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I think Murphy is going to get killed here is why
nadia.skylark:
Sorry, huangjimmy108, for my statement about your character.
--- Quote ---My original point is that Murphy's antagonism to Dresden in Fool Moon isn't properly set up, and we have to read between the lines in the rest of the series to back fill it. Even then, there is great debate on whether or not her actions are explainable.
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This.
Mira:
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My original point is that Murphy's antagonism to Dresden in Fool Moon isn't properly set up, and we have to read between the lines in the rest of the series to back fill it. Even then, there is great debate on whether or not her actions are explainable.
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Perhaps, however it works very well in pointing out her major character flaw, which comes back to bite her big time in the latest book. If one of Harry's major flaw is his propensity to be over protective, which often backfires because he holds back information when he should be up front.. Murphy's major flaw is when she thinks she is right she shuts her mind and jumps to conclusions.
g33k:
Another point to bear in mind -- people are fundamentally irrational. ???
Emotion
Upbringing
Cognitive bias
Etc.
And the more we focus on rationality, and ignore those irrational parts? The more they influence us without our even knowing; and then we lie to ourselves, tell ourselves we are being rational, rationalize our irrational choices, invest our emotions and sense of self-worth into those having been rational choices. :o
I'm irrational. Jim Butcher is irrational. You -- whoever's reading this post -- are irrational.
Harry isn't immune to this, even if he's a wizard, one of "the Wise." It's an inescapable thing. :-\
We see it OFTEN in the Dresdenverse. Sometimes, Harry even sees it in himself. ;D
Bad Alias:
We can be trained to spot a lot of that irrationality ... but pretty much only in others. Also there's that old saying "the difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense."
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on June 06, 2019, 04:37:52 PM ---We can be trained to spot a lot of that irrationality ... but pretty much only in others. Also there's that old saying "the difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense."
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That's especially true with dialogue. It's extraordinarily frustrating when you realize that human beings very rarely speak in complete sentences. We stop, pause, clear our throats, cut in with random exclamations, get interrupted and interrupt in turn, drop sentence fragments, respond to things someone said ten minutes ago, and generally make sure we're as understood as poorly as possible. It's my favorite thing when I read fiction and one character is speaking whole paragraphs. My reaction is generally, "There is no possible way that this person said this this clearly, or all at once." Exceptions are speeches and lectures, of course, but then those are more monologues than dialogues. One of my favorite things to write are conversations with three or four people, solely because I'm justified in including all of the realistic interruptions and cut-ins for comedic purposes.
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