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* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Zig-Zagged. Canon events up through Proven Guilty happen largely the same but off-screen, but Proven Guilty is largely replaced by Wish For Wisdom since Faith's actions kept Molly out of the Black Magic. Under Water is equivalent to White Night but fundamentally different since Madrigail Raith is already dead. Word Of God indicates things will fly off the rails from there.
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* BiTheWay: Faith is bi - Molly isn't. It's one of the biggest differences between them.
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* BiTheWay: Faith is bi - Molly isn't. It's one of the biggest differences between them.


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* OpenMindedParent: Michael and Charity Carpenter are shockingly chill about Faith and Molly's hive minded twin shenanigans.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Faith and (presumably) Molly took a huge jump between Wish for Wisdom and Under Water, judging by Faith's ability to deal with a couple Red Court Vamps without some of her foci in the action prologue of Under Water.

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So far, there's been two full stories, two mini-stories and one short interlude, and a third full story in progress:

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So far, The first series (Building Faith) is complete with there's been two three full stories, two three mini-stories and one two short interlude, and a third full story in progress:interludes.



* ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/building-faith-dresden-files-si.28419/page-126#post-11374340 Faith's Truths]]'' Finding Faith, from Faith's perspective.




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* ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/building-faith-dresden-files-si.28419/page-124#post-10804053 Field Trips]]'' Faith and Molly chaperone Alica's class on a trip to the Sheed Aquarium. Not the aquarium trip from Small Favor, though Ivy appears.

The second ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/twinned-thought-a-sequel-to-building-faith-dresden-files-si.54566/ Twinned Thought]]'' is in progress, one ongoing full length story.
* ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/twinned-thought-a-sequel-to-building-faith-dresden-files-si.54566/ Under Water]]'': Minor talents are going missing in Chicago, and Faith's old girlfriend Beka asks Faith and Molly to investigate. Concurrent with ''Literature/WhiteNight'', but this time Faith and Molly are involved in the main plot.





** By Fools Rush In they can deliberately recreate the effect - and prefer to leave it up almost all the time.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Terry and Tina Trailman survive the ghoul attack at Camp Kaboom here, thanks to Faith remembering that it was coming in time to save them.]

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Terry and Tina Trailman survive the ghoul attack at Camp Kaboom here, thanks to Faith remembering that it was coming in time to save them.]them.
** Drea Becton and Ken survive SplatterCon.

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* BlowYouAway: Faith and Molly both use wind attack spells - and can cast combined wind attack magics.



** Faith and Molly are this to a lot of people if they aren't intentionally being distinct.



* HiveMind: Faith and Molly spent a few days at this level of syncronization right after the soulgaze.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Terry and Tina Trailman survive the ghoul attack at Camp Kaboom here, thanks to Faith remembering that it was coming in time to save them.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Terry and Tina Trailman survive the ghoul attack at Camp Kaboom here, thanks to Faith remembering that it was coming in time to save them.]
* ShockAndAwe: Faith throws lightning around in battle - a lot.
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* BiTheWay: Faith. She has had both a girlfriend and a boyfriend, and has felt attracted to both Thomas and Lara Raith (then again, it is tough not to).

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* ShoutOut:
** When Thomas Raith makes his first appearance, he tells Faith [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} "Come with me if you want to live."]]
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Vampire]]: Faith ''literally'' thinks this when she meets Thomas.

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* ShoutOut:
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ShoutOut: When Thomas Raith makes his first appearance, he tells Faith [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} "Come with me if you want to live."]]
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Vampire]]: StupidSexyFlanders: Faith ''literally'' thinks this when she meets Thomas.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'') make an appearance in ''What is Known''.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'') make an appearance in ''What is Known''. [[spoiler: And they appear to have suffered an early DeathByAdaptation as a result]].



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Terry and Tina Trailman survive the ghoul attack at Camp Kaboom here, thanks to Faith remembering that it was coming in time to save them.



* ThatManIsDead: While Faith remembers her past life semi-clearly, it's clear that she just thinks of herself as Faith Carpenter now.



* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: ''Continuously''. You would think Faith would eventually learn what a bad idea it is to say or think this.

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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: ''Continuously''. You would think Faith would eventually learn [[TemptingFate what a bad idea it is is]] to say or think this.
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* CreepyTwins: Invoked briefly by Faith and Molly when they meet Harry during ''What Is Known'' to creep him out for fun.
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* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Vampires would really, ''really'' like to have a taste of Molly and Faith, since the girls are virgin, twin practitioners. Even Thomas is tempted.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12354931/1/Fire-Work-A-Building-Faith-Side-Job Fire Work]]'': Happens before ''Fools Rush In''. Now Harry Dresden's apprentices, Faith and Molly not only learn about magic, but about the job of being a private eye. Much to everyone's surprise, Harry gets a client on the Fourth of July weekend: Uncle Sam, the Personification of America, needs Harry to recover his top hat, before July 4th ends...

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12354931/1/Fire-Work-A-Building-Faith-Side-Job Fire Work]]'': Happens before between ''What Is Known'' and ''Fools Rush In''. Now Harry Dresden's apprentices, Faith and Molly not only learn about magic, but about the job of being a private eye. Much to everyone's surprise, Harry gets a client on the Fourth of July weekend: Uncle Sam, the Personification of America, needs Harry to recover his top hat, before July 4th ends...



* ''Wish for Wisdom'': Concurrent with ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. Faith and Molly are back in Chicago, and are helping some friends of theirs with the Splattercon!! horror film convention. When someone gives cinema owner Mr Pell a brutal beating, and the only potential suspect is Molly's boyfriend, Faith will have to swallow her pride and accept her mentor's help with this adventure...
* ''Boom Camp'': Happens after ''Wish for Wisdom''. Faith and Molly attend the Warden training camp in order to improve their evocation abilities, and they make friends with the Warden apprentices there. However, Faith knows disaster approaches, and everyone will have to be on their guard, lest death take them all.

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* ''Wish ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/building-faith-dresden-files-si.387284/page-94#post-26810188 Wish for Wisdom'': Wisdom]]'': Concurrent with ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. Faith and Molly are back in Chicago, and are helping some friends of theirs with the Splattercon!! horror film convention. When someone gives cinema owner Mr Pell a brutal beating, and the only potential suspect is Molly's boyfriend, Faith will have to swallow her pride and accept her mentor's help with this adventure...
* ''Boom Camp'': Happens ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/43577932/ Boom Camp]]'': Takes place after ''Wish for Wisdom''. Faith and Molly attend the Warden training camp in order to improve their evocation abilities, and they make friends with the Warden apprentices there. However, Faith knows disaster approaches, and everyone will have to be on their guard, lest death take them all.
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* ''Fire Work'': Happens before ''Fools Rush In''. Now Harry Dresden's apprentices, Faith and Molly not only learn about magic, but about the job of being a private eye. Much to everyone's surprise, Harry gets a client on the Fourth of July weekend: Uncle Sam, the Personification of America, needs Harry to recover his top hat, before July 4th ends...
* ''Mother's Insight'': Told from the point of view of Charity Carpenter, it deals with her life from her time at the cult to the post-''Fools Rush In'' situation.

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* ''Fire Work'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12354931/1/Fire-Work-A-Building-Faith-Side-Job Fire Work]]'': Happens before ''Fools Rush In''. Now Harry Dresden's apprentices, Faith and Molly not only learn about magic, but about the job of being a private eye. Much to everyone's surprise, Harry gets a client on the Fourth of July weekend: Uncle Sam, the Personification of America, needs Harry to recover his top hat, before July 4th ends...
* ''Mother's Insight'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12371977/1/Mother-s-Insight-a-Building-Faith-Side-Job Mother's Insight]]'': Told from the point of view of Charity Carpenter, it deals with her life from her time at the cult to the post-''Fools Rush In'' situation.




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* ''Boom Camp'': Happens after ''Wish for Wisdom''. Faith and Molly attend the Warden training camp in order to improve their evocation abilities, and they make friends with the Warden apprentices there. However, Faith knows disaster approaches, and everyone will have to be on their guard, lest death take them all.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12122642/1/ Fools Rush In]]'': Around the same time ''Literature/DeadBeat''. Tasked with finding (and destroying) a copy of ''Die Lied der Erlkönig'', Faith finding the seller dead and herself accused of murder. But it turns out that there are things out there that never appeared on the books, and she might lose that which she holds dear...

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12122642/1/ Fools Rush In]]'': Around the same time ''Literature/DeadBeat''. Tasked with finding buying (and destroying) a copy of ''Die Lied der Erlkönig'', Faith finding finds the seller dead and herself accused of his murder. But it turns out that there are things out there that never appeared on the books, and she might lose that which she holds dear...



* ''Wish for Wisdom'' (ongoing): Concurrent with ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. Faith and Molly are back in Chicago, and are helping some friends of theirs with the Splattercon!! horror film convention. When someone gives cinema owner Mr Pell a brutal beating, and the only potential suspect is Molly's boyfriend, Faith will have to swallow her pride and accept her mentor's help with this adventure...

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* ''Wish for Wisdom'' (ongoing): Wisdom'': Concurrent with ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. Faith and Molly are back in Chicago, and are helping some friends of theirs with the Splattercon!! horror film convention. When someone gives cinema owner Mr Pell a brutal beating, and the only potential suspect is Molly's boyfriend, Faith will have to swallow her pride and accept her mentor's help with this adventure...


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* WhamLine: At the end of ''Wish for Wisdom'', Faith and Molly drop one for Harry.
-->"Harry, [[spoiler:you and Susan have a daughter.]]"
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* TimeStandsStill: Faith's power allows her to slow time to a crawl around her.

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* TimeStandsStill: Faith's power allows her to slow her perception of time to a crawl around her.crawl.

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* ''What Is Known'': Runs parallel to ''Literature/DeathMasks''. Teenage Faith begins to deal with the trouble that is only remembering bits of the books, while other problems begin to bleed into her own life... sometimes literally.
* ''Finding Faith'': Eight-year-old Faith has gone missing, and only Harry Dresden can find her.
* ''Fools Rush In'': Around the same time ''Literature/DeadBeat''. Tasked with finding (and destroying) a copy of ''Die Lied der Erlkönig'', Faith finding the seller dead and herself accused of murder. But it turns out that there are things out there that never appeared on the books, and she might lose that which she holds dear...

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* ''What Is Known'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11984659/1/ What is Known]]'': Runs parallel to ''Literature/DeathMasks''. Teenage Faith begins to deal with the trouble that is only remembering bits of the books, while other problems begin to bleed into her own life... sometimes literally.
* ''Finding Faith'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12087188/1/ Finding Faith]]'': Eight-year-old Faith has gone missing, and only Harry Dresden can find her.
* ''Fools ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12122642/1/ Fools Rush In'': In]]'': Around the same time ''Literature/DeadBeat''. Tasked with finding (and destroying) a copy of ''Die Lied der Erlkönig'', Faith finding the seller dead and herself accused of murder. But it turns out that there are things out there that never appeared on the books, and she might lose that which she holds dear...



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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'') make an appearance in ''What Is Known''.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'') make an appearance in ''What Is is Known''.



** When Thomas Raith makes his first appearance, he tells Faith "[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Come with me if you want to live.]]"

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** When Thomas Raith makes his first appearance, he tells Faith "[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Come [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} "Come with me if you want to live.]]""]]



* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: ''Continuously''. You would think Faith would eventually learn what a bad idea it is to say or think this.

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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: ''Continuously''. You would think Faith would eventually learn what a bad idea it is to say or think this.this.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', make an appearance in ''What Is Known''.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', ''Literature/{{Changes}}'') make an appearance in ''What Is Known''.
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* ResignedToTheCall: Faith and Molly are forcibly recruited into the Venatori during ''What Is Known''.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Esteban and Esmeralda (the Eebs from ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', make an appearance in ''What Is Known''.



* NoodleIncident: The events of ''Finding Faith'' are referenced several times during ''What Is Known''.
* OhCrap: The number of times Faith thinks (or feels) this is huge.



* SelfInsertFic: The author becomes a character in the Dresdenverse.

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* SelfInsertFic: The author becomes a character in the Dresdenverse.Dresdenverse.
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** When Thomas Raith makes his first appearance, he tells Faith "[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Come with me if you want to live.]]"
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Vampire]]: Faith ''literally'' thinks this when she meets Thomas.
* TimeStandsStill: Faith's power allows her to slow time to a crawl around her.
* TwinTelepathy: Faith and Molly can share each other's feelings and, if they are close, can speak in their minds. This initially leads to some trouble when they can't think of themselves as different individuals, although it gets better.
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: ''Continuously''. You would think Faith would eventually learn what a bad idea it is to say or think this.

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* SecretKeeper: Molly first, and then Michael and Harry, eventually learn the truth about Faith.

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* GenderBender: Male author becomes a girl. The typical confusion over this change does not happen, though - although the author does complain about female puberty issues.
* SecretKeeper: Molly first, and then Michael and Harry, eventually learn the truth about Faith.Faith.
* SelfInsertFic: The author becomes a character in the Dresdenverse.
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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/building-faith-dresden-files-si.387284/ Building Faith]]'' is a ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' SelfInsertFic where the author, after dying too soon in his life, takes on the role of OriginalCharacter Faith Carpenter, twin sister to Molly Carpenter and daughter of Michael Carpenter.

Faith partially remembers both her previous life (as a guy) and the books (which he was a fan of in his previous life). However, this does not mean it is a FixFic: rather, it simply adds yet another cog to the messy situation that is the Dresdenverse, and makes some things better and others worse, particularly as Faith and Molly develop their magical abilities.

So far, there's been two full stories, two mini-stories and one short interlude, and a third full story in progress:
* ''What Is Known'': Runs parallel to ''Literature/DeathMasks''. Teenage Faith begins to deal with the trouble that is only remembering bits of the books, while other problems begin to bleed into her own life... sometimes literally.
* ''Finding Faith'': Eight-year-old Faith has gone missing, and only Harry Dresden can find her.
* ''Fools Rush In'': Around the same time ''Literature/DeadBeat''. Tasked with finding (and destroying) a copy of ''Die Lied der Erlkönig'', Faith finding the seller dead and herself accused of murder. But it turns out that there are things out there that never appeared on the books, and she might lose that which she holds dear...
* ''Fire Work'': Happens before ''Fools Rush In''. Now Harry Dresden's apprentices, Faith and Molly not only learn about magic, but about the job of being a private eye. Much to everyone's surprise, Harry gets a client on the Fourth of July weekend: Uncle Sam, the Personification of America, needs Harry to recover his top hat, before July 4th ends...
* ''Mother's Insight'': Told from the point of view of Charity Carpenter, it deals with her life from her time at the cult to the post-''Fools Rush In'' situation.
* ''Wish for Wisdom'' (ongoing): Concurrent with ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. Faith and Molly are back in Chicago, and are helping some friends of theirs with the Splattercon!! horror film convention. When someone gives cinema owner Mr Pell a brutal beating, and the only potential suspect is Molly's boyfriend, Faith will have to swallow her pride and accept her mentor's help with this adventure...

!!''Building Faith'' has examples of:
* BiTheWay: Faith. She has had both a girlfriend and a boyfriend, and has felt attracted to both Thomas and Lara Raith (then again, it is tough not to).
* DebtDetester: Much like in canon, faeries dislike being in debt with anyone. [[spoiler:Faith forgot this part when she told Mab about Nemesis and how it is affecting both Maeve and Leah and tried to tell her it was for free]].
* SecretKeeper: Molly first, and then Michael and Harry, eventually learn the truth about Faith.

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