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Murphy
Mira:
--- Quote ---Am I the only one that thinks Murphy is way over powered for a run on the mill human? No one out fights Murphy not even super naturals. No one out shoots Murphy. Heck in the last book she basically get torn apart and crippled has multiple surgeries, is in casts for months. She cuts hers casts off and after a hot bath is getting the better of a Valkyrie. Heck Harry is a wizard and after being messed up that bad had to take on the mantle of the winter knight to fix it all Murphy needs is a hot bath.
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1] Not quite true, Nic beat the living crap out of her, that is why she was still in casts and may only come back fifty percent at best..
2] She got the drop on the Valkyrie, a couple of quick hand to hand moves. We don't know whether or not the Valkyrie let her win, she didn't even try to fight back, no point in pissing Harry off. Also if it had been a prolonged hand to hand fight I doubt Murphy would have even come close to winning. Remember the Valkyrie then slowed her pace as they moved across the park because Murphy could barely keep up at a normal walk.
3] I still say the bullet that took out Maeve was Mab aimed and fired..
BrainFireBob:
It's the planning. Harry mentions in..Storm Front?..that wizards can handle nearly anything with enough foresight and time to prepare.
It's why Freydis and Gard both noticed her. She's Valkyrie-grade material.
Helga Ozark:
A warm bath has "magical" restorative powers that have nothing to do with actual magic :D
There are hints that she's actually in a bit of pain. She may be holding it back probably for Harry's sake or as a matter of pride.
I'm in the "she's smart, quick and underestimated" camp when it comes to her abilities against supernatural powers
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: guinnesshero on July 27, 2020, 11:19:26 PM ---Am I the only one that thinks Murphy is way over powered for a run on the mill human? No one out fights Murphy not even super naturals. No one out shoots Murphy. Heck in the last book she basically get torn apart and crippled has multiple surgeries, is in casts for months. She cuts hers casts off and after a hot bath is getting the better of a Valkyrie. Heck Harry is a wizard and after being messed up that bad had to take on the mantle of the winter knight to fix it all Murphy needs is a hot bath.
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I think we discount the power of normal vanilla humans a bit too much when discussing the Dresden files. With all the magic, demons, angels, fallen, faeries, gods and outsiders that has been taking up page count recently mere vanilla has been a bit underrated. The wisest supernatural beings like Vadderung however knows to fear vanilla mortals, or at least not to underestimate them.
JB's story always emphasize the importance of mind and will power over sheer muscle, magical or otherwise. Vanilla mortals, at least people like Murphy and marcone, are not lacking in both mind and will. Their physical strength and lack of magical power is indeed a limitation, but it does not reduce their danger level. Most vanilla are so much a soft target because they often panic when danger comes, not because they are truly helpless.
Being able to benchpress 10 tons is not as important as knowing when, where, how and why to use that force. An. If you lack power, you can always borrow, ask for help or in Marcone's case simply hire them with lots of money or by trading favors. In other words, power can be aquired. Wisdom, experience, courage and perceverence however is something innate to each person.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Being able to benchpress 10 tons is not as important as knowing when, where, how and why to use that force. An. If you lack power, you can always borrow, ask for help or in Marcone's case simply hire them with lots of money or by trading favors. In other words, power can be aquired. Wisdom, experience, courage and perceverence however is something innate to each person.
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Or sheer will power, the force advantage Harry seems to have over most of his opponents. In Murphy's case, she did a ten second power move, surprised her opponent, who really didn't fight back and won. However the rest of the time she was mostly moving on gut power, in a fight, especially hand to hand to the death, gut power and skill will only take her so far, her unhealed body will fail at some point.
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