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Chapter 5 Drop
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 01, 2020, 12:37:30 PM ---@Yuillegan
Why is IA investigating Murphy? She isn't, and hasn't been a cop for a while. And I would generate a permanent revenue stream collecting money from a doctor who discusses my treatment with a cop. And unless they are attempting to connect her to illegal street fighting why does it matter how she was hurt? Nothing in her injuries admits to a crime per se. This is a very poorly motivated chapter.
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Unless the supernatural movers behind the scene just have more influence there. They can not be everywhere and IA catched their attention because of Harry.
Also remember Cold Days and the use of the small folk against Harry? Using IA against Harry might just be their evil sense of humor or even balance.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 01, 2020, 12:37:30 PM ---@Yuillegan
Why is IA investigating Murphy? She isn't, and hasn't been a cop for a while. And I would generate a permanent revenue stream collecting money from a doctor who discusses my treatment with a cop. And unless they are attempting to connect her to illegal street fighting why does it matter how she was hurt? Nothing in her injuries admits to a crime per se. This is a very poorly motivated chapter.
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It is obviously phony, just because they claim it is a police investigation doesn't mean that it is. Remember back in Skin Game Harry worried that all the blood and mayhem around the bank would attract attention, and he was assured, I cannot remember by whom, that there was a very good clean up crew and cover up. No, I think there is someone on the inside trying to blackmail Harry, Binder maybe? Also let us not forget the final scene at Marcone's place where Harry confronted Mab.
She wasn't a very happy with either Harry or Molly, she wouldn't do anything overt, but she might covertly to put her Knight in his place.
--- Quote ---Put me in the Murphy gets the Summer Knight mantle. It fits her. She is about helping others and preventing bad things. The Queens know bad things are coming and Twitch isn't up to the job. Murphy and Dresden are used to working together and it would also technically put them back in an adversarial role. Screw with Harry's love life while twisting the foreshadowing of Murphy becoming a Knight. Just now one of the Cross. And I am betting Rudolph is no longer a cop by the end of these books.
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I just don't see it, simply because Murphy thinks independently.. Harry gets by with it to a degree with Mab because of who he is, but he still has to find a way to follow orders. Remember Murphy is in her current state because she didn't agree with the rules governing the use of the Holy Swords. I think she will last through this book and possibly die in the next.. I see her working for Uriel along side her father after her death.
g33k:
--- Quote from: edf on June 30, 2020, 07:46:52 PM --- For some reason I had this rather odd thought while reading through this when they were discussing Murphy's healing. Neither wizard magic nor medicine hold the answer, but there are other ways Murphy could be made viable again. The most obvious would be doing what Dresden did when he broke his bad. She could take up either Knight mantle. Mab wouldn't easily relinquish her claim on Dresden, but we haven't really seen much out of the Summer Knight lately. The current Summer Lady may even believe she owns Dresden a favor worthy of allowing him to recommend Murphy as Fix's replacement if something where to happen to him in the next book or two.
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No, Harry mentions the idea -- "getting Faustian" -- and Murphy shuts that down "firmly."
Mira:
--- Quote from: g33k on July 01, 2020, 02:24:59 PM ---
No, Harry mentions the idea -- "getting Faustian" -- and Murphy shuts that down "firmly."
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One of the things her fans seem to like the most is that Murphy is a simple vanilla human. Making her suddenly Summer Knight or an Einherjar kind of goes against that, and her own religion as far as that goes.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Walter the skull on June 30, 2020, 07:23:39 PM ---I didn't think that Harry and Murphy suspected that Rudolph worked for Marcone. It was pretty clear in Changes that he was unknowingly working for the Red Court. I suppose Rudolph can just be generally corrupt and work for the highest bidder.
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I kind of doubt Marcone is actually behind it. It seems like accepting the weregild and then sending crooked cops after Harry anyway would be a violation of his standards of conduct. He might order a hit for an unrelated reason at any time, but using something he's already accepted payment to settle? Seems inconsistent for him.
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