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Alice Grove MCDT - May 2015

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BenRG:
Just a reminder that Alice is fundamentally not a nice person. Panel 6 reminds us that she is super-strong and that she likes hitting people. :-o That said, there is an oddly ritual feel to her threats. Did she ever serve as a military DI?

Also, it's now confirmed that Alice is very old. Jedediah would have know if she was lying about how long that she's been around.


--- Quote from: ysth on 14 May 2015, 22:07 ---Awesome, awesome range of facial expressions.
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Agreed 100%

NilsO:

--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 14 May 2015, 20:58 ---Aaaand now I don't like Alice. I have an automatic dislike for anyone who says 'I'm older and smarter than you, so I don't have to explain myself.' I also have an automatic dislike for anyone who says 'I'm bigger and stronger than you, so do what I say.'  Alice just did both.

Jebediah's question was totally legitimate: From all he's seen of Gavia, she torched the town with absolutely no provocation and the people were helpless to stop her. He hasn't seen her outside of that context. (Heck, even around Alice's property, Gavia appeared to be near torching some kids until Ardent stopped her.)

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Well, yes. You know, power corrupts (and absolute power corrupts absolutely). Alice is bound to be a bit psycho after all these years. Basically, she tries to do what she perceives is the best for the inhabitants; unfortunately, that also means she does not ask them for advice, but dictates how things should be done. I guess that is why there is no apparent mayor or police, Alice takes care of it all.

The Praeses might have an idea on how to correct Alice's behavior, and sent her a couple of horrible kids for a starter.

mikmaxs:
I'm wondering now who the protagonist is supposed to be. If it's Alice... I've already said I don't like her, so that's not a good thing. Ardent and Gavia also kind of fit, except I don't know why I should really root for them. Who am I supposed to cheer for? What am I supposed to want to happen? (There HAS to be a better way to phrase that question...)

de_la_Nae:
We don't always have to like a protagonist.

Sometimes they grow. Sometimes they fail.

We'll see I suppose.

mikmaxs:

--- Quote from: de_la_Nae on 15 May 2015, 00:43 ---We don't always have to like a protagonist.

Sometimes they grow. Sometimes they fail.

We'll see I suppose.

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It helps, though. At the very least you need to empathize with your Protagonist, and I certainly can't do that with a millenium old superhero, a blue alien with no sense of boundaries or consideration for others, or a floating alien who mostly just complains.

I'm interested by the universe enough to keep reading, but if the link weren't right there on the QC page, ready as soon as I finish checking for updates, I probably wouldn't still be keeping up.

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