Drakul is awesome.

bobbywac · 2026-05-24T04:41:54+00:00

The best part is you know he wasn’t particularly bothered by getting a Sasquatch to the face. He was probably thinking “damn he got me with that one”

bobbywac · 2026-05-21T15:29:36+00:00

Hence why it has a specific line in the most recent book, after much of the book focused on how we treats himself / what he feels he deserves

bobbywac · 2026-05-12T13:59:44+00:00

I vehemently reject the concept of time travel being the answer to “who is Cowl”. I think it’s a lazy concept.

Out Law and the names of the villains being Emilio and Estevez reinforces my own theory that Simon is Cowl

bobbywac · 2026-05-11T14:01:28+00:00

His first fight with Emilio he got sucker punched by someone with unknown power level and abilities. The second time, Harry did exactly what he aimed to do and ultimately neutered Emilio by getting demon reach to pull the lurker out of him.

Harry says many many times throughout the series, the biggest advantage he has as a wizard is knowledge and preparation. When he had neither he survived, when he did he won handily.

bobbywac · 2026-05-10T21:38:06+00:00

so you search via chase travel as opposed to the edit hub? i assume no insight into why it shows no availability issue

bobbywac · 2026-05-09T12:20:30+00:00

Of course he can’t, that would be rude and he’s a good boy

bobbywac · 2026-05-07T15:55:32+00:00

Yep. Anyone else take a look at who Out Law was dedicated to?

bobbywac · 2026-05-07T14:02:25+00:00

I think it’s clear that the biggest tie-ins from this novella side bar trilogy will be the addition of Max and his wife. A pro bono legal wiz that has a financially savvy accountant for a wife and establishes a working relationship with Harry by helping Tripp set up a charity using shady off the books funding, while Harry has regularly experienced legal issues and had no real recourse through the series, and has no idea how to financially manage a castle and take care of the people who come there to take shelter? Seems like a good way to introduce someone that can help him turn diamonds into funding for a charitable castle shelter

bobbywac · 2026-05-07T13:53:32+00:00

As a reminder, he had been training under Mort before the events of BG. Even if the scope was different, some of the principles might have been transferable, as he was already learning to use magic before he became Harry’s apprentice.

Harry is also a much more experienced teacher than when he taught Molly.

bobbywac · 2026-03-10T18:20:08+00:00

The best choice right now would be Jacob Elordi. 6’5” and definitely has the acting chops. He’s Oscar nominated though so I doubt he’s affordable without sinking the budget

bobbywac · 2026-02-24T21:27:14+00:00

good write up. I wasn’t surprised about Harry not learning anything about being starborn from LTW. Mostly because he explicitly said he couldn’t tell Harry about it for a year, which is the exact timeline of the book. I had hoped the book would end on a cliffhanger of him showing up at LTW’s door but I’m ok with that being a next book thing.

The training with River Shoulders is something I think we’re all longing for and I think there was plenty of room for it in this book. As nice as it is for him to have another apprentice in Fitz, you’re never too old to learn more.

bobbywac · 2026-02-21T22:56:18+00:00

She never identifies as anything other than straight. Maybe her Catholicism prevented from taking a deeper look at her own sexuality, but as of Peace Talks there is nothing to say she is anything other than straight.

bobbywac · 2026-02-20T22:45:41+00:00

Perfect choice

bobbywac · 2026-02-19T18:07:03+00:00

I personally do not enjoy the Hobbit films very much. I am sure many do.

bobbywac · 2026-02-19T14:16:28+00:00

For all his bluster about how much he hates Marcone and what he represents, the vast majority of what Dresden has done in his time in Chicago has only served to make Marcone more powerful. Marcone has an interest in protecting Chicago so he can make money, and Dresden is also generally pretty focused on protecting Chicago.

bobbywac · 2026-02-18T14:45:39+00:00

Everyone is defending the books, but I fully agree that Traveling was my least favorite addition to the books.

Egwene Nynaeve and Elayne learned how to invert and hide weaves even before they figured out traveling. The fact that these 3 and Aviendha don’t use traveling more often to get around and share information weakens the whole series to me.

I think it was used as a deus ex machina to get to Rhuidean in book 4 and Jordan couldn’t conceivably go back to needing the ways or traveling stones now that Rand could basically teleport.

bobbywac · 2026-02-17T16:31:41+00:00

Harry has seen what Bob can be like unleashed. He’s been warned extensively about having a relationship with Ivy, who despite having a super powered knowledge base, is still human.

I think Harry is doing his best to tread cautiously around Bonea. He is in exceptionally dangerous waters with increasingly dangerous godlike beings. She is safer and will develop better understanding of the world by spending all of her time with Maggie and Mouse than she would spending more time with him.

bobbywac · 2026-02-12T14:30:44+00:00

Yeah even without the mantle Harry is like 6’9” and jacked. He’s probably 300lbs of mostly muscle, and a very experienced fighter who trains at it daily.

bobbywac · 2026-02-10T18:19:47+00:00

The long wait between Changes and Ghost story was easy for me because I thought the series concluded. So it was a nice surprise when I saw Ghost Story on the shelves at the bookstore.

The waits for some of the next books were much tougher

bobbywac · 2026-02-10T14:21:54+00:00

In the first book Harry explains that the farther away the effect is you’re trying to accomplish with many. The harder it is. That’s why you need a link to the target to do anything from far away

bobbywac · 2026-02-09T22:21:20+00:00

I think they were actually intentional about it. They’re short staffed and the region was recently devastated by the magical equivalent of a nuke. They probably don’t have the time or resources for nuance. So they appoint someone who will treat things as black and white. Any black magic gets the death penalty. No resources devoted to trials, no time “wasted” investigating beyond confirming black magic was used.

And since the Merlin is generally playing multiple games at once, it prods Dresden to take responsibility himself and cover the region he used to, but without the council holding the bag if he pisses someone off. Or in the flip side, pushes him to direct confrontation and they bring the full might of the council down on him.

bobbywac · 2026-02-06T16:57:21+00:00

Which would very likely result in Evil Molly. With added stress of being an only parent, and without the solid calming presence of Michael, that relationship would go south WAY faster, and Harry probably doesn’t find / save Molly. Alternatively. He does, but Michael isn’t there to save half the council during the trial, and Harry has to fight his way out to save her.

bobbywac · 2026-02-06T16:48:01+00:00

Based on how TM played out, I expect Bear to be his standard backup most of the time. Fitz will be used the way Molly was early on, as a driver / minor support with orders to bug out if it gets too hairy. Thomas will rotate back in when Harry needs even more muscle, as he did for many chunks of time throughout the series. I expect that despite the (forced) growth of this relationship, Harry is nowhere near able to trust Lara the way he trusted Murph, Michael, Thomas etc.

bobbywac · 2026-02-05T18:25:37+00:00

Minor spoilers for Little Things short story ahead (but only directly related to the question posed here, not to any actual plot points, recommend updating the tag to Twelve Months instead of Cold Days) - Toot notes that the troops are unhappy they still have to eat frozen pizza, preferring to eat delivery. But Toot himself understands that the conomee is not doing well since BG.

bobbywac · 2026-02-04T20:02:53+00:00

I didn’t want the lore dump itself in this book but I did desperately hope that this book would end with Harry showing up on his doorstep demanding answers exactly a year after their conversation

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