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WCDT Strips 3311 - 3315 (Sept 19th - 24th)

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Rincewind:
I'm glad Bubbles wasn't facing us directly in the last panel, that GLARE would have melted my screen!  :x

Neko_Ali:
Well, to unpack some of what was said today... CW said that the police unit was seen skulking around again. Which means this has probably been a pet project of hers for a while. Again I'm thinking the fight club has unofficial allowances from the authorities, but someone.. Either Lilac or someone above her but who can't just buck the system, wants to see the place shut down. So she's been sniffing around looking for a crack or a way that she could take them down that those in power can't argue with. So she leans on the new employee, who happens to be human and perhaps less likely to be loyal to Corpse Witch.  Lilac did come on pretty strong, but it was clear from right away that Faye was not going to be the sort to cooperate easily. So she gave a little lean on the 'You know you're a criminal by working there' angle.

Corpse Witch on the other hand probably regrets hiring Faye now, despite her skills. She's already let people in and did unauthorized repair work on a friend. She is a weak link. And now the police pain in her neck is talking to her. Going to Bubbles probably is two fold... Either she talks with Faye, who she has much more influence over and is more likely to listen to than she is to CW. Convince Faye to keep quiet in the interests of protecting her friends at the arena. Or she convinces Bubbles to go do.. something to dissuade Lilac from snooping around. She made no direct or indirect suggestions. If Bubbles did go and smash Lilac's chassis or something violent, then CW could completely truthfully say "I never told her to do anything like that!" She didn't. She just suggested that Officer Lilac and/or Faye is becoming a problem that could wind up costing Bubbles everything.  And now she's probably expected Bubbles to do something to deal with the situation in a way that CW is completely in the clear no matter what happens.

theMarc:
*Bubbles will remember that.*

Thrudd:

--- Quote from: Tova on 23 Sep 2016, 02:25 ---TBH I had no idea that anyone had decided that she was "horrible."

--- End quote ---
I personally think it has all to do with the issuing threats from a position of authority.
Anyone who does that is definitely someone not to be trusted or respected.

It may be a standard operating procedure in schlock TV detective dramas so much so that it is a meme and seems to be becoming normal for policing in the states and other just as unsavory jurisdictions it is normal but that is working using intimidation and threats thinking the target can't fight back - pretty much bullying at the adult level.

Otl1973:
A whole lot of readers seem (to me) to be leaping to very negative or grandiose conclusions.

My read of Officer Lilac is that she's saying what she means - she (and the rest of the cops) don't really care about the skate park to the extent that it is simply voluntary fighting and minor betting. But she does care about the voluntary (as opposed to coerced) part, and she believes that there is a connection between someone associated with the skate park  (ones assumes CW or whoever she works for) and more serious crimes. She wants Faye to report to her anything she knows about either - if and when she does - and points out to her that it's in her best interest to do so, even if she really doesn't want to.  It appears clear that they know enough to shut down the skate park today - without involving Faye - if that was their intent, so it seems obvious to me that they really do have bigger targets.

WRT Bubbles and CW - I don't think CW is asking Bubbles to take action against Officer Lilac - as others have said, that is a very extreme reaction that would have significant possibilities of major ramifications, far beyond those of just a (relatively minor) gambling operation - and further, Bubbles has shown all kinds of signs that she is far too honorable to undertake such, and CW must be aware of that.  I think it is just that CW Is aware that her hold on Bubbles has weakened and she doesn't want Bubbles to report anything herself.  She is trying to reinforce the things that were the basis of her hold, both reiterating what (she believes or wants Bubbles to believe) Bubbles has at stake and diminishing Bubbles' growing concerns about other things. (And yes, that does certainly imply that CW has knowledge about Bubbles that could only be had if she is spying on her in some fashion.)   Bubbles' reactions, both to the implied threat and to the diminishing of her growing connection to others, indicate to me that far from being willing to do anything nefarious for CW, Bubbles is more likely to do exactly what CW fears.

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