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Arjan:

--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 13, 2022, 12:36:19 AM ---Fix was a mortal  until he chose.  And I didn't say Eb didn't gaze him. But the statement is ambiguous. I would also point out that Margaret had a baby with Raith. And just as obviously she didn't share that with Eb. If Butcher is to be believed she was under a death sentence from the Council and running.  Eb's knowledge would appear suspect.  Which isn't to say you are wrong.

@Conspiracy Theorist

According to the Demon that Harry deals with in the early books she was on her way to Hell.  But found redemption. She had a baby with Raith. She threw Thomas under the bus. And managed to find the time to find Malcolm, cuddle up, and make a baby all while on the run from both the Council and a curse. She had had broken the first law.  A women of many talents.

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We got some facts about Margaret but the chronology is unclear and we might get a completely different spin later. We don’t know when she broke the first law and when the council discovered that, it could have been relatively late.

I don’t know about throwing Thomas under the bus. He was a white court vampire and taking him with her would have been disastrous. She probably did what she thought best for him.

Dina:
Ok, first things first. I agree Harry (and Murphy) heights are probably just Jim being Jim. I think Paul Blackthorne was an excellent Harry even when he is not as tall as he should, but yes, I would not be surprised if a major company selects someone smaller. I laughed a lot at the Tom Cruise comment (by the way, TV show Reacher is quite good IMHO, but I have not read the book.)

Second, I agree with Mira the sentence about Malcolm means that Eb soulgazed Malcolm. Or perhaps it means that he saw him under the Sight, but I believe the first interpretation is more probable. Eb is a wizard, when he talks about seeing a soul I understand he is being literal. I also don't think he is talking bad of Harry's own soul. When he soulgazed him, Harry was not in a good place and I am pretty sure his soul was probably...undecided. Sort of Molly's. Besides, I personally think that Harry has a darkness in himself that Malcolm probably hadn't. I do not imagine Malcolm saying that he would let the world burn as long as Harry is with him.

Side note, we all wonder what people sees when soulgazing Harry, but I am wondering what wizards see when looking at him under the Sight. It must be scary, as I bet many of the Council did that and they do not trust Harry. Pretty sure they did not see an angelic paladin like Murph.

Finally, yes, there is a LOT that we do not know about Harry's mom, like how he managed to have Lea protecting Harry. I hope we find some answers before the series is over.

Conspiracy Theorist:
Yes, I hoped someone would pick that up, I haven’t read the Reacher books or seen the Cruise movie (not a fan of Cruise) but watched the Reacher series and enjoyed it, the actor I had seen in Titans and Brooklyn Nine Nine and though a couple of inches short of the characters 6 5’ he had the physicality of the character down pat,  the rest could be dealt with by built up shoes and forced perspective. Cruise would have required stilts.

You probably could get away with a 6 4’ or 6 5’ actor for Harry if they were also skinny, someone like a young James Cromwell at 6 ‘6, perhaps the Succession actor Nicholas Braun also at 6 ‘6.

morriswalters:
Having read most of the books I tell you there is a reason that Reacher is 6'5" in the books, it's writing shorthand for the character and his physicality and menace. The prose draws a picture since the author can't show you the character.  Butcher may have been channeling Gandalf.

In terms of Margaret the deeper the evils she commits the more emotion her redemption can draw out of the reader. If Margaret was a pristine maiden then she wouldn't need redemption. No good mother would leave a five year old child behind if she loved him.  You have a direct counterpoint in Charity who charges the Evil Faerie's fortress for her daughter and was going to bring her home or die in the attempt. But frankly it's more fun to say she threw Thomas under the bus.

Malcolm is a archetype.  The perfect father who loves his child. It's why the cup in the Christmas story packs so much emotion. I'm questioning how Butcher is using that archetype and to what point.

Conspiracy Theorist:
Wizards wear a tall pointed hat to give the impression that they are tall, and tall people have authority. All the classic wizards, Gandalf, Merlin, Ridcully fall into this trope.

Harry is the wizard who doesn’t wear a hat. He is therefore as tall as he would appear IF he wore a hat.

But still doesn’t project an air of authority.

Margaret I suspect bought Harry’s freedom with Lea, by trading the firstborn girl of her line. Jim has said Harry is going to be pissed with Lea when he finds out the full details of the deal. Nothing would piss off Harry more than losing Maggie. Lea wants an apprentice, not for Mab, for herself, to create a new Leansidhe. Bad Margaret.

The perfect father trope may be Jim’s guilt over his failings as a father. All fathers in real life have failings, not all are aware of them. Malcolm is basically an idealised version of Jim Butcher, Harry’s other father.

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