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The wait for a new owner has been long and has been brought up in multiple books. Here are some reasons it may be the least likeable Dresden verse character.
1. Shiro became a Christian because he wanted to see Elvis. Sanya used to follow the nickleheads. Butters is a jew. So obviously left field wieldeders is not unheard of.
2. Rudy has been around since the beginning. He was introduced before just about anybody besides Murphy. There has to be a reason.
3. It would be an interesting choice since its the sword of Love. Considering what happened in Battleground.
4. Jim loves making Harry's life difficult.
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The wait for a new owner has been long and has been brought up in multiple books. Here are some reasons it may be the least likeable Dresden verse character.
1. Shiro became a Christian because he wanted to see Elvis. Sanya used to follow the nickleheads. Butters is a jew. So obviously left field wieldeders is not unheard of.
2. Rudy has been around since the beginning. He was introduced before just about anybody besides Murphy. There has to be a reason.
3. It would be an interesting choice since its the sword of Love. Considering what happened in Battleground.
4. Jim loves making Harry's life difficult.
Maybe, but that gets old after a while, making Harry's life difficult can't be just for the sake of.
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The wait for a new owner has been long and has been brought up in multiple books. Here are some reasons it may be the least likeable Dresden verse character.
1. Shiro became a Christian because he wanted to see Elvis. Sanya used to follow the nickleheads. Butters is a jew. So obviously left field wieldeders is not unheard of.
2. Rudy has been around since the beginning. He was introduced before just about anybody besides Murphy. There has to be a reason.
3. It would be an interesting choice since its the sword of Love. Considering what happened in Battleground.
4. Jim loves making Harry's life difficult.
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The wait for a new owner has been long and has been brought up in multiple books. Here are some reasons it may be the least likeable Dresden verse character.
1. Shiro became a Christian because he wanted to see Elvis. Sanya used to follow the nickleheads. Butters is a jew. So obviously left field wieldeders is not unheard of.
2. Rudy has been around since the beginning. He was introduced before just about anybody besides Murphy. There has to be a reason.
3. It would be an interesting choice since its the sword of Love. Considering what happened in Battleground.
4. Jim loves making Harry's life difficult.
Is this rage bait?
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Its not rage bait. There has to be a reason he's been in so many storylines. Seriously, how many times has he been there to mess things up. How many books has he been in where he did the worst thing at the time but somehow escapes with no consequences. He even got promotions. Since book 1 he's been there.
1. Donald Morgan, dead
2. Murphy, dead
3. Bianca, dead
4. Carmichael, dead
5. Susan, dead
6. Marcone is alive.
Most of the characters in that book are dead. The rest have at some point helped Harry at some point. There has to be a reason. Do I despise Rudy? He might be one of my least favorite characters EVER.
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Its not rage bait. There has to be a reason he's been in so many storylines. Seriously, how many times has he been there to mess things up. How many books has he been in where he did the worst thing at the time but somehow escapes with no consequences. He even got promotions. Since book 1 he's been there.
1. Donald Morgan, dead
2. Murphy, dead
3. Bianca, dead
4. Carmichael, dead
5. Susan, dead
6. Marcone is alive.
Most of the characters in that book are dead. The rest have at some point helped Harry at some point. There has to be a reason. Do I despise Rudy? He might be one of my least favorite characters EVER.
Narratively-speaking, I think Rudolph is beyond redemption; he is incapable of wielding a Sword. But (also narratively-speaking) I think you may be onto something -- he's got remarkable longevity, given the threat-level going on.
It's possible he's only still there to provide someone to fully-despise and disdain; a full-on "villain" but not a serious "threat."
My own theory is that he's eventually going to be a thread that Harry can tug on, that will lead deep into BBEG plotting.
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I think that speculation makes sense, that Rudolph has a bigger role here than's been revealed yet. The name 'Rudolph' is Germanic and means 'famous wolf' or 'glory wolf.' Any famous wolfs in mythology? Particularly Germanic? Possible that Rudolph is Loki in disguise?
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I can't see him as Loki. Not really his style. Also, to hide from Harry this long would be a major thing. He would have to escaped soul gaze, 3rd eye drug and Odin.
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Narratively-speaking, I think Rudolph is beyond redemption; he is incapable of wielding a Sword. But (also narratively-speaking) I think you may be onto something -- he's got remarkable longevity, given the threat-level going on.
It's possible he's only still there to provide someone to fully-despise and disdain; a full-on "villain" but not a serious "threat."
My own theory is that he's eventually going to be a thread that Harry can tug on, that will lead deep into BBEG plotting.
I also agree that Rudolph is beyond redemption, however at some point Harry may find that in order to move on and do what needs to be done in the BAT he will have to forgive him for killing Murphy. I don't think Rudolph is full on evil, just ignorant and when he killed Murphy insane from fear.
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... and when he killed Murphy insane from fear.
TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
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TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
I think most of us agree he is not evil per se. I think it can be worse, the banality of evil comes to mind. But that is not what I want to say. I wanted to post that I do not think he is Loki or anyone doing what he did on purpose, because of the light saber a.k.a. Fidelacchius. It would have probably accepted that Harry was not a monster if he tried to go against a supernatural or evildoer like Loki. It knew Harry was overreacting and that is why it hurt him.
Even when I do not think Rudy is random evil in disguise, I have not discarded the idea that he could have been under some kind of magical influence, like an entropy curse or something like that. I can see JB creating a sort of reverse Felix Felicis, just to have some fun with the fans of that other wizard called Harry.
Lots of forces act around Harry all the time. Some of them, he can control and even create but most of them, he cannot.
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He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
Yes, of course, but he was also in full panic mode brought on by paranoia based on what was happening around him.
TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
Not good for a police officer in the best of times, but that moment was hardly normal, and given the context in which the event happened and Rudy's reactions, he would of shot off his own big toe if it twitched because of his state of mind
Even when I do not think Rudy is random evil in disguise, I have not discarded the idea that he could have been under some kind of magical influence, like an entropy curse or something like that. I can see JB creating a sort of reverse Felix Felicis, just to have some fun with the fans of that other wizard called Harry.
I tend to agree with you, though I think Rudy suffers from paranoia. Paranoid people see threats everywhere, many not in the least rational. The kicker is good luck with trying to convince them that what they fear isn't a threat. In a normal world Rudy may have been able to continue and function pretty well as a police officer, but Harry's world isn't normal, he totally cracked and Murphy paid the price with her life. The future question will be I think is whether or not his fellow officers or the court can spot his paranoia, believe me it isn't as easy as you might think it is.
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Rudolph would have to have some incredible character growth to be viable as a candidate to wield a sword.
maybe if the plot demands another sword needs to be broken, he'll get to use one...
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TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
He didn't mean to shoot, he was just "twitchy," had his finger on the trigger when he shouldn't have... and twitched at the wrong moment.
I still think there was more to that scene. Lot of hints that something above Harry's weight class was subtly breaking the rules to ensure the outcome.
Best guess, Lasciel and/or Anduriel were whispering to Rudy to manipulate him. Killing Karrin ended the possibility of her undertaking any more knightly activities after learning from her mistake in SG, and nearly corrupted Harry into committing a wrathful cold-blooded murder in revenge - would have, if not for the intervention of two KotC (hmmm...). Both Fallen also had ample pettier motives to want revenge against both Harry and Karrin, for their combined roles in both Lash' redemption and screwing over the Denarian's agenda in SG.
He's still a toad, but I'm pretty sure he was robbed of the choice to be anything other than a toad in that particular moment.
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... would have, if not for the intervention of two KotC (hmmm...)
^^^ Yeah, this ^^^
Two KotC's -- the only two Swords with wielders! -- are there in one scene, one fight...
taking the field against Harry Dresden.
The Knights whose main purpose is to oppose Denarian corruption, specifically.
Tell me again how we can be so certain that Lasciel's Shadow is gone from Harry...?
Not "Lash," but Lasciel's Shadow...
... nearly corrupted Harry into committing a wrathful cold-blooded murder ...
<flips back through books>
<looks for last time Harry was having, not just "anger," but out-of-control anger issues>
Huh... when the Shadow was influencing Harry without his realizing it, that's when.
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My theory here is that the "imprint" of Lasciel takes some time to spawn a "Shadow" to interact with the mortal Host.
But that the imprint of the Fallen Angel is still there, having watched Harry actually redeem the Shadow into "Lash." And it's still working on it's original mission; because it never actually interacted with Harry... never got changed by him. So it's beginning to stir, again... this rage might be the sign of a newly-forming Shadow.
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Two KotC's -- the only two Swords with wielders! -- are there in one scene, one fight...
taking the field against Harry Dresden.
Fight against? Or acting to stop and save Harry from himself in the emotion of the moment. What Butters and Sanya did was no different from what you see in a sporting event when a player feels he was done dirty and wants to fight the guy who did it. His teammates will do whatever they can to stop him from doing it. Why? If he gets kicked out of the game or a severe penalty it hurts the whole team and there is a good chance they will lose. Now is that really fighting against their teammate? Or is it an aggressive way of saving a teammate from himself? I say it's the latter. Harry was out of his mind with grief and anger after Rudy murdered Murphy before his eyes.. An angry out of control [understandably Harry was in that moment] isn't easy to hold back, almost impossible to stop, but they managed. The influence of Lasciel? Doubtful, more likely just plain grief and anger at what he had just witnessed. Also let's not forget that Rudy had been on both his and Murphy's case for sometime, so very easy for Harry to jump to the conclusion that Rudy did this deliberately, maybe trying to kill him, but Murphy got in the way and died for it. Fighting against? No, just doing their best to prevent a critical member of their team from being thrown out of the game and thus making matters way worse for their team.
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Fight against? Or acting to stop and save Harry from himself in the emotion of the moment.
Yeah, I read that way more in the save Harry from himself sense - "against" is not really applicable. The faithsaber burned him to *warn* him, after all.
I'm not sure I buy the part about intense anger indicating Harry still has a shadow attached to him after all, either. He got a lot colder than when Lash was torqueing his temper, real quickly. Seems more Winter mantle behaviour.
My read on the scene was something powerful and knowledgeable, probably one or both of the Fallen, manipulated Rudy's mind and snarled Harry up from using his power for anything defensive for a few seconds. But they were counting on the Winter mantle to take care of driving him to the actual revenge murder part.
Could saving Rudy for a future purpose have been another dimension of the Knight's purpose? I think they were mostly there to counter the Fallen cheating to manipulate Harry into murder, but I guess a dual objective is possible. I'd still be surprised if any future purpose Rudy was spared for is a knighthood of his own, though. He's basically the Gollum of TDF - best I can see is doing some accidental good, then tripping into a (metaphorical) volcano.
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Fight against? Or acting to stop and save Harry from himself in the emotion of the moment. What Butters and Sanya did was no different from what you see in a sporting event when a player feels he was done dirty and wants to fight the guy who did it. His teammates will do whatever they can to stop him from doing it. Why? If he gets kicked out of the game or a severe penalty it hurts the whole team and there is a good chance they will lose. Now is that really fighting against their teammate? Or is it an aggressive way of saving a teammate from himself? I say it's the latter. Harry was out of his mind with grief and anger after Rudy murdered Murphy before his eyes.. An angry out of control [understandably Harry was in that moment] isn't easy to hold back, almost impossible to stop, but they managed. The influence of Lasciel? Doubtful, more likely just plain grief and anger at what he had just witnessed. Also let's not forget that Rudy had been on both his and Murphy's case for sometime, so very easy for Harry to jump to the conclusion that Rudy did this deliberately, maybe trying to kill him, but Murphy got in the way and died for it. Fighting against? No, just doing their best to prevent a critical member of their team from being thrown out of the game and thus making matters way worse for their team.
I agree with all this, Mira.
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Yeah, I read that way more in the save Harry from himself sense - "against" is not really applicable. The faithsaber burned him to *warn* him, after all.
Yes... exactly! The faithsaber's angelic powers activated.
Again and again, we see Uriel explaining that purely-mortal actions and purely-mortal choices do not give the Angels any scope to act.
Nicodemus' cadre of "Squires" shot up Michael's house, broke in, grabbed Charity, put Uriel's mortal form at risk (with no Grace to save him!), while a bunch of literal guardian Angels stood by and did ... nothing. Because the Squires were all mortals, acting with enough "Free Will" to be beyond Angelic intervention.
If it were just "Harry being Harry" -- mortal, fallible, flawed -- the Angel wouldn't have given Harry the slightest bit of discomfort. The Angels don't stop mortals from mortally screwing-up. The pain was a clear demonstration that, justified as his rage may have been, it wasn't just Harry being Harry; Harry was being influenced.
... I'm not sure I buy the part about intense anger indicating Harry still has a shadow attached to him after all, either. He got a lot colder than when Lash was torqueing his temper, real quickly. Seems more Winter mantle behaviour...
TBH, I agree with you. Harry's symptoms were more "Wintery" than "Hellish," and we know the Knights might have a particular interest in opposing the Denarians... but they'll stand against pretty much any/every supernatural threat.
An enraged Winterknight certainly qualifies (and justifies the Angelic action)!
I consider the "Lasciel's Shadow" theory a 2nd-choice to the "Winter Mantle" one, but also: why not both? I'm quite certain Lasciel knows how Faerie and Winter and Knightmantles work, and her Shadow likely knows how to work with "cold wintery rage." Deception isn't "second nature" to the Fallen, it's their first nature!
And, I repeat a critical point: not one but two KotC's, 100% of the Swords in-play, were came to stop Harry; who was, in the end, merely a Knight of Faerie. Any one KotC could likely have stopped the Winterknight. Both of them taking the field? That hints more-than-gently at Denarian influence.
So (despite it being my "second choice" here) I find the Shadow not at all a distant second!
... My read on the scene was something powerful and knowledgeable, probably one or both of the Fallen, manipulated Rudy's mind ...
I don't think malign influence upon Rudy allows Angels to act to stop Harry. I point again to the Squires invading Michael's home: those Squires certainly were under Nicodemus & Anduriel's influence; but the Angels still permitted the attack on Michael's home, and for Charity to be abducted.
But honestly, my take on Rudy was that he was indeed "just being Rudy:" cowardly, panicked, deep in denial about the existence of magic, stressed to the edge of sanity because he's experiencing magic with his own senses and still refuses to believe. And really crappy trigger discipline.
We've seen all of this before from Rudy. And yes, this is perhaps the worst we've ever seen it... but then, the situation is the worst he has ever seen: an actual supernatural army is invading Chicago!
I don't think it takes the whispers of a Shadow (or other supernatural influence) to explain any of shitty things Rudy does.
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If it were just "Harry being Harry" -- mortal, fallible, flawed -- the Angel wouldn't have given Harry the slightest bit of discomfort. The Angels don't stop mortals from mortally screwing-up. The pain was a clear demonstration that, justified as his rage may have been, it wasn't just Harry being Harry; Harry was being influenced.
Under normal circumstances I would agree, however the murder of and dying in his arms of the woman he loved, wasn't normal. Harry's reaction actually was a very normal human one, extreme emotion, grief, anger, shock, freeze, flight, or fight. There was no thought process in his reaction, it was simply reaction. It was Harry, reacting as a normal human, except Harry isn't a normal human, he is a powerful wizard and Winter Knight.
And, I repeat a critical point: not one but two KotC's, 100% of the Swords in-play, were came to stop Harry; who was, in the end, merely a Knight of Faerie. Any one KotC could likely have stopped the Winterknight. Both of them hints more-than-gently at Denarian influence.
No, it was simply that it took that kind of power to stop a powerful wizard/Winter Knight who was in that moment a very upset human being who was reacting with understandably extreme grief and anger. When Murphy died, Harry simply lost it, nothing more, but when a powerful wizard/Winter Knight loses it, it takes the likes of two Holy Knights to first stop him from harming anyone in his state, then calm him. You see it at a football game, if a three hundred pound lineman loses it because a guy on the other team got in a cheap shot, it takes several other linemen to stop him, then calm him. It isn't something you normally see a quarterback or one of the smaller backs do, they just aren't physically strong enough to hold him back in that moment
I don't think malign influence upon Rudy allows Angels to act to stop Harry. I point again to the Squires invading Michael's home: those Squires certainly were under Nicodemus & Anduriel's influence; but the Angels still permitted the attack on Michael's home, and for Charity to be abducted.
It wasn't angels that stopped Harry in that moment, it was his very human friends who stopped him, true they were better equipped, but in the end it was his very human friends risking injury to stop their very upset, but powerful and dangerous friend from doing something he'd regret later, and in the end harm their cause.
I don't think it takes the whispers of a Shadow (or other supernatural influence) to explain any of shitty things Rudy does.
I don't think so either, in the end Rudy is an emotionally unstable person who is also in plain English, an asshole.
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... It wasn't angels that stopped Harry in that moment, it was his very human friends who stopped him, true they were better equipped, but in the end it was his very human friends risking injury to stop their very upset, but powerful and dangerous friend from doing something he'd regret later, and in the end harm their cause ...
Yes, his friends were there, and worked to stop him... risked themselves to stop him!
But the angelic power of Fidelacchius came to bear against Harry... and that doesn't happen for mortals making purely-mortal choices. The fact that Fidelacchius' miraculous powers manifested: this says that the supernatural is misbehaving in that scene; that mortal free-will is compromised (and/or that mortals are facing supernatural might, that mortal flesh and bone alone cannot match)
And the fact that both (aka "all" at this point) the knights took to the field... that's more ambiguous, but a good reason to at least suspect the culprit is Denarians; that I can recall, the only other multi-Knight action we've seen was later against Ethniu herself (who solo'ed against Mab+Odin+WhiteCouncil)... and previously, against Denarians. I repeat that the WK mantle is "enough" supernatural influence to justify a KotC involvement; I think it more-likely. We don't have to demand Denarian presence... but. There is that niggle...
It just gives me pause: nothing called for Jim to write it that way. Harry could have looked down at a fallen and bleeding Sanya, and come to his senses... without bringing in Butters, or Fidelacchius. He could have had Butters show up, and not use Fidelacchius. It would have been a much more "human" moment; but Jim specifically invoked the Angelic.
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Yes, his friends were there, and worked to stop him... risked themselves to stop him!
Willingly like any friend would do. You will notice that they also forgave any hurt and understood.
But the angelic power of Fidelacchius came to bear against Harry... and that doesn't happen for mortals making purely-mortal choices. The fact that Fidelacchius' miraculous powers manifested: this says that the supernatural is misbehaving in that scene; that mortal free-will is compromised (and/or that mortals are facing supernatural might, that mortal flesh and bone alone cannot match)
It was a warning, Harry took it as a warning, Harry was ashamed and didn't forget. In other words a strong warning, and then Harry went on to try and redeem himself. That's the point.
It just gives me pause: nothing called for Jim to write it that way. Harry could have looked down at a fallen and bleeding Sanya, and come to his senses... without bringing in Butters, or Fidelacchius. He could have had Butters show up, and not use Fidelacchius. It would have been a much more "human" moment; but Jim specifically invoked the Angelic.
Or very realistic, between his adrenalin and the Winter Knight's mantle Harry wasn't going to come to his senses that easily or quickly after seeing his beloved murdered and bleeding out in his arms.
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... It was a warning, Harry took it as a warning, Harry was ashamed and didn't forget. In other words a strong warning, and then Harry went on to try and redeem himself. That's the point ...
No; the point is that Angels don't do that.
They do not "step in" that way, not even to "warn:" not with an unambiguous Angelic-caliber "thou shalt not," not to influence mortals' free will.
That the Sword did burn Harry can only be a "warning" that a Spookyside "bad actor" is acting upon Harry; that his free will isn't entirely his own. A free-willed mortal choice does not get an Angelic response or intervention.
... Or very realistic, between his adrenalin and the Winter Knight's mantle Harry wasn't going to come to his senses that easily or quickly after seeing his beloved murdered and bleeding out in his arms.
Hypothetically, the WK-mantle influence may indeed be sufficient to get a KotC/Angelic intervention.
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Maybe...
But ...
1/ But also, nope -- Harry already made that choice, and now has to live with the consequences. When he chose to take on the WK-mantle, Harry chose chose to eventually become a monster. The Angels (once again) do not intervene/warn when mortals have made their choice. You might argue that some mortal may have been "tricked" into taking up a Knight-mantle without understanding how it could mess with their head; but Harry knew it would happen, fully accepted that it would (as it turns out, he has a slim chance not to become a monster!).
2/ But also, why both(all) of the Knights? We really don't see more than one KotC stepping into a fight for "just any" supernatural threat; and as "threats" go, a faerie Knight isn't exactly top-tier! The most-obvious answer to "why are all the KotC's in that fight?" is "because they are fighting the KotC-archfoe, the Denarians."
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I want to reiterate, here, that my "Denarian Hypothesis" here is actually my #2 choice, not my #1.
I think "it was just the WK-Mantle (with no Denarians) that triggered/enabled the Sword to act" is a better argument. .. but also, I think there is a decent argument -- with supporting Dresdenverse lore -- to make a solid case for a Denarian Shadow to be involved.
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No; the point is that Angels don't do that.
They do not "step in" that way, not even to "warn:" not with an unambiguous Angelic-caliber "thou shalt not," not to influence mortals' free will.
That the Sword did burn Harry can only be a "warning" that a Spookyside "bad actor" is acting upon Harry; that his free will isn't entirely his own. A free-willed mortal choice does not get an Angelic response or intervention.
Angels warn all of the time, they also test. A warning really doesn't interfere with free will, a warning is a warning, but it's up to Harry as to how he is going to react to that warning.. It's still all about free will, it's Harry who decides how he wants to react, not outside influences making him do anything.
1/ But also, nope -- Harry already made that choice, and now has to live with the consequences. When he chose to take on the WK-mantle, Harry chose chose to eventually become a monster. The Angels (once again) do not intervene/warn when mortals have made their choice. You might argue that some mortal may have been "tricked" into taking up a Knight-mantle without understanding how it could mess with their head; but Harry knew it would happen, fully accepted that it would (as it turns out, he has a slim chance not to become a monster!).
Yes, Harry took the least bad choice out of a number of very bad choices to save his daughter. However becoming the Winter Knight doesn't mean he will automatically become a monster, those choices are still up to him no matter the influences of the mantle and the demands of Mab. That's what Uriel's words were all about.
I think "it was just the WK-Mantle (with no Denarians) that triggered/enabled the Sword to act" is a better argument. .. but also, I think there is a decent argument -- with supporting Dresdenverse lore -- to make a solid case for a Denarian Shadow to be involved.
I think we have to just disagree on that..
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I had recalled reading something about Rudy similar to this from the 2025 Dragoncon transcript.
"If Harry successfully killed Nic, would Rudolph be a good host for Anduriel? No. Nobody likes Rudolph. Even the Fallen are like 'That guy? Give me something better to work with'. Nic is a main series villain, Harry will be dealing with him till the end, take that for what you will. " [From the Transcript on Reddit].
Also just for everyone's amusement, when I asked Google to search for this transcript the A.I. gave me this:
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In the Dresden Files book Battle Ground, the character Rudolph is unable to pick up a Denarian coin because he has lost his free will and soul due to psychic manipulation, making him an unsuitable host for a Fallen angel.
Here is a breakdown of the events and the reasoning:
The Incident: During the battle against Ethniu, a Denarian known as Blood on His Soul (who manifests as a bear demon) is defeated. After its host is killed, the Denarian coin is left on the ground.
Rudolph's Attempt: Detective Rudolph tries to pick up the coin, likely tempted by the power it offers, but he is unable to grab it.
The Reason: The coins of the Fallen Angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius can only be willingly taken up by a mortal with a functioning free will and soul. Rudolph had previously been a victim of psychic manipulation by a Nightmare (Kravos) and later by the agents of the Red Court (Esmeralda and Esteban Batiste), which left his psyche broken and him without free will.
Implications: Because Rudolph was essentially a puppet and lacked the free will required to make the choice to accept the coin, the coin "rejected" him. This demonstrated the extent of his mental and spiritual damage and confirmed that the coins require a genuine choice and soul to inhabit a host.
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This wasn't in the copy of Battleground that I read...
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WT...H?????
Also, this question:
"If Harry successfully killed Nic, would Rudolph be a good host for Anduriel? No. Nobody likes Rudolph. Even the Fallen are like 'That guy? Give me something better to work with'. Nic is a main series villain, Harry will be dealing with him till the end, take that for what you will. " [From the Transcript on Reddit].
was so weird. So random.
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This wasn't in the copy of Battleground that I read...
Nor the copy I read. Interesting that A.I. came up with it, but did Jim Butcher? I can buy that Rudy was rejected by a coin because he is mentally ill in one sense, but in another his paranoia might make him just what they would want. I think in the end Rudy is mentally ill, has been for some time, the events of Battleground just completely shoved him over the sanity cliff.
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... the A.I. gave me this:
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<SNIP>
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This wasn't in the copy of Battleground that I read ...
Classic AI hallucination: include a light dusting of genuine references, but placed in incorrect contexts for a surreal result.
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I always come back to the similar scene of Michael losing it in the short story "The Warrior" and Harry stopping him from beating an unconscious man with a baseball bat. It mirrors Harry losing it on Rudolph after Murphy's death. The same loss of control, the same "he hurt her" motive, the has to be stopped for the sake of his soul as much as to stop the person getting pounded.
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Classic AI hallucination, with a light dusting of genuine references, taken in incorrect contexts for a surreal result.
I know, I had dealt with that regarding the DF before. The things the AI told me were hilarious, but nothing so complete, detailed and wrong at the one Lehane posted.
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I know, I had dealt with that regarding the DF before. The things the AI told me were hilarious, but nothing so complete, detailed and wrong at the one Lehane posted.
What is scary is a lot of people, won't question it.
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What is scary is a lot of people, won't question it.
Absolutely.
Doesn't much matter, for stuff like pop fiction.
But RL issues are getting buried under extremely-realistic AI slop, too; and people are giving it credence...
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Yes. I agree.