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Subj: Re: Part Three thoughts
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 05:07:38 pm EDT (Viewed 506 times)
Reply Subj: Re: Part Three thoughts
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 03:36:36 pm EDT (Viewed 5 times)





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    True enough, but is hiding behind the scenes doing basically most of the same jobs she would do as a Legion member any better from a public relations standpoint? Sounds to me she's just trying to avoid having to face her critics rather than actually help her teammates, her "people", or her cause.


Harsh, but not totally unfair. She has her own fears and insecurities, after all, and who is to say she isn't tempted to stay in a position she's mastered and is respected in, rather than move on to one where she could fail spectacularly and at great cost to more than herself?



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    If the "Sentient Rights" movement is truly as unified as those previous minorities they would seek to emulate, one would think they would welcome representation on Earth's premiere superhero team, instead of just having her hide in a mainframe doing scut work for them.


I'm sure many would. Of course, Hallie is also a controversial figure among the movement for her role in the internment of Robosapiens during the Parody War. She might have too much baggage to be seen as anything more than the lapdog of the humans either way. So perhaps they'd much rather see Anna or another break the 'racial' barrier there.



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    In the 1950s, when African Americans were struggling for their civil rights in the South, they were willing to send their children to be blasted by fire hoses and attacked by police dogs because they knew their cause were just, and that the only way to get the attention their plight deserved was to risk physical harm to the people they loved. What's Hallie willing to risk?*


Conversely, there are groups throughout history that have been broken and beaten by the majority, never to rise again. One naturally wonders if they could have taken a different approach and succeeded in gaining equality, or if the writing was always on the wall.



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    *As you might have guessed, those are the questions Mr. Epitome would have asked Hallie if he weren't lost in the Parodyverse somewhere. \:\)


All very solid points (even if the blue did make my eyes cross against this background.) It makes it such a pity that Epitome isn't around to deliver them to Hallie and convince her...




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