Questions Specifically for Jim, Part 3

[Thanatos]

Well every equinox comes after a solstice, which came after an equinox, which came after a solstice... and that's just a year's worth. Good thing he doesn't live on Discworld with 8 seasons to keep track of!

The line was an internal thought, if i recall. The books represent his case files, written up at some unspecified point after each case was closed (much later in the case of Changes, granted). Billy refers to the case files in the DFRPG, and he has all the information in the books up to Small Favor*. So his mental state at the time it was happening shouldn't mess up his vocabulary years later. I mean, if he had permanent psychological our neurological damage at the time of the case file's writeup, he'd have those aphasic mistakes during the whole book.

* I wonder if the DFRPG will be completed as an in-character book in the Dresdenverse, given what happened to Kirby not too long after the "draft" that we see as the RPG-in-progress?

[Curly]

Will you change from First Person to Third Person Narrative for the Big Apocalyptic Trilogy?

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

Harry has a history of making nonhuman minds a little more human by the way he interacts with them, such as with Bob and Lash. it's almost as if thinking of them in human terms causes his mortal free will to rub off on them a little.

I read that as "harry is good at anthropomorphising non-humans he hangs around with for any length of time", fwiw. That it's a perception thing rather than necessarily an entirely real thing.

[Thanatos]

I read that as "harry is good at anthropomorphising non-humans he hangs around with for any length of time", fwiw. That it's a perception thing rather than necessarily an entirely real thing.

Sure, that's how it begins, and then the anthromorphisms stick. Lash eventually drifted enough from Lasciel that she sacrificed her existence (or most of it, at least) in order to save Harry. Bob has no reason to have a personality except that Harry treats him as a person. Harry's id may agree with Bob pretty often, but the rest of Harry finds Bob's perverse fascination with sex to be annoying and strange. When it's just one of many air/intellect spirits, or a shadow that lives entirely in Harry's head, there's not a lot of consequence to it developing a more human persona, but even a tiny drift in the mind of a being like Mab could have a huge impact, possibly compounded by the athame. Perhaps it was Margret's.

[neofyte]

I read that as "harry is good at anthropomorphising non-humans he hangs around with for any length of time", fwiw. That it's a perception thing rather than necessarily an entirely real thing.

Harry is like a virus, or a really good, not overly dogmatic, proselyter.  He gets in between the spaces of your thoughts and settles there like dust.  Then you can't get him completely out, no matter how much you shake your head, or pound it against the wall, or have someone blow into your ear. - from the unauthorized memoirs of Lash 

[Dina]

^ I love it!

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

Sure, that's how it begins, and then the anthromorphisms stick. Lash eventually drifted enough from Lasciel that she sacrificed her existence (or most of it, at least) in order to save Harry.

This is what Harry likes to think; it may well serve Lash for him to be mistaken here.

[Thanatos]

This is what Harry likes to think; it may well serve Lash for him to be mistaken here.

...and maybe the entire series is the schizophrenic fantasy of an institutional patient.
Whatever, I'm done. 

*******

New question for Jim:
Did Harry name his foundling kitten after Mister Mistoffeles from the play Cats?
After all, that Mister has a magic/stage illusion theme...

[Shecky]

No, he named the cat "Mister" because it was the closest he could get to "Master" without sounding... off.

(Yes, that was a joke.)

[cass]

Could also have just been an offshoot of, "Hey there, mister, how'd you get in that dumpster?" as he's removing the kitten from the trash.

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

...and maybe the entire series is the schizophrenic fantasy of an institutional patient.
Whatever, I'm done. 

I hardly think "one character, who is noted for the skill of her deceptions among beings who habitually deceive on a scale of centuries, and who has already been shown capable of fairly large scale deceptions (cf. 'Shiela') deceives our protagonist on an important plot point" is on a par with "Harry is actually one of those guys at the back of the room in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and it's all in his head".

[Led Guardian]

I hardly think "one character, who is noted for the skill of her deceptions among beings who habitually deceive on a scale of centuries, and who has already been shown capable of fairly large scale deceptions (cf. 'Shiela') deceives our protagonist on an important plot point" is on a par with "Harry is actually one of those guys at the back of the room in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and it's all in his head".

Somewhere, though, JB actually said that Lash really did change, and it's not some con.

[Thanatos]

Nevermind.

[Curly]

Although I understand that this is supposed to be funny, I think it's a perfect example of retaining hard feelings against those who disagree with one's theories. I feel it's inappropriate to express these feelings on the boards and especially in this particular thread.

[Shecky]

*edited to protect the guilty*