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The YLC (Why Little Chicago) thread
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote from: Decorus on November 04, 2012, 03:21:49 AM ---Harry fixed Little Chicago or more accurately Lash used Harry to fix it.
Lash is the only one with the means, know how and chance to fix it.
It wouldn't be the first time Lash had intervened to protect Harry from death.
Basically Lash knew it was broken, she tried to get Harry to take up the coin to protect himself and when he refused she chose to fix it to prevent Harry from dying.
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There was no gap between Lash warning Harry about LC and him using it where she could have fixed it IIRC. And if she had fixed it beforehand why try to warn Harry?
And that's ignoring all the alternative theories, there are plenty of suspects besides Lash.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: pharthead on November 04, 2012, 12:38:18 AM ---As far as harry getting hit by the car, why can't it be a regular accident? There are people who don't have insurance that would flee from an accident to avoid having to pay to fix the other person's car.
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Whether it's an accident or conspiracy makes no difference to whether Rashid could have foreseen it and seen that it was required for Harry to be at home in time to take Molly's call, that I can see.
Aminar:
--- Quote from: pharthead on November 04, 2012, 12:38:18 AM ---As far as harry getting hit by the car, why can't it be a regular accident? There are people who don't have insurance that would flee from an accident to avoid having to pay to fix the other person's car.
I think LC was very useful to Harry, it just didn't get a lot of screen time. LC was mostly used to speed up the tracking of lost items. Therefore LC could simply be something that Harry made to speed up his business and because he though it would cool. I know a lot of people who go home and make random things that serve absolutely no purpose besides being fun to make. Heck, Legos has made a ton of money on that. Why can't Harry do something to test his abilities?
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Go read the accident scene again. It's clearly an attack. The driver backs off and them hits him again.
This discussion is based on the idea Jim only shows us plot significant things. If LC weren't important he'd have spent far less time describing it and how it was made than he did. Harry can't do something to test his abilities because Jim putting it on paper like he did would he sloppy writing and out of stylistic character.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Aminar on November 04, 2012, 02:50:36 PM ---This discussion is based on the idea Jim only shows us plot significant things.
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Are you arguing for the position that there is nothing in the books that's just there for other purposes, without plot significance ? Like illustrating character, pointing up bits of how the DV works as a world, or being funny ?
I would be very surprised if Harry's preferences for Coke over Pepsi, Marvel over DC and Burger King over just about anything have a purpose other than to illustrate his tastes and his character thereby. (Finding Spiderman cooler than Superman says something about a person, for example.)
X:
While Little Chicago is a interesting mystery to me, I liken it to his Force Rings or Shield Bracelet. At the beginning of the series, he had his staff and blasting rod and a few knick knacks. Then, his rings became 3 rings in one n a couple fingers, then by the time changes came around, his bracelet was able to stop physical, thermal, electrical, and magical attacks and his rings were on each finger with at least three on each finger.
This says to me, as a few people have argued, that this was mostly Jim showing us Harry's progression and development as a wizard, and this was the most prominent, mainly due to Bob saying how impressed he was with what Harry had done.
I personally view LC as a rough draft, and we'll eventually see something bigger and better that will have a specific purpose say maybe 3 or 4 books from now
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