Harry has her true name too. Though I think it was spoken by her mom and not directly from Molly’s own lips so it might not be as potent.

The cynical part of Harry has to be thinking “man this knowledge is probably worth a ton in trade, and it’s value is only going up.” I mean, imagine the price someone could ask for for Mabd true name.

 

So far, I haven't seen what I consider to be the most entertaining question in this topic be asked: what would Harry summoning Molly look like?

"Youngest noble daughter of Winter, I request your presence in this mortal coil. Eldest Jawa, and herder of the line of the woodworkers, grant me an audience. Accept this offering of Coke I leave before thee. Weaver of veils, mistress of well brewed coffee, desecrator of prepared foods, I needs must speak with thee. Padawan! Grasshopper! Lady Molly! I summon thee!"

Bahaha well played sir.

Ok, ok.
A. Harry as WK might have a protocol for calling upon any one of the queens
B. Mab can not show and/or send her own proxy instead, she only has to show if it violates the above precedent actually. Harry had cause to summon Leah remember...
C. Can't imagine her being mad over an honest mistake in summoning her, Mad he was trying to undue her intention, maybe. But since he's not at the time privy to that I can't see why she'd be mad at something he couldn't by her own design know about. Like Being mad a kid playing with matches when he's no idea what fire is or that they make it.... illogical to me.

When I asked JB about the circle and Demonreach, he emphasized just how ballsy it was of Mab to step on the soil of Demonreach at all in Skin Game. The shores of that island are a SERIOUS threat to anything that pisses Dresden off while he is there. I am pretty sure ANY being would be really really upset and worse, frightened, about being summoned to the island for any reason, even accidentally.

 

Isn't this already the plot of Cold Days?

Neither Mother Winter nor Maeve ever actually give Harry a direct order. The only one he is given is from Mab. So, no, the situation has not come up yet.

I’ve always been a Murphden shipper, but I have always suspected (especially now since they have hooked up with so many books left) that Harry is “destined” to end up with Elaine. Which does not bode well for Murphy’s continued health.

My interpretation of Jim’s answer is basically “the moment I am writing and start thinking “oh no I don’t have enough of this type of person so who should I change?” Is the moment I am both not writing the story I see in my head, and I am inserting politics into the story. I don’t want to do either of those things, so I will keep writing the same way I always have”

That is a great answer to the question. For what it’s worth, my wife has always said she wouldn’t mind some different body types in the books, but his answer makes perfect sense.

As for his tone, I think he answered in a way to make it plain he had heard the question before, he understands where it is coming from, but it’s not something he intends to pay any attention to.

I thought about it, but it felt too much like a gotcha question at the moment.  He also contradicted a previous comment on the death curse being satisfied by his death, this time saying it wasn't because Harry didn't really die.

He was very certain and specific this time. It was a definite no, it did not effect the death curse.

I think his answer was more on the order of “yes he could but it would definitely NOT have gone over well.” I assumed he meant with Mab, I don’t know why Molly would have been upset.

Someone also asked him if the mother, queen and lady could give him conflicting orders, to which he replied “mwahaha they Are Now!” In that tone he gets when he got a great idea of how to screw Harry over.

I think that helps answer your question. He (and Molly) CAN try to circumvent her, but it is not ever going to end well for them.

Maybe this is old news I haven’t been on the forums in a while.

But I got to check meeting Jim off my bucket list at the Saturday signing at the Barnes and Noble in VA. I asked him who had imprisoned the monsters in Demonreach and if the circle was important in that process. He said the previous wardens imprisoned them (he didn’t know about the previous wardens of the island except Merlin was the first). He said he would not answer about the circle.

Most interesting answer imho he teased that he was planning and would like to write a spinoff series revolving around Goodman Grey and his various exploits. Not much other information other than Grey is very very old so he could warp around in time which he liked. A later question asked if he might consider writing a story about Margaret Lefay later, he said no but she might show up in this Grey series, since we already know they met.

Good event, he answered questions for about an hour even though he wasn’t feeling very well.

Thanks Jim

1. In Turn Coat Listen to Winds mentions to Shagnasty that Harry nearly beat him without knowing the Dine yet alone the Old Ways. What other Old Ways was he referring to, since the Dine aka the Blessing Way seems to qualify as tradition in the oldest sense.
2. What did Listen to Winds and Ancient Mai do while the others were busy fighting the Grey Men? It did not seem like they accomplished anything notwithstanding the thrashing Listen to Winds gave to Shagnasty.

1) Well addressed already.

2) My guess is Mai and LTW did something on the order of what the fetch (we assume) did to slow Harry down in the second attack at the hotel in Proven Guilty. Threw up a kind of ward that slowed their progress, didnt actually damage or stop them. It would be something akin to make them feel like they were running through waist deep water, making it harder to move quickly and make them more exhausted by the time they reached the fight.

The bigger outstanding question is that Harry mentions that there were two summoners holding the gate open for the spiders. They leave well before anyone could get a look at them, which is what Eb is angry at Harry at for not investigating while he could instead of saving Thomas. One, of course, was Peabody. I have always assumed the other was Cowl, but it is not a proven fact. But it would, potentially, at least somewhat exonerate Mai and LTW from being there in that capacity. Assuming the other one WAS someone on the senior council (I think Harry believes that to be true) it leaves the Gatekeeper, Langtry, or Martha Liberty. Cirstos wasnt appointed yet but I guess it could have been him. I agree with Eb so far though, I think Cristos is just stupid not evil.

Or, of course, in the common parlance of these forums: OMG TIME TRAVEL HI-JINKS!!1!one