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DF Books / Re: Missed reference in Brief Cases/Big Foot on Campus
« on: May 05, 2025, 08:48:28 PM »
These are usually pop-culture references, that the monsters never get.

In this case, I think this person spotted it:  https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/11ys5hu/comment/jdbwnnj/

Nice! That one flew over my head. I knew that it was a pop culture reference, but not something I had exposure to.

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Perhaps, but it still doesn't prove that it was a particular human trait left over from when she was human..  Also unknown, was she half turned when she decided this?  That isn't clear, if it happened before she was fully turned, she was still human.

That is definitely a valid question. We do not know what the Red Court Traditions are for turning a family member. Can they turn a child and have the vampire grow? We know that someone can be a half vampire and then make that choice to sate their thirst turning fully (ex Susan). We know that there are others who serve as half vampire agents and then are granted permission to turn and thus status in the Red COurt (ex Martin). Would Arianna the daughter of the Red King have spent time as a half vampire or would she have been able to turn full vampire in one night? It is conceivable that she spent plenty of time as a half vampire living through the conquistador time enough to build up a hatred or she might have already been turned fully. Inquiring minds want to know Mr. Butcher!

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DF Spoilers / Re: Choices
« on: May 05, 2025, 08:39:17 PM »

   At this point we have put in so many ideas of our own in anticipation that I think there will be a lot of disappointment when it finally comes out.

The author has been talking about mirror mirror for a long time. I dare say that book has been discussed more pre-writing than any other book he has written. There is a danger of the book not living up to our expectations. That being said, theories are fun!

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I agree, because I remember, though I cannot remember if it was Harry saying it in one of the books, or WOJ, that Harry says he made up the word as a kid after he got decent at the fire spell, that it wasn't really Latin or Spanish, more of a combo with Harry's own slant.  Reason being Harry wanted the word for that spell to be unique to him so it couldn't be used against him.

I've heard other people say this and I do not buy into it. There was a thread with the times it was mentioned in text and even Harry notices it. Jim is very specific in the way he does things, this sticks out. I believe there was more to it than just Fuego is the Spanish word for fire.

Maybe I'm wrong though :)

Yeah, the "Fuego" part is weird, I thought that was a word that only Harry used and was actually made up by him.  There is no mention of fire though when it is said.  Isn't that the word that Harry uses when he want's to burn the crap out of something? I also agree that Langtry is smart enough not to reveal his identity in any way.  I think though if Rashid was there he'd stand out because he is so tall... On the other hand Harry was pretty busy and occupied when the Grey Council arrived and did their thing, he may have missed a lot that was going on or just simply got some of his observations wrong.

I think what many of the people are thinking about is Harry's Flickum Bicus spell. That is a spell he made up to light candles and fireplaces as a kid. He named it that because he originally tried to fake it by flicking his bic lighter to light a candle. We find out about it in Ghost Stories. The fuego spell is for when he throws fire in combat.

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That is an excellent question, and is it possible to even create a genus loci? 

I do not know for sure. I think that if there is a place of significance that has power an awareness can develop. Here is a WOJ that seems to suggest the Outer Gates could gain a conciousness:
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The Gate seems like something that, if it didn’t start with a consciousness, would develop it over time.  Is that the case?
It probably is, but the consciousness of an inanimate object like that is mostly like that of a mountain.  “I AM HERE.”  And it’s just increasingly aware of its here-ness.  The Gate actually exists very differently than what Harry saw, but that’s how Harry has to interpret it because it’s far out in the Nevernever.  Your mind has to put things into terms it can understand or you go squirrely.  Harry’s got a very good mind for reducing things to simple ideas.  Which most of the Senior Council would say with a roll of their eyes.
2015 San Francisco signing (Coopersfield Books)

Side note, though I have enjoyed "The Sword of Truth" series as well, I think it got a bit long winded..

I feel like it started to lose its way near the end. Which is weird. I felt like there was an overall plan for the books. I felt like many authors Terry Goodkind did a good job of peeling back the layers to expose more and more of the world. I just think it got a little to complex and tried juggling too much.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Next Series Ideas.
« on: May 05, 2025, 01:26:00 AM »
Yeah, I think Jim might even have mentioned "Fight Night" as the prospective title for his "pro wrestling" book.  Haven't seen the Hades link before, though; can you dig up that cite for me?

The central conceit is AFAIK that a bunch of deity-level adulation-junkies are getting their fix -- their "worship" -- from the "pro wrestling" circuit, the pomp, the glamour.

Given the whole thing with costumes & masks & very-public personna's (that often shift) I expect this is where Harry learns about taking-off and putting-on a Mantle:  lets him "keep" the WK-Mantle without being quite so tightly-bound to all those strictures.

I have looked and looked for the tidbit and I cannot find it yet. I can visualize the screen I saw the quote on. I just cannot find it. I will keep looking.

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I think there are Well-secrets behind the firewall that is "Alfred."
We already know it knows stuff Harry doesn't, and doles out information on a very-limited basis.

I suspect there are one or more "levels" of information-disclosure that will be unlocked like a videogame achievement.  Possibly even a videogame-easter-egg that Merlin (who saw it in his time-travels) leaves as a joke.

I hadn't considered Alfred being the source of a message. The whole video through Bob in Cold Days proves that he can convey complex messages and it is certainly possible that there are messages left to be unlocked. One of the running themes in the Dresden Files seems to be that your knowledge is limited until you are worthy of it (example: Harry getting his mothers amulet and Harry discovering the name Nemesis). Typically, being worthy is demonstrated by asking the right questions of the right people. Who knows what secrets Alfred has that are just waiting for the right question.

Side note: It is obvious that Alfred was aware of the creation of Demonreach which begs the question if he was a genus loci that was present before the prison was formed and he adapted/changed with the formation of the prison or if he was specifically created/formed by Merlin during the creation of the prison to be its Guard.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Blood Rites foreshadowing
« on: May 04, 2025, 06:57:37 PM »
Here is the WOJ for the succession of mantles:
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if the Ladies become the Queen, what happens to the Mothers at that point? The thing is that the Mothers are kind of the foundation.  So, it’s not so much what happens to them because the little mantles changed. It’s what happens to the little mantles if the big mantles change. So, if someone whacks the being that is, for all intents and purposes, Baba Yaga, and then Mab succeeds, then Mab becomes the new Baba Yaga, and Molly gets drawn up to Mab, and they have to find someone else to become the new Lady. But on the other hand, the Mothers are extremely powerful beings (continued in the cosmology/mantle sub-section)
2009 Independence signing:

Here is the WOJ for Maeve and Sarissa's Father:
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Can we get a break down of the biological relationships between the various Fae Queens we have seen on screen?
Of particular interest – Maeve and Sarissa, were they actually Mab’s kids (biological sense)? If so, who was Mab’s baby daddy?
Mab and Titania are actual twin sisters.
Maeve and Sarissa were twin sisters, from Mab. Their father was an Austrian composer and musician who died young.
2015 DragonCon

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DF Spoilers / Re: Next Series Ideas.
« on: May 02, 2025, 06:34:26 PM »
Fight Night is the supposed title of the book coming out after Mirror Mirror that deals with pro wrestling. In it Hades introduces/hires Harry to investigate trouble happening with gods who are masquerading as pro wrestlers. I cannot remember if the title was explicitly confirmed by the author or if that was fan guessing. Jim has previously said there will be a book involving dragons. I don't know if the full story will be about dragons or if they just play a part.

Here is one WOJ I dug up:

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When are we going to hear more about drakes and dragons?
like Ferrovax? Ferrovax will probably come in real late in the case books and we might see some dragon action about that. I’ve got a good idea for it and it is suitably cool.  But we’ll get there at some point. I hope so. I’ll be terribly disappointed if it isn’t, and (little fake shake to his voice) everyone will yell at me on Twitter.
2011 Atlanta Signing

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  Monica did bring it to the attention of someone.  Someone, i.e. a wizard who would actually be able to understand and act.  It took great courage just to take that baby step.

I agree that given her history it took great courage to take that step. She was potentially putting herself in the cross hairs of the person she was asking to fix the situation. However, what exactly did she bring to Harry's attention? Did she tell him that her husband is creating drugs, participating in black magic, and killing people? She deserves credit for going to Harry, but that doesn't change the fact that she did not tell him the whole story and in a sense mislead him to what the problem was. She told him her husband was missing (true from a certain point of view), but was hoping to put the wizard on a collision course with the Three Eye Operation in order to shut it down. Had she told him more of the truth he might have been better prepared to resolve the situation without it getting as messy. Heck he could have kicked up to the Wardens who would have been all too happy to go medieval on that operation.

Putting aside Monica's background for a second, trying to do the right thing later does not erase moral culpability from earlier actions. If I and a partner rob and kill someone together and then I later go to the cops to turn myself in and give them information to catch my partner, it doesn't change what I had done. It doesn't paint my actions in a different moral light.

Does Monica deserve grace for her situation? Yes. Does Monica deserve credit for reaching out for help despite her situation? Yes. Does she bear some moral culpability for joining the activities in the first place, not reaching out for help sooner, and misleading Dresden when she reached out for help? I would argue yes, but as I said in an earlier post, that goes not equate to punishment. No reasonable jury is going to lay the hammer down on her.

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DF Spoilers / Next Series Ideas.
« on: May 02, 2025, 03:57:02 AM »
So, correct me if I have anything wrong. Jim has said that he likes alternating between Dresden Files and other series to avoid burning out and giving himself a break. Originally, the Dresden Files was supposed to be 20 case books with an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off, thus 23 books total. That has gone up by 2 since Battle Ground and Twelve Months are extra books. We should be sitting at a projected total of 25 books. Since Battle Ground is #17 that means there are 8 more left to write (Twelve Months, Mirror Mirror, Fight Night, Dragons, ??, Apocalyptic Trilogy). Cinder Spires is supposed to be a 5 books series last I heard. That means there are 3 more left to write. Alternating with Dresden Files makes the last Cinder Spires book come out between Books 20 and 21. That means that there could be a new series of 5 books with the last one of those coming out after book 25 of the Dresden Files.

I hope that all made sense. We know that Jim has an epic swords and sandals series he wants to write that will be his ode to Lord of the Rings. I anticipate that will be the successor series to the Dresden Files. That still leaves room for another series before the Dresden Files ends. Do you think that there is a possibility that Jim would write another series in the Dresden Universe alternating with Harry's story? It would have to be completely separate from Harry Dresden and his immediate characters to avoid possible burnout. It would also have to take place in the past so as to not reveal any events from the main series. I know that there are WOJs regarding the Author wanting to write in the French/Indian War (where Ebenezer and Listens-to-Wind meet) and the Old West (featuring Luccio's hunt for necromancers). I also think that there would be enough material surrounding WWII (the second rising of Kemmler featuring Justin as a warden) to fill in a series. Any other potential storylines or ideas for another series?

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Codex Alera Spoilers / Codex Alera as a TV Series
« on: May 02, 2025, 02:38:14 AM »
I reread the series every once in awhile. Every time that I do I am amazed by how many "made for TV" moments there are. Some of my favorites to imagine are the Tavi/Sarl conversation where he brings the lightning down, pretty much the whole battle for the Elinarch, and Tavi's proclamation of lineage at the ruins. The only issue is that I think a TV show might have to be animated not live action due to the Canim. Other moments you would like to see on the screen?

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Codex Alera Spoilers / Re: What would the Vord eat, if they won?
« on: May 02, 2025, 02:31:06 AM »
Yeah, my understanding is that the Croach is self sustaining if it has a "seed of life" to build around. It speeds up like previously said by breaking down organic material. At some point, if all organic material has been consumed than it would stop growing. At that point an equilibrium would have to be reached between Vord and Croach supply. The queen demonstrated the ability to put Vord into hibernation. She would probably hibernate all non-essential personal and warriors and slowly feed them to the croach. At some point far in the future they most likely die out completely. I view the Vord as a plague. If it is contained to a world it might kill everything, but will burn itself out. It has to be carried to a new world.

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Codex Alera Spoilers / Re: Is there a WoJ?
« on: May 02, 2025, 02:27:18 AM »
The WOJ for the Codex Alera series have never been collected in one spot. They are scattered across the multitude of Cons Jim has done over the years. AS far as I have seen, Jim has never clearly stated where the Vord come from or why the queen is in hibernation. I do recall one thought, but I cannot remember if it is a WOJ or a WAG (I think it might have been implied in a WOJ). The thought was that the original Vord Queen Nest was a spaceship that crashed which created the crater the Wax Forest is in upon impact. It is possible that the Vord Queen was in hibernation because of space travel and never woke due to mechanical failure with the crash. Another theory is that she needs a blood sample from the native population in order to get going, but that has never been confirmed. It that is true than presumably she crashed in a remote enough location that no locals every provided the necessary blood sample until Kitai did.

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DF Comic Books / Re: are all of the CB's still in-print/available?
« on: May 02, 2025, 02:20:55 AM »
I've been slowly collecting them through Amazon. I've been able to get the collected issues so far. Of course, buying second hand like that you have to be careful with quality. War Cry, which is my favorite, was unbeknownst to me a library owned book and although it is in great condition it still has the library stickers on it.

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