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Fucking. Harry confessing to Murphy that he’s scared of becoming a monster and Murphy’s response not being fear or denial or anger but just. “I work with a lot of monsters these days” is so. Sad but also immensely tender. Just! Murphy and Harry are so well suited for each other! Fuck!
Reading Cold Days in The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher is almost like reading a crack fic at some points. Like, Harry Dresden beat up Santa Claus, then led the Wild Hunt to fight against what are essentially aliens, and in the middle of the battle “We Will Rock You” starts playing and Harry sings along! And then he shoots an alien in the face after saying “Get rocked,” which is both a pun and basically him saying “Get wrecked.” This book is amazing.
Is anyone else completely enchanted with how Harry Dresden fangirls over Murphy in his inner monologue?
I mean, take that scene in Cold Days where the Outsiders are attacking the island, so Murphy grabs the Winchester from Harry to shoot the guys aboard the barge, and then sinks one of the tugboats with a fucking grenade all while on a Harley riding over Lake Michigan at absurd speeds?
What I love best about that scene is that Harry is recounting what she did and doesn't even do any of his usual adorable commentary. The scene works so fucking well on conveying what a stone cold badass Karrin Murphy is and yet it has this great undertone of Harry's awe and appreciation for her level of skill and concentration in the middle of a fucking warzone.
But one of the things I love most is that Harry gets googly heart-eyes over Murphy in general, not just her appearance, which is a trap that a lot of UF guys fall into sometimes. He is so enamored with her strength and resolve and her drive to put others before herself no matter what the cost. He's humbled that she cares about him and supports him when he's about to pretty much walk into the lion's den with a T-Bone around his neck for the whole damn book series.
And what really seals it is that they are best friends, so the whole time he's mentally squeeing over her, he just assumes it's because they're friends, not because he loves her.
Murphy: *casually hands Kincaid his own ass during that "test" scene in Blood Rites*
Harry:
I think the fact that he has a mental cheering squad for her going half the time is fucking amazing and charming. I can't express how amusing it is to picture the looks he's probably giving her when she does something badass.
In conclusion, dear Harry,
Every time I read something Cat Sith says, I read it in the voice of the black cat from Coraline.
Harry Dresden (Cold Days by Jim Butcher)
"We're not some fucking ship." Harry Dresden to Karrin Murphy, when discussing their romantic situation.
Harry & Karrin: *ride across Lake Michigan on a huge vibrator the Harley*Harry: WE’RE NOT SOME FUCKING SHIPMe: Yes, yes you are. Both literally and figuratively. NOW KISS.
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I started with a two-tone, high contrast image from the cover of Cold Days.
I traced it onto some freezer paper, which I ironed onto the t-shirt.
Then I used an x-acto knife to cut the stencil apart. Tense work!
I sprayed on a solution of 50-50 bleach and water, then dabbed away with a paper towel. After a minute or so, I hit it with the iron to bring the color out even more.
The final result! I now have a one-of-a-kind Harry Dresden t-shirt.
Nice!
Had to reblog for @minaminokyoko cuz it came across my dash and Dresden is her jam
I am mad jealous about that shirt. Mostly because the cover of Cold Days might be my favorite cover of all The Dresden Files books, so to have it as a shirt would be Sploosh City.
minaminokyoko replied to your quote: Murphy leaned down and rested her forehead against…
Cannot tell you how many times I’ve read this scene, and when the Denarian dead guy spooks him and he pulls her into his lap to protect her on instinct and then doesn’t want to let her go. *squees*
That bit’s kind of scary, IMO! D: Like, I think I get where you’re coming from, but also the thing I love most about that part is that it’s such a good way of demonstrating the dangers Harry & Karrin could face were they to pursue a proper relationship.
I really, really like how the books don’t gloss over the fact that Harry is huge in comparison to Murph, and how dangerous he could be if she was to be close to him. It reminds me of that bit in Cold Days, where they have an argument in his room and Harry slams the wall by her head and towers over her… (btw the idea of her having to stare at the evil Spider-Man symbol on his t-shirt in that scene makes me squee because seriously… it’s so unsubtle but so good).
Like, OK, Harry can be sweet and cuddly, but he also has this side that is fiercely possessive and unpredictable, especially now he’s the Winter Knight. Moments like the one in Small Favor serve to remind us that Murph’s reservations about being with him are incredibly sensible, because 5 seconds ago they were making adorable jokes about fruit punch, and all of a sudden he’s got her in a vice grip and she’s having to talk him into letting her go. And IMO stuff like that is why the question of ‘will they won’t they’ doesn’t get stale even after fifteen books, because if Harry was nice all the time it’d be frustrating seeing them so hesitant to get together if there wasn’t a really, really good reason for it.
I also interpret this scene as Harry still subconsciously trying to save Ivy, which takes the ahadflfadskfdahasd to a whole new level. ;_;
Beautifully said.
But no, what the thing is with me is that it’s a blessing and a curse that Harry can actually be a danger to Murphy. What sets them apart is that Murphy recognizes this quality in Harry and she always acts appropriately to it.
In that very same scene of Small Favor, she talks him down from the panicked state he’d been in after the Denarian corpse spooked him. She didn’t try to fight her way loose because it would upset him even more. She knew that.
In Cold Days, when he slammed his hand against the door, she didn’t move and she didn’t do anything aggressive. She didn’t get angry with him because she understood that he’s in emotional turmoil and he’s acting irrationally because he’s still trying to get his bearings. She just gently takes his hand and talks to him, touching that human part of him that brings him back to himself.
And then there’s that discussion about sometimes people become monsters because we treat them like monsters.That, to me, is why Murphy and Harry becoming lovers is worth the risk. Murphy will never treat Harry like he is beyond saving. She trusts him completely, even when he could endanger her. She knows that he’ll do the right thing in the end, and if she ever starts to doubt him, it would mean the end of a friendship and love that is honestly the largest part of their personalities, imo.
That’s why I reread those scenes. It excites me that Murphy is the only one to react to Harry’s Winter Knight instincts this way, or his violent, aggressive nature. She doesn’t flinch. She’s his light, and she knows he’ll lose his way if she stops shining, even for a second.
I just have a lot of feelings about this okay.
Harry Dresden and Karrin Murphy (Cold Days by Jim Butcher)
Harry Dresden and Karrin Murphy (Cold Days by Jim Butcher)
Harry: Wait. You work for me?
Cat Sith: I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.
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