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* [[Badass Family]]: The Carpenters. There's the [[Knight in Shining Armour|father]], [[Mama Bear|mother]], [[Master of Illusion|eldest]] [[Action Girl|sister]] and now, as of ''Ghost Story'', [[Badass Normal|her younger brother]]. With plenty of other siblings to come.
* [[Badass in Distress]]: Harry gets stuck in [[James Bondage]] on a regular basis and can not always get out on his own.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Harry wears a duster. A ''magically reinforced'', black leather duster "with extra billow" that can repel almost any physical attack, and occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|gets made fun of]] because "You look like you belong on the set of ''El Dorado''." In ''Fool Moon'', Dresden laments the lack of his duster when he steps through a wall he just vaporized because of cool effect it would have had. In ''Changes'', {{spoiler|Lea}} turns his coat into a suit of armor resembling a Conquistador turned Jedi Knight as made by [[Warhammer
** He started out with a canvas one; the leather one was a gift from Susan. It has some of the same practical enchantments, but lacks the "extra billow" and in general is kind of the poor-man's knockoff of the leather one in terms of both utility and effect.
*** For added hilarity, when the coat needs to be cleaned after getting hit by slime demons, Harry takes the most practical route: [[Mundane Utility|he throws it in a fire.]] I mean, hey, when you enchant something to be the next best thing to wearable indestructibility...
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* [[Black Magic]]: Killing someone using magic, necromancy, using [[Mind Control]] and summoning an Outsider are the main forms we have seen. Addictive, and it comes with a death penalty if you get caught. [[Word of God]] states that every time a [[Muggle]] is killed with magic, indirectly or otherwise (as in throwing someone off a building using a magic gust of wind), it breaks the first law and makes the forces of darkness even stronger. If the RPG previews are correct (and they have enough [[Word of God]] on their side to say it is), even ''seeking'' information about '''anything''' beyond the Outer Gates is a no-no. Exceptions probably exist for the Merlin and the Gatekeeper, and definitely exist for the Blackstaff (that ''is'' his purpose).
* [[Blessed with Suck]]:
** When Harry looks into a person's eyes for the first time they both see each other's inner nature. This is such a turbulent experience that for every day of his life, Harry has to avoid looking into the eyes of any person he talks to. He focuses on the nose instead. Similarly, The Sight, which functions on the same principle as a soul gaze. It lets him see the true nature of anything he looks at, and the memory never fades. Ever. This can be very bad considering how nasty a lot of stuff out there is. Looking at a [[Eldritch Abomination|skinwalker]] left Harry a gibbering wreck for about an hour afterwards. It is mentioned that wizards who spend too much time looking at things with their Sight often [[Go Mad
** The Archive knows everything that has ever been written or committed to paper (yes, this means Porn, Hate Speech, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and even]] [[Purple Prose]]), and the Archive itself itself is passed down from mother to daughter along with the personal memories of each previous Archive. This means that, in addition to knowledge and power, one woman gains all the trauma, heartbreak and memories from countless previous lives.
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: The Fae, who simply do not view the world the same way humanity does. Lea, for example, honestly does not understand why Harry would object to being "protected" by being turned into a faerie dog.
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* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: Thomas, with Justine only. If he tries, his [[Allergic to Love]] nature gives him horrible burns. {{spoiler|Justine figures out a method. It involves cheating on Thomas, but it works. Though from what we see, Thomas seems more or less okay with [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|how it works...]]}}
** Harry and Susan as well, because pleasure makes her lose control and {{spoiler|might lead into biting him and turning into a full vampire.}} Eventually, Harry solves the problem by tying her up.
* [[Cast
** Soul Fire, which burns the soul itself - and no soul means no life. {{spoiler|Nice thing about the soul, though: It's a renewable resource.}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Harry has two: "Hell's bells!" and "Stars and stones!" Thomas has, "Empty night." [[Word of God]] has said that those three phrases will also be the titles of the Apocalyptic Trilogy that ends the series. In Butcher's own words, "there's a reason those are curses."
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