The Right Thing 2014-09-04

[Sidhekin]

Well, I guess she needed a place that could withstand paranormal stomping and/or tantrums.

[Drakkenmensch]

Lily is quite possibly the most tortured character in Wapsi Square. Even the Golem Girls were able to achieve some amount of Justice and have made peace with their past. Lily only recently got anything resembling a just resolution and even then, she is mostly someone who has spent her unlife trying to save others from the darkness she lives in. Except that now, she has a chance to live in the light, and it's been so long since she felt hope that it actually hurts.

When you've lived in a hopeless existence for so long with glimmers of hope torn away from you every time like a cruel prank, you learn to fear those glimmers because you already expect the pain that follows immediately after you reach for it. Even a genuine moment of joy becomes painful because you keep expecting the dagger through the heart that life has taught you always follows.

It will take a lot of happiness for Lily to unlearn that joy always leads to pain. Castela hugs are a good starting point!

[GuySmiley]

Well, I guess she needed a place that could withstand paranormal stomping and/or tantrums.

Also, prying eyes. And I'm sure Atsali appreciates the extra ceiling height that a warehouse (I assume) would provide.

Count me in as being curious about their new living arrangements. I'm sure it's all stuff set up by the MIB, probably fairly common for them to arrange housing for paranormals that can't or haven't learned how to blend into society seamlessly.

[Dave]

When you've lived in a hopeless existence for so long with glimmers of hope torn away from you every time like a cruel prank, you learn to fear those glimmers because you already expect the pain that follows immediately after you reach for it. Even a genuine moment of joy becomes painful because you keep expecting the dagger through the heart that life has taught you always follows.

Mr. Cleese would agree with you.

[as363]

So nice to see Dr.G - asked for it a week or two back .!!!

[kingklash]

Well, I guess she needed a place that could withstand paranormal stomping and/or tantrums.

Or the playful rambunctious chaos of a teenager and her little sister. Even Oscar appreciates some extra breathing space.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Lily is quite possibly the most tortured character in Wapsi Square. Even the Golem Girls were able to achieve some amount of Justice and have made peace with their past. Lily only recently got anything resembling a just resolution and even then, she is mostly someone who has spent her unlife trying to save others from the darkness she lives in. Except that now, she has a chance to live in the light, and it's been so long since she felt hope that it actually hurts.

When you've lived in a hopeless existence for so long with glimmers of hope torn away from you every time like a cruel prank, you learn to fear those glimmers because you already expect the pain that follows immediately after you reach for it. Even a genuine moment of joy becomes painful because you keep expecting the dagger through the heart that life has taught you always follows.

It will take a lot of happiness for Lily to unlearn that joy always leads to pain. Castela hugs are a good starting point!

The number of suicides after depressives get medication has been described as a side effect of the meds, but it seems more as if it's a sign that the meds are working properly - before the meds, the patient was undergoing suicidal ideation' but was too deeply depressed to actually take action.

As the meds begin to lift the part of depression that has a direct physical cause, they begin to gain the energy to act ... but the purely psychological component is still there.

[My2Cents]

Based on the stairs down and the probably concrete walls, I would say they are in the basement.

But a fairly deep one.

[Mark N]

The number of suicides after depressives get medication has been described as a side effect of the meds, but it seems more as if it's a sign that the meds are working properly - before the meds, the patient was undergoing suicidal ideation' but was too deeply depressed to actually take action.

As the meds begin to lift the part of depression that has a direct physical cause, they begin to gain the energy to act ... but the purely psychological component is still there.

Could you please tell that to a few of the assorted anti-medication people out there (I have found that Scientologists tend to use that old misstatement the most).

[notStanley]

As the meds begin to lift the part of depression that has a direct physical cause, they begin to gain the energy to act ... but the purely psychological component is still there.

And the act of taking something every day makes you think about why you are taking it. Bad enough when it was just a general cloud of despair, but the action focuses that and brings the option of ending the suffering much closer to the top.

[jwhouk]

Or, you know, some other medication that you're taking could interact with the meds, and drive you over the edge...

[ShirouZhiwu]

I see Pickle's eyes are more human like than they have been. More like her mama's.

This looks like the basement to Katherine's place. I have only limited exposure to city type buildings, Minneapolis or otherwise (country person), so it's possible we have a repurposed industrial building. Not too uncommon these days. Whether it is a hole in the wall or city rustic may depend on your personality.

[scantrontb]

I see Pickle's eyes are more human like than they have been. More like her mama's.

This looks like the basement to Katherine's place. I have only limited exposure to city type buildings, Minneapolis or otherwise (country person), so it's possible we have a repurposed industrial building. Not too uncommon these days. Whether it is a hole in the wall or city rustic may depend on your personality.

never thought of that... i know that i drive past "The Old Rainier Brewery" here in downtown Seattle, every day to and from work, and they did basically the same thing, part of it got turned into shared project rental spaces (garage band practice rooms, etc...), and partially a storage locker facility, i think they did some other stuff with it too, but those are the only ones i notice from the freeway...

[Catawampus]

The whole converting of industrial buildings into housing is a widespread thing at the moment, and in some places it is even fashionable to leave the finished living spaces looking a bit "rough". Large, sturdy industrial buildings would also be good places for rowdy paranormals to stay. I can see the MiB happily making use of the current housing trend to take warehouses and make them into housing for various critters, which nobody not in the know would find to be unusual because it would simply seem fashionable.

[jwhouk]

"Yeah, that apartment complex they made out of the old Tannery on 4th Avenue South? It's really ultra ritzy. I only see these vans come in and out of the driveway, and you never see many people coming and going from it. I put in a call once to see what the rent was for the place. They said they didn't have any units available. Can you believe that?"

[ShirouZhiwu]

I see Pickle's eyes are more human like than they have been. More like her mama's.

This looks like the basement to Katherine's place. I have only limited exposure to city type buildings, Minneapolis or otherwise (country person), so it's possible we have a repurposed industrial building. Not too uncommon these days. Whether it is a hole in the wall or city rustic may depend on your personality.

never thought of that... i know that i drive past "The Old Rainier Brewery" here in downtown Seattle, every day to and from work, and they did basically the same thing, part of it got turned into shared project rental spaces (garage band practice rooms, etc...), and partially a storage locker facility, i think they did some other stuff with it too, but those are the only ones i notice from the freeway...

I understand there were a lot of bullet holes in that "R" when they took it down for refurbishing. A sign of Seattle's complex nature.

[scantrontb]

I understand there were a lot of bullet holes in that "R" when they took it down for refurbishing. A sign of Seattle's complex nature.

huh, i never knew that, but... they DID get it put back up just a few months ago... they finally got to remove the Tully's Coffee "T" and put the O.R.B. "R" back up in it's rightful spot.

[Jabberwonky]

Total Non-Sequitur, but... What kind of construction is that wall? to me it looks like it is either a poured concrete wall that the little "button" looking things in the grid-like pattern are from where the form boards were held in place to the re-bar inside the wall and the seams between the individual boards are the lines we see... either that or they are padded panels that have the buttons where they sewed the front surface to the backing board inside it, to prevent the stuffing from falling to the bottom of the panel...

Having set a number of concrete forms in my days working as a carpenter, those holes are dimples left by fasteners that hold plywood together making poured in place walls. There's a pair of cone shaped plastic pieces on a steel rod that holds the plywood in place. (a picherof the basic set up from the patent)