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Peace Talks - What did you like? What didn't you like? What were you expecting?
Mira:
--- Quote from: ClintACK on July 25, 2020, 09:44:02 PM ---I think we might be reading too much (or the wrong thing) into Harry's "... and because I wasn't quite sure what to think about that myself."
If it turns out that that whole situation was a clue to Nemesis -- because one or more of the three of them was behaving out of character -- then that line might just be Harry's intuition nudging him that something's off.
For that matter, from what little we saw, the threesome looked like it might be more the Ross Geller version of a threesome than a healthy polyamorous situation. It could just be that Harry's worried that Butters is going to get hurt.
Also... WTF... Marcy's name was spelled with a 'y' in Aftermath, then in Ghost Story, Bombshells, and Peace Talks it's Marci with an 'i'. What's that about?
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Personally I don't see anything wrong with it, however it was a WTF moment and not because of the way Marci was spelled. Again, just what was the point of it? As far as Harry's reaction, it really cannot be trusted because the heavy stuff he had on his mind at that moment.
morriswalters:
--- Quote ---Then he said, in a calm and sincere tone, “Harry, tease me about this or screw it up for me and I’ll knock your teeth out.” And he said it right. I mean, there’s a way to convey your sincere willingness to commit violence. Most people seem to think it involves a lot of screaming and waving your arms. It doesn’t. Really dangerous people don’t feel a need to shout about it. Delivering that kind of warning, sincerely, takes mostly the sort of confidence that only comes from experience.
Butcher, Jim. Peace Talks (Dresden Files) (p. 120). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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The whole thing sets up this line.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 26, 2020, 12:21:26 AM ---The whole thing sets up this line.
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Which also is a bit of a WTF moment.. I beg to differ with Mr Butcher, truly strong people don't need
to say anything at all let alone threaten violence. If Harry was dumb enough to make some kind of crack, it's his problem, not Butters.
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Mira on July 26, 2020, 01:30:04 AM --- Which also is a bit of a WTF moment.. I beg to differ with Mr Butcher, truly strong people don't need
to say anything at all let alone threaten violence. If Harry was dumb enough to make some kind of crack, it's his problem, not Butters.
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I agree with you, but I found that statement made Butters sound weak; pretty much the opposite of the effect Jim was going for. To restate what I said in an earlier post, "What can Harry do to screw up Butters new relationship?" If talking to their mutual friends is going to mess it up or undo it completely, the relationship wasn't very strong to begin with. Plus Butters told Harry, "I don't even know how this happened." That isn't something a person would say who is in command of the situation. It makes Butters sound like he's been manipulated and he's lashing out at Harry because his weakness (in this situation) has been exposed. Bully's act like that. Cowards also act like that, and the two usually go hand in hand. Again, that's the opposite of having confidence.
forumghost:
Yeah, it seems to me that it's just another case of 'see how badass Butters is?'
First he becomes a Magitech Batman Jedi overnight, now he's banging multiple chicks at once, intimidating Harry so badly he's scared to mouth off, and trashing Sanya in a duel with like, 2 weeks training.
It's just another aspect of Butter's having DM's kid brother status.
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