Nuhuh's Note: Henceforth Taure and Ryuugi Shi can only post in this thread. Others are welcome to post on topic of the workings of Dresden Magic and how it may or may not work in other verses. Obviously, Potter verse comes up a lot so those discussions should go here as well. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem with Dresden in the HP world is that thaumatology, and to a...

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Hi I guess I had to post this. amazon shipped my copy way early just received it. Guess it paid that i ordered the UK edition from orbit. This will keep me busy his weekend for sure...

Title: Harry Dresden: Agent of NERV Author: Yuffiek666 Rating: T Genre: Sci-Fi/Supernatural DLP Category: Dresden Files, since we have a category for that Status: In-progress abandoned Chapters: 10 - Words: 35,101 Updated: April 1, 2011 Published: October 30, 2010 Summary: Sometimes when you get a mysterious death, you need to send in a specialist. When that specialist is Harry Dresden, and he's sent to looking into the goings on of Tokyo-3, there's no telling what might happen. Link:...

Is it ever anything ever stated, or something inferred, from which we can tell when the Dresden Files takes place? I've found a basic timeline of events in regards to characters online, but only in relation to the events of the book, not any actual dates. Storm Front was released in 2000, but was it actually set then...? :confused: Help please.

I finished White Night yesterday. Its obvious at this point that there will be a sort of overarching plot, but I'm concerned about how long it will take to resolve. I can see on wikipedia that there are 2 more books planned to be released so far (Ghost Story and Cold Days). Are those the last two books, or will Jim Butcher be milking this series for as long as possible? I'm tired of "monster of the week" format stuff, and I'm hoping that the series has an eventual conclusion. Don't...

I'm beginning work on a Dresden Files fanfic, and I need to know how the Wardens are structured. I know there are Regional Commanders, and one over-arching Commander (Luccio), but I'd like to know it a little more in-depth. Is there canon information on this, or even accepted Fanon? I'd also like an opinion on apprenticeship. Would it be considered normal for a father to have his son as an apprentice?

Throughout the Dresden Files, Dresden has used and upgraded many different items as magical foci and tools. My idea is to make a list of these things, by book, to make it easier for DLP members planning to write a DF fanfic. Basic format should include the name of the book, the type of foci or tool, and the canon description of said item. Series Mainstays, (items used throughout the series, unless broken, replaced, or upgraded - will make note of upgrade in each novel). Staff - A...

Nuhuh's Note: I am cleaning up the 'DF fanfic ideas' thread, which has suffered two massive derails. The thread title is my best approximation of what everyone was fighting about. I am sure there is a better title out there. PM it to me and I will change it. Other than that, any discussions pertaining to...w.e the fuck you lot were fighting over go in here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Preemptive thread is preemptive. Also, the Ghost Stories sample chapters are out. Go read nao. Edit: I shouldn't try to write after no sleep for two days. Spelling fix'd.

Oh you've gotta be fucking kidding me. Do they actually expect us to pay these bullshit prices? It's more expensive than the damn hardcover edition! Edit: Also just discovered that the release date was bumped back to July, which I had been unaware of. That's a serious buzzkill.

Title: Dead Man's Witch Author: Gimme Mocha Rating: T (PG-13) Genre: Adventure/Drama DLP Category: General Pairing: Ramirez/OC (Minor role) Words: 23,585 Published: June 29, 2010 Status: Oneshot Summary: Grace Bowden, small-time Chicago witch, is contacted to help with a ghost problem. She just wants to help a ghost, but when her path crosses that of Harry Dresden, she'll need more than good intentions to get out of it alive. Set during Dead Beat! Link: Here This is a fairly...

I'm writing a fic and I need to know Harry's prices per hour when it comes to locating people. I was wondering if there was any point in the story that Harry mentioned his standard prices. Authors seem to avoid that so I doubt it but if you know any instance I'd appreciate it. Would you say Harry charges as much as the average private eye, or less? In the earlier books we get the impression that he charges less but idunknow.

So according to the recent posts in WoG, Jim planted elements and plot points in the early books that we won't see the payoff of for many books yet. That got me thinking: what elements of the early (ie, first two or three) books do we want to see recur? Especially since it's accepted around here that the first few books weren't particularly strong. Jim says we'll (maybe) get to see Santa Claus at some point. But what else would you like to see again? Three-Eye? Tera West? Chauncey?...

Curses, a new short story from The Dresden Files will be included within Naked City anthology edited by Elen Datlow. We can expect to see it this summerr, July 2011. The time frame is set between Small Favor and Turn Coat. The cover art could be found here. Further details could be found here.

So, who possesses the more potent aura? A White Court Vampire, or a Veela?

Title: Sunrise Author: Ketch117 Rating: T Genre: Adventure/Drama DLP Category: Dresden Files/American Gods/Hellblazer/Mega-Crossover Pairing: None Status: Work in Progress Summary: And with the dawn, morning came and the dream was shattered, undone by the light of day. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6177364/1/Sunrise Stephanie Meyer provided the Target, Kouta Hirano, Jim Butcher, Joss Whedon, Bram Stoker, Mike Mignola, Marv Wolfman, Robert E Howard, Type-Moon, Simon R. Green, Niel...

Hey guys, I'm having trouble finding a copy of Side Jobs from UK retailers available actually available on the release date. Everywhere is only doing Paperback, and they won't release it till April 14th, I've tried Amazon, WSH Smiths, Play, Waterstones... Nowhere will sell it before then. is the American release date 6 months before Europe's or are they just being incredibly frustrating? Anyone else found somewhere they can order copies from? Trying to avoid importanting one from...

Seems that Butcher read the first four chapters of GS in some dinner event. The admin(or whatever) of Butchers official forums is going to try and post them online to promote Side Jobs. So we may learn something interesting a lot sooner than anticipated. Here is the post where this is talked about: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,21636.0.html Just so you are all prepared. :)

Title: Harry Potter and the Lost Archive Author: Ynyr Rating: M Genre: HP/Dresden Crossover DLP Category: Other Fandom/Alternates Pairing: Harry Potter/Ivy (Archive) Status: Work in Progress Summary: In the aftermath of the Battle of Hogwarts Harry meets a powerful magical practitioner named Ivy who asks the young hero for a small favor. She wants him to be the father of her children. Link: FFN This is a story I've been following since I stumbled across it while searching for...

*Rant Ahead* Okay folks, I've recently begun reading this series in earnest and just finished up the second book. However, I find myself asking, "why does DLP love this series so much?" It doesn't mesh with me. Honestly, I don't like it so far. The plots of the first two books really do remind me of a sort of Scooby Doo mystery only with real magic and monsters and shit. I had the villain pegged in book 1 almost from the beginning. I mean, what can you expect when you're presented...

Title: Tarnished Silver Author: Ramenth Rating: FR18 Genre: Crossover DLP Category: Dresden Files Pairing: None yet, if at all. Chapters: 8 Words: 5,625 Published: August 1, 2009 Updated: August 25, 2010 Status: Complete Summary: Anthrax isn't the only dangerous thing in the mail these days. Link: http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-19774/Ramenth+Tarnished+Silver.htm Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5745908/1/Tarnished-Silver (though only five of eight chapters) It isn't...

Title: Bridal Shower Author: Thrythlind Rating: T Genre: Mystery/Horror Pairing: None Chapters: 9 Words: 28,421 Updated: August 27, 2010 Published: August 9, 2010 Status: Complete Link: FFN Summary: It started with, guess what, a woman. Well, two women actually. One in my office hiring me to find a lost knife and one in the morgue bled dry. Probably the best pure Dresden Files fanfic I have seen. Checked by Minion, January 5, 2013

I was wondering - how old are characters from DF in Changes? My guesses about some of them: - Harry & Murphy about 38 years old, - Molly 22, - Charity 40, - Michael 45, - Marcone 45, - Ivy 13.

I just had a few questions about the darkhallow, because I'm not sure if I just missed the answers, or they weren't specified. 1) Can the Darkhallow be performed more than once? For example, it acting like a stone table for the user. 2) Would the user of the Darkhallow get a weakness like the Fae and iron after performing it? 3) Would the user be plagued by any of the rules or restrictions in place for higher powered beings, even if the user is mortal? 4) If the user was a wizard, and...

So, a new(?) Dresden short was released in this collection http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Stormy-Knights-P-Elrod/dp/0312598343/ref=pd_sim_b_52 on July 20th, titled "Even Hand". It's set from the perspective of Marcone. Surprisingly, I really liked this one. While not too much is learned here, we do get the idea of how Marcone feels towards Dresden, which is a major change from what went on in "Changes". Thoughts?

Title: Collapse to your needs Author: Ulforce Diizoid Rating: M Genre: Drama. Pairing: Harry/Lash. Status: Complete. Summary: Harry Dresden hasn't been with a woman in three years. Fallen Angel Lasciel offers herself to him, but Dresden is determined to resist. How far must she go to succeed? Link: http://www.ficwad.com/story/138250 http://theninemuses.net/archive/viewstory.php?sid=295&ageconsent=ok&warning=5 Couple of different links available. I'm still not sure if this is acceptable...

A few days late, but... Quote from: Orbweaver on July 15, 2010, 11:08:52 AM Jim asking who we'd like to see more isn't really an indication he's going to include them more in the books. All it does is give him a rough idea of which characters are popular besides Harry, as not everyone who reads the Dresden Files is following him on twitter. Actually, it's kind of exactly why I am asking. I have roles to fill in the current story that could be supported by multiple characters. I'm...

Title: Let Sleeping Children Lie Author: Elemnestra Aethelflaeda Rating: K+ Genre: Fiction DLP Category: Dresden Files Pairing: none Words: 3,157 Published: June 2, 2010 Status: Complete Summary: It is never an enjoyable experience for a mother to find a stranger in the room of her children at night. Even when that stranger is another child. Link: Let Sleeping Children Lie This is a neat little one shot I stumbled on while looking through FF.net. I thought it was an interesting...

Title: Dum Spiro, Spero Author: Jedi Buttercup Rating: T Genre: Spiritual Pairing: None Words: 2,427 Published: June 25, 2010 Status: Complete, Oneshot Summary: Belief is a verb: Michael Carpenter, in the wake of his daughter's rescue. Tag for Proven Guilty. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6083994/1/Dum_Spiro_Spero Pretty decent one-shot here, though it's more of a character study than a story. For me, it seems to give a little insight into Michael's character and how he sees...

Here's the direct link: http://jim-butcher.com/pics/gsCoverLg.jpg And here is the thread it came from: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php?topic=18861.new#new Cheers, AnvariX

Title: Time Bomb Author: Christina K Rating: K+ Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy DLP Category: Dresden Files Words: 9,992 Published: September 7, 2008 Status: Complete Summary: When an unbalanced girl named River, one with a penchant for dangling off high places, suddenly 'poofs' into existence in a bar with no explanation, Harry Dresden, wizard-for-hire, has a new job. Just not one he ever wanted. Crossover with Dresden Files. Link: Time Bomb I've been searching a bit for quality Dresden...

Title: Funeral Author: Mike-045 Rating: T Genre: Supernatulral/Tragedy Pairing: None Status: Complete Summary: One-Shot, Series Spoilers. Intended as a tribute to the series, its great author, and Harry. Hopefully I've done the characters justice. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6059106/1/Funeral Just read this, and I've got to say, it's an awesome concept piece. It's not exactly the best written or flowing one-shot I've ever read, but the idea and the visualisation I got while...

It helps if you've seen the PowerThirst videos made by College Humor. Clicky HEY! Do you wanna feel SO MAGICAL? Try The Dresden Files! It's a series for people who need GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF MAGIC. With all new volumes like TURN COAT! It's like adding detective fiction to A MAGICAL STORM. Sound the alarm! You're gonna be UNCOMFORTABLY EXCITED! What's that? You want something for summer nights? Well how about SUMMER KNIGHT? Made with magic! REAL MAGIC! Reading! AAAAAH You'll be good at it!...

Title: Riding the L Author: Perspicacity Rating: T Genre: Humor Pairing: None Words: 1,403 Published: May 14, 2010 Status: Complete Summary: A short bit of speculation on how the events at the end of Changes play out. Contains spoilers for Changes, by Jim Butcher. Buy his book and read it before you read this. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5969274/1/Riding_the_L A nice little one-shot from Perspicacity that brightened my day a little. Picks up pretty much immediately where...

Blurb Found this just now over on JB's website. There's no official word on whether or not it's accurate. Here's the link to his site's thread. Link

From the official site... The folks over at The Dresden Files RPG website are previewing an exclusive short story found in the second volume of the game. Drop on by and have a look! And HERE is the link to the story. Looks interesting. I like the new guy already, Yardly, who probably won't re-appear outside of the short story. Dresden goofing off in front of the younger Wardens seems a little weird for some reason, but it's not OoC so I don't know why.

I haven't read the books in a while and don't have enough free time to re-read all of them, so I have a question. Do the books ever explicitly say anything about how the Outsiders came to be in the outside? I remember something about the White God creating an army of archangels to go to war against them, but I'm not sure if that's dresdenverse-canon or Shezzaverse-canon. If this was addressed in the books, sorry for the stupid question.

Well, with a combination of having read Changes and the newest posting in the Summer Breeze thread, I got the idea of starting up a new attempt at a collaboration story set post-Changes. So, I've posted an intro chapter in the Dresden WbA if anyone is interested. The rules for this one are going to be a bit more fast and loose than the last, since structured lists don't seem to work too well around us (plus it's coming up to exam/study time for those at uni). So here's the adjusted rules:...

During my current bout of insomnia I got the idea to go check out the Jim Butcher spoiler forums and see what discussions were going on. I found this. Specifically, I found the idea that the well of dark energy that is the source of Demonreach might possibly be something trapped underneath Lake Michigan, and that the island is its attempt to push through the insulation provided by a couple million gallons of water. Also, we know that Chicago has seen an unreasonably large amount of activity...

Well, now we have it confirmed by Butcher, Dresden died at the end of book 12. "The story of Changes, the rescue of Maggie Dresden, finished. Harry set forth to rescue his daughter, no matter if it cost him his life–and it did" -From the online Q&A. Now, the biggest question that remained for me, was what happens to his powers as the Winter Knight. Apparently you can't get out of a promise to Mab this easily. “Does Dresden’s current condition mean that the Knights power has flowed...

Did not bother to format, if this is not good enough then go away. Oh, and a word of warning, some smileys are missing. The forum complained about them so I had to remove all :) smileys. Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 12:18 pm “what gifts will Harry’s child have? Like he isn’t gonna save said child-no matter what!” Who says she’ll have any gifts at /all/? Under the circumstances, the gift of life is already pretty darned miraculous. “Jim, will we need to wait...

Title: Trials and Tribulations of Magic and Life Author: Saerry Snape Rating: M Fandom: Dresden Files Pairing; Dresden/Murphy Chapters: 24 Words: 53,679 Updated: January 31, 2010 Published: April 19, 2007 Status: Technically not complete, but a series of oneshots. Summary; My continuing series of HarryMurphy drabbles, now all in one place! Also Related; Title: 25 Songs and Dances Chapters: 11 Words: 2,562 Updated: May 30, 2007 Published: May 2, 2007 25 Songs & Dances...

Title: Patron Saint of Posting Bail Author: Brownish Rating: T Genre: Humor Category: Dresden Files Pairing: None Words: 1,608 Published: February 13, 2010 Status: Complete, Oneshot Summary: Harry keeps shelling out for the Carpenter Kids. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5743968/1/Patron_Saint_of_Posting_Bail Alright, this is a pretty light hearted one-shot featuring our favorite mouthy wizard-detective, set slightly in the future of DF (prior to Changes, anyway). I...

In honor of what I personally think was the best Dresden book since Dead Beat, and because hypothesizing about who painted Harry’s boat isn’t nearly as fun as writing about it, I’ve decided to create a Changes Thank God You’re Here thread. All of these challenges are based purely on events of the Changes book, and people are free to add their own, so long as they’re willing to abide by Fight Club Rules (if you challenge, you better be willing to write something as well). Fics can be...

Jim Butcher "Changes" Q&A - Powells Books 4/08/2010" part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 Hopefully part 5 and 6 will be uploaded soon. Edit: part 5 part 6

Yeah, he's not dead which we knew, not for good, what do you think he's going to do?

Title: The Denarian Variation Author: Shezza88 Rating: M Words: 23,545 Published: April 8, 2010 Status: Complete (Oneshot) Summary: Set after The Denarian Lord: Eight years after Harry killed Voldemort, the last Denarian Lord is surprised to find Amanda Carpenter begging for his help. They had come and taken her daughter away. As Harry fights to get her back, Albus has his own plan... Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5879832/1/The_Denarian_Variation This is a new story by Shezza...

We are pleased to announce that Jim is altering his stance on fanfiction, much like Mercedes Lackey did last October. Rather than upholding the awkward “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy towards fanfiction he used in the past, Jim is embracing the Creative Commons. Now, fanfiction is to be licensed as derivative, noncommercial fiction under the Creative Commons umbrella. What does this mean? A) You can’t make money from fanfic based on Jim’s work. B) Jim still isn’t going...

Am I just forgetting things or have these two never soulgazed? I remember Harry looked at Murphy with his Wizard Sight in the third book, but I don't think that counts as a soul gaze. It's just kind of odd, given their relationship, that it never happened. Sure, they probably wouldn't learn anything new, but you'd think they'd stare at each other in the eye long enough for it to happen at some point.