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Butters
DonBugen:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on April 11, 2019, 09:52:26 PM ---Read the book, theory is possible. What guy lives for 33 years and doesn't get busy at least once?
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I have, actually, and I think that anyone who takes it seriously probably has a full assortment of different kinds of tinfoil hats for all occasions.
And anyways, the idea of "what guy lives for 33 years and doesn't get busy at least once" is a valid argument if you start from the standpoint that it's ridiculous to think that JC was anything but a man. We know, for a fact, that in the Dresden Files he's at LEAST a scion of TWG, and most likely an aspect of him.
Jim bases his world off of myths, folklore, and world religion; he doesn't base it off of another fiction author's work. So there'd really be no reason, at all, to have to link Butters to someone who would have immense metaphysical implications if they DID have offspring, when he would already be linked to King David and King Solomon and their ancestors anyways.
Braincandy:
The idea of JC having kids has been around a lot longer than The Da VInci Code. Hell, it was a major plot point in Dogma, which was released 4 years before the Da Vinci Code book came out.
That's right, Dan Brown stole from Jay and Silent Bob.
It's most likely King David. Since the other well known Jewish King was Davids son, it all goes back to David.
g33k:
At this point, the "Kingship Theory" is only a theory. I'm inclined to suspect it's just a predilection / inclination, not a "requirement" of the Swords.
It is, after all, God's power, and He can bestow it where He wants. It's not like He has to follow the Magic Item Rules.
King David seems like a decent bet.
However -- Jim being Jim -- I'd be willing to believe that Butters is Elvis' grandson; yeah, THAT King.
TwinPeaksGuy:
--- Quote from: Braincandy on April 14, 2019, 01:03:53 PM ---The idea of JC having kids has been around a lot longer than The Da VInci Code. Hell, it was a major plot point in Dogma, which was released 4 years before the Da Vinci Code book came out.
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The theory about Christ's descendants goes back at least as far as the 1982 release of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" by Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln. The same theory pops up in the Preacher comics in the '90s, and Dogma. I think it's almost impossible that Butcher isn't well aware of the other takes on the theory, and if bigfoot is fair game, so is this.
OTOH, much is made of the power of belief in DF, and the belief that kings have divine power pops up in a lot of cultures. That and the right attitude might be enough to make someone a good Knight of the Cross.
dzimmerm56:
The way I read it, kings have divine responsibility. That responsibility may grant them access to divine power, but it is the responsibility that comes first, not the power.
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