Hm? What kind of powers would she even notice? Like, if he had a thinker power there's not much (him looking drunk and sleepy could be him viewing other places or getting precog visions). If he had a weak Brute power, there wouldn't be that much to notice unless her bugs were trying to bite him. Breaker powers are pretty much invisible except when active, if he was a Tinker there'd be some odd smells but given how long he works there's a lot of time to hide evidence, for him.
Heck, he could have his rat QA power and it wouldn't be immediately obvious unless Taylor was noticing all the rats in the basement or something.
Remember, Taylor has been
specializing in tracking down gang members and supervillains when they're out of costume. It would be a real stretch for her to miss one in her own home.
As per
3.1, Taylor has been training herself to spot contraband, so anything brought home from a cape life, she'd notice. Guns, drugs, cash, probably even just the smell of drugs. She'd notice a costume, definitely. And if he's working with other capes, she'd notice things like odd-hours excursions or weird phone calls. That goes double since Taylor herself is keeping odd hours too – if she gets home at 3AM and Danny isn't there, that's a big tipoff.
Plus, lots of powers have big tells when you're in such close contact. Rats tend to have fleas and other insect parasites, so Taylor should
immediately notice odd rat behavior, especially if they come into the house. The same goes, to a lesser extent, for any other minion-master type power; her bugs can clue her in easily when his minions don't think they're being watched. Any power he'd be tempted to use when alone, Taylor will spot him using when he
thinks he's alone. The only new Tinker in town has been that Merchants Tinker, who Taylor has been specifically tracking; no chance she'd miss the smells there. And hiding evidence wouldn't help – he'd smell unusually
clean, which is also out of character.
And, in behavioral tells, Danny certainly isn't acting like a working-class man who's just come into a whole lot of money. Supervillain and Protectorate hero both seem
extremely unlikely.
I feel like it would be stretching things pretty badly for Danny to be a currently-active cape without Taylor noticing. He may, of course, be a new trigger, still preparing to go out for the first time.
It's been really interesting to see Taylor starting to adopt Rachel's attitudes and outlook. I mean, in some ways it was almost more overt earlier with her having to remember to use ordinary human facial expressions, but still.
I'm still waiting on her to adopt Rachel's attitude toward her own powers. Lair covered in spiderweb and bees plz?
Sweetie, you're in love with a villain. That's about as deep as it gets.
I disagree here. I think most capes keep love and business separate.
She wore it! Lisa's having more of an effect than I realized!
It might also be that she's considering how few fucks Rachel would give...
It's silly, but for me it was mostly him playing a MtG analogue. Makes him a lot more relatable somehow.
But this seriously is a very well fleshed out Greg, while also being one who would fit his canon characterization pretty well? I could still see him being a little harsh on Greta or like, being oblivious about Skitter stuff, it's just that with Taylor she's actually talked back to him enough that he knows her and is more comfortable with her instead of trying too hard constantly.
Yeah, I like this Greg too, and I'm normally no fan. Well done!
