I can't be enthusiastic about the possibility of Butcher following GRRM's path in getting involved with TV/movie adaptations.  With 5 or so years between publishing Dresden books since 2015 and with, what, 7 more to go after Twelve Months is scheduled to be released in January 2026, I'd much, much wish that he focus on finishing Dresden.

Or he can also get a co-writer and start pumping Dresden books out every 12-24 months like he did through Skin Game. 
Even then, the Dresden files wouldn't likely be done for 10 more years.

I agree with you on this, especially as long as he is projecting the series to go.  I have always thought that he needs to edit, wrap up unresolved stuff on the margins and get to the meat of the story.

Excellent point. I admit that I was thinking younger wizard as thrall not younger wizard as ally at the island. This wrinkle opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Does anyone know where Carlos is during this fight on the island?

Is he even mentioned?  A couple of points, Carlos is a team player for the most part unlike Harry, in other words he'd spend more time at headquarters, signing orders and exposed to Peabody ink. Carlos in spite of his position is one of the younger wizards, more vulnerable to it's effects.  Did anyone bother to see if Carlos was affected by the ink?  If not rehabbed is the effect of the ink long lasting, and his ill fated sexual encounter with Molly just cemented his paranoia and feelings against Harry.

Having said that, returning to the thread topic, I prefer g33k’s concept that Harry is prescient to the idea that he is broadcasting his thoughts.  Broadcasting his thoughts, even if restricted to certain “sensitive” individuals, could be a distinct weakness for Harry.  And outside the phrase repetition, there is no evidence I can recall of Harry’s enemies knowing what he is thinking.  For example, none of Harry’s companions in Skin Game seemed to be aware of his arrangement with Goodman Grey.

They didn't know about the arrangement with Goodman Grey because they were made at Mac's Bar with special security blockers put on by Mab.

During turncoat Harry was not a cadet more a lieutenant banging the police captain. He had a whole region and Wardens who report to him. Its the loose cannon on the force banging the chief, the very strict chief . Its Riggs banging the Captain in lethal weapon,
Imagine mike lawrey from bad boys banging his captain.

Yes, he is a cadet in as much has he had none of the training that the other wardens go through.  You will remember he was drafted in Dead Beat and automatically made Regional Commander for North America.  And again, I agree the Regional Commander banging the Captain of the whole force smells bad, because Harry is seen as loose cannon, and he was banging his commander.  So why wasn't that picked up by anyone?  Could it be subtle manipulation, i.e. nudge, nudge, by Peabody ink so that those on the Senior Council, fellow commanders like Carlos, were aware of it, but because of the nudge, nudge of the Peabody ink chose to look the other way? Something they would not have done if they weren't under the influence.  It's like drinking and driving, maybe not legally drunk by any breath test, i.e. the older wizards, but reflexes slowed just enough to where if something popped up they might not be able to react swift enough, so wreck!  As in what Harry said about some of the decisions that were made during the war with the Red Court.

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  I would think that they would, there is that faction of the Senior Council that would like nothing more than to see Harry, minus his head..

The WC is old fashioned they don't object to master student relationships what makes you thing they would object to a relationship between two consenting adults. Im not sure if there is any formal code for relationships between members, Wardens and SC. And given their lifespans and small numbers trying to enforce a no relationship clause is asking for a headache

Yeah.....But this is a bit different, this is the police captain banging one of her academy cadets..  A cadet with a questionable past in the middle of a murder investigation, that should pop up a few red flags here and there.. Which actually gets to the heart of what I am talking about, the effect of the Peabody's ink's nudges on the senior members of the Council.  Did those nudges blind them to those red flags?  Which actually fits nicely with why Peabody had no problem pushing Luccio towards Harry, which normally the Senior Council would notice and object to, this time was passed off under the influence as, as you say an affair between to consenting adults, makes the Captain happy so who cares?

Just a thought.  There is a general assumption being made that if Peabody brought a younger member of the Council with him to Demonreach, that person was just muscle; and more important, someone Peabody mind raped into being his thrall.

What if Peabody brought a younger member of the Council, but not a thrall?  Someone who made a conscious choice to join The Black Council; or whatever they call their alliance, because they had their own grievance against the White Council?  You don't have to be old and disillusioned to betray your principles and the people who trust you.  There is also the possibility this person was a plant from the beginning.  Like the Matt Damon character in the Scorcese movie, The Departed.

We don't know the backstory of any of the younger Wardens Harry befriended.  Of course, only two of them are still alive.  (I'm assuming Chandler is still alive, somewhere.)

It's just something to consider and keep in mind.

And a good idea, and very possible.. However perhaps too simplistic on the face, but on the other hand the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.  Or if you buy that Peabody was merely someone else's cat's paw, that person or creature was on the island with him.

He already renegotiated his contract in a sense. After he did the whole ghost thing and found out that his attempt to kill himself failed, he told Mab that he is not going to obey her blindly and he will fulfill his jobs the way he thinks they should be done. If she couldn't work with that then he would force her to get rid of him by obeying her tasks to the letter, but showing no initiative.

I still think, and I have to go through the short stories that there is a rule that Harry can't negotiate for cash.. Then again I most likely dreamed it..

there is an obligation between WK and Queen, WK and lady , WK and mother. Its not Mab fault that her WK cant / wont  negotiate for better treatment.
Im sure the is a WK expense account that harry will be shocked to find out about once he no longer needs money

It's possible, however I don't remember Slate exactly living high off the hog either.

I think both theories have been posted here over the years.. It will be interesting to see what happens now.  Actually Alfred might be able to "jail" the Hunger Demon leaving just Thomas minus the parasite.