ancient-guardians 2014-07-30

[Mark N]

Will every person that said the Fae were the good guys in this story please take your cookies.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Not sure "good guys" is the right term - sounds as if they were acting in self-interest, and not necessarily from "good" intentions.

Poor Pickle.

[TheDOCTOR]

So our little Pickle has turned into a TRIFFID. This is some freaky S**t.

[Opus the Poet]

Couldn't kill it, didn't want it made into a weapon against them, hardly counts as "good intentions".

Wanted it socialized and happy, might count as "good intentions" had the two previous conditions not existed, but here it just is a sub-requirement of "not made into a weapon".

[Mark N]

Not sure "good guys" is the right term - sounds as if they were acting in self-interest, and not necessarily from "good" intentions.

Poor Pickle.

Good point. But they did the right thing by her all the same. Scientists would most likely not have raised her as a person like Mr Meadows did. Sometimes self interest and the right thing can be the same thing after all. Good intentions often have horrible side effects as well.

[Wyvern]

I didn't like Castela's parents, but I always assumed they existed.

But that's not important right now. Cricket, run. RUN FAST!

[Dave]

Poor Pickle.

Definitely. Having to think of yourself as a "creation of" someone, rather than as a "child of" someone would be a terrible jolt, especially at so young an age.

I'd say she's suffering from fuscia shock, but somebody would probably aim a pistil at me.

[Mark N]

Couldn't kill it, didn't want it made into a weapon against them, hardly counts as "good intentions".

Wanted it socialized and happy, might count as "good intentions" had the two previous conditions not existed, but here it just is a sub-requirement of "not made into a weapon".

We do not know that they could not kill her at the starting stage. Fae powers cannot affect her but Humans have such wonderful toxins to use. They very well may have had a choice but chose to have her live. As far as her being a weapon, they may have thought of the whole world should she become a weapon. Think of indestructible Kudzu vines with intelligence destroying a country (The real stuff is harmful enough).

[Mark N]

The last few pages have made me wonder if one of the "coping mechanisms" that Mr Meadows tough her involved repressing memories.

[AmriloJim]

Castela's initial reaction to Calista bolsters the Fae fear that Pickle would be raised as a weapon... with racism either drilled into her psyche from 'birth' or infused at a genetic level. Insinuating that the Fae killed non-existent parents would also strengthen the racial hatred.

[Yamara]

I guess there's a non-zero chance that Cricket is sufficiently self-loathing to use the truth to take the school down with her in a suicide move.

So the only Gilchrist that had birth parents is Atsali. Good thing she had her mind flayed by soulmelded Etheithians. Wouldn't want her thinking she was special or anything.

[Timotheus]

What is needed now is adoptive mom (or even grandmom or sister) to take tough love stance that you have a family right here, right now, - US - , and we love you deeply just as you are, but you're causing us a great deal of embarrassment.

(Before the school breaks out the Agent Orange)

[AnotherFairportfan]

Castela's initial reaction to Calista bolsters the Fae fear that Pickle would be raised as a weapon... with racism either drilled into her psyche from 'birth' or infused at a genetic level. Insinuating that the Fae killed non-existent parents would also strengthen the racial hatred.

She didn't think the fae killed her parents - she thought that the fae made them throw her away.

Which, in fact, they did.

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If Cricket wasn't in such bad condition, she might have thought of a better way to phrase her revelation...

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And why does Cricket know, anyway?

[lake_wrangler]

And why does Cricket know, anyway?

She must have heard of it through the grapevine...


*Drops a magic bean and a cow into the pun jar*

Meanwhile, it looks like Castela is losing control of herself, to a degree not yet seen by us. Even when she was about to engage with Atsali, she was in control of her actions. Now, it looks like she's losing it to the point where she can't even talk.

Stay tuned, this is not over yet!

[Dave]

And why does Cricket know, anyway?

I'd guess she (over)heard her mother, Queen Foxglove, discussing the Castela affair with someone... which would suggest that Castea's "rescue" was an action sanctioned (or even commanded) by the ruling Fae.

Speculation: direct intervention by the Fae into human affairs might not be as commonplace these days as it was in the ancient past... the "paranormals, keep your heads down" rules that Phix spoke of, may well apply even to Fae. If so, the decision to free Castela from human control could have been a really big deal for the Fae, requiring a Royal authorization.

[AmriloJim]

Clarification noted, Mike. I also note that today's exposition does not seem to carry a NYC accent.

[lake_wrangler]

I too am of the opinion that the rescue mounted by the fae was not self-serving. They may have feared her being let loose on the world at large, given what we've read earlier from a link on the forum as to what "blackthorn" was, or even against paranormals only, with possibly devastating results. Even if they had merely feared that she would be used as a weapon against the fae only, they may still have been concerned about the collateral damage that might have ensued.

I think that in this case the fae were, indeed, the good guys.

[lake_wrangler]

Clarification noted, Mike.

Um... Who is this "Mike" you speak of? I don't seem to find him in the list of posters to this thread, so far...

I also note that today's exposition does not seem to carry a NYC accent.

Well, if someone can take a hit on the head, and start speaking a whole new language (one which they had never, heretofore, spoken before), I can't see why a few stomps couldn't make a fae lose her accent...

[lake_wrangler]

Ha!

On a completely unrelated note: Calista is currently sporting half of her collar raised, and half worn normally... Does that mean she'll become an intermediary between the mermaid clique and the siren clan?

[ChattaStarhawk]

I have had a horrible dark thought, could this have been another project of Thup's? (It may be trapped in a crystal now, but that doesn't mean the plans it set in motion have been derailed.) Evil of that level isn't stopped cold simply because of removing the top player. This is a bomb that has to be defused - and fast!