The Point Of This Hellsite Is Not To Get Followers, It’s To Make Friends You Would Never Have Met Otherwise

I'm kicking myself, because I forgot to note down the Turn Coat line that inspired this thought.

Harry is Morgan.

They're entirely the same.

Morgan was the Council's Enforcer, working for the Council that isn't about what's fair or right, it's about controlling power and stamping out Black Magic, bc that's the only line you can draw that won't make things worse. So he's serving and helping this supernatural nation filled with plenty of people who do awful things with their power and are not even remotely held to account for it. Except... He's not an attack dog. If he was then he would have straight up taken Dresden's head off in the first scene we meet him, if not sooner. It's a whole thing in Death Masks (and later in Changes) when we hear about how Ebenezer was supposed to kill Harry for any sign of darkness or disobedience, but even when teenage traumatised Harry acted out, Ebenezer didn't do that. It's a *huge* thing that Eb had orders from the Council to do that but didn't because of who Harry is to him. But... Those orders weren't special. Eb didn't have unique orders to do that, that was just The Doom of Damocles, and Eb was responsible for it. The same Doom that Harry's still under until the end of Storm Front, but Morgan has been the one responsible for the last 5-7 years.

Morgan.

Attack dog Morgan.

Who barely reacted when Dresden decked him.

Who, after Dresden knocked him out with a solid oak chair after being arrested, sought Harry out and walked into a burning building with a demon inside to rescue Harry, and then gave testimony to the Council that convinced them to lift the Doom.

First off, that rules the whole "attack dog" image out entirely, that's *far* too calm and thoughtful and understanding.

But the real point there is... Why do we think that's just Morgan being so Lawful Neutral that he cannot stand anything other than following the letter of the law and being totally honest? Bc that's how it's portrayed at the time, but compare it to the Council that we see in Summer Knight and Proven Guilty and Turn Coat (and remember that these books are *way* more accepting and tolerant, bc Summer Knight sees Simon Petrovich (Justin Du-fucking-Morne's master) replaced by Eb, and then LaFortier (who seems to be the most ruthless and unforgiving, based on how people talk about him) is gone in Turn Coat) ; can you imagine that Council *lifting* the Doom when they hear about Harry's actions in Storm Front?

Morgan is lying to them.

He's protecting Harry.

And where is Harry now?

Morgan was the Council's Enforcer, and now Harry is Mab's Enforcer. He's supporting this supernatural nation filled with plenty of people who do terrible things with their power, and aren't held to account for it. So he just draws the one line that he can.

And he becomes terrifying.

As readers we know that he's still a good guy, but look at how almost the entire world sees him... Harry has become a monster. He's terrifying, and powerful, and cold, and nobody can stand against him when he decides you've done wrong, and the fear of him keeps anyone even close to the line from risking anything that would put him on their back.

Isn't Harry just doing exactly what Morgan always did? Wasn't Morgan always just as moral and understanding as Harry, though they both covered it with intimidation?

Didn't Morgan react to the shooting in Dead Beat exactly the way Dresden did in Battle Ground?

Gun > Hocus pocus

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

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

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

Mouse: BARK

Harry (with the same tone and volume): WHAT

Okay well this is shaping up to be considerably longer than the og version

Good news everybody now that all of my stupid exams are over I can focus all of my time and energy onto replanning and rewriting that 33 chapter fic I wrote 9 chapters of 2 years ago except this time with even more bastards in it 

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending? 

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

V - Which character do you relate to most?

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

^ Things Morgan keeps insisting when all the not super weirdly tall people around him call him super weirdly tall 

Genre of character: submissive like a guard dog is submissive