Ahahaha, Fries is Wayne's Ivo, he threatens to abandon plans and act on his own if he's not put on the "Study how to heal McGregor's Syndrome" action.
In fairness, Fries has a pretty understandable motive, probably more so than Ivo. Ivo was deliberately overlooking or breezing past options for preserving his own life for the sake of perfecting a
super-powered robot body. By contrast, Fries isn't pointlessly hampering himself out of sheer pride so much.
Aaand, well. Wayne is right to free that Fries would jump ship if given the chance; we'd move Heaven and Earth to hire him, and we already have a strong cryonics division. Though we might want to hire a doctor hero specifically to work on McGregor's Syndrome, since that's not a condition Fries himself is actually that much of an expert on.
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Side note:
I've heard an alternate take on Fries, a somewhat darker interpretation of the character. Namely, that the cryogenic freezing procedure he used on Nora
killed her, ruptured her cells with freezer-burn, and that he simply refuses to admit that she is for all intents and purposes a frozen corpse, effectively irretrievable. This would explain why despite the enormous proliferation of mad and advanced science in the DCU, and the fact that there are people and entities who would offer him
literal deals with the Devil if he's that desperate to bring his wife back... no one has. Because she's
dead, not just sick.
That sounds an awful lot like our relationship with the Riddler. Maybe we could bond over that when he finally makes time to look into it.
You know, that would be hilarious.
Alternatively, Lex Luthor villain monologues and brings up a few points, like his relationship with Ivo, and
deduces Batman's secret identity just by watching him flinch at key moments that remind Batman of his own problems.
Lex: "Hmm, you know what it's really like, don't you? That... rather sharply limits the number of men you could be..."
Alternative-alternatively:
Lex: "I know, you're
Oliver Queen!"
We haven't had any real problems with her since Mercy got her to stop breaking everyone's guns. It should be fine as long as she's just exploring the expo and not expected to make an impression on anyone, right?
I mean, she's mostly surrounded by people who know to expect odd behavior from her (like climbing into vents), and she hasn't dealt with large groups of the random public before. Lex is in a good position to fire anyone who sets her off or rings her alarm bells, at LexCorp HQ. Not such a good position at a public exposition.
I think she shouldn't have security, since that would draw unwanted attention to her, but a minder should be fine for that.
Keeping her with us would mean there's a lot of us doing business that she's just kind of there for. I think she'd be better off with us trusting Pamela with her, at least while we're occupied.
Hmmm, that's a fair point except that there's a problem:
King crimson said:
(Cassandra and Pamela get along too well. Pamela has a soft spot for children and folds very easily to anything that Cassandra might want from her. Cassandra on the other hand will exploit this for all it's worth and will not focus on any tasks she is given choosing instead to indulge in Pamela's kindness. The two will have a lot of fun spending time with each other but they will not be productive at all when it comes to working as they'll drive each other to distraction)
Their co-op score is -0.2, for this reason. Basically, Pamela is too indulgent to make a good minder for Cassandra.
Still, you're not wrong
as such.
@Silvereagle21
@Void Stalker
Amending my write-in to the version seen below (keeping Cassandra with Lex, Mercy, or Oswald. Mercy and Oswald are the only two 'inner circle' hero units who have high co-op with her and who are a good choice to mind a child)
[X] [Child] Write-in: Let Cassandra attend so long as she always stays with you, Mercy, or Oswald. Let Jinx attend with an adult minder, so long as she stays well away from the more volatile booths and stations. Have one hero unit with reasonably good Jinx co-op and Martial stats (Lisa, Roxanne, Pamela, or Mick) mind and escort Jinx at any time that she is present.
[Clarification; I'm not saying it needs to be the same person escorting Jinx every time, or all the time- just one off that list]
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[X] Plan: What you know & Who you know
- [X] [Ticket] Barbara Gordon
- [X] [Ticket] Natasha Irons
- [X] [Ticket] Malcom Duncan
- [X] [Ticket] Isaiah Crockett
- [X] [Ticket] Antonia Monetti
- [X] [Ticket] Karen Beecher
- [X] [Ticket] Frances Kane
- [X] [Ticket] David Grahm
- [X] [Ticket] William Kramer
- [X] [Ticket] Tomas "Tommy" Lee
