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HH says don't ask

Subj: And taxes.
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 at 03:06:17 pm EST (Viewed 801 times)
Reply Subj: Enough of publishers. And editors.
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 at 10:29:37 am EST (Viewed 3 times)



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    If ever I do a big final PV story, I assure you the Hood is going down big time.


I strongly suspect he'll go full circle and end up back helpless in an asylum with a cruel doctor watching over him again, only this time he'll feel like he deserves it for overlooking something that led him there.



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    He's taken some measures to get her away from him now.


She has to come back eventually, though.



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    He's already conducted some experiments along those lines, with Mr Epitome, Keiko, and a few others. That's not to diminish his interest in exploiting Lara but she's one in a succession.


If he has more than one import to investigate, I can see why he'd either avoid Lara or leave her for last. No, not because of the power she has - because she's the only one who might be aware of what he's doing.

Hell, she might even help him, if she believes what she heard about the Wonderwall, that he'd be powerless, useless, and stranded on the other side. It would be a great way to get rid of him permanently.

Then again, maybe he might take pleasure in explaining to her exactly what he's doing, if he realizes that she won't really stop him, she'll just mock him for doing something she feels is ridiculous.



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    Indeed. Also, Knifey is mysteriously back with ManMan after being missing for a time.


Hasn't Knifey mysteriously disappeared and re-appeared before?

It does remind me of Faite's tendency to disappear when she might be in jeopardy, and re-appear when it's most convenient to her, though.



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    If that person was discovered as responsible for allowing an incursion then something bad would happen to them.


If she thought that was a danger she might make a point to stop on the way out and tell them to take a long vacation.



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    I'm not sure you;ve ever detailed the exact mechanics by which a brain-ready shell came to be available when Yuki needed it - and why it isn't a standard prosthetic for everybody else who would otherwise die or be crippled for life.


There aren't any strong details. While she was in the hospital with severe burns, Al B. Harper custom made her entire body, and the brain case, and it was unbelievably expensive, which is why he hasn't made another one.

Interestingly enough, Nena and Anna were built similarly by a reclusive robotics expert who holds the patents on a lot of their construction. They both call her "Dr. Lia". She does not hold a patent on the design of Yuki's brain case or the support systems that keep the brain alive. I would speculate that Al B. Harper is a huge fan of hers.



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    I mentioned before how I think Yuki's rogues' gallery needs expansion. There's an opportunity there. Great heroes need great villains.


What's kind of funny about that is Yuki made enemies of nearly the entire criminal underworld in Paradopolis and GMY, which is why she had to join the Lair Legion to hide from them. The Psychic Samurai immerses herself in the criminal underworld, and occasionally carefully manipulates it, but she hasn't done anything to dissolve the hatred they have for Yuki. And yet the two of them are friends.



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      I had a few partial [Traders] plots in storage, but never wrote them up because they're too far from the PV-regulars, and people therefore don't read them.



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    I thought you managed a good tie-in by guest-starring Lara.


But I could always do better.