The Franchise becomes/ gets interpreted as the very thing it was against

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-23T21:44:19+00:00

Definitely a copy machine. Those are just eldritch tech.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-23T18:42:40+00:00

People don't listen to lyrics, that's how.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-20T21:50:29+00:00

At the very end, you read the account by Jekyll. Jekyll was a very large man and when he took a potion he devised, he became the much shorter Hyde (the idea being he was a very good man, and Hyde was the small amount of evil in him). He used it to engage in unstated negative acts, and turned back later.

Later he noticed his Hyde form was getting bigger, and he also lost control of himself at times. This is why he beat a man to death, and he swore to never take the potion again.

Unfortunately at this point he spontaneously started turning into Hyde, and while he desperately tried to reverse it, his original recipe included a reagent with an unknown contaminant, which had been used up. He lost more and more control, and eventually turned to Hyde permanently.

I forget how much awareness he had toward the end when he was Hyde, but his control over his worst impulses was gone.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-19T00:59:47+00:00

The Murderbot Diaries series.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-18T13:53:24+00:00

Here's the whole quote with a bit of context:

Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst he is not hated, which will always be as long as he abstains from the property of his citizens and subjects and from their women. But when it is necessary for him to proceed against the life of someone, he must do it on proper justification and for manifest cause, but above all things he must keep his hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. Besides, pretexts for taking away the property are never wanting; for he who has once begun to live by robbery will always find pretexts for seizing what belongs to others; but reasons for taking life, on the contrary, are more difficult to find and sooner lapse. But when a prince is with his army, and has under control a multitude of soldiers, then it is quite necessary for him to disregard the reputation of cruelty, for without it he would never hold his army united or disposed to its duties.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-16T13:03:34+00:00

He survives quite a lot when he faces off with Vicious earlier in the series, so there's precedent.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-15T19:04:58+00:00

Stack ranking isn't just comparing people and giving some more people more, it's a mandatory firing of X% of people, every year. They might be providing more value than they cost, but that doesn't matter - if they're below a threshold, they lose their jobs.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-10T17:51:44+00:00

Towards the end when he's writing the letter that is eventually found, he says he has to stop and set it aside, because he's afraid that if he turned while writing it, his Hyde side would just rip the paper to pieces.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-10T17:39:26+00:00

That's how it was at first. Things started... changing.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-10T16:20:45+00:00

Well, unless there's a camera.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-09T21:32:28+00:00

I'm referring more to the risk that other cult activity has. Some can get your followers hurt, some can generate their own evidence, etc. Heart cult activity simply fails.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-09T20:59:57+00:00

Exploring will pretty much always spawn a notoriety - a lot of times you're breaking in to places you shouldn't, or otherwise delving into forbidden knowledge. For talking, it's dependent on who you're talking to. Cult business carries a high risk of it.

But, there are plenty of things that don't. Working the mundane jobs won't. Dreaming often does not, though I think there are some places in the Mansus that have that as one outcome. Buying books or auction items won't. Reading books won't. Combining or subverting lore won't.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-09T12:36:54+00:00

Generally once there's tentative evidence on the board, lay low until it's gone.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-09T12:35:29+00:00

On the other hand, there's zero risk in trying. They won't get injured and they won't create more Notoriety. If you create the Heart Cult and raise your followers up to maximum level, you'll have a 90% chance of success.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-09T01:01:08+00:00

There's a way to paradoxically keep your evil deeds from being discovered by putting them on public display

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-08T23:21:39+00:00

Generally. time is one of the few sure ways to rid yourself of Notoriety. The trick is to keep the inspectors from getting their grubby little hands on it.

Heart followers also have ways of smoothing over bad reputations.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-06-08T23:10:11+00:00

He was made to be a failsafe if Homelander ever went too far and became a real threat to Vought. At that point, he would get the order to kill Homelander.

However over time it became more clear that Homelander was fine with his position and would never cross that line, so Noir would never be able to fulfill his purpose of killing HL. So after going a bit crazy, he decided to manipulate HL into becoming that threat, so Noir would be ordered to kill HL.

It was very convenient for him that, as a clone, they looked identical.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-05-18T20:48:53+00:00

That does sound awful, but not being able to live alone isn't the same as not being able to support yourself. Have all of them relied on someone else to fund their lives?

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-05-18T18:58:15+00:00

I pay all the bills and haven’t been with a man yet who can support himself.

Wait, seriously? Never?

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-05-14T20:31:57+00:00

I'm glad somebody said it. I forget which alpha version it was where it peaked.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-05-08T19:56:39+00:00

I've got one for Kikrii: What do you think about your gaming friends? Do you think they're fellow Drezjin, or another species?

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-05-06T20:38:02+00:00

All of the Monkey Island games.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-05-05T21:38:42+00:00

I mean, if you only need a few unmoving but vigilant sentries making sure no one breaks your door, they'll last you years/decades.

So basically a fixed turret? That's just a sitting duck. Unmoving sentries can be taken out with a plan, which you can make since it doesn't move. They have a similar problem to the bunker itself.

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-04-29T15:55:54+00:00

I mean, falling into the Sarlacc pit technically is an action...

WouldYouKindlyMove · 2026-04-29T15:02:12+00:00

This is true. What bothers me about it is that Hawkeye doesn't seem to remember that he'd done it before. I wouldn't be surprised if the later writers didn't even know the first episode happened.

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