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Poliamida said:
*Sigh* I know! I find it incredibly tedious and boring, that's why I like giving my characters the means to kill whoever they want so I can focus on the drama I actually enjoy. Like questioning if having the power to do something gives them the right to do it. Or how they handle life when they achieve their objectives and realize that doing that didn't give them what they wanted.
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Its the fine line Superman writers have to walk, they've gotten it wrong at least as often as they get it right.

The ability to do anything doesn't mean the ability to do everything.

This is a scene from the Injustice series that I quite like discussing just that. The ability to act does not make it a good idea, even for a good cause. Most 'big' issues aren't simple enough to be solved in one action.

I've even seen a couple of fics here go into it, Brockton Bay needs a lot more than just the gangs to go away, it needs to be rebuilt, it needs jobs, it needs for it's citizens to be able to have and support a peaceful way of life. And that's a big damn problem, and no amount of face punching will make it happen.
 
Anytime I see "Newt" I keep thinking about Newter, the Case 53. Now that Coil is gone, who the heck holds his former Downtown territory? I assume that is where the Empire attacked.

Poliamida said:
I want to believe that my calling in this world is to knock prideful people down a notch or two." So much hypocrisy. "So yes, it was necessary.
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So it wasn't necessary at all. Nice, Tattletale. Clearly Tattletale is jealous of Glory Girl getting to close to Tech Priest.

Tattletale cried about how the E88 gave the PRT all the ammo they need against Heavy Gear, but I don't see it that way. This attack completely undermined Kaiser's strategy of staying quiet and slamming the PRT publicly as Max Anders for the Coil fiasco. I like that Taylor is already thinking about how to turn this situation into an even bigger advantage.

The biggest issue from this fight is that Heavy Gear killed Crusader in a way that can only be understood as lethal intent. Heavy Gear has multiple methods for knocking people unconscious stopping, and Crusader's power doesn't protect him at all from the Swarm. Blowing him away with heavy machine gun hydralisk fire is too blatant. Preventing cape deaths is a big priority for the PRT.

Poliamida said:
Maybe this is my deeply, deeply cynical self talking, but I grew up learning that 'government' is a cannibalistic machine whose only objective is its own survival, and that politics is the tool that the rich elite uses to steal everything that's not bolted down, screw everyone they don't like, and then flee the country to live the rest of their lives in peace and prosperity.
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Stealing everything that's not bolted down is politics. Honestly, it depends. In the US, a shocking majority of government employees actually want to do a good job. Unfortunately, the politicians are often as bad as you think.

Mayor Christner (mayor of Brockton Bay) is a lot better than most politicians. He stayed in Brockton Bay through all the disasters, even in canon after he was attacked in his home. Piggot and other leaders in the PRT and Protectorate aren't looting the city and fleeing. I've always liked fan fictions that had a competent PRT and Protectorate.
 
Poliamida said:
Is their pride worth setting the world on fire? How far are they willing to go?
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Yes. All the way to the end. I mean what is the point of having powers if you cant use them to support your ambition, secure your family and stand at the top. Considering that the alternative is just bend over and surrender to a corrupt prejudiced Gov that treats parahumans as lesser people or super Evil, amoral Cauldron?
 
Xared said:
They literally wanted BB to be taken over by a parahuman warlord
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Being named Coil, Skitter or... Lady Tails the Fluffy. They don't care who as long there is one.

That could save Heavy Gear since they are starting to fall in that direction without knowing... or maybe knowing but they can't stop now, stopping means leaving people to root and die.
 
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Shadow Archon said:
Oh crap. Don't tell me he's basically created a proto-Khala?
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More about that on the chapter after the interlude when Peter finishes building the Poppibuster

Shadow Archon said:
It will definitely make people think Master and panic if it spreads or becomes public knowledge.
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Well, it wont spread as long as they don't have an easy way to make humans bond with Khaydarin.

deadlyham said:
Now that Coil is gone, who the heck holds his former Downtown territory?
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He never really have a territory, at least not officially. What he did have were a ton of mercenaries. The human one were captured, the cape ones... well, you'll see soon enough.

deadlyham said:
Piggot and other leaders in the PRT and Protectorate aren't looting the city and fleeing. I've always liked fan fictions that had a competent PRT and Protectorate.
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I do try to write them as competent, just under a shiton of pressure.
 
If Peter is thinking of who I think he's thinking of, I don't think that'll do anything to improve his reputation as a Harem King. Not really his fault, but most of the significant characters in Worm are female.

I'm thinking Nia, since she's the only Blade I know of that has actually brought the dead back to life, though it's never clear if there's a time limit. Byako didn't do it, so I'm assuming it's something limited to her, since she's such a powerful healing blade.

Problem is, her blade form wears what is essentially a fetish...I want to say shrine maiden costume. It's essentially just a skimpy one piece with knee socks and poofy sleeves that looks somewhat religious to me. Oh, and she's a cat girl.

I would love to see the girl's reactions if he does bring out Nia. They're already teasing him about Newt, they might actually do an intervention after NIa. It's not Peter's fault that a bunch of the artists for Xenoblade 2 were Hentai Artists.

Nia was actually done by Saito Masatsugu, who did both H and Non-H stuff, so that probably explains her character design.

Why, yes, she is my favorite Blade, so I'm hoping to see her here.
 
Kotar said:
If Peter is thinking of who I think he's thinking of, I don't think that'll do anything to improve his reputation as a Harem King. Not really his fault, but most of the significant characters in Worm are female.

I'm thinking Nia, since she's the only Blade I know of that has actually brought the dead back to life, though it's never clear if there's a time limit. Byako didn't do it, so I'm assuming it's something limited to her, since she's such a powerful healing blade.

Problem is, her blade form wears what is essentially a fetish...I want to say shrine maiden costume. It's essentially just a skimpy one piece with knee socks and poofy sleeves that looks somewhat religious to me. Oh, and she's a cat girl.

I would love to see the girl's reactions if he does bring out Nia. They're already teasing him about Newt, they might actually do an intervention after NIa. It's not Peter's fault that a bunch of the artists for Xenoblade 2 were Hentai Artists.

Nia was actually done by Saito Masatsugu, who did both H and Non-H stuff, so that probably explains her character design.

Why, yes, she is my favorite Blade, so I'm hoping to see her here.
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Eventually someone from outside the group will ask TT if she's also one of Peter's creations. I can imagine her answer being something along the lines of 'don't you see that I'm wearing pants?!'

Also, you forgot the most interesting part of her: she attacks her enemies using super cancer. The description of one of her attacks is "Destroy enemies from within by manipulating the power of regeneration."
 
Poliamida said:
I do try to write them as competent, just under a shiton of pressure.
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The author has time to go back and edit. Characters, on the other hand, don't get do-overs. As far as they know, however they get it the first time - right or wrong - is what they have to live with.

And there's always room for chaos to come in and make it worse, as long as the population density is too high to support with a hunter/gatherer/scavenger model of living. So 'tear it all down and rebuild in the ashes', applied to even the hell that is Brockton Bay's paradigm, is asking for deaths in the hundreds of thousands. Which is why authorities end up precedenting themselves into the corner of tolerating gang control of most of the city: They don't want a repeat of the Boston Games, or a repeat of the power vacuum that occurred after Marquis was birdcaged and the Teeth were stomped out the second time, leaving no gangs tough enough to resist the E88 (until Lung showed up).
 
Ridli Scott said:
Being named Coil, Skitter or... Lady Tails the Fluffy. They don't care who as long there is one.

That could save Heavy Gear since they are starting to fall in that direction without knowing... or maybe knowing but they can't stop now, stopping means leaving people to root and die.
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Well Taylor is reading War and Management Books so she is starting to be on-board with the whole "Empress" thing Peter dump on her.

Poliamida said:
Also, you forgot the most interesting part of her: she attacks her enemies using super cancer. The description of one of her attacks is "Destroy enemies from within by manipulating the power of regeneration."
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When is the face off between her and Amy "I will give you all the cancer" Dallon ? :lol:
 
DarianAmell said:
Well Taylor is reading War and Management Books so she is starting to be on-board with the whole "Empress" thing Peter dump on her.
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Trying to improve things in the city by conquering it is a good thing if that allows you to avoid any Cauldron interference, they would ruin everything.

DarianAmell said:
When is the face off between her and Amy "I will give you all the cancer" Dallon ?
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If this happens Nia has a full-body suit with a hood, has the reflexes and agility of a cat and her attacks are rated as blaster.

Panpan: *unending rage*
 
Poliamida said:
A small tangent here that I think it's related: there was no good opportunity to show it during this interlude, but the way I'm writing her and Dean's relationship is that they haven't permanently broken up yet because they'd feel guilty going out with other people. They both know that they have master powers that they can't turn off, Vicky with her aura and Dean with his empathy-vision. Because of this they don't believe they will ever get intimacy with anyone as long as that person isn't immune. They'd have broken up long ago if they didn't have powers.
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Wait Here so If Vicky found Somebody immune to her power and Likes him more than Dean would she permanently Break up with him? Like immediately?
 
Bbbbb said:
So she would Not?
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It's dependent on the situation no doubt.
If she was at the time not meeting Dean (during one of their non-talking periods), met a new person and started seeing them, than baring any unforeseen couple issues, they would likely stay together.
After all, what would be the point of going back to him if she was happy with someone else?
 
Bbbbb said:
Wait Here so If Vicky found Somebody immune to her power and Likes him more than Dean would she permanently Break up with him? Like immediately?
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Like Kazmiz said, Vicky isn't desperate for a relationship right now, and with their faults she gets along with Dean well enough. It would be a slow process of getting to know this new person first and then finding the right words to tell Dean this if she decides to break permanently with him.

Edit: also, this isn't something that she consciously knows about herself. The issue is there, but she hasn't faced it directly yet or admited it to herself.
 
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It depends upon if Leviathan has changed targets or not. If Leviathan is still going after Noelle, it depends upon where she and the Travelers are at.

If they're in Boston, Boston may be hit by Leviathan instead of Brockton Bay. If Peter has become a juicier target than Noelle, either being more vulnerable or at an opportune time to hit him before he gets better tech, it's possible Leviathan attacks the Bay, but it won't be for the canon reason. It's even possible for another Endbringer to show up if the target and reason for the attack is different. Peter as a Tinker of Fiction and a non-blank is Ziz-bait.
 
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