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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #150 on: August 06, 2012, 04:52:50 PM »
Hellfire twisted harry like bad magic. That's why he started getting rage problems when he was using it. At least, that's what I've always assumed the side effect was

That was Lash screwing with his subconscious.
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #151 on: August 06, 2012, 04:54:31 PM »
That was Lash screwing with his subconscious.
Are you sure? Because it seemed to get extremely overwhelming when he was actually using it. He never flew into a lusting for death rage unless he had hellfire running through his system
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #152 on: August 06, 2012, 07:17:49 PM »
Are you sure? Because it seemed to get extremely overwhelming when he was actually using it. He never flew into a lusting for death rage unless he had hellfire running through his system
Didn't he have a passage about how he'd love to kill Trixie Vixen and how he was nanoseconds away from killing her in BR when all he'd done was throw coffe at her and beat her physicaly?
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #153 on: August 06, 2012, 07:21:26 PM »
I suspect some of what Harry says in regard to Trixie Vixen is hyperbole, though I didn't reread that section.  Also, she made her appearance in Blood Rites, not Proven Guilty.
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #154 on: August 06, 2012, 08:11:00 PM »
I suspect some of what Harry says in regard to Trixie Vixen is hyperbole, though I didn't reread that section.  Also, she made her appearance in Blood Rites, not Proven Guilty.
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #155 on: August 06, 2012, 08:17:01 PM »
That was Lash screwing with his subconscious.
Hmmm, I wonder if that was literal...  I mean, the inner guy seems to be that kind of asshole, and lash seemed all for it  ???
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #156 on: August 07, 2012, 01:46:30 AM »
Hmmm, I wonder if that was literal...  I mean, the inner guy seems to be that kind of asshole, and lash seemed all for it  ???

He seemed in favour of the idea as well, it may well have happened. ;D
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #157 on: August 07, 2012, 01:56:44 PM »
I just read "Day Off" again, and it made me think of this one: Will we ever see a D&D game with Butters as the GM, and Billy, Georgia, Andi, Marci, and Harry all playing again?

Now that Butters has Bob, could Bob get a character going? Since Bob is basically kind of a living idea himself, he might have a lot of fun in a game like that.

Molly might like it, too. Judging by her association with SplatterCon!!! and her love of Star Wars/Star Trek, she's kind of a geek herself. I could see her getting into a tabletop game like that. Even her brother Daniel might like it. God knows, he needs to loosen up.

I'm tempted to suggest everyone in the JLC, but Murphy's never really seemed like the type to have gaming as a hobby. She's seems more like her hobbies would include practicing the various ways of shooting, stabbing, or otherwise beating people into submission. As for Abby and Father Forthill-- no clue what they might be willing to try.

If we do get to see that, could we get a whole chapter or two on it? I'd love to see all of them doing something like that together, so we'd get a chance to see them interacting more when they're not in the middle of a serious, life-or-death discussion.
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #158 on: August 07, 2012, 06:59:18 PM »
Not sure if this has been asked yet but...

Was Harry's Listening supposed to get more screen time than it ended up getting, or is that a Chekov's Gun waiting to fire?

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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #159 on: August 08, 2012, 05:08:05 AM »
Dusting off a very old set of questions:  who signs the Accords for a group or coalition like the Red Court or the White Council?  If an individual signs on behalf of the whole, what happens when that individual dies or is otherwise no longer associated with that group? 

Is such a signature binding in the same way as swearing on one's power is binding*, or is it merely the certainty that Mab (or whoever is enforcing that particular version of the Accords) will ensure that Accords breakers die that keeps the peace?

*Related to this, is this part of what Peabody was doing with requiring all those forms and signatures prior to TC?  (I mean, on top of the whole mind-control ink.)

Other questions that might be answered, if asked:
Are the specific duties of each Sidhe Queen within her Court clearly defined or separated?  If so, how are they divided?

Will Harry learn to communicate with Mouse as clearly as he was able to while transformed into a hound?  Can Mouse and Mister communicate that clearly?

Does the name of each Denariian have significance w/r/t the form or powers it has when it manifests?  (e.g. Lasciel shares a root with lascivious, Ursiel was bear-like....but I have yet to find a good root for e.g. Urumviel or Anduriel) 

If the "-iel" is as important as implied in GS (I believe it's the "of God" part....) why have the Denariians not sought to get mortals to rename them?  (And, oh dear, what did Harry do by truncating/naming Lasciel's shadow "Lash"?)

Do the Venators know about the Archive?  If they do, is she a target?

Is the information that Ivy has about the Denariians largely the kind that she 'literally cannot let out of her head' or is it the kind that she chooses not to release as a sort of non-aggression pact?

When and how did Lord Raith acquire his protection?

Have we been Kenobie'd ("From a certain point of view.....") about the identity of any characters?  (I very deliberately would refrain from asking "Who?"-- that would certainly not be answered.)


Just for fun, some questions that are probably not important:

Will we see more of Harry's parents?
What happened in Istanbul that Eb and Kincaid are still feuding about?
How much of the battle at CI (and its immediate aftermath) does Maggie remember?

When Eb caused the eruption of Krakatoa (or the New Madrid quake), did he supply all the power released in those events, or did he simply cause stored power to be released? 

What do other wizards do for hot water?  For employment/monetary support?
Who mentored/trained Carlos?  Is he/she still alive?
If Odin is still kicking around and active, where are the Jotuns?
How far above (or below) a magic circle does the barrier extend?  Is it a column?  A dome? 

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We've had relatively little new info on Demonreach since that was posted, but I'd like to formulate a question that would help nail down the little logic problem he gave us.

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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #160 on: August 08, 2012, 01:28:34 PM »
This is something from another thread that we just cant seem to solve:

In TC, was the Eye-twitching trance the Gatekeeper used a precognition effect, and if so why could it not see that harry had made the Sanctum bond until Harry was actually touching the island? 
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #161 on: August 08, 2012, 01:57:50 PM »
This is something from another thread that we just cant seem to solve:

In TC, was the Eye-twitching trance the Gatekeeper used a precognition effect, and if so why could it not see that harry had made the Sanctum bond until Harry was actually touching the island?

I realize this is meant for Jim, but I thought I might be able to help a little. The Gatekeeper pretty much had to be using precognition during the eye-twitching, didn't he? The context clearly seems to indicate this. I don't know if we can call what he did a "trance," though-- he mostly just seemed to be occupied by an activity, one which was taking place in his mind. That's not necessarily to say that he was unaware of his surroundings, though.

As for the other question-- it seems like the Gatekeeper's precog ability must be limited to projecting the future based on the exact situation the world is in right then. Before the Gatekeeper did his scrying trick, Harry wasn't connected to Demonreach's intellectus. But when Harry stepped onto the island, he gained that ability, which apparently changed the range of projected futures which Rashid was able to perceive. Just a guess, anyway.
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #162 on: August 08, 2012, 02:59:27 PM »
I realize this is meant for Jim, but I thought I might be able to help a little. The Gatekeeper pretty much had to be using precognition during the eye-twitching, didn't he? The context clearly seems to indicate this. I don't know if we can call what he did a "trance," though-- he mostly just seemed to be occupied by an activity, one which was taking place in his mind. That's not necessarily to say that he was unaware of his surroundings, though.

As for the other question-- it seems like the Gatekeeper's precog ability must be limited to projecting the future based on the exact situation the world is in right then. Before the Gatekeeper did his scrying trick, Harry wasn't connected to Demonreach's intellectus. But when Harry stepped onto the island, he gained that ability, which apparently changed the range of projected futures which Rashid was able to perceive. Just a guess, anyway.
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #163 on: August 08, 2012, 03:12:14 PM »
More questions for the list:

- What ever happened to Siriothrax's hoard?

- You have stated that "the hardest part of writing a book is the first sentence".  Have you written the first line of the BAT, and are you willing to share it?

- Given Toot-Toot's growth over the series, will there ever be a book called "Pizza Court"? 

- How about "Back Lash"?

- The uber-ghouls in the Deeps.  Were they reconstituting because they had Wolverine-level healing, or was it because Cowl cast a "ward off death" spell on them to keep them alive while their (lesser) natural healing abilities kicked in?

- How far up do magic circles go?
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Re: Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
« Reply #164 on: August 08, 2012, 03:25:32 PM »
Can an entity with intellectus deliberately refrain from obtaining an answer on a subject of interest (eg, in order to be able to truthfully say it does not know as part of misleading someone) or does just thinking about the subject cause the information to appear ?
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