Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDT - December 2014
BenRG:
She's his sister?!? Well, all I can say is either that's an unconventional family, they have weird genetics or one of them is seriously into body modifications! I also hope that the family knows a good dentist!
Oh, BTW, loved the Batman-style "This is My Town" thing! I'm just wondering how literal a statement that is.
hedgie:
One of 'em could be adopted.
ReindeerFlotilla:
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¿Que?
Ardent is from a post nanotech society. A heavily armed one, based on old sis.
Nanotech is scifi for "magic." But aside from that, Ardent was very specific in pointing out that people are largely heterogeneous where he's from. He was also miffed that Alice didn't appreciate his tail.
Ardent is from a place where people choose how they look. He chose to be small, blue and mostly naked. His sister went with something else.
Alice doesn't seem to care.
The question that comes to mind for me is whether or not Alice is keeping her town ignorant of what is possible. They're obviously ignorant. But do they want it that way or did Alice make that choice for them?
BenRG:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 23 Dec 2014, 01:16 ---The question that comes to mind for me is whether or not Alice is keeping her town ignorant of what is possible. They're obviously ignorant. But do they want it that way or did Alice make that choice for them?
--- End quote ---
If society 'outside' is massively self-modifying through nanotech and (likely) cybernetics and gene-splicing, then the concept of a 'pure' human might be increasingly lost. It is possible that the area where Alice lives is either a 'reservation' for non-conformist groups or an attempt by someone (or possibly a collection of governments and corporations) to maintain a 'pure' human bloodline, just in case all these modifications get out of hand and cause a genetic collapse (the so-called 'photocopying error' issue). For this reason, outside influences that might disrupt this purity must be kept to a minimum. However, I do think that these people are partially aware of what's going on (hence Jack and his uncle both immediately turning to Alice in an apparent crisis).
Who is Alice? She's from Outside, of course. She's the town's Caretaker, Protector, Guardian or whatever you call it. She is the one responsible for maintaining the purity, the balance and the order. It's just a paying job but, even though she attempts to affect a cynical, detached demeanour, I get the impression that she does feel a personal responsibility to these people and the little bubble world in which they live. Maybe, on a certain level, she considers it a happier life than that 'enjoyed' by those Outside.
BTW - I wonder if Ardent and his sister are from an Off-World Colony? That would explain 'up'.
MrNumbers:
You know what's less fun than being punched to death?
No, seriously, I'm asking, I can't think of anything..
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