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I think Murphy is going to get killed here is why
Mira:
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According to Murphy, her second husband wanted her to stay at home because he can't handle Murphy having a better career in the police force. From what he did in book 6 by marrying Murphy's sister and Mama Murphy's reaction, what Murphy say has quite some credibility.
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Perhaps, but that hints at more complex problems under the surface... Didn't he go on to join the F.B.I?
--- Quote ---From what I see, her 2 previous marriges fail because both of her exs is not strong enough to handle her. Murphy is too compotent, and becoming the spouse of such a woman is never easy for your average man. The same reason why a successful and rich career woman tends to have a hard time finding a husband in real life. The problem is not on the woman, it is on the man. It is easy for a strong man to marry a weak woman, but vice versa?
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Or perhaps has bad taste in men? Usually the problems are not quite that one sided. Quite often if the pair are on an equal footing things fall apart because both are so busy there is no time for the marriage... Weak men marry strong women all the time for various reasons.. It also depends on how you define what strong or weak mean in either sex, it isn't just about who had the best career or makes the most money, one may want to be controlling, another may like being controlled...
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---From what I see, her 2 previous marriges fail because both of her exs is not strong enough to handle her. Murphy is too compotent, and becoming the spouse of such a woman is never easy for your average man. The same reason why a successful and rich career woman tends to have a hard time finding a husband in real life. The problem is not on the woman, it is on the man. It is easy for a strong man to marry a weak woman, but vice versa?
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This may be the case, but I hardly think that the solution is to make Murphy weaker.
kbrizzle:
I could see a couple of different endings for Murphy that don’t require her to become irrelevant to the plot. I agree that a happy domestic life does not seem to be in the cards for her (JB has spent too much time building up nuances in her character & highlighting her importance to Harry for her to simply retire).
I think Murphy will be the link that along with Maggie Jr. helps Harry keep his humanity despite the darker nature of the WK mantle. Not only that, she is Harry’s best friend & moral support system. For these reasons, I think it will be important for Murphy to continue to have a role in the series.
Logically, the couple of ways for her to do this while staying true to her character would be:
* She starts off becoming the head of the Chicago defense league (combining Harry’s allies with logistical support from the Paranet, Marcone & Lara Raith). This might eventually lead to her creating a more national level defense league in the war that is to come.
* Murphy gets a power up that enables her to keep helping Harry as he fights bigger & nastier foes. While there is talk of her becoming a Valkyrie or something, I don’t see it - she is Christian & doesn’t seem to believe in the Norse pantheon. When Harry sees Murphy with his Sight, she has the soul of a warrior angel - perhaps this is foreshadowing that she will eventually get killed & become an angel?
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---I think Murphy will be the link that along with Maggie Jr. helps Harry keep his humanity despite the darker nature of the WK mantle. Not only that, she is Harry’s best friend & moral support system. For these reasons, I think it will be important for Murphy to continue to have a role in the series.
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Unfortunately, I think you're probably right.
Mira:
--- Quote --- She starts off becoming the head of the Chicago defense league (combining Harry’s allies with logistical support from the Paranet, Marcone & Lara Raith). This might eventually lead to her creating a more national level defense league in the war that is to come.
Murphy gets a power up that enables her to keep helping Harry as he fights bigger & nastier foes. While there is talk of her becoming a Valkyrie or something, I don’t see it - she is Christian & doesn’t seem to believe in the Norse pantheon. When Harry sees Murphy with his Sight, she has the soul of a warrior angel - perhaps this is foreshadowing that she will eventually get killed & become an angel?
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Isn't there a WOJ that Murphy will never receive a power up? If not it has been said so often it is hard to think that she will. Also it will change her if it happens, then what?
--- Quote ---I think Murphy will be the link that along with Maggie Jr. helps Harry keep his humanity despite the darker nature of the WK mantle. Not only that, she is Harry’s best friend & moral support system. For these reasons, I think it will be important for Murphy to continue to have a role in the series.
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But little Maggie appears to be a wizard, possibly a strong one in her own right... Dad's job is seems will be to keep her from going dark.. Murphy is Harry's friend and perhaps future love interest, but Michael is his best friend, I believe he has stated that in one of the books.. Butters is also an understanding friend, so Murphy isn't the only vanilla anchor to humanity for Harry..
What is interesting by the nature of both Murphy threads both her going forward and she is going to get killed is almost every post is about what she needs to do to stay meaningful not just to Harry but the series... That in my opinion is a danger signal in of itself.... Because keeping her in the series, "just because," isn't a good enough reason...
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