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WAG.... Murphy has moved on
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on June 14, 2018, 04:51:51 PM ---I could see her ending up in a role somewhere between where she was and where Charity is. I don't see her as a stay-at-home type, but even before the injury, she knew well enough that any fight she was in was uphill. With the injury, she's at a greater disadvantage, and she knows that. So I see her being Harry's support (like she always has been), less likely to dive in and get rough, but still able to if she had to.
One thing we can probably all agree with is that Jim loves the "seemingly helpless person turns out to be really dangerous" trope. It pops up frequently, and has even popped up with Murphy herself a few times. So what I'm expecting is some uppity faerie to start in on her, only to find out that Murphy's walking cane just so happens to be made out of stainless steel when she breaks his nose with it.
That's the kind of future I see for Murphy -- more support-ish, but still capable.
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I could accept that. 'Guess we'll see what he decides.
--- Quote ---I place Murphy in a similar role. She might be the only character besides Harry to have appeared in every single book, and is very nearly as central a character as he is.
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Except, interestingly, Dead Beat. She does technically show up at the start and finish, but it's basically a cameo. Her role there got split between Rawlins and Butters. While her prevalence as a recurring sidekick, so to speak, does make her important to the plot, Dead Beat shows that she isn't an indispensable character.
--- Quote ---Torturing Harry is what Jim Butcher does, not why he does. He might enjoy it, but I don't get sense that's what directs the plotline.
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One does not plot by pain alone, true, but consider the finale of Changes. If Susan hadn't been as meaningful to Harry as she was, the final decision to kill her would have had less impact on the reader. If Mr. Butcher decides to off Murphy (if), it would make sense from his point to strengthen that blow to the readers by tantalizing us with the hope that she and Dresden were finally going to make it work.
This also would be different from Susan. It was established early on in Changes that her decision to hide Maggie from Dresden permanently ended any hopes of them reconciling. Not a recycled plot.
--- Quote ---Right. Not planned out.
Meaning, for example, that arguments that Murphy has to go to make room for Molly are, by that logic, hogwash.
That said, while he didn't plan it out from the start, I find it hard to believe he isn't thinking about the status as he plots upcoming books.
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Not hogwash. As you say, while not planned out, it's not like he isn't thinking about it. If he is leaning toward Molly for the future (not definitely, but possibly), then one way to make that work would be to remove Murphy. Setting up Murphy for a fall keeps his options open. Up until he finishes writing it, he can redirect the plot as his desires take him.
--- Quote ---And I didn't mean so much that he'd planned Murphy to be Harry's MJ (Marvel certainly hadn't planned Parker's arc that way to start with) so much as she occupies the same kind of narrative space. Gwen/Susan were Harry's first in-story love, and one who died in circumstances that Peter/Harry hold themselves responsible for. MJ/Murphy are second-loves, who might have been around before Gwen/Susan, but who came into his romantic life later, after proving themselves trustworthy, reliable companions.
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Thank you for the clarification.
--- Quote ---I just call it like I see it.
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That's all we can do.
groinkick:
Wonder if Murphy could become a Valkyrie... I remember when Harry saw her with his Sight that she had wings, and appeared as a warrior (could also have been a hint about becoming a KoTC though)
Mr. Death:
It seems to fit, though Murphy rejected that exact offer at the end of Aftermath.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on June 14, 2018, 07:09:51 PM ---It seems to fit, though Murphy rejected that exact offer at the end of Aftermath.
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I haven't read Aftermath. She was offered it by Odin or something?
raidem:
I don't think she rejected that exact offer. It was an offer that was left on the table. We don't know what Murphy chose, except we do know that it appears since she was indeed injured that she hasn't yet taken the offer up.
Gard offered it to Murphy. So it does seem that it is something in play, at least plausible.
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