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* Harry stares down the Queen to Be, Maeve, of the Winter Court by saying that technically the last time he had held someone close to him, it had been the dying Aurora, Maeve's counterpart in the summer court. Whom he had just killed.

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* Harry stares down ''serving'' Maeve, the Queen to Be, Maeve, To Be of the Winter Court by saying that technically Court.
--> '''Maeve''':“Tell me, mortal. When was
the last time he had held someone close flesh, new and strange to him, it had been your hand, lay quivering beneath you, hmm? When was the dying Aurora, Maeve's counterpart in the summer court. Whom he had just killed.last time you could taste and feel some little lovely’s cries?”
--> '''Harry''': "Technically? When I killed Aurora."



* [[spoiler: Butters' ProperlyParanoid ''bulletproof vest'']]

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* [[spoiler: Butters' ProperlyParanoid ''bulletproof vest'']]vest.''



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* Martin gets one which was, [[TheNondescript appropriately]], almost impossible to notice. In fact [[spoiler: no one would ever have known he was anything but TheMole if Harry's soulgaze hadn't revealed his ThanatosGambit to wipe out the entire Red Court while he lay dying]]
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* Harry stares down the Queen to Be, Maeve, of the Winter Court by saying that technically the last time he had held someone close to him, it had been the dying Aurora, Maeve's counterpart in the summer court. And killed her.

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* Harry stares down the Queen to Be, Maeve, of the Winter Court by saying that technically the last time he had held someone close to him, it had been the dying Aurora, Maeve's counterpart in the summer court. And killed her.Whom he had just killed.
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* Harry stares down the Queen to Be, Maeve, of the Winter Court by saying that technically the last time he had held someone close to him, it had been the dying Aurora, Maeve's counterpart in the summer court.

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* Harry stares down the Queen to Be, Maeve, of the Winter Court by saying that technically the last time he had held someone close to him, it had been the dying Aurora, Maeve's counterpart in the summer court. And killed her.
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** [[MissionFromGod He was not by himself.]]
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In the Dresden Files verse, Dragon:dragon::tiger:housecat.


* Consider how much power Ferrovax wielded in the confrontation in ''Grave Peril'', and also consider that WordOfGod has stated that dragons like Ferrovax can take on Mab and win. With all of this in mind, remember that Michael Carpenter ''killed one of them''. ''By himself.''

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* Consider how much power Ferrovax wielded in the confrontation in ''Grave Peril'', and also consider that WordOfGod has stated that dragons Dragons like Ferrovax can take on Mab and win. With all of this in mind, remember that Michael Carpenter ''killed one of them''. ''By himself.''
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*Not in any short story, but Jim has said that the Gatekeeper is the one who took down Abdul Alhazred, and that he is the most dangerous wizard on the entire council.

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* Harry vs. WellIntentionedExtremist Greene over Molly. Greene has Molly in interrogation, and Harry gets her out using some extraordinarily swift thinking, knowledge of the legal system, a nosy reporter, and about two metric tons of awesome. The poor cop never had a chance.
** Well Intentioned Extremist? More like {{Dirty Cop}}. Harry got rid of him mostly by pointing out all the laws he was breaking, after all.

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* Harry vs. WellIntentionedExtremist {{Dirty Cop}} Greene over Molly. Greene has Molly in interrogation, and Harry gets her out using some extraordinarily swift thinking, knowledge of the legal system, a nosy reporter, and about two metric tons of awesome. The poor cop never had a chance.
** Well Intentioned Extremist? More like {{Dirty Cop}}. Harry got rid of him mostly by pointing out all the laws he was breaking, after all.
chance.
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** Vadderung is rather insistent that Harry have some coffee and a doughnut. Since he likely realizes that Harry is on a suicide mission, [[spoiler:Father Odin does the modern equivalent of having Harry drink Odin's Mead, giving our hero one more way back from death, as an Einherjar.]]
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* John Marcone, pulling a drowning Harry out of the river [[spoiler: with ''the freaking Shroud of Turin'']]. And prior to that, Marcone takes on [[spoiler: Nicodemus]], and actually manages to drive him off with concentrated fire from an AK-47.

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* John Marcone, pulling a drowning Harry out of the river [[spoiler: with ''the freaking Shroud of Turin'']]. And prior to that, Marcone takes on [[spoiler: Nicodemus]], Nicodemus, and actually manages to drive him off with concentrated fire from an AK-47.AK-47. Immediately afterward, when Harry explains that Nicodemus can't be killed and can probably run faster than the train they're fighting on, Marcone's only response to [[CasualDangerDialogue glance to Sanya and ask for more ammo.]]
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* Consider how much power Ferrovax wielded in the confrontation in ''Grave Peril'', and also consider that WordOfGod has stated that dragons like Ferrovax can take on Mab and win. With all of this in mind, remember that Michael Carpenter ''killed one of them''. ''By himself.''
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** Nevermind that, how about the fact the entire Mag incident turns out to be [[spoiler:a dry run on how to kill Harry Dresden]]? Which ''succeeded''.

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** Nevermind that, how about the fact the entire Mag incident turns out to be [[spoiler:a dry run on how to kill Harry Dresden]]? Which ''succeeded''. [[spoiler: Which also makes it something of a meta CMOA for Harry as well, considering that Marcone wasn't sure that would be enough to kill him until it worked on Mag.]]
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*** Hell, summoning the Lord of the Wild Hunt on its own is a moment of awesome. Harry summons and tries to bind one of the most powerful FairFolk in existence. This will give said FairFolk a personal grudge against Harry, which means the Lord will probably kill him within a day or two even if bound long enough for Harry's purposes.
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* A couple of vampires have [[spoiler:thrown a Molotov cocktail at Harry's apartment building, and the whole place is burning down. He managed to haul his elderly landlady out of bed to safety, but the upstairs neighbors are also old and unable to make it out on their own. Harry tries to rescue them, but can't due to a badly-timed explosion knocking him off the ladder.]] The old lady yells "Oh God in Heaven, help us!"... ''[[BigDamnHeroes and he does]]''. [[spoiler:Best-timed entrance ever, Sanya.]]

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* A couple of vampires have [[spoiler:thrown a Molotov cocktail at Harry's apartment building, and the whole place is burning down. He managed to haul his elderly landlady out of bed to safety, but the upstairs neighbors are also old and unable to make it out on their own. Harry tries to rescue them, but can't due to a badly-timed explosion knocking him off the ladder.]] The old lady yells "Oh God in Heaven, help us!"... ''[[BigDamnHeroes and he does]]''. [[spoiler:Best-timed entrance ever, Sanya.[[KnightErrant Sanya]].]]
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explicafication


* Murphy attacking an ogre [[ChainsawGood with a chainsaw]]. That is all. Or it would be, if Harry hadn't followed up by soaking it in gasoline and [[KillItWithFire lighting it on fire]].

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* Murphy attacking an ogre [[ChainsawGood with a chainsaw]]. That is all. Or it would be, if Harry hadn't followed up by [[IncendiaryExponent soaking it in gasoline gasoline]] and [[KillItWithFire lighting it on fire]].
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Seemed like it was more foreshadowed that fridge brilliance


** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: You know, exactly like she looks whenever Harry looks at her with the Sight?]]

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** FridgeBrilliance: {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: You know, exactly like she looks whenever Harry looks at her with the Sight?]]
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*How about Marcone, Harry and the gang riding in to save the day in Marcone's helicopter? "All we need now is some Wagner..." and Gard presses a button and Ride of The Valkyries starts playing. Definitely awesome. [[spoiler: made hilarious in hindsight when we find out that Gard actually IS a Valkyrie.]]
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It certainly can, considering the only time he sees her with the Sight is a half-dozen books previous to Changes.


** [[spoiler: You know, exactly like she looks whenever Harry looks at her with the Sight?]]

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** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: You know, exactly like she looks whenever Harry looks at her with the Sight?]]
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* A ''lot'' of what Murphy does in "Aftermath," but two in particular: first, her severe beatdown of a slimebag apartment superintendent in front of all of his tenants, then her raid along with Billy and one of the other Alphas on a minor-talent human-trafficking ring.
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It shouldn't take you a trip to the fridge to realize this.


** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: You know, exactly like she looks whenever Harry looks at her with the Sight?]]

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** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: You know, exactly like she looks whenever Harry looks at her with the Sight?]]
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** Nevermind that, how about the fact the entire Mag incident turns out to be [[spoiler:a dry run on how to kill Harry Dresden]]? Which ''succeeded''.
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* In Day Off, Harry is going home from game night when he's approached by the Death Eater Wannabes for ruining their leader's bad feng shui curse. When they demand that he defend himself, ready for a magic duel (as much as they'll ever be), Harry pulls his trusty .44.
-->"Wh-what?" said one of the girls, who had a nose-ring that I was pretty sure was a clip-on. "What are you doing?"
-->"I'm a-fixin' to defend myself," I drawled, Texas-style.
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-->Bonus, the same mushroom poisoning kept the vampires from draining him dry later. They got badly poisoned.

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** "How did he ever win you?" "He didn't. I won him."

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** "How did he ever win you?" "He "[[ThisIsMyHuman He didn't. I won him."]]"



* Harry pulls some ''insane'' new tricks in this one. Notable examples: Freezing a would-be hitman's gun. Tapping into an earth ley-line to crush ''hundreds'' of {{mooks}} against the floor with gravity. Using tiny fireballs to "bomb" cars as a distraction. Draining the heat from a target and using that heat to power a fireball, then [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattering]] the vamp-sicle. Lots and lots of WhiteMagic-laced silver fire. Borrowing Luccio's tactics and '''slicing a monster in half''' with, basically, a magical laser cutter. There is also intentionally causing a cave-in over both him and his opponent, then opening a dimensional portal directly above himself. And then there's Molly and her "One Woman Rave," complete with ''Thomas [[DanceBattler break-dancing]]'' while decapitating bad guys with a sword and shooting them with a machine gun.

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* Harry pulls some ''insane'' new tricks in this one. Notable examples: Freezing a would-be hitman's gun. Tapping into an earth ley-line to crush ''hundreds'' of {{mooks}} against the floor with gravity. Using tiny fireballs to "bomb" cars as a distraction. Draining the heat from a target and using that heat to power a fireball, then [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattering]] the vamp-sicle. Lots and lots of WhiteMagic-laced silver fire. Borrowing Luccio's tactics and '''slicing a monster in half''' with, basically, a magical laser cutter. There is also intentionally Intentionally causing a cave-in over both him and his opponent, then opening a dimensional portal directly above himself. And then there's Molly and her "One Woman Rave," complete with ''Thomas [[DanceBattler break-dancing]]'' while decapitating bad guys with a sword and shooting them with a machine gun.



* This Troper had something of a soft spot for [[spoiler:Odin]] showing Harry why it's a bad idea to fuck with [[PhysicalGod physical gods]].

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*** Oh, come on. You don't live under the same roof as [[DoomMagnet Harry Dresden]] for ten years without learning to sleep through a little thing like that.
* This Troper I had something of a soft spot for [[spoiler:Odin]] showing Harry why it's a bad idea to fuck with [[PhysicalGod physical gods]].
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*** FridgeBrilliance makes this more awesome. Mavra has not come back since.
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Took out this line because the event referenced happens long before the fight at the Erlking's place. The runner is implied to be Esteban in dialog.


*** Pretty sure that's not possible, since [[spoiler:the Eebs were torn to tiny little shreds by the goblins at the Erlking's place.]]
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*** Pretty sure that's not possible, since [[spoiler:the Eebs were torn to tiny little shreds by the goblins at the Erlking's place.]]
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** And along with that, Hendricks riding shotgun. Except you can replace the word "shotgun" with ''"[[GatlingGood minigun.]]"''

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** And along with that, Hendricks riding shotgun. Except you can replace the word "shotgun" with ''"[[GatlingGood minigun.]]"''[[strike:shotgun]] [[GatlingGood minigun]].
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-->"Fortunately for you, [[KnightInShiningArmor they [the Knights] are good men]]. Unfortunately for you, [[DirtyHarry I]] [[AntiHero am not]]."

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