JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
Edit: Oh joy I'm top of the page. What a snipe, I can't wait to hear about how cool my thoughts are and how shiny my cauldron hat is/jk
I'd say it doesn't matter. Even if they know what we probably are behavior wise (which I'd remind they'd only have rumors and hearsay, which can't be relied on. We have a front row seat to our behavior, they don't) that just means there's no downside to shooting their shot. If not they'll play to our tune.
[x] Interesting. You mind telling me what you think happened? I'll tell you my perspective after.
To be honest I think this is gonna sink whatever Parro is planning before it even starts, though she'll probably still go with it in the off chance we're just cagey...Though maybe it won't tip her off as much as I'd think because her perspective is a bit warped in relation to our own? As it is there isn't much reason for her not to keep going unless she's about to reveal some shit that'd manage to top what they've done.
Really having thought of it, I'm not at all pleased with Iowa group, but really I'm not too pissed either. They're bandits in a world where the only loot that will keep you going is corpses and the labor of others. and the Incubator system promotes that at every turn. The alternatives is human sacrifice of people who aren't likely to die in the next year, or basically waiting until the Incubator decides your too big for your britches and holds off on contracting girls in your area until you have to fight other girls/ familiar farm/die/witch. Magical girls are already exhausting to fight, and so recouping the costs just makes sense (just a kind of sense that requires you to have a cold heart, or make said heart cold to manage).
It's a violent and excluding solution to the problems magical girls have faced, but the other pre-Sabrina alternatives weren't much better, either due to being similarly disgusting or not being nearly as reliable. That they didn't come to us when word got around we may be real is unfortunate, though also I'm sure they've heard of many such rumors going around for a while before it came out they were a trap, so I can't even really ding them for it. Ultimately this has all been discussed before, but I think unless they demonstrate some broke brained desire to continue when there is no indication it is necessary or even recommended for survival I think a relatively fast path to freedom on confirmation of their ability to abide by the rules is the path I'd recommend if whoever we foist the decision off to asks for our opinion. If any of them have powers useful to repairing the damage they've done or to advancing the cause of magical girl society that could also be nice to tap (they can be compensated fairly for their work/have a role in society built in once they're free women).
Unless they did crimes entirely unrelated to getting Grief Seeds from magical girls, in which case they can be tried standard wise unless it's only a crime because it 'hurts' rich people (because I don't really care about them). I'd still say the sentence should be focused on reform though (and with beings that live forever and bullshit magic I'd say there's not much you can't reform).
Just gonna post this rather than chicken out. It's already typed. I'm sure everyone has a million plans for whatever we are/aren't going to do, who's going to do them, and scads of opinions on Iowa (and opinions on my own opinions. At this point I'd like to say I'm used to being told I'm wrong on the internet, but it always feels bad when someone says you don't make any sense or are bad/wrong).
I'd say it doesn't matter. Even if they know what we probably are behavior wise (which I'd remind they'd only have rumors and hearsay, which can't be relied on. We have a front row seat to our behavior, they don't) that just means there's no downside to shooting their shot. If not they'll play to our tune.
[x] Interesting. You mind telling me what you think happened? I'll tell you my perspective after.
To be honest I think this is gonna sink whatever Parro is planning before it even starts, though she'll probably still go with it in the off chance we're just cagey...Though maybe it won't tip her off as much as I'd think because her perspective is a bit warped in relation to our own? As it is there isn't much reason for her not to keep going unless she's about to reveal some shit that'd manage to top what they've done.
Really having thought of it, I'm not at all pleased with Iowa group, but really I'm not too pissed either. They're bandits in a world where the only loot that will keep you going is corpses and the labor of others. and the Incubator system promotes that at every turn. The alternatives is human sacrifice of people who aren't likely to die in the next year, or basically waiting until the Incubator decides your too big for your britches and holds off on contracting girls in your area until you have to fight other girls/ familiar farm/die/witch. Magical girls are already exhausting to fight, and so recouping the costs just makes sense (just a kind of sense that requires you to have a cold heart, or make said heart cold to manage).
It's a violent and excluding solution to the problems magical girls have faced, but the other pre-Sabrina alternatives weren't much better, either due to being similarly disgusting or not being nearly as reliable. That they didn't come to us when word got around we may be real is unfortunate, though also I'm sure they've heard of many such rumors going around for a while before it came out they were a trap, so I can't even really ding them for it. Ultimately this has all been discussed before, but I think unless they demonstrate some broke brained desire to continue when there is no indication it is necessary or even recommended for survival I think a relatively fast path to freedom on confirmation of their ability to abide by the rules is the path I'd recommend if whoever we foist the decision off to asks for our opinion. If any of them have powers useful to repairing the damage they've done or to advancing the cause of magical girl society that could also be nice to tap (they can be compensated fairly for their work/have a role in society built in once they're free women).
Unless they did crimes entirely unrelated to getting Grief Seeds from magical girls, in which case they can be tried standard wise unless it's only a crime because it 'hurts' rich people (because I don't really care about them). I'd still say the sentence should be focused on reform though (and with beings that live forever and bullshit magic I'd say there's not much you can't reform).
Just gonna post this rather than chicken out. It's already typed. I'm sure everyone has a million plans for whatever we are/aren't going to do, who's going to do them, and scads of opinions on Iowa (and opinions on my own opinions. At this point I'd like to say I'm used to being told I'm wrong on the internet, but it always feels bad when someone says you don't make any sense or are bad/wrong).
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