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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
habu987:
--- Quote from: nanuq on July 28, 2011, 11:51:44 PM ---Was there ever a real chance of a Harry/Molly romance? Even leaving apart the age difference, the sheer inappropriateness of a romance between a wizard and his apprentice, and the Doom of Damocles, you'd think even Harry would know better than to risk being torn limb from limb by the only dark power that even he fears. I refer, of course, to Molly's mother, Charity. And Michael would let her do it.
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The age difference ain't bad, especially given their potential life span. Molly's about 25 and Harry is 38 or 39, I believe.
Molly isn't his apprentice anymore, or if she still is, she won't be for much longer. Harry pointed out numerous times throughout GS that she was operating near or at full White Council levels. In regards to the Doom, I think both Harry and Molly are a bit beyond that, in regards to things they worry about.
As far as Charity goes...all bets are off!
Really, though, I don't know how she'd react. She has substantially warmed up to Harry in the last few books (although warmed up for her is a relative term). If they know what Molly's been up to lately, who knows, Charity and Michael could see Harry being someone who could get her back on track.
john4200:
--- Quote from: JEdward on July 29, 2011, 12:02:22 AM ---That's true! It's been stated over and over in the books that the Sidhe don't lie, but then Uriel states it plain as day here... curiouser and curiouser...
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It is an unprovable assertion that a person cannot knowingly lie. It can only be falsified, but never proven. At best, an omniscient truthteller could verify it, but does Harry know an omniscient person who never lies? Maybe Ivy, but she can probably lie, and she is not quite omniscient, and she would not tell even if she did know. Maybe Uriel, although he is not omniscient or he can lie (or at least fake) since he either did not know, or pretended not to know, about Captain Jack's statement to Harry about the three friends in trouble. But Uriel is probably the closest thing to omniscient and truthful that Harry is likely to meet, and he called Mab's statement "Lies."
So, I think Harry's assumption that the Sidhe cannot lie is rather weak, especially with the evidence in Ghost Story where Mab comes very close to knowingly lying. Some have posted arguments that Mab did not REALLY knowingly lie, but I think that is splitting hairs.
ColdFront:
i have a few questions that i cant think of a answer to
-so if Bob lost the fight to Evil bob would it be possible for Evil Bob to "eat" bob and gain all the knowledge
-did Harry instantly wake up after Uriel brought him back or was there a time elapse
-what does Demonreach exactly mean when it calls harry its custodian
-and since harry is winter knight and alive does he have to live in the NN or does he have to commute to chi
nanuq:
--- Quote ---and since harry is winter knight and alive does he have to live in the NN or does he have to commute to chi
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Considering Demonreach's role in the resurrection, I'm assuming the island and Mab would have joint custody of Harry.
Lord Kasavin:
I for one am a "dies alone shipper."
Romance is schlocky and for chicks who can't get dates (yes, I am being overly harsh and simplistic, sorry). There are only two kinds of romances a guy like me likes in their fiction. The first is a long time couple trying to make things work after being together so long. Think Everybody Loves Raymond. The second is a guy who through hard work, can do attitude, honesty, and good nature scores a chick outside his league. When a character is one of the most powerful humans on the planet, the outside his league thing is off the table.
So, give me a Dresden continually confounded by love and all on his own trying to right by the people in his life. I really do hope the "Die Alone" death curse is still in effect.
On another note, does anyone think the voice at the end of Changes might be an angel of death? At first I thought it was Lash, and then I thought is was Mab, but upon rethinking the book, the angel of death, like the one waiting to take Forthill's soul, makes a lot of sense as well.
--- Quote from: ColdFront on July 29, 2011, 12:23:12 AM ---i have a few questions that i cant think of a answer to
-so if Bob lost the fight to Evil bob would it be possible for Evil Bob to "eat" bob and gain all the knowledge
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Who knows, Bob sealed away Evil Bob, and then permanently split with him creating Evil Bob in the first place. I suppose if the two rejoin there would be a battle to see who would take control and seal the other away. More likely, Evil Bob remains as a villain and thorn in Harry's side.
--- Quote ----did Harry instantly wake up after Uriel brought him back or was there a time elapse
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Presumably right away, but GS did the time skip thing to start, so it might have done it again. Dresden's revival is in the hands of 3 nigh on immortals: Mab, Uriel, and Demonreach. A month or a year is all relative to them.
--- Quote ----what does Demonreach exactly mean when it calls harry its custodian
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Well, Dresden did form a simbiotic relationship with Demonreach in Turn Coat, turning it into a Spirit Sanctum or something similar. We don't know anything more than that, except the White Council views the island as special.
--- Quote ----and since harry is winter knight and alive does he have to live in the NN or does he have to commute to chi
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The Summer Knight killed in Book 4 lived in Chicago. I imagine Dresden will be able to establish a residence in Chicago and use the Ways to go to the Nevernever when needed.
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