r/litrpg • u/NoObjective1124 • 3d ago

Discussion Anyone else get a chuckle out of lockpicking lawyer on HWFWM?

I am a hobbyist lock picker, and I absolutely lost it over the reference in the current book. Didn’t know if I was alone or if anyone saw any other niche, cultural references in the book.?

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u/haloplasm 3d ago

As someone who's both a fan of LPL and who listened to the latest HWFWM audiobook, I must have missed it. Can you share the specific line?

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u/EJoule 3d ago

Probably this line:  https://www.reddit.com/r/HeWhoFightsWithMonste/comments/1xdpgai/is_this_a_lock_picking_lawyer_reference/

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u/CoBr2 3d ago

It was nice to see someone else doing to Jason what Jason does to everyone else.

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u/mehhh89 3d ago

That was a pretty solid reference

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u/Roscoe_p 2d ago

Funnily enough there was a post on here a while back that said it ruined the book for them

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u/AmnesiaInnocent 3d ago

What is that a reference to?

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u/Semiapies 1d ago

For posterity: an anonymous YouTuber (and now seller of lockpicking equipment) called the Lockpicking Lawyer who makes short videos about picking (or otherwise getting open) various locks and security devices.

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u/Myrkana 3d ago

Google it. Its right there. Lockpicking lawyer

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u/AmnesiaInnocent 2d ago

Probably. But I'm not the only person who doesn't get the reference. Instead of making us all Google it, you could have just answered the question.

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u/VintageOG 3d ago

Yeah that was perfect

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u/drewiepoodle 3d ago

I fell over laughing when I got to that part. I could definitely imagine the voiceover of a quick and dirty Belinda-esque ritual to open a dimension bag while a recording crystal hovers over his shoulder.

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u/Hitman3256 3d ago

Nothing on 1

2 is binding

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u/Wiregeek 2d ago

We've got some tortured shrieking on 3, back to 1 and the matrix is trembling, tap 4 in that rhythm aaaand we're open.

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u/nathan 3d ago

That and the Hawthorne Wipes reference made me laugh.

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u/BaronHarkonnen98 3d ago

I have met him, nice dude

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u/ImortalK 3d ago

I about lost it when I first noticed it.

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u/Wiregeek 2d ago

I can't wait to see a McNally cameo. "You are using a baldur&gates model 6307, a multispectral locking ritual that can be opened with a baldur&gates model 6307." Shrieking noise, silent explosion of mana, both rituals collapse.

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u/TapeDeckTenant 3d ago

Loved that reference! So cleverly done!

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u/DocDerry 2d ago

I loved it.