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Can we see Rudy take up a sword
Dina:
--- Quote from: g33k on November 24, 2025, 05:01:08 PM ---TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
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I think most of us agree he is not evil per se. I think it can be worse, the banality of evil comes to mind. But that is not what I want to say. I wanted to post that I do not think he is Loki or anyone doing what he did on purpose, because of the light saber a.k.a. Fidelacchius. It would have probably accepted that Harry was not a monster if he tried to go against a supernatural or evildoer like Loki. It knew Harry was overreacting and that is why it hurt him.
Even when I do not think Rudy is random evil in disguise, I have not discarded the idea that he could have been under some kind of magical influence, like an entropy curse or something like that. I can see JB creating a sort of reverse Felix Felicis, just to have some fun with the fans of that other wizard called Harry.
Lots of forces act around Harry all the time. Some of them, he can control and even create but most of them, he cannot.
Mira:
--- Quote ---He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
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Yes, of course, but he was also in full panic mode brought on by paranoia based on what was happening around him.
--- Quote ---TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
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Not good for a police officer in the best of times, but that moment was hardly normal, and given the context in which the event happened and Rudy's reactions, he would of shot off his own big toe if it twitched because of his state of mind
--- Quote ---Even when I do not think Rudy is random evil in disguise, I have not discarded the idea that he could have been under some kind of magical influence, like an entropy curse or something like that. I can see JB creating a sort of reverse Felix Felicis, just to have some fun with the fans of that other wizard called Harry.
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I tend to agree with you, though I think Rudy suffers from paranoia. Paranoid people see threats everywhere, many not in the least rational. The kicker is good luck with trying to convince them that what they fear isn't a threat. In a normal world Rudy may have been able to continue and function pretty well as a police officer, but Harry's world isn't normal, he totally cracked and Murphy paid the price with her life. The future question will be I think is whether or not his fellow officers or the court can spot his paranoia, believe me it isn't as easy as you might think it is.
Nooneofconsequence:
Rudolph would have to have some incredible character growth to be viable as a candidate to wield a sword.
maybe if the plot demands another sword needs to be broken, he'll get to use one...
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: g33k on November 24, 2025, 05:01:08 PM ---TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
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I still think there was more to that scene. Lot of hints that something above Harry's weight class was subtly breaking the rules to ensure the outcome.
Best guess, Lasciel and/or Anduriel were whispering to Rudy to manipulate him. Killing Karrin ended the possibility of her undertaking any more knightly activities after learning from her mistake in SG, and nearly corrupted Harry into committing a wrathful cold-blooded murder in revenge - would have, if not for the intervention of two KotC (hmmm...). Both Fallen also had ample pettier motives to want revenge against both Harry and Karrin, for their combined roles in both Lash' redemption and screwing over the Denarian's agenda in SG.
He's still a toad, but I'm pretty sure he was robbed of the choice to be anything other than a toad in that particular moment.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on December 08, 2025, 10:56:24 PM --- ... would have, if not for the intervention of two KotC (hmmm...)
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^^^ Yeah, this ^^^
Two KotC's -- the only two Swords with wielders! -- are there in one scene, one fight...
taking the field against Harry Dresden.
The Knights whose main purpose is to oppose Denarian corruption, specifically.
Tell me again how we can be so certain that Lasciel's Shadow is gone from Harry...?
Not "Lash," but Lasciel's Shadow...
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on December 08, 2025, 10:56:24 PM --- ... nearly corrupted Harry into committing a wrathful cold-blooded murder ...
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<flips back through books>
<looks for last time Harry was having, not just "anger," but out-of-control anger issues>
Huh... when the Shadow was influencing Harry without his realizing it, that's when.
= = =
My theory here is that the "imprint" of Lasciel takes some time to spawn a "Shadow" to interact with the mortal Host.
But that the imprint of the Fallen Angel is still there, having watched Harry actually redeem the Shadow into "Lash." And it's still working on it's original mission; because it never actually interacted with Harry... never got changed by him. So it's beginning to stir, again... this rage might be the sign of a newly-forming Shadow.
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