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DF Spoilers / Re: Continuity drift - Lara and soul gazes
« on: January 16, 2026, 02:40:26 PM »
Good catch.  I didn't remember that incident, but I was a bit perplexed in reading the preview that Lara had never heard of a Wizard's ability to soulgaze.

Maybe it was awkwardly done to inform new readers and foreshadow their upcoming soulgaze.  Maybe this time, we'll get some info on what Lara (or maybe Fitz) sees when soulgazing with Harry.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Thomas and the Svartelves
« on: January 16, 2026, 02:35:41 PM »
Maybe all that buys Thomas some measure of undertanding and leniency from the Svartelves, but does that help how the Svartelves view Harry?

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DF Spoilers / Re: Sir Baron Marcone
« on: January 16, 2026, 02:34:11 PM »
I doubt very much that Odin has typical business motivations.  Odin must be worth billions so he simply can't have simple business/profit maximization objectives.  I only see Odin renting out his Valkyrie to a Denarian if and only while that Denarian is personally working against the Outsiders and maybe only if to a Denarian who is working with - or are a member of - the Grey Council.  Marcone may fall within those qualifications given his actions in Battle Ground and his position under the Accords.  But he would appear to be a singular exception; no other Denarian showed up to oppose the Titan and her allies.

I would also suspect that if Gard stays with Marcone, she would also continue providing Odin with intelligence.  Maybe that's enough of a reason for Odin to rent Gard to Marcone.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Estate Planning for Wizards
« on: January 16, 2026, 02:23:13 PM »
I would think it would be almost impossible for any member of the White Council to NOT be worth many millions, if not billions, give their ages and the power of investing/compounding over hundreds of years.

It would be interesting to see Butcher address that.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Twelve Months, chapter one
« on: January 08, 2026, 06:47:29 PM »
From what others have written on this site, Butcher has said that the demons that make the White Court vampires and the White Court mantles don't mix, which lead some to conclude that Dresden and Lara are unlikely to consummate their arranged relationship.  But in the released chapters of Twelve Months, Mab is pushing hard for Harry to sleep with Lara ASAP.

And given the apparent ground rule from those chapters that Lara can't use her Whampire powers on Dresden - and she's suppressing her demon for the dates - that consummation would occur while the demon is basically unaware/asleep/unconscious/whatever.

What Mab's play here?  Does Dresden or Winter gain some level of control over Lara or her demon if that consummation occurs while the demon is incapacitated?  Or is Mab counting on Lara conceiving a child with Harry?  There must be some advantage that accrues to Dresden or Winter for Mab to be that interested in Harry and Lara sleeping together at the earliest possible moment.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Twelve Months, chapter one
« on: January 03, 2026, 03:16:52 AM »
It's more direct if you just go to Amazon and read the sample available for Twelve Months.  It consists of about the first 33 pages of the hardback version, and then maybe 7-10 more pages but with some pages skipped.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Harry Dresden's New Apprentice!!?!
« on: December 28, 2025, 07:10:14 PM »
I wonder if Harry's bodyguard is Gard.  She's likely available as I'm doubtful that Odin will rent out a Valkyrie bodyguard to Marcone now that he's a Nickelhead.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Will he marry her?
« on: December 22, 2025, 02:24:07 PM »
Yes.  Only cheat out of that result should be if Lara dies, which I don't expect.

Second Q:  Will they consummate?  I think yes, too.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Out lawn cover and preorder
« on: November 29, 2025, 12:55:30 AM »
Quote from: edf on November 27, 2025, 11:14:38 PM
I suspect we'll see that character again since the made a big deal out of "extracting service."

I think this is right. 

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DF Spoilers / Re: Can we see Rudy take up a sword
« on: November 24, 2025, 02:26:48 AM »
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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DF Spoilers / Re: Mirror Mirror Tracking on Butcher's official site!
« on: November 18, 2025, 02:14:37 AM »
Quote from: Mira on November 16, 2025, 01:37:10 PM
We fans are loyal and continue on, they are counting on that, the writers even try to pretend that some of the events early in the series didn't happen as they try to keep the story going. 

You're a better fan than me.  I can walk away, and have, from series for which I was an enthusiastic early adapter, participated in forums and podcasts, and otherwise annoyed people with my thoughts and cheerleading.  The X-Files comes immediately to mind as an example.  I quit watching seasons before it ended; I think I even left before Duchovny.  I'm hoping the Dresden Files isn't added to the list.  But my relationship to the series isn't solely up to me.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Mirror Mirror Tracking on Butcher's official site!
« on: November 16, 2025, 01:38:41 AM »
Quote from: Mira on November 15, 2025, 05:46:56 AM
However I still say he can finish the series with half the novels and do it well.  It might even make the stories a bit more interesting as well.

I'm sure Butcher could but he and his publisher would be leaving money on the table.  I wouldn't ask Butcher to forego the payout he expects for the entire 25 books, or 26 or whatever the number is today.  I've watched many a long running hit TV series continue past their expiration dates but understand that the actors are getting paid money on their second contract that offset the low pay of their first, the crew and all supporting contractors are employed and providing for their families, etc.  I've no problem with that so long as they don't try to tell me "it's not about the money; we still have stories to tell."

But that doesn't mean that there aren't ways to accelerate the novel writing so that Butcher and his publisher get the financial benefits of all planned novels, while we readers get the conclusion quicker.  In fact, I'd bet that Butcher would see more money by finishing the series quicker (and actually finish it and able to enjoy the rewards; he's not getting younger either) as there are readers who won't start an unfinished series because they've been burnt by other authors who don't finish.  I wish they'd explore alternatives to the current pace, and figure out a quicker path to the end.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Mirror Mirror Tracking on Butcher's official site!
« on: November 14, 2025, 08:31:39 PM »
Quote from: Mira on November 14, 2025, 03:19:14 PM
We are talking another twenty plus years, and most of his fans that got him here won't live to see it.

I've been doing that math for a few years, and I'm thinking I won't be here for the end.  I had a friend pass in 2024 who had read up through Skin Game in 2014 but decided not to buy or read Peace Talks or Battleground in 2020.  She knew she wouldn't be able to read the end of the series and figured she had other books to read and better things to do.  (Plus, after 6 years since Skin Game's release, she had lost track of characters, plots, where things had been left, etc. and thought it simply wasn't worth the effort to re-familiarize herself with the series.)

I can't even say I'm cautiously optimistic that the series will be done in less than 20 years even with the recent developments (Butcher already tracking progress of Mirror, Mirror; his statements that he plans to be done with MM before touring on Twelve Months).  And no matter what I can't envision he'd ever get back to a Dresden novel every 18-24 months.  So I guess I'll stay irritated and take the novels one at a time, and maybe at some point make the same decision as my friend.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Mirror Mirror Tracking on Butcher's official site!
« on: November 10, 2025, 09:45:39 PM »
Quote from: g33k on November 10, 2025, 03:16:57 PM
It's the first time, I think, that Jim has been partnered in his life with another published author. 

IIRC, Butcher's first wife was a published author of romance novels.

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DF Spoilers / Mirror Mirror Tracking on Butcher's official site!
« on: November 07, 2025, 03:08:04 AM »
The "When's the Next Book?!!" slider for Twelve Months has been REPLACED by a slider for Mirror Mirror.  Wholly unexpected by me, notwithstanding his public pronouncement that he wants to be done with Mirror Mirror before the promo tour for Twelve Months.

As of this posting, it rests at 14%.

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