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Subj: They're right, if they mean I don't have to do math.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 at 10:21:24 pm EST (Viewed 442 times)
Reply Subj: So does Apple.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 at 04:49:11 pm EST (Viewed 4 times)



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    Aaand I'm back after doing a 1 hour 48 minute audio interview for my new novel. Ack! Voice is croaky!


Could be worse. That could have been the interview for a 48 minute interview.



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    But then we come to those rare scenes where everybody scorns the unrealisitc CGI and the film makers say, "but that was a practical shot. We really did it."


And a lot of the time, nobody believes them.



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    There is probably also a division a bit similar to the old house slaves vs field slaves one, one between bodiless A.I.s like Hallie and D.D. bs nuts and bolts ones like Tandi and Joan (not that any of those four really suffer from it), and between those who were designed to be free and those who gained sentience and free-will by accident oir through being "liberated".


It's a pretty universal and obnoxious thing, that if one person happens to be able to get something done easy, they earn hate because they "didn't put in the time" or feel enough pain to get there.



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      Anna is more forgiving about those perceptions. Nena is not. The difference might be that at one point Nena was deactivated because she was deemed too dangerous.



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    Nurture but maybe also nature?


In a way. Anna has never really seen just how far hate and fear will go. Nena has. So when Nena detects hatred in her direction, she steels for a fight to avoid being disabled or imprisoned etc. But she doesn't fault Anna's hopefulness. She wishes she could be like that, too.



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    In this case, and in part becase she's not exactly 100%, she takes one Legionnaire with her.


That's smart of her.



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    It wasn't until I came to write the two characters together that I realised the similarities and differences between Lara and Cath. They obviously have a similar power set, but Lara has upwards of a decade's more experience than Lara at using those gifts. I'm not sure how old Lara is but JJJ has established that Cath is a recent university graduate. Beth has profiled Cath as suitable to "modify" to be a loyal and effective henchperson. Lara was raised pretty much to be a superhero. Lara must have grown up knowing she was good looking. Cath was slimmed down by about 30lbs by the Baroness' machines.


Lara is only slightly older than that. She's became a superhero because she found a super team by accident at 16, and was bored with living her life for school. She found it way more complicated than she asked for, and ended up retiring after a couple of years to complete her education, working on the side as a spokesperson and model representing various causes. That's around the time she visited the Parodyverse, and decided she missed the superhero thing.



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    Rather worryingly for Lara, Cath is now working for a known killer who obedience-conditions her operatives (the LL know this from Silicone Sally). As far as we know Cath hasn't hurt anyone - yet. But Lara's reservation in her dealings with Cathode must be informed by her concern that she is a supervillain-in-the-making whom Lara can do very little to guide in other ways.


Lara is has no objections to the grey area. She's willing to work with anyone as long as they're not going on a murder spree in her presence. Hopefully the Baroness, the Hood, etc, would be smart enough to figure that part out, and keep Lara neutral.

Where it might get tricky later is if someone in the Lair Legion faults her for not taking them all down while she had the chance. From her point of view, she doesn't believe she has the right to do that just for them existing.

I guess you could say Lara is highly individual.



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    VV is definitely one of that blue-collar professional villain class,an experienced superior henchwoman who is dangerous despite not having any powers. Although I created her I established her as a Jarvis foe (back when poster-Jarvis was active and leader of the Lair Legion) and Lisa rival. She's been leader of most iterations of the Purveyors of Peril. She has a thing for archvillains and square-jawed good guys (and has had close liasons with Jarvis, CSFB! DBS and Danny Lyle at least). She kills when she had to but isn;t needlessly bloodthirsty.


That could get interesting if the others have a plan to turn on Lara at some point. VV might be on the fence about it, both since Lara has done nothing to harm her, and because VV might feel like she might be next. Kind of like the Hunger Games - VV might feel like her smartest alliance is with the one who *won't* turn on her.

And also, she can kind of use a friend "on the inside" for her next run-in with the Lair Legion.



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    VV probably isn't much intimidated by even very powerful superheroes by now, but she's learned not to underestimate them. Think about how Keiko might set out to take on a massively powerful metahuman foe and how she would view him. Although VV's methodology differs, that's pretty much her reaction; respect while planning in case a takedown is neccessary.


Keiko is far less aggressive, because she believes it betrays her intentions. She would behave calmly, maybe even friendly and compliant. All the while, though, she would be looking at indirect ways she can either disable the powerful meta, or simply disappear abruptly, if needed.



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    The "Dead Galaxy" Tyrant's Empire and the Cult of Apostate have very different methods of relating to the galaxy. The Cult uses either subversion, raising up local converts until they can foment revolution, or direct conquest by their crusader fleed. The Tyrant prefers diplomatic solutions such as alliances and mergers and uses his armada only when faced with agression (although sometimes pre-emptively). The Trade Alliance is far more likely "to do business" with the latter; which is of course what the Hooded Hood wants.


In that case, the Alliance probably has already negotiated some sort of trade arrangement. The only thing they won't trade is their most advanced weapons, though; way back in their history they were already stung by that.






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