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* Merlin is said to have built Demonreach at five different times, simultaneously. Why five? He's creating a magical pentagram, like the ones Harry draws all the time. But whereas Harry just draws his in space, Merlin was drawing a pentagram ''in time.''
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* Two of Mother Winter's names are Skuld (a Norn) and Atropos, one of the three sisters. It is also stated that there is a name that both the Mothers share that is even more powerful. Given the domains of the first two names, the third is most likely [[spoiler:Fate]]. When you realize that in the original myths the creatures of Winter and Summer are not different individuals on opposite sides, but the same person at different times [[spoiler:much like Kringle and Odin,]] the Mothers' conversation makes a bit more sense, kind of a "what once was split be made whole" kinda thing.

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* Two of Mother Winter's names are Skuld (a Norn) and Atropos, one of the three sisters. It is It’s also stated that there is there’s a name that both the Mothers share that is that’s even more powerful. Given the domains of the first two names, the third is most likely [[spoiler:Fate]]. When you realize that in the original myths the creatures of Winter and Summer are not different individuals on opposite sides, but the same person at different times [[spoiler:much like Kringle and Odin,]] the Mothers' conversation makes a bit more sense, kind of a "what once was split be made whole" kinda thing.
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* Sarissa comes from an old Hebrew word, which is the same word that Sarah derives from (and in fact, Harry accidentally calls Sarissa Sarah when he's trying to remember her name.) The brilliance? The same word is also the Hebrew word for [[spoiler:"princess." As in, "Daughter of a queen."]] It's also a weapon (a type of spear).

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* Sarissa comes from an old Hebrew word, which is the same word that Sarah derives from (and in fact, Harry accidentally calls Sarissa Sarah when he's trying to remember her name.) The brilliance? The same word is also the Hebrew word for [[spoiler:"princess." As in, "Daughter "daughter of a queen."]] It's also a weapon (a type of spear).
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* On a meta level, the reason [[spoiler:Molly]] was able to become the Winter Lady conforms perfectly with [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Winter philosophy]]. During ''Changes'', both she and Harry suffered trauma from killing the person they loved. The difference is that Harry could not bear the pain of this (and killed himself) where Molly endured her guilt and survived, making it possible for Lea to train her. In a culture that values strength highly, it makes sense that she would be ranked higher than him.

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* On a meta level, the reason [[spoiler:Molly]] was able to become the Winter Lady conforms perfectly with [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Winter philosophy]]. During ''Changes'', both she and Harry suffered trauma from killing the person they loved. The difference is that Harry could not bear the pain of this (and killed himself) where Molly endured her guilt and survived, making it possible for Lea to train her. In a culture that values strength highly, it makes sense that she would be ranked higher than him.
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* With the revelation that Demonreach is meant to act as a prison, it granting Harry Intellectus within its confines suddenly becomes clearer and not just a convenient power boost. Harry is THE Warden. And what's a good way to prevent prisonbreaks and escapes? A handydandy ''SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM''. After all, the reason prisons used to have guards/wardens was to watch the prisoners and the environs to make sure no one was trying to tunnel in or out. Since Demonreach is a prison run by one man (Alfred doesn't count, he's technically the interface to the prison's OS), the man must be able to keep watch over everything those now-removed guards would have been watching for. That's what the Island's Intellectus enables. It's a panopticon.

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* With the revelation that Demonreach is meant to act as a prison, it granting Harry Intellectus within its confines suddenly becomes clearer and not just a convenient power boost. Harry is THE Warden. And what's a good way to prevent prisonbreaks prison breaks and escapes? A handydandy ''SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM''. After all, the reason prisons used to have guards/wardens was to watch the prisoners and the environs to make sure no one was trying to tunnel in or out. Since Demonreach is a prison run by one man (Alfred doesn't count, he's technically the interface to the prison's OS), the man must be able to keep watch over everything those now-removed guards would have been watching for. That's what the Island's Intellectus enables. It's a panopticon.
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** Of ''course'' [[spoiler: Odin is also Santa]]. Who else has the information network to find out who’s been naughty or nice?

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** Of ''course'' [[spoiler: Odin is also Santa]]. Who else has the information network to find out who’s been naughty Naughty or nice?Nice?
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** It's not paranoia, either--all the beings listed above (except Gwynn, for obvious reasons) actually do join in [[spoiler: the battle against Ethniu, who's being used by Nemesis, in a few books' time]].
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* Speaking of the Carpenters, how will any of them react to the news that [[spoiler: Molly has become a faerie Queen]]? Does this mean [[spoiler: her soul will spend eternity in Faerie and can never go to Heaven]]?
* At first, it seems like for all the bad things that would happen if Demonreach exploded, killing millions of people and wiping out a good portion of the United States, we could have taken some comfort that the explosion would have happened on Halloween Night. The time when all of those horrible immortal nasties are mortal, and can actually be killed. It is likely that the ritual to destroy Demonreach was originally created by Merlin, or someone working with him, and specifically designed to be cast only on Halloween night, specifically for this purpose. What makes this horror instead of brilliance is that the setup of the attack as described by Demonreach and elaborated on by Odin. The attack spell was set up through space and time. Harry stopped the ritual on Halloween night, but if he hadn't, the spell would have hit and the island gone critical the following morning. Arguably, that's even better for Nemesis if it could trick the ritual into starting, setting up the prison breaking open, and then fudging things so that the explosion happened at a time when the prisoners could not be killed.

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* Speaking of the Carpenters, how will any of them react to the news that [[spoiler: Molly has become a faerie Queen]]? the Winter Lady]]? Does this mean [[spoiler: her soul will spend eternity in Faerie and can never go to Heaven]]?
* At first, it seems like for all the bad things that would happen if Demonreach exploded, killing millions of people and wiping out a good portion of the United States, we could have taken some comfort that the explosion would have happened on Halloween Night. The time when all of those horrible immortal nasties are mortal, and can actually be killed. It is It’s likely that the ritual to destroy Demonreach was originally created by Merlin, or someone working with him, and specifically designed to be cast only on Halloween night, specifically for this purpose. What makes this horror instead of brilliance is that the setup of the attack as described by Demonreach and elaborated on by Odin. The attack spell was set up through space and time. Harry stopped the ritual on Halloween night, but if he hadn't, the spell would have hit and the island gone critical the following morning. Arguably, that's even better for Nemesis if it could trick the ritual into starting, setting up the prison breaking open, and then fudging things so that the explosion happened at a time when the prisoners could not be killed.
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* A bit of both Brilliance and Horror, but why did Maeve choose that night to try to blow up Demonreach as opposed to any of the preceding time Harry was kinda-dead and thus not in any position to stop her, or when he was weak and in rehab? Simple: it's the same reason Mab is having [[spoiler:Maeve killed then. That night, everyone is kinda-mortal, and as Chicago is a major hub, a lot of major powers will likely be there. We are explicitly shown that Odin, the Erlking, Mab, and possibly even Titania if she chose to stick around are present. Then there's minor but not insignificant powers like Gwynn, all the Svartalves who live in Molly's apartment, etc. That is, beings that Mab might be able to call to her aid if the worst of the worst happened like a truly apocalyptic Outsider Incursion, and would be familiar enough with the situation to understand how important such a thing would be. Maeve was planning to use the explosion to kill them ALL on the one night of the year they're vulnerable.]]

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* A bit of both Brilliance and Horror, but why did Maeve choose that night to try to blow up Demonreach as opposed to any of the preceding time Harry was kinda-dead and thus not in any position to stop her, or when he was weak and in rehab? Simple: it's the same reason Mab is having [[spoiler:Maeve killed then. That night, everyone is kinda-mortal, and as Chicago is a major hub, a lot of major powers will likely be there. We are We’re explicitly shown that Odin, the Erlking, Mab, and possibly even Titania if she chose to stick around are present. Then there's minor but not insignificant powers like Gwynn, all the Svartalves who live in Molly's apartment, etc. That is, beings that Mab might be able to call to her aid if the worst of the worst happened like a truly apocalyptic Outsider Incursion, and would be familiar enough with the situation to understand how important such a thing would be. Maeve was planning to use the explosion to kill them ALL on the one night of the year they're vulnerable.]]
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* Waaaay back in ''Storm Front'', Harry encounters a Three-Eye junkie at the police station, who raves about how "those who walk before and He Who Walks Behind" are coming for the wizard. At the time, Harry's floored that the addict could See the mark of the Walker he'd confronted as a teenager on him. But now, it seems the junkie might actually have Seen ''Harry's future'' as well, because [[spoiler: "those who walk before" might actually have been a reference to Sharkface -- aka He Who Walks Before -- and his power of SelfDuplication]]. Sells' potion/drugs may have been more potent than Harry ever suspected.

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* Waaaay back in ''Storm Front'', Harry encounters a Three-Eye junkie at the police station, who raves about how "those who walk before and He Who Walks Behind" are coming for the wizard. At the time, Harry's floored that the addict could See the mark Mark of the Walker he'd confronted as a teenager on him. But now, it seems the junkie might actually have Seen ''Harry's future'' as well, because [[spoiler: "those who walk before" might actually have been a reference to Sharkface -- aka He Who Walks Before -- and his power of SelfDuplication]]. Sells' potion/drugs may have been more potent than Harry ever suspected.

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** Nullified by ''Battle Ground,'' where it's revealed that [[spoiler: the Redcap was on Mab's side the whole time]].



* At first, it seems like for all the bad things that would happen if Demonreach exploded, killing millions of people and wiping out a good portion of the United States, we could have taken some comfort that the explosion would have happened on Halloween Night. The time when all of those horrible immortal nasties are mortal, and can actually be killed. It is likely that the ritual to destroy Demonreach was originally created by Merlin, or someone working with him, and specifically designed to be cast only on Halloween night, specifically for this purpose. What makes this horror instead of brilliance is that the setup of the attack as described by Demonreach and elaborated by Odin. The attack spell was set up through space and time. Harry stopped the ritual on Halloween night, but if he hadn't, the spell would have hit and the island gone critical the following morning. Arguably, that's even better for Nemesis if it could trick the ritual into starting, setting up the prison breaking open, and then fudging things so that the explosion happened at a time when the prisoners could not be killed.

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* At first, it seems like for all the bad things that would happen if Demonreach exploded, killing millions of people and wiping out a good portion of the United States, we could have taken some comfort that the explosion would have happened on Halloween Night. The time when all of those horrible immortal nasties are mortal, and can actually be killed. It is likely that the ritual to destroy Demonreach was originally created by Merlin, or someone working with him, and specifically designed to be cast only on Halloween night, specifically for this purpose. What makes this horror instead of brilliance is that the setup of the attack as described by Demonreach and elaborated on by Odin. The attack spell was set up through space and time. Harry stopped the ritual on Halloween night, but if he hadn't, the spell would have hit and the island gone critical the following morning. Arguably, that's even better for Nemesis if it could trick the ritual into starting, setting up the prison breaking open, and then fudging things so that the explosion happened at a time when the prisoners could not be killed.
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** Consider also that [[spoiler: Titania, already angry over losing her daughter and having Lily thrust upon her in her place, could very easily have wound up with Harry Dresden's apprentice as hew new surrogate daugther and chew-toy.]] Molly might have gotten off lucky.

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** Consider also that [[spoiler: Titania, already angry over losing her daughter and having Lily thrust upon her in her place, could very easily have wound up with Harry Dresden's apprentice as hew her new surrogate daugther daughter and chew-toy.]] Molly might have gotten off lucky.
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** Of ''course’’ [[spoiler: Odin is also Santa]]. Who else has the information network to find out who’s been naughty or nice?

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** Of ''course’’ [[spoiler: Odin is also Santa]]. Who else has the information network to find out who’s been naughty or nice?
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* Alternatively, remember how "all of Winter" was after Harry in ''Proven Guilty''? Now consider that most of those faeries were supposed to be guarding [[spoiler: the Outer Gates]]. Also remember that this was at least partly Maeve's idea - and she was already saying that Mab was insane and [[spoiler:therefore must have already been infected by Nemesis]]. And then Michael mentions there were Outsiders involved in the Red Court attack on the Warden training camp. It looks like the entire thing - Molly's kidnapping, the rescue mission, everything - [[spoiler:was a diversion orchestrated by Maeve to get Outsiders into reality.]] NiceJobBreakingItHero. [[spoiler: Although it ''was'' Lea's Nemesis-infected side that said "all of Winter" was coming - that "crazy gleam" in her eyes was a hint to that effect - so she may have been lying about that.]]

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* Alternatively, remember how "all of Winter" was after Harry in ''Proven Guilty''? Now consider that most of those faeries were supposed to be guarding [[spoiler: the Outer Gates]]. Also remember that this was at least partly Maeve's idea - and she was already saying that Mab was insane and [[spoiler:therefore must have already been infected by Nemesis]]. And then Michael mentions there were Outsiders involved in the Red Court attack on the Warden training camp. It looks like the entire thing - Molly's kidnapping, the rescue mission, everything - [[spoiler:was a diversion orchestrated by Maeve to get Outsiders into reality.]] NiceJobBreakingItHero. [[spoiler: Although it ''was'' Lea's Nemesis-infected side that said "all of Winter" was coming - that "crazy gleam" in her eyes was a hint to that effect - so she may have been lying about that. Or, she may have meant all of Winter that was in Faerie, simply not including the Fae fighting at the Outer Gates.]]



* A meta one: Butcher gives the weight that Dresden can press in both kilos and stones. The European fanbase approves, because we get length in feet and inches often enough to know what it is in meters - but weights are something completely different. This way, everybody understands just how ridiculously strong Dresden has become.

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* A meta one: Butcher gives the weight that Dresden can press in both kilos and stones. The European fanbase approves, because we get length in feet and inches often enough to know what it is in meters - but weights are something completely different. This way, everybody understands just how ridiculously strong Dresden has become. And since it's a nice round number, it isn't ''too'' difficult for Americans to multiply by 2.2 to get weight in pounds.
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* Going into Horror, when one thinks about what if Harry had used [[spoiler:Fates']] name. It's a good chance that instead of one of the Mothers he would have gotten the one and only [[MotherEarth Mother]]. Honestly, if Mother Winter is [[spoiler:Fate]], then the idea that Mother Summer is also MotherEarth makes a lot of sense.

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* Going into Horror, when one thinks about what if Harry had used [[spoiler:Fates']] name. It's a good chance that instead of one of the Mothers he would have gotten the one and only [[MotherEarth [[MotherNature Mother]]. Honestly, if Mother Winter is [[spoiler:Fate]], then the idea that Mother Summer is also MotherEarth [[MotherNature Mother Earth]] makes a lot of sense.
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* Harry, who has consistently been OneOfUs (in terms of his obsession with comic books, sci-fi and fantasy) [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure has no idea what Bob is talking about]] when he mentions the [[Series/{{Firefly}} "special hell" for people who talk during a movie]]. Because since Harry's power makes him a WalkingTechbane, he probably hasn't watched television since the Nineties (judging by his [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] references), and thus never watched Firefly.

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* Harry, who has consistently been OneOfUs JustForFun/OneOfUs (in terms of his obsession with comic books, sci-fi and fantasy) [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure has no idea what Bob is talking about]] when he mentions the [[Series/{{Firefly}} "special hell" for people who talk during a movie]]. Because since Harry's power makes him a WalkingTechbane, he probably hasn't watched television since the Nineties (judging by his [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] references), and thus never watched Firefly.
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* A bit of both Brilliance and Horror, but why did Maeve choose that night to try to blow up Demonreach as opposed to any of the preceding time Harry was kinda-dead and thus not in any position to stop her, or when he was weak and in rehab? Simple: it's the same reason Mab is having [[spoiler:Maeve killed then. That night, everyone is kinda-mortal, and as Chicago is a major hub, a lot of major powers will likely be there. We are explicitly shown that Odin, the Erlking, Mab, and possibly even Titania if she chose to stick around are present. Then there's minor but not insignificant powers like Gwynn, all the Svartalves who live in Molly's apartment, etc. That is, beings that Mab might be able to call to her aid if the worst of the worst happened like a truly apocalyptic Outsider Incursion, and would be familiar enough with the situation to understand how important such a thing would be. Maeve was planning to use the explosion to kill them ALL on the one night of the year they're vulnerable.]]
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* According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:Justin DuMorne was collecting the Starborn to raise them into a weapon to destroy Outsiders]]. So... does that mean [[spoiler:Elaine Mallory is ''also'' a Starborn Outsider-killer]]?

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* According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:Justin DuMorne [=DuMorne=] was collecting the Starborn to raise them into a weapon to destroy Outsiders]]. So... does that mean [[spoiler:Elaine Mallory is ''also'' a Starborn Outsider-killer]]?
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* Kringle and Eldest Gruff ignoring Sarissa's kidnapping by the Red Cap raises unpleasant connotations, especially with Eldest Gruff, who seems to be a pretty nice guy otherwise. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation But it may be that they know exactly what they're doing, after all]]. Harry has just become the Winter Knight, and for the Winter Fae to respect him at all, he needs to assert his authority violently. By standing around and making Harry fight the Red Cap, they simultaneously keep their own hands clean and encourage Harry to assert his own authority and gain Winter's respect.



* Kringle and Eldest Gruff ignoring Sarissa's kidnapping by the Red Cap raises unpleasant connotations, especially with Eldest Gruff, who seems to be a pretty nice guy otherwise. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation But it may be that they know exactly what they're doing, after all]]. Harry has just become the Winter Knight, and for the Winter Fae to respect him at all, he needs to assert his authority violently. By standing around and making Harry fight the Red Cap, they simultaneously keep their own hands clean and encourage Harry to assert his own authority and gain Winter's respect.

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* Kringle and Eldest Gruff ignoring Sarissa's kidnapping by the Red Cap raises unpleasant connotations, especially with Eldest Gruff, who seems to be a pretty nice guy otherwise. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation But it may be that they know exactly what they're doing, after all]]. Harry has just become the Winter Knight, and for the Winter Fae to respect him at all, he needs to assert his authority violently. By standing around and making Harry fight the Red Cap, they simultaneously keep their own hands clean and encourage Harry to assert his own authority and gain Winter's respect.
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* Kringle and Eldest Gruff ignoring Sarissa's kidnapping by the Red Cap raises unpleasant connotations, especially with Eldest Gruff, who seems to be a pretty nice guy otherwise. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation But it may be that they know exactly what they're doing, after all]]. Harry has just become the Winter Knight, and for the Winter Fae to respect him at all, he needs to assert his authority violently. By standing around and making Harry fight the Red Cap, they simultaneously keep their own hands clean and encourage Harry to assert his own authority and gain Winter's respect.
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** The exact relationship of Nemesis and the Outsiders is still unclear, so time with tell, but it's possible that it wasn't really powerful, it was just the Outsider's influence in making it that made it able to spot them.
** Also, that means that the junkie knew about one of them well before Harry did, and the other well after, once again reminding that those aren't just pretty titles but fitting descriptions of them.
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** Consider also that [[spoiler: Titania, already angry over losing her daughter and having Lily thrust upon her in her place, could very easily have wound up with Harry Dresden's apprentice as hew new surrogate daugther and chew-toy.]] Molly might have gotten off lucky.

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