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The Dresden Files => DF Spoilers => Topic started by: groinkick on June 21, 2018, 05:20:35 AM

Title: Black Cat Investigator
Post by: groinkick on June 21, 2018, 05:20:35 AM

Colin Murphy was a Black Cat Investigator.  Does anyone think the name has a specific meaning, or is it just a play on words (Black cat, bad luck kinda thing)?

Title: Re: Black Cat Investigator
Post by: jonas on June 21, 2018, 04:27:46 PM

Quote from: groinkick on June 21, 2018, 05:20:35 AM

Colin Murphy was a Black Cat Investigator.  Does anyone think the name has a specific meaning, or is it just a play on words (Black cat, bad luck kinda thing)?

Well, Cat's DO straddle the the inbetween capable of interacting with magic circles without disrupting it directly. Figure it's something in that aspect combined with the general belief behind the Black Cat.

Title: Re: Black Cat Investigator
Post by: peregrine on June 21, 2018, 04:33:35 PM

I imagine they just called it that because of the broader magical imagery of a black cat.

Title: Re: Black Cat Investigator
Post by: Mr. Death on June 21, 2018, 04:46:57 PM

I tried searching for the term in general, but the only thing coming up is a Chinese cartoon about a literal black cat who is a detective (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Animation/BlackCatDetective), private investigation firms or the Dresden Files' wiki entry about the CPD.

Title: Re: Black Cat Investigator
Post by: Griffyn612 on June 22, 2018, 03:12:14 AM

Maybe because they only get called into investigate when things get fishy.

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