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Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote from: Jebm on July 21, 2012, 03:57:08 PM ---I don't think Bianca would have been able to take on super-ghouls and a skin walker or survive a pointblank landmine like Lara did.
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--- Quote ---Harry was never exactly the run in the book-verse. Lea helped boost his magical muscle (mostly by boosting his confidence) before he went up against Justin. Harry laid low from Justin between the time Harry waxed He Who Walks Behind and when Harry went back to settle up with DuMorne). Then he slugged it out with Justin, burned down the only thing he'd ever had that was close to a home, apparently killing the girl he loved in the process, and got snatched by the Wardens at the scene.
TV-verse it works out a bit differently, starting with the fact that Harry himself was quite a bit older when the showdown with Justin happened. The actual interaction with Bianca in "Bad Blood" is totally different than the books, but extremely Harry. I mean, if someone like TV-Bianca had ever stumbled over book-Harry in the midst of his entire lifetime's single biggest moment of vulnerability . . .
My call on it is that Bianca is partaking much more heavily of Lara Raith's vibe than the Leanansidhe's. There's a little more peer-to-peer respect to their interactions, rather than the quasi-condescending vibe from the Godmother. More than that, though, the book Bianca was a fundamentally frightened and insecure person. It was what made her dangerous, really, and it's ultimately what got her killed.
Lara's a much stronger (not-quite)person, much more confident, much more dangerous, even if she isn't as physically formidable as book-Bianca was. She's much more of a player, leader, seducer than book-Bianca, and far better able to mess with Dresden's head.
TV-Bianca has way more in common with Lara.
Jim
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Add to that the fact that Bianca has magic as well and you get someone worse than Lara in a fight (in anything but a direct fight however, I'd prefer to be going against Bianca than Lara).
The Skinwalker wasn't trying to kill.
The Superghouls main redeeming features are that they don't know how to stay down, they had a massive numbers advantage, surprise and that White Court aren't good with extended brawls. They're not that powerful individually.
And Red Court can survive a lot with a bit a blood, look at how a few drops of blood fixed up Susan in Changes.
Second Aristh:
Is the Gatekeeper always a specific member of the Senior Council or is it like Eb being the Blackstaff where Rashid also just happens to be on the Senior Council?
KevinSig:
Would a psychic attack on the nerves, be breaking the Law of magic, concerned with such things? Eg - forcing opponent to suddenly see double & develop a wildly disconcerting lazy eye. Or causing a massive attack of pins & needles which, limits the ability to feel/touch.
Quantus:
What's the deal with Stonehenge? Harry mentions in Storm Front that is is a large scale Focus, and that you could tap it for magical energy). Is it just focusing ley lines or some such, to build some sort of energy reservoir, or is it a focus item with particular purpose, like harry's various wizard tools?
MrWiggles:
--- Quote from: Jebm on July 21, 2012, 03:36:39 PM ---* Does being a Winter/Summer Knight mean you still have to follow the first law of magic?
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For ethically purposes? Yea. At least for Harry.
Politically? No. I dont think the WC could get away with killing a Fea Knight for breaking their rules.
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