10.6 - "The End"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.6. Episode Notes: We forgot about Dauntless again RIP :( Jenny brings down the hammer on Taylor’s foolishness Is Taylor taking the same kind of deal Kayden did? Ted tries to shore up Jenny’s secret takedown theory The real problem with Taylor’s request is that she’s no threat to Coil Why save the world when you can save one girl? Maybe this is night eight of Coil trying crazier and crazier schemes to get his hands on this data If Jack brings the end, he’s gonna need some Endbringers We get another set of story-defining stakes laid out here Interpreting Taylor’s apparent foolishness psychologically vs. narratively At podcast speed you might drown in narrative tension Do we only cut Taylor slack to the extent that she’s narratively dominating? Look, at least Regent isn’t controlling Shadow Stalker, Vista, AND Kid Win Is it fucked up or does it just look fucked up? Would you rather experience one Regent-sized bad day or one hundred Sophia-sized bad days? Bad things will certainly happen if Sophia doesn’t just slink away Taylor dominates Bitch: heartless or “the heart”? Good or bad, this seems pretty easy for Taylor The Undersiders have no real opposition left in Brockton Bay Shatterbird, uh, controls spiders? Violence is sticky And a coping mechanism Ted defends Rachel’s betrayal What Taylor says may be obscured by how she says it How do the rest of the Undersiders see Skitter? Coil gets his Dr. Claw on Predictions for the next two interludes Links: https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-6/ https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow