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The Dresden Files => DF Spoilers => Topic started by: isoycrazy on June 11, 2017, 11:15:50 AM
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Okay, this is going off all of Butcher's other works, but he never writes the solo hero. His heroes always have friends and companions with them. Some they make from former enemies.
Given his lazy nature, I don't see Jim as breaking this trend. So, who do you think Maggie will make friends with? What other species of supernatural creatures might she befriend? The outcasts and freaks among the supernatural?
Perhaps a relatively lowborn Svatalf who looks like a computer nerd or shop kid? Sent there to serve a high ranking noble's kid.
A changling, maybe of Winter alignment, who will seek to ride Maggie's coattails. She is the daughter of the Winter Knight and close to the family of the new Winter Lady. Being her enemy wouldn't be smart in the long run.
Or the alpha bitch of some high born nature who Maggie saves and turns ally?
If River Shoulders wasn't the only bigfoot to sire a child with a human, that could be another friend.
Or even a scion or two.
Thoughts?
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one think i am sure to guess is child of thomas aka maggies cousin or cousins gonna be in the books maybe as rich kid of the school
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I really want Harry Carpenter to have magical potential based off of his mother's suppressed power and his exposure to the Nightmare's magic. Imagine a Carpenter kid having a natural talent for ectomancy or necromancy, who's unknowingly opening ways past the Carpenter threshold, which is why Maggie and Mouse have been monster stomping.
Oh, and if we could have Alison Ann Summers worked in there as well, having been touched by magic as an infant in GP.
Not to mention Fitz, depending on the timing and levels of education provided. He was about seventeen in GS, but if he's missed school while living on the streets, and the school has college level courses, then he could be attending at the same time as Maggie.
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I really want Harry Carpenter to have magical potential based off of his mother's suppressed power and his exposure to the Nightmare's magic. Imagine a Carpenter kid having a natural talent for ectomancy or necromancy, who's unknowingly opening ways past the Carpenter threshold, which is why Maggie and Mouse have been monster stomping.
Oh, and if we could have Alison Ann Summers worked in there as well, having been touched by magic as an infant in GP.
Not to mention Fitz, depending on the timing and levels of education provided. He was about seventeen in GS, but if he's missed school while living on the streets, and the school has college level courses, then he could be attending at the same time as Maggie.
HC could be going to a nice Catholic School instead, which is probably well protected from bad things.
Fitz, wouldn't he be a bit old to be going to this school? I thought SMAGT was a K-12 school, not a university.
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HC could be going to a nice Catholic School instead, which is probably well protected from bad things.
Fitz, wouldn't he be a bit old to be going to this school? I thought SMAGT was a K-12 school, not a university.
That's why it'd be dependent on the correct circumstances. I can't recall if Fitz told Harry he was seventeen, or if Harry just guessed he was seventeen. The former would require that he was undereducated, and had to enroll at a lower level than his age would normally indicate. The latter would allow for more possibilities.
As for Harry, it'd depend on if he exhibited any talent, and if he wanted to give up his power. He's older than Maggie, but we haven't seen anything of him in ages, other than a brief cameo in SG. For all we know, he's just as rebellious as Molly, and after a difficult stint at public or Catholic school, Michael and Charity would reluctantly agree to him attending school with Maggie, to give her a friend.
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Given the fun he apparently had writing cats into Cinder Spires, I imagine he'd have Maggie teaming up with one in some fashion.
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Or the alpha bitch of some high born nature who Maggie saves and turns ally?
Well, he mentioned the young goblins as an example of kid-scale problems. If Maggie's going to save anyone and win the loyalty of a former adversary, a goblin would make a pretty good heavy for the squad.
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I must have missed the young goblin's example. Was that from one of the comics?
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I must have missed the young goblin's example. Was that from one of the comics?
It was from the video that Priscilla recorded at the Phoenix panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CUtuL8JvnM
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Given the fun he apparently had writing cats into Cinder Spires, I imagine he'd have Maggie teaming up with one in some fashion.
Seeing that Maggie's Dad already has Mister, I don't see another feline joining the cast, but I could be wrong.
I think it would be interesting to see a relative of Tera West...
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I would love to see Marcone having a secret child, a boy who also goes to the same school as Maggie will. ;D
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What would be really cool is if Maggie's feline friend ended up being Cat Sith's child.
As to enemies ... I'm seeing someone like Svarltalt's kid. The only problem is it's been done.
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I think will and Georgia Bordon's child would be an interesting character to introduce . I would love to see a short story about Maggie baby sitting a three or four year old Bordon child who has just found out that mom and dad are were-wolves and having Bonny advising her .
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I would love to see Marcone having a secret child, a boy who also goes to the same school as Maggie will. ;D
And then parent-teacher nights became VERY awkward.
I'd be up for that idea though, just for that alone.
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And then parent-teacher nights became VERY awkward.
I'd be up for that idea though, just for that alone.
And of course then Maggie and Marcone Jr. start to get feelings for each other, to make Harry totally freak out. ^^
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And at the school dance this Friday, a new Halon system was installed just to be safe.
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I totally see Harry doing a daddy version of the shovel talk,but with a specially enchanted shovel just to demonstrate why it is Importent not to upset or harm the daughter of a wizard.
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I totally see Harry doing a daddy version of the shovel talk,but with a specially enchanted shovel just to demonstrate why it is Importent not to upset or harm the daughter of a wizard.
Like with the brooms from Storm Front?
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I can't NOT get in on this after seeing this thread!
So...
One of the issues we run into with this is that the children of Harry's friends - for the most part - are years apart from Maggie. So, I'm going to drop that idea all together and go with completely non team Dresden related ideas... other than the secret son of Marcone. That idea is just too amazing, especially if he's actually the Xander of the group because Marcone is trying to keep him away from the dark side of business until he's older. Protecting children is one of Marcone's goals, after all.
For a heavy... Troll girl has already been done with Meryl, so I'm going to avoid beings of fairy origin. Perhaps the scion of one of the small "d" dragons might be interesting. Someone who still has the ability to switch between human form and claws, wings, scales, fire-breath galore! But, who is just a whelp, a baby of their kind who can't do much else. Alternatively, we've already been given the Heavy in the form of Mouse. See "Mouse fights a van" in Proven Guilty. Or, maybe the two of them develop an almost Gimly and legolas relationship.
Another character that might be fun, if we're adding a feline presence to the team might be a Neko. Most of what we have seen so far is based in Western mythology and it might be fun to see a bit of what the eastern mythical creatures are up to. Are they fighting the Outsiders as well? Or, are they trying to deal with other problems? Yes, a child probably wouldn't let us see much of this, but they might provide a glimpse. Alternatively, they might provide nightmare fuel in the question of: Are Neko actually the changelings of Malks who have had children with humans? :o
Alternatively, the baby dragon could play the feline role, as the tendency in fiction is to depict them similarly to cats...
I do like the idea of Maggie making friends with the pretty and popular girl who begins as her arch nemesis... but the pool of possible stereotyped origins is rather slim. Sidhe of some kind? White Court? A sylph might be fun, providing the team with some air support(unless the dragon isn't too young to fly yet).
Another magic user or two would be fitting, I think. Harry does have a number of wizard allies alongside his closer friends. Perhaps the kid of a local sorcerer or paranet member who has a lot of promise when it comes to magic? Someone who's skills complement or contrast with Maggie's(if she's a potential wizard). It might also be cool to have someone like Abby from the Ordo, with future sight powers. Might make a fun "super awkward smart kid." Alternatively, someone with Casandra's Tears or - in general - some other divination-based ability.
...There are too many fun ideas.
Mostly though, I'm hoping for things we haven't seen before in large quantity. We've seen a lot of the vampires and the fairies, and I doubt we're going to get a twelve-year-old knight of the cross(unless Maggie sneaks out one night with Amorachious). What haven't we seen a lot of? That's what I want to see.
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I like the idea of a 12 year old knight of the cross....remember most of the knights are temporary and only pick up the sword for a short time for a specific purpose.
if I remember correctly harry hid the swords in plane site when he was the one keeping the swords. at one point in the books the sword was kept right by the front door along with his umbrella.
I don't know who currently is watching the one sword that does not have knight. it would be fun if one of Maggie's friends was visiting and borrowed temporarily one of the swords for a task not quiet understanding what it was for.
Perhaps one of Maggie's friends accidently touched a denerien coin and is facing the temptation of the fallen. while not having the coin it self because it is currently with a denarian the child still has the imprint of a fallen in there head helping the child to make bad decisions. and the sword is used to give back free will to the child .
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I like the idea of a 12 year old knight of the cross....remember most of the knights are temporary and only pick up the sword for a short time for a specific purpose.
if I remember correctly harry hid the swords in plane site when he was the one keeping the swords. at one point in the books the sword was kept right by the front door along with his umbrella.
I don't know who currently is watching the one sword that does not have knight. it would be fun if one of Maggie's friends was visiting and borrowed temporarily one of the swords for a task not quiet understanding what it was for.
Perhaps one of Maggie's friends accidently touched a denerien coin and is facing the temptation of the fallen. while not having the coin it self because it is currently with a denarian the child still has the imprint of a fallen in there head helping the child to make bad decisions. and the sword is used to give back free will to the child .
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All I want is for one of her friends to be a scion of the Summer Court who's sire was some sort of frog faerie, so the kid is a froggy lookin' thing with massively oversized glasses that magnify his eyes and a nervous croak he counters with an inhaler.
I also wouldn't mind seeing Irwin Pounder come back as a P.E. teacher. He'd be an interesting go-to spot for advice when Maggie needs it.
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I want to see a kid of Gard and Hendricks. Half Valkyrie who has to die or prove herself before she becomes a Chooser of the Slain.
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I think it would be interesting to see a relative of Tera West...
Wasn't she pregnant at the end of Fool Moon? MacFinn's curse explicitly states that his bloodline can't end, and it's not mentioned if he was seeing anyone else. The kid would be the right age to be one of the older kids, too.
Marcone having a secret kid would be... weird. A nephew, though... that wouldn't require any in-universe explanation, and can functionally be the same as a son.
It'd be kind of cool to see Monica Sells's kids, maybe as guidance counselors or something, or the supernatural equivalent of the DARE program. Maybe the homeless kids from Ghost Story. I'd like to see them have some kind of happy ending.
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Wasn't she pregnant at the end of Fool Moon? MacFinn's curse explicitly states that his bloodline can't end, and it's not mentioned if he was seeing anyone else. The kid would be the right age to be one of the older kids, too.
Marcone having a secret kid would be... weird. A nephew, though... that wouldn't require any in-universe explanation, and can functionally be the same as a son.
It'd be kind of cool to see Monica Sells's kids, maybe as guidance counselors or something, or the supernatural equivalent of the DARE program. Maybe the homeless kids from Ghost Story. I'd like to see them have some kind of happy ending.
The theory going round is that Fitz from Ghost Story is their kid.
I also want to see Kringle play a roll in his protector of children guise.
Plus it'd be cool to see some children centric Fae like Jack Frost and Peter Pan.