DRESDENITES

the dresden files…where almost every reoccurring male character is tall and good looking uwu

In honor of the new show’s official announcement, and the most excellent 3rd season of Daredevil, here’s a mass fancast using the Marvel Netflix Universe.

Harry

Karrin

Molly

Meave

Billy

Elaine

Mab

Susan

Thomas

Michael

Jim Butcher

I can’t sleep! You know what that means, me reaching for new Dresden Files titles. And considering Brief Cases just released, I could try something…

Side Jobs was absolutely difficult to decide. But i stayed on a simple silhouette, because he’s on his… side. Hahahahahaaaaaaaa…. And the Brief Cases one is… obvious… but harder than it looks to make. 

Jim: When’s the last time I wrote something that really just helped you recover?

October Book Photo Challenge, Day 17 - What Just Happened?

I know about it. I don’t think this is especially funny. 

Skin Game was published 3 and a half years ago. If you’re a casual fan just checking back in, like many do, going “Oh wow there isn’t a new one out yet, it must be out soon, right? Is there a date yet?” and all you get is Jim’s passive aggressive rhetoric, rumours created in elements of news passed out by people close to him, and people going “You’re not a REAL fan!” at anyone who dares to do anything other than dig in trenches and wait it out like a battle field, why would you stick around?

Now I love Harry. He came to me at a time in my life when I really needed him. And characters are not their authors.

But my opinions on Jim have been steadily nose diving over the past few years. I’ve heard stories of his rude conduct with people who were relatively close to him, people who are my friends. I’ve seen his attitude towards his fans move slowly towards disdain for anyone who does not accept his work as brilliant, and this wait graciously. It sounds more and more like “You are privileged to read my work” as opposed to “I am privileged to have so many who love my work.”

Rumours about dogs dying, building sheds for special quiet places, months without anything, glimpses of him at conferences in fancy dress, and this strange bight back from people of “how DARE you question our supreme leader on his working progress!” There isn’t any news on his website about it, so of course people are going to ask him.

All we want is: “This is taking longer than expected to write. I’m sorry for the wait. This is what’s happening with me.” and what we’re getting is “Maybe I just won’t ever write it, how about that? For every time someone asks me how long it will be I’ll add another day.”

And it’s just not funny. It’s entitled. Like he just expects us to all be there when he wants us, when he won’t even toss us an explanation when yet another “deadline” passes by with no result.

Earlier I reblogged a post about Ryohgo Narita (Baccano!/Durarara!!/Bleach) and his response to his own hiatus: a bunch of tweets explaining his health problems and his apologies to the fans he feels he’s let down. This is the kind of reaction I would have loved to have seen from Jim. One that’s open, honest, kind-hearted, apologetic, and sincere. If he had done something like that, instead of staying silent, giving us false promises, and making fun of his fans in this way, I think people would be far more inclined to reciprocate that respect - I certainly would be, at any rate. But this stunt has honestly hurt me more than I can say. After I have spent so much time and tears and sleepless nights defending him and his work, assuming that he was worthy of my support, I’m beyond disappointed. I’m absolutely fucking just…. There aren’t words. I hate this. And I’m sure there are plenty of people who aren’t at all shocked by this and are laughing at us right now, so congratulations to them.

Jim could have just ignored the negativity until Peace Talks came out. He could’ve say a few things on Twitter clearing up the rumours about his personal life. He could’ve chosen to be positive and joke about it, instead of focusing on how annoying it all is. There are so many things he could have done besides this.

#between this and his continuing relationship with larry fucking correia i’m just so….#ugh

I asked on Reddit: “What’s he even trying to accomplish here? Dissuading people from asking a basic question?” Priscillie replied with: “Yes. He is trying to dissuade people from asking a basic question–a question he hears several times a day, despite answering to the best of his ability in a prominent place on his website and at various cons throughout the year. He’s trying to show people how RELENTLESS the questioning is and how they’re not the only person who asks it. That one innocent question from such a large readership feels less like a single snowflake and more like an avalanche.”

If it was just a joke about the hiatus itself, they could have said that. But the response from Jim’s friends indicates that this joke is genuinely about the sheer quantity of people who ask the question, and that these people are a nuisance. The joke is at the expense of every new fan who jumps on Twitter like, “I just finished reading the Dresden Files for the first time! When’s Peace Talks?!”, and casual fans who are like, “Man, it seems like there hasn’t been a Dresden book in ages. When’s Peace Talks?!”, and hardcore fans who just want Jim to know they appreciate him like, “I just finished reading the Dresden Files for the 15th time! When’s Peace Talks?!” Many people are laughing to show that they’re not That Sort of fan. Entitled idiots? Not us. We’re informed Real Fans, aren’t we, Jim?

“You’re insane,” Crane said. “Wizards is the kway-zee-est people,” I confirmed. “And you don’t look very much like a Darby.” Crane’s chin lifted, his eyes glittering with some sort of sudden approval. I had no idea why. Dammit, I hate it when someone knows more than me about exactly how deep a hole I’m digging under myself. “No? And what does a Darby look like?” “I confess, the only one I ever saw was in that leprechaun movie with Sean Connery,” I said. “Call it an instinct.”

…

“How’s it going, Dresden?” Thomas asked. “Took you long enough,” I said. Thomas grinned, but it didn’t touch his eyes. His gaze never left Crane. “Have you ever met my cousin, Madrigal Raith?” “I knew he didn’t look like a Darby,” I said. Thomas nodded. “Wasn’t that a movie with Janet Munro?” “And Sean Connery.” “Thought so,” Thomas said.

A few things of note:

1) Madrigal is one of my favourite villains because of how easy it is to make fun of him. He’s an annoying, whiny little shit with an even more annoying, whinier twin sister. I have so many headcanons about Madrigal’s relationship with Thomas growing up (since back then he was probably Thomas’s closest male relative aside from Lord Raith), but the main ones consist largely of Thomas outclassing Madrigal at every turn.

2) How the hell has no one figured out Harry and Thomas are brothers yet when they have conversations like this???