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Cold Days Predict-a-thon. [All the latest Spoilers permitted]
knnn:
So here's the plan.
I am going to pose a bunch of questions concerning predicitions for the next book. Anyone who wants can submit their answers. In two weeks I'll lock the thread so nobody can change their posts. Then, after Cold Days comes out, I will grade each of the submissions and the winner(s) gets bragging rights.
Notes:
a) There are 9 questions, each graded based on correctness and specificness. Feel free to be as crazy as you like; an answer of "Harry blows up a building" probably not be worth as much as "Harry blows up the Barad-dûr with Soulfire" if it turns out that he blew up Orthanc with Hellfire instead.
b) Grading will be done at my sole discretion, though I may appoint fellow graders -- especially if the number of submissions is large. I will try to be fair, but I reserve the right to give extra credit to especially witty or creative answers. Frankly, I haven't quite decided what the grading scheme should be, but I expect to have multiple awards such as "best single prediction", or "most amusing mis-prediction".
c) Please don't submit more than one set of answers. Just edit your first submission if you want to change things.
d) The Blurb on the back of the book, the picture on the cover, and the first two chapters are available to the public already. There will probably be spoilers about those issues in this thread, so be warned (and don't be afraid to use them in your prediction).
e) While I don't expect them to contribute, if the Betas (or Jim) want to give some answers, they are totally welcome... ;D
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The Questions:
1 ) Harry usually has a few supporting characters in each book. Who do you think will be the main sidekick in Cold Days and in what way will they help? Who else will have a significant contribution to the plot?
2 ) At the end of Ghost Story, Harry has said goodbye to all his friends in Chicago.
a. Who will be the first friend to find out Harry isn't dead?
b. What shenanigans/snark will Harry use when he "re-appears"?
c. Who will have the coolest reaction?
d. Who will have the most touching reaction?
- In each case, remember to specify for extra credit.
3 ) In nearly every book, Harry usually comes up with a new powerup/tool/way of making things go boom. Given that he just became the new WK, what new abilities will he rely on and which new ability will be the most useful to him during the story (and how)?
4 ) Harry generally has a "Big Bad" to worry about. In fact, according to the blurb, Harry is going after someone very specific. Who will that enemy be, and how will Harry take him/her/it down?
5 ) Harry usually faces some sort of "Choice" in every book. A point where the easy way out will cost his soul/humanity in some way. According to the blurb, this book will be no different. What will be the most crucial "choice" Harry makes?
6 ) As the new Winter Knight, Harry is pretty much garunteed to encounter his Summer counterpart -- Fix. What will their interactions be? Will Fix survive?
7 ) Jim has mentioned that it's about time now to start revealing some of the motivations/dealings of the shadowy figures working behind the scenes (i.e. what Harry calls the "Black Council"). What Black Council secrets/actions will be revealed in this book?
8 ) There are many WAG ("Wild A$$ Guess") theories on the boards. Write up to three WAG theories you believe are correct that will be confirmed (or at least have evidence in favor of) in Cold Days.
9 ) Extra credit: Write down any prediction about that you think might improve your final score. Only issues aluded to within Cold Days will be counted.
knnn:
My Answers:
1 )In term of utility, Toot-Toot will be Harry's most important sidekick. Harry will essentially have his own private army. In terms of having someone to bounce ideas off of, and introduction to the courts, my guess is that Lea will be more help - along the lines of their interactions in GS.
2 )
a. Ebenezer will be the first person to find out Harry is alive.
b. Harry will quote from Gandalf the White
c. The will be a meeting of the White Council where the Merlin calls upon everyone to show respect to the new Winter Knight -- and in walks Harry. The Merlin proceeds to have a heart attack.
d. Molly naturally will have the most heartfelt reaction -- that ship is still in port. Second place goes to Thomas. There won't be more than a fist-bump, but we will feel the raw emotion onscreen.
3 )
The Winchester on the cover is probably going to be Harry's major prop - magic bullet FTW. In addition, he'll have ice upgrades to his armor etc.
4 )
Harry will have to go after an Egyptian or Hindu mythology figure - their "sun power" will be affecting Mab directly, and Mab has been trying to get an upper hand. Fix will be the summer Emissary, but it will be weird, because Summer would also benefit from the destruction of a deity that is essentially "muscling in" on Titania's territory.
5 )
A key benefit of Mab having Harry as Knight is his access to Soulfire. As such, using Soulfire will be a key to killing the Big Bad. Harry will have that problem of X-X=0, using up all his soul.
6 ) Fix and Harry will go toe to toe three times.
a. In Harry's coming out party, Fix will be there. They will have a non-lethal "ones-upmanship-contest" which Fix will win easily.
b. Fix will be Summer's Emissary in whatever task Harry gets. They will have a mid-lethal, mid-plot encounter with Fix winning using a Knight trick.
c. There will be an encounter in the finale where Harry beat Fix.
7 )
- We will find out part of why Arctis Tor was attacked (but there will still be missing pieces).
- We will see a piece (i.e. evidence for) of Titania's game in the Mab/BC conflict, namely that Titania is actually working with Mab all along.
- The Fomor are not actually part of the BC, merely pawns in their game.
- There will be more clues about how Outsiders work, but nothing too major in this book.
8 )
- Molly is an Outsiderbane (because her parents are "a good person" and "a wizard" == cleric + magic-user).
- Titania fixed Little Chicago, and because of this she will have some hold over Harry.
- In Smf, Mab used the Archive as bait so that the Denarians will break the rules trying to capture her. This allowed Uriel to give Harry (her future Knight) Soulfire. Having Soulfire will be a key in Cold Days.
9 )
- Harry's access to Soulfire will be a key to the book.
- First onscreen appearance of Titania.
- There will be a chess match onscreen in the book.
- At least 4 people will be called "bitch".
- Santa will be mentioned and seen (briefly) onscreen.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: knnn on September 13, 2012, 05:59:35 PM ---The Questions:
1 ) Harry usually has a few supporting characters in each book. Who do you think will be the main sidekick in Cold Days and in what way will they help? Who else will have a significant contribution to the plot?
--- End quote ---
I'm going to be boring and say Cat Sith. He'll help very grudgingly, and maybe gain a modicum of respect for Harry by the end. He will, effectively, be Mister's Fae analogue.
--- Quote ---2 ) At the end of Ghost Story, Harry has said goodbye to all his friends in Chicago.
a. Who will be the first friend to find out Harry isn't dead?
--- End quote ---
Of the Chicago Crew? I'm going to say Molly--she has the most direct connection to him now, via Lea. Lea will say something along the lines of, "I'm no longer your teacher" as part of the reveal.
--- Quote ---b. What shenanigans/snark will Harry use when he "re-appears"?
--- End quote ---
Either the "rumors of my death were greatly exaggerated" one, quoting Gandalf ("Now I'm Harry the White"), or something simple like, "I'm baaaaaaaa~aaaack"
--- Quote ---c. Who will have the coolest reaction?
--- End quote ---
Murphy, who will assume it's a shapeshifter and deck him.
--- Quote ---d. Who will have the most touching reaction?
--- End quote ---
Thomas, who will be overjoyed, hug him, and then deck him.
--- Quote ---3 ) In nearly every book, Harry usually comes up with a new powerup/tool/way of making things go boom. Given that he just became the new WK, what new abilities will he rely on and which new ability will be the most useful to him during the story (and how)?
--- End quote ---
I'm going to go with the rifle on the cover. Either it'll have some intrinsic magic power, Harry will give it some, or it has some kind of historic and occult significance (Butcher has mentioned there's a reason why old west sheriff's stars resemble Harry's pentacle).
--- Quote ---4 ) Harry generally has a "Big Bad" to worry about. In fact, according to the blurb, Harry is going after someone very specific. Who will that enemy be, and how will Harry take him/her/it down?
--- End quote ---
Going for the long shot and saying it's Mab herself.
--- Quote ---5 ) Harry usually faces some sort of "Choice" in every book. A point where the easy way out will cost his soul/humanity in some way. According to the blurb, this book will be no different. What will be the most crucial "choice" Harry makes?
--- End quote ---
He'll have to choose between his Winter Knight responsibilities and saving one of his friends, and Harry being Harry, he'll choose his friends.
--- Quote ---6 ) As the new Winter Knight, Harry is pretty much garunteed to encounter his Summer counterpart -- Fix. What will their interactions be? Will Fix survive?
--- End quote ---
First meeting will be very tense, but I predict no actual (or at least, prolonged) fight--because Harry is going to Fix for help.
--- Quote ---7 ) Jim has mentioned that it's about time now to start revealing some of the motivations/dealings of the shadowy figures working behind the scenes (i.e. what Harry calls the "Black Council"). What Black Council secrets/actions will be revealed in this book?
--- End quote ---
Whatever happened to Aurora and Titania will be touched on, since this is a Faerie book. I'll say also the attack on Arctis Tor and its goals.
--- Quote ---8 ) There are many WAG theories on the boards. Write up to three WAG theories you believe are correct that will be confirmed (or at least have evidence in favor of) in Cold Days.
--- End quote ---
I don't follow most of them and don't remotely believe any of the ones that come to mind, so no answer.
--- Quote ---9 ) Extra credit: Write down any prediction about that you think might improve your final score. Only issues aluded to within Cold Days will be counted.
--- End quote ---
We will find out that Margaret La Fey was a Knight of one of the Courts.
Paladino:
1) Toot-toot will probally be one of the most present sidekick for Harry on the book, in the terms of helping hima round Faery and etc, together with Lea and Sith who should also give Harry some tips on how to act on Winter. But I think that for the blow everything moment, Harry will recruit some of his old friends. I'd say Thomas & Molly and Bob probally.
2)
a. Butters. He might not be the first one to actually see Harry. But I think that there is a big chance that he figured out Harry is not dead. Especially if the info about a new WK reach him. And if Bob return to him or not.
b. Harry will quote Gandalf the White.
c. As an individual, I'd say Molly as a group/entity, The White Council.
d. Molly reaction will be the most touching, althougth if he reveals himself during a JLoC meeting Karrin's reaction should also be good, I think she would go in to shock.
3) The Winchester will probally his new "destruction toy" but I think we gona see that his mother ruby will prove much more usefull on general during CD.
4) Not sure who the immortal gona be, but he will be related to the Black Council and participated attack on Artic Tor. I'm thorned between Thorned (pun intended) and that imortal guru shapshifter from Ukraine
5) How to complete the quest Mab gave him. He will be faced between doing what she asked the easy way, giving her what she asked, and doing it his way, also acomplishing her objective. Ie: Prevent the groofs from bothering her Trolls on the border, easy way kill them, hard way negotiate some kind of deal and end with more obligations..
6) Harry will meet fix in a situation that will be obvius that Fix could kick Harry ass due ot his experience as SK and Harry relutance to hit a friend, but conflict will not happen at that moment, at least fully. Another conflict may rise later on the book or a next one where Harry will kick Fix ass.
7) We will lean the true, or most of it, about the attack on the artic tor and some of the BC objectives.
8)
We will discover that the reason Mab emprisioned Lea is because she was possed by an outsider and that Mab orquestred many of the events on PG to bring Harry to the Artic Tor and hit Lea with his outsiderbanish on the fountain, weaking the entity giving Mab the advantage she needed to heal Lea. But she didn't forsee him using Summer Fire.
We will discover that it was Mab who fixed LC, probally filling up Lea obligation.
9)
Harry will get punched by Murphy.
We will discover what Happened to the Bob/Evil Bob fight.
We will meet the Gruffs
Some new information about the Parasite will be revealed, Harry might realize that is Lash who is back but I think the realization is more likely on the next book.
On another subject, I should get extra credit for not having read the 2 CD sample chapters. I mean I'm on a disavantage here.
thundrio:
What is a WAG theory?
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