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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: August 01, 2011, 03:42:06 AM »
Quote from: Ashen0DarkFyre on July 31, 2011, 06:35:47 PM
One question.

Who hired Stevie D, the pistols gunman who almost offs Butters in Changes?

Minor Changes Spoilers Follow

While I don't think this has been answered "for realz," the likeliest suspect was the Eebs.  Remember, old Red Court Vampires can take on different flesh masks, and thus Esmerelda might be able to look like Susan. 

Thus, fake Susan hires gunman, can't be traced back to the Eebs, and if Harry successfully interrogates the gunmen, it creates discord and distrust in his camp.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: July 30, 2011, 03:24:17 AM »
Quote from: yeanomaybe on July 30, 2011, 02:52:55 AM
I've been reading through this thread just to make sure I don't repeat anyone... There's a couple questions I have.

Am I the only one who made the connection between gods and demons thrown out from other places, living in the sea as a description of the Fomor and the Lovecraftian mythos? If Cthulhu shows up in the next book, I would be extremely surprised, but strangely satisfied

Fomorians are actually part of Irish or Gaelic mythology, so they predate Lovecraft by a couple hundred years or millenia.  Also, Cthulu has really been overdone in pop culture lately.  I think Outsiders are inspired by Lovecraftian molds, and I am fine with that, but actually including the name Cthulu would just make me think of the "why vote for the lesser of two evils" bumper sticker.  Black Goat with a Thousand Young on the otherhand...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians

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He still have no idea what Demonreach's other powers are besides local intellectus. We also don't know what "lives on the other side" of the island. Plus, it almost seems that Mab is scared of Demonreach in the last couple chapters of Ghost Story. Wonder of wonders, eh? The whole significance of the island being the "spring" of dark energy as opposed to just a channel for it also still hasn't been explained. There's gotta be a pretty big baddie on the other side, but if The Gatekeeper, and Peabody are acquainted with it... Would that also imply that the Black Council/Circle (or whatever it's called) has some sort of alliance with this hypothetical Big Baddie?

We don't know much about Demonreach, you are right.  However, I would like to point out that intellectus alone is enough to make Mab fear it.  Sidhe thrive on misdirection and deceit, and Demonreach can see through any deception on the island.  The Mothers probably have that ability, but she does not.  Beyond that, Demonreach does have a lot of just good old fashion energy.  Both spiritual energy from nature, and energy from ley line. 

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I want to see the Erlking back. That guy was a boss. In conjunction with that, will Thomas eventually have to hunt Harry? Does the Erlking have a mortal knight (now or has he ever had one)?

Why would Thomas ever hunt Harry?  He owes no allegiance to the Erlking, he just joined the Wild Hunt for an evening instead of getting killed by it.  Meanwhile, I don't see why the Erlking would have a Knight.  Knights are mortal Champions of the Courts, not the Queens Who Are, though usually the distinction does not come up often.  The Erlking doesn't have a court, he's a wildfae (essentially neutral to the 2 dominant courts) with power comparable to the Queens Who Are, but would be no match to Winter or Summer in their entirety. 

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Concerning necromancy and death in "shades of gray", how could Kemmler, the most accomplished necromancer mentioned in the series so far, just drop into death and bid farewell to life so easily when one of his apprentices, Corpsetaker, only took a year to almost return him/her/itself to a body. I see an Evil Bob and Kemmler reunion. Or maybe Kemmler put part of himself into Evil Bob? I'm speculating pretty hardcore right now.

Go back and read the part on Kemmler in Dead Beat.  They White Council did kill him, several times, and finally in 1961 or so found a way to make it stick.  We don't really have the details of how they did it, except it involved the Wardens, the Senior Council, any wizard with combat ability they could get to go along, and any other supernatural ally they could find.  On an interesting side note, this was detonated in 1961. 

That is my 2 cents to some of your questions/comments.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: July 29, 2011, 07:12:37 PM »
Quote from: itari on July 29, 2011, 04:38:51 PM
Chauncy is not a Fallen. He's a demon.

The Fallen are demons.  Remember, demon is just a generic term for supernatural and evil entity.  Thus the Fallen, the Outsiders, and others are types of demons.  While Fool Moon doesn't explicitly call Chauncy a Fallen, it was only the second book and the Fallen weren't introduced until Death Masks.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: July 29, 2011, 04:31:09 PM »
Quote from: ali.jubilee on July 29, 2011, 06:20:35 AM
If the shadow was not lasciel, I would be curious to know how it got into the church... Can fallen enter holy found with impunity?

Forget the Church angle, the Fallen are not allowed to interact with mortals, period.  The only two exceptions is 1) a mortal summoned the Fallen first (which I think is Chancy in Fool Moon), or through the mortal will and body of a Knight of the Blackened Denarian.  Church, grocery store, or Lady Gaga concert, the Fallen have to take a hands off approach.

However, it was never explained why they had to keep their hands off.  Maybe it was God's will end of story, or maybe the laws of the universe insist upon it.  Or maybe its because interacting with mortals outside the two exceptions is pointless, since then the good guys can return the favor.  Likewise, this might be why Uriel so rarely acts directly, since the "bad guys" are allowed to rebalance the scale if he subverts human will and choice.  That being said, both sides apparently are allowed to make sales pitches occasionally.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: July 29, 2011, 02:07:04 AM »
I for one am a "dies alone shipper."

Romance is schlocky and for chicks who can't get dates (yes, I am being overly harsh and simplistic, sorry).  There are only two kinds of romances a guy like me likes in their fiction.  The first is a long time couple trying to make things work after being together so long.  Think Everybody Loves Raymond.  The second is a guy who through hard work, can do attitude, honesty, and good nature scores a chick outside his league.  When a character is one of the most powerful humans on the planet, the outside his league thing is off the table.

So, give me a Dresden continually confounded by love and all on his own trying to right by the people in his life.  I really do hope the "Die Alone" death curse is still in effect.

On another note, does anyone think the voice at the end of Changes might be an angel of death?  At first I thought it was Lash, and then I thought is was Mab, but upon rethinking the book, the angel of death, like the one waiting to take Forthill's soul, makes a lot of sense as well.

Quote from: ColdFront on July 29, 2011, 12:23:12 AM
i have a few questions that i cant think of a answer to
-so if Bob lost the fight to Evil bob would it be possible for Evil Bob to "eat" bob and gain all the knowledge

Who knows, Bob sealed away Evil Bob, and then permanently split with him creating Evil Bob in the first place.  I suppose if the two rejoin there would be a battle to see who would take control and seal the other away.  More likely, Evil Bob remains as a villain and thorn in Harry's side.

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-did Harry instantly wake up after Uriel brought him back or was there a time elapse

Presumably right away, but GS did the time skip thing to start, so it might have done it again.  Dresden's revival is in the hands of 3 nigh on immortals: Mab, Uriel, and Demonreach.  A month or a year is all relative to them.
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-what does Demonreach exactly mean when it calls harry its custodian

Well, Dresden did form a simbiotic relationship with Demonreach in Turn Coat, turning it into a Spirit Sanctum or something similar.  We don't know anything more than that, except the White Council views the island as special.

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-and since harry is winter knight and alive does he have to live in the NN or does he have to commute to chi

The Summer Knight killed in Book 4 lived in Chicago.  I imagine Dresden will be able to establish a residence in Chicago and use the Ways to go to the Nevernever when needed.

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