIIMarconeIII:
^ um wow
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