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WCDT: 2756-2760 (28 July-1 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Neko_Ali:
Plot twist: Winslow actually has secret programming and capabilities to act as a bodyguard for Hanners. If she is threatened in his presence, he can 'mecha-hulk-out' and deal with most danger. For anything he can't handle... he has a satellite uplink direct to Station... Unfortunately her dad's clever plan is thwarted by the fact that Hanners leaves Winslow home all the time.
I would be surprised if Hannelore's mother didn't have a security firm quietly keeping an eye on her, and running background on people she interacts with. So the question now... how will she rate May? Harmless, threat or potentially useful?
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 31 Jul 2014, 12:54 ---Plot twist: Winslow actually has secret programming and capabilities to act as a bodyguard for Hanners. If she is threatened in his presence, he can 'mecha-hulk-out' and deal with most danger. For anything he can't handle... he has a satellite uplink direct to Station... Unfortunately her dad's clever plan is thwarted by the fact that Hanners leaves Winslow home all the time.
I would be surprised if Hannelore's mother didn't have a security firm quietly keeping an eye on her, and running background on people she interacts with. So the question now... how will she rate May? Harmless, threat or potentially useful?
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Either harmless or potentially useful. On one hand, that May got caught would probably take her down several pegs in Hannermom's estimation. On the other hand, when we last saw her, she didn't seem to have much in common with (or, to look at it from her viewpoint, much use for) Hannelore generally. In May, she would likely sense someone she could put to good use.* That's when we'd find out just how much May had learned from, or been changed by, her experience in Robot Jail.
*Sorry if this sounds cold and calculating, but I'm trying to see this situation from the character's POV.
NilsO:
--- Quote from: Akima on 31 Jul 2014, 06:31 ---I imagine Hannermom having her own private airforce, as well as her platoons of elite mercenaries. Possibly submarines too; it has the Bond-villain vibe. Hannerdad prefers not to get his hands dirty, but takes care of orbital surveillance, and bombardment. Oh, and killbots. I have always assumed that anyone foolish enough to threaten Hanners would regret it very much, very quickly. What, you think that a stealth airship isn't permanently on station over Northampton?
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Wow. That was a lot more sinister than I imagined. Kudos :psyduck:
judemorrigan:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 31 Jul 2014, 10:34 ---My grandfather wasn't a billionaire, but he was a millionaire. My dad grew up poor. Your logic isn't infalliable here.
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I never said it was a universal truth. I suggested it was a reasonable default assumption. At the very least, it's a more reasonable (and different) assumption than that she'd be supported by her parents simply because she was a woman in her 20s.
Neko_Ali:
Actually I wouldn't think her parents would support her because she's in her 20s, but rather because she suffers from an array of mental illness that make holding down most jobs difficult if not impossible. She works part time at the CoD with her friends, and she does or at least used to do work for her mother, tracking down number discrepancies and such. Working at CoD is more therapy than work though for her. And I doubt that most employers would be able to keep her around long. Dora is more understanding because she knows and likes Hannelore, so she's willing to give her slack when she has a near-psychotic break because she's been up four days straight, or has a major panic attack, or forgets her pants again and so on and so forth.
That said, it really doesn't seem like she has to worry about money. I imagine it is a combination of trust fund and shares in ECT. Her parents certainly watch out for her, but they are also giving her this space to grow. She did have a rather atypical childhood after all.
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