Thread:Ursuul/@comment-30270234-20170705114048/@comment-30270234-20170706073516

I was reading your answers, yesterday evening (about midnight, and about to crash, sorry for that), a few things struck me. It may be that I'm clutching at straws here, given how much I dislike the idea of Karrin Murphy going out, but there ya go.

1st) Has it occurred to you that perhaps Murphy may be subject to the same sort of hammering that Dresden is? That is she is learning of and about the magical side of the world, is entering it as much as a non-magical person can, and is getting her vanilla life, both the slags and the ties she has with it, stripped from her in order to make her a fully functional, though not magic, member of the community? 2) Mantles are actually dynamic in their structure, not static. They are picked up, worn for a while, and taken off when the time is right, cross-fertilized at Halloween, and, if the change the wearer, they are also changed by her/him. New ones are created (Santa Claus), and old ones possibly definitely laid down. What if there is a Mantle in store for Murphy, even though she's got no magic in her? Mind you that the Swords can be wielded by vanilla mortals - both Carpenter parents, Butters, Murphy, so there's no logical reason I can see why she can't, and it would be a surprise on par with Molly becoming the Winter Lady.

Now that I've slept on it, I actually wonder what kind of character Molly is. Murphy has always been a huge, elephant-sized-ballsy, bark-in-your-face, kick-in-your-ass presence in the books. Molly has always been the opposite of Murphy and Dresen; since one's magic is in part an extension of one's personality, it shows in her abilities; potions, veils and all what's fine and sneaky, rather than rough-and-tumble and in the open. Yes, it will be interesting to see what will come out of her. Perhaps, a Carpenter/Dresden relationship will not happen, though, Mab aims notwithstanding.

You probably don't take into account just how much energy Harry Dresden can actually gather in his sanest moments. If he goes nuts, there'll be enough for him to take down the whole of Chicago, and still to spare. My untested opinion, of course; should it happen, I look forward to see what comes out of it.