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« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2012, 11:27:39 am » |
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Oh, man, if he hadn't switched to online bill-pay before, I bet he has now.  |
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Falkner to Worth: "'Competent'" is not an insult."
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« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2012, 11:52:18 am » |
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I presume his comment on the whole proceedings was "Harrumph."
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« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2012, 01:27:46 pm » |
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Daphne: You can do this. You just have to stand up on it.
Chaz: Can't.
Daphne: Stand up on it, damn you.
Chaz: On belay?
Daphne: Belay on.
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« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2012, 02:30:04 pm » |
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Oh, man, if he hadn't switched to online bill-pay before, I bet he has now. That's assuming he has online access. From the description of him, I would wonder about that, and the employee's reaction simply stank of privilege. |
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« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2012, 08:36:19 am » |
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Oh, man, if he hadn't switched to online bill-pay before, I bet he has now. That's assuming he has online access. From the description of him, I would wonder about that, and the employee's reaction simply stank of privilege. Really? After she's comparing working in a bank to working retail? She's a temp and she used to work in a diner. This does not strike me as a person of privilege. And the only description of the dude was that he was old, wore a hat, and had got sweat all over an overdue bill. Which having spent some time in retail, I can assure you that handing a worker something disgustingly sweaty and damp is not a marker of the sort of poverty that would bar an American from online access. Nor is having an overdue bill. People's bills are overdue for all kinds of reasons unrelated to their ability to pay. |
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No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.
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« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2012, 01:21:17 pm » |
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Sure, Sondra (the teller)'s reaction would have been pretty rude and full of possibly invalid assumptions had she said it out loud, but she didn't. If people doing retail can't indulge in internal snark at annoying customers then we'll likely see a lot more violence in the workplace.
I'm confused about Mr. Morrison's manifestation. In some places it seemed like it was just metal that he could mess with (the filling killing trick being his primary attack mode), but the window removal was acting on the glue?
The window thing also suggests his power isn't even vaguely limited by touch. Ungluing a wall of windows would require touching a bunch of disconnected bits of glue. I guess he could need contact with something solid that's connected to his target, but the ground would provide that for most things. Good thing he didn't figure that out. Still, how are they going to keep him in Idlewood if he gets bored and decides to take a walk?
Thanks for the cosy episode, Leah. I shudder to think what's coming next.
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2012, 07:50:26 pm » |
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It says something that my brain classifies this as a warm-and-fuzzy episode. I'm kind of scared to look at what, precisely, it might say, though.
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2012, 07:34:50 am » |
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It says something that my brain classifies this as a warm-and-fuzzy episode. I'm kind of scared to look at what, precisely, it might say, though.
I think Mr Special Agent Who Does Voices Tan said it for you, thinking about the previous case he got dragged into invited along on: the things he'd seen in that bunker--the cages, the fear--or the way the agents from Down the Hall had barely seemed to feel it. How they'd looked at those things as if they weren't the worst thing they'd ever seen before.
As if there were worse things. ... as we know perfectly well there are. Many of whom are getting 3 meals a day on the government's dime in Idlewood. |
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« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2012, 12:56:34 pm » |
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... as we know perfectly well there are. Many of whom are getting 3 meals a day on the government's dime in Idlewood.
Hmm. That'd be an interesting twist. We don't need a dramatic super hero break out event to get Morrison (and...) out of Idlewood. "Biding his time for the inevitable Arkham jailbreak," Tan said in an ominous voice.
Brady nodded. "Unfortunately for Morrison, nobody busts villains out of Idlewood to keep the story going for another hundred issues."
He cut off the last syllable too fast. Tan restrained himself from cocking an eyebrow: That we know of, floated into the subtext. He looked disturbed.
Briefly, Arthur Tan wondered what Agent Brady was hiding. A simple mundane budget cut could handle it nicely. I wonder what the plan is for scuttling Idlewood should it come to that? |
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« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2012, 06:37:15 pm » |
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Hmm. And now I'm thinking of gammas who may or may not be dead, and of comeback issues.
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« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2012, 11:08:49 pm » |
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Was this episode shorter than usual? Or did it just seem that way from the merciful lack of ick and angst?
Personally I liked the CBLDF shoutout.
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« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2012, 03:24:42 am » |
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Hmm. And now I'm thinking of gammas who may or may not be dead, and of comeback issues.
Don't ALL gammas have issues? |
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #27 on: August 12, 2012, 11:06:04 am » |
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Hmm. And now I'm thinking of gammas who may or may not be dead, and of comeback issues.
Don't ALL gammas have issues? Comeback issues. Particular ones. You know. |
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« Reply #28 on: August 12, 2012, 09:19:58 pm » |
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Given the prevalence of post-credit monster's-not-dead moments in horror films, you'd think a lot of gammas would have comeback issues.
(I hope the PTB don't see this. I don't need a gammapire.)
Oh, look! An ECR! *runs offstage while PTB are distracted*
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2012, 09:18:50 am » |
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Given the prevalence of post-credit monster's-not-dead moments in horror films, you'd think a lot of gammas would have comeback issues.
(I hope the PTB don't see this. I don't need a gammapire.)
Three Gammas. All with "I'm a Vampire" mythology. Only, they all have very different ideas of what a Vampire is. They meet up. HijinksUnspeakable horrors ensue. |
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