Mmm. I feel like the two details I mentioned are too deliberate for him not to have an explanation
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 27/01/2012 05:59:10 PM
The repair of Little Chicago is a pretty major thing, implying a hidden character who did something for unknown reasons. I'd say it VERY unlikely that Butcher just wrote that in and thought, "Eh, I'll figure out who did that later."
The Calvin and Hobbes thing is a little different. It's possible it was just thrown in, but it's so... deliberate and out of place, and so "casual" that it seems likely Butcher has an explanation for that, too.
If you don't remember the scene, it's a little tense. Harry's just fought off an attack from unknown goat-monster things. He's bantering a little with Bob, but he has a broken nose and two black eyes and is a little worried. Suddenly... Calvin and Hobbes? Then Harry thinks to himself, "Hm, weird," and the plot moves on.
It wasn't put there as a joke- there would have been a different rhythm and tone to its mention. It wasn't mentioned by accident- Butcher deliberately typed those words.
The Calvin and Hobbes thing is a little different. It's possible it was just thrown in, but it's so... deliberate and out of place, and so "casual" that it seems likely Butcher has an explanation for that, too.
If you don't remember the scene, it's a little tense. Harry's just fought off an attack from unknown goat-monster things. He's bantering a little with Bob, but he has a broken nose and two black eyes and is a little worried. Suddenly... Calvin and Hobbes? Then Harry thinks to himself, "Hm, weird," and the plot moves on.
It wasn't put there as a joke- there would have been a different rhythm and tone to its mention. It wasn't mentioned by accident- Butcher deliberately typed those words.
I amuse myself.
Dresden Files- are these subtle signs of time travel? (possible spoilers)
- 27/01/2012 02:32:11 PM
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You are crazy.
- 27/01/2012 02:42:25 PM
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Butcher definitely seeds seemingly irrelevant minor details into earlier books
- 27/01/2012 03:08:44 PM
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Yeah, but how much of that is pre-planning and how much is that Butcher
- 27/01/2012 05:50:43 PM
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Mmm. I feel like the two details I mentioned are too deliberate for him not to have an explanation
- 27/01/2012 05:59:10 PM
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Re: You are crazy. [definite spoiler here]
- 27/01/2012 04:31:58 PM
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Where has it said that?
- 27/01/2012 05:35:02 PM
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I'll take a look...
- 27/01/2012 05:45:31 PM
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Re: I'll take a look...
- 27/01/2012 06:05:27 PM
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You are wrong.
- 28/01/2012 07:47:26 PM
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Hm, that's pretty blunt, especially because... I'm not. At least, not like you are saying.
- 30/01/2012 01:11:06 AM
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This idea rings a bell.
- 27/01/2012 03:16:47 PM
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I just added a minor spoilers tag, though I think I've avoided any real spoilers
- 27/01/2012 04:07:41 PM
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Also, didn't he have someone following him in one of the middle books that was never explained?
- 28/01/2012 12:25:52 PM
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*Spoiler* I thought that...
- 30/01/2012 06:09:49 PM
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Hm... Side Jobs has him tailing Harry, but I think it's in a different case
- 30/01/2012 06:47:24 PM
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I'll have to re-read it.
- 31/01/2012 05:25:39 PM
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No, the Side Jobs story "Back-up" is almost entirely self-contained
- 01/02/2012 07:49:56 PM
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