Heh, the eye patch thing redoubles an old idea for me that karrin is in fact one of the main archetypical characters(starborn?), the eye patch, of course she'd lose an eye on the path to wisdom!
Missed the bit about Nemesis being a shape shifter tho? Where'd that come up?
Actually it makes a lot of sense that Nemesis would be a shape shifter.. Makes for easier story telling as well.care to ahh, explain anything about this particular statement? This is one of those comments that's perfectly valid on its own. When it's a response I just get lost in the reasoning behind WHY?
He's engaged with Jennifer Blackstream, an author too. He talks about her series a bit in the video.
- Hannah Asher is still around, probably.
- There might be another short story from Mouse's POV.
- Confirmation that we will see Karrin again.
When asked about Karrin showing up in an alternate universe, he said, quote: "you know that's gonna happen when he (Harry) goes to the alternate universe because she has to be Karrin with an eyepatch. I mean, come on, I don't make the rules here people! But yeah. We may well see her there."
And he continued with, quote: "And her story is not yet finished. So, well, that's enough, I won't say anymore. But I think you'll appreciate where she goes"- Confirmation that is 25 books total.
- Confirmation that Mirror Mirror will be after Twelve Months. That MM will be about one choice that Harry made differently and it had big consequences.
- Confirmation that yes, the next book is called Twelve Months. And it will cover a whole year of Harry's life (it's not a compilation of short stories, like some fans keep speculating).
- Confirmation that the Starborn thing is important and it is part of the main arc.
He also mentions that Nemesis is a shapeshifter? which I found confusing, personally. I though it possessed people, not that it shifted into people.
Thanks for the precis!
VERY much appreciated. I ... kinda hate getting info from videos; reading it is very, very superior (for me, I know others feel differently).
Most of these items aren't really new, per se... We've heard this about Karrin (tho her eyepatch is new (if that's real)); that TM is next, MM will come after: 25 (total) books now planned; importance of Starborn.
Shapeshifting Nemesis: I suspect Jim misspoke or someone misunderstood. Nemesis as an "infection" or "possession" is pretty universally understood within the fandom. Plus, we have the case of Lea: Nemfected, then cured/exorcised.
That said, Jim could have been intentionally misleading people
Missed the bit about Nemesis being a shape shifter tho? Where'd that come up?
Anyone got a time stamp for when he mentioned Nemesis and shapeshifting?🤔
Jim's answer: "I'm gonna go with Nemesis, because Nemesis has that whole shapeshifting thing going on, so he can be anybody.ah see, yea. I wouldn't have really considered it to be shapeshifting, but coming from the author.. Jim tends to say things that we don't actually have the full context to but can be very good for guesswork and theorizing at what the context we're missing is. He's gotten better at it over the years actually. Last couple years of his he's been dropping subtle but very telling lines in his replies.
ah see, yea. I wouldn't have really considered it to be shapeshifting, but coming from the author.. Jim tends to say things that we don't actually have the full context to but can be very good for guesswork and theorizing at what the context we're missing is. He's gotten better at it over the years actually. Last couple years of his he's been dropping subtle but very telling lines in his replies.
What I didn't remember but found interesting now that I've listened to the answer again, is that he also mentions Marcone in this, and how they could work together. Like you say, food for theories...yea nothing good will come from that one lol. My first thought is of the overarching order of Dresden changing... Wouldn't Marcone make an excellent Adversary?
yea nothing good will come from that one lol. My first thought is of the overarching order of Dresden changing... Wouldn't Marcone make an excellent Adversary?
Off topic slightly, but where was Murphy actually shot?🤔 I forget wound placement..
Heh, the eye patch thing redoubles an old idea for me that karrin is in fact one of the main archetypical characters(starborn?), the eye patch, of course she'd lose an eye on the path to wisdom!
He would, he definitely would. And Dresden already has a lot of problems with Marcone. What he saw in the soulgaze, really disturbed Harry in some really primal level, I think. He's visceral about his hate for Marcone.Marcone is really interesting in his dark mirage of Dresden. Because it's not even about choice but circumstance. Harry's defining moment in his youth was taking out someone trying to kill him.. Marcone's is someone else basically dying because someone wanted to kill him. Harry hates him because if he'd been delt that hand he'd have played it the same way and he knows it.
ouch, yea the parallel would seem right for how Susan died. I was wondering specifically because of Arthurian stuff. Some of the precise details being split between beings
Murphy was shot in the neck. Which is, I dunno if on purpose, or Jim being Jim, or what, but, personally, I can't not think about the fact that Susan basically dies the same way, wound to the neck, bleeding to death, in front of Harry.
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I meant to ask you about this before, but then I forgot as I was doing the transcript. I was just hoping you would elaborate on this? What's your idea here? I'm interesting to hear about that.
I always view Battle Ground as being her Changes, you know, the pivotal moment for her transformation, the same Changes was for Harry. Because I think, in some respects, they follow similar paths.
Murphy was shot in the neck. Which is, I dunno if on purpose, or Jim being Jim, or what, but, personally, I can't not think about the fact that Susan basically dies the same way, wound to the neck, bleeding to death, in front of Harry.
Jim's answer: "Oh, oh! If I did an alternative universe where she didn't die? You know that if– you know that when– you know that's gonna happen when he (Harry) goes to the alternate universe because she has to be Karrin with an eyepatch. I mean, come on, I don't make the rules here people! (He talked about the Mirror Mirror storyline about min 14:30) But yeah. We may well see her there. And her story is not yet finished. So, well, that's enough, I won't say anymore. But I think you'll appreciate where she goes."
... Well, not really the same, technically Susan "died" the moment she turned into a full Red Court Vampire, that's when Harry cut her throat with a knife. In that moment she was no longer Susan, but the youngest Red Court Vamp...No, there was a moment there where both were alive. Susan was dying (it was inevitable) but not yet dead, the Rampire had been born but not taken full control. They both existed within Susan's body at one time.
... However except for the part of the anatomy affected the two deaths were nothing alike ...Enough alike (bleeding-out in Harry's arms, from a neck-wound) to traumatize / re-traumatize Harry, for sure!
... Why do I get the feeling that Murphy isn't going to be the Murphy that her fans love in Mirror Mirror? Remember in the original Trek episode that Jim is sort of modeling this after, alternate Kirk was a no good villain in the alternate universe, in fact Kirk tells the alternate universe Spock to kill him and become captain.. Now Murphy could be basically the same in both worlds as Spock was, but that seems too easy.. Either way it is going to mean for pain for Harry.. Murphy evil and Harry maybe even having to kill her himself.. Pain.. Her being the same Murphy in both worlds and Harry having to leave her behind... More pain.Hurting Harry any way it goes down -- yah, that's a given.
No, there was a moment there where both were alive. Susan was dying (it was inevitable) but not yet dead, the Rampire had been born but not taken full control. They both existed within Susan's body at one time.No, I don't think so,it isn't possible, if anything of Susan remained she wouldn't have been the youngest vamp. I know how it reads, but it doesn't make sense.
Enough alike (bleeding-out in Harry's arms, from a neck-wound) to traumatize / re-traumatize Harry, for sure!Not really, context does matter.. Harry is traumatized but he would have been if Murphy bled out through her femoral artery..
In addition to the ST:TOS episode, I think there's WoJ that Harry will be seeing some Jimmy Stewart / It's A Wonderful Life sorts of action in his Mirrorverse. Dunno if that means Uriel will be showing up?
She will have zero trust for Harry Dresden, because everything she knows of him will have told her he's one of the Bad Guys. WoJ says mirror!Harry is tight allies with freaking Mavra! Murphy having zero willingness to trust him will be another quantum level of pain for Harry (if there's really an eyepatch!Murphy, I bet it was mirror!Harry who cost her the eye, so more guilt (stupid guilt, but guilt (Harry buys his guilt wholesale, in bulk loads, and often gets shoddy stuff))).
The other problem is that the "shapeshifter bad guy" archetype is already taken in the series (ad yes, you can have more but to what end?) Naagloshii have clearly already done that well enough in the series, so what does Nemesis add that they do not?they show a specific specialist ability true. But not the scope of what's possible.