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James Butcher
Mira:
--- Quote ---I think if we get into this, we'd be squabbling over the definition of the term "pathetic". From my definition of what it means to be "a bit pathetic", that's okay and also desirable, because it makes the character relatable. Harry being almost OCD-like chivalrous to women (even if they don't want it), not being able to pay his rent on time as a permanent state of his life up until the point of the first three books and being looked down by "real cops" for what they perceive to be a con man is all what I would personally view as being "a little pathetic". That is off-set a LOT by his other personality traits (loyalty, bravery, sense of humor, deductive power), his powers as a wizard and being a genuine badass when it counts.
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Yes, it does depend on how you define the word pathetic, I don't see Harry as either a "poor thing," nor a poor excuse for a person. I am not saying that he is perfect in all things, he isn't, and his faults to bite him in the rear, which makes him interesting. I don't think he is pathetic because he freely made his own choices. Yes, he has trouble making the rent, not because if he wanted to he could easily make money to live well, but he chose to do other things with his life.. That hasn't changed I can see him even now losing all his money because he is trying to care for many made homeless by the battle.. He is a gentleman of the old school, he cannot change that, however that doesn't make him pathetic because he also respects and treats women equally.
Lord Kinbote:
Is it just me, or does anyone else suspect that James is being groomed to have the resume to take over the Dresden Files at some point/in case, or perhaps just write in the Dresden Universe?
Mira:
--- Quote from: Lord Kinbote on March 08, 2025, 05:00:30 PM ---Is it just me, or does anyone else suspect that James is being groomed to have the resume to take over the Dresden Files at some point/in case, or perhaps just write in the Dresden Universe?
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Possible, like the rest of us, Jim is getting older, and still has a number of books to go to finish the series.. Yes, Twelve Months has had a pretty quick turn around of a year or two, but in the last ten years that is the exception not the rule. Also he is interested and is writing other series at the same time, this spreads him thin, and one has to wonder if The Dresden Files is even a priority anymore. Having his son take over the writing would help relieve the pressure on him, that's for sure..
Lord Kinbote:
--- Quote from: Mira on March 09, 2025, 11:29:58 AM --- Yes, Twelve Months has had a pretty quick turn around of a year or two, . . .
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I don't understand the quoted part. Last book that was released was Battle Ground in 2020. What am I missing? I don't count The Law novella but even it was 2022.
Agree with the rest of your post.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Lord Kinbote on March 09, 2025, 03:46:25 PM ---I don't understand the quoted part. Last book that was released was Battle Ground in 2020. What am I missing? I don't count The Law novella but even it was 2022.
Agree with the rest of your post.
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I was referring to the fact that Jim apparently decided or said he decided after writing Battleground that he needed to fill in the gap between Battleground and the next book in the series, hence the need to write 12 Months... The fact that we may actually get it in our hot little hands with in two years is a big deal. Sorry if that wasn't clear, blame it on the change to Daylight Savings Time this morning. I wrote this post around 6:00 am which is really 5:00 am Standard Time, not sure were the 11:29 am time stamp came from... Long and the short of it, if the plan is 25 or more books including the BAT with three to five years between publishing, it will take close to fifty years,maybe more to write the entire series. That is excluding the writing of other series while writing The Dresden Files.. At this rate given my current age I know I will never know how it ends, and it is possible Jim will not live depending on his age when he started writing the series to finish it.. So it is just logical that he groom his son to finish it for him.
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