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Any news on Peace Talks
g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 09, 2019, 12:30:03 AM --- ... I think he wanted to write that chase on a skateboard and turn expectations on its head. And I don't know that it was needed...
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I think Jim spent so long building Butters up as the comic little not-a-credible-threat nerd -- whose highest aspiration to Hero'dom is gnawing (briefly) on a villain's leg -- that we'll be seeing a fair bit of Jim building-up New Butters as a smart hero, using wits and Science! and magical Inspector Bob-Gadget'ry (in addition to being a Jedi Knight of the Cross). I think that's why we saw, e.g. the Skateboard of Awesome (also, I'm willing to bet that somebody in Jim's life (maybe Jim himself) is a 'board fan; just sayin' ).
Mira:
--- Quote from: g33k on December 09, 2019, 09:34:09 AM ---I think Jim spent so long building Butters up as the comic little not-a-credible-threat nerd -- whose highest aspiration to Hero'dom is gnawing (briefly) on a villain's leg -- that we'll be seeing a fair bit of Jim building-up New Butters as a smart hero, using wits and Science! and magical Inspector Bob-Gadget'ry (in addition to being a Jedi Knight of the Cross). I think that's why we saw, e.g. the Skateboard of Awesome (also, I'm willing to bet that somebody in Jim's life (maybe Jim himself) is a 'board fan; just sayin' ).
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But he always was a hero in the eyes of his fans, from the very beginning. Remember before he was introduced he stood up for the truth of his scientific findings at great cost. Yes, he relented some, but so did Galileo so he'd have some career left. In Dead Beat, scared out of his mind, yes, but willing to help Harry as best he could. "Polka will never die!" ;D
morriswalters:
To make Butter's a Knight Jim had...
Create the most overpowered weapon in the books.
Have a Jew carry a weapon forged with the nails of Jesus's crucifix, which is somewhat dubious.
At 46 Butters is on the decline of aging. The sword can't be used directly against other swords, it cuts steel. It's a killing weapon with no weight to speak of and no one in the Dresden Files knows how to wield that type of weapon unless there is a Jedi Knight around that I haven't seen. This type of thing could and might play hell with Jim's story. Having said that, this is Jim's book and he, of course, is the guy with the mind that puts it on paper. May the force be with him.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Mira on December 06, 2019, 11:53:18 PM --- Agreed, edit, edit, edit.... An author really guilty of writing bloated books in a series that goes on way too long is Terry Goodkind, his "Sword of Truth" series.
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Oh lord. Especially his newer stuff -- in one, Richard spends 200 goddamn pages in a cave, most of which is spent with him learning about the "unholy half dead" zombie things over and over again.
Like, there's no memory charm, and he's not learning anything new about them, he just keeps finding out through the cave carvings that they exist, and every single time it's treated as a revelation.
Damn near made me put the book down entirely right then and there.
g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 09, 2019, 06:48:40 PM --- Create the most overpowered weapon in the books.
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That's Amoracchius (at least, amongst the Swords).
The new lightshow is tactically interesting, sure (and egregiously fun fanservice!); but essentially irrelevant.
WoJ says:
--- Quote ---We’ll probably get the new wielder of Fidelacchius in Book 14 or 15. Um, Amoracchius is gonna, uh…(Jim chuckles evilly), that’s gonna be apocalypse time by the time we get [unintelligible]. Amoracchius is not one of those Swords that really rampages around the world very often, and when if does, you’ve heard about it, so…
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( https://wordof.jim-butcher.com/index.php/word-of-jim-woj-compilation/woj-on-future-df-works/ )
Also note the Bible -- "... these three abide: Faith, Hope, and Love. And the greatest of these is Love." (And if you wanna get really interesting, note this was NOT originally written in English, and the other common translation of that "Greatest of these" is CHARITY).
Or the Grail, and/or other items from Hades' vault. At least to Harry's psychic senses:
--- Quote ---... a combined aura that made the thrumming power of a roused Amoracchius seem like a low-wattage lightbulb in comparison.
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(emphasis added -- not Amoracchius "whenever" but Amoracchius roused.)
Or magic itself! Again, WoJ:
--- Quote ---Q: What are the upper levels of magic?
A: There are none, if the person has enough juice. If someone was strong enough, they could completely rewrite reality.
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( https://wordof.jim-butcher.com/index.php/word-of-jim-woj-compilation/woj-on-magic-in-the-dresden-files/ )
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