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No one commented on my observation about Wizards and electricity. Am I the only one who thinks this story element was just contrived to give Harry a hard time in his daily life, like a nagging wife or a cowardly Great Dane? Or is there a mytho-historic reasoning behind this?
We know from the books that Harry can identify faerie-folk by touching them with iron (I've heard that trope elsewhere). But iron doesn't hurt Harry, and some electrical gear can function around him. And the extent to which he impacts electricity is very erratic: His old car will run, but the A/C konks out, for example. |
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I go away (kind of) for a day and my threads been taken over by Stargate ... Humph!
![]() Unfortunately I've not had a lot of PC time, so I haven't had a chance to respond when I've wanted. I'm on my phone now, and it's not fun posting w/ it. Anyway, on the topic of Syfy .... I do like their Monday night line up w/ Eureka, Warehouse 13 and Alphas. This season of Eureka is now over and I don't know what I'll watch once the other 2 are done for the season. Although I' sad that Eureka only has 1 more season, I'm glad they have a chance to wrap it up nicely, instead of it just being yanked off the air. As for Dresden, my hope is that someone will relaunch/reboot it and give it a fair chance. |
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I was okay with the original production, but when I first saw it, I hadn't read any of Butcher's books. Now that I have (I'm on book 4 now), I can't say I have a problem with the TV version... it's clearly different, but not horribly so. I might not have picked Blackthorne, but that's partially because I've seen the Butcher book covers and read the books, and it seems Harry is a lot more brooding. But that may not work well for the TV show. |
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Hubby and I plan to watch the series again, so I'll have to get back to you on that one.
The only characters I remember from the show are Dresden and Bob, both of whom I like(d). |
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....and ever since the first episode i started picturing molly c. quinn (alexis castle) as molly carpenter along with my long-time visualization of jeff goldblum (maybe 20 rears younger than now) as harry.
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This is the first I've heard of the magic vs electricity issue. I don't mind it that much, although, it does seem like a "let's make Harry's life miserable" plat device, at times. I can not remember specific instances, but there seemed to be some inconsistency in the first 2 books. Based on your comments, sounds like inconsistency continues to be a problem in the following books as well. That's unfortunate. ![]() I agree with you about it being odd (and somewhat unbelievable) that no wizardry governing body has come up with solution. Its highly inconvenient to have the lights blown out on you in the middle of a line-of-sight spell, unless those do not exist. Plus, in his line of work, a cellphone would come in pretty handy! |
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here're the laws that harry must live by (or is it get away with...er breaking?)
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Yeah, this is the rule I was questioning in Fool Moon. The magic wielders were human. |
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...so no magical laws broken, right?
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Oh yeah....silly me. I was concentrating on the accessories and not the facts.
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And yes, inconsistent: If he affects sophisticated electronics, I don't see how he can use a telephone, even an old one; they've had transistorized parts since the fifties. (If Jim Butcher's looking at this, he's probably rolling his eyes and mumbling nasty incantations at me right now...) Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 09-23-2011 at 11:28 AM. |
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Harry works best with WWII level tech or earlier. His car is a 1960's beetle and even that ends up in the shop constantly because he accidentally hexes it. It's not a hard and fast rule that you can graph though, and much of the effect depends on his emotional state, random chance, and the tech involved.
Also, as far as I know the Murphyonic Field (what ever can go wrong will go wrong) is an artifact of the human use of magic. I could be wrong, but that's what I've always thought. |
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