And when he directly says:
It will certainly change her approach to lots of things, and will definitely impact her overall mindset; she is a child of poverty, so there's no doubt that attaining ridiculous amounts of wealth so quickly will alter her behavior.
I'm supposed, according to you, to not be wary/cautious about that? Sorry, I'm not inclined to go along with you on that.
That's you entirely misunderstanding what its about. To quote an earlier update:
Something to ask her about later, for sure. You'll try to remember during your vacation.
Is it going to change Aisha? ...Yes. It's uncomfortable to admit it, but you've talked more in these last few days than you did in the last month before the Nine came. What you're wearing now is more what you'd normally like to wear, but instead you're practically always covered in world-class gowns and dresses (you blame Lord Grasp, but it's true). But… you're having to deal with a lot of… bad stuff and you can't just run away or let Sakura do the talking for you.
There's a quote you've been thinking of from one of Sakura's Alexandria/Rime fics: "If you want to change someone, give them power."
Hannah is very carefully blank at that statement, but Brian looks thoughtful for a while before nodding in apparent understanding.
Just like power and beauty has changed Saki, money will change Aisha.
But in approach, not in who they actually are.
Money is a tool to be used. Like Appearance. Like Connections. Like Influence.
I mean,
we made this woman a Moonsilver Exalt. Gave her a spirit-cat-car familiar.
Divine Minister Noi approved of her. Autobot found her worthy right as she is without any caveats.
We're well past the wary/cautious bit.
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I mean, lets look at canon.
Aisha/Imp was a member of the Undersiders. 7 primary members in the leadership: Grue, Tats,Bitch, Regent, Skitter, Imp, Parian.
Flechette was Parian's lieutenant, so not a member of the Top 7.
As of when Taylor left the Undersiders after Echidna and before New Delhi, her personal net worth from her own mouth, was fifteen to twenty million dollars. Citation is in Drone 23.4. Equal shares among seven people brings you to around 105-140 million dollars in total, split between seven 'Siders.
Making the Undersiders, combined, a Resources 5 organization as of 2011.
Minimum.
This was before the portal ballooned the worth of their assets.
Aisha, personally, as a member of the ruling group, and entitled to about the same share Skitter got, would have been Resources 4 in 2011, even before Brockton Bay underwent economic recovery because of the portal and their net worth ballooned further. Barely 3 months previously she was getting mugged on the streets by E88 and living with her druggie mom.
You'd think she'd go on spending sprees. Floss a bit. Maybe do a little nose candy.
You remember what she actually did after becoming a member of the 1%? She went to a Behemoth fight as a Stranger. She mourned Regent after he died. She reached out to Citrine, made arrangements, went up to Canada and killed Heartbreaker, and took over raising his kids and instilling a sense of ethics in them. She protected her section of the city. And during all this, she never let her skills or role in the Undersiders slip.
When Taylor met her in Scarab 25.6, she was still wearing the costume Taylor made for her two years ago, only resized, not some new money shit.
She was more responsible than your average lotto winner, and she was a kid raised by a dysfunctional father and a junkie mom.
I am comfortable with the range of reactions possible with Aisha because we have canonically seen her in similar situations with no role model, and she was a better role model for New Money than 99% of the people you'd meet.
Thats (part of) why we made her an Exalt in the first place.
