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A Badelynge of Quackiness [spoilers for every book Jim ever wrote or ever will]
Ms Duck:
--- Quote from: Cozarkian on June 11, 2012, 08:36:57 PM ---There is a flaw with this portion of the theory that I haven't seen raised in our other discussions.
Textual evidence makes it clear Harry wouldn't have needed LC to find Thomas. Re-read PG when he is trying to find Molly. He explains to Murphy that the reason he needs LC is because Molly is no longer in Chicago and he is trying to find where she was, not where she is. Harry's normal array of tracking spells should have been quite sufficient for finding Thomas. They also would have been more effective than LC, because they could search beyond the borders of LC.
Now, it is still extremely strange that Harry doesn't mention LC (even if Harry didn't think LC would ultimately help, he still would have tried), but the above could explain why Bob doesn't mention LC (he wouldn't suggest Harrry use LC if it wasn't going to help). Thus, this argument simply points to some other motivation for preventing Harry from using LC other than preventing him from finding Thomas.
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Um, beg pardon, but Harry tried all those spells. they were being blocked by Shaggy. LC might have worked , as it was a demi artifact designed right for that purpose, that Shaggy did not know about.
--- Quote ---Two hours and a half a dozen attempted tracking spells later, i snarled and slapped a stack of notepads off the corner of the table.. "the parent to child bond is much more sympathetic than that shared by siblings"..
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etc, etc.. TC , starting pg 211
Shaggy was blocking all the stadard spells ;)
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: Ms Duck on June 11, 2012, 08:45:34 PM ---Um, beg pardon, but Harry tried all those spells. they were being blocked by Shaggy. LC might have worked , as it was a demi artifact designed right for that purpose, that Shaggy did not know about.
etc, etc.. TC , starting pg 211
Shaggy was blocking all the stadard spells ;)
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I agree Harry would have at least tried LC, because he was desperate (it is very suspicious Harry doesn't at least mention LC). But, I think less-emotionally involved individuals, like Bob and Mab recognize that LC would not have helped find Thomas.
However, from the discussion in PG, I don't think LC was designed in a manner which, under the specific circumstances of TC, would help find Thomas. As evidenced by the text you quoted, Harry's problem was that the sibling link wasn't strong enough. Using LC would still have been dependent on a sibling link, so it too, would have been insufficient. Bob would recognize that and would therefore not recommend using LC, because Bob would understand that LC would not succeed where the normal tracking spells woufailed.
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: Ms Duck on June 11, 2012, 01:26:24 AM ---any chance of this getting stickied when it's done? I had made one like this a few years back, but its toast and so is msot of the stuff on it. Must do more re writing..lol
Thank You !
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I'd support you on that. Even when I disagree, your theories are always well-thought out and drive a lot of conversation.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Ms Duck on June 11, 2012, 01:26:24 AM ---any chance of this getting stickied when it's done? I had made one like this a few years back, but its toast and so is msot of the stuff on it.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what kinds of criteria are involved in determining if a thread is sticky quality, but it would be nice to have a place for the new kids to catch up with the rest of the class. I think a lot of people would be a little lost around here without knowing at least the outlines of these theories. Perhaps having a thread that lists all of the long, thoroughly researched, well-formatted theories as a reference. I'm a fan of the curator plan that was proposed a few weeks ago.
Nice work Lady Duck!
Ms Duck:
Thank you both :D
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