The Dresden Files/Changes: Difference between revisions

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Multiple, including Lara Raith and {{spoiler|Martin}}.

* [[Clarke's Third Law]]: Harry enters the corporate headquarters of Monoc Securities and sees a pair of receptionists working at two computers whose monitors were composed of very fine mist that floated in the air as if a whispy illusion.

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: {{spoiler|Harry is shot and [[Word of God|is dying]] at the end. The opening chapter of ''Ghost Story'' more or less confirms that he is dead--[[Who Dunnit to Me?|but he is not quite out of the game yet]].}}

** {{spoiler|As of the end of ''Ghost Story'', Harry's still alive, due to Mab, Demonreach, Uriel, and a certain "parasite" thwarting his suicide-by-Hellhound attempt, and therefore still the Winter Knight.}}

* [[Combat by Champion]]

* [[Cultural Posturing]]:

** Ironic, considering the fact that as an Englishman, it should be "[[British English|capitalise]]".

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: The Knights of the Blackened Denarius play host to demons (fallen angels) in exchange for power, knowledge, and immortality. They have to willingly touch a cursed coin and let the Fallen in.

** Harry made a deal with {{spoiler|Queen Mab}}. In fact, if she had turned him down, his next stop would have been {{spoiler|to make an almost literal [[Deal with the Devil]] involving the Denarians.}}

* [[Deconstruction]]: As one would expect from the sheer GRIMDARK. ''Changes'' and ''Ghost Story'' seem to have taken it upon themselves to deconstruct as many of Harry's exploits as possible, with Harry's rap sheet catching up to him.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|Harry becomes this to his own daughter due to his deadly lifestyle.}}

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: Used more than once. The plot is saving {{spoiler|Maggie}} before she can be sacrificed. Harry {{spoiler|is able to successfully rescue her, but only by sacrificing Susan in her place}}.

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]:

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Harry's combat choice du jour. Pointed out by Lea:

** Arianna actually specifically prepares for fire by using water spells. Unfortunately for her, Harry had recently added ice to his repertoire.

* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Lea.

* [[Oh Crap]]: The tagline for ''Changes'' can pretty much be summed up as this, considering the number of times Harry actually thinks or says it.

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: ''[[Precision F-Strike|"Fuck subtle."]]'' The context?

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]] :

Harry: Bite. Me. Asshole. }}

* [[Rabid Cop]]: Attempted by Rudolph as a technique to use on Harry. [[Epic Fail|It failed epically,]] and only resulted in Harry laughing his arse off because of how hard Rudolph failed.