Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDT - November 2014
Loki:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 24 Nov 2014, 19:12 ---Why is Jack so afraid of her? What is it that she can do to people who get out of line?
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I suspect it's mostly headology. Fear usually doesn't really work by rationally estimating outcomes - it is fear of the unknown, and I am sure she does not a lot to stifle any rumors that must be abound.
I really like Ardent's tail in the last panel.
Schmorgluck:
Wait... You're not supposed to ask?
explicit:
--- Quote from: Schmorgluck on 24 Nov 2014, 22:56 ---Wait... You're not supposed to ask?
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Looks like someone has egg on their face
BenRG:
Oh... Shit. Yeah, she's the Caretaker alright and, based on Jack's fear, she has a reputation of doing whatever it takes to keep the experiment balanced.
What can she do? I've got a mental image of Ardent standing in front of a pit he just dug in the woods, Alice standing behind him with a gun pointed at his head. She's about to 'take care of it', as Jack so nervously put it. I doubt it will go that far but I think she has a lot of power and resources and the freedom to use them to protect these people.
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Of course, if she uses the 'headology' tactic, she could be very, very subtle. Maybe up to and including an entirely psychosomatic 'curse' that is a negative reinforcement against what he thinks he wants ("All hominids on this planet are non-symptomatic carriers of a permanently-disfiguring STD. The only way to escape it is to never enter this planet's ecosphere again."). Basically, not only make him leave and be afraid to ever come back but to also make sure everyone he contacts is afraid to ever visit.
cloudbuster:
Ok, I just have to note that it is totally unfair to create a character that has one, notable, "really big" characteristic, then NOT SHOW US said characteristic!
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