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A Way to Demonreach

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RobReece:
We know that there are Ways to get to Demonreach, Rashid used one and Peabody (or his boss) used a different one. Ever since Harry received the gem from his mother, I've been waiting for him to find a quicker route than a 1 hour boat ride.  Failing that, since the similarity was described in BG between the magic in the stones on the island and those in the castle,  does anyone think he'll be able to establish a way or even a portal from the castle to the cottage? 

Or does Jim not want it to be that easy?

Thoughts?

Snark Knight:
From a Doylist perspective, the boat ride is usually good for framing a chapter of dialog and exposition with the narrator's companions, with the possibility of an action chapter off of being attacked in transit by hostile faeries, sea monsters, or Outsiders.

I suppose walking the Ways could substitute, but that's more likely to lean toward being attacked than talking. And Turn Coat kind of emphasized it's not smart to talk about anything sensitive in there, as anything might be listening and it's a distraction from being ready to fight anything that goes bump in the night.

Mira:


  I think it isn't a matter of Harry knowing a Way to and from the island.  With his mother's jewel he should be able to find one, I think it is more of a matter of does he want to if he has alternative means?  In Turn Coat Rashid strongly hints that for most those Ways should be avoided.  If I remember rightly when Peabody arrived though the Way on the island didn't a bunch of giant spiders arrive with him?  Harry understands this, because you'd think if he really wanted off the island those months after Cold Days when Mab kept him incommunicado for the most part, he would have taken one of them, he had his mother's jewel to show the Way... But then again, Mab wouldn't have been happy about that at all.

Second Aristh:
Considering that it might be a while before the Water Beetle is back in action, the Way to Demonreach could very well be an option that Harry explores in the relative near future.

Either way, I think popularizing the Way to get to the island will be something that Harry will prefer to avoid even if you ignore the dangers of going that way.

Griffyn612:
From the Doylist perspective, I think Butcher could have Harry start using a Way to the island, if only to eliminate the tedium of writing about the boat. Sure, it's been a handy plot device, but a permanent Way can be used the same way.

It also felt very contrived to me been PT and BG that he had to hand wave "everything in Chicago broke down except the old boats", "it took the Fomor a couple of hours to prepare their attack after starting the battle", and "the approach from the water was more or less undefended except for this random kraken".

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