Finally, I said that parallel universes can cover most mistakes, but I didn’t say they could cover every mistake. I don’t know if this final example I will pull from Peace Talks is a mistake, but it appears to me that even a parallel universe doesn’t entirely fix its problems. Ramirez used a dot of magical ink to track Harry to the Raith Estate. While it’s possible that in one universe Harry and Ramirez shook hands instead of bumping fists; and this allowed Carlos the ability stick the ink spot on Harry’s wrist, in either universe Butters should have washed the dot away when he cleaned and debrided the wounds on Harry’s hands. I’m not saying it’s impossible to find an explanation that makes the magical ink stick and not be noticed by Butters; and do so in both universes, but the more complicated the explanation the less believable it becomes.
I sat at the table in Butters's apartement kitchen. I had my duster off and both arms resting on the table with my palms up.
Sure, but it's not as fun as a Roger Rabbit reference. ;)
He could very well have... But Murphy is no Jessica Rabbit. ::)And Harry's no Roger. He's Eddie Valiant.
damn that's good
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The dot could have been high enough on his wrist to not get washed off. Ramirez could have pulled off the old Roger Rabbit trick of disappearing reappearing ink. And seeing Ramirez's age, I wouldn't be surprised if he made disappearing reappearing ink because he watched Roger Rabbit as a kid.
Sorry, but ... yeah, isn't this pretty widely known in the fandom?
I vaguely remember a Q&A that I can't place the source of, where Jim said some of them are legitimate errors, especially early on before he had betas (the example being the name of Bianca's favourite who she blamed Harry for upsetting her into draining changing from SF to GP), and others are clues to something bigger. There may also be a few legitimate intentional retcons, but iirc he didn't speak to that in the answer.
And the 'dream' where he's really talking to Molly amid a traffic jam of their alternate selves was a pretty big cluebat that there's an underlying multiverse element going on.
damn that's goodI concur lol. I've had similar ideas, especially for MM. I'm hoping for a sliders/quantum leap style mission to search out the right timeline.
I concur lol. I've had similar ideas, especially for MM. I'm hoping for a sliders/quantum leap style mission to search out the right timeline.I am so in for this. Perhaps we can will it to be.
The alphas are werewolves, what do the betas turn into?Lol. Regular dogs?
There were two points that stood out to me in Battle Grounds about 'inconsistencies'.
First, Soul Fire is different in this book. Before, Soul Fire used Harry's soul to supercharge his spells, use too much and poof no more soul. In BG, Soul Fire has an external source, left over stuff from the Big Bang, and Uriel gifted Harry an amount of it.
The second is about Murph, and that Harry has used his Sight and SAW her, twice. I would think this would have come up in the book. This Harry might not have SEEN her, and why he lamented about the Soulgaze.
First, Soul Fire is different in this book. Before, Soul Fire used Harry's soul to supercharge his spells, use too much and poof no more soul. In BG, Soul Fire has an external source, left over stuff from the Big Bang, and Uriel gifted Harry an amount of it.
I wondered if soulfire could have pierced Ethniu's armor. I just wanted Harry to try it.Me too.
I am so in for this. Perhaps we can will it to be.
Lol. Regular dogs?
That would have been really cool if all those heavy hitters could barely touch her, and Harry puts a hole in her with a blast of "fire."That is what I wanted to see since they began talking about who could bypass the armor. What actually happened did not satisfy me as much.