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Originally Posted by alansplace
I'm glad that you "love, love, love the Dresden Files." But since you didn't quote the post to which you're replying, I have no idea what nor who you're talking about or to. Or how old that post is.  |
So sorry about that! My Forumese is very, very rusty. Hopefully this will help.
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
No one commented on my observation about Wizards and electricity. Am I the only one who thinks this story element was just contrived to give Harry a hard time in his daily life, like a nagging wife or a cowardly Great Dane? Or is there a mytho-historic reasoning behind this?
We know from the books that Harry can identify faerie-folk by touching them with iron (I've heard that trope elsewhere). But iron doesn't hurt Harry, and some electrical gear can function around him. And the extent to which he impacts electricity is very erratic: His old car will run, but the A/C konks out, for example.
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And ... my comment was:
Saw your question regarding wizards and electricity. I don't have any references to cite, but from what I know talking to people with abilities, they often have a really hard time around electronics. I have one friend who I will not let touch my computer or iPod because he is always causing them problems. He actually reminds me a lot of Harry Dresden (and, as crazy as it sounds, I do consider him to be a wizard).
I think it may have something to do with energy (chi, ki, etc.) disrupting electrical currents or overloading them. Or, I suppose it could be a person's polarity -- the human body is electric.
And, with poltergeist activity linked often to younger kids in puberty (especially girls), there is often a lot of electrical disturbance associated with that (though is that the poltergeist or the person?).
BTW, what do people think of Butcher's other series? The Codex Alera. I thought they were good but they just didn't grip me, shake me around, and make me jump for joy like the Dresden books.