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Drakul and the Origins of the Vampires
g33k:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 27, 2026, 12:59:56 AM ---I think there is a directly contradictory WoJ. I'll see if I can find it later. ...
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TYVM!
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 27, 2026, 12:59:56 AM --- ... I don't recall what's what, but we have in book statements and WoJ ...
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The in-book statements, of course, are all Harry-POV; and Harry is woefully ignorant, and very-often wrong even about the stuff he (thinks that he) "knows." What is "canon" about the in-book stuff is that Harry thinks "such-and-such" is true; not that "such-and-such" actually is true.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: g33k on January 27, 2026, 01:13:55 AM ---TYVM!
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You're welcome. I think the link I dropped is going to be as close as I get. If I was independently wealthy, I would dig the quote out of the podcast, but alas, I have to work.
Agreed as to canon.
Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that what we read in the books is more reliable than what Jim says for several reasons. Jim lies. Jim misremembers. Jim changes his mind. We change Jim's mind. These are all things Jim has said himself. Once it's on the page, Jim is much more committed.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 27, 2026, 01:13:24 AM ---This might be helpful: https://www.paranetonline.com/index.php/topic,54370.0.html
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It looks like it was almost very helpful indeed. That thread specifically cites the Dresden Files podcast ep.77
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But when I go to their YT channel & scroll down... ep.77 is missing!!?! The list jumps from 76 to 78.
To say that I find this frustrating (and suspicious!) is an understatement!
g33k:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 27, 2026, 01:28:15 AM --- ... Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that what we read in the books is more reliable than what Jim says for several reasons. Jim lies. Jim misremembers. Jim changes his mind. We change Jim's mind. These are all things Jim has said himself. Once it's on the page, Jim is much more committed.
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Interesting... and I cannot say you are wrong!
OTOH, now we've got things like the conundrum of Lara vs. Soulgazing -- she acted in 12M as if the Soulgaze were a novelty & a mystery to her (or at least, she was presenting as such to Harry). But Harry was standing right there when Carlos Soulgazed Lara back in White Night (and furthermore, Lara seemed unsurprised by it: she recognized what he had done).
So her naïveté in 12M strikes many of us as an oddity indeed, prompting speculations as to whether Jim just misremembered the WN scene, or whether we have a meaningful in-character discrepancy.
Bad Alias:
That's why I said more committed.
Watching Episode 77: Return of Jim! on YouTube on my TV now.
https://www.youtube.com/live/kGgyJNMA4q8?si=P8-EXcwxIjarwOHY
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