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Denarian Short Story
SerScot:
We’ve seen Dresden beat Nicodemus three times. It makes Nic and the Denarians seem somewhat less than threatening. Would anyone else be interested in reading short story where the Denarians win?
Mira:
--- Quote from: SerScot on June 27, 2019, 09:32:00 PM ---We’ve seen Dresden beat Nicodemus three times. It makes Nic and the Denarians seem somewhat less than threatening. Would anyone else be interested in reading short story where the Denarians win?
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Well, they don't exactly lose either.....
SerScot:
Nic is foiled each time. It works to weaken him as an antagonist. I’d like to see what he’s like when he wins.
Mira:
--- Quote from: SerScot on June 28, 2019, 03:13:09 AM ---Nic is foiled each time. It works to weaken him as an antagonist. I’d like to see what he’s like when he wins.
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Sort of, but the Denarians go on... We know what he is like when he wins... Do you not remember the scene where he wiped the frozen cement with Murphy? How he whispered sweet nothings in her ear as he did it? Stuff that long term will make her question everything she has ever stood for? How he manipulated her so skillfully into going where she and he wanted to go, resulting in a broken Holy Sword? Yeah, long term it got set right, but if you want to see how it looks when Nic wins reread those passages in Skin Game..
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---We’ve seen Dresden beat Nicodemus three times. It makes Nic and the Denarians seem somewhat less than threatening. Would anyone else be interested in reading short story where the Denarians win?
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Definitely!
--- Quote ---Well, they don't exactly lose either.....
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To date, their "successes" have been:
1) killing a guy who was already dying, and who chose to let it happen;
2) giving Harry a Denarian Shadow, whom he redeemed;
3) torturing two powerful people briefly, ensuring that they would hate them and work to screw them over; and
4) breaking a holy sword which was remade even stronger not a day later.
Even without discussing their outright losses, this sure looks like losing to me.
--- Quote ---Nic is foiled each time. It works to weaken him as an antagonist. I’d like to see what he’s like when he wins.
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