I think the only other vital piece of advice is to remember he is a good man who is a black hat. He made himself into a monster by his own choice because he'd be better than the other monsters.
Also, I think it's important he believes his own press. He has to think of himself as a monster, even if he's not acting particularly monstrous. I imagine it like a mask he wear that he pretends is his real face.
Linking back to his relationship with Dresden- not necessarily in fanon, I think this stands up in canon- I rather think he actually envies Harry, because Harry actually has the power to follow through on idealistically-charged decisions, and thus, Harry is not a monster, even though the situations they face are quite similar sometimes. Marcone has to compromise with reality and make sacrifices, whereas Harry, I'm not saying he doesn't have to, but he does have more freedom on that count.
Agreed an insane amount. In fact, I think his calm attitude abotu Harry's death in Aftermath was a massive act. Marcone is bound to Chicago and Harry was a large part of Chicago's safety. He handled things Marcone couldn't. I think Marcone was, under his mask, very... disappointed in Harry's death.
And I know he must've set out to hunt down whoever killed Harry to get revenge. He'd claim it was about territory, but...
Disappointment, precisely; there was the loss itself, the danger to the city, but I think there would be a sort of personal bitterness about his death, because it would serve as a sort of proof to Marcone, it didn't work. His way of life didn't work. What he believed in got him killed... the good in the world he believed in and fought for betrayed him.
Harry's way of dealing with things is so completely different from Marcone's- I mean, he doesn't compromise. Or tries really hard not to, and for most part he gets away with it. And Marcone, watching him, must have felt a sort of wonder, this man is actually fighting evil in ways that I can't manage, and he gets away with minimal sacrifices. It actually works. And it must have given him a sense of optimism, and perhaps fascination. And I think he must have been let down, personally, when it didn't go right for Harry, who had been becoming this very private mascot.
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Re: Fill (6/?)
Date: 2011-02-27 02:02 am (UTC)I think the only other vital piece of advice is to remember he is a good man who is a black hat. He made himself into a monster by his own choice because he'd be better than the other monsters.
Also, I think it's important he believes his own press. He has to think of himself as a monster, even if he's not acting particularly monstrous. I imagine it like a mask he wear that he pretends is his real face.
But YMMV, obvious.
Re: Fill (6/?)
Date: 2011-02-27 03:35 am (UTC)Re: Fill (6/?)
Date: 2011-02-27 03:39 am (UTC)And I know he must've set out to hunt down whoever killed Harry to get revenge. He'd claim it was about territory, but...
Re: Fill (6/?)
Date: 2011-02-27 07:05 am (UTC)Harry's way of dealing with things is so completely different from Marcone's- I mean, he doesn't compromise. Or tries really hard not to, and for most part he gets away with it. And Marcone, watching him, must have felt a sort of wonder, this man is actually fighting evil in ways that I can't manage, and he gets away with minimal sacrifices. It actually works. And it must have given him a sense of optimism, and perhaps fascination. And I think he must have been let down, personally, when it didn't go right for Harry, who had been becoming this very private mascot.