#Harry/karrin

[jedimaesteryoda]

Fans arguing for Lara Raith as Harry's partner are missing the point.

Lara's offer was, to Harry, another version of Marcone's in the early books. Marcone made a generous offer for Harry's services which would be appealing to an impoverished P.I. struggling to pay rent, but Harry refused out of principle. Harry made it clear he'll die poor before taking a dime of his money.

Lara, being explicitly Marcone's rival, is as much a gangster as he is but is an exceptionally attractive women offering more to Harry: "freedom from your burdens of responsibility and conscience." On paper her offer is appealing to a guy who just lost his partner as she would be a lot of guys' dream girl, being "sexier than a Swedish bikini team hiking up a mountain of money." She checks a lot of boxes being extremely beautiful, extremely rich, intelligent, charming with a dark, seductive allure and a badass martial artist who's also (supernaturally) amazing in bed for spice. However, Harry knows she isn't the kind of partner on the inside he's looking for anymore than Marcone was the boss he was looking for. Hence, why he briefly considered suicide.

The contrast in their values can be seen in their treatment of the Wee Folk with Harry forming a symbiotic relationship with them while Lara imprisoned them to be used as lanterns.

Whenever he does take these kinds of deals, it's usually because his hand is forced. Even then, he does not go all in, he names conditions and uses what advantages it gives him before he manages to get out. He didn't want Lash in him, but he didn't give in to her offer of becoming a Denarian. He took Mab's offer of being Winter Knight to save his family, but even then he put in conditions so he wouldn't harm his loved ones and become solely her soulless killing machine. He didn't want the grey cloak given by Luccio, but he ultimately used his position to save a teenager from losing her head. He doesn't want to marry Lara, but he'll likely bite the bullet like with the rest and get out of the marriage eventually.

It's possible he may even refuse her offer of sex as he did Marcone's money. He still may keep a candle for Karrin as her true love mark makes Lara unable to touch him, and if he avoids the kiss at the wedding which Bob pointed out seals the deal, then the protection could remain. At the end of the day, Harry won't sell out. He walks at the edge of the abyss, but never jumps in.

[dresdenfilesincorrectquotes]

Harry: *sighs* Take me out. Murphy: ...like on a date or do you want me to kill you? Harry: Surprise me.

[beebear55]

hellooo Dresden Files

[drawsdenfiles]

Trolleite!

[zanderzargarin]

Dresden Files poster sketch thingy. Idk, sometimes I just need to draw something. No promises, but maybe I’ll make something from this concept

[jadybear8023]

harry dresden:

[alwaysanovice]

It's only because my mutuals brought this to my attention that I ever found out about the Dresden Files comic, but now they have and now I have the time I felt it was suitable to rant on it, specifically the design choices made in this panel.

Gang, I love graphic novels and comic books, they're one of my favorite storytelling mediums, which is why I feel strongly about it. And how I feel about this. Is that it's Disappointing with a big fat D.

NUMBER ONE. Thomas. They de-twinkified my slender son. Why is he uber-ripped?? I know White Court vampires are supernaturally strong, but does that mean they're all built like linebackers??? When I picture Thomas I think slender and muscular like a panther is, not golf ball sized biceps throbbing out of his meat casings holy shit.

Next we need to talk about Murphy. I know I know I KNOW that superhero comic artists draw women like this a lot but it feels particularly frustrating when it's Murphy, all this leading up to my question of : why is she arching? Why is her ass sticking out when she's readying her weapon? This is the only real complaint I have on Murph's appearance in this panel, at the very least, but book Murphy would never be caught in that position.

Number three. Harry. My sweet sweet man. Maybe it's just this angle, but his face looks like that of a gym bro. A roblox character. Someone who's been mogging for decades. I don't even have any specific criticism to give for him in panel except that it just doesn't feel like him??? The face is too chiseled and I feel like it's just a watered down version of every other superhero comic main character face.

Maybe I'm just a whiner though, the artist did a great job on backgrounds and don't get me wrong I can respect someone in the art profession. But I'm a picky fannnnn what can I sayyyyyy

[over-a-rainbow]

I re listened to Dead Beat today.

And I DESPERATELY need art of Murphy and Dresden reuniting at the end of the book. Both with their injuries and pointing at each other like the Spider-Man meme going. “What the fuck happened to you”

Also Jim I need that Karrin and Kincaid in Hawaii short story seven years ago.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Dresden and Murphy by Christopher Crow

[jedimaesteryoda]

I don't know if it's ever acknowledged just how gross it is that Karrin's ex, Richard Boughton pursued her sister (19 at the time they started) Lisa in Blood Rites. They seemed to be moving fast in their relationship with them already engaged after one year or less. And yes, I think Dick is the one who pushed the engagement.

There are already clear issues dating and marrying the sister of your ex-wife, but Harry also notes how much Lisa looks like Karrin which adds another uncomfortable layer to it. According to Mama Murphy who herself admits she doesn't entirely approve:

“He is,” Mama Murphy said. “Lisa went down for Mardi Gras. Apparently he had to arrest her.”

Basically, when they reunited he was already in a position of power over her as the arresting officer. He likely got her off, scoring points with her.

It's a guy in his mid-30s pursuing a teenager, which is a huge gap in experience and maturity between the two people, especially since Lisa didn't come off as especially mature for her age. He's already been married and has a job while Lisa as far as we know is unemployed and still hasn't finished college assuming she went. She had graduated high school likely the year before by that point.

I think that's a plus in his book. Take into account Karrin mentioning that he tried to pressure her into quitting her job to be a housewife, and we see with Lisa being younger, more inexperienced and vulnerable, she was easier to convince on that front. He wants to be the one who wears the proverbial pants in the relationship.

That's not even taking into account that assuming Karrin and Dick divorced the year before Stormfront at the latest, do the math and that would mean up to their reunion, the last time he would have seen Lisa she would still have been in middle school. By then he had known her for years as her brother-in-law, but given the age gap, he would have felt more like an uncle figure. Take into account she largely grew up without a father figure.

Or basically, a middle-aged man looked at someone who's barely an adult whom he watched grow up, giving him an already existing level of trust she had in him, and pursued her. He saw her as Karrin 2.0.

I think that's part of how Harry stands out compared to Karrin's exes. He had every opportunity to do so with Molly, a teen he arrested as Warden and had a preexisting relationship with as an uncle figure that started when she was in middle school, but he always refused to cross that line to the point that when Other Harry suggests it, he is clearly uncomfortable with the idea and refuses.

Harry is someone who will never trade Karrin for a younger model.

[sanzosin]

some brother bonding ( dat scene..well done ,Jim ...well done) ..some bad motocycle sketches and other stuff from Dresden Files

[dresdenfilesincorrectquotes]

Murphy: I will go find us a ride if you two can manage not to kill each other while I'm gone.

Goodman Grey: Oh, please. We're not children.

Murphy: *skeptical look, but walks away*

Harry: Eat shit and die.

Goodman Grey: Yes, fuck you.

*they both start giggling hysterically*

[raccoonodysseus]

Here’s a WIP for yall

A little late this year for Harry’s birthday but I’m drawing some of the characters in Halloween costumes!

the first of them is of course Karrin Murphy and Harry Dresden himself as Riza Hawkeye and Roy Mustang!

[drawsdenfiles]

"Defend Chicago," I growled. "Damned right," Murphy said, "So how do we do that?" -The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher

[vergess]

So you know how I keep saying if we forcefemmed Harry Dresden, we could fix him?

Well.

Join me on this journey of fucking the dysphoria out of an ostensibly cisgender man. Chapters posted every other day assuming I don't forget.

[ghostlyfanparadise]

Micheal: Harry obviously likes you. He would throw himself in front of a moving car for you.

Murphy: Harry would throw himself in front of a moving car for fun.