Crime "Where is your daughter!?" screams deranged man during an attempted home invasion - Jason Thomas Nichols, 29, arrived on the doorstep of a resident of Fairfield demanding to speak to the homeowner's daughter.

(L/A)

On the morning of April 7th, 2026, a man identified as 29-year-old Jason Thomas Nichols arrived at the doorstep of a Fairfield resident at around 9:06 am, donned in a trench coat and sandals.

"Hello," greets the homeowner via Ring camera.

"Hi, can you open this door, please?" Nichols requests bluntly. Perplexed, the homeowner asks him to elaborate.

"I don't know, man, I just... figured I'd check on something," Nichols responds vaguely, his hands in his pockets. Suspicious of the strange man's intent, the homeowner denies him entry. Suddenly, Nichols lands a kick on the door, stumbling backward while insisting that the man on the other side open the door.

"Where's your daughter, man?" Nichols repeats as he leans his fist against the entrance, "open this fucking door, or I'm breaking it fucking down." The man on the other end urges Nichols to leave.

"Is everyone in the house okay?" asks Nichols as he knocks on the front door. The man on the other end confirms that everyone is fine and reaffirms that he needs Jason to leave. Nichols responds, "My name is Harry Dresden, and this is my neighborhood motherfucker."

After a prolonged silence, Nichols threatens to "end" the homeowner if he continues to deny him entry. He takes hold of a small bell on the wall to his right and rings it with such force that it detaches. He then begins to whip the door with the bell's chain in rapid succession.

"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR, OR I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU," Nichols screams, continuing to question if she, the homeowner's daughter, is okay. He begins to attack the Ring camera, and the video ends.



(L/A)

On that same day, Nichols was apprehended by the Fairfield Police Department and booked into the Justice Center Detention Facility on counts of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats with intent to terrorize, and vandalism. His bond has been set at $35,000. He is scheduled to have his first court appearance on April 13th at 1:25 pm PDT.

 

[Slimy Time]

I first became aware of The Dresden Files through TV Tropes, because all of the tropers were jizzing their tighty-whiteys over it. It encapsulates everything that a TV Tropes user would think was Epic and Badass and Awesome, and there were so many entries about it in Crowning Moment Of Awesome and Magnificent Bastard and Badass Longcoat and all those other sorts of cringey pages singing its praises.

And I remember reading them and even then thinking it sounded like the lamest, gayest fucking shit I'd ever heard.

I'm trying to remember much about the stories of the 2-3 books I read. The second one has to do with werewolves. The first one IIRC has moments where Harry and his love interest accidentally invite some demon into his house and he puts himself/his love interest in a magic circle/barrier which protects him, but then the love interest gets horny for some reason, and he has to wait it out until daylight for some reason.

What certainly doesn't help the perception is how his attire screams reddit fedora tipping cosplay. Apparently the fedora isn't something he wears in the books but all the covers put it on for some reason. So his attire is just the "I studied the blade" look with the leather jacket and a hockey stick. It being 2000-2010 being the peak of this series really makes sense given the cultural zeitgeist of the time (New Atheism, the rise of the fedora tippers and militant atheists etc).

Edit: Yup, my memory was correct of that scene. The tone also doesn't help either.

 

[Ahriman]

I don't fucking know, you tell me, Sherlock
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New chudjak just dropped

 

[Loris Yeltsin]

Can't help but feel like even at the peak of his rage, there's a distinct air of play-pretend and performativeness about this "freakout". The way he practically poses for the ring camera at times, then the cliché things he says, and the way he quite obviously fakes a deeper, more coarse voice to sound more authoritative and intimidating just make all of this look like he's constantly concerned about his appearance, basically trying to look like a righteous badass at all times.

I guess some people can't even freak the fuck out without one part of their poisoned brains directing them to make it all look like their moment.

 

[WhiskeyJack]

I never heard of The Dresden Files before now, it's a book series about a detective who's also a wizard?
My god, you could not pick a more quintessentially Reddit thing to think was badass and try to imitate in real life.
My sides are in orbit at this. He tries to intimidate another grown man by identifying as a wizard detective. I didn't know Reddit found something gayer than Harry Potter.

Dresden is more of a Private Eye/Dirty Harry type (after book 3 he even carries around a .44 Magnum), and there's a lot of religious, Catholic stuff in the books (from what I recall, I've read like 5-6 of them iirc). Plus just a general good vs evil theme, and several villains that are just pure evil with no nuanced "grayness".

From what I've seen, outside the dedicated Dresden subreddit, a fair fraction of redditors find the books too sexist, badly written, Harry's too chauvinistic, hate how women are described, etc. And I know I've seen that "copaganda" term tossed around a few times.

 

[Molag Bal]

Wait, he got arrested?
I was convinced this was fake and gay.
Every single detail, from the shirt to the sandals, down to the scream pose that looks like a specific soyjack that has existed beforehand, seemed to me like it was carefully crafted to make fun of anime fans. But if the guy recording called the police on him, then I guess this wasn't staged after all. So what's going on here? Is he an actual Chibinekodemyx type that flew under the radar until now?

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

I'm trying to remember much about the stories of the 2-3 books I read. The second one has to do with werewolves. The first one IIRC has moments where Harry and his love interest accidentally invite some demon into his house and he puts himself/his love interest in a magic circle/barrier which protects him, but then the love interest gets horny for some reason, and he has to wait it out until daylight for some reason.

What certainly doesn't help the perception is how his attire screams reddit fedora tipping cosplay. Apparently the fedora isn't something he wears in the books but all the covers put it on for some reason. So his attire is just the "I studied the blade" look with the leather jacket and a hockey stick. It being 2000-2010 being the peak of this series really makes sense given the cultural zeitgeist of the time (New Atheism, the rise of the fedora tippers and militant atheists etc).

Edit: Yup, my memory was correct of that scene. The tone also doesn't help either.
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This is what the author of the Harry Dresden books looks like IRL:



And, maybe this is just me, but I think, when you see this image, a lot of things about the series fall into place.

Dresden is more of a Private Eye/Dirty Harry type (after book 3 he even carries around a .44 Magnum), and there's a lot of religious, Catholic stuff in the books (from what I recall, I've read like 5-6 of them iirc). Plus just a general good vs evil theme, and several villains that are just pure evil with no nuanced "grayness".

From what I've seen, outside the dedicated Dresden subreddit, a fair fraction of redditors find the books too sexist, badly written, Harry's too chauvinistic, hate how women are described, etc. And I know I've seen that "copaganda" term tossed around a few times.

"Ackshually, it's not lame and gay at all, it's really gritty and cool and like Dirty Harry and based and Catholic..."
Yeah, OK, bro. You like a gay book for nerds, just own it.

 

[Ahriman]

This image reminds me, nostalgically, of The Dog Artlist Collection. Does anyone else remember them? From the early 2000s? Those sort of super stylised, fisheye lense extreme closeups on dogs, with the big noses? They had a range of superdeformed cuddly toys, and a McDonalds tie-in promo and everything.

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This is like a weird Chud version of that.

Even better,

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

So what's going on here?

Could you please try to read the thread we did put effort into finding shit the least you could do is try reading it instead of just demanding a summary.

 

[Gibs]

By the way, the T-shirt he was wearing is from the anime Demon Slayer.

Fans of Demon Slayer are now cursed for eternity because of this freakout.

 

[WonderWino]

Looks like a younger, psycho version of eugene levy. I guess the whole pie fucking thing finally broke him

Frankly the homeowner has more patience about this sort of situation than I would have. Some psycho shows up demanding I open the door, looking for my daughter and tries to beat the door down? He's getting shot. There isn't a sane jury on the planet that would convict anybody after seeing that video

That said, oh fucking boy that guy is going to be having quite the talk with his daughter after this incident i'm sure. You have to wonder what she said to this guy to get him showing up and spazzing out like that. Not to mention she clearly told the guy where she lived. Something tells me she won't be using the computer again until she graduates from college

HOLY SHIT GUYS!

This is the mom. LISA GAY NICHOLS, LIFE COACH AND WRITER OF BOOKS HELPING MOMS WITH TROUBLED SONS!!!

Somehow I suspect this won't be good for her book sales. Pretty much proved to the entire world she has no idea what she is doing or talking about

and of fucking course she's one of those EFT tapping loons and a journalist to boot. Though I would love to know what the difference between a degree in journalism and one specifically in agricultural journalism is. Does the latter include a semester on how to interview cows and hillbilly farmers?

 

[Cnut]

that guy is going to be having quite the talk with his daughter

I'm not convinced there is actually a daughter.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

So, Harry Dresden is equivalent to the Ashes series that started in the early Eighties, or all of Matthew Reilly's execrable novels - pulp fiction for the dimwitted and the easily entertained.

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

So, Harry Dresden is equivalent to the Ashes series that started in the early Eighties, or all of Matthew Reilly's execrable novels - pulp fiction for the dimwitted and the easily entertained.

Dresden is just Twilight for dudes.

 

[One_True_Yuri]

Why does this guy blink rarely, its so unnerving how long he keeps his eyes open without blinking

 

[Jace on ice]

Granted he probably didn't have much of a life before this but once he sobers up or gets his lithium or whatever he's going to be horrified.

Once you get your own soyjack it's ogre for you.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

Why does this guy blink rarely, its so unnerving how long he keeps his eyes open without blinking

SSRI Stare

 

[Gorton Colu]

Parents, dump your failsons if they do not improve nor change.

 

[McMitch]

What certainly doesn't help the perception is how his attire screams reddit fedora tipping cosplay.

Here’s the thing, even in the books Dresden is regarded as a weirdo nerd by normal people based on his dress and demeanor. The main love interest even remarks he comes across as mildly autistic because of his magically-inclined aversion to looking people in the eye. But it is a series where Christianity is explicitly correct, where the main character ogles the supernaturally pretty women, and where arming oneself is the best course of action. I would argue Jim Butcher pulls off the Joss Whedon-style writing better than Whedon could ever hope for. It’s entertainment rather than high art but Butcher never pretends it’s otherwise and not everything you read needs to be Dostoyevski.

This is what the author of the Harry Dresden books looks like IRL:

Come on, man, that one’s like twenty years old. At least use the modern one from after he may or may not have knocked-up an OnlyFans whore:

So, Harry Dresden is equivalent to the Ashes series that started in the early Eighties, or all of Matthew Reilly's execrable novels - pulp fiction for the dimwitted and the easily entertained.

Butcher at least has skill in developing rapport between reader and characters. Granted, it’s the Stephen King strategy of starting with a character archetype and developing it later as he needs things to shift from being plot-driven to character-driven

tl;dr The Dresden Files is entertaining entertainment. It is okay to consume entertainment, but moderation is key. Those who claim you should only ever consume high art haven’t actually done some themselves.

 

[Nate Scully 025]

What’s even funnier about this whole thing is that Harry Dresden probably wouldn’t be giving his actual name in a situation like this. Sure he sometimes does, but in addition to as others have said Christianity almost certainly being the top dogs and treated quite well in-universe, it’s a setting where Names are powerful. Harry wouldn’t fucking give his name unprompted, so this fuck-up doesn’t even understand the character he’s larping as.

(Also the hockey stick thing is NOT from the books, it’s from the TV Show, in the books in addition to a gun he has a wooden staff and a smaller stick for more focused… work, aka usually contained explosions/flames. Explicitly not a necessity in world, that’s just what Harry FEELS works best so it does. He’s explicitly a dork and geek, something that is typically looked past rather than being a turn on, lol.)

 

[Fellen]

He's walking around with a Demon Slayer shirt under a long coat, sweatpants, and flip-flops. Wearing that combination automatically makes you a loser, a nut, or both.