#harry/karrin

[drawsdenfiles]

She frowned at me. "You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles."

"Wizards don't giggle," I said, hardly able to speak. "This is cackling."

-Harry Dresden, Karrin Murphy | Jim Butcher, Changes

#The Dresden Files #Dresden Files #Harry Dresden #Karrin Murphy #Changes #Jim Butcher #fanart #art #The point when I really liked Murphy was when she was detailed to be wearing exactly the same outfit I was wearing at the time.

[jadybear8023]

harry dresden:

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[dresdenfilesincorrectquotes]

Karrin: So what's for dinner?

Harry: I can't tell you, it's a soup-prise!

Karrin: ...

Karrin: Is it soup?

Harry: I soup-pose it could be! *winks*

Karrin: Please, enough with the soup puns.

Harry: Wow, you're soup-per mean.

Karrin: STOP!

*One hour later*

Karrin: It's tacos?!

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[alwaysanovice]

Karrin at the station: Yesterday, Harry built a bookshelf and alphabetized all my books. This is the definition of love. Rudolph, overhearing from other cubicle: I didn't know Harry knew the alphabet.

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[kaphkas]

Expression practice!

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[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.

#mine #meme #text #inncorrect quotes #harry dresden #dresden files #micheal carpenter #karrin murphy

[afdg10]

Idea for a Dresden files fic I’m never going to write

Some Oc with the help of Mac starts a therapy program on accorded neutral ground and everyone gets therapy

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[zanderzargarin]

Some Dresden Files sketches I did last night

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[checkoutmybookshelf]

Harry Dresden Does Not Handle Exes Well

If Storm Front was the general introduction to the world, Fool Moon to werewolves, and Grave Peril to the Vampire Courts, then Summer Knight is where we meet the Fae Courts, and they are unequivocably the most dangerous of the factions Dresden has interacted with so far. Harry's actions and interactions with the Queens and Ladies in this book echo into the rest of the series, and have consequences all the way through Peace Talks and Battle Ground. That said, this book is also weirdly bifurcated in terms of Harry's personal character arc--he had man pain and girl trouble--and the plot-y, political stuff with the council and fae courts. Let's talk Summer Knight.

As per usual, FULL SERIES SPOILERS below the break, so be warned.

Harry opens this book hardcore wallowing in guilt and self-loathing over Susan's abortive transformation, exodus from his life, and his own inability to reverse the change. He hasn't showered or shaved in way too long, he's about to be evicted from everywhere, and all his friends are trying and failing to stage interventions.

Then the high school sweetheart he low-key thought he might have accidentally murdered after she betrayed him to their abusive foster father/teacher (who Harry killed in a duel) quite literally knocks on his front door.

And this is on top of Murphy--who has fully shifted into BFF territory at this point--struggling with psychic scars that Harry also blames himself for. Being a mortal woman in Harry Dresden's orbit honestly sounds EXHAUSTING because this man has exactly zero sense of the balance required to actually help someone. Harry gets lost in his own man pain and how he somehow "should" be able to throw raw power at a problem and fix it, and the next thing you know, the women who are reasonably dealing with their own trauma suddenly have to drag Harry's ass out of his pain over their pain. There is a reason flight attendants tell you to put on your own mask before assisting others. Hell, even Elaine says it to Harry at the end of the book:

Stop feeling sorry for yourself, Harry. [...] I understand that there's something you're blaming yourself for. I'm just guessing at the details, but its pretty clear you were driving yourself into the ground because of it. Get over it. You aren't going to do her any good as a living mildew collection. Stop thinking about how bad you feel--because if she cares about you at all, it would tear her up to see you like I saw you a few days ago.

This is not the last time someone calls Harry out for not helping, but it honestly isn't until about Skin Game that the Susan stuff and its aftermath get fully resolved. Not to get too TMI on main, but honestly Harry reminds me of a college boyfriend I had who just could not handle my health stuff. And that's not a judgment thing, not everyone can handle everything, but where Harry falls down on the goddamn job here is not knowing where his own weaknesses are and compensating for them. His pattern of "but muh man pain" holds all the way through the series, literally up to and including Battle Ground.

So suffice it to say that I'm not a huge fan of Harry Dresden Goes to Peices over Both His Ex-Griflriends. So what did I like about this book?

Couple things.

I loved that Harry finally brought Murphy fully into the supernatural world fold. I don't love his sexist bullshit with her, but I spent a lot of the series ignoring that because the rest of their dynamic is really damn good. And Murphy handing the Chlorofiend its own ass is never not awesome.

I also really, really enjoyed the introduction of the fae courts. Butcher really did take just a massive double handful of fairy myth threads and weave them into something magical (if perpetually horny in a way that gets really complicated and more than a little contradictory later). Summer and Winter more or less seem to map onto the Seelie and Unseelie courts, and the power structures more or less steal from the maiden (lady)/mother (queen)/crone (mother) structure of triple goddesses across the world. Not to mention that we get folkloric and fantasy creatures from trolls and centaurs to red caps and Jenny Greenteeth throughout the courts. We even get things like changelings and Victorian Era-inspired small folk. We also get the dangers of fairy bargains, food, and glamor. I would be hard-pressed to point to a fairytale/fae folk tradition that doesn't get some level of wink-and-nod at some point in the series. Hell, we even get a cheeky final line from Shakespeare's fairy play, at which point you've officially ticked every box.

Overall, I would have to say that the worldbuilding and the fae courts were what really kept me reading this book. I loved the synthesis of lore and myth in creating them, and the little bait and switch we get with Winter being the straight shooting court and Summer being absofuckingloutely terrifying in its duplicity is a nice touch that honestly I didn't appreciate on earlier reads.

#the dresden files #summer knight #jim butcher #harry dresden #urban fantasy #Dresden files #karrin murphy #elaine mallory #queen of air and darkness #winter court #summer court #books & libraries #books and reading #books and novels #books #book recommendations

[cryoverkiltmilk]

I looked up from the curb I was sitting on, still nursing my latest head injury and still mourning the fire damage and ash stains to the clothes I'd been forced to borrow from my brother. A tall man with dark skin, wearing firefighter gear and a resigned but irritated look was glaring down at me.

"Hey, Chief Boden. How's the family?"

A short response rumbled up from his chest. "Dresden."

I looked past him to the building his crew was still dealing with. "It's not my fault."

--

"Hank? Karrin Murphy to see you." Platt's voice came over the receiver from the front desk.

"Send her up."

A buzzing of a lock release and several terse footsteps across the Intelligence bullpen later, Voight shut the door to his office behind the petite blond woman. He walked around his desk, seated himself, and took out a bottle. He poured them each a small glass.

"So, you called me, Lieutenant. Was it just so you didn't drink alone, or can we get to the point?" She still took the glass.

A smile pulled at one side of Voight's face. "I knew your father, Collin, when he ran Special Investigations. Back when they called it the 'Black Cat Squad'."

"Mm."

"So I got a case my team's working that don't make no sense except the kind your father used to figure out. They're good cops, every one of 'em, but they're not ready for what's really out there. So I gotta ask you... how much are you like your father?"

--

"I want to thank you for taking the time to see me, Dr Charles." Michael Carpenter passed the man a paper plate laden with a burger and potato salad as he settled into the lawn chair next to him.

"Please, Michael, I'm off hours and this is as far off the books as you can get, call me Daniel." The older man inclined his head in thanks as he made an initial sampling of the food and collected his thoughts. "So, I gotta say, all the years of you being an Emergency Department regular, your stories about 'monsters' and 'triumph over evil' were a bit of a running joke if you'll forgive me for saying. Everyone in the E.D. just thought you had a great sense of humor about being at the center of misfortune so often, and were a bit of a storyteller."

"Never saw it as misfortune, just work that needed doing."

"Yeah, so Anthony tells me. I'll admit I was a little surprised to have him send someone my way as a patient, given that we're not exactly on the same page about the 'bigger' things in the world, so to speak."

Michael smiled, working on his own burger. "Father Forthill believes in the power of faith, but he also believes in putting our faith in trained professionals. So, how would you like to begin?"

"I usually find the beginning works best. Why don't you tell me about when you got that fancy toothpick of yours?" He nodded towards Amoracchius.

#one Chicago #Chicago trilogy #Chicago fire #Chicago pd #Chicago med #the Dresden files #dresden files #harry dresden #dick wolf #karrin murphy #Hank voight #wallace boden #trudy platt #Daniel Charles #michael carpenter

[drawsdenfiles]

Karrin's more herself already. <3

#i LOVE karrin murphy #okay #i think shes awesome #harry dresden #karrin murphy #waldo butters #art #fanart #comic #fancomic #dresden files #the dresden files #cold days #Also i had to add those last two panels because someone reminded me that rocks existed and that you can juggle with them #comics

[jadybear8023]

Currently re-listening to the Dresden Files and this may be an unpopular opinion but I super dislike Susan. Like GIRL this story is not worth your life, CHILL OUT.

#dresden files #she was warned #harry dresden #dresden #the dresden files #susan rodriguez #red court vampires #vampire #costume party #karrin murphy #bob the skull

[dresdenfilesincorrectquotes]

Murphy: Dresden, this is a crime scene.

Harry, taking three quarts of ice cream out of the victim's freezer: What? Is this the murder weapon?! Get off my dick!

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[alwaysanovice]

Harry: FUCK Karrin, skidding into the room: Are you okay? Harry: Yeah yeah perfectly fine, I don't know why you'd even ask such a silly question. Karrin: ... Harry: So, I just wanna say the toaster was on fire when I walked in here.

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[kaphkas]

Some Dresden Files sketchies! 🧚‍♀️ Click for HD

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[ghostlyfanparadise]

#mine #meme #photo edit #dresden files #dresden files photo edit #harry dresden #karrin murphy #thomas raith