The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Dabble Interview 23 August 2023
raidem:
--- Quote from: RobReece on August 24, 2023, 11:55:37 PM ---I could almost see the conversation...
Karen- I was dead a week? And already you're engaged? Did you have her crawl inside your hospital bed?
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My view that there is a Mab=Murphy in some reality means Murphy dies and MabMurphy(perhaps via Mab collective) immediately that day tells Harry to marry Lara. Has more bang I think. Also this is Harry's thoughts on the matter from Cold Days.
“You need to run a few more,” I said. “Because you’re asking too much of me. It’s more than I can give you.” “Why?” she asked. “Because your lover fell in battle?” I gave her a furious look. She took it without noticing, and I was too tired to keep it up. “You will heal. I have buried a cohort of lovers over the years, Dresden,” she said, without malice. “We won this battle. Enjoy the victory. But the war goes on—and it must yet be fought.” It wasn’t like I saw Murph’s shade standing there. That would have been too much. But I could imagine what it would look like, standing there, staring at me impatiently while Mab said things that would become no less true just because I didn’t like them.
Butcher, Jim. Battle Ground (Dresden Files Book 17) (p. 394). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
RobReece:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 22, 2023, 06:56:56 PM --- I don't see it working because Helen Becket might even be older than Harry, or at least the same age. I don't remember Helen Becket being very childlike either, just a grieving mother and widow.
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Not Helen, but Helen's daughter, who, Harry can most likely heal with the True Shroud of Turin, that he collected from Hades' Vault
Mira:
--- Quote from: raidem on September 22, 2023, 11:32:24 PM ---My view that there is a Mab=Murphy in some reality means Murphy dies and MabMurphy(perhaps via Mab collective) immediately that day tells Harry to marry Lara. Has more bang I think. Also this is Harry's thoughts on the matter from Cold Days.
“You need to run a few more,” I said. “Because you’re asking too much of me. It’s more than I can give you.” “Why?” she asked. “Because your lover fell in battle?” I gave her a furious look. She took it without noticing, and I was too tired to keep it up. “You will heal. I have buried a cohort of lovers over the years, Dresden,” she said, without malice. “We won this battle. Enjoy the victory. But the war goes on—and it must yet be fought.” It wasn’t like I saw Murph’s shade standing there. That would have been too much. But I could imagine what it would look like, standing there, staring at me impatiently while Mab said things that would become no less true just because I didn’t like them.
Butcher, Jim. Battle Ground (Dresden Files Book 17) (p. 394). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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I see that as Mab has no patience with someone grieving over a lover. She needs her Knight alert and ready to fight. I think Mab thought she was helping Harry by ordering him to marry Lara. Kind of like getting a new puppy or kitten as soon as possible after the loss of a beloved dog or cat to ease one's grief..
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 22, 2023, 06:56:56 PM --- I don't see it working because Helen Becket might even be older than Harry, or at least the same age...
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The theory here revolves around Helen's daughter, the "Jane Doe in a coma," who Marcone tried to restore via the (fake) Shroud.
Helen had a minor talent; what if her daughter was a substantive (wizard-caliber) talent?
That whole "wizard healing factor" could have meant that she was quietly regenerating... even nerve damage that mortals cannot.
Then maybe the huge magical fallout from the Battle of Chicago could have finally tipped her into wakefullness.
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She'd be a young woman, with the experience / education / outlook of a child... and a full-blown wizard's talent.
The White Council isn't likely to be willing to take on her training. Helen Beckitt isn't competent to do so. Pretty sure Harry wouldn't be willing to give her over to Marcone (Thorned Namshiel) for training.
This leaves... Pretty much only Harry himself.
Conspiracy Theorist:
I presume that as Helen has taken the alias Demeter, that miss Beckett is called Penelope. Her father was also a minor talent.
Harry is raising two young daughters so Penny as an apprentice will make things very interesting for Harry.
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