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Predictions for the Next Book, Second Soul Gaze with Marcone??!?
g33k:
--- Quote from: RobReece on November 09, 2025, 05:55:07 PM ---I agree that merely taking up a coin wouldn't change Johnnie enough to allow another soul daze with Harry. Now maybe giving up the coin and deciding to live for the sole benefit of others would be a more fundamental change, but so far Marcone is still serving Marcone.
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MerlinHarry is the custodian of ExcaliburAmoracchius, and WartMarcone is still growing into being ready... but he's already the Baron of Chicago (sovereign of the region).
The main reason I don't think this is very likely is that the alignment of people is just so clear... makes it look to me like Jim is dropping a big fat Melvillian-scale red herring.
Mira:
--- Quote ---MerlinHarry is the custodian of ExcaliburAmoracchius, and WartMarcone is still growing into being ready... but he's already the Baron of Chicago (sovereign of the region).
The main reason I don't think this is very likely is that the alignment of people is just so clear... makes it look to me like Jim is dropping a big fat Melvillian-scale red herring.
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I seem to remember reading here I think, this was before Butters became a Holy Knight that Jim had eventually was going to make Marcone a Holy Knight. Actually if you follow the first few books up until Changes, the way Marcone would aid Harry, that seemed like a real possibility. Butters was also meant to be a one or two book character, but that changed with fan response to the character. So Jim decided to keep Marcone the hardened mob boss that he is, and Butters went on to become a Holy Knight. Now that Marcone has taken up Namshield's coin and as a result become a powerful wizard, all bets are off. Marcone did save Harry's life at the end of Battleground, but considering that he is now host to one of the Fallen, could turn out to be very misleading as far as thinking that Marcone will now repent. I doubt it, or if he does it won't be because he has moral qualms about hosting one of the Fallen, it will be because in my opinion he hates to be subservient to anyone. Oddly for very much the same reasons Harry resisted Lasciel's coin.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 11, 2025, 04:51:02 PM --- I seem to remember reading here I think, this was before Butters became a Holy Knight that Jim had eventually was going to make Marcone a Holy Knight. Actually if you follow the first few books up until Changes, the way Marcone would aid Harry, that seemed like a real possibility. Butters was also meant to be a one or two book character, but that changed with fan response to the character. So Jim decided to keep Marcone the hardened mob boss that he is, and Butters went on to become a Holy Knight. Now that Marcone has taken up Namshield's coin and as a result become a powerful wizard, all bets are off. Marcone did save Harry's life at the end of Battleground, but considering that he is now host to one of the Fallen, could turn out to be very misleading as far as thinking that Marcone will now repent. I doubt it, or if he does it won't be because he has moral qualms about hosting one of the Fallen, it will be because in my opinion he hates to be subservient to anyone. Oddly for very much the same reasons Harry resisted Lasciel's coin.
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We also had Sanya, who went from Denarian Knight to being one of the Cross.
So it's possible.
I agree Marcone isn't ready right now.
But also recall that his fundamental core drive revolves around the little girl who was shot instead of him; which is not the fundamental core drive of an amoral mobster.
I could argue that the rest of his life has been devoted to making that kind of tragedy less likely; yes, he's a ruthless crime boss... but remember to include: he's ruthless about suppressing that kind of violence.
But if he wasn't being most of what makes a "ruthless crime boss," someone would supplant him; someone more ruthless, more amoral. And the little kids would begin catching more bullets again.
It may be a very, very short flip of a switch for Marcone to go from Coin to Sword.
Mira:
--- Quote ---It may be a very, very short flip of a switch for Marcone to go from Coin to Sword.
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I agree.
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