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Rudolph's evidence doesn't make sense
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 21, 2020, 08:11:35 PM ---It also fits with Murphy not being there at Christmas, she has taken the fall and is in prison thanks to Nic.
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Even if the mortal legal system laid a charge against Karrin, I doubt they have anything strong enough to hold her without bail. And Harry could have her jailbreaked to a safe house pretty much as fast as it takes to brew a batch of the escape potion from SF.
I think she most likely takes the Valkyrie job out of necessity for the "health plan", and is away on assignment as of Christmas Eve. The narrative point of Thomas going into stasis in PT is to deprive Harry of a key ally for a while, but leave open the possibility to get him back later without killing him off for good. Ending BG with Murphy alive but elsewhere by necessity would mirror Thomas being benched, as well as Harry's choice in Changes to make a Faustian bargain to stay in the fight.
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on September 22, 2020, 02:23:04 AM ---I thought the Ick ate his face. Or maybe that was just wishful thinking on my part. Red Court assassins tried for him twice. Once downtown and once at his home. Jim's so far off the reservation it hard to know what's going on. Maybe Lara isn't Lara. Maybe the Spooky MIB guys are stirring the pot.
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The Ick would have found Rudy’s Face very disagreeable if it ate it.
Yuillegan:
I hope the Rudolph subplot is resolved well.
I personally found the whole thing rather unbelievable. Not that the cops tried to put the hard word on them with minimal evidence (all of which was circumstantial), but that both Murphy and Harry didn't call them out on it. I know they both are not lawyers but they would be laughed out of any serious conversation if that's all they had on the day. I think Bradley realised that things were up with his assignment and that they didn't have enough evidence, but I believe he also smelled a rat around Dresden and Murphy which bugged him. I thought Harry (who hates bullies) and Murphy (who won't be cowed) would have both pushed back harder.
But the obvious wielder of the cat's paw, to me, is the White Court. It is their style. And they have power to rival Marcone, perhaps greater even, when it comes to using the mortal system for their own ends. Whether it is Lara or not remains to be seen, although I am sure it is, but Marcone benefits the least from sending the law and Dresden right now. The White Court however...
I put more in my thread about Jury Duty.
ClintACK:
Perhaps Rudolph isn't anyone's catspaw anymore.
We know he *was* working for the Red Court, possibly with lots of mind-magic manipulation to make him obsessed with Harry and Murphy.
Then the Red Court died.
A lot of what's happened since is about the unintentional fallout of destroying the Red Court and leaving a vaccuum.
Perhaps Rudolph is another example -- without his Red Court handlers, the magical obsession is driving him on its own without intelligent direction.
JumpyDragon:
--- Quote from: ClintACK on September 22, 2020, 01:59:19 PM ---Perhaps Rudolph isn't anyone's catspaw anymore.
We know he *was* working for the Red Court, possibly with lots of mind-magic manipulation to make him obsessed with Harry and Murphy.
Then the Red Court died.
A lot of what's happened since is about the unintentional fallout of destroying the Red Court and leaving a vaccuum.
Perhaps Rudolph is another example -- without his Red Court handlers, the magical obsession is driving him on its own without intelligent direction.
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Good point. Too much black magic can make you go bonkers.
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