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Harry should have trusted Ramirez
Arjan:
Harry's actions were not the deciding factor for Carlos. If Molly had handled Carlos better it would have been different. But she could not at that moment.
morriswalters:
Carlos first expresses doubts about Harry at the end of White Knight.
--- Quote ---I wanted to spit something hostile and venomous and well deserved. I toned myself down to saying, "Gee. A Warden doesn't trust me. That's a switch."
Ramirez blinked at me. "What?"
"Don't worry about it. I'm used to it," I said. "I had Morgan sticking his nose into every corner of my existence for my entire adult life."
Ramirez stared at me for a second. Then he let out a weak snort and said, "All hail the drama queen. Harry…" He shook his head. "I'm talking about you not trusting me, man."
--- End quote ---
This is the second dance around this subject. It happens with almost every character. When he picks up the coin he hides it from Michael. Billy has to call him on it after the Skin Walker eats one of his pack. And so on.
Arjan:
Sure but in Cold Case he still has a lot of trust in Molly, far more than he should have if he knew anything about fairy mantles. There should have been more knowledge about that in the white council but nobody tells anyone anything is not just Harry.
So if Carlos trust in Molly is that big at the start of Cold Case his trust in Harry would have been that much as well.
forumghost:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 21, 2021, 01:20:13 AM ---Carlos first expresses doubts about Harry at the end of White Knight.This is the second dance around this subject. It happens with almost every character. When he picks up the coin he hides it from Michael. Billy has to call him on it after the Skin Walker eats one of his pack. And so on.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, very much this. Harry had been lying/concealing information/going behind the backs of all of his friends for years at this point.
Except that unlike with Murphy or Billy, or Butters, when his relationship with Carlos reached a crisis point, Harry refused to admit his fault and instead doubled down on the righteous indignation and "How DARE you doubt me, no matter how blatantly shady I act" because Carlos is a Wizard of the White Council, and Harry refuses to grow past the frightened, angry 16 year old they caught where the White Council is concerned.
morriswalters:
This is the default in the Dresdenverse. Secrets. From everybody. Not only does the left hand not know what the right is doing, it won't even admit to the existence of the right. Jim grew up with the X Files and it shows. So saying that Harry should have trusted Carlos is trite. He likes Carlos but he has never trusted him. Had he, Carlos would have known about Thomas. Who is the root source of the conflict for reasons Jim has hammered out over and over again. It's become tiresome.
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