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Could Jim use current movies to influence books?
groinkick:
--- Quote from: raidem on April 28, 2018, 03:22:31 AM ---Dang. Vadderung had this planned. He is reaching into our world to play things in his favor in the dresdenverse so that he has more oomph in time for the BAT.
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Ha ha.. He will put on his Jim Butcher Mantle, return to this reality and ensure the victory in that reality.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on April 27, 2018, 07:17:37 PM ---He spent half of Ghost Story comparing his ghost powers to the X-Men and in the RPG, Harry suggests "It's Clobbering Time!" as a stunt name.
I don't think mentioning Marvel stuff is a problem.
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Especially in the case of aknowledging the movies as in-world works of fiction like his Spiderman references. It might be different if he wanted to do an actual crossover, but just having the MCU also exist as a movie franchise wouldnt run afoul of any real copyright.
Kindler:
Yeah, that falls under Fair Use—taking how a certain movie has impacted society and shaped their concept of specific deities wouldn't get Jim into any trouble. I don't think Thor, Odin, and Loki would become anything like their movie counterparts, though; Hades didn't turn into a total jerkwad because of the Kevin Sorbo series or the Disney rendition, for example. But it would be interesting to see if they got power upgrades because so many people are thinking about them, similarly to Mab gaining power by funding the Brothers Grimm and good ol' Walt.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Kindler on April 30, 2018, 01:59:34 PM ---Yeah, that falls under Fair Use—taking how a certain movie has impacted society and shaped their concept of specific deities wouldn't get Jim into any trouble. I don't think Thor, Odin, and Loki would become anything like their movie counterparts, though; Hades didn't turn into a total jerkwad because of the Kevin Sorbo series or the Disney rendition, for example.
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Ya, if Santa can still carry a sword, I figure it takes a lot longer for those sorts of Myth-drift perceptions to actually change the subject. For that matter, the popular opinion is still capable of simply getting it Wrong, as was the case with Goblins. Also Id expect them to have to /accept/ the change to some extent, or else the transient changes would be weaponized more often. Imagine the Erlking waking up one day to discover that he's developed a sudden attraction to singing and cod-pieces...
--- Quote ---But it would be interesting to see if they got power upgrades because so many people are thinking about them, similarly to Mab gaining power by funding the Brothers Grimm and good ol' Walt.
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That's the thing though, we dont really know that she got all that much /power/ increase, all we really know is that she's is a lot less likely to be consigned to Oblivion now.
Lost Merlin:
--- Quote from: Quantus on April 30, 2018, 02:30:57 PM ---That's the thing though, we dont really know that she got all that much /power/ increase, all we really know is that she's is a lot less likely to be consigned to Oblivion now.
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Do we know that worship/knowledge is tied to power level in the DV? I know in the Iron Druid Cornicles that it is implicitly stated several times. But in the DV all that I recall is that if you are forgotten from the minds you cease to exist.
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