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Dresden Files Continuity Errors – There aren’t any
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: magical_liopleurodon on September 28, 2020, 09:47:05 AM ---damn that's good
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Than you.
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on September 28, 2020, 08:47:22 PM ---...
The dot could have been high enough on his wrist to not get washed off. Ramirez could have pulled off the old Roger Rabbit trick of disappearing reappearing ink. And seeing Ramirez's age, I wouldn't be surprised if he made disappearing reappearing ink because he watched Roger Rabbit as a kid.
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I had to laugh when I read this part of your post because I thought about Rodger Rabbit and the disappearing reappearing ink, but I was trying to take a serious tone in my OP, so it didn't seem appropriate to mention as a possible solution.
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on September 29, 2020, 01:26:18 AM ---Sorry, but ... yeah, isn't this pretty widely known in the fandom?
I vaguely remember a Q&A that I can't place the source of, where Jim said some of them are legitimate errors, especially early on before he had betas (the example being the name of Bianca's favourite who she blamed Harry for upsetting her into draining changing from SF to GP), and others are clues to something bigger. There may also be a few legitimate intentional retcons, but iirc he didn't speak to that in the answer.
And the 'dream' where he's really talking to Molly amid a traffic jam of their alternate selves was a pretty big cluebat that there's an underlying multiverse element going on.
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Yes, Jim hasn't made any secret about the existence of the Dresden Files multiverse. However, I think many people who read Peace Talks failed to understand that we were seeing the story as it flowed through several nearly, but not quite, identical Dresden universes at the same time. So; for example, when the placard on Marcone's castle was read as Better Future Society, some people thought Jim had screwed up or the Beta readers let him down. When Murphy later referred to the Brighter Future Society, at least one reader attributed this and, or other incongruities in Peace Talks as poor editing in the rush to get the novel out.
The_Sibelis:
--- Quote from: magical_liopleurodon on September 28, 2020, 09:47:05 AM ---damn that's good
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I concur lol. I've had similar ideas, especially for MM. I'm hoping for a sliders/quantum leap style mission to search out the right timeline.
Conspiracy Theorist:
The alphas are werewolves, what do the betas turn into?
Yuillegan:
Great stuff.
Between a few different WOJs, the fact that Jim was heavily inspired by Zelazny's Amber Chronicles (particularly before writing these two books PT and BG), and the fact that BG is THREADED with parallel universe references and moments both overt and otherwise - I'd say you're pretty damn right.
Consider the Immortal fight between Ethniu and Vadderung, the Erlking and Titania. Parallel realities converging with Ethniu's will forcing through her victory. Consider Mab's comments about the cost of branching the Universe. Even Bob's comments about Reality breaking down. And the many "inconsistencies" throughout. Yeah, the next book should hopefully help with all that.
cleoslemonade:
I love this idea :). I had a really similar one and I made this youtube video about that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkxIjQnvGRo&list=PLzKif11L57eflPLgdKAirKcGuIfE0REHD&index=5
I love that the Dresden Files is so fun and complicated that we can debate whether something is a mistake or from a parallel universe or a consequence of time travel.
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