Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - August 2016
brasca:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 19 Aug 2016, 10:08 ---New Comic!
Alice is proposing to punch her way through the roof of the bunker. She says this with the sort of calm expression that tells me that she entirely expects this to succeed. This, by the way, puts her in the Superman-level in terms of brute physical strength.
Suddenly, I find myself wondering just what the upper limit of her strength might be, assuming that she has one. Could it be that her standoffishness may be because she lives in a world of cardboard (warning TV Tropes link)?
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Possibly. Even though Alice was evenly matched with Sedna if the fight continued there was likely to be a lot of collateral damage (Ardent and Gavia) and for that matter when she first fought Gavia she might have thought she was up against another immortal and didn't want her town to be destroyed in the fight. As such she may prefer to talk rather than fight considering what the outcome could be. However, I think outliving everybody probably affects her psyche in ways we couldn't possibly understand.
Congratulations to all those who predicted Alice would punch her way in.
The little guy wants to visit with Ellie, but I doubt she'll be speaking alone.
JimC:
Interesting that its just "little guy". That must say something about his/the country's political system if he's the head honcho and not recognised. But then maybe he's not the country's boss.
BenRG:
I doubt that he's boss of much more than the flooded city and its immediate surroundings. Post-Blink Earth doesn't have much in the way of long-range communications and certainly doesn't seem to have the population to support standing armies of any significant size. Most regions seem to be mostly autonomous to the point where very little seems to be known about the world outside of them (even by people like Alice, whom you would expect to want to keep informed).
Basically, whatever power the Little Guy has would come from his ability to offer Ellie something that she wants.
FunkyTuba:
Having seen Alice and Sedna with whatever their superpowers are, Gavia's use of nanotech, Ardent's discretionary and recreational use of non-baseline body modification, I'm wondering if the little dude is a have- or a have-not for this stuff. Given that he's physically small yet leads some kind of big organization complete with big goons, I'm betting on him having some new specialness that we haven't seen yet.
also, I wonder if he and Alice will have a "hello again, old [enemy|friend]" moment
brasca:
--- Quote from: FunkyTuba on 19 Aug 2016, 13:47 ---Having seen Alice and Sedna with whatever their superpowers are, Gavia's use of nanotech, Ardent's discretionary and recreational use of non-baseline body modification, I'm wondering if the little dude is a have- or a have-not for this stuff. Given that he's physically small yet leads some kind of big organization complete with big goons, I'm betting on him having some new specialness that we haven't seen yet.
also, I wonder if he and Alice will have a "hello again, old [enemy|friend]" moment
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That's what I'm thinking otherwise the next scene is going to be very anticlimactic.
He has to know about Alice since the intelligence gathering would've undoubtedly required a visit to her village. And he probably knows about Sedna since they've been following a trail.
If he's not another immortal he could be another space dweller possibly marooned or defected and didn't lose his nanotechnology.
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