Was Maggie using a variation of the Sight to identify what was in those kids? Is that why she is so jumpy because she is seeing something that others don't see?
I am betting that he ends up being Harrys new apprentice.
If Harry was going to get a new apprentice I sort of doubt that we’d be introduced to them in a short. Generally the shorts have small effects on the main series. Usually just a reference here and there that you can grin about if you’d read the shorts but if you haven’t won’t throw you off your stride for people who just read the books. I can’t imagine Jim is going to start Peace Talks with Harry having a new apprentice in tow that the book-only people have never heard of. Jim tends to build major characters, not just drop them in. Molly was introduced like 5 or 6 books before she became Harry’s apprentice.Yea, Fitz(?) is in line first, he's in the files and he's a talent implying a deeper ability too.
2) Mouse has TWO siblings missing... someone wants to breed evil foo dogs - that's news?
1] What is the Book that Maggie was given by the Carpenter kids? Since it was capitalized was it the Bible or a book of Catechism? But Maggie's quotes from it didn't fit exactly, wonder if Michael and Charity with help wrote up a kid's version because the children of a Holy Knight could face a lot of crap and needed a guide to cope..
Seemed to me to be a compendium of creatures that only kids could see. Created by Molly as a child and passed down through the Carpenter siblings to provide information once the older children had forgotten those creatures and couldn't see them anymore. Makes sense for a family who's father battled monsters all the time.
I hadn't thought about that angle. It would make things very interesting.
This was the most interesting part of the short for me. Especially 'Taken by figures in dark robes, male and female,' . It absolutely screamed Cowl and Kumori. Cowl has already set himself up to be a true nemesis to Harry, so why not give him a 'Dark Mouse' to boot.
I wonder what life was like for the IVY when it came to monsters only kids could see....imagine a oblivion story based on destroying or altering this book that the carpenters wrote, it could be the reason that ivy actually chose to be the arbitrator for the dual in death mask. remember that Molly was 13 or 14 at the end of her child hood but still a child.
Possible, or once the kid matures they can cope because they have developed the skills to deal with the monsters that might take advantage of vulnerable children.I might be misunderstanding you, but it's specifically stated that when you "grow up" (exactly what qualifies as growing up in this case is yet to be shown) you forget all about these monsters- stated both in-universe and by WoJ. There's no coping. To you, they've never existed. They can affect you, apparently, but you're clueless.
Jim has confirmed in a recent signing Austin is just a minor character with no plans to use him in the future... as yet.Just like Butters. :)
I love that Jim has this outline of the series but has kept it loose enough to allow additions and changes to the smaller details.
Dresden needs a new apprentice I loved the story's about molly when she was just kid in Harrys eyes.I'd like to see how Maggie grows into whatever power comes to her. Jim has said that if she does manifest magic, it would almost certainly be affected by the fact her mother was a half-turned vampire. I'd love to see how that interacts with a magical talent. A female lead with wizard magic AND pseudo-vampire powers going to totally-not-Hogwarts? That's Young Adult series gold, right there.
This was the most interesting part of the short for me. Especially 'Taken by figures in dark robes, male and female,' . It absolutely screamed Cowl and Kumori. Cowl has already set himself up to be a true nemesis to Harry, so why not give him a 'Dark Mouse' to boot.
That certainly seems like the implication.Fairie, information, exchange....balance...
While the narrative structure of nobody else understanding what Mouse is picking up because he can't communicate complex ideas to Hary or Maggie is cute for short story purposes, it kind of falls apart when we remember that Molly CAN understand him just fine. Dark, probably N-fected foo dogs working for probably Cowl and Kumori is something really freaking important to pass along, and ignoring that a suitable translator is around every week for family dinners at the Carpenter house would be a bit of a wtf? issue going forward if Harry stays unaware of it.
Or, hell, even Lea next time they cross paths - she'd be well motivated to continue checking names off her revenge list, if there's a lead on who gave her the athame.
Fairie, information, exchange....balance...
That might be an issue if Harry was still just a wizard while Molly was the Lady. But this is tactical information about the capabilities and agenda of probable Nemesis agents. The Mothers already showed Queens can educate the Knight about the contest with the enemy without needing a trade of information.Nothing Mouse knows is Winter knowledge, it's not giving out WInters protocol or effect. I'ts relaying of communication. Has nothing to do with enemies. ANd the mothers did so in reply to an inquiry, based upon a command, not seeking random info, or beign supplied offhand.
That certainly seems like the implication.
While the narrative structure of nobody else understanding what Mouse is picking up because he can't communicate complex ideas to Hary or Maggie is cute for short story purposes, it kind of falls apart when we remember that Molly CAN understand him just fine. Dark, probably N-fected foo dogs working for probably Cowl and Kumori is something really freaking important to pass along, and ignoring that a suitable translator is around every week for family dinners at the Carpenter house would be a bit of a wtf? issue going forward if Harry stays unaware of it.
Or, hell, even Lea next time they cross paths - she'd be well motivated to continue checking names off her revenge list, if there's a lead on who gave her the athame.
Who says Molly or the Queen's know about the Foo Dogs being Nemfected (they might not be)? Mab didn't even know her own daughter was infected for a while.
They don't yet. But Mouse can tell them, or at least tell them enough to piece it together if he doesn't already know the significance of the 'acting against their nature' part.
Dresden needs a new apprentice I loved the story's about molly when she was just kid in Harrys eyes.
What is the future they foresee for Maggie? Because they seemed to want her dead because of what she will become, not out of revenge or some other motive to get at Harry..
I didn't get that impression myself. To me it felt like My Shadow wanted her alive.Being as I've failed to even get out of the house let alone acquire BC I must ask, Does she mean "My Shadow" like it's her personal thing or is this an entity already manifest elsewhere?
Which is quite possible far worse.
Being as I've failed to even get out of the house let alone acquire BC I must ask, Does she mean "My Shadow" like it's her personal thing or is this an entity already manifest elsewhere?"My Shadow" is not part of Maggie's narraation. It is
Being as I've failed to even get out of the house let alone acquire BC I must ask, Does she mean "My Shadow" like it's her personal thing or is this an entity already manifest elsewhere?
Here's a thought;I didn't read it yet, but I believe he made the choice when he left the box of pups that was to be delivered to brother Wang. It would mean he chose to stay with Harry, who was reluctant to keep him and trying to send him back/give him to someone else at first.
Mouse has more or less said he chose Harry. He "won" him, rather than vice versa. Which implies that he made that decision from the start.
What does that mean for the ones who were stolen? Did they also choose their "captors?" Or was it easier for Mouse to just stick around with Harry than it was for the others to escape?
now I understand what Jim butcher meant when he said that mouse knew more the anyone else about what was going on. also harry need a new apprentice I think it would be cool if Austin was the apprentice it would give Maggie some one to have her first crush on and make harry a grumpy old wizard.
You want the boy to be apprentice to former suspected warlock, political foe to the current Merlin, Warden of Demonreach and current holder of the winter knight?
Are you sure you are not trying to harm the boy?
Also Harry's previous students haven't exactly done so well.Molly did perfect. She could have been a raving warlock messing with peoples brains left and right and now she fullfills a necessary role in the protection of this reality against the outsiders. She is a useful member of this reality.
Molly did perfect. She could have been a raving warlock messing with peoples brains left and right and now she fullfills a necessary role in the protection of this reality against the outsiders. She is a useful member of this reality.
She's been enslaved by the Queen of Evil Faeries and is slowly being Mindraped into a psychotic clone of her bitchy daughter.She is not enslaved, she has a purpose. It is not all roses and happyness I agree but it is an important purpose, worth doing. And she does not have to change in a clone of Maeve either because Maeve was an anomaly, she did not even do her job.
Sounds like a raw deal to me.
Mouse's section was such an amazing intersection of hilarious and adorable and so fundamentally Dog that it had me on the verge of tears.It reminded me of Rowl's scenes in The Aeronaut's Windlass. Which was my favorite part.
Molly did perfect. She could have been a raving warlock messing with peoples brains left and right and now she fullfills a necessary role in the protection of this reality against the outsiders. She is a useful member of this reality.
She is also heavily traumatize and half way insane before becoming the winter lady. Not voluntarily, I might add.
Unless you are insane, an adrenalin junky or has an over developed sense of responsibility and righteousness, it is best not to be involve with Dresden unless you are at least 30 years old if your are vanilla and 100 years old if you are a wizard.
Associating with Harry is bad for a child's development phase. The child tends to turn rebellious and tends to get into trouble with Harry around. And not your ordinary trouble too.
Molly without Harry would have become a warlock, then decapitated. Her becoming the Winter Lady was based on her Choice to get involved with Leanansidhe. As Jim said, the deals Sidhe make with you are designed to get you more, and more tangled up with them.
It's not that Harry Dresden the man is a problem, it's that the world he lives in is so dangerous, and complicated. If you spend time with someone like that you're bound to get dragged into that dangerous world.
Mouse is definitely a canine Harry but with better sense.
Jim has confirmed in a recent signing Austin is just a minor character with no plans to use him in the future... as yet.
I love that Jim has this outline of the series but has kept it loose enough to allow additions and changes to the smaller details.
Mouse's section was such an amazing intersection of hilarious and adorable and so fundamentally Dog that it had me on the verge of tears.
Molly without Harry would have become a warlock, then decapitated. Her becoming the Winter Lady was based on her Choice to get involved with Leanansidhe. As Jim said, the deals Sidhe make with you are designed to get you more, and more tangled up with them.
It's not that Harry Dresden the man is a problem, it's that the world he lives in is so dangerous, and complicated. If you spend time with someone like that you're bound to get dragged into that dangerous world.
I recently noticed a mistake in Zoo Day, it isn't a big one, but shouldn't Maggie's primary language have been Spanish? We see her thoughts, they are in English, and she never appears to experience language barrier, confusion, or to search for words. She may even still have a Hispanic accent.Her primary language was never established, so it's not a "mistake." She was raised by a Hispanic family, but we don't know what language they used in the home. Susan was an American and corresponded with them and her, so it stands to reason they knew English and, by now, she's spent a couple years with the Carpenters.
I mean, it is reasonable that she may have learned some English wherever she was, but it certainly wasn't the primary language she used. She would only have had to start using English when she moved in with the Carpenters. There has been no discussion of language/culture issues, which is easily explained in most books by Harry being totally unaware of them, even if they existed. But in this book we have her viewpoint, and there doesn't appear to be any acculturation issues.
Just a thought.
I recently noticed a mistake in Zoo Day, it isn't a big one, but shouldn't Maggie's primary language have been Spanish? We see her thoughts, they are in English, and she never appears to experience language barrier, confusion, or to search for words. She may even still have a Hispanic accent.
I mean, it is reasonable that she may have learned some English wherever she was, but it certainly wasn't the primary language she used. She would only have had to start using English when she moved in with the Carpenters. There has been no discussion of language/culture issues, which is easily explained in most books by Harry being totally unaware of them, even if they existed. But in this book we have her viewpoint, and there doesn't appear to be any acculturation issues.
Just a thought.
I didn't read it yet, but I believe he made the choice when he left the box of pups that was to be delivered to brother Wang. It would mean he chose to stay with Harry, who was reluctant to keep him and trying to send him back/give him to someone else at first.
Edit: Wong. Brother Wong..
Molly without Harry would have become a warlock, then decapitated. Her becoming the Winter Lady was based on her Choice to get involved with Leanansidhe. As Jim said, the deals Sidhe make with you are designed to get you more, and more tangled up with them.
It's not that Harry Dresden the man is a problem, it's that the world he lives in is so dangerous, and complicated. If you spend time with someone like that you're bound to get dragged into that dangerous world.
I agree, just like dating James Bond is dangerous. Not because James Bond is a bad guy, but because he has so many dangerous enemies. Lots of his lovers get killed or go through some rough times.
is Austin a Sorcerer or a Wizard? Do Wizards train Sorcerers as full apprentices?The distinction is a little iffy -- from what I understand, a sorcerer is like a wizard without the formal training. A wizard means you're in some way recognized as one by the White Council -- there's mentions of trials and such; I think Jim's said that one basic guideline is they're able to do everything between evocation and thaumaturgy. They might have a specialization and/or suck at one or two, but they have the capability of doing it all.
The distinction is a little iffy -- from what I understand, a sorcerer is like a wizard without the formal training. A wizard means you're in some way recognized as one by the White Council -- there's mentions of trials and such; I think Jim's said that one basic guideline is they're able to do everything between evocation and thaumaturgy. They might have a specialization and/or suck at one or two, but they have the capability of doing it all.
Didn't GP say something about sorcerers are more limited in their range of abilities, and almost all skew towards destructive?Listened to that bit this morning. Yes; Dresden says something like, "All they're good at is the nasty stuff."
The distinction is a little iffy -- from what I understand, a sorcerer is like a wizard without the formal training. A wizard means you're in some way recognized as one by the White Council -- there's mentions of trials and such; I think Jim's said that one basic guideline is they're able to do everything between evocation and thaumaturgy. They might have a specialization and/or suck at one or two, but they have the capability of doing it all.Sorcerer is a specialist, typically of something destructive like curses or burning things. IIRC it's a bit of an insult to use the term for focused practitioners who aren't solely about hurting people.