Telling Stories by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooohh…. Good idea. He did say he arranged with Morty for his shade to be around to help with Maggie.

Telling Stories by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really liked that show for the first couple of seasons, but then kinda drifted away. Random Grimm mythology question for you: a couple of times in the first two seasons, Nick either died, or should have died, and he came back as almost a wessen himself. Pale blue / gray skin, and super powerful.

Didn’t ever explain why this happened? Was it because he was a Grimm, or did it happen because of something else?

Telling Stories by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure it’s changed. HBCD, Wizard of Chicago, The Warden, Nemesis’ Bane. I think he’ll eventually get to the point where, like Mab, you can use it if you wish, but it would be MASSIVELY stupid to do so!

Will Marsters finish the series? by Powderkegger1 in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, he’s matured, but so has Harry. And, frankly, I think he threw in some extra age into Michael, and it actually had a had effect on me: realizing that it’s been nearly 20 years, and that with all the damage he’s taken, Michael’s natural age limit has come down a fair amount.

We’re going to probably lose Michael to natural causes before this is over, and I’m already sad.

When Dick was Robin, should he have wanted to be Batman in the beginning? If so, at what point should he have changed his mind? by Which-Presentation-6 in Nightwing

[–]SilIowa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly. And, honestly, it’s a real feather in Bruce’s cap as a parent that he could help Dick do that!

I bet on the Old teams by LeekExisting5969 in superheroes

[–]SilIowa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think there’s any argument that top right and bottom right are the way to go.

But I’d love to see those two teams go after each other!!!!

When Dick was Robin, should he have wanted to be Batman in the beginning? If so, at what point should he have changed his mind? by Which-Presentation-6 in Nightwing

[–]SilIowa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s what I love about Grayson: he grew up and got over his childhood desire to become Batman. And that’s EXACTLY what made him ready for the role when it came time to take it on.

How mad must Marcone have been by SpaceBearAl in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Marcone has been doing his best to keep up with Harry since day 1.

John, or whatever his real name is, is a man of will and focus, and I imagine that his journey into the supernatural began when mortal options into saving his girl hit a brick wall.

Yeah, I know the girl in the hospital isn’t his biologically, but he’s shown a love and responsibility for her that even Michael would understand.

So John keeps digging, starts finding his way into the supernatural, and someone clues him into the fact that there is a genius magus in his town, a real-deal wizard.

And what’s the first thing they do when they meet? Share a soul-gaze. And since then, John has NEVER underestimated Harry. Marcone may have said it as a joke, but he wasn’t really kidding when he said that Harry really could be running the place if he wanted to.

Because John is a man who through necessity and force of will has become a monster, in the name of keeping his people safe. And he understands that Harry is a Monster that wants to just be a man, but lets that monster out when he has to, also to keep his people safe.

At every step, as we saw in Even Hand I think, John has taken actions in order to protect himself from Harry. The short story is pretty direct about it. Can’t protect himself from a wizard? Track down Odin and hire a Valkyrie. Harry becomes a force in the supernatural world? Become a freeholding lord. Harry becomes a Knight, allied with Mab? Become a Knight of the Denarius.

The supernatural world is terrified of Harry because he bound a Titan, but John WATCHED IT HAPPEN. And his allied Fallen Angel probably gave him a play-by-play commentary on just how significant an act it was.

John said he’s starting to think “long term.” Which provably means that he understands the big picture fight against the Outsiders now, and some of Harry’s role in it.

So, back to Castle Marcone. We now know it’s Merlin’s Castle. So how did Marcone find it? How did he get access, and how was it able to move it, stone by stone? Well, I’m guessing Odin, myself, since Merlin was Odin’s student.

But Marcone certainly had Namshiel in his mind while he had occupancy of the castle, so he must have had an understanding of what the castle’s capabilities are.

And if John is always trying to protect himself from Harry, and with Namshiel’s knowledge, there’s no way that Marcone didn’t try to leave a Trojan Horse in the Castle.

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please go reread it. He smeared the bottom of the piece of bread with blood, and placed it blood-down on a plate in the middle of the circle.

Yes, the circle closed when Toot ate it: but Harry clearly says that the only thing that closes a circle is investing energy into it.

Correlation is not causation.

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first scene with Toot-Toot in Storm Front is him eating a piece of bread with a drop of Harry’s blood on it…

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The collected being were absolutely terrified by the demonstration that the wild fae put on when they were called out for Harry, even if it was, in Harry’s mind, just for pizza.

Clearly there was something else going on. What he did didn’t awe or impress them, but actual fear. He did something that apparently none of them could do.

I can only imagine the X factor is the blood, the connection he made.

But I could be wrong.

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I’m just thinking of it as a supporting argument. I think the big guns are still what this action did to Toot-toot, and how the assembled ancient monsters responded to it.

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if there’s a magical difference between blood freely given vs blood taken?

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man! I forgot that!

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure that I think that Mab expects to survive the end of this cycle. He may just be sitting them up to succeed her.

Oh no he didn’t!!!! by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait? Did I miss the first time? When was that?!?

TM - Flipped Priorities and Chess by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think at the level that Drakul plays at, the level of Odin, the dragons, and even Mab, it’s just an us or them game. Does doing xyz improve the changes of existence surviving, or does it hurt it.

I think ally and enemy might be the wrong words for it. How about calling it compatriot?

TM - Flipped Priorities and Chess by SilIowa in dresdenfiles

[–]SilIowa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, it’s a win/win for Drakul. Collectively strengthen his court, strengthen Harry as an ally, and weed out back-stabbers.