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Continuity drift - Lara and soul gazes
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mr. Mouse on January 18, 2026, 04:42:53 PM --- ... Then there's the fatal flaw of doing a "untold story from earlier" book, which Jim has avoided doing ... so far.
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Jim does this with many of his shorts.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Griffimus on January 19, 2026, 03:41:51 AM --- This is about the only thing I dislike about the Dresden files books. After the first 6 books explained the "Blue Beetle" to us over and over and over I was like "Yeah Jim, I already freakin know this....." If someone starts reading a book series at the end they deserve to be lost and not clued into the small details..
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I think the conventional wisdom is that writers of long series should do this; it's not unique to the DF, there's lots of longer series that recap old info for new readers.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: GreenMysticalUnicorn on January 17, 2026, 11:40:58 PM ---I have a feeling a few key beta readers have left in the last few years the ones who really pick up on tiny things.
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I think that might be the case. I noticed a scene in the lab in 12M described the summoning circle as fire-ruined copper. There were a couple of upgrades to the circle in previous books ... IIRC by Changes it was some complex mix of metals that he'd had to subcontract the svartalves to make.
Reverting that doesn't seem like a clue, it just seems like he's shorthanded on betas with a memory for details. Or else they themselves are also in the same trap of seeing so many drafts that they forget the published one.
Dina:
--- Quote from: GreenMysticalUnicorn on January 17, 2026, 11:40:58 PM ---I have a feeling a few key beta readers have left in the last few years the ones who really pick up on tiny things.
I remember the good old days of these old forums and Jim and prescille and so many close to Jim were active here. There was a trust in Jim’s writing, everything felt so deliberate and thorough. And while the story is still very strong (12M is a favourite) I can’t help but think the tightness of the writing since PT is gone. It’s small things but then again Justine being on the island in cold days but it being the entire plot point for battle ground and the Jim claiming in an interview actually she wants nfected then.. it could get really plot holish and messy if they don’t tighten things up and pronto. More is at stake.
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Um, question. Did you have another account before? Because the times when Jim were here where long gone (I think since I came here I only saw him posting once or twice) but you only have 25 posts?
Back on track. Yes. This topic irritated me a lot. I have a mild explanation in universe. Lara simply did not know the name of what she and Ramirez did. He knew there was a wizard thing, but she did not knew the name. So when Harry asked her if she knew of soulgazes, she was not sure. That could work but then Lara should have added a line, something like "ah, that was what we did". But the problem is that, unless I am misremembering, Harry was a witness of that soulgaze. So he should not have asked Lara if he knew what a soulgaze was, because he knew she knew. I know Harry is not in his right mind most of the book but that is important. Gosh, I would be glad if they make a revised version of the book with a modification in that dialogue. It has been done before.
Mira:
Sorry, still don't buy it, Lara is a powerful member of an influential vampire family and is over a hundred years old. Lara isn't a stupid woman, I doubt that she'd be ignorant about a lot of stuff about wizards and what they do.
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