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Battle Ground spoilers: Harry’s pairing. What do you think?
huangjimmy108:
Original title “ Battle Ground spoilers: Harry and Lara new pairing. What do you think?”
Edited for spoiler in title
-Serack
Well, Murphy is gone now, so the seat for main love interest for our favorite protagonist Harry Dresden is now open.
Previously I thought it is unlikely for Murphy to die unless JB decided to keep Harry a miserable single dog for eternity. The time he recovers from losing Susan and start looking for new love again is about 5 years give or take. Now Harry is older, more jaited, and burden with greater and greater responsibility. With Murphy gone, the new wound upon the old ones, In my opinion, it is unlikely for the current Harry to think about his love life, not if we assume that the series would only last for about 5 or 6 books more which translate to about 5 or 6 years DV timeline, assuming JB still use one year gap for each book.
Mab's demand for a political marriage between Harry and Lara however cleverly solve this problem though. It forcres Harry to think about his marriage, something Harry can't possibly take likely since it would mean the step mother for little Maggi.
What do you guys think?
huangjimmy108:
For another thing, Who do you think could replace Murphy as Harry main action partner? I mean, would Harry start going solo now. Like it or not, Murphy is indeed Harry's partner of choice for most things. Could Lara take this role? I have a hard time thinking about a character suited for this role myself.
Thomas is out. Butters is a KoTC now and has his own responsibility. The white council is now enemies. Could Elaine come back and take this role? It would be awesome, but it would tell the White council loud and clear that Elaine is no small practicianer.
What do you think?
Psyklone:
Mister, Kincaid, or Fix... ;D
If Harry doesn't go solo, which I think would be viable, as he really needs to spend time beefing up his magical arsenal, going solo would guarantee he makes a whole bunch of foci/trinkets, then whomever he pairs up with has to be competent. The pool of people to stand next to him, reliably, is now practically zero... So imo, he's either gonna go solo and arm himself to the teeth, or he will have to find some sort of frenemy to pair with.
As for Lara, I don't see a love happening there. Lara will probably be called in to help from time to time, but it will still be limited to situations where her responsibilities make it necessary. She is a vampire after all, and loyal to herself...
Arjan:
--- Quote from: huangjimmy108 on October 01, 2020, 07:17:32 AM ---Well, Murphy is gone now, so the seat for main love interest for our favorite protagonist Harry Dresden is now open.
Previously I thought it is unlikely for Murphy to die unless JB decided to keep Harry a miserable single dog for eternity. The time he recovers from losing Susan and start looking for new love again is about 5 years give or take. Now Harry is older, more jaited, and burden with greater and greater responsibility. With Murphy gone, the new wound upon the old ones, In my opinion, it is unlikely for the current Harry to think about his love life, not if we assume that the series would only last for about 5 or 6 books more which translate to about 5 or 6 years DV timeline, assuming JB still use one year gap for each book.
Mab's demand for a political marriage between Harry and Lara however cleverly solve this problem though. It forcres Harry to think about his marriage, something Harry can't possibly take likely since it would mean the step mother for little Maggi.
What do you guys think?
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It completely depends on how Mab, Lara and Harry (and ultimately Jim) are going to interpret a political marriage. I do not think Lara gets the right to feed upon Harry for example but the Sidhe can have strange loopholes. Read the contract and let Molly read the contract.
But it can be a marriage in name only with not even a mention in mortal paperwork while Harry lives with a nice werewolf or it can be a millstone around the neck. Or everything in between.
Assuming it even goes through. A lot can happen in a year.
But it probably will happen in some form. It offers endless complications for Harry.
ClintACK:
I wonder if there's a way for Lara to feed directly on the Winter Mantle -- I'm imagining something like the kiss at the end of White Night. Her power raises emotions in Harry for him to draw on to strengthen his magic, while she feeds on Winter, supercharging her Hunger's power.
I also wonder if there aren't ways they could help each other with the *costs* of their power. Could Lara feeding on the Mantle weaken its influence over Harry? Could feeding on the cold of Winter somehow weaken the influence of the Hunger over Lara?
Are there other aspects to the betrothal agreement -- is Mab contributing something else to the pot?
What will Lea have to say about all of this? -- She's still got an obligation to look after Harry.
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