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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: August 24, 2012, 07:42:01 AM »
Did Harry ever actually lift his wards in Small Favor, when he was half-frozen after returning from the train station? It was just assumed that he had, but the description of that scene in the book never mentioned anything about him doing it. His brain was so frozen that all he thought about was that Luccio wanted inside his apartment, so he opened the door for her like a gentleman. But he never mentions his wards, which seemed odd, since everyone around him was clearly trying to remind him of the wards and asking him to take them down so they could get in.

Anyway, I was just wondering if something unusual happened there and we were never quite shown what it was.

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Site Suggestions & Support / Re: Choosing Time Zone
« on: August 23, 2012, 10:48:09 PM »
Btw, the forum time is running a few minutes fast.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: August 18, 2012, 08:49:12 AM »
Quote from: THE_ANGRY_GAMER on August 17, 2012, 01:09:17 AM
The RPG states that Ivy, in addition to everything printed out and written down, also recieves some spoken words. What does she get?

Jim actually answered this one already, years ago. It could be hard to find on the forum for that reason, I haven't checked. Anyway, the answer is, Ivy retains spoken words when they are intended to be a form of recorded information; that is, the oral traditions of teaching from times before writing was convenient, or spoken epics, memorized stories like fables, stuff like that. When the words being spoken are intended to be stored in the listener's memory, basically, as written words are intended to be stored on the pages of books.

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DF Books / Re: Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
« on: August 14, 2012, 07:06:15 PM »
Quote from: habu987 on August 14, 2012, 07:01:48 PM
At some point last year, we had a big discussion on how we'd approach the show if we were starting over from scratch.  Don't remember which thread that was in or if it's still around.  Anyway, my idea would be to have HBO or one of the other premium networks do the show as a season of 10-12 one hour long episodes.  The first season could contain the first three books, the second season could possibly cover the next three, but after that it'd cover two books per season, giving each book a solid 5-6 hours of screen time.  These books aren't nearly as long as GRRM's, so they wouldn't need a full season per book, as squeeifying as that would be.  If the books got the premium network treatment in that general format, I think it would most likely be a phenomenal production.

That is an awesome idea, and I now hope it happens.

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DF Books / Re: Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
« on: August 14, 2012, 06:19:38 PM »
Quote from: habu987 on August 14, 2012, 05:00:14 PM
I think the technical limitations are far less constricting than they were even just four or five years ago.  That being said, I think that if The Dresden Files 2.0 was filmed as a low budget show, it'd look the part.  Given a decent to large budget, it could look very good.

I think they could manage it, too. I'd just very much hope that they'd follow something a lot more like the way Game of Thrones is being done for HBO, rather than the way they handled the original material in the first show. GoT tries to stay very close to the books, and as such, they're pretty much as good as the books are. They did ten episodes to tell the story of the first book in the series. The Dresden show made one episode approximating Storm Front. And for the rest of the show, they seemed to be trying for a monster-of-the-week thing. Why bother using source material as good as the Dresden Files if you're just going to ignore almost all of it?

So, if they try to make another Dresden TV show, I hope they match it a lot more closely to the books, rather than following the creep-of-the-week format.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: August 14, 2012, 01:15:47 AM »
Quote from: KevinSig on August 13, 2012, 11:38:14 PM
Since, we might never meet Justin, but we could still meet alternative Justin.

Of course, he wouldn't really be Justin. Even in the Star Trek "Mirror, Mirror" episodes, the moral compasses of the crew were extremely skewed, relative to those of the original crew. The Justin in an alternate universe could be their version of the Dalai Lama or something.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: August 11, 2012, 07:32:06 AM »
Quote from: James Dickson on August 11, 2012, 02:55:13 AM
Read Ghost Story again for the 3 time, and the book is still to me the worst one of the D-Files. I felt that Jim rushed the book. I won't go into everything I didn't like, but one that I have to voice/txt, How on this green earth does Harry NOT have a interactive goodbye moment with Micheal or his Brother, all he been through with them two and all he does is look on them. That was cheesy and I feel cheated, those two moments could've made this one of the great ones.

No one got an interactive goodbye moment with Harry other than Mouse, because only Mouse could see him. Even Mort couldn't see him once Uriel pulled him out of Molly's mind. (Which I think says something important about Mouse, since he could see Harry, even when a major-league ectomancer couldn't.)

Regardless, though, Thomas did get seriously screwed over in Ghost Story. I'd bet that'll be a big issue between him and Harry in the future. He got screwed over in Changes, by not being warned about Harry's suicide arrangement, and he got screwed over even worse in Ghost Story, when Harry didn't visit him or have the chance to drop by and explain everything, or say goodbye. That's the kind of thing that could hurt a close family member's feelings.

As for Michael-- well, of everyone Harry knows, Michael is the one best able to deal with death, imho. I don't think Michael really needed a visitation from a ghostly Harry to be okay with how things turned out.

None of that ruined the book for me, though. I just assume that it will be handled at some future point in the series.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: August 08, 2012, 01:57:50 PM »
Quote from: Quantus on August 08, 2012, 01:28:34 PM
This is something from another thread that we just cant seem to solve:

In TC, was the Eye-twitching trance the Gatekeeper used a precognition effect, and if so why could it not see that harry had made the Sanctum bond until Harry was actually touching the island?

I realize this is meant for Jim, but I thought I might be able to help a little. The Gatekeeper pretty much had to be using precognition during the eye-twitching, didn't he? The context clearly seems to indicate this. I don't know if we can call what he did a "trance," though-- he mostly just seemed to be occupied by an activity, one which was taking place in his mind. That's not necessarily to say that he was unaware of his surroundings, though.

As for the other question-- it seems like the Gatekeeper's precog ability must be limited to projecting the future based on the exact situation the world is in right then. Before the Gatekeeper did his scrying trick, Harry wasn't connected to Demonreach's intellectus. But when Harry stepped onto the island, he gained that ability, which apparently changed the range of projected futures which Rashid was able to perceive. Just a guess, anyway.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: August 07, 2012, 04:27:53 PM »
Quote from: TheCuriousFan on August 02, 2012, 11:20:07 PM
He should be able to recall recalling it though.

Which tells us that the memories of his soul can transfer to the memories in his brain. What Molly did was, apparently, wipe the memory right out of Harry's head, affecting his brain. It wouldn't have been a matter of just blocking the memory, like what Lea did to Susan in Grave Peril, because Mab would have sensed something like that. It couldn't be an active spell. It had to be something that Molly did right then, which would permanently alter Harry's memory for good, or Mab would have been able to see signs of it. At least, that's how it seemed to me, especially when Harry and Molly were talking about it.

And if that's what Molly did, then there was no spell hanging around afterward for anyone counterspell. It would have been like brain damage, really; a very selective form of brain damage.

So, if we assume that's true, then the fact that Harry can remember it now means that the memories of his soul can overwrite or add to the memories in his brain. Which also means that, if Harry can figure out how to do it, he can use the permanent memory of his soul to protect the more malleable memory of his brain. If nothing else, he could come up with a sort of automated spell-system to check his brain and compare the memory there with the memory of his soul, and write over the brain-memories if there were any discrepancies. Sort of like an error-checking system with computer hard drives.

Though, of course, that might be more easily described than done, but it seems like something a wizard ought to be able to accomplish, given enough time and motivation.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: August 07, 2012, 01:56:44 PM »
I just read "Day Off" again, and it made me think of this one: Will we ever see a D&D game with Butters as the GM, and Billy, Georgia, Andi, Marci, and Harry all playing again?

Now that Butters has Bob, could Bob get a character going? Since Bob is basically kind of a living idea himself, he might have a lot of fun in a game like that.

Molly might like it, too. Judging by her association with SplatterCon!!! and her love of Star Wars/Star Trek, she's kind of a geek herself. I could see her getting into a tabletop game like that. Even her brother Daniel might like it. God knows, he needs to loosen up.

I'm tempted to suggest everyone in the JLC, but Murphy's never really seemed like the type to have gaming as a hobby. She's seems more like her hobbies would include practicing the various ways of shooting, stabbing, or otherwise beating people into submission. As for Abby and Father Forthill-- no clue what they might be willing to try.

If we do get to see that, could we get a whole chapter or two on it? I'd love to see all of them doing something like that together, so we'd get a chance to see them interacting more when they're not in the middle of a serious, life-or-death discussion.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: July 27, 2012, 11:57:05 AM »
WoJ is that both Lash and Lasciel were either seen or mentioned in Ghost Story, but under different names. Were either Lash or Lasciel seen in Changes under different names?

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: July 26, 2012, 07:49:29 PM »
Quote from: Quantus on July 26, 2012, 02:25:23 PM
What is Justine's last name, and how old is she?  (let me know if this has been answered somewhere, I cant find it)

If her name has been mentioned, I don't remember it, but her age has at least been approximated twice. When we first see her in Grave Peril, Michael comments that she can't be even nineteen years old yet. Three books later in Blood Rites, when we see Justine again, Harry describes her as possibly not yet being of legal drinking age.

So, roughly eighteen years old in GP and twenty in BR. It's not an official age, but at least it's something.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: July 25, 2012, 06:48:23 AM »
Quote from: TheCuriousFan on July 25, 2012, 12:52:39 AM
I know it won't convince the most stubborn supporters of the theory, but it will shut down the less zealous ones.

Well, even a corpse wouldn't be conclusive evidence that Justin is still dead. He could've died, but remained on Earth the way Corpsetaker did, and how Kemmler may have done. Dead but not gone. Then Justin's soul could have found a way to resurrect itself by taking control of a new body, or-- well, who knows what? Corpsetaker's method of resurrecting herself may not be the only method available to a soul still on Earth.

For one thing, the Sidhe seem to be able to see and interact with souls just as they would with embodied mortals. They can even make deals with those mortals, as demonstrated by Harry and Lea at Harry's grave in Ghost Story. So why couldn't Justin make a bargain with a fae for the fae to find him a living body that he would be able to take control of or possess? Or for the fae to arrange for such a body to turn up somehow, free of the soul of the original owner? Other details could be hammered out as well, like the gender, magical potential and so on.

Justin would have to offer something fairly important for this deal, most likely, which could take it out of his price range, but it is possible in theory.

All of that said, I don't think Justin's alive, myself. I think he's probably dead, since Jim has told us so repeatedly. I'm just playing devil's advocate.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: July 22, 2012, 04:56:05 PM »
Quote from: KevinSig on July 22, 2012, 04:50:42 PM
While chapter 10 does imply that the Queens can only harm those in their Court, I got the impression that they could kill those in the other Court as well.  I mean, Harry proved to be able to take out Aurora through treachery & deceit.  A Summer & Winter Knight tends to be a smidgen more powerful that that.

If a Queen couldn't protect herself from a Knight of the opposing Court, you'd think the the lesser Queens would be switched a bit more often.

Then again, Aurora was slightly mad, so her madness might have allowed her to make an attempt on Harry (who was temporarily alligned with Winter).  But not an unaffiliated mortal.

Okay, but-- still need Jim on it, imho.

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DF Reference Collection / Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« on: July 22, 2012, 04:10:33 PM »
Quote from: KevinSig on July 22, 2012, 01:53:26 PM
The only time I remember the Queens acting directly to kill, was in Summer Knight.  And the only death I recall off hand is Maeve killing that musician, who obviously had a bargain.  The other times I've seen killing, it's been by agents & proxies of the Courts, not the Queens themselves.

Aurora wielded the Chlorofiend in Summer Knight in several blatant attempts to kill Harry. And the thing could harm Harry perfectly well, but it didn't seem to be able to hurt Murphy much at all.

It doesn't matter if we've only seen a Queen acting to kill a mortal once. Once is enough to prove that the rule isn't really a rule at all. If a theory is disproved even once, that theory is wrong, incomplete, and it needs to go back to the drawing board.

Like I said, we've seen and been given some conflicting information, which is why I'd like to know what the rules really are, from the only truly reliable source: Jim.

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