The Dresden Files/Ghost Story: Difference between revisions

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When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.

To save his friends -- and his own soul -- Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick without any magic...

 

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Sir Stuart uses a large gun to blast a wraith to oblivion. Harry finds out that, much like everything else {{spoiler|a ghost}} can do, it is powered by memory. Stuart makes a great effort to recover that energy each time it is used. {{spoiler|Harry finds out later that he can use magic again if it is powered by his memories of using magic. However, if Harry does not recover that energy he himself will eventually dissipate since, as a ghost, Harry is made of nothing ELSE but memory. Harry, being Harry, realizes this just a bit too late.}}

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Harry finally realises that {{spoiler|Molly's}} feelings for him go beyond a mere crush. He also feels sorry that he cannot reciprocate them.

* [[Heroic Fatigue]]: Played with in ''Ghost Story'': {{spoiler|Being dead makes all the pain and exhaustion go away. Then, later, Harry manifests and enjoys the sensation of pain as a sensation of being alive. However, Harry is using his own memories to fuel his limited magic and later manifestation, to the point that there is not enough of Harry left to even remain as a ghost by the time he is done. Uriel and Mab later set things right. Well, right-ish.}}

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Harry realizes he was holding it during a specific event near the end of ''Changes'': {{spoiler|letting Molly, a mentally sensitive apprentice who's mostly untrained in combat, join him in retrieving Maggie. The mass of emotions from the battle came dangerously close to driving her insane, and as of ''Ghost Story'', she's a lot more paranoid and broken than she used to be.}}

** Earlier in the series, she pulls one on Harry. After being [[Mind Rape|mindraped]] by a ghost taking Dresden's form in a previous book, when he shows up at her house unannounced, she forces him to walk through her threshold uninvited, which would have revealed if any illusion was being used.

* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]: In ''Ghost Story'', Bob now has access to the internet. He declares, almost giddy, "It's like ninety-percent porn!"

* [[Ironic Echo]]: One notable example, showing just how ''bad'' things have gotten. When we first see Harry trying to teach Molly about shielding spells, it's with her younger brothers and sisters throwing snowballs at her. Her shield fails, she's pelted with snow, and it's a hilarious and heartwarming moment. Cut to ''Ghost Story'', and she's again practicing shields. Only this time, it's {{spoiler|[[The Fair Folk|Leanansidhe]] throwing ''hunks of ice'' like a major league pitcher, and Molly's as far from her warm, safe, loving home as you get.}}

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: In ''Ghost Story'', Harry points out that the reason he uses fire is because it is universally useful. Even intangibles like ghosts recoil from fire as they have a hard time separating their memory of fire and flame from their current existence. Harry also points out that even though something might be invulnerable to death from burning, they almost always still feel pain from it and can be stalled with it.

{{quote|'''Harry''': "Fire '''burns'''."}}

* [[You Can See Me?]]: It comes as a surprise to {{spoiler|Dresden}} that Butters and Lea can see him. He's also surprised when he comes across someone else who can hear him.