13.x - "They Could Work Together"

Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.x. Episode Notes: Even before the summary we are discussing whether Emily War Crimes is a villain, in several senses of the word Evil ends vs. evil means Given what else we’ve read, it’s tough to say she’s just being paranoid Can she control you? The kind of “hero” Taylor has come to expect Emily’s career so far must cast a shadow on her present feelings The (we hope) PR hit from obvious war crimes Parapolitical theory Why can’t we all just get along? Self-justifying ends Do they need to beat the Nine or just survive them? Emily’s plan is so bad and self-aggrandizing we compare her to Colin Emily prefers inhuman technology to all-too-human capes Metaphor blindness The plan is doomed if only because it was fully explained Mid-episode predictions LGBT = Legend Gay Blue Triumvirate At least Legend feels guilty when he’s bad Alexandria, Siberian, Clockblocker, and who or what gets to be most invulnerable A world without Hero Everything’s coming up Siberian We’re gonna see Ol’ Jackie Slash wriggle his way out of this jam Battery will be depleted, er, defeated No plague (Bonesaw had her chance in Arc 12 anyway) Training montage! A grab bag of smaller topics Emily sings “Little Capes” The Wards need a youth pastor Emily doesn’t mind other normals Oh so the system that gives someone apparently unaccountable power is leading to this sort of thing, huh? Emily bears witness Is having people that matter to you fertile ground for cultivating ethics? What’s her backstory?? Emily sees the live possibility of a sudden heroic sacrifice The purpose of government The irony of Emily not being a cape Links: https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/interlude-13/ https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow