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"Conjure by it at your own risk."
raidem:
--- Quote --- I think it is a hint at how powerful Harry will ultimately become.. Another hint was in Cold Days, the image Harry showed of himself in his head when he fought Sharkface on Demonreach.. He was not afraid to say who he was loudly and clearly, he was quite terrifying...
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Well, by the time Harry gets to the pinacle of his story, and how Jim handles power creep, the story will read "The End."
So, He will be a major badass indeed.
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: Dina on September 28, 2017, 04:52:04 AM ---I don't think we will see that, but it would have been awesome :)
Me too, I tend to seek simple explanations.
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I'm with simple, too. Harry is a human that actually learns to exercises free will. By the end of the books, what Ferrovax does to him at the party with just a part of Harry's name Ferro won't be able to do with all of Harry's name, because Harry's free will will just say no.
Thus, conjuring by Harry's name won't get you power over him, it will just make him aware of your existence and possibly displeased.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Cozarkian on September 28, 2017, 03:26:31 PM ---I'm with simple, too. Harry is a human that actually learns to exercises free will. By the end of the books, what Ferrovax does to him at the party with just a part of Harry's name Ferro won't be able to do with all of Harry's name, because Harry's free will will just say no.
Thus, conjuring by Harry's name won't get you power over him, it will just make him aware of your existence and possibly displeased.
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That explanation makes more sense to me when you put it that way. The focus on the power of free will over the last few books especially may be hinting that Harry's powerup is just an expression of what he's already capable. Harry certainly has an awful lot of monologues about how he's mostly just naturally defiant and stubborn for their own sake.
It would fit well with some others' ideas that this book chronicles the Rise of Mortals, and that humanity will itself take over for Winter at the Outer Gates eventually.
jonas:
--- Quote from: Kindler on September 28, 2017, 03:36:37 PM ---That explanation makes more sense to me when you put it that way. The focus on the power of free will over the last few books especially may be hinting that Harry's powerup is just an expression of what he's already capable. Harry certainly has an awful lot of monologues about how he's mostly just naturally defiant and stubborn for their own sake.
It would fit well with some others' ideas that this book chronicles the Rise of Mortals, and that humanity will itself take over for Winter at the Outer Gates eventually.
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The thing is, most forms of power simply give one a wider array of choices,(including the ability to excersice those choices upon another of course) Harry, remaining somewhat mortal(for now?) shows he's simply becoming MORE of himself. Defining who he is by what he does, aided and abetted by his power ups. He's expressing his own nature as defined by his Will.
sonwarrior:
--- Quote ---I'm with simple, too. Harry is a human that actually learns to exercises free will. By the end of the books, what Ferrovax does to him at the party with just a part of Harry's name Ferro won't be able to do with all of Harry's name, because Harry's free will will just say no.
Thus, conjuring by Harry's name won't get you power over him, it will just make him aware of your existence and possibly displeased.
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I really like this explanation coupled with what appears to be his precipitous power creep. In CD we see Harry resisting Mother Winter based off of his humanity. I seem to recall a WOJ where he mentioned that one of Harry's latest "powerups" is having his daughter as a part of his life. This being a powerup because, in my paraphrase, "You have to become so much more mature. It's like, 'One of us has to grow up and it's not going to be you.'" This plays in with Harry's humanity being the foundation of his prodigious power.
So when Jim has Harry do something insane (like Darkhollow on Demon Reach with the Black Staff) Harry will be able to utilize that power more decidedly because of how he has been shaped to be decisive and "mature" in character.
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