History Headscratchers / TheDresdenfiles

** Can also be TruthInTelevision here. Even and especially for people who are into lots of fandoms, there are occasions where you just forget about a certain reference because you have a gazillion other things on your mind and haven't thought about that specific thing for a while.

** Also, the fact that Murphy could use ''Fidelacchius'' doesn't necessarily mean her Catholic beliefs are all that stringent. Sanya wields a Sword, and he's an atheist. Shiro had one too, and his Baptist faith was an accident. And Butters' Judaism seems more cultural than devout.

** Also, the fact that Murphy could use ''Fidelacchius'' doesn't necessarily mean her religious beliefs are all that strong. Sanya wields one and he's an atheist. Shiro did, and his Baptist faith was an accident. And Butters' Judaism seems more cultural than devout.

** Plus, it's ''[[HollywoodDateless Harry]]''.

** Notice that in Dead Beat even butters could successfully create a simple circle to protect himself against ghosts. Mundane mortals do seem to have a certain amount of magical aptitude (that would probably not bring them anywhere close to White Council wizard levels even if they trained all their lives), so who is to say whether they could summon entities, which is just a particular application of magic? I'd guess that maybe summoning something like Toot-Toot with the help of Pizza would be much easier for a mundane mortal than summoning something like Chaunzaggoroth.

** Well, in short, your right. The mass obfuscation does not make sense logically. However, it makes sense ''structurally''. The mass delusion and obfuscation serve the story by isolating Harry and forcing him to get involved, instead of doing what any rational person would do and simply call the police once he realizes he is in way over his head. One of the conceits of the series is that Dresden is ''alone'', he is unappreciated, isolated, without support, and that he has to do everything himself because no one else will, like John [=McClane=] (in fact, the ''Franchise/DieHard'' series is one of the inspirations for the novel series). Also, one of the conceits of the urban fantasy series is that there is all this magic and mystery going on and no one knows what is going on. The genre would be ruined if mortals suddenly clued-in. Also, the Dresden Files is very similar to a superhero series, and, of course, one of the conceits of superheroes is that ordinary police are by-and-large useless. Thus, in short, you're right that it doesn't make sense, but it's fiction. Logic always takes a backseat to awesomeness.