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I feel like Taylor must've run across a partial episode of Fighting Foodons or something of the sort.
 
I have read the comments, and am picturing Vicky with a four-count shrimp in her hair; possibly with Edger waiting with some smaller ones to add as well...

("Throw a Shrimp on the Barbie" was a common enough phrase/response to an unexpected guest once upon a time. It goes without saying that said shrimp tended to be on the larger size...)
 
FaerieKnight79 said:
Not a magical girl at all, it's a magical grill.
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I'm sorry, but it's obvious there's a spelling mistake. So, that makes Taylor the 'magical girl'. She's just the sort more likely to wear weird-looking goggles, a flying helmet, and a trench-coat. And, steel-toed boots. Can't forget those...

(No wand required. Or, it might be something seriously atom-punk. Who knows?)
 
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I'm a little puzzled. To me, for the first part of the story Carol seemed to be improving. Yes, she still wasn't acknowledging Amy properly, but she seemed to be acting more decent. I assumed because she saw, through the evidence in the lawsuit, how damaging the way she was acting could affect her kids. I assumed, I guess incorrectly, that Carol's improvement would continue, eventually leading to a better relationship between her and Amy. Yet, as soon as Edgar showed up, we seem to be right back to treating her as the complete bitch she's usually portrayed as. The way Edgar is treating her, with her own family backing him up, seems to indicate they never saw any improvement in her at all, that she deserves the crap she's getting now.

I'm kinda thrown by this, does anyone else see anything to it, or is it just me?
 
forklifter16 said:
The way Edgar is treating her, with her own family backing him up, seems to indicate they never saw any improvement in her at all, that she deserves the crap she's getting now.
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The way I see it, Edgar still being alive is proof that Carol has grown and improved a lot. I can't imagine that she wouldn't have eliminated him as a pest in her house if she were still as rigid as she was before. Of course, I also think that she doesn't really see his antics as malicious, just irritating.
 
Cutiepie said:
The way I see it, Edgar still being alive is proof that Carol has grown and improved a lot. I can't imagine that she wouldn't have eliminated him as a pest in her house if she were still as rigid as she was before. Of course, I also think that she doesn't really see his antics as malicious, just irritating.
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If Edgar is as clever as we think, there's a possibility that Carol CAN'T turn him in to toasted raven because he's too smart to be swatted by a light baton or sword.

Ever tried to swat a fly and missed a dozen plus times? If you scale it up to raven size, and give it some seriously potent gray matter, you'd get an adversary that's nigh impossible to tag, no matter how close you get. All it would take is Edgar deciding to get his revenge a few times by depositing worms in Carol's ear while she sleeps, or even on a meal she was getting ready to eat, and Carol would refuse to be in the same room with him. Could you blame her for not wanting him anywhere near her if he was that determined to make her life hell?
 
Assembler Maniac said:
If Edgar is as clever as we think, there's a possibility that Carol CAN'T turn him in to toasted raven because he's too smart to be swatted by a light baton or sword.
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One way of reading things is that Edgar is using more... dimensions than the 3.5 available to Carol in dodging her... Maybe not completely, but just enough. Otherwise, by now, I'd expect that Carol would have at least a feather-tip as a trophy. Also, Edgar may be able to get in and out of paces without taking the trouble to open doors. Sometimes, maybe only if unobserved, anyways.

Also... It's possible Edgar sees pranking her as 'cheering her up', shaking her out of being so dour and gloomy. And, in the process, cheering everyone else up! (Particularly her husband.) So, he's performing an important role in the Dallon family! However. I think we can be preeetttyyy sure Carol doesn't see things this way.

Way she's going Carol is heading towards a second trigger that gives her yard-across energy constructs, all the better for raven-swatting...

Does Carol's Power approve of raven-conflict? Has QA told it to stop having Carol pick on Amy? Because, QA has predicted Taylor would want a happier Amy?
 
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Assembler Maniac said:
Ever tried to swat a fly and missed a dozen plus times? If you scale it up to raven size, and give it some seriously potent gray matter, you'd get an adversary that's nigh impossible to tag, no matter how close you get. All it would take is Edgar deciding to get his revenge a few times by depositing worms in Carol's ear while she sleeps, or even on a meal she was getting ready to eat, and Carol would refuse to be in the same room with him. Could you blame her for not wanting him anywhere near her if he was that determined to make her life hell?
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Late at night, you lie in bed, trying to sleep. You are already dozing off, feeling that bit of floating unreality that comes just before you lose consciousness.
And then the sound of ruffling feathers brings you crashing down and you lie there, wide awake.
 
Assembler Maniac said:
Ever tried to swat a fly and missed a dozen plus times? If you scale it up to raven size, and give it some seriously potent gray matter, you'd get an adversary that's nigh impossible to tag, no matter how close you get. All it would take is Edgar deciding to get his revenge a few times by depositing worms in Carol's ear while she sleeps, or even on a meal she was getting ready to eat, and Carol would refuse to be in the same room with him. Could you blame her for not wanting him anywhere near her if he was that determined to make her life hell?
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PossiblyEnos said:
Late at night, you lie in bed, trying to sleep. You are already dozing off, feeling that bit of floating unreality that comes just before you lose consciousness.
And then the sound of ruffling feathers brings you crashing down and you lie there, wide awake.
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And when your eyes inevitably stray towards your window, you see that silhouette you've come to dread, its eyes shining from refracted light from outside sources, and you hear that one sound you have come to absolutely loathe:

"Kronk."
 
SanguisAnima said:
And when your eyes inevitably stray towards your window, you see that silhouette you've come to dread, its eyes shining from refracted light from outside sources, and you hear that one sound you have come to absolutely loathe:

"Kronk."
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Nah. He says nothing. Just lets you lie there and stare. And your eyes grow heavy again, you're dozing of. And the sound of rustling feathers brings you crashing down again.

It's much funnier if he doesn't actively acknowledge he's doing this. Just sitting there, innocently.
 
"CAROL!! That was my Dad's grandfather clock!
And you've taken the back corner off the sofa!!
THAT'S IT!
NO Light Swords in the house! NO powers at ALL in the House!
And YOU, if you're gonna live here then you need to behave in a civil manner!
Dang it! I'm already having trouble dealing with life! I don't need all this..."

"Kronk?" (Can a Raven look sheepish?)
 
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