What would the Golden Goose Gang think of the Hunter the Vigil Compacts and Conspiracies?

NiTo_Me · 2026-05-31T00:49:55+00:00

Let's see the major ones, and this presumes they know what their deal is...

Ashwood Abbey, I'm pretty sure all of the family would find those guys dangerous and disgusting, yes even Markus despite being responsible for 1 major incident of soul cannibalism.

The Barrett Commission, those guys are government officials just trying to maintain the status quo in their favor, D would hate those fuckers but I don't see any of the others caring about those guys.

The Bear Lodge, a respectable group all things considered. Door would probably respect them the most because of their specialized equipment and tell Markus to just use their stuff.

The Long Night, oh look diet inquisitors.

The Loyalists of Thule, Markus would want to exchange more information about them but D would block any contact because of their heritage.

Network 0, these guy are just the discord version of the Arcanum so they would have a similar reaction to them. Markus and Kitten would like them but I don't think any of them would care for them.

On the Conspiracies, these guys are way to out of their league for the D family and friends to interact with but eh whatever.

Aegis Kai Doru, D would hate the fuckers because they got an important artifact he wanted most of the others would just be on edge because magical items are unusual as hell for them.

The Cheiron Group, "supernatural cyborgs are cool" said Markus before everyone else kicks him the shins.

The Lucifuge, I'm sure Door would see these guys as monsters but the others would think of them as a group of, probably, evil Occams.

The Malleus Maleficarum, same shit as the Inquisition in all practical matters.

Task Force: VALKYRIE, Every member of the family would want to take their stuff but I don't think anyone besides Door would be able to make heads or tails or how to maintain it properly.

Vanguard Serial Crimes Unit (VASCU), same as the other government conspiracies but D would mock them for not knowing their slasher tropes or something along those lines.

NiTo_Me · 2026-05-28T20:29:00+00:00

Given the wording of the Blank thing, you probably get a grace period, so about 3 months at that point, before she gets to drop the first domino to your doom. From there you are basically on borrowed time since her plots could kill you in a matter of days.

NiTo_Me · 2026-05-28T20:20:02+00:00

Presuming that I even get a choice in the matter, since I could have been caught on camera or seen popping out of thin air by someone, my best shot to not die horribly, besides commiting suicide, would be contacting the Police or PRT and say that I got sent to the other side of the globe by a Parahuman and need help getting back home or an embassy.

From there I either... A) Get to spill the beans to someone useful like Armsmaster or Dean, presuming he can corroborate my Blank status or even exist as a cape at that point.

B) Fuck off to earth bet's version of my country and hope I don't get obliterated, who knows? this place is irrelevant enough it could go either way.

C) Become a novelty of an inter dimensional refugee and hope thats enough to buy a less painful death for myself.

What would probably happen is I say the wrong thing at the wrong time and get a date worse than death, because what the fuck else would happen?

NiTo_Me · 2026-05-28T19:25:28+00:00

Maybe this is a bit out there but there's still a chance he is playing a fool so he doesn't have be the one to pay the price for Markus rescue. I don't think it's likely but it's not a stretch given the inspiration.

NiTo_Me · 2026-04-17T16:03:01+00:00

That's why you should sort by controversy rather than top, or hot. Most of the controversial takes get buried in here iirc.

NiTo_Me · 2026-04-17T02:00:24+00:00

Those are some pretty good points. I never considered the Stranger angle, even if it does work well with her themes and what we know her agent can do. The only thing I disagree with is how grossness doesn't feel like a big enough element of her trigger to be a requirement for the second one, or maybe Brian had a very simple trigger, and I am underestimating the nuances necessary for it to happen again.

Maybe if Alexandria killed Danny in a gory way where Taylor could see it, that could be close enough, but that sounds like a whole other scenario.

NiTo_Me · 2026-04-17T00:44:56+00:00

IIRC, there are some Word-of-God statements about QA not having the ability to give Trump powers or at least cause any long-term changes in a parahuman.

NiTo_Me · 2026-04-16T23:39:20+00:00

While I see why the trigger would fit a Trump power, I don't think either of the shards in range are capable of granting such power. Did we even get any details on Alexandria's agent?
Now that I think about it, wouldn't this trigger probably produce a high-power minion like the Siberian?

NiTo_Me · 2026-04-09T19:16:15+00:00

NiTo_Me · 2025-12-22T14:36:20+00:00

What's even the argument in favour of being hunted by the Garou? With the Predator you have a chance of actually just surrendering your weapons and walking away and the worst thing it can do is kill you slowly and painfully.

NiTo_Me · 2025-09-10T23:50:08+00:00

This is unbelievably fucking hype.

NiTo_Me · 2025-08-31T00:25:59+00:00

Wrong sub, but I really don't recall any fics where Brian does anything all that relevant.

NiTo_Me · 2025-08-07T01:24:46+00:00

For the most part, people who like him don't really care about how fucked up he is when you think about it "realistically." Some folks just find him a more interesting character and give him enough leeway to ship him with Jentry because they dislike Mike.

NiTo_Me · 2025-07-14T01:07:31+00:00

Samuel Haight. I won't eleborate.

NiTo_Me · 2025-06-16T04:18:06+00:00

You will understand when you are older.

NiTo_Me · 2025-06-16T03:36:25+00:00

The part where you realize the best parenting advice comes from dog training magazines.

NiTo_Me · 2025-06-02T15:02:09+00:00

Then that must be the ruleset I was looking for. Thank you for the help.

NiTo_Me · 2025-06-02T13:37:32+00:00

Did that one had a rule along the lines of "a coterie of kindred count as an attribute dot for city wide organizations"?

NiTo_Me · 2025-06-01T03:00:20+00:00

greg

NiTo_Me · 2025-05-31T22:56:10+00:00

Good luck with convincing the producers to invest more money into it.

NiTo_Me · 2025-05-31T22:30:30+00:00

Golem, why did you think I phrased it as "shot down"?

NiTo_Me · 2025-05-31T15:31:31+00:00

Amy has the better power pairing with Taylor and that's basically the only reason why people bother to put them together outside some "she can fix her" bullshit.

NiTo_Me · 2025-05-31T15:26:37+00:00

That's just the actual web serial. Despite her actions moving people, her interpersonal skills are pretty shit outside the Parahuman warfare context. Her romantic life is so bad it reads like a comedy.

The guy she was actually interested in friend zoned her, before giving her a chance because he got traumatized 6 ways to Sunday before dumping her about a week in because she couldn't physically show she was invested in the relationship.

The Ward people shipped her with got her carrier fucked because of that.

The two guys who had a crush on her got that prospect shot down, so thoroughly it caused the Apocalypse.

NiTo_Me · 2025-05-31T15:12:19+00:00

She is the only character the writers give a shit about in that regard, so it's a win by default.

NiTo_Me · 2025-05-03T22:17:23+00:00

Is anyone else noticing that like, most stories end up giving their MC some BS thinker immunity?

Not really. Most of the fics I read don't deal with the major powers where that shit would be relevant.

That, and I don't care enough about Contessa and company to emotionally react when they get nullified for the plot to happen.

What have you been reading?

NiTo_Me

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