megrisvernin said:
The PRT tried to hold Taylor hostage. It didn't work out well.
They tried to hold mysterious unnamed shadow-cape hostage though, not Defiler. While Taylor knows they're the same, unless I misread, her double-identity bit isn't out yet, is it?
megrisvernin said:
Remember that the cover story for how Nicole was defeated was fabricated. They didn't list Taylor's involvement. This says that they are either lowballing her accomplishments to try & reduce her publicity so they can deal with her on the side or arrest her. If it's the second...well bad things happen. I think Legend is going to be resistant to arresting her after her assistance, and given his position in the Protectorate he can probably refuse it.
What cover story, all we've seen so far is someone on a message board putting together news articles from shortly after the fact and a lot of in universe speculation, unless I've managed to miss a snip somewhere that is.
As for Legend arresting her? She's a top tier cape whose been shown to be fairly reckless even if she isn't immoral. Bringing in the misguided vigilante for her own good is fairly typical PRT procedure. Especially if there's public pressure.
And, even Legend couldn't simply ignore an outright order as a representative of a law enforcement group. That leads to bad things in general. More to the point, he has other motivations to seek her out. Bringing her in under a plea-bargain, spinning the story, etc is a good idea. But we don't yet have a clear grasp on how Taylor's actions are being seen. IE: Fighting Noelle in public resulting in mass deaths/Appearing all over the place terrifying everyone during the Endbringer fight. Legend's the boyscout type, sure, but he's living in a dark world where things aren't so clear cut and he's not floundering. He is willing to work with Cauldron and not ask the questions he knows he should ask. He's a good guy forced to compromise with reality, not a saint, so he'd probably be willing to help bring in Defiler, if not that enthusiastically or effectively both because there are good reasons to do so, and because his position in the protectorate means it hurts the whole organization's superhero rep if he refuses.
megrisvernin said:
Remember from Taylor's position that she's had her reputation smeered because of Sophia, and then had her friend Damsel arrested by them & then had them try & arrest her. So far...she's avoided striking against them because she wants to think of herself as a hero. If they push it & try and arrest her? She might just decide that the PRT are proving as much of a nuisance in fighting crime as a help. I doubt she would go on a murder spree...but she might torch a few buildings & steal equipment & gear from them.
Canon Taylor dealt with FAR worse on this front than having people try to arrest her for breaking the law. She did think it was stupid and cumbersome and not effective, but she never went farther than trying to scare somebody in their home. For the same reasons she didn't attack Sophia and co if nothing else.
While Fiend-Taylor is more reckless on some levels, outside of Torment she's probably not that crazy to start a war with the PRT if they aren't escalating to that level.
