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Yes, the Shadow did in my opinion, the Shadow was Lasciel in Harry's head...
You have to understand, it's implied from what Lash said at the end of White Night that she (and by extension Bonnie) has a great deal of information that is integral to the metaplot and can't be revealed just yet because it would make Harry's life to easy.
So instead she gets to be a genius with all the answers that is simultaneously too dumb to realize she has to hand them out until the last 3 chapters of whatever book they become relevant in.
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Like, she has to be useless, or we don't get a story.
... Just as an example, she 99% knows all about what a starborn is, she can probably tell Harry exactly what Nick's been up to, may well have a bunch of information about what the Black Council has been up to...I don't think it's at all certain that Bonea knows everything Lash knew... but if she knows just half of what the Shadow knew, that'd be a huge trove of new data for Harry! I kind of think Lash knew she could only send part of herself forward as Bonea, and tried to curate for Harry to have access to the most-useful bits; but OTOH there's also the likelihood that there may have been too much chaos & unpredictability to the event, and Lash couldn't control things completely that way.
... We are told that Bonnie has all of Lasciel's knowlege, and Harry's as well ...Yeah, about that, too...
... Yes, I think this may be the first cover where Harry isn't wearing a hat! ...I suspect it's because it's a new publisher. "The Law" and "Out Law" don't use Roc/Penguin. I presume it's just easier all-round not to step on the toes of the artist who does all those novels, and their contract with Roc, etc etc etc.
... and it lives in a crudely carved wooden skull Harry meant to be Bob's new home, now since Bob is back with Harry, sort of redundant ...Yeah, about that...
... and when he killed Murphy insane from fear.TBH, I think that was just Rudy being incredibly stupid, and with abysmal trigger-discipline.
A potential threat, yes. Which, in my opinion, is something Mab sees as a good thing.Yes; ^^^this^^^ !!
Its not rage bait. There has to be a reason he's been in so many storylines. Seriously, how many times has he been there to mess things up. How many books has he been in where he did the worst thing at the time but somehow escapes with no consequences. He even got promotions. Since book 1 he's been there.
1. Donald Morgan, dead
2. Murphy, dead
3. Bianca, dead
4. Carmichael, dead
5. Susan, dead
6. Marcone is alive.
Most of the characters in that book are dead. The rest have at some point helped Harry at some point. There has to be a reason. Do I despise Rudy? He might be one of my least favorite characters EVER.
... I can't even say I'm cautiously optimistic that the series will be done in less than 20 years even with the recent developments (Butcher already tracking progress of Mirror, Mirror; his statements that he plans to be done with MM before touring on Twelve Months). And no matter what I can't envision he'd ever get back to a Dresden novel every 18-24 months ...
I am not so sure, Mab may begin to see Harry as a threat, especially allied with Molly ...I suspect Mab of having the kind of monomaniacal fanaticism that puts "personal survival" somewhere below her own top-3 priorities. By her lights, any Winterfae who can take her out deserve to inherit the Queen of Air and Darkness' mantle, and she hopes they are at least as innovative & tricky in fighting the Outsiders as they were in killing her...
... And don't think she didn't take note, like the White Council did, that Harry has his own pixie army loyal to him and that they can do plenty of damage ...It's questionable how much they can actually oppose Mab. Between CD & SG, Mab subverted all the Pixie-borne messengers Harry tried to send to Molly (trying to get Molly's help with "the parasite").
Or Mab is secretly hoping that Lara will kill Harry.No, Mab has been spending a lot of her time and energy on building up Harry.
... For example, it's possible Alt-Murphy will draw a weapon and start shooting at Harry the moment she sees him, because Alt-Harry is one of the bad guys...100% this.
One of the very-real possibilities of Harry's "decision" is that he decided to trade Susan to Bianca, when Bianca made that offer (at the beginning of the climactic fight). In that case, "Susan" is gone and only another blood-sucking monster exists in a Susan-shaped fleshmask.
Imagine a worse case scenario for Harry. He is forced to kill Alt-Red Court Susan. She won't be the youngest vampire any longer. There won't be a noble cause behind Harry's actions, just Harry surviving a terrible situation. Something like that would change what Harry feels in big way.
... That might be their plan, but I doubt that it will be that simple or that Mab will be fooled by it ...Of course it won't be easy, and of course it won't fool Mab!
... It may be another of her not all that transparent plans to take either or both Harry and Lara down at least a peg. You can bet that Mab has a plan, and it isn't what she claims, a stronger alliance between the Winter Court and the White Court.I'm pretty sure that Mab is pretty sure that there is some locus of Nemfection in the White Court, and that she intends to hit it with a "patented Harry Dresden anarchygasm" boosted by Winterknight steroids.
See, here's the thing. What if the mirror mirror version of Susan was a simple homemaker with kids. She than offers Harry a chance to just give up and have a storybook life. No monsters. No courts. A family life that he could raise his daughter. He'd be free of the winter knight contract. Think how painful it would be to turn that down. Remember in Summer Knight I think when the summer lady gave him a brief moment free from his pain. Think how much more pain he's in now. That's why I think the Susan one will be harder. Because he KNOWS Murphy will hurt to see.
... The White Court feeds on emotion, is also burned by it, Harry's searing grief may make their relationship impossible ...Each Whamp has particular hunger/weakness pairing, and they don't really interact with other emotions.