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[Shiggy]

Yeah, because of the 'unnaturally' long lifespan, Harry is just a spring chicken.

[Rel Fexive]

..and just because he says a thousand years of knowledge does not mean that is is a thousand years of knowledge; just that he said it was.

[Shiggy]

It could very well be 1000 years of knowledge.  Just not Bob's knowledge.

[Adastra]

Yeah, because of the 'unnaturally' long lifespan, Harry is just a spring chicken.

Do they prolong their lives using magic?  Or is it just an inherent part of being a wizard?

I wondered why Justin looked like he hadn't aged.

[Kalshane]

Wizards in the books naturally live longer than normal humans, to the count of 300 to 400 years. They also heal a little bit faster and a lot better than normal people, which is why Harry can repeatedly get the ever-living crap beat out of him and, barring particularly grievous injuries, be good to go by the start of the next book.

[Priscellie]

Wizards in the books naturally live longer than normal humans, to the count of 300 to 400 years. They also heal a little bit faster and a lot better than normal people, which is why Harry can repeatedly get the ever-living crap beat out of him and, barring particularly grievous injuries, be good to go by the start of the next book.

Of course, nearly an entire year elapses between each book!

[Kalshane]

Of course, nearly an entire year elapses between each book!

True, but as Butters says, Harry's injuries aren't cumulative. If they were, Harry would have quite a few mobility problems, aches and twinges by now. Instead he's more or less good as new by the time the next book starts (so he can get the crap kicked out of him yet again.)

[TigerKat24]

Speaking of showtunes, who else is utterly convinced that duty-obsessed book!Morgan is a closet Gilbert and Sullivan fan?

He is the very model of a modern magic general.
He has information vegetable, animal, and ethereal
He knows the Queens of Faerie, and He quotes the fights fantastical
He is the very model of a modern magic general.

Somewhat late, but this post makes me wish to bear your internet children. And what address should we deliver your shiny new internets to?

[ButMadNNW]

(2003/4): (Three years before the events of the show)  Harry uses black magic to "self-defense [Justin] to death."

You probably already noted this, but just in case: According to "Bad Blood" last night, he self-defensed him to death five years ago.

He is the very model of a modern magic general.
He has information vegetable, animal, and ethereal
He knows the Queens of Faerie, and He quotes the fights fantastical
He is the very model of a modern magic general.

Somewhat late, but this post makes me wish to bear your internet children. And what address should we deliver your shiny new internets to?

I, too, love the parody! But I shall never bear anyone's children, sorry.

[jtaylor]

Speaking of showtunes, who else is utterly convinced that duty-obsessed book!Morgan is a closet Gilbert and Sullivan fan?

He is the very model of a modern magic general.
He has information vegetable, animal, and ethereal
He knows the Queens of Faerie, and He quotes the fights fantastical
He is the very model of a modern magic general.

Somewhat late, but this post makes me wish to bear your internet children. And what address should we deliver your shiny new internets to?

Thanks, but I'll have to pass on the internet children.  My gf has an account here and while she isn't active I never know if she may be lurking. 

[Darkling]

I was under the impression that Bob was only about 500 yrs old, not a thousand...where'd the thousand come from?

Also, if it helps, I believe (could be wrong) that he died in the 16th century.

Maybe showtunes drove him to be a warlock?

Haha. I think that was put in there to deliberately make reference to Terrence Mann's theatrical past.  Terrence is a well known name on Broadway.  I saw him in The Rocky Horror Show six years ago.  He's Dr. Frank on the official Broadway revial cast album for The Rocky Horror Show, Javert in Les Miserables, Beast in Beauty and the Beast and Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, not to mention he sang Power of the Night in the movie Critters
 
He has an incredible voice. They would have to be stupid not to exploit it at some point on the show.

And yes, I am also laughing at the above mentioned parody.  Too bad I'm not that witty.

[Rel Fexive]

... not to mention he sang Power of the Night in the movie Critters

OH

MY

GOD



"We're here for the Crites".


I'd never have guessed.

[Zenkitty_714]

... not to mention he sang Power of the Night in the movie Critters

oooohhh I love his VOICE. Damn.

Powers That Be, please let Bob sing next season!

[Darkling]

... not to mention he sang Power of the Night in the movie Critters

OH

MY

GOD



"We're here for the Crites".


I'd never have guessed.

Yes, he was Ug / Johnny Steele in Critters.  By the time you get to the fourth Critters movie he starts to resemble Bob as we know him but before then it's very hard to tell it's the same man.  That man's gone under as many changes as David Bowie or more presicely Tim Curry.

Now I get a little obsessive conpulsive when I discover something new that I like.  Being a Broadway fan and born New Yorker (though now I live in Upstate New York) I already had the albums for The Rocky Horror Show (which I saw live when Terrence / Bob was Dr. Frank N. Futter) and Les Miserables on CD but after I got into Dresden Files I found myself downloading  Beauty and the Beast's Broadway cast album and Cats (I don't even like Cats) and I found Power of the Night on a Terrence Mann message board in Mp3 format and I burned that to disc.

Now I want Bob to sing!

[Darkling]

Off topic but he's also the voice of Oberon on the animated series Gargoyles.  I found this particularly funny because someone told me Bob of the books (though an entirely different entity and I haven't finished reading them yet) pissed off the faery Queen.  In folk lore Oberon is Mab's son and he becomes the Faery king and marries Titania.  They appear in Shakespeare's A midsummer Night's dream.