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DF Spoilers / Re: "Something truly, deeply evil ..."
« on: April 14, 2018, 02:35:17 PM »
I think while Butters was intended as a throw away character, Jim wrote this scene as a foundation to possibly build a future friendship/debt on if he so needed. The fact that the story evolved so that in Uriel's words "an incipient Knight of the Cross rescued Harry from a former Denarian" is a cool fact in hindsight.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Saw a Release Date for Peace Talks, True or Just Another Rumor?
« on: April 14, 2018, 02:32:08 PM »
Quote from: groinkick on April 14, 2018, 04:37:54 AM
lol that's funny.  My brother thought the cats were the most boring, and loved someone else.  I think it was a captain?  Anyways goes to show that we all pick which characters we love, even if the author doesn't plan it that way.

Exactly. I liked Rowl's viewpoint and I would love to delve into the cat's society, but the warriorborn and the Perilous Incident both intrigue me as well. There are enough seeds sown for everyone to latch onto something.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Previous Warden theory
« on: April 04, 2018, 08:38:02 PM »
Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on April 03, 2018, 09:57:22 PM
Kemmler was a huge evil threat, said to have many truly dark allies. Some of which would be the type to be confined in the well. So it makes sense for the warden to be involved in the conflict.

Only if he was trying to break dark allies out of the jail or release powerful beings to consume in a darkhallow. That would lead to The Warden's involvement to prevent the occurrence either on or off the island. However, as others have alluded to Alfred is pretty powerless off the island. The Warden may have been involved in the take down of Kemmler as a white council wizard or in his official capacity, but Alfred would only be involved if the incident happened on DR.

Quote from: Rasins on April 04, 2018, 04:01:54 PM
I'm of the opinion that the dinner party was to get the Vampires and the Wouncil to become allies and take over the Outer Gates.  We know she traveled the Ways extensively.  That would suggest that she knew about the Outer Gates, and who was defending it.  I think she saw the need for shock troops (that the Vampires could produce fairly quickly) and the need for Magic (which the Wouncil would bring to the table.)

I think Eb KNEW that the Vampires couldn't be trusted, and didn't want to be part of the scheme.
I'm not sold on the idea of a proposed plan for the WC and vampires to join forces to take the outer gates. So far we have not seen any benefit to protecting the Outer Gates other than having a Purpose, greater prestige, and the ability to drag the world into oblivion. Doesn't seem to be much gain for protecting the Outer Gates (unless you argue Nemesis was working a scheme here). There is also the issue of reproduction of troops as that Quantus brought up.

I do agree however that whatever the plan was it involved joining forces with the vampires and was enough to royally piss off Eb.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Dog Men Release Q&A Suggestions
« on: April 02, 2018, 07:47:42 PM »
Quote from: Rasins on April 02, 2018, 06:52:32 PM
Or maybe, like the Fay, he "charged" a dollar, but is really putting Harry into a bigger debt than Harry knows. (I really doubt this, but hey, as long as we're asking)

I also doubt this because Harry paying him a dollar signified the end of their agreement. Their was an exchange of services for the payment. I don't see a way Gray could come back later and demand more. Especially since Harry has previously shown caution in contracts and agreements.

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DF Spoilers / Re: What's Up With Marcone?
« on: April 02, 2018, 07:35:18 PM »
Quote from: Rasins on April 02, 2018, 07:18:36 PM
That and the fact that Bony Tony got hold of (at least in part) a Supernatural Being's treasure hoard.  That would have clued Marcone in too.

Excellent point.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Previous Warden theory
« on: April 02, 2018, 07:34:43 PM »
Quote from: Rasins on April 02, 2018, 07:24:18 PM
My personal theory is that Kemmler was the previous WARDEN.

When the Council was taking Kemmler down, one of the times, probably the last one, is when Rashid "Focused the Tank" and pissed DR off, by distracting DR from protecting his WARDEN.

Absent any other evidence, I'm sticking with that one.

I like that theory except for one minor issue. If Kemmler had access to a prison fill of dangerous creatures, why didn't he release some during the attack to divide/hurt the WC? I can think up some explanations:1) since we do not know the particulars of that battle anything could have happened including the release of inmates, 2) Kemmler was somehow prevented from releasing inmates, 3) The process of releasing inmates was too involved so Kemmler couldn't do it during a battle, or 4) Kemmler actually had some standards and recognized the folly of releasing inmates (unlikely). Any of these explanations are possible, but they don't really satisfy me. I believe that if Kemmler had access to DR he would make use of it to further his own thirst for power.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Government involvement *spoiler*
« on: April 02, 2018, 02:12:42 PM »
Thanks. May put a new spin on Harry's interactions with Agent Tilly.

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DF Spoilers / Re: What's Up With Marcone?
« on: April 02, 2018, 02:10:17 PM »
Quote from: WereElephant on March 29, 2018, 03:38:59 PM
Marcone has a large shadow. Underworld lord, Freeholding lord, etc. He has big ambitions. These ambitions tend to be realized long term. He can't be the only one to think big like this, though. Are there other Marcone equivalents across the globe? Mortals who have built small, clandestine empires that interact with the supernatural on a regular basis? If not, why? What's different about Marcone?

One of the biggest differences is that Marcone is in Chicago. Chicago is one of the major crossroads of the world leading to a higher rate of supernatural occurrences. Of course, it is also home to a certain wizard who has a pretty strong moral code. It is only natural that Harry and Marcone would come into conflict and unless Marcone wants to pick up and move to a different city it is also only natural that Marcone would research his opposition in order to gain the upper hand. This would lead to the discovery of the supernatural world and Marcone saw the chance to make a bigger splash and more profit and took  advantage of it.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Government involvement *spoiler*
« on: March 28, 2018, 04:15:08 PM »
Quick question: Where in the time line does Dog Men land? Harry's exposure to government agents aware of and meddling in the supernatural world has definite series impact.

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DF Spoilers / Re: What's Up With Marcone?
« on: March 28, 2018, 04:12:57 PM »
Just going to chime in and agree with some of the other posters. If Marcone is not a vanilla human he becomes less interesting/cool. I love the fact that Marcone (as a normal human being) has risen so high in the supernatural world with only his intelligence, discipline, and will (plus money and connections). Giving him supernatural power/lineage cheapens what he has accomplished IMO.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Dog Men Release Q&A Suggestions
« on: March 20, 2018, 11:49:28 PM »
We've discussed it here but I would love to hear Jim's take:

Q: What happens if a Fae owes a debt to a person who passes away and has no living relatives for the debt to pass to and makes no provision for that debt before his/her death?

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DF Spoilers / Re: Projections: Time Travel Moving Forward
« on: March 20, 2018, 11:43:06 PM »
Honestly, I also think it will only really come into play in the time travel book. IMO time travel is something that should only be used very sparingly.

My pet theory is that he will also time travel at some point in the BAT using what he learned in the TT book to correct a mistake or impart important knowledge to his past self. I'm guessing the grey council or white will figure out they have to break that law and in the course of discussing it they will discover that Harry already broke it.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Saw a Release Date for Peace Talks, True or Just Another Rumor?
« on: March 20, 2018, 11:33:01 PM »
Quote from: groinkick on March 19, 2018, 07:33:14 PM
Just a random guess but I think once an author finished a book it usually takes around 6 months to get it edited and out on book shelves.

If that is accurate, that would place the book ready in mid October. I can live with that.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Will Harry get back to basics?
« on: March 20, 2018, 11:25:44 PM »
Quote from: Lost Merlin on March 20, 2018, 06:13:37 PM
I imagine that he can feel the effect weakening like he could feel his emergency wards coming down in DM.

I agree. He can probably feel when his gear starts to become less effective. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a schedule of maintenance set-up of renewing his enchantments to prevent them getting to that point.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Saw a Release Date for Peace Talks, True or Just Another Rumor?
« on: March 19, 2018, 07:25:33 PM »
Any idea on the average turn around time for manuscript edits?

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