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Post by bedinsis on Jul 24, 2024 7:01:24 GMT
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 24, 2024 9:01:15 GMT
So there’s an upside to the “other things to think about”.
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Post by gpvos on Jul 24, 2024 13:00:49 GMT
It may really get her goat, but it wouldn't faze Coyotagoat at all.
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Post by morrahadesigns on Jul 24, 2024 13:11:05 GMT
Not sure what I think of this page. For me it reads like Kat is being melodramatic vs just voicing what she's bothered by.
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Post by silicondream on Jul 24, 2024 13:45:27 GMT
Props to Kat for recognizing that Shadow isn't at fault for his partner's controlling behavior. A lot of people in similar relationships get victim-blamed.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Jul 24, 2024 16:28:51 GMT
Well, she vented. That's good. Hopefully that "other things to think about" involves the Godzilla-sized Distortion, because now really isn't the best time to sort out the whole Robot Rumpus. (Also, I don't know how much she knows about Meg, because that could disrupt whatever plans Kat has for dismantling the Distortion.) |
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Post by Gemminie on Jul 24, 2024 17:13:20 GMT
After establishing that the Seraphs are nearby and watching this (but Kat isn't allowing them to enter the conversation), Kat goes on to expound upon what she thinks is the worst part about Robot's actions, which is that it put Shadow into such a bad situation. Robot is looking downward as she says this, reiterating that he feels bad about that (and suggesting that Robot can actually hear – whatever apparatus Kat has attached Robot's CPU to must at least have a microphone, though it's possible that she's talking to him via her implant). Shadow feels bad for not having said anything about what he thought was going on, but Kat doesn't think Shadow did anything wrong.
But then the camera zooms out to the point where we can't see Kat's face anymore, and she says that they have other things to worry about, with what's going on right now. Presumably we're talking about the distortion, the death of Sam, the fact that Kat now has to figure out how to be a psychopomp for the NP without having any Ether sensitivity herself, etc. Am I leaving anything out? Probably.
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Post by gpvos on Jul 25, 2024 5:50:18 GMT
Note that Robot could talk earlier in the distortion, it's because Shadow2 dismantled his body that he can't. |
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Post by yellowb on Jul 25, 2024 6:49:26 GMT
It may really get her goat, but it wouldn't faze Coyotagoat at all. To Be More Specific, It Really Gets Her Earth Goat. (Sorry.) |
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Post by blahzor on Jul 25, 2024 7:20:09 GMT
D. A. Got dat goat
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Post by drmemory on Jul 26, 2024 0:55:41 GMT
Questions that are on my mind: How did they get to Kat's place, without Omega to poit them there? I really doubt if Robot or the Seraphs can poit people. Maybe Shadow can slide around but I have a hard time envisioning how he'd carry anyone. Will Kat's tech stuff work normally here? It seems like it has been so far, as long as you don't try to use her teleport function to send it places (fragmented radio). Has she taken away Robot's system privileges? Like admin access and such? Probably should... I'm thinking safety and future audit more than punishment here. Are we about to see Kat's mecha goddess form? She's in the distortion and upset, so I wouldn't be surprised! I would think that Kat and Shadow at the least have enough consciousness to make things manifest in the distortion. They are both non-robots and clearly alive. Robot... it depends on his true origins. If he is really a Seraph in a robot body, however warped, then probably not alive yet. Likewise the Seraphs - they were explicity banned from getting NP bodies by Kat if I remember right. That's not definitive with Robot though - I still think there may be timey wimey stuff going on with him. I've said before that he seems much more human-like than the other robots, even without a new body or CPU. Is is time for the annual speculation on his special chip and posible Diego links?  |
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Post by Cori on Jul 26, 2024 2:54:51 GMT
Questions that are on my mind: How did they get to Kat's place, without Omega to poit them there? I really doubt if Robot or the Seraphs can poit people. Maybe Shadow can slide around but I have a hard time envisioning how he'd carry anyone. Will Kat's tech stuff work normally here? It seems like it has been so far, as long as you don't try to use her teleport function to send it places (fragmented radio). Has she taken away Robot's system privileges? Like admin access and such? Probably should... I'm thinking safety and future audit more than punishment here. Are we about to see Kat's mecha goddess form? She's in the distortion and upset, so I wouldn't be surprised! I would think that Kat and Shadow at the least have enough consciousness to make things manifest in the distortion. They are both non-robots and clearly alive. Robot... it depends on his true origins. If he is really a Seraph in a robot body, however warped, then probably not alive yet. Likewise the Seraphs - they were explicity banned from getting NP bodies by Kat if I remember right. - Robot and Shadow returned to Kat's warehouse when Annie and Omega did two chapters ago. Omega has said that she can't do the teleport trick by herself so presumably Annie brought all of then there. - What system privileges? Robot hasn't been shown to have any special privileges or "admin access", unless you count Kat using him to test her prototypes. His only "privilege" is having a bunch of gullible robots/new people looking to him for guidance. - Why would we see Kat's mecha goddess form again? Nothing is happening. They are just talking. - The seraphs were never banned from getting New People bodies. Kat, in a moment of anger on the ship, said she never wanted to see them again, which is understandable given how terrible they were being. The seraphs and Robot decided on their own what that meant. |
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Post by yellowb on Jul 26, 2024 12:50:44 GMT
Questions that are on my mind: How did they get to Kat's place, without Omega to poit them there? I really doubt if Robot or the Seraphs can poit people. Maybe Shadow can slide around but I have a hard time envisioning how he'd carry anyone. Will Kat's tech stuff work normally here? It seems like it has been so far, as long as you don't try to use her teleport function to send it places (fragmented radio). Has she taken away Robot's system privileges? Like admin access and such? Probably should... I'm thinking safety and future audit more than punishment here. Are we about to see Kat's mecha goddess form? She's in the distortion and upset, so I wouldn't be surprised! I would think that Kat and Shadow at the least have enough consciousness to make things manifest in the distortion. They are both non-robots and clearly alive. Robot... it depends on his true origins. If he is really a Seraph in a robot body, however warped, then probably not alive yet. Likewise the Seraphs - they were explicity banned from getting NP bodies by Kat if I remember right. - Robot and Shadow returned to Kat's warehouse when Annie and Omega did two chapters ago. Omega has said that she can't do the teleport trick by herself so presumably Annie brought all of then there. - What system privileges? Robot hasn't been shown to have any special privileges or "admin access", unless you count Kat using him to test her prototypes. His only "privilege" is having a bunch of gullible robots/new people looking to him for guidance. - Why would we see Kat's mecha goddess form again? Nothing is happening. They are just talking. - The seraphs were never banned from getting New People bodies. Kat, in a moment of anger on the ship, said she never wanted to see them again, which is understandable given how terrible they were being. The seraphs and Robot decided on their own what that meant. We did see Kat's mecha goddess form earlier in the distortion, when arbiter Saslamel called her forth after Sam's death (because she is responsible for NP souls). But then Annie did something and Kat was just Kat again. |
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Post by yellowb on Jul 26, 2024 12:55:30 GMT
What interests me is how Jones is affected by this distortion. That is, whether she counts as a human or a stone, or both.
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Post by pyradonis on Jul 26, 2024 15:27:57 GMT
- Robot and Shadow returned to Kat's warehouse when Annie and Omega did two chapters ago. Omega has said that she can't do the teleport trick by herself so presumably Annie brought all of then there. Minor correction - she said she can't go to places she hasn't physically been to. Of course, having been a brain in a jar for the last 100 years and somewhat immobile before will probably exclude lots of places, but I would think that at least the places she has been to now since getting a new body she could return to without help. Well, at least this chapter suggests he did have user privileges inside whatever program was used to transfer the robots' minds. Plus the privilege to feed them all kinds of bullshit one on one in there. It seems like this opinion was generally shared among robots/NP. |
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Post by drmemory on Jul 26, 2024 20:06:08 GMT
Questions that are on my mind: How did they get to Kat's place, without Omega to poit them there? I really doubt if Robot or the Seraphs can poit people. Maybe Shadow can slide around but I have a hard time envisioning how he'd carry anyone. Will Kat's tech stuff work normally here? It seems like it has been so far, as long as you don't try to use her teleport function to send it places (fragmented radio). Has she taken away Robot's system privileges? Like admin access and such? Probably should... I'm thinking safety and future audit more than punishment here. Are we about to see Kat's mecha goddess form? She's in the distortion and upset, so I wouldn't be surprised! I would think that Kat and Shadow at the least have enough consciousness to make things manifest in the distortion. They are both non-robots and clearly alive. Robot... it depends on his true origins. If he is really a Seraph in a robot body, however warped, then probably not alive yet. Likewise the Seraphs - they were explicity banned from getting NP bodies by Kat if I remember right. - Robot and Shadow returned to Kat's warehouse when Annie and Omega did two chapters ago. Omega has said that she can't do the teleport trick by herself so presumably Annie brought all of then there. - What system privileges? Robot hasn't been shown to have any special privileges or "admin access", unless you count Kat using him to test her prototypes. His only "privilege" is having a bunch of gullible robots/new people looking to him for guidance. - Why would we see Kat's mecha goddess form again? Nothing is happening. They are just talking. - The seraphs were never banned from getting New People bodies. Kat, in a moment of anger on the ship, said she never wanted to see them again, which is understandable given how terrible they were being. The seraphs and Robot decided on their own what that meant. Good questions! Let me see what I can do:
If I remember right, Annie grabbed Omega when she went to Robot and they met Shadow there. I think the next place they poited was Tony's house, wasn't it?
System priviledges - I was assuming he had some since he was operating the machine that gave each NP a new body and a new mind (ocean). He also entered their minds and manifested as a sort of angelic Jimminy Cricket.
Mecha form is a guess. I'm guessing we are just about due for some drama. Actually, I thought it would show up when Kat got mad, but it didn't, so maybe not. Remember, you get things manifesting in the distortion due to emotion and thought - just because they are just talking doesn't at all mean nobody will summon something or change things.
For the new body ban, I was going on the fact that Kat had basically banished them from her presence, as well as what Lana said when she and Jerrek were digging up CPUs here. You are correct that we never saw Kat specifically say "no bodies for you" though. |
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Post by mturtle7 on Jul 26, 2024 21:20:06 GMT
If I remember right, Annie grabbed Omega when she went to Robot and they met Shadow there. I think the next place they poited was Tony's house, wasn't it? After they collected Robot, Omega took the gang back to Kat's place while she explained her whole deal. The actual transport happened entirely between chapters and off-panel, though, so it makes sense that you forgot about/didn't notice it! They only popped over to Tony's house after Omega finished her initial spiel. |
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Post by drmemory on Jul 27, 2024 19:27:07 GMT
If I remember right, Annie grabbed Omega when she went to Robot and they met Shadow there. I think the next place they poited was Tony's house, wasn't it? After they collected Robot, Omega took the gang back to Kat's place while she explained her whole deal. The actual transport happened entirely between chapters and off-panel, though, so it makes sense that you forgot about/didn't notice it! They only popped over to Tony's house after Omega finished her initial spiel. Thanks! I totally missed that. Probably because nothing was said about it - I was following the conversations and missed the change in background.
So that one of my questions is toast. Resolved.
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