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** In ''Peace Talks'', [[spoiler: Harry fights Lara in a very similar sparring match in her dojo, but he's not injured and she's under control emotionally, and they seem evenly matched. Later on, she attacks him in earnest, but as they're on Demonreach, Lara never even gets close!]])
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** In ''Peace Talks'', [[spoiler: Harry fights Lara in a very similar sparring match in her dojo, but he's not injured and she's under control emotionally, and they seem evenly matched. Later on, she attacks him in earnest, but as they're on Demonreach, Lara never even gets close!]])close!]])
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** Harry fares much better in ''Peace Talks''. While he still loses, Lara is even more angry than here, and Harry has far less injuries and goes all out (it helps that he's [[spoiler: on Demonreach]]).
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** Harry fares much better in In ''Peace Talks''. While he still loses, Lara is even more angry than here, and Harry has far less injuries and goes all out (it helps that he's Talks'', [[spoiler: Harry fights Lara in a very similar sparring match in her dojo, but he's not injured and she's under control emotionally, and they seem evenly matched. Later on, she attacks him in earnest, but as they're on Demonreach]]).Demonreach, Lara never even gets close!]])
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* SeriesContinuityError: Several.
** Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', and up until then, Lea was still imprisoned [[spoiler:in the ice garden atop Arctis Tor in an attempt to purge her of Nemesis.]]
** Molly examines the bodies of the two young women attacked by Puck and says their souls were removed from their bodies, indicating White Court vampire involvement... despite White Court vampires feeding on emotions and not souls.
** Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', and up until then, Lea was still imprisoned [[spoiler:in the ice garden atop Arctis Tor in an attempt to purge her of Nemesis.]]
** Molly examines the bodies of the two young women attacked by Puck and says their souls were removed from their bodies, indicating White Court vampire involvement... despite White Court vampires feeding on emotions and not souls.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Several.
Two possible ones.
** One possible example. Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', andup until then, some point between ''Proven Guilty'' and ''Changes'', Lea was still imprisoned [[spoiler:in the ice garden atop Arctis Tor in an attempt to purge her of Nemesis.]]
** Molly examines the bodies of the two young women attacked by Puck and says their souls were removed from their bodies, indicating White Court vampire involvement... despite White Court vampires feeding on emotions and not souls. On the other hand, she could just have meant their lifeforce, especially given that despite her rebellion, she was raised devoutly Catholic and might have conflated the two (and InUniverse, there's repeatedly indicated to be some justice to this, with Dresden doing it himself in ''Changes'' in reference to his use of Soulfire).
** One possible example. Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', and
** Molly examines the bodies of the two young women attacked by Puck and says their souls were removed from their bodies, indicating White Court vampire involvement... despite White Court vampires feeding on emotions and not souls. On the other hand, she could just have meant their lifeforce, especially given that despite her rebellion, she was raised devoutly Catholic and might have conflated the two (and InUniverse, there's repeatedly indicated to be some justice to this, with Dresden doing it himself in ''Changes'' in reference to his use of Soulfire).
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** Puck is said to shape-change continually throughout the text, yet is always drawn with the same face even when he is impersonating someone. This happens in spite of the text apparently trying to surprise the reader with the revelation that Puck isn't who he seems to be.
** Molly and Murphy are frequently drawn as being the same height and build. To say this is inaccurate to the novels is putting it mildly.
** Molly and Murphy are frequently drawn as being the same height and build. To say this is inaccurate to the novels is putting it mildly.
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** Puck is said to shape-change continually throughout the text, yet is always drawn with the same face even when he is impersonating someone. This happens in spite of the text apparently trying to surprise the reader with the revelation that Puck isn't who he seems to be.
be. On the other hand, his build does seem to shift at points.
**Molly [[StatuesqueStunner Molly]] and Murphy [[PintsizedPowerhoue Murphy]] are frequently drawn as being the same height and build. To say this is inaccurate to the novels is putting it mildly.
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''Wild Card'' is a six issue ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' miniseries. It is set between the novels ''Literature/SmallFavor'' and ''Literature/TurnCoat''.
When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy isn't just an ordinary spree killer--he's Puck, a fae with strength to rival the Leanansidhe, and he plans to set the powers in the city at each other's throats. If Dresden can't track him down and bring him to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as Puck plans.
When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy isn't just an ordinary spree killer--he's Puck, a fae with strength to rival the Leanansidhe, and he plans to set the powers in the city at each other's throats. If Dresden can't track him down and bring him to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as Puck plans.
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''Wild Card'' is a six issue ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' miniseries. miniseries.
It is set between the novels ''Literature/SmallFavor'' and ''Literature/TurnCoat''.
When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy isn't just an ordinary spree killer--he's Puck, a fae with strength to rival the Leanansidhe, and he plans to set the powers in the city at each other'sthroats. throats.
If Dresden can't track him down and bring him to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as Puckplans.
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It is set between the novels ''Literature/SmallFavor'' and ''Literature/TurnCoat''.
When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy isn't just an ordinary spree killer--he's Puck, a fae with strength to rival the Leanansidhe, and he plans to set the powers in the city at each other's
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* TheWorfEffect: Puck establishes himself as a serious threat by bitchslapping the Leanansidhe so hard that Harry can't even see where she went. She recovers, but it shows that he's definitely more than just another renegade fae.
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* TheWorfEffect: Puck establishes himself as a serious threat by bitchslapping the Leanansidhe so hard that Harry can't even see where she went. She recovers, but it shows that he's definitely more than just another renegade fae.fae.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Harry takes on Lara Raith in a CaneFu sparring match. Unfortunately for Harry, he's just gotten through a couple vicious fights, some car crashes, and resultant injuries (which include deep cuts in ''both'' shoulders) and exhaustion, and holds back. Lara, who is understandably seething after Marcone having seemingly shot dead a trio of her relatives and her authority challenged, takes out on Harry. Its a CurbStompBattle.
** Harry fares much better in ''Peace Talks''. While he still loses, Lara is even more angry than here, and Harry has far less injuries and goes all out.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Harry takes on Lara Raith in a CaneFu sparring match. Unfortunately for Harry, he's just gotten through a couple vicious fights, some car crashes, and resultant injuries (which include deep cuts in ''both'' shoulders) and exhaustion, and holds back. Lara, who is understandably seething after Marcone having seemingly shot dead a trio of her relatives and her authority challenged, takes out on Harry. Its a CurbStompBattle.
** Harry fares much better in ''Peace Talks''. While he still loses, Lara is even more angry than here, and Harry has far less injuries and goes all out.
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* UnreliableIllustrator: Molly and Murphy are frequently drawn as being the same height and build. To say this is inaccurate to the novels is putting it mildly.
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* UnreliableIllustrator: As per usual, Carlos Gomez's art often doesn't match the text or the character descriptions from the books.
** Puck is said to shape-change continually throughout the text, yet is always drawn with the same face even when he is impersonating someone. This happens in spite of the text apparently trying to surprise the reader with the revelation that Puck isn't who he seems to be.
** Molly and Murphy are frequently drawn as being the same height and build. To say this is inaccurate to the novels is putting it mildly.
** Puck is said to shape-change continually throughout the text, yet is always drawn with the same face even when he is impersonating someone. This happens in spite of the text apparently trying to surprise the reader with the revelation that Puck isn't who he seems to be.
** Molly and Murphy are frequently drawn as being the same height and build. To say this is inaccurate to the novels is putting it mildly.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', and up until then, Lea was still imprisoned [[spoiler:in the ice garden atop Arctis Tor in an attempt to purge her of Nemesis.]]
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* SeriesContinuityError: Several.
** Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', and up until then, Lea was still imprisoned [[spoiler:in the ice garden atop Arctis Tor in an attempt to purge her of Nemesis.]]]]
** Molly examines the bodies of the two young women attacked by Puck and says their souls were removed from their bodies, indicating White Court vampire involvement... despite White Court vampires feeding on emotions and not souls.
** Harry makes contact with Lea in an attempt to stop Puck-- only problem is that this takes place before ''Changes'', and up until then, Lea was still imprisoned [[spoiler:in the ice garden atop Arctis Tor in an attempt to purge her of Nemesis.
** Molly examines the bodies of the two young women attacked by Puck and says their souls were removed from their bodies, indicating White Court vampire involvement... despite White Court vampires feeding on emotions and not souls.
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''Wild Card'' is a six issue ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' miniseries.
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''Wild Card'' is a six issue ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' miniseries.
miniseries. It is set between the novels ''Literature/SmallFavor'' and ''Literature/TurnCoat''.
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*** This could also be interpreted as them being forced to save face: the attacks were both public and brutal enough that, in order to protect their position and standing in the eyes of the supernatural world, they have no choice but to retaliate against the perceived attacker. This means that whether Marcone truly believes the White Court was the attacker or vice versa matters less than it being generally perceived that way: all that matters is the need for them to retaliate against the "obvious" attacker, or lose face by letting the attack go unpunished.
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First, from lockout: "Please don't list this on a work's page as a trope." Second, that's a discontinuity, not a lockout (of a sort I'm not sure which sort to list - if any, since not all are to be listed).
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** The first thing that tips Harry off that something is up is Molly determining that Puck's first two victims had their souls ripped out. This is meant to implicate The White Court, but goes against everything we've seen in the books of how a White Court vampire's feeding works. While it is possible that the life-force which White Court vampires feast on does tie into the soul of their victims (the later books treat soul energy and life force as one and the same), Molly should still have sensed that the deaths were different due to her experiences with a White Court victim in ''White Night'', which caused her to nearly have an orgasm as she touched the woman's dyning thoughts.
** Harry is able to summon The Leanansidhe to ask for her help. This contradicts the events of ''Changes'', where Harry said that he hadn't seen "Lea" since the events of ''Proven Guilty''. Since Molly is openly operating as Harry's apprentice and Marcone is now Baron of Chicago under The Unseelie Accords, we know this story takes place sometime after ''White Night''.
** Lea is also operating under her old characterization, where she's obsessed with claiming Harry as a hound for her kennel due to his backing out of too many deals. Those debts were settled back in ''Summer Knight'' when Mab took over Lea's debts.
** The first thing that tips Harry off that something is up is Molly determining that Puck's first two victims had their souls ripped out. This is meant to implicate The White Court, but goes against everything we've seen in the books of how a White Court vampire's feeding works. While it is possible that the life-force which White Court vampires feast on does tie into the soul of their victims (the later books treat soul energy and life force as one and the same), Molly should still have sensed that the deaths were different due to her experiences with a White Court victim in ''White Night'', which caused her to nearly have an orgasm as she touched the woman's dyning thoughts.
** Harry is able to summon The Leanansidhe to ask for her help. This contradicts the events of ''Changes'', where Harry said that he hadn't seen "Lea" since the events of ''Proven Guilty''. Since Molly is openly operating as Harry's apprentice and Marcone is now Baron of Chicago under The Unseelie Accords, we know this story takes place sometime after ''White Night''.
** Lea is also operating under her old characterization, where she's obsessed with claiming Harry as a hound for her kennel due to his backing out of too many deals. Those debts were settled back in ''Summer Knight'' when Mab took over Lea's debts.
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** The first thing that tips Harry off that something is up is Molly determining that Puck's first two victims had their souls ripped out. This is meant to implicate The White Court, but goes against everything we've seen in the books of how a White Court vampire's feeding works. While it is possible that the life-force which White Court vampires feast on does tie into the soul of their victims (the later books treat soul energy and life force as one and the same), Molly should still have sensed that the deaths were different due to her experiences with a White Court victim in ''White Night'', which caused her to nearly have an orgasm as she touched the woman's dyning thoughts.
** Harry is able to summon The Leanansidhe to ask for her help. This contradicts the events of ''Changes'', where Harry said that he hadn't seen "Lea" since the events of ''Proven Guilty''. Since Molly is openly operating as Harry's apprentice and Marcone is now Baron of Chicago under The Unseelie Accords, we know this story takes place sometime after ''White Night''.
** Lea is also operating under her old characterization, where she's obsessed with claiming Harry as a hound for her kennel due to his backing out of too many deals. Those debts were settled back in ''Summer Knight'' when Mab took over Lea's debts.
** The first thing that tips Harry off that something is up is Molly determining that Puck's first two victims had their souls ripped out. This is meant to implicate The White Court, but goes against everything we've seen in the books of how a White Court vampire's feeding works. While it is possible that the life-force which White Court vampires feast on does tie into the soul of their victims (the later books treat soul energy and life force as one and the same), Molly should still have sensed that the deaths were different due to her experiences with a White Court victim in ''White Night'', which caused her to nearly have an orgasm as she touched the woman's dyning thoughts.
** Harry is able to summon The Leanansidhe to ask for her help. This contradicts the events of ''Changes'', where Harry said that he hadn't seen "Lea" since the events of ''Proven Guilty''. Since Molly is openly operating as Harry's apprentice and Marcone is now Baron of Chicago under The Unseelie Accords, we know this story takes place sometime after ''White Night''.
** Lea is also operating under her old characterization, where she's obsessed with claiming Harry as a hound for her kennel due to his backing out of too many deals. Those debts were settled back in ''Summer Knight'' when Mab took over Lea's debts.
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** The entire plot is dependent on John Marcone and Lara Raith both falling for Puck's ruse and being ready to risk open war with the police in Chicago. This requires them to forget that The White Court and Marcone's outfit are far more subtle than that and abhor open conflict. It also requires Marcone to forget that he has much better ways of dealing with Special Investigations than open warfare given that Marcone owns a number of key crooked cops and politicians. The same goes for Lara Raith.
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** The entire plot is dependent on John Marcone and Lara Raith both falling for Puck's ruse and being ready to risk open war with the police in Chicago. Chicago and each other. This requires that both of them to forget that their respective organizations - The White Court and Marcone's outfit Mob - are far more subtle than that Puck is being and abhor open conflict. It also requires Marcone to forget their forgetting their usual M.O. and that he has they have much better ways of dealing with Special Investigations than open warfare warfare, given that Marcone owns and Lara both own a number of key crooked cops and politicians. The same goes for Lara Raith.politicians.
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** The entire plot is dependent on John Marcone and Lara Raith both falling for Puck's ruse and being ready to risk open war with the police in Chicago. This requires them to forget that The White Court and Marcone's outfit are far more subtle than that and abhor open conflict. It also requires Marcone to forget that he has much better ways of dealing with Special Investigations than open warfare given that Marcone owns a number of key crooked cops and politicians. The same goes for Lara Raith.
** The entire plot is dependent on John Marcone and Lara Raith both falling for Puck's ruse and being ready to risk open war with the police in Chicago. This requires them to forget that The White Court and Marcone's outfit are far more subtle than that and abhor open conflict. It also requires Marcone to forget that he has much better ways of dealing with Special Investigations than open warfare given that Marcone owns a number of key crooked cops and politicians. The same goes for Lara Raith.
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* GracefulLoser: After an initial shock, Puck takes his defeat surprisingly well, considering how psychotic he generally seems to be, even offering Dresden a neat bow before he departs.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Puck's acting out is rooted in this, as his causing chaos is simply because he's so old that he's completely and utterly bored by the ordinary run of life.
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* NoodleIncident: What Puck did to be owed a favor from Winter. It had something to do with protecting the Outer Gates, that's all that is revealed.
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Works, such as games like poker, should not be listed as a trope.
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* {{Poker}}: How Dresden (on behalf of the police, White Court, and mob outfit) and Puck settle their conflict.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lara is usually interested in trying to make Harry her partner in crime, but she's so pissed off by the murders of three of her sisters that she nearly eats him then and there, and he is only saved by Thomas stepping in.
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* WhatTheHellHero: No one is happy with Dresden settling the situation with Puck via a ''card game''. Especially since he didn't consult with them before offering their fealty as the stakes.
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* WhatTheHellHero: No one is happy with Dresden settling the situation with Puck via a ''card game''. Especially since he didn't consult with them before offering their fealty as the stakes.stakes.
* TheWorfEffect: Puck establishes himself as a serious threat by bitchslapping the Leanansidhe so hard that Harry can't even see where she went. She recovers, but it shows that he's definitely more than just another renegade fae.
* TheWorfEffect: Puck establishes himself as a serious threat by bitchslapping the Leanansidhe so hard that Harry can't even see where she went. She recovers, but it shows that he's definitely more than just another renegade fae.
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* WhatTheHellHero: No one is happy with Dresden settling the situation with Puck via a ''card game''.
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* WhatTheHellHero: No one is happy with Dresden settling the situation with Puck via a ''card game''. Especially since he didn't consult with them before offering their fealty as the stakes.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Puck's plan is basically just a series of these -- he kills random civilians (and tries to kill Murphy) and makes it look like the work of the White Court, kills several White Court members and makes it look like Marcone did it, and kills one of Marcone's men while disguised as a police officer. All this causes the various factions of the city to act on their natural hate of each other and go to war.
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* ShoutOut: The villain of the story is Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight.
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* ShoutOut: The villain of the story is Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight.''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
* WhatTheHellHero: No one is happy with Dresden settling the situation with Puck via a ''card game''.
* WhatTheHellHero: No one is happy with Dresden settling the situation with Puck via a ''card game''.
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* EnemyMine: Dresden tries to get the police, the mob, and the White Court to do this in order to fend off Puck.
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* EnemyMine: Dresden tries to get gets the police, the mob, and the White Court to do this in order to fend off Puck.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Dresden and Puck's poker game. If Dresden wins, Puck has to leave town and can't hurt anyone there for a century. If Puck wins, then Harry, Molly, Murphy, Rawlins, Lara, Thomas, and Marcone become Puck's vassals for a year, drastically increasing the amount of havoc he can cause.
* BadFuture: Dresden describes this as Puck's goal.
* HealingFactor: Puck can recover from being shredded by a dozen machine-guns in seconds, and it takes him only slightly longer to regrow his arms after they're amputated.
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** Dresden uses this on Puck by getting him to agree to leave town if he loses a single game of poker, then beating him at said game and thus getting him to leave.
* ImagineSpot: Dresden depicts the BadFuture that would result from Puck's unchecked chaos.
* KingpinInHisGym: Lara Raith is shown sparring against other members of the WhiteCourtCourt.
* NighInvulnerability: Puck is this, due to his regenerative powers.
* NoSell: Molly's veil attack on Puck. He sees through it in seconds because she didn't get the temperature right, then easily destroys the spell.
* ImagineSpot: Dresden depicts the BadFuture that would result from Puck's unchecked chaos.
* KingpinInHisGym: Lara Raith is shown sparring against other members of the White
* NighInvulnerability: Puck is this, due to his regenerative powers.
* NoSell: Molly's veil attack on Puck. He sees through it in seconds because she didn't get the temperature right, then easily destroys the spell.
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* ShoutOut: The fairy in question turns out to be Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight.
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* {{Poker}}: How Dresden (on behalf of the police, White Court, and mob outfit) and Puck settle their conflict.
* ShoutOut: Thefairy in question turns out to be villain of the story is Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight.
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* EnemyMine: Dresden tries to get the police, the mob, and the White Court to do this in order to fend off Puck.
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** There's also one early on when two girls being chased by Puck are able to get inside their apartment, thereby protecting themselves with its threshold, and then call the police. Unfortunately, Puck tricks ''pretends'' to be the police and is thus able to trick them into inviting him into their apartment, where he easily kills them.
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** There's also one early on when two girls being chased by Puck are able to get inside their apartment, thereby protecting themselves with its threshold, and then call the police. Unfortunately, Puck tricks ''pretends'' to be the police and is thus able to trick them into inviting him into their apartment, where he easily kills them.them.
* IGaveMyWord: Lea can't stop Puck because Mab gave her word that Puck could ask one favor of Winter and have it granted, and he invokes it to force Lea to stand down.
* IGaveMyWord: Lea can't stop Puck because Mab gave her word that Puck could ask one favor of Winter and have it granted, and he invokes it to force Lea to stand down.
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When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy is no ordinary spree killer, and Dresden quickly realizes that his enemy is purposefully setting the powers in the city at each other's throats. If he can't track down the real culprit and bring them to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as the fairy plans.
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When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy is no isn't just an ordinary spree killer, killer--he's Puck, a fae with strength to rival the Leanansidhe, and Dresden quickly realizes that his enemy is purposefully setting he plans to set the powers in the city at each other's throats. If he Dresden can't track him down the real culprit and bring them him to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as the fairy Puck plans.
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* AxCrazy: The fairy, who gleefully murders a couple of young women and even pretends to consider sparing one of them before ripping her soul from her body.
* CopKiller: The fairy's third victim is a police officer.
* CopKiller: The fairy's third victim is a police officer.
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* AxCrazy: The fairy, Puck, who gleefully murders a couple of young women and even pretends to consider sparing one of them before ripping her soul from her body.
* CopKiller:The fairy's Puck's third victim is a police officer.
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** There's also one early on when two girls being chased by Puck are able to get inside their apartment, thereby protecting themselves with its threshold, and then call the police. Unfortunately, Puck tricks ''pretends'' to be the police and is thus able to trick them into inviting him into their apartment, where he easily kills them.
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* ShoutOut: The fairy in question turns out to be [[spoiler:Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight]].
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* ShoutOut: The fairy in question turns out to be [[spoiler:Puck, Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight]].Film/TheDarkKnight.
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* ShoutOut: [[WordOfGod Word Of Jim]] has confirmed that the fairy in question is [[spoiler:Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream... who in the Dresdenverse is pretty much a souped-up magic version of the Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight]].
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''Wild Card'' is a six issue ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' miniseries.
When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy is no ordinary spree killer, and Dresden quickly realizes that his enemy is purposefully setting the powers in the city at each other's throats. If he can't track down the real culprit and bring them to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as the fairy plans.
!!Tropes appearing in '''Wild Card''' include:
* AxCrazy: The fairy, who gleefully murders a couple of young women and even pretends to consider sparing one of them before ripping her soul from her body.
* CopKiller: The fairy's third victim is a police officer.
* KingpinInHisGym: Lara Raith is shown sparring against other members of the White Court
* OminousOwl: Dresden and Thomas are attacked by a massive owl-like construct.
* ShoutOut: [[WordOfGod Word Of Jim]] has confirmed that the fairy in question is [[spoiler:Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream ]].
When a mysterious fairy begins ripping a trail of carnage across Chicago, Dresden gets involved trying to track it down. But the fairy is no ordinary spree killer, and Dresden quickly realizes that his enemy is purposefully setting the powers in the city at each other's throats. If he can't track down the real culprit and bring them to justice, Chicago could dissolve into civil war... exactly as the fairy plans.
!!Tropes appearing in '''Wild Card''' include:
* AxCrazy: The fairy, who gleefully murders a couple of young women and even pretends to consider sparing one of them before ripping her soul from her body.
* CopKiller: The fairy's third victim is a police officer.
* KingpinInHisGym: Lara Raith is shown sparring against other members of the White Court
* OminousOwl: Dresden and Thomas are attacked by a massive owl-like construct.
* ShoutOut: [[WordOfGod Word Of Jim]] has confirmed that the fairy in question is [[spoiler:Puck, from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream ]].
