The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
In defense of the WC
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: g33k on September 30, 2022, 10:25:36 PM ---I'm pretty sure he was from Korea, and the Merlin had him brought to Chicago specifically as a message to Harry.
In the opening scene of PG, the boy "screamed and ranted in Korean" (presumably, his native tongue).
In the middle of chapter 2, Harry asks Eb, "Is that why it happened here? Why come to Chicago for an execution?"
If the kid had simply been a local, that wouldn't have been relevant; a Chicago-origin warlock in Chicago wouldn't have been worth asking about.
In Chapter 5 -- talking to Murphy -- Harry explicitly calls him "the Korean kid."
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Every city has immigrants who speak mostly their mother tongue. Walk one block along Northern Blvd. any afternoon in Flushing, NYC - you will hear Korean. Guaranteed. Signs up in Korean. Walk along Mott St. in Manhattan. Plenty of Chinese being spoken. Don't call it Lower East Side, you call it Chinatown.
Even if he is from Chicago, if the kid is raving in Korean, and looks Korean - is it odd Harry would refer to him as such, likely thinking him an immigrant?
Conspiracy Theorist:
Harry was the only Warden who refused to execute kids, of course it was a message to Harry.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on October 01, 2022, 05:32:53 AM ---Every city has immigrants who speak mostly their mother tongue. Walk one block along Northern Blvd. any afternoon in Flushing, NYC - you will hear Korean. Guaranteed. Signs up in Korean. Walk along Mott St. in Manhattan. Plenty of Chinese being spoken. Don't call it Lower East Side, you call it Chinatown.
Even if he is from Chicago, if the kid is raving in Korean, and looks Korean - is it odd Harry would refer to him as such, likely thinking him an immigrant?
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The language is FAR from decisive, it's true.
But Harry *IS* Chicago's resident Warden. I'm pretty sure he'd know if the kid was a local. And the exchange in Chapter two strongly implies that Harry thinks (and Eb confirms) that the shitshow was brought to Chicago for Harry's sake.
I mean... sure, he could have been an immigrant kid. London resident, or Capetown, or Sydney, or anywhere at all.
But if he's NOT from Chicago, Jim wrote that to intentionally mislead.
Tinfoil hat:
Yeah. I thought the Merlin scheduled the execution as a reminder to harry that this could have been him and can still be him
Mira:
--- Quote from: Tinfoil hat on October 03, 2022, 06:23:01 AM ---Yeah. I thought the Merlin scheduled the execution as a reminder to harry that this could have been him and can still be him
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Agreed
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