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Series Spanning Plot Threads
Nicodemus Carpenter:
Posting in what will soon be an epic thread.
Also, I'm not certain what your criteria are for separating various threads/arcs, and what qualifies as inception, but in Storm Front, Harry does mention his Fairy Godmother, the White Council, the Doom of Damocles, his shield bracelet and blasting rod, his office, and holy shit, this list could get huge fast.
EdgeOfDreams:
--- Quote from: Nicodemus Carpenter on November 15, 2012, 11:07:32 PM ---Also, I'm not certain what your criteria are for separating various threads/arcs
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Personally, I'd say things worth mentioning are...
* Characters who appear in more than one book, or are expected to appear again
* Questions left unanswered at the end of a book (e.g. Who taught Victor Sells?)
* Objects of significance to one or more characters that have more plot relevance than just tools (Blasting Rod counts here, because it is a plot point in a later book that Harry ISN'T using it. Sword cane, on the other hand, wouldn't, because it's just a sword in a cane).
* Places of metaphysical significance (Demonreach, the stone table, etc.), especially ones we expect to revisit
* Relationships, deals, bargains, contracts, promises, and such, again especially emphasizing ones which are not totally resolved in the book they first appear in
Serack:
New idea:
If people write up a great synopsis of how a thread weaves through the series and post it within this thread, I will link to it where it first shows up in the OP.
This could work a lot like the discrepancy reference topic.
Serack:
--- Quote from: EdgeOfDreams on November 15, 2012, 10:12:44 PM ---This has the potential to be a pretty epic thread and a great resource for theorycrafting.
Here's my contribution:
Fool Moon:
* The Alphas
* Tera West
* MacFinn (the loup-garou)
* Harry having apprentices or mentoring other practitioners (Kim Delaney) (Not really a plot thread per se, but it sets up Molly later)
* Marcone
* Hendricks? (Not sure when he's introduced or what books he's relevant in)
* FBI Agents
* Full Moon Garage lycanthropes
* Murphy and Special Investigations
* Susan (add to Storm Front as well)
* Public notice of the supernatural (Susan's footage on the news, which then disappears)
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Tera West is barely mentioned in SK, and per Jim is supposed to show up again, but hasn't yet (although it's a big theory of mine that she is Fitz's mom). I am going to define this as not "Series Spanning." Same with the Loup Garou, and Full Moon Garage (I considered this one, but it's really just a recycled prop, not a thread).
Hendrix is almost an appendage of Marcone's character, so I don't know that I will list him separately.
--- Quote from: King Ash on November 15, 2012, 10:51:47 PM ---Storm Front.
Heart explosion spell that Sells uses is the same as the Red Court spell in Changes.
Fool Moon, the last paragraph is talking about there being a monster who set everything up paving the way for the future Black Council.
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I think I will blanket this under "This was a setup: running Conspiracy Theory, AKA TWaS:RCT" which I will start in FM.
Edit: By the way, would someone please help me identify every book where "TWaS:RCT" is mentioned before it morphs into "Black Council: Running Conspiracy Theory" (BC:RCT)?
CenturionsofRome:
--- Quote from: Serack on November 15, 2012, 11:52:46 PM ---Tera West is barely mentioned in SK, and per Jim is supposed to show up again, but hasn't yet (although it's a big theory of mine that she is Fitz's mom). I am going to define this as not "Series Spanning." Same with the Loup Garou, and Full Moon Garage (I considered this one, but it's really just a recycled prop, not a thread).
Hendrix is almost an appendage of Marcone's character, so I don't know that I will list him separately.
I think I will blanket this under "This was a setup: running Conspiracy Theory, AKA TWaS:RCT" which I will start in FM.
Edit: By the way, would someone please help me identify every book where "TWaS:RCT" is mentioned before it morphs into "Black Council: Running Conspiracy Theory" (BC:RCT)?
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Doesnt Harry officially morph "TWaS:RCT" (What does that stand for anyway?) into Black Council at the end of the book where Articus Tor gets torched (Cant remember the name of the book off the top of my head right now)? If so, then any conspirosy theories before that book are TWaS:RCT theories.
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