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The Bar / Re: Weird? Pretty much.
« on: August 18, 2022, 04:29:19 PM »
@Regen: I don't really fear spiders, but that beast is quite scary tbh. We only have small, flimsy and harmless spiders here. Kudos to your daughter.
@Dina: it's just called Riddick, I think.
About Solace:
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The scene hit me hard, but it was nothing compared to the impact of watching Will Smith put his dog down in I am Legend.

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The Bar / Re: Weird? Pretty much.
« on: August 18, 2022, 07:03:24 AM »
Hello there weirdest of the weird :D
How's everybody doing?
@Dina: Somehow, animals suffering always hits me harder than when people suffer. Riddick wasn't so bad, because they didn't dwell on the scene, and it was a quick one. Having to put down your own animal is... Ouch...
Question: did you see "Solace"? It's a 2015ish movie with Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrel.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 14, 2022, 05:47:26 PM »
No difference there. Even if Mab was owed a favor, she could not order him to  go against Winter Law. No Winter creature can go against it, not even Harry, and he's just an attaché.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 14, 2022, 02:59:37 PM »
All I'm saying is that their relationship makes favors redundant, be that friendship or work relationship. Remember Mab's offer of canceling the three favors in exchange for his service as a knight? Mab doesn't have to ask Harry for favors, she can order him to do what she wants, and in return she has a specific set of obligations towards him. Same goes for the other two queens.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 13, 2022, 09:45:59 PM »
Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 13, 2022, 09:16:38 PM
She can command him for Winter Duty. A favour may of course fall outside of his duty to Winter. For example something in relation to her family.
Which she can have anytime because he's her friend.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 13, 2022, 07:36:14 PM »
Quote from: Mira on August 13, 2022, 02:52:54 PM
Harry also knew that by asking a favor of Molly she will call him on it at some point.  However it was a price he was willing to pay to save Thomas if he could..
That part I never understood. Isn't he hers to command anyway? Looks like Harry got the simulacrum for free.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 11, 2022, 07:01:01 PM »
Quote from: Snark Knight on August 11, 2022, 05:53:38 PM
Plus, Harry in non-member limbo where they might move against him is a political lever for Langtry over Ebenezar. Harry blown up neutralizes an asset along with a potential problem.
I'm a little bit scared of you right now...

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 11, 2022, 07:13:56 AM »
Quote from: Ed0517 on August 11, 2022, 04:25:55 AM
Gotta be careful on that line, because if it is Winter, it could be an embassy, which would make Harry an ambassador - is there diplomatic immunity?
Unless he's training little warlocks. In which case Carlos will be like "it's just been revoked"...
Quote from: g33k on August 10, 2022, 09:29:17 PM
As per my own theory, I think the Paranet will be taking "lead" on the school.  And I think the overwhelming majority of students will be "minor talents" like the Ordo Lebes were.

They may even make a show of directing some borderline cases to the White Council, and maybe get a "White Council Approved" curriculum around teaching the Laws.

Elaine certainly knows how to contact Carlos!

But if they "hide in plain sight" that way, the WC will probably ignore such a school indefinitely... very much unlike a school run by Headmaster Harry.
 
Not indefinitely. As soon as the war with the fomor is settled, the wardens will devote more time to checking on low level magical societies, which is part of their jobs.
PS: @Ed: could you please not double (and triple and quadruple) post? It buries the posts before you, making them harder to quote.

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The Bar / Re: Weird? Pretty much.
« on: August 09, 2022, 04:12:05 AM »
Damn. How did I forget I am Legend. That scene destroyed me.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 08, 2022, 06:53:26 PM »
Quote from: Mira on August 08, 2022, 06:11:19 PM
I can see that leading to a civil war among the wizards.  The White Council will never go for an open school headed by Harry, they will want his head more than ever.
Don't forget that he does have allies on the senior council. It's just that most of them were sick when he got sacked. Besides, the operation will start so small that it'll probably escape their notice, and when they do notice, it'll take a while for them to make a decision, much less get something done. Probably enough time that Marcone in general and Harry in particular will be strong enough that the Council will never be able to set foot in Chicago.

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DF Spoilers / Re: In defense of the WC
« on: August 08, 2022, 02:31:26 PM »
I'm wondering if Harry can start something like a magical campus in Chicago. He should easily get 18 Council level apprentices from Chicago alone. More if word spread.
The Council is elitist, and that's the problem. They don't have enough wizards to take on apprentices so they wait until they turn warlock and kill them? Seriously? Technically speaking you only need a minor talent to stop someone from going warlock. You just need to make sure they observe the laws. Doesn't take a wizard, and there is a lot more minor talents than there are prospective apprentices /warlocks. The prospectives can then take weekly or twice weekly lessons with Harry, college style.

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The Bar / Re: Weird? Pretty much.
« on: August 08, 2022, 02:23:07 PM »
@Regen: You must have been proud. That was amazing. The movie itself was good in my opinion, but not on par of the first two.
@Dina: have you seen Bambi? Or old Yeller? Or Cujo for that matter. (I didn't see Cujo but I read the book). Yikes.

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DF Spoilers / Re: Lara Raith marriage consummation
« on: August 06, 2022, 10:04:08 PM »
Quote from: vincentric on August 05, 2022, 07:05:01 AM
With just a little quick thinking, the protection can be used to Harry and Lara's benefit.

If during Next Book, they are seen working together and dating, they can "reveal" the protection as being with each other, get married and then have a perfect excuse for not cohabiting continuously. I doubt many in the House know of Thomas' solution with Justine so it won't be odd to be together rarely and make a show of tragic star crossed love blooming in times of turmoil and kept apart by the White Court curse. 

Given that justification, they can stay married but be separate.
Unlikely. It looks like a whamp's first method of overcoming protection. Remember Madeleine in Turn Coat? She taunted Justine by saying that she'll bring a "handsome young buck" to her room, whisper desire in her ear until she's "begging to be taken", thus overcoming the protection to allow Madeleine to feed.
Note that Madeleine is not the brightest whamp ever born.

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DF Spoilers / Re: If you were a Minor Talent?
« on: August 04, 2022, 07:35:50 PM »
Quote from: morriswalters on August 04, 2022, 07:05:10 PM
In the space of one book Butters goes from zero to hero. Betraying Harry,  becoming a sexual superstar, to getting a  light saber. By the next book he has to carry his gonads in a wheelbarrow because they  have become so big they drag the ground. He's challenging crazy wizards and standing up to dark Gods. I expect in the  next book he will romance Mab and give Harry relationship advice on how to  handle vampire  spouses, and will be on personal terms with the White God. Maybe the White God will abdicate and Butters will  become the Butter God.

I feel the need to keep this worship of the Butter God to sustainable levels through humor. Had Harry progressed this rapidly the Formor would have stayed under the lake shivering in fear and  Chicago would be pristine.
Thank you for saying it. I liked Butters much better in small doses. I didn't like his quick upgrades (especially since he'll probably be a council level wizard by the next book) and his geekdom is a bit overstated.

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DF Spoilers / Re: If you were a Minor Talent?
« on: August 03, 2022, 09:25:27 PM »
Quote from: g33k on August 03, 2022, 09:00:29 PM
I don't think so:  I believe the bullets would have to be enchanted, to do the Warden-swords' anti-enchantment trick.

I mean... obviously, the rules work however Jim decides they work.  But I think we've seen that Jim has enchanted-ammo as his vision.

You could enchant a gun, but it would just be magically-better at firing whatever ammo gets loaded into it.

Enchanted gun + enchanted ammo would be pretty scary, though!
 
Enchanted AK-47 with a bayonet. Problem solved. Although from Even Hand, we know that sufficiently enchanted bullets are hard and expensive to make.
@Conspiracy Theorist: thank you.. Phew.
Quote from: Regenbogen on August 03, 2022, 08:36:38 PM
I completely agree. Especially about the swords! Ever since Luccio told Harry she can't make them any more, I am convinced she would someday teach him how.
Probably she will leave the White Council some day soon. At the latest, when it is destroyed or self-destroyed. Then she could start to teach him. Together they can found a new council with wardens who defend it's members with their new swords created by Harry.

Or Harry might be able to use his talent without Luccio's help to make himself a sword. He is a knight after all  ;)
And I believe he would be able to do so, if he learns how to make normal swords first. And every castle needs a smithy, doesn't it?


@ original post  8)

If I were a minor talent, I would like some ice powers. But foresight would be cool, too. Or illusions and veils. That's what I would like.

What I think I would get:
Random mind reading and reading of emotions through other people projecting their emotions on me.
Ice powers like always getting ice for your drink or like never missing in a Snowball fight?

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