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Is there something that would happen in a Dresden book that will make you quit?
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: Mira on March 03, 2025, 10:37:16 PM ---THAT! Would end it for me right then and there!
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Not for me, not in itself. That is, as long as alter-Murphy and alter-vampire-Susan are appropriately different from our universe's verisions of them. Different live experiences would cause them to be different people. Obviously in the case of vampire-Susan, but alter-Karrin would not reasonably be our universe's Karrin, either.
Mira:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on March 05, 2025, 06:03:02 AM ---Not for me, not in itself. That is, as long as alter-Murphy and alter-vampire-Susan are appropriately different from our universe's verisions of them. Different live experiences would cause them to be different people. Obviously in the case of vampire-Susan, but alter-Karrin would not reasonably be our universe's Karrin, either.
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I could handle it if it ended with the end of Mirrormirror, maybe.. But then again if Harry is to grow as a character he has to be able to move on.. Susan returning as a full vampire would just mire him in more guilt.. Been there done that, we don't need," she is a vampire, and it's all my fault" crap part two. Maybe in the alternate universe Susan is just a reporter who isn't interested in Harry and little Maggie is never born? Maybe Murphy in the alternate universe remains a cop and the cop we knew in "Fool Moon" and "Storm Front," only less open minded?
TrueMonk:
Or in the alternative universe she is a full vampire and Harry has grown enough to recognize that he actually saved her soul and move on.
I agree that meeting Susan and not having grown as a character would be boring, but there are also lots of other options.
Mira:
--- Quote from: TrueMonk on March 05, 2025, 08:22:29 AM ---Or in the alternative universe she is a full vampire and Harry has grown enough to recognize that he actually saved her soul and move on.
I agree that meeting Susan and not having grown as a character would be boring, but there are also lots of other options.
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But once she was a full vampire, does she still have a soul? She is no longer human, that aspect of her, i.e. her soul moved on when she killed and became full vampire...
No, both Susan and Murphy are now dead, give Harry his time to mourn and feel guilty and let's moved on. There are plenty of dangling plot lines that haven't been resolved that could be addressed. While perhaps they couldn't be resolved in the alternative plot line, they can teach Harry a lesson.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on March 05, 2025, 12:43:22 PM --- ...
No, both Susan and Murphy are now dead, give Harry his time to mourn and feel guilty and let's moved on. There are plenty of dangling plot lines that haven't been resolved that could be addressed. While perhaps they couldn't be resolved in the alternative plot line, they can teach Harry a lesson.
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I expect so see both nods to the ST:TOS "Mirror Mirror" episode, and the old Jimmy Stewart "It's a Wonderful Life" movie: Harry will get to see some of the upsides of him having been stubbornly a "Good Guy," by was of how much darker Mirror!Harry's Chicago is.
Murphy, in particular -- stuck in SI getting Black Cat cases, but without a reliable ally/guide in Harry Dresden. Mirror!Murphy will know Mirror!Harry as one of the Bad Guys.
She'll be a harder, colder, less-trusting Murphy. One with less hope. Fighting against the encroaching darkness without any of the info she got from Harry.
A very, very different person... named Karrin Murphy.
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