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WAG: the Rent
123Chikadee:
@Mira: Wow, ok I know I've said that I haven't read this story yet, but wow. So, um...yeah. I take it, this means that JB is planning on showing us why Marcone is a bad guy and to not root for him in any way shape or form? Kinda what he was trying to do for the Whamps in 'Turn Coat?' So, yeah, that's why systems need to be dismantled.
morriswalters:
While Mira's read is plausible, Gman's might be even more so. This dialog happens in the last act. It's the most intriguing snippet perhaps, in the whole story. If you remember back you will see a callback to Fool Moon, in the sense that much as Marcone let the implication that Harry was working for him ride, to Harry's detriment. In the case of this story, Marcone will be implicated as the man behind the shooter, which of course Marcone can't plausibly deny.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on October 14, 2019, 02:33:48 PM ---While Mira's read is plausible, Gman's might be even more so. This dialog happens in the last act. It's the most intriguing snippet perhaps, in the whole story. If you remember back you will see a callback to Fool Moon, in the sense that much as Marcone let the implication that Harry was working for him ride, to Harry's detriment. In the case of this story, Marcone will be implicated as the man behind the shooter, which of course Marcone can't plausibly deny.
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Sure he can, nobody knows he hired Goodman to rescue those kids. Those kids had no connection at all to Marcone, only to the pedophiles, nobody except Harry really know what is behind Marcone's guilt about the little girl that got injured as collateral damage in a hit that he did. It is possible that nobody knew these judges etc were even pedophiles until they were exposed and executed by Goodman.. Though as I said, I find it hard to believe that Marcone didn't know, but he wanted them to stay alive because they were useful to him.
It has to be the point of the story, otherwise we are left with mostly a rundown on how it feels to be Goodman when his body changes and that he runs a business called Monsters, interesting but a paragraph or two in the next novel he is in could convey that.. Then again I may be trying to make a blizzard out of a snowflake.. I am hoping for the blizzard because if it was only a snowflake I will feel really cheated.
Bad Alias:
Grey says Marcone didn't know. Marcone responds that they were his anyway. I'm pretty sure Gman's interpretation is correct. It is inline with everything we know about Marcone, and I don't see any reason to think otherwise.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 14, 2019, 03:43:58 PM ---Sure he can, nobody knows he hired Goodman to rescue those kids. Those kids had no connection at all to Marcone, only to the pedophiles, nobody except Harry really know what is behind Marcone's guilt about the little girl that got injured as collateral damage in a hit that he did. It is possible that nobody knew these judges etc were even pedophiles until they were exposed and executed by Goodman.. Though as I said, I find it hard to believe that Marcone didn't know, but he wanted them to stay alive because they were useful to him.
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I find it easy to believe he might not know. There aren't any hidden cues, or else you could never end up in a position of power. Priest and family members get away with it for years. However this is one of the stories shortcomings. It isn't well motivated. Pedophiles know what they are and the risks that they run. And brothels with children as the central focus would be extremely dangerous to operate. And using one in this country would be begging to be made a puppet by the brothel operator. Marcone could just as well dropped a hint to the FBI by some pawn and the thing would have been over quickly.
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