Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - November 2016
Method of Madness:
Holy shit. Also, TinPenguin, good work with the genitive plural* there.
*I think that's what that is, I'm too lazy to check, but assuming "god of the machines" it's what's warranted
Is it cold in here?:
Here's a speculation.
Is Alice willing to figuratively turn her back on Loomis because he is programmed to be only a counterpuncher?
He didn't hurt Sedna until she punched the carriage. He brutalized Ellie only after she wrapped the pipe around his head.
What if Alice knows that until she attacks him, he will not initiate violence?
Except in that case she would have had no reason to want to flee the scene when she recognized him.
brasca:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 06 Nov 2016, 21:06 ---Here's a speculation.
Is Alice willing to figuratively turn her back on Loomis because he is programmed to be only a counterpuncher?
He didn't hurt Sedna until she punched the carriage. He brutalized Ellie only after she wrapped the pipe around his head.
What if Alice knows that until she attacks him, he will not initiate violence?
Except in that case she would have had no reason to want to flee the scene when she recognized him.
--- End quote ---
I believe you answered your own question. If Mr. Bad News only responds to violence with violence then they could work around him unless Mr. Pate provoked everyone to the point that they eventually retaliated.
While I'm still not entirely sure what Ardent could upgrade that could harm Mr. Bad News he might not have to if he can bluff too. Suppose Ardent upgrades an old hand grenade into a thermal detonator Alice, Sedna, and Mr. Bad News would have nothing to fear, but unless Mr. Pate is far beyond baseline he'd be killed too. The only problem is he probably would call his bluff because while Ardent might be willing to die to keep his ability from falling into the wrong hands he wouldn't kill his sister in the process and Pate probably knows it.
Kugai:
Here's a thought
What if Pate is a rouge Praeses??
brasca:
It's a possibility, but if so he seems to have disguised his tree attributes.
I'm leaning towards Pate being a politicaly powerful baseline human working in conjunction with the Praeses. He may be a stooge or possibly someone who seeks to turn the tables on his allies and will have grossly underestimated them or vice versa. I still don't know enough about the Praeses to draw that conclusion.
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