11.h - "Refusing The Call"

Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.h. Episode Notes: Jenny didn’t see it coming but Ted brought receipts Look, I know you weren’t asking, but the incest math checks out Amy got her “resenting an unwanted burden” from her mom I guess Intrusive romantic feelings are deeply tragic Jenny and Ted do what Assault and Battery simply refuse to do Amy’s fantasies and fatalism The category of “healing” never really cohered Bonesaw kicks Amy across a series of red lines and Amy’s like “guess it’s purge rules for me now YOLO” Reading between the lines, Amy’s just making excuses Ted makes a pretty bad analogy to Canary but give him a second he explains it better Amy’s power is so dangerous to herself and others that the Protectorate really fucked up by not getting to her before Bonesaw Victoria, sowing: Just use your fucking power on brains already! Victoria, reaping: Well this fucking sucks, I love you, what the fuck So… would you really handle it any better than Victoria, listeners? Ted speculates that this was really triggering for Victoria Calling back to the “bus kiss” At least we met a more functional lesbian first “Evil” feelings don’t make you evil, and isn’t everybody kind of fucked up anyway? Amy craves novelty and lacks empathy… but for pretty okay reasons!!! What Amy can learn from Bonesaw: the power of a growth mindset Is Amy’s power a threat to her sense of self in an existential way? Bonesaw pushes Amy down the slippery slope and it all feels so easy Is Amy gettable? Nah, but partly because she doesn’t believe in herself Morality and fellowship seem completely alien to Bonesaw Wait, how old exactly was Bonesaw when she triggered? You can be a good scientist without being a good person Bonesaw would not approve of this podcast’s explicit rating Are the powers parasites? Tools? Agents? If the who and what of powers are accidents, is there a why? Bonesaw scoops Faultline’s thesis project Yeah, of course all of the bio-manipulators will have major issues! Ted reveals his pro-Bonesaw bias and Jenny pitches the best Worm adaptation yet Did Carol leave that letter for Amy to find? Parenting is necessarily coercive Ted celebrates a well-constructed tragic plot Amy’s not learning very good lessons from her no good terrible very bad day Thinking back to Victoria in Dennis’ chapter Is Panacea a rogue? We might be harder on Mark if Carol wasn’t right there in comparison Ted’s worst date Fates worse than death Bonesaw reminds us that the hero / villain arms race is ongoing Hatchet Face is Michael Myers Jenny looks in the mirror Maybe part of Amy’s curse is that her power is too easy to use The arachnid system As much as Amy needs a therapist you can’t lead with that, Victoria Predictions Links: https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-h/ https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow