Anyone know if there is already a thread about Morgana's Athame? The one that Lea received at Bianca's party and that infected her? I wonder what happened to it and if there is a thread discussion out there already.
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,35068.msg0.html#new
Looking for info about the Molly pov short story and when it might be published. Is there a short story specific thread? or section? In some thread I can't find now, someone told me the story would be in an anthology called Bombshells or will be titled Bombshells.... just looking for more info....like publisher, editor, expected release date...etc..or general reference area that keeps track of such things so I'll know when it will be released..Right now, the publishing date for Bombshells seems to be unknown. More info here: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/side-jobs
Read only if you have already read CD. There are threads about...Try this one: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,35064.0.html(click to show/hide)
is there an active hexxenwulf belt topic?
Looking for info about the Molly pov short story and when it might be published. Is there a short story specific thread? or section? In some thread I can't find now, someone told me the story would be in an anthology called Bombshells or will be titled Bombshells.... just looking for more info....like publisher, editor, expected release date...etc..or general reference area that keeps track of such things so I'll know when it will be released..
Can someone point me in the direction of thread that explains why everyone seems to think the parasite is Lash?It's based off a WoJ from GS
Is Lasciel going to make a comeback? The coin is still buried in the lab, right?
Her coin isn’t in the lab anymore. Her story is not yet over. However, both Lasciel and Lash appeared in Ghost Story, but not under those names.
This is a delightful thread, especially since I've had trouble using google to hunt down topics on here.
I seek as much info as possible that deals with Nicodemus's knowledge of Nemesis.
I well I am embarrassed, I can’t find the threads I know to exist. I would like a few Dresden Files–like reading suggestions please.
Seems I can’t get out of being dragged along to the Mall of American this weekend with a gaggle of female family members. So I will likely just park myself in Barns and Noble and do some reading while the womenfolk shop.
Thanks people.
Lilylis-- I think I remember on Elegast's Index of Theories thread that he has an entry for the theory that Elaine carried the infection to Aurora. I cant remember whether its under Aurora, Elaine, Infection or Nemesis. But you should be able to find it there. A lot of the theories there have a link to the thread with theory in it. I dont know if he's got a link for the Aurora-Elaine theory but its worth a look. Sorry I couldnt be more specific
thanks. Ill take a look and decide.
I will create one anyway. ;D
Works for me...
Hey, with the revelations about the nature of Nemesis and when it infected particular people, I was wondering if there are any threads looking back at Lea's behavior after contamination? I just finished rereading GP tonight, and realized it may have been painfully obvious that Lea had been changed from before to after the party.I haven't noticed a thread specifically dealing with Lea and her Nemesis infection. At least for the past few weeks or so.
is there a thread with updates on Skin Game?
Haven't posted much here, if at all. Are there any threads compiling a list of unresolved questions that have come up in DF books over time?
I'll be the first to admit that it's a long time since I read the boards, and it's probably my own fault, but I am having trouble with the shorthand arcane initials in common use. (SAI's) Is there a complete list of these coded abbreviations somewhere, hopefully in alpha order, that I could print out and keep at hand while reading the topics? I hope someone can help! I have all the books in audio form and I've listened to all of them several times, but somehow a lot of the abbreviations stop me cold!
Looking for the WOJ on the list of who can take down Mab. The one that includes the point about the Whole White Court and if they did they woudl get her power.
Hmmm. In terms of pure, raw power, several who have appeared or been mentioned in the books could pull it off, though neither side would really "win" as much as "continue to exist." Plus, the sudden absence of Mab would do freaking HIDEOUS things to the earth. But here's who has the necessary horsepower do it:
o Titania--though it would be a coin toss. Almost literally.
o The Mothers (who wouldn't)
o The White Council. As in, ALL the White Council. Every wizard on the planet. And they'd need her Name.
o Drakul.
o Ferrovax.
o The Red Court--again, ALL the Red Court, though their odds wouldn't be good.
o The entire White Court--very, very long odds on that, but if they actually pulled it off, whoever took Mab would effectively control her power.
o Cowl (if the Darkhallow had succeeded).
o A union of the old Elders of the Black Court. They were freaking scary until the Whites arranged to have them hounded down by mortals.
All of that, of course, assumes that Mab is standing there alone, outside of Faerie, and not commanding an entire nation, literally millions and millions and millions of nightmarish creatures of every description. Which she does.
There's a REASON that when Mab said, "Sign these Accords and abide by them," people listened. :)
Is there a thread about what's on the Never Never side of the Island? I've been trying to decide if Harry's Godmother would have shifted her realm there to cover him.There's no complete thread that Im aware of, though the topic has been broached in several other ones. The general consensus on DR was, I think, that it is likely too hostile to matter at present, given what Nic said about it in SmF and also the island's purpose is. That being said the Council traitor in TC was able to open a way on the island itself, but may be like Cowl's Way in WN where only a person like him psychologically can open ways to that region of the NN. In either case the idea is that whatever protections the Island has are likely far more potent than anything Lea would bother with. It is my personal theory that her Garden now connects to the Guest Quarters in Molly's place, which Harry said feels very similar to Home to him, which is what it would take to link to the same place.
Also, any speculation on whether he might wind up in possession of the castle on the site of his old digs--where she WAS protecting.
Thanks for your help! 8)
Thanks Aristh,doesn't seem to be much use unfortunately.Mainly it was the fact that when Mouse bit Thomas in Changes it burned Thomas,which raises all kinds of questions about whether animals can feel true love,and who Mouse loves enough to cause damage cause damage to Thomas.
Start yer topic, I have some thoughts I'd like to share.
Someone on these boards once posted some fun dummy pictures for a set of "Carpenter Files" and a "Butters Files" spinoff novels. It might have been for April Fools.
Does anybody remember where those were posted?
I'm looking for a (maybe not so) recent topic pertaining to Listens-to-Wind's offer of `anger management help' and any possible theory threads which that could involve.I don't think that particular line of discussion has come up yet. At least, not in the past several months.
A combination of things in SG and what I've heard about PT (book 16) have got me intrigued.
Thanks.
Before I post about it I'm just wondering if a thread exists about the many mentions in the series of Harry being a good man, his naming ability, and if Goodman Grey's name is deliberate and related or relevant to these two things?There is a list compiling all the various instances of Harry Naming Things (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,40120.0.html) yes, but nothing relating to Goodman Grey. Interesting thought though :)
I have a thought regarding the Dream Sequence in the Blue Beetle in Skin Game. Anyone know of a thread discussing it yet?Not that I can recall, and a search turns up threads w/people talking about the SoI, id-Harry, or Harry/Murphy dreams, but not one thread specifically based on the Molly/Blue Beetle dream sequence.
I was wondering, has anybody speculated as to whether other Norse gods, such as Thor or Loki, might be lurking in the background behind Odin? Also, now we've met Hades, what about other Greek/Roman gods like Apollo or Artemis? Is there existing discussion about this, and if not which would be the most suitable board to host a thread?Well, the appropriate forum would be the 'spoilers forum' as Hades entered the picture in SG, after all.
I wanna know if anyone knows or has hypothesized about Jim's two-sentence summaries of every book. I think the hivemind could make awesome and/or hilarious summaries of the books we know, but if there is a record of the official versions, that'd be pretty cool to see, too. Does a thread or record of this already exist?OMG, that would be awesome! To my knowledge (and I'm new here) no - no summaries like that.
OMG, that would be awesome! To my knowledge (and I'm new here) no - no summaries like that.
However, forum member wardenferry419 did a really cool list of comparisons &/or suggestions (future books) here (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,39743.msg1957033.html#msg1957033), under the thread title of "Possible Patterns". That thread is now locked, however. :-[
Is there a recent thread on foreshadowing?Confirmed and suspected?
I'm quite surprised that I can't find a thread dedicated to Harry and Lash's child. Am I just being oblivious?
While I'm at it, what is the best thread discussing the origins of Demonreach Penitentiary?
Hmmm, most of the child topics would be over a month old... Here's one of the best that I know of (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,41327.0.html).No apology necessary. Thanks for the info.
As to Demonreach... I think there is a reference topic discussing parallels with the Hebrew concept of "the deep," And I have an old pre-CD theory that it is where the benevolent powerful beings of Navajo belief went (and where the Skinwalker should have gone but chose not to, thus becoming malevolent)
aaaand, I woulda posted this 2 hours ago except it's taken me that long to finish writing that little bit because I'm really buisy, so I am sorry I didn't ferret out more links.
I know this is soon, and the Steam punk Book is presumably next on the horizen, but I have to ask ... what is the most current info on the next Dresden book?It's called Peace Talks so searching for that might be helpful: I'll leave it to forum gurus like Serack to pluck the WOJ links out of thin air "just like magic" ;)
I just pop in now and then to catch up, and I didn't find anything on it in my look around ...
Thank you! :-*
eh, are you sure you want to post it here?
In another topic I commented how I feel people is overreacting to the mantle thing. I have no problem with it and find that his reaction to this makes Harry more human and believable.
However, rethinking about how Jim might handle the situation, instead of Harry finding a way to ditch the Winter Knight job, Harry will receive training from LTW which allows him to either ignore or transcend the urging of the Knight's mantel. I think that might make Mab realize she will never bend Harry to her will
and also decide she no longer wants Harry to be her Knight. What would happen after that I couldn't guess, but it's one way for the situation to be resolved.
howdy! I've got a theory about the meaning of "Starchild." its pretty our there but i haven't seen anything about it. are there any threads started about it?
Had a thought but the level of research to check it out is daunting...It is not anything I have ever heard mentioned, actually. Closest I can think of was that a Black Hat might have been in the long list of things some people thing Malcolm Dresden could have been.
Has it been discussed whether or not Ebenezer McCoy is, or at one time might have been... Black Hat?
Anything that reduces that research load would help.
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Hey, been a while since I've been here, but I'm wondering if a topic exists discussing all the connections between Elaine Mallory and Nimue from the Arthurian legend?Not a recent one, but you might find Ms Duck's massive post of her theories interesting: A Badelynge of Quackiness (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,32663.msg1452248.html#msg1452248)
Any recent threads on fans "dream" cast for a movie/show?After many years of Casting Threads burring pretty much any other topic like a pestilent swarm, we've consolidated them all to a single stickied thread:
Anyone discussed how magical talent transfers, generationally? I know in White Night Harry claims it's salic descent...Not specifically, at least not for a while that Ive seen, mostly just because we havent gotten anything new on that topic for a while. The closest thing I know of is a thread a while back about having fae ancestry, which eventually led to a theory of how latent fae blood might be the source of Mortal Magical talent
Does anyone remember which thread, quite recent, talking about Mabs reasoning for a starborn WK?This one?
Is there a WoJ that actually states the relationship [or non-relationship] between Harry and his family, and the Original One-and-Only True Merlin? Or is that still up-in-the-air?
There is no such WOJ as yet. It is a commonly presented theory, based on the master/apprentice lineage that McCoy has leading directly to the original Merlin, but that is the only thing hinting at such a relationship, and it's requires that either all such magical lineages are kept to blood relations (unlikely), or B) McCoy's family, specifically, prefers to keep it in the Family and also keep that fact secret.
Someone wrote a "threat assessment" on Harry... something like "Why the Wardens Fear Harry" and goes on to give a really slanted view of what Harry has done/experienced. Very entertaining.
Don't remember exactly what title is and all my search attempts yield nothing.
Would love to read this to a friend so if you could provide the link I'd appreciate it.
:)
"This is why the Council is Afraid of Harry Dresden"Very cool, ty so much.
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,19774.0.html
It's kept in the Reference Collection
I saw a mention of one in a Reddit thread and I was understandably skeptical. Figured it couldn't hurt to check it out.Iirc there is one that implies what mattered in that sanctum invocation was Harry's blood. And ya know, it was originally Merlins baby, so rites of inheritance may be in play.
Iirc there is one that implies what mattered in that sanctum invocation was Harry's blood. And ya know, it was originally Merlins baby, so rites of inheritance may be in play.Nothing like that that I can recall or find right now, but that's far from definitive...
Gave him a name and /blood/.
With all these plots that are going on, with Mab and Lea obviously playing games against one another, with archangels sticking there nose in, with vague supernatural entities that live on islands, how are all these conflicting interests, where Dresden’s getting pulled in different directions by all of them, how are they going to play out in the future?it's in reply number 11, future DF works in the main transcript page.
I know that a lot of the folks that are generally perceived as bad guys aren’t necessarily, there are several who are currently perceived as good guys who aren’t necessarily, and we’ll continue to have those fall out over the next several books
it's in reply number 11, future DF works in the main transcript page.That's one I hadn't seen. I was thinking of another one, in a video I saw where he's being asked -- I think it's about Mac's 'secret identity' -- and he gets a little evasive and smirks a bit as he admits that there are several characters running around that aren't all they seem.
I thought I saw something about a WOJ stating that Harry was planning on keeping Bonnie away from Bob. I've tried searching the forums and came up blank. Anyone know if this is a thing?It was extremely recent, something to the effect that he'd have a traditional Father-holding-a-shotgun conversation with bob at some point. Iirc it was because she already has waaay more knowledge than she knows how to manage responsibly, and Bob is not a good role model for Responsible.
Hello guys. I used the search function in the forum and google to try to find a topic about Harry's guitar playing skills, but couldn't find anything. Does anyone know if such a topic exists? Would it be okay to create one and talk about if it will show on future books?
I'm trying to find a recent topic in which there's a WoJ that the Jotunn were the previous defenders of the Outer Gates. Anyone know where I can find either the topic or better yet the youtube video or AMA where Jim says it?It's a common working theory around here that the Jotunn were the previous defenders of the Outer Gates, but I doubt it's been confirmed by WoJ. It would have made a big splash in the threads that hasn't happened.
Looking for posts on the Knights of the Cross being connected to Royalty...No recent discussion thread that Im aware of. There are WOJ's relating to it if that helps, and the actual mention of it in the Books happens in Ch 15 of SmF.
#387 “You mentioned that all of the Knights of the Cross were of royal heritage. Why is this? Does being royal make you more qualified to be one of the Knights?”
It doesn’t make you qualified, so much as it makes you /responsible/. It’s a small but important distinction.
I’ve seen a well-done argument that defined goodness, in the Dresden stories, as power balanced by responsibility–and evil as power without accompanying responsibility to restrain and control it. I liked it.
Roger...thanks...I'm re-reading Small Favor now...I know Sanya and Shiro were both descended from Royalty...I don't remember if Michael knew he was...or if they were going to research it...if it was a prerequisite to being chosen as a Knight then I wanted Murphy to be descended from Royalty because I wanted her to be the wielder of the Sword of Faith (probably not going to happen now)...but now Butters is a Knight...so is he also a descendant of Royalty?At the end of SmF Harry gave molly geological homework, she found that her line goes back to Charlemagne. No word on Murphy, Susan, or Butters (though the argument could be that Susan had linage back to The Red King, if that counts).
Everyone’s chatting about Cowl and Kemmler all the time, but this is far from the only mysteries about the Dresden Files. I’ve only been here for about two months, so I’m curious – have any of these topics been discussed at all in length? I’ve searched and not found anything. I’m not really looking to start new topics (well, except for the unlikely event that no one’s discussed it and it’s a really good topic) but am really just curious to know what the general consensus is on these things, and if there’s any really juicy fan theories.At one point or another I've seen them all discussed or joined in myself. you wanna hear about one of them, make a thread for it. I doubt any random discussions on them were saved. I can think of at least one example for each of hthose off the top of my head though.
There was originally one other item on this list, but I found the discussion on Thorned Namshiel’s coin. Interesting discussion – I had certainly considered everyone in the helicopter, but had not considered a member of the Fomor as a possible recipients, nor that Mab might have snagged it and have it on ice somewhere.
- What really happened to Milwaukee in 1994.
- Presuming it’s not “nothing”, what lies beyond the Outer Gates.
- Mother Winter and Summer’s most powerful name.
- What the curses “Hells Bells” and “Stars and Stones” actually mean. I actually find the implication of which curses are used by which people to be really interesting.
- What allowed Malcom Dresden to contact Harry during Dead Beat, and why he hasn’t spoken since.
- Any metaphysical significance to Harry’s Halloween birthday or Thomas’ Valentines Day birthday
I'm almost done reading Skin Game and I have a question about Laschiel's coin. When did it get freed and available for Hanah Asher to own it? Last I knew, Harry buried it under a foot of concrete in the basement of his house. Who dug it up?