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WAG: the Rent
g33k:
Haven't read the new short, but the "Rent" is something that's been niggling at me, wanted to get this notion out there...
1. GG feels he's a "bad guy," possibly because half-Naagloshii, yo! or just psychological "daddy issues" or "self-image" problems, etc.
2. Possibly from his mother's rearing, he has in fact a decent moral sense; he knows what's right. He probably doesn't always do it... maybe he used to do the Wrong Thing because he thought he "had to" or similar bullshit.
3. Now he's trying to reform, to do the Right Thing. But from #1 and #2, he feels he's WAY into the negative side of the ledger, has done too much evil, doesn't "deserve" another chance.
4. Nevertheless, here he is: he lives, he exists. And thinks he doesn't deserve to... doesn't deserve space and life within Creation.
5. Therefore, GG pays Rent. He takes on WhiteHat cases, and he goes up against BlackHat foes, and he charges a fee so trivial as to be meaningless -- that is the Rent he pays for his "living space."
( 6. He's wrong -- he has free will, could just "be good" and not go through the "paying rent" ritual; but he isn't sure of it. )
Snark Knight:
Have you read the new short? Viti was talking about him being paid up ahead by a few months. A month-by-month timeline is pretty specific for her to be aware of if it's something that only counts in his own head.
I think you're right about it being the white hat cases that actually matter, but it seems to me that he's accountable for keeping his end of some bargain.
Mira:
I think the moral of the story is there are monsters and then there are monsters.. Goodman is a monster, he isn't human, but he still has humanity. I don't think he is free to do what he'd like to do, so he takes payment, one dollar. One would have to look further back into the history of skin changers, but if I remember correctly, they are servants not free lancers. Also we all know that way back when, they also were not evil.. If I am correct it would explain a lot.
Then we have Marcone, the real monster here, though he is very human. Yes, he has a thing about kids because one was collateral damage when his pulled a hit job many years ago.. However he draws the line at taking out those adults who'd make use of those kids because those adults were useful to him in his business.. Now that is a cold blooded monster.
Gman:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 12, 2019, 06:19:30 PM --- I think the moral of the story is there are monsters and then there are monsters.. Goodman is a monster, he isn't human, but he still has humanity. I don't think he is free to do what he'd like to do, so he takes payment, one dollar. One would have to look further back into the history of skin changers, but if I remember correctly, they are servants not free lancers. Also we all know that way back when, they also were not evil.. If I am correct it would explain a lot.
Then we have Marcone, the real monster here, though he is very human. Yes, he has a thing about kids because one was collateral damage when his pulled a hit job many years ago.. However he draws the line at taking out those adults who'd make use of those kids because those adults were useful to him in his business.. Now that is a cold blooded monster.
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I think Marcone would have taken out the pedophiles who worked for him. Marcone was upset because it was not Goodman Grey's place to take out people who worked for Marcone without Marcone's blessing. It is Marcone's place to take them out. Sort of like when Caesar was upset with Ptolemy XII for having his men kill Pompey, who was at war with Caesar. Caesar would have had killed Pompey, but having Egyptian foreigners kill a famous Roman was not to be tolerated. This helped push Caesar to side with Cleopatra against Ptolemy.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Gman on October 13, 2019, 08:55:57 AM ---I think Marcone would have taken out the pedophiles who worked for him. Marcone was upset because it was not Goodman Grey's place to take out people who worked for Marcone without Marcone's blessing. It is Marcone's place to take them out. Sort of like when Caesar was upset with Ptolemy XII for having his men kill Pompey, who was at war with Caesar. Caesar would have had killed Pompey, but having Egyptian foreigners kill a famous Roman was not to be tolerated. This helped push Caesar to side with Cleopatra against Ptolemy.
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I find it hard to believe that Marcone didn't know that these people were pedophiles . He knew, but they were his pedophiles, scratching his back. This is why he wanted Goodman to save the kids and not do it himself. He didn't want the word to get back to the pedophiles who were benefiting him. Hence the conflict, Marcone is talking out of both sides of his mouth.. So while dispatching Goodman to save these children, the pedophile officials who were aiding his business were not going to change their behavior, they'd just find other victims. Goodman put an end to that.
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