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Which absent villian will appear in Peace Talks?
KurtinStGeorge:
The thing about Cowl that I find underwhelming is we haven't seen Harry particularly interested in Cowl's actual identity and it's never been suggested that Cowl could be someone Harry knows. My guess is Cowl is Simon Pietrovich.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 29, 2017, 11:49:34 PM ---Jim has occasionally given out information that turned out to be false or premature.
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Even the author doesn't always know for sure what's coming up later. Details change, the story works better if you change 'x', or 'y' sounded good when you first think of it but turned out to be a turkey when it's on the page, etc. Or the author expects A but when he thinks through the implications of what has gone before, he realizes that A no longer makes sense, and swtiches to C.
Also, I rate the 'canonicity' of a writer's comments based on the circumstances. For ex, everything else being equal, I would rate a comment from JB on the board here as more 'likely' to bear out over time than a verbal statement in answer to a question at a gathering. Why? Because when you type a post you think about it more as you write, while a verbal comment may be more likely to be 'off the cuff', and JB (or anyone else) might think half an hour later: "Hey, I just realized I said something back there that implies 'x' and 'x' isn't so."
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Right after Cold Days came out I read an interview Jim did; which unfortunately I can longer find, in which he described a rather funny conversation Harry would have with Michael; which Michael wouldn't find funny, about Molly being the Winter Lady. Harry would tell Michael that he would have to cut Molly some slack when he saw Molly wearing a very tight fitting and suggestive outfit because she was now the Queen of slutty faeries. Apparently Molly would be dressing to fit the image. This would strain Harry and Michael's relationship and we could look forward to learning more about this complication in the next book.
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I could live without that happening, honestly.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 28, 2017, 06:19:49 AM ---
--- Quote ---They're enemies...but also frenemies, sorta. I think Harry wants to hate her, but can't quite, she'd like to corrupt him, but is glad when he refuses. It's a mess.
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Sounds like the beginning of a totally dysfunctional romance.
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Yeah, it does, doesn't it? For what it's worth, I think Harry and Lara are attracted to each other simply as man and woman, which of course they are. The trouble, of course, is that they aren't just that. Harry is a Wizard of the White Council, a Warden, THE Warden, and a hero in spite of himself. Lara is a monster who eats people, as well as being a calculating political killer and a ruthless manipulator and seriously twisted, even allowing for being a White Vampire.
They're natural enemies...but alike enough to be attracted. They're both born snarkers, they both are way above average intelligence, both are 'damaged' in ways that overlap. It would be hard for the human Lara and the human Harry not to be attracted. But they're still enemies, too.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: DonBugen on August 28, 2017, 12:53:49 PM ---Harry and Lara are mutually blackmailing each other into a peaceful stalemate. Pretty sure that both see the other as potentially useful, but extremely dangerous.
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Absolutely. Though I suspect the stalemate may be ending. More and more people know that Lara is the real White Queen. Either Lord Raith is going to break her control and become dangerous on his own again at some point, or the pretense will cease to be useful for Lara. What happens then depends on what happens then.
wardenferry419:
Lara knows that Harry is no longer love-protected and can be whammied. That could make their next encounter very interesting.
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