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Zoo day
Dina:
I completely agree with you.
morriswalters:
Michael had a wife and Angels to watch over his family. Harry has zero sane family. Peace Talks shows exactly how it will happen each and every time. There will be an obligatory, I must get Maggie out of harms way chapter. It was dumb in Peace Talks and will never be less dumb going forward. And there is no way for Jim to duck on it. He did it and he's stuck with it. And I don't think there will be a successful children's series out of it. Bluntly Zoo Day was wooden and stilted.
Dina:
Yes.
Walter the skull:
I enjoyed Zoo Day. I like seeing the story from 3 different points of view, and Mouse is actually a great POV character. Maggie needs to exist. What else but his child being in danger would cause Harry to become the Winter Knight? What else would make Harry willing to sacrifice Susan to destroy the Red Court?
As for help with Maggie, he has the whole Carpenter family.
What's going to be interesting is how will things work with Maggi's new step mom.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: CrusherJen on December 01, 2020, 03:37:48 AM ---If Michael made it work, Harry should be able to as well.
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Which Michael alluded to in the first couple of chapters of GP.
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on November 30, 2020, 11:03:53 PM ---Even though I don't mind Maggie, I actually agree in that I think the story might have been better off without her. Mostly because it has created this awful thing of Harry being like "I have to be a real Dad and be present and take her to every game of soccer" while the world is ending. It makes almost no sense and drags the story. And while I agree with Dresden's sentiment, I don't find it very believable considering what's going on. It's almost a you can have your cake and eat it type of thing. I personally think it would be better writing and a better story if Dresden has to choose one or the other and we get to see the consequences of it.
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I think that probably has to do with a lot of real world propaganda, most directed at girls, that one can "have it all." There's just not enough hours in the day to "go to every soccer game" and be at the pinnacle of your field.
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 01, 2020, 01:19:13 PM ---Peace Talks shows exactly how it will happen each and every time. There will be an obligatory, I must get Maggie out of harms way chapter. It was dumb in Peace Talks and will never be less dumb going forward. And there is no way for Jim to duck on it.
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He could ship her off to boarding school right there in Chicago, which is kinda the choice everyone is implying he would have to make anyway. Also, Jim has said that's what Harry's going to do.
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