Funny / Peace Talks

Moment Subpages are Spoilers Off. You Have Been Warned.

• The fact that the exploitable hole in the BFS' castle's security is because the Einherjaren are too lazy to carry their gym towels downstairs to the laundry is worth a snigger.
  Freydis: Once they realized they could use [the old privy shaft] to drop their towels right next to the laundry room in the basement, instead of carrying them down in hampers, there was no stopping it. They just knocked holes in the wall with the dumbbells and started dropping towels down the shaft. Marcone had to give in with grace and installed dumbwaiter doors.
• Sanya spars with Butters with live weapons. Sanya misses a parry and takes Fidelacchius to the wrist and falls screaming clutching the arm—uninjured, that he slipped into his sleeve to mess with Butters.
  Harry: [freaking out] Oh, wow, we were warned and we didn’t listen. How many hands did we see flying off?
• While theorizing that the Sword of Faith may contain a bonafide Angel, Butters is chagrined that he accidentally ran it through the laundry once.
• Harry pays Goodman Grey with a dollar that also went through the laundry.
• Goodman Grey trolling Harry on the phone and then hanging up on him.
• Harry had a prank ready for Butter's birthday: a spell that makes the sound of a Tyrannosaurus rex roaring the tune of Happy Birthday. It finishes with Harry himself crooning "and many mooooore!"
  • The fact that he found a way to use it in battle. (And even then he considered the noise a bit overpowering. Wonder what he would think about using it in an enclosed space, like Butter's apartment....)
• During the fight against the cornerhounds, Ebenezar keeps stopping his explanation of what they are and how to defeat them in order to inject comments on how untrustworthy vampires are and how Harry is an idiot for working with one.
  • At one point he outlines a plan for fighting the cornerhounds and then notes that the best part of the plan is that it doesn't involve any vampires.
• Freydis questions Murphy's abilities due to her injuries. Murphy responds by almost instantly pinning the ancient Valkyrie against a wall. After Freydis acquiesces, she then asks Murphy if she's seeing anyone, to Murphy's startled embarrassment.
  • Then she glances at Harry and notes that she's okay with sharing.
    Freydis: I don't mind sharing.
    Karen: I'm... I'm Catholic.
    Freydis: I don't mind conflicted either.
    Murphy gave me a somewhat desperate glance. I had officially seen everything now; Murphy asking for a rescue. From monsters and madmen she would never cry uncle. It had taken a redhead.
• Poor Harry has contacted the conjurities to which according to Lara, is supposed to only occur in wizard children. But in his case, well...
• Freydis takes Murphy hostage after Harry traps Lara. Murphy grabs two grenades, pulls off the pins and puts them near Freydis' head. Freydis declares that it's hot and jumps out of the boat.
• Harry is distracted from the numerous matters at hand when it suddenly occurs to him that he should probably schedule a dentist appointment for Maggie.
• Harry going on and on about how summoning is dangerous, and can only be performed if you're absolutely sure you're doing it right, and the consequences that can occur if you don't do it exactly right...then it turns out the entity he's summoning is Molly.
  • Usually, the mystical items Harry uses have occult significance. In this case, he includes snacks seemingly just for her to nosh on. (It turns out he planned well— Apparently Molly hadn't eaten in 'a couple of days', and was hungry.)
• Harry notes that only a fool would dare mess with Ebenezar. This after having spent the last several minutes arguing with him and jumping up and down on his Berserk Buttons. (And yes, he does see the irony.)
• Bonea is the Spirit of Intellect daughter of Harry and Lash, possessing the accumulated knowledge of him and a fallen angel. The very first scene of her, in Chapter Two, is helping Maggie, her pseudo-half-sister, make pancakes for their dad and uncle. Doubles as heartwarming.
• Harry runs into a svartalf security guard who considers his job extremely Serious Business. After he finally passes all the security questions... they have a casual chat about poker night and a play date for their respective daughters (and Mouse).
  • Harry asks the svartalf if it would kill him to let them in without going through the security passphrase procedure. The svartalf, Austri, just stares at him and says that it potentially could kill him, being a security procedure and all.
  • Also, the fact that the pass-phrases include "All your base are belong to us" and "the itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout."
• Ebenezar tells Harry to remember what he taught him.
  Harry: Never start the fight. Always finish it.
  Ebenezar: Not that.
  Harry: Make your bed and do your chores?
  Ebenezar: Not that.
  Harry: Something, something, never let them see you sweat.
  Ebenezar: Close enough.
• Harry notes that "it never hurts to be polite." Sanya asks if he read that in a book somewhere. Maybe a long time ago?
• This exchange, after Harry blurts out that he doesn't know anything about the embassy fire because he was at his girlfriend's all night:
  Evanna: Say that again.
  Harry: Why is everyone so shocked that I have a girlfriend?
  Evanna: [shuts her eyes for a moment] Not that.

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