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... 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.
... Maybe more isn't better? Edit the number of books and finish the series sooner.
I seem to remember reading here I think, this was before Butters became a Holy Knight that Jim had eventually was going to make Marcone a Holy Knight. Actually if you follow the first few books up until Changes, the way Marcone would aid Harry, that seemed like a real possibility. Butters was also meant to be a one or two book character, but that changed with fan response to the character. So Jim decided to keep Marcone the hardened mob boss that he is, and Butters went on to become a Holy Knight. Now that Marcone has taken up Namshield's coin and as a result become a powerful wizard, all bets are off. Marcone did save Harry's life at the end of Battleground, but considering that he is now host to one of the Fallen, could turn out to be very misleading as far as thinking that Marcone will now repent. I doubt it, or if he does it won't be because he has moral qualms about hosting one of the Fallen, it will be because in my opinion he hates to be subservient to anyone. Oddly for very much the same reasons Harry resisted Lasciel's coin.
... how the clock could have survived the fire, and yes, these unlikely things happen in disastersBoth of these also occurred to me!
maybe Harry just went out and bought himself a new one? They still make Micky Mouse alarm clocks and they are not all that expensive, even Harry can afford one.
... keep on track, as in finish one series before he starts writing the next ...
Hope it doesn't screw up the quality of the book, these things tend to go at their own time. But then again it might mean I will be able to finish the series before I die...