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Chapter 1: What chapters of the Dresden Files are covered in this episode?
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This is an unspoiled network podcast. This is unspoiled covering the Dresden Files. Book 18. 12 months. Chapters 46, 47, and 48. Once again, have to update the live stream labeling.
Chapter 2: How does Harry begin to tackle the spell in these chapters?
In these chapters, Harry gets started on his spell. And Mab does what she do, which is find the most unhinged way to help. Welcome to unspoiled. Welcome to the show, everyone. I am Natasha. I'm Rashawn. I really want to know, how you're feeling about these chapters. There's someone I believe named Brian reading along with us who got real mad that I cut it off at 48.
And he was like, I'm going to keep it, keep with the reading along for this book, but I'm not doing this next book. I can't handle it. Which I definitely very much understand. It's hard to be me, isn't it, Brian? But yeah, so how are you feeling about this? I was surprised that we jumped into it so quickly. That we got, you know, that we're here on the island attempting to save Thomas.
Mab's here. Like, I thought we were going to have, like, a little buffer. But I was like, oh shit, we're just, we're doing it. What kind of buffer?
Chapter 3: What role does Mab play in Harry's journey in these chapters?
Because, like, we are at Chapter 46. Well, that's the thing. Like, it's, we're nearing the last chapter. the quarter of the book, right? But the pace has been so almost relaxed that I've just kind of been like, oh yeah, well, we're going to have a little... not necessarily a side quest that is not important, but just more room.
I just thought, you know, there was just going to be more room because that's kind of how this was going to be like the straight up climax at the end of the book. Yeah. Like this. And we still have some other like loose threads hanging, but, but, but we're here and we don't get the, like, it does end on a very kind of like, how dare you end right here. But I was, no, I was here for it.
And I, there's a part towards the end where Harry is like in the spell with Thomas's hunger. And he's like fighting it, like actually fighting it. Yeah. His winter mantle is just kind of like, you made it cold. Yeah.
bro that was a miscalculation yeah and I was getting like a little bit hyped like that I was like oh shit here we go he actually calls the demon he says you stupid bastard which I thought was really funny oh my god I can't imagine that demon just being like I've been called a lot of things but that was like your idiot brother-in-law like yelling at me yeah
All I can think, whatever, like the way you say brother, when you say brother-in-law, even though I don't know who they were, the fucking argument about the good witch. She came down in a bubble hug. Grow up. Yeah, that's a good one. I don't know why that is so like, it just took over our imagination for a minute, but yeah. Did you see he got that tattooed on himself? No.
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Chapter 4: What challenges does Harry face with the demon and Thomas?
It is. I love that as an idea. We've talked for a while about getting unspoiled tattoos, and I'm really glad we didn't get the Harry Potter themed ones that we were talking about way back. So probably, I think that's a lesson for us to avoid a fandom. Yeah, yeah. Get it. Steven has a tattoo of himself on himself. Really? What is it? Somebody, a friend of ours, a good friend of his is an artist.
And as a joke, he made a doodle of Steven for Facebook. And then one year he actually made the doodle into an oil painting and gave it to us. Oh, he put it up for auction as a fundraiser. I forget what it was for. And my mother-in-law bought it. she bid on it and won it and gave it to Steven as a present. So it hangs in my living room and it's Steven got it tattooed on himself.
Chapter 5: How does Harry's relationship with Lara evolve during the spell?
And I, I love it. So I had to find a picture so I could send it to you, but yeah, he's got it. I can't believe I didn't know this already. Yeah. There's a really, uh, in the first, is it the first or maybe the second Sonic, the hedgehog movie, um, which I highly recommend. I, I was not aware that that was something that you had watched.
Listen, I feel about those the same way that I feel about the Venom movies, which is just like, just, it's a good time. But there is a part where he, he being Sonic the Hedgehog, is at a bar in Russia, I think. I'm sorry. The way you said that. But he's in a big like bar in Russia and he agrees to fighting this guy who's obviously just like really like jonesing for a fight.
And so the fight's about to get started. And the guy takes his shirt off and he holds his arms out to the crowd as they cheer for him. And he's like, yeah, exhorting them with his hands up. And then the camera like turns around his back and he has a tattoo of himself with his arms up on his back. And that remains one of my favorite jokes of all time.
It's either on his back or on his front, but either way, I just like, I really love that energy is like, you just do something. You make a certain gesture so often that you just decide like, yeah, that's the energy I want to carry even when I'm not doing it, which I don't really know what that would be, but I'm going to figure it out for myself. The one of those chuckle heads from jackass.
I forget his name, but he's got a full portrait of himself on his back, like giving like a thumbs up or something. It's just a weird, yeah. Oh, sorry. Laurie says, I was reading the book just straight through and then stopped to listen along with the podcast and haven't gone back. And we finally caught up, but now I'm behind. I'm only on chapter 47.
I don't want to leave, but I should probably leave. Oh, no. Yeah, if you don't want spoilers, I'm afraid so, Laurie. Because, you know, we don't talk about chapters in order. We really don't. So we definitely will be mentioning 48 somewhere at the start. Um, Laurie says Ted Lasso has that, uh, like the show, the big deal players Zaba. Oh yeah. They did. Oh, that's right.
It was like, yeah, I think I mentioned this being from Sonic the Hedgehog when we covered that episode. And I was just like, yeah, they did it first. Sorry. It's very funny to Lasso, but you aren't, you aren't the first ones with this. So they get the credit. Um, Okay, so now that we've talked about many relevant things to this chapter, let's begin with Harry arriving at the island with Lara.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the hunger that Thomas faces?
And Lara is feeling fantastic. Yeah. It's like she just went to a spa for a week and came back glowing and rejuvenated. The line is, I provided her energy again at my place a few nights before. Getting closer to your mic because you're kind of echoing a little bit. It's very, very undersold. Yes. I provided her energy. That's it. That's all we get. We didn't see it.
We're not getting a recap of it. We're not getting a play-by-play. We're just, we just know that it happened. And, and this is just the thing we're doing now. Right. And like, I have some questions, but okay. What are your questions?
Chapter 7: How does Mab's presence affect the outcome of the spell?
So like, how is this working exactly? Like, and, and is he, is it still just the one way? Is there any chance that it can go become a two way street? is it having any effect on him? What is the effect it has on him, if any? What do you mean by two-way street? So, well, we saw him feed on her. Last time she sort of fed on him, they did that spell.
They were in, like, testing out the thing for Thomas. Right. So that happened. It was very... structure sort of planned out and it was contained, you know, there's all this magic involved. This seems like very casual. So like, it doesn't sound like there was a whole to do. Yeah.
Chapter 8: What implications does the ending of this episode have for the next chapters?
So what does, what does, what is, what does it mean? What does he, what is she doing? Like, I, I have been assuming that he's just like making that whole circle again and doing the thing again. But I don't know. Exactly. Like, now that you ask, my assumption that he's doing this every time, I'm sort of like, that is seemingly like kind of a lot of work. Yeah, it doesn't seem very practical.
But I don't know. I'm wondering about, like, he's gotten circles made. Well... he actually talked about one in this book again, that it cost him like all the money in one of his diamond socks. But I'm wondering if he can have like a permanent space where it's painted out and he doesn't have to redo it every single time. Maybe like on a mat that he just unrolls on the floor. You know what I mean?
Like they're about to play twister or something. Yeah. But that would be the most economical way to approach this. Yeah, I'm really not sure. Yeah, so that was a question I had. But it's such an almost hand-waved that I was like, well, maybe I'm not supposed to be concerned about any of that. Maybe it's not a big deal. Maybe I'm just supposed to know it happened, and that's the important part.
That's the takeaway. Yeah.
We'll be right back.
But I definitely did have a question.
But yeah, she's feeling full and satisfied. And like you said, rejuvenated. Like she had a day at a spa somewhere. Yep. And... Like she got fucked real, real well. Listen. Which is like kind of the equivalent of what is happening here considering fucking is food for her. Right, right. Yeah. She's a... And he mentions how her presence is different. And that... He says...
I took a lot more notice of the fine lines at the corner of her eyes, particularly when she smiled. And there was none of the electric tension that he always has, always notices about her whenever they're together. And she's just relaxed. Her voice is quiet. And she's just speaking very, like, genuinely. And she asked him if he's sure he's all right for this.
And she does say about the feeding, you poured a lot into me the other night, which. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Childish. So childish. Yeah. What can you do? She's just like, you know, are you going to be able to get it up for Thomas after you got it up for me, basically. And he admits that He says, I just haven't been able to do enough cardio lately.
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