Daily Dresden

Harry: Zombies sounds like a bad way to die. 

Morgan: Zombies eat brains. You’re safe. 

Morgan: Get off the dinosaur.

Harry: You’re not my dad.

Morgan: Get off the dinosaur now!

Harry: No, I’m on a dinosaur and you’re not.

Ooh great idea. I'll see what I can do

I would arm wrestle Jim Butcher for Morgan’s full backstory. 

Oh I would definitely lose, but I'd at least try.

I would arm wrestle Jim Butcher for Morgan’s full backstory. 

**Harry turns around and Morgan is standing there**

Harry: Okay, go ahead and insult me like you always do.

Morgan: No. Too easy. When you least expect it. 

**Later**

Harry: Well?

Morgan: Not yet. But soon. *cracks knuckles* Very soon.

**Even later**

Morgan: You’re stupid.

Harry: …that’s it?

Morgan: Give it time. It’ll eat at ya.

**Much later**

Harry: …am I stupid?

Molly: *nods* Yeah. Little bit. 

Harry: *thinking* Damn him.

Gun > Hocus pocus

(Dresden’s shirt in the sketch says “That’s Doctor Smartypants to you”)

I have waited SO LONG to read these marvelous words. And I am very pleased with the context.

Harry Dresden: Thank you for agreeing to see me, Marcone.

Gentleman Johnny Marcone: I didn’t. You just barged in and started talking.

Harry Dresden: I don’t have time for a history lesson.

Love Letter to Donald Morgan

This is the character in the Dresden Files that I love beyond reason. Not my favorite, or the best, but the one that I love reading and wish we could have more of.

1) I always love the lawful extreme character (Morgan, Javert, etc.) While these characters are almost always antagonists, the way they hold themselves to these rigid ideals they hold is pretty awesome. And the extreme makes the times we do see them in conflict with their rigid ideals is so fascinating.

2) We know that we’re getting a bias view of Morgan from Harry, and he’s lived through a ton of horrifying scenarios that have shaped his approach to being a warden. At least one of these involves, not just throwing down with a Naagloshii, but being so tactically adept that he manages to TRICK IT INTO BEING NUKED while evading it to escape. There’s a reason he’s a well-respected warden. He’s a badass.

3) Even while hating Dresden and thinking he’ll eventually turn evil in book 1: Morgan immediately rescues him when Dresden is shown to not be the killer and admits officially and publicly the white council (including him) was wrong about Dresden. He’ll hand you a shovel so you can dig your own grave, but he will also go 100% to bat for you if he knows you’re in the clear.

4) Consistency. Wizards, in his opinion, have a lot of power and must be held accountable for their control. When that power’s been abused, that control is suspect and should be tested. Doesn’t mater if you’re 30+ yo antagonistic obnoxious man or an attractive ~20yo (I think) woman actively helping him. He doesn’t believe in playing softball. And while I don’t agree with his philosophy, I respect the hell out of how subtly he implements it and stands by it.