Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)

[123Chikadee]

Ok, yeah point, but that's pretty noticeable. Thousands dead and tens of thousands dead is pretty attention-grabbing; this can't be swept under the rug. 
@Dina: Oh, good. I'm just not really feeling this idea.

[Dina]

Yes, the first time I've read about that, I thought it was an April's fool.

[Mira]

Ok, yeah point, but that's pretty noticeable. Thousands dead and tens of thousands dead is pretty attention-grabbing; this can't be swept under the rug. 
@Dina: Oh, good. I'm just not really feeling this idea.

  Not the first time....   The Shed Aquarium was torn up pretty good back in Small Favor when Ivy was kidnapped...  The area was torn up pretty good when Harry brought Sue back and stopped Cowl back in Dead Beat not to mention zombies tripping though Harry's place... Heck a whole street/neighborhood torn up when Harry and Cowl had their first duel, I mean cars flipped back and forth, these things don't go unnoticed..

[123Chikadee]

True, I think I'm just frustrated that we don't see enough of mortal consequences. Like, that scene in Dead Beat; Sue stomping down Michigan Ave should break the masquerade.
If the body count is what shows humanity at large what's going on, Peace Talks would be the time to do it.

[morriswalters]

All the big battles to this point have been isolated.  Not many people on the streets, weather events, and so on.  And almost all when school has been in.  June is high summer and schools are out.

[Mira]

All the big battles to this point have been isolated.  Not many people on the streets, weather events, and so on.  And almost all when school has been in.  June is high summer and schools are out.

Yeah, but there are explosions, fire, bullets flying, buildings and streets damaged, hard to ignore that stuff...  Someone you'd think would call 911.. In the case of the aquarium a major tank was ruptured, water everywhere, animals killed..

[123Chikadee]

Yeah, some stuff is isolated but still. I'm lean more toward Mira's argument. Heavy action doesn't exist in a vacuum. Harry riding Sue is one of my favorite scenes, don't get me wrong, but I call BS on that going past with minimal fuss.  But yeah, Morriswalter is right, summertime means that people will be out and about. Yeah, there should be lots of fuss. 

[Mira]

Only explanation is the White Council has a hell of a clean up crew... Kind of like in Skin Game if I remember correctly the cops were called when the bank was broken into but when they got there all the bodies were gone..  That was Nic's people doing it, I think he even mentioned at the end of the book that he had a clean up crew for lack of a better word for dealing with the bodies and the mayhem.

[123Chikadee]

 Yeah, they probably do. I want to read something from their POV, lol. Really, I thought that was Marcone's people that time.

[Mr. Death]

Remember that the Shedd fight happened in the middle of a huge blizzard, so big that Harry's back-up, who were outside, waiting and knew what was going on, had trouble getting in until after the fight was over.

The poor janitor that comes to the Shedd the Monday afterward isn't going to immediately conclude, "There was a magical battle here with fallen angels!"

[123Chikadee]

No, he's not but it definitely would make the news and people would speculate, even if it's not going to be leading them to magic and monsters. I bet people got fired. But yeah, sometimes I just feel like there are a lot of hoops being jumped through so that the masquerade doesn't get broken and I'm getting a little tired of it tbh.

[Mr. Death]

Also remember that the vast majority of supernatural entities -- including groups like the vampire courts, the fae, and the White Council that have money and influence -- want to keep the masquerade up. And given what Jim's said, so does the government.

So on the one side, the supernatural creatures do what they can to keep things under wraps (remember that Harry once makes a White Court vampire back off just by threatening to expose himself. ... Bad choice of words), and when they do slip up, the government steps in and cleans it up (Susan's video of Murphy shooting the loup garou mysteriously disappears and then experts come out of the woodwork to discredit it).

[raidem]

I've been wondering about Michael and his link to Heaven.  I wonder if some of his communication link to Heaven got upgraded after wielding Uriel's Grace.  That may have been the reason why he knew some "spoilers" that likely was the actual gift given by Kringle to Harry.


I also wonder what impact this new power of Michael's will have on events.  I think it will be something akin to divination, likely seeing some course of events that may need be forked Heaven's way.

[Mira]

I've been wondering about Michael and his link to Heaven.  I wonder if some of his communication link to Heaven got upgraded after wielding Uriel's Grace.  That may have been the reason why he knew some "spoilers" that likely was the actual gift given by Kringle to Harry.


I also wonder what impact this new power of Michael's will have on events.  I think it will be something akin to divination, likely seeing some course of events that may need be forked Heaven's way.

  Naw, I think it is much simpler than that, remember when we were kids we are told that "Santa knows who's been naughty and who's been nice..."  Kringle has a direct line, he also knows our hearts and secret wishes, he doesn't need Michael to whisper anything to Heaven..

[Arjan]

Heaven gave michael some spoilers about what was going to happen and told hime to leave Harry alone for a few moments.