> > And also persuasive. She also would believe that she can easily convince Danny and anyone else she meets to help her.
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> Danny is tricky.
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Possibly, but Liu Xi has two things that will give her an edge: She believes he's a friend, and she's also female, so she already has his attention. Even more so if he likes Asians.
That, and she can do the equivelent with Danny of pointing Donar in a direction and saying "the bad guy is over there".
> > Oh, I missed that part. I thought it was anyone on Earth who wasn't stuck in the Land that Time Forgot.
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> I'd considered doing it that way but decided it missed too many characters out on all the fun.
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Noted.
> > The alternative would have been her replacement being discovered early, or killed early, because it lacks the perceptiveness that keeps the real Chiaki a couple steps ahead of everyone.
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> I guess Chiaki would sense a general wrongness with the planet but could only pinpoint the problem when a Fandom remembered the truth and came to kill her.
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On a micro level, Chiaki would know something is wrong with one particular person when his or her behavior suddenly is way outside of what she expects. That's the same way she could tell the difference between the real and fake Hatman. While most people would ignore the side comments Doorman makes, Chiaki would fixate on them. She might not react right away, but she'll be making plans, and she'll be on alert.
A side possibility, by the way, might be that Chiaki's secretive nature might work against her. That whoever replaced all of Earth's people with Fandoms thought Chiaki was still in Paradopolis, so now the real one is in Antartica and her doppleganger is also in Paradopolis, becoming self-aware and screwing things up for its master. That might be one of the catalysts for what happens in 24 hours - because if the ruse is up, there's no purpose for the charade anymore.
> > I have an "empty earth" story in reserve if I need it. Right now it's in the "hold" pile.
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> I think we should be ready for that in a week or so's time. I might get delayed by a planned trip to London for the episode after that.
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Noted.
> > > Danny may well have intimidated Vinnie. Penguins are good but needed replacing in this instance.
> > I guess either there will be a pissing contest to show whether Danny or Vinnie is more scary, or someone will yell at the two of them for creating one.
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> Vinnie's not really into that, and he's not really into scary (although he would be scary of he allowed himself to be). Now Danny and Tom Black, that would be a pissing contest.
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True, but they aren't both involved with Kerry. Yet.
> > I still say penguins are better.
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> In the end the part went to the puffins.
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Too bad.
> > Their abilities also complement each other - the Hooded Hood re-writes the past, and Faite re-writes the present. If they stop bickering and work together, they can make permanent changes that leave no sign anything has been changed (of course I bet the office-holders and the Carnifex both want to prevent just that).
> > But getting them to cooperate, that's another matter.
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> The Hood is moving very circumspectly, both because the Carnifex's gambit right now is to lure out, map, then neutralise each guardian of the Parodyverse as they get involved, and for another reason yet to be revealed.
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Good thing Lara Night is off-planet then. She may not be a guardian of the Parodyverse, but she's known as one at home. If her timing is right, she might be at home returning Sharon when the Carnifex looks for her, so he ends up missing her entirely.
This is probably why Faite has an annoying habit of vanishing entirely whenever these things happen, and also why she never fights with anyone directly unless the situation is a choice between that or losing everything. She knows that staying off-radar is key to being the thorn in any super-villain's side. Ironically, she respects the Hooded Hood, so she doesn't hide from him - she knows that as evil as he can be, he respects the balance of the universe.
> It's also true to say that only Flapjack - and through him the Hood - is aware of the Carnifex's involvement with the Moderator, the first hint that anyone might have that he's not what he seems.
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Does that mean Flapjack will be tortured again? He hopes so.
