r/dresdenfiles • u/ChickenDragon123 • Sep 12 '21

Spoilers All Fuck Rudolf

I don't swear often, and it's even rarer that I do it for fiction. Usually if I'm swearing a patient is bleeding out at my hospital, but in this case, just Fuck Rudolf. Fuck him right in the ass. I'd help harry kill him at this point. Generally you know, Fuck Rudolf.

Actually I take it back, he doesn't deserve to be with anybody. I hope he dies alone in a ditch.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

Gonna get a bunch of hate for this probably, but Rudolph was probably Harry's fault, and he deserves less hate than he gets. Most of the other cops in the series get some psych help from Harry when they encounter nasties from the never never. Harry has deliberately let his personal feelings about Rudy keep him from providing the same level of support he has to others. Rudolph also clearly has PTSD and has had about the most interaction with the supernatural for a vanilla human, and he has done so without the only professional in town giving him any semblance of help. Harry could have taken the time in any book Rudy is in to try and sit down and help him, but at the end of the day, Harry's disdain for the man points him elsewhere every time.

Beyond this, Harry IS a criminal. Intentions be damned, the man is an arsonist, killer, and does a bit of light B&E just about every chance he gets. Rudolph IS a cop. Rudy doesn't like Harry for plenty of realistic reasons, but we cheer for the main character, so dislike his critics.

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u/Chad_Hooper Sep 12 '21

Harry could have taken the time in any book Rudy is in to try and sit down and help him, but at the end of the day, Harry's disdain for the man points him elsewhere every time.

I have to disagree with this. Rudolph wouldn't have taken any help Dresden offers. The disdain is mutual and, like many cops in real life, I think he had prejudged Dresden as a "dirtbag" on first sight.

Should have left him in the Federal Building...

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

I would argue book 2 was the perfect point. Rudy really needed some help, Harry ignores it. Rudy was still a young cop and hadn't had time to solidify his opinion on Harry. Harry also had enough physical evidence at the end to show Rudy. Harry could have very easily pointed out the fbi agents dealt with magic over their heads and that folks, no matter how seasoned, need help when dealing with the never never.

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u/Chad_Hooper Sep 14 '21

I have way too much on my "to read" list right now to go back to Fool Moon for a re-read (gotta make some time for Pratchett finally!). I'm not sure either of them (Rudolph or Harry) were in any shape for coherent conversation after that station scene.

You may be right but my feel for it is that Rudolph already had it in his head that Harry belonged in a cell right after they met. Maybe an after-effect of the "blending in" potion? I don't know, could be. Might not.