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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #75 on: July 09, 2008, 09:14:23 PM »
It had a white door way back in GP don't remember if that door has changed by SmF.

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« Reply #76 on: July 22, 2008, 01:31:47 PM »
Which book is Eb from and i didn't think he had soulgazed Thomas because i thought it wasn't possible to soulgaze vampires?

As Harry has said, White Court vamps are the closest to humans because they have a incubus living wthin. In other words the human body is home for 2 souls: human and demon. Because that's the living arrangement, any wizard can soulgaze a White Court vamp.
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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #77 on: July 23, 2008, 02:59:41 AM »
It is possible that a Whampire that has allowed their Inner Demon to take control of them might not be Soulgaze-able.
- or perhaps one would never want to do so. I mean, would Harry really want to soulgaze Vittero ?
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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #78 on: July 23, 2008, 01:47:41 PM »
I came across the answer to the blue beetle in... the first book. Do we need the most recent? Specifics, specifics...

We dug out the specifics up to PG... and WN only referenced blue, red, yellow, and green.  Is there more in SmF?  (You'd think I'd have taken note of it, but I can't recall)

Answer:  Powder blue, white, yellow, red, green, and primer grey

I found 3 quotes for this (Thanks, Priscellie for pointing me to FM!):

Fool Moon
The Beetle wasn't really blue, not anymore.  One of the doors had been replaced with a green duplicate, the other one with white, when something with claws had shredded the originals.  The hood had been slagged by fire, and my mechanic, Mike, had replaced it with the hood from a red vehicle.

Dead Beat
The car has had various doors and panels replaced with white, yellow, red, and green.  My mechanic, Mike, had managed to pound the hood more or less back into its original condition, which I’d bent our of shape while ramming a bad guy, but I hadn’t had the money to repaint, so now the car had primer grey added to its ensemble.

Proven Guilty
It’s a jumble of different colors, as my mechanic has replaced damaged portions of the body with parts from junked Bugs, but it started off as a shade of powder blue, and that had earned it the sobriquet of the Blue Beetle.


ETA quote from PG, to clarify that the "blue" is "powder blue," 'cause it's a fine piece of trivia  :D


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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #79 on: August 07, 2008, 04:24:03 AM »
According to Ch. 2 of Small Favor, the descriptor for the Blue Beetle is:

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« Reply #80 on: August 07, 2008, 09:32:18 PM »
Thanks, Blampira!

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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #81 on: August 22, 2008, 03:21:39 PM »
The denerian Bear, Eb, Elaine, Susan(If when you said his girlfriend you ment Harry's), and Ms. Beckett/Ms. Demeter (If you ment Marcone's Girlfriend) both of which He has soulgazed, But I think I am missing atleast one and probally more
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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #82 on: September 14, 2008, 11:48:07 PM »
Tak, there are actually four Regional Commanders in the US, though we only know the names of two.  From Dead Beat:

Umm, I could be wrong here, and I hate to necro the post (I seem to have developed a bad habit of doing that...), but I think that by the end of Dead Beat/the beginning of Proven Guilty there are only 3 regional commanders, (one of them is presumed to be dead, due to the Red Court offensives) including Harry and Ramirez.
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« Reply #83 on: September 14, 2008, 11:50:40 PM »
And I also didn't read beyond page 1, thereby making me an idiot for not realizing that what I was responding to had already been adressed. Sorry!

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« Reply #84 on: October 08, 2008, 11:03:40 PM »
Ok. It took me reading through the entire series again, but I found the trivia for the Blue Bettle.

The Blue Beetle

(01) Storm Front - “1 Green Door. White Door. Red Hood.”

(02) Fool Moon – Same.

(03) Grave Peril - “Driver = White. Passenger = Red.” No reason listed.

(04) Winter Knight - Chapter : “Dented hood killing Chlorofiend.” Chapter : “Fix worked on the Blue Beetle's engine.”

(05) Death Masks - “Bullet holes in hood. Shot out one headlight.” Passenger side light?

(06) Blood Rites – Chapter 1: “Above plus: Mold Demons!” Chapter 3: “Vampire bent steering wheel.”
Chapter 42: “Repaired.”

(07) Dead Beat - “White. Yellow. Red. Green. Hood is primer Grey.”
Chapter 23: “Bullet Hole in hood.”

(08) Proven Guilty - “Hit & Run. Passenger side ruined.” Chapter 44: “Repaired.”

(09) White Night – Chapter 1: “Multicolored.” Chapter 19: “Battlescared glory.”

I'm still reading my way through (10) Small Favor.
I'll update as soon as I get it done, though.
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Other random things that I found along the way:

Player Piano. Storm Front. Chapter Five.

Harry is “Half a head over 6 foot.” 6' 6”. Fool Moon. Chapter :

Agent Dent was 6' and 3-4”. Fool Moon. Chapter :

Morgan is 6' 5”. Winter Knight.

Micheal is about 6' 4”. - - Chapter :

What Amerind Tribe was Corpsetaker using?
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Name all three types of Human Ancestors that Harry used in Blood Rites.
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White Night: New Shield Bracelet. Chapter 7. Chapter 10: Shield Defined
Chapter 19: Thomas' Boat: Water Beetle.
Chapter 24: “Paleolithic.” (Elaine)
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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #85 on: October 16, 2008, 03:01:45 PM »
(10) Small Favor - Chapter 2 "a beat-up old Volkswagon Beetle that had originally been a powder blue, but was now a mix of red, blue, green, white, yellow, and now primer grey on the hood."
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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #86 on: October 24, 2008, 03:11:06 PM »
Mac's Place.

Ok, I can only recall two places where a full description of MacAnally's Place is given - at least not without re-re-re-re-reading the entire series, which I will do in a few months anyway, just not right now.

Note: I am only inlcuding the important parts, and not everything.

Storm Front. Chapter Five.
"Mac keeps a player piano."

"When you walk in, you take several steps down into a room with low clearance and ceiling fans."

"There are thirteen stools at the bar and thirteen tables in the room. Thirteen windows, set up high in the wall in order to be above ground level, let some light in from the street."

"Thirteen mirrors on the walls."

"Thirteen wooden columns, carved with the likeness from folktales and legends of the Old World."

"The colors are all muted, earth browns and sea greens."

"Mac makes his own beer, ale really."

"Mac does all his cooking on a wood burning stove."

Small Favor. Chapter 15
"There are 13 tables in the room, & 13 wooden pillars, each extensively carved with scenes mostly out of Old Wolrd fairy tales.
The bar is crooked and has 13 stools, and 13 ceiling fans."
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Re: dresden trivia
« Reply #87 on: February 05, 2009, 04:18:31 PM »
How much did Harry's coat cost?
When did he get it?
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« Reply #88 on: February 05, 2009, 05:41:55 PM »
How much did Harry's coat cost?
When did he get it?

Susan gave it to him as a gift in Fool Moon.  We don't know how much it cost originally, or how much he's spent (if any) in making it the magical equivalent of Kevlar (and more).
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« Reply #89 on: February 06, 2009, 08:23:16 PM »
I was looking at buying one. I mean a really good one. prices in US$ ranged up to 700.00 for reasonable designs
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