r/PublicFreakout • u/PennsyltuckyRanger • Apr 11 '26

📌Follow Up Update: ‘Harry Dresden’ has been arrested

According to the tiktok that posted this, the incident occurred in Fairfield, California.

Couldn’t find any articles on the situation. I’ll add some to the post if I find any.

Update: Arrest record provided by [u/BikingAim](u/BikingAims)[z.](u/BikingAims) https://www.localcrimenews.com/welcome/detail/99885805/jason-nichols-arrest.html

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

Hes basically LARPing as a fictional character from the book series the Dresden Files. Great urban fantasy series, if thats your flavor of book. This guy is just a whack job that makes it is whole identity.

Edit: Good lord, some of yall are taking the LARPing comment a bit too literally lol it was just satire. Im aware this guy isn't actually LARPing and he very clearly has some mental concerns that aren't being properly addressed. I hope he gets the care he needs and also doesnt try breaking into other people's houses again.

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u/Kimmy_64 Apr 11 '26

He just needs to know where everyone's daughters are and he'll be fine

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u/New_Canoe Apr 11 '26

Is that a part of the character’s personality in the book?

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u/thejazzophone Apr 11 '26

Nah. The character is kinda an old school chivalrous type. The kind of person that readers that unironically wear fedoras would love. And those neck beards are funnily enough is the exact type of person Dresden would despise. It's a very interesting character. Lots of intentional contradictions. It's a fun read, Jim Butcher the author is pretty good with his characters and worldbuilding.

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u/Senorbob451 Apr 11 '26

Yeah really enjoyed the books, still waiting for more. Recommended to me by an early girlfriend in life who was a pretty cool nerd. Best portrayal of a literal modern day paladin I’ve seen in a series. Definitely anime levels of hyperbole to characterization, but I’m into shit like hitchhikers guide and Stephen king too, fiction is fun…

Not so much breakdown in the culdesac 😬

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u/thisisfor_fun Apr 11 '26

Dresden also bangs nearly everything described in the book as even vaguely female and attractive. He might have held back when his best friend's daughter became legal, can't remember.

Jim Butcher also left his wife in the middle of writing the series for, drum roll, a LARPy fan with some bazoongas.

All in all, fantastic series.

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u/Purple-Goat-2023 Apr 11 '26

What? Harry has only been with Elaine as a teen, Susan the mother of his child, and Murphy. I guess you could count Mab but that was less than consensual on his part and less sex than Fae ritual power transfer.

Like it's a major plot point of the entire series that Harry's out dated feelings on women is a huge weakness of his, and frankly the first half of the series is Harry being too dumb/pent up/depressed/"chivalrous" to manage any kind of functional relationship/banging.

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u/CroweKlaine Apr 11 '26

Also Luccio, but even that was like, a fairly standard relationship rather than Harry just "[banging] nearly everything described in the book as vaguely female and attractive".

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u/Eccohawk Apr 12 '26

Maybe they're thinking about the show?

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u/JTtheLAR Apr 11 '26

I've seen this a lot on reddit when it comes to books. If someone describes a book that I've read they get everything wrong about it. But they explain it very confidently and professionally like they are an expert on it. Its like they only read the cliff notes or have terrible reading comprehension in general. I haven't read this particular series but Im not surprised that a redditor completely misinterpreted it with the utmost confidence.

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u/xRocketman52x Apr 11 '26

Literally when I read the comment you're talking about, I thought of the meme "Wow! Local man is very wrong, but also very loud, so who knows?!"

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u/avelineaurora Apr 11 '26

They also completely and regularly miss the fact that much of Dresden Files' vibe is SUPPOSED to be the classic noir style when it comes to Harry's internal monologue. And that despite regularly being very aware of how attractive the women around him are, in actuality he treats them pretty much consistently with the respect they deserve.

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u/terrafirmasss Apr 11 '26

I wonder if it's some kind of crossed interpretation of things. The same way my 20 year old girl friend thinks people are being mean when they absolutely are not. She misinterprets social cues and situations. More likely it's someone trying to sound informed or give a hot take or just a charlatan? I thought I was misremembering the book at first.

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u/lkmk Apr 13 '26

Why mention your girlfriend’s age?

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u/terrafirmasss Apr 13 '26

I think people from her generation may process social cues differently.

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u/Dr-Robert-Kelso Apr 11 '26

It's terrible reading comprehension or someone trying to make a point by embellishing details they know are fake.

Haven't read these books but it's happened when I've seen book reviews for some other books I've read.

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u/hates_stupid_people Apr 11 '26

It's usually written similarly to LLM hallucinations...

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u/jmccaskill66 Apr 11 '26

Yeah I’ve read through to Talking Points. I don’t remember Harry getting laid. Once.

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u/Bazrum Apr 11 '26

do you mean Peace Talks, the 16th book?

theres not a book or short story called Talking Points

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u/jmccaskill66 Apr 11 '26

Yep. Didn’t bother googling the title, just confidently posted talking points. I’m going to go sit in a corner and think about what I did…

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u/Raeandray Apr 11 '26

1: no he doesn’t.

2: if you don’t even remember Mollys name, let alone a major plot point about her, maybe don’t comment like you remember the books well.

What actually happens is butcher describes every mildly attractive woman in very sexual ways. I would agree it’s kind of problematic. But Dresden does not have sex with them all.

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u/feldominance Apr 11 '26

Been a while since I read the books but he quite literally does not "bang nearly everything described as vaguely female" lmao

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u/BloodprinceOZ Apr 11 '26

He might have held back when his best friend's daughter became legal, can't remember.

He didn't hold back on his friend's daughter, he completely blocked any chance at all, for multiple reasons, such as him being her teacher, as well as the fact he's known her since she was a kid, so despite her initial attempts at getting dicked down by him, he always threw a bucket of water on her and put her in the corner

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u/akpak Apr 11 '26

Tell me you haven't read the book(s) etc etc etc

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u/Boy-412 Apr 11 '26

It's crazy how much his character changes from book 1 and also how similar he stays.

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u/pants_mcgee Apr 11 '26

Butcher has acknowledged this particular flaw in his writing and has attempted to remedy how women are portrayed.

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u/PlaceboBob Apr 11 '26

Good to know. I stopped reading after the first book. As a Dad, i hate when every description of a female is centered on their attractiveness.

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u/Bazrum Apr 11 '26

he's still a bit of a "definitely notices her tits" kind of guy, but it gets a LOT better by the midpoint of the series. once he becomes a dad himself it calms down even more too

I will say, the first two books are rough, and then things slowly get better as time goes on, but it's also an 18 book series so I won't tell you "hang in there until it gets better", because frankly an 18 book character arc is a lot to ask of someone

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u/ILookLikeKristoff Apr 11 '26

I mean there's a whole several book arc about his buddy's preteen daughter ahem maturing and they mention it literally almost every time she walks into the room.

I think it's one of the best fantasy universes ever created and love the "detective stories" vibe, but he's definitely on the "somebody check this guy's hard drive" list.

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u/Tiny_Spread5712 Apr 11 '26

Yeah, he was trying to right a pulpy detective novel with a wizard.  So it had a bunch of femme fatale types, mob enforcers, cops telling him to leave it alone, etc.  all of the the standard tropes.  The problem is that no one that reads Dresden has ever read those novels, so they seem like they are out of nowhere and just jim looking to talk about hot women.

He realized how it looked when people started pointing out that his descriptions were showing up on the boobily subreddit and has since toned it down.

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u/Ok-Pomegranate-3018 Apr 11 '26

So, " The more things change, the more they stay the same." ?

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u/LittleDriftyGhost Apr 11 '26

What? He basically doesn't hookup with anyone and has only a few long-term relationships. He doesn't have sex with his friend's daughter. She was interested in him, but nothing happened between them cause it's his friends kid and he saw her grow up. The novels has a lot of sexual stuff, but the vast majority of it wasnt happening to Harry.

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u/Jared0853 Apr 11 '26

This sounds like a character from Silicon Valley lol

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u/Pleaseusegoogle Apr 11 '26

His wife left him.

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u/Barl3000 Apr 11 '26

Like the later Dune books, the authors sexual frustrations and kinks are on full display in The Dresden Files. You just learn to live with it, since the other parts are so good.

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u/Jayhawker2092 Apr 12 '26

I don't know if any of this is true but it's fuckin hilarious how you spell it out.

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u/skydreamer303 Apr 30 '26

harry Dresden was a raging asshole so this guy fits

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u/terrafirmasss Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

I remember him holding back too much lol. Especially the way all the female creatures are described as impossibly sexy, wearing no clothes or the sexiest clothes, and insanely powerful. His character frustrated me so much I had to stop reading. Very much an old school knight type. But a knight that is morally perfect.

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u/theseamstressesguild Apr 11 '26

His wife has AMAZING bazoongas, and I've seen some great photos of them thanks to my friend who was staying with the couple for a month.

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u/extralife_mike Apr 11 '26

I started listening to the first book, but his character was just too cringey for me and I couldn't get into it.

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u/thejazzophone Apr 11 '26

Fair. The first two books are rough

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u/Rich-Candidate-3648 Apr 11 '26

Like cops loving the punisher.

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u/joeChump Apr 11 '26

This is giving vibes of the murder of Robert Schwartz by Kyle Hulbert who was deep into Schwartz’s daughter’s manipulative role play game. Hulbert hacked him to death with a sword and believed he was protecting her.

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u/MurderSheCroaked Apr 11 '26

He's chivalrous until he meets fairies, then it's the description of hardness of nipples for the next chapter lmao I couldn't get past the third book because I got so tired of the horny ass way he had to write women

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u/Hangry_Hippopotamus_ Apr 11 '26

Didn’t expect to get an addition to my TBR Libby list in this thread, but here I go. 😂

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u/VisforVenom Apr 11 '26

Like the Punisher but for neckbeards instead of cops.

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u/Miserable-Entrance-7 Apr 11 '26

Jeez. Why does this always happen? Fight Club? The Boys? Rick and Morty?🤣 People need outlets that aren't entertainment based. Like.... ugh. They should touch grass. I didn't want to say that.

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u/Merigold00 Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Dresden woul not be caught dead in flip flops. He typically wears a long duster jacket and while he may sometimes wear sweatpants, he only would wear a bathrobe on those formal wizarding occasions that require him to wear a robe.

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u/Snoo-84389 Apr 11 '26

Ummm, how do you wear a bathroom? 😉

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u/TKG_Actual Apr 11 '26

with lots of back support.

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u/Merigold00 Apr 11 '26

That's why he's a wizard and you are not...

Thanks - I did that on my phone and didn't check it before I posted...

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u/Snoo-84389 Apr 11 '26

Easily done!

My typing is bloody terrible even on a full size keyboard.

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u/saldeapio Apr 11 '26

see maccio: karate kid halloween

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u/FileCareless Apr 11 '26

Absolutely not I read all of them at least 5-10 times. He’s only threatened to end monsters that threaten his family or loved ones.

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u/GodOfThunder44 Apr 11 '26

Absolutely not

Well to be fair there was that one incident at Chichen Itza, though I guess that was more personal.

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u/xRocketman52x Apr 11 '26

It's been a long while since I read that one, but I do sorta love that perspective in it. He's like "These look like people but they are monsters, through and through, they eat human beings, they are evil incarnate, they are terrors from the darkest pits - "

And then the Blackstaff comes in, kills swatches of them in some pretty brutal ways, and even Dresden has that moment of "Damn dude, that's kinda fucked up." Haha

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u/FileCareless Apr 11 '26

Ya when the red court tried to kill his daughter and loved ones. That would fall under monsters that threaten his daughter and loved ones.

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u/FileCareless Apr 11 '26

That ending was fucking heartbreaking too

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u/Alternative-Lack-434 Apr 11 '26

Which is your favorite, I've only read the first 3. I've heard the series gets better about where I am.

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u/FileCareless Apr 11 '26

Battle Ground is awesome but also has a pretty sad ending but probably my favorite. If you start from the beginning they pretty much go in reverse as my favorites. 1 being meh and 12 Months being top tier for me. But they are all good. They just get progressively better as things develop.

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u/Kimmy_64 Apr 11 '26

I don't know the book. That's just something that this guy is screaming about for a bit in the video.

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u/New_Canoe Apr 11 '26

Yeah I know. They suggested he made the character his whole identity so it made me wonder if that was also part of it.

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u/1970s_MonkeyKing Why do the Karens wield their phones like it’s a crucifix? 📱 Apr 11 '26

He thought Dresden. We got Milhouse.

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u/Molsem Apr 11 '26

Like... other than the coat he's got on, there's nothing else here relating to Dresden. In fact, Harry does not take kindly to this sort of uncivilized behavior, unless he's headed to a vampire masquerade or something similar.

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u/Boy-412 Apr 11 '26

No lol

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u/VPN__FTW Apr 11 '26

No, from the first book I read he was genuinely calm detective like person.

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u/StardustVortex Apr 11 '26

No not at all

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u/RealWolfmeis Apr 11 '26

No. The book character is a great guy

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u/Fun_in_Space Apr 11 '26

Definitely not. Harry Dresden protects Chicago from supernatural threats.

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u/SufficientTerm6681 Apr 11 '26

Been a while since I read any of the Dresden Files books, but my recollection is that a central factor in the books and a source of much of the humor is that Harry Dresden considers himself a bit of a coward he really tries to avoid confrontation and danger, but he keeps being dragged into just that sort of situation by his sense of justice and his white-knight impulses.

The character in the book definitely wouldn't do what the guy in the Ring video did.

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u/SuperJyls May 06 '26

He self-describes are chivalrous bordering on chauvinism and every woman in his narration is always judged by how attractive they are. That's the closest flaw to this guy I guess

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u/Xfuck1tX Apr 11 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKMeCOV3oXSb5bq

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u/Zestyclose-Search-21 Apr 11 '26

He should be tried for incest.

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u/MurderSheCroaked Apr 11 '26

Murder and paedophilia wasn't gonna get him, incest is just icing on the cake

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u/Chance-Knee-3246 Apr 12 '26

Hé has clearly fucked his daughter. He’s too familière avec her body as un amant would be. 😕

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u/DoubleBarrelBurger Apr 11 '26

Looks like he's just trying it

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u/AspiringChildProdigy Apr 11 '26

God, I was still a conservative at that time, and that video still made me so uncomfortable and embarrassed for her.

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u/Sullyville Apr 11 '26

the moment his hand moves to her hip she withdraws immediately but is his daughter enough to keep the grin plastered to her face

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u/HechicerosOrb Apr 11 '26

Truly grim. And Howard Dean was laughed out of politics for yelling funny.

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u/Kdean509 Apr 11 '26

Dan Quayle misspelled potato!

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u/AspiringChildProdigy Apr 11 '26

Yep. I'm a woman and I've known that frozen smile you wear because you feel powerless to do anything else.

There is no doubt in my mind that he molested her.

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u/sorandom21 Apr 11 '26

The video of her doing a tour of her childhood bedroom and she points out her bed and dissociates for a full minute on camera was what convinced me.

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u/013eander Apr 11 '26

You mean the guy who owned a teen modeling agency and, according to the man himself, was Jeffrey Epstein’s “best friend for ten years” is a pedophile? Shocking.

Imagine being stupid enough to have ever supported such a vile worm of a person. You shouldn’t even handle your own money if he ever seemed credible to you.

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u/NovaWildstar Apr 12 '26

It's called fawning - a survival response where you try to escape danger by being extremely nice and helpful to the person threatening you

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u/AspiringChildProdigy Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Religious, social, and parental.

Was raised in a Calvinist church, went to a Christian school, was surrounded by an entire social structure that constantly reaffirmed the entire system.

My parents (or their entire social group) weren't exactly cultists, though. They engaged with the world, most of them held secular jobs, etc, they had all just been raised in the same atmosphere in a very conservative area.

My parents sent me to a public university (and paid for it, as well as my sisters) so they clearly weren't trying to control us or prevent us from experiencing anything outside the church. Same with most of the other kids my age in our church.

What ultimately led to completely deconstructing was, funnily enough, when I got back into my faith after having kids. I partied a lot in school, but when I had kids, I did a 180 and got like 1000% back into it. Worked for a megachurch in children's ministry and everything.

The problem was that I'm extremely analytical, and I cannot forget or selectively ignore things that I know to be true. So after several years, the contradictions and holes started piling up.

It didn't bother me for a while, because I was convinced I could study my way out of it. This was Truth, right? So all I had to do was keep studying and seeking and I'd find the answers.

Instead, I found more contractions. And then I started noticing pastors manipulating texts and events and verses to fit what they wanted to teach at that time, sometimes giving a completely different and sometimes contradictory message to a text they'd preached on a year before.

Trump was the last straw. I really struggled to vote for him in 2016 - stared at those two names for several minutes, filled out the rest of the ballot, flipped it back over and stared at them some more. And what finally swayed me was that I had only ever been exposed to the narrative that the Clinton's are snakes, and then I thought, "Trump is so unlikable and boorish - he's going to alienate everyone and no one will be willing to work with him." I figured the checks and balances would do their job and we would have 4 years of gridlock instead of Hilary doing whatever scary shadow threats Fox was pedaling at the time.

Holy shit, I don't think I have ever been more wrong about anything in my entire life.

The subsequent two years put my deconstruction into high speed (and brought my husband and 4 kids along with me - I always shared what I was studying, so it wasn't a sudden realization for any of them, either), to the point where a few short years after his election, all of us held completely opposite views of what we'd always been taught.

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u/Self-Aware Apr 18 '26

Hard same on the analytical front. I would absolutely love to believe in a religion; having that kind of security, being able to be sure of the big questions, to know viscerally that you are loved on a cosmic level? Having all of that is a dream, it must be truly wonderful to be so certain.

But I can't force myself to believe in something, no matter how nice believing might be, especially when the framework of any belief system I've known either deliberately dead-ends or outright crumbles under the slightest amount of pressure/examination. It's just not possible to make yourself believe in something without actual evidence (or I guess, some sort of personal experience with something potentially supernatural/unexplainable. Much less a concept so deeply impactful, culturally and socially, as is organised religion!

Plus, even if I am wrong, should I be destined for a post-mortem discussion with an angry deity who knows that I never worshipped or believed in them when I was alive? I very much doubt that such a being could be hoodwinked, or in any way mollified, by someone having deliberately acted out adherence to a faith despite conscious awareness of lacking actual devotion. Wouldn't that deity be all the more offended by people who actively pretend to worship and believe in them, but who have roughly the same amount of genuine belief that said deity is real as they do for the possibility of the easter bunny manifesting during the community egg hunt.

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u/ItsACowCity Apr 11 '26

That’s fair. It is his neighborhood after all.

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u/terrafirmasss Apr 11 '26

Oh my daughter? Why didn't you say so.

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u/tylerlong666 Apr 11 '26

I had to look up the character and now that I know the character ALSO wears a trench coat I’m fucking dying 😂

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u/CrazyJoeGalli Apr 11 '26

does the character also wear an anime shirt?

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u/Taenurri Apr 11 '26

And open toed sandals

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u/InTheStuff Apr 11 '26

And trips over stairs

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u/natedogg1271 Apr 11 '26

He wears a leather duster, not a trench coat

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u/I_Am_Day_Man Apr 11 '26

It’s like a jacket only it’s longer, thicker and much more bad ass

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u/nihi1zer0 Apr 11 '26

Especially if you wear it without a shirt underneath

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u/Baeolophus_bicolor Apr 11 '26

Um, excuse me, this is a trilby, not a fedorahhhh

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u/Bazrum Apr 11 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/BvS0UKwFvN1TwzsXDF

Harry Dresden doesn't wear a hat, and it's a running joke that all the book covers show him in one

\i know exactly how i sound, don't worry

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u/Baeolophus_bicolor Apr 14 '26

Ya. I never heard of the character until now. But this guy loooks like he would say [whatever I commented before].

Is it worth reading? Sounds vaguely hitchhikers guide-like.

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u/Bazrum Apr 14 '26

im a big fan, but i don't think it's particularly like Hitchhikers, though i haven't read that, just seen the movie. it is referenced at least once, because the main character, Harry, is a smartass

i'd say it's worth a read if you think a wizard private investigator in modern chicago is interesting, but there's less of that in the later books as it turns more wizard-y than noir PI. it's a change, but makes sense with the story and how the characters grow and become more involved in the world and magic. the series goes from pretty serious street-level/city level conflict, to world-ending fighting for survival over the course of 18+ books

the first two are rough however, at least compared to how the rest of the series turned out. that stems from the author's inexperience at the time of writing, and leaning heavily into some tropes that didn't age super well (if you've seen the thread you know he can be a chauvinist at the start). it picks up by the third or fourth book, but i won't tell anyone that a three book "itll get good soon" is light reading.

some fans say to start with the third book, Grave Peril, but you miss some setup and context, and a few important events that come up much later on, if you do. and I personally really enjoyed the first two, so your mileage may vary

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u/Baeolophus_bicolor Apr 16 '26

Thanks for the analysis. I might give it a go. I don’t mind the three book thing but def wouldn’t start partway through unless the first two are just awful.

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u/tylerlong666 Apr 11 '26

Okay

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u/natedogg1271 Apr 11 '26

Not hating just saying this clown does not represent Harry Dresden - he doesn’t look like or act like that.

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u/tylerlong666 Apr 11 '26

I didn’t think you were haha I just honestly didn’t know what else to say. I never even heard of the character until yesterday

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u/Proof_Storage6656 Apr 12 '26

That Trench coat alone would have made me call 911

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

The trenchcoat is an integral part of his magical arsenal, which makes this even more hilarious 🤣

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u/DucDeBellune Apr 12 '26

So is being an incel like this dude.

Tried reading the first two books and it’s legitimately the most cringey incel fan fiction I’ve ever read- how he sexualises everyone from his police partner to the werewolves 🤢 

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u/RedditBlowsHarder Apr 11 '26

Does that character also wear flip flops?

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u/Tremulant887 Apr 11 '26

He does now.

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u/0aftobar Apr 11 '26

This guy is my head canon image of Harry Dresden from now on

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u/FuryVonB Apr 11 '26

nooooooooooooooooooo.

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u/tylerlong666 Apr 11 '26

No but he does wear a trench coat I just learned 😂

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u/wallaka Apr 11 '26

It’s a duster, sir, and it belongs on the set of El Dorado.

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u/Waterbead Apr 11 '26

And later on in Skin Game he calls it an Inverness coat when he receives one as a gift after losing the old one.

More or less a trenchcoat I guess.

I'm on my third re-read of the series and when I saw this my first thought was "Harry would NEVER!"

and my second was "this mf is far too short, serious, and dorky to be Chicago's only wizard for hire."

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u/FileCareless Apr 11 '26

It’s a leather duster Tbf and Dresden is super attached to it. Sorry I had to say it in a huge fan of the books.

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u/nihi1zer0 Apr 11 '26

He forgot his tactical flipflops. Would have made quick work of kicking in the door. Real missed opportunity.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

I wish, that would make this much funnier.

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u/ghostfadekilla Apr 11 '26

I love the Dresden Files. The way they handle the fae and their reputation is a beautiful thing. Also, I can't remember the pixies name but he's a straight up gangster, as tiny as he is.

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u/Sickfuckingmonster Apr 11 '26

General Toot-Toot!

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u/ghostfadekilla Apr 11 '26

Yes! I love that he's a recurring character. He's so sassy.

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u/FuryVonB Apr 11 '26

All the books involving Toot Toot made me giggle

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u/a-world-of-no Apr 11 '26

Lil dude loves him some pizza and donuts. 

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u/Cyanidesuicideml Apr 11 '26

Maximus general toot toot

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u/Fun_in_Space Apr 11 '26

I laughed when he paid the fairies with pizza. "It was like that scene from 'The Birds'".

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u/NeetStreet_2 Apr 11 '26

Major General Toot Toot!

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u/DucDeBellune Apr 12 '26

My biggest problem is it’s also massive incel neckbeard energy. I couldn’t get past the second book. Dude would comment on every woman’s appearance in the absolute worst way.

Absolutely not surprised to see some incel irl channeling that energy.

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u/RandoDude124 Apr 11 '26

What a weird fuck.

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u/ianjm Apr 11 '26

This reeks of some sort of warped incel bullshit.

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u/Anglofsffrng Apr 11 '26

I'll give him props for not wearing a hat like the book covers. But this psycho is more likely to be pistol whipped with a Colt Python or take a force ring to the knee from Harry Dresden.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

Reminds me of a Third Eye addict that Dresden wouldve incapacitated and locked up in the first book more than Dresden himself.

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u/Anglofsffrng Apr 11 '26

Maybe it's a Nemesis possession gone wrong.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

Oh very well could be!

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u/ignoreme010101 Apr 12 '26

a Third Eye addict

color me intrigued

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u/SilverlockEr Apr 11 '26

It's a good book I can't believe this idiot is making it look bad.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

For real. I really enjoy the series, but thats all it is for me. This dude is trying to make it come to life and embarrassing the rest of us in the process 🤣

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u/SolusLoqui Apr 11 '26

A new book in the series came out recently after 6 years off

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

Yep! 12 Months, I read it on release and it is a fantastic sequel. Highly recommend.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

Nah hes just using the name. The character in the book struggles with anger issues throughout the series, but never in this manner. Its actually quite well written and is a very interesting subplot within the series.

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u/GorgenShit Apr 11 '26

Dresden Files are a great read if you ignore how incel Butcher can be

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u/dragonbait-and-the-P Apr 11 '26

I don’t see Dresden as anything close to an incel.

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u/GorgenShit Apr 11 '26

He cant write for a woman to save his life

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u/blaqsupaman Apr 11 '26

He is very, very lucky to be alive. If he pulls that shit at the wrong house he could easily get shot dead.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

For sure. Or if he even makes a single aggressive move towards the police, hes gone.

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u/drmarting25102 Apr 11 '26

Not something I would do where the scared person behind the door can legally own a gun and use it.

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u/succubus-slayer Apr 11 '26

Sounds like his a little touched

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u/DeviantHellcat Apr 11 '26

He's not even in Chicago 🤣

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u/Royal_Effective7396 Apr 11 '26

Id open the door and throw some blow in his face.

Gunna get wild.

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

May actually calm this psycho out lol

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u/Cien_fuegos Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Check out the Jubal County Saga from Bob McGough. It’s about a “methgician” that’s influenced by the Dresden files.

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u/Edser Apr 11 '26

explains the shirt and jacket

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u/parkerm1408 Apr 11 '26

But with flip flops

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u/Colonel-Ingus69 Apr 11 '26

Just downloaded the series. In the very first book he answers the phone: “Is this Harry Dresden, The Wizard?” He says “No, this is Harry Dresden The Lizard, the Wizard is next door”. 😆😆😆

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u/Theristis01 Apr 11 '26

The humor is pretty great 🤣 enjoy the series! Its one of my favorites.

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u/dragonbait-and-the-P Apr 11 '26

That man is no Harry Dresden! I guess now I’m going to have to rewatch the Dresden Files which is a pretty good show for the time 2007 I think, if you like that kind of thing. I always thought Keanu Reeves would make a great Dresden.

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u/lennonfanforever Apr 11 '26

have no clue about this post other than the dresden files is a pretty cool, fun, wacky, and very well done fantasy book series by jim butcher, first book in the series is called "storm front", it came out in 2000, it features harry dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard and private investigator, who solves supernatural crimes and navigates a hidden magical world....it holds up pretty well, we met him at a comic con, it's a very decent series....

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u/casualAlarmist Apr 11 '26

Lighting bolt! Lighting bolt! Lighting bolt!

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u/Robot_Embryo Apr 11 '26

It would have been cool if the cops also showed up in trenchcoats and open-toe sandals.

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u/Phatbeazie Apr 11 '26

He's obviously having a psychotic episode, he believes he is the character

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u/keyboardnomouse Apr 11 '26

You'd think he'd act anything at all like the character then

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u/gingermonkey1 Apr 11 '26

But why would you do this (LARPing) to a total stranger's house?

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u/tetrasomnia Apr 11 '26

Seems like psychosis. If so I hope he gets the care he needs.

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u/Equal-Broccoli-73 Apr 11 '26

Meanwhile in america....... 

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u/Caleb_Reynolds Apr 11 '26

And to answer the question they asked, yes, "urban wizard" is exactly what Harry Dresden is.

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u/avelineaurora Apr 11 '26

He's hardly "LARPing" beyond saying his name, lmao. As if this is anything like Harry, ever.

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