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Subj: Re: It's dangerous that close to the fire. Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 04:46:58 am EST (Viewed 2 times) | Reply Subj: Re: It's dangerous that close to the fire. Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 08:45:12 am EST (Viewed 357 times) | ||||||
Quote: Quote: Next issue: Yuki rips off CSFB!'s head.Quote: Like that hasn't happened before.I think this will be a new and exciting ripping. Quote: Quote: That Thugos is a tricky one for sure. I'll chronicle the investigation next issue, but since there's 24 hours of downtime on Apocalyspe in between if you wanted to tie-in with a character piece for the tourists there's no reason not to. They've each got a lot of discuss.Quote: I don't know if I have time yet. I'm still behind on finishing the last 2 plots I started because I got distracted by a 3rd one. Mind you, the 3rd one is really good (a peek into Lara's past back home) but it's still distracting.I'm pausing until the weekend so that if people want to throw stuff in they can. Quote: Besides, the character piece would only be interesting if they're worried about what happens if Lara is turned against them. They trust her, though, so that's not really an issue.I was thinking that the four of them had survived a very traumatic occasion. Anna had her first really intense experience of warfare. Liu Xi thought she was going to die. Lara found herself struggling to protect people she hardly remembers. Chiaki coped with an entire planet of tormented dead people. And now all of them are on a raw, brutal alien world where anything can happen and where the weak are meat. There's got to be something for the cast to discuss. Quote: Quote: She'd probably be able to work out that he'd not wish them destroyed providing they proved themselves strong enough. He's all about the Darwin.Quote: Incidentally, the Darwin thing isn't going to do much for him selling his point to Lara. She's very much the opposite, and likes to protect those around her. That's actually why she was given a "job" to do by Shema.And Thugos wants to discuss that. Quote: Quote: Thugos is making some moves, certainly, capitalising on the situation in the Imperium and the opportunity to speak to Lara while he's got the maximum advantage.Quote: Thing is, he doesn't strike me as the idly curious type. He might surprise me, but generally I think if he's talking to Lara at all, he wants something big. Then again, maybe it's idle curiosity *now*, because he needs info/intelligence for something much later.A bit of each. Thugos tends to test his opponents to see if they're strong and worthy of his attention. Quote: Quote: It's not a power issue: Thugos' Entropy Eyebeams can chase a target across time and space and would probably only stop following Lara when she shifted to her home dimension; but they'd be waiting for her if she ever came back again so she'd be exiled from the Parodyverse forever. It's more that he genuinely believes that exhausted, shattered people at the end of their resources are much more interesting. Now he can speak to the "essential" Lara.Quote: How well would the eyebeams work against someone who can absorb nearly all of the energy from them? If he doesn't know the answer to that, it's probably more likely he'd threaten someone *else*, probably someone who can't leave, first.Yep, they're entropy eyebeams so they absorb energy from the four fundamental forces. They decay the weak forces binding molecules and the strong forces binding atoms. Lara might well survive longer than people who can;t generate energy - say as much as six seconds - but she's not absorbing power, she's resisting having the power she commands decayed to heat death. That said, Thugos has no reason to unleash his ultimate weapon on Lara. He's got deity-class strength, invulnerability, and power blasts. He's got a world full of minions, many of them very powerful in their own right. And he's got a forceful personality and the brains to attack psychologically as well as physically. All it means is that he can engage with pretty much anyone on an equal or superior level and doesn't have to fear anyone or anything. Quote: Quote: He has a point of view to espouse. He might be trying for a conversion. He might just be measuring up a potential enemy or ally. Who knows?Quote: I think the timing might be interesting too. Like maybe Dark Thugos has some sort of beef with CSFB! leading, or doesn't like his "everyone in the LL" idea, or maybe he sent the Carnfex and now he's in the "If you want it done right..." phase. Thugos is concerned about some galactic affairs but he's not too bothered by the "provincial internal wranglings" of the Lair Legion. He's pleased the Carnifex has fallen (he didn't even like him as a hero) and so might even pat the LL on the head. But there is some useful gossip that lara could pick up if she played her cards right. Quote: And as a last point, I wonder how Thugos will solve the problem of the Hooded Hood taking Lara's memory to protect her? Or perhaps it was done to protect the Hooded Hood from Thugos' plans?Who knows? | |||||||
