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And Amoracchius goes to... [Peace Talks Spoilers, Battle Ground Speculation]
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Mira on July 20, 2020, 03:53:24 PM ---Which is why it was weird to have him step up and take the lead to defend Chicago, even getting a bit moralistic...
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I didn't think it was that weird for Marcone to step up like that. He just met an immensely powerful being that wants to kill him in particular. It's pretty rational to strong arm the Accords into getting yourself allies against Ethniu. Just because he doesn't typically let emotions rule his judgment doesn't mean he can't use them to manipulate others.
ClintACK:
Why was that weird?
The whole point of hosting the Peace Talks was to increase his stature among the Accords signatories. He's the host, and it's his "barony" that's under attack. If he *didn't* step up to take the lead, it would be the end of the experiment of letting a mortal join the club.
Mr. Death:
Right, he didn't do it because he was an upstanding citizen who really cares dearly for the common man of the city.
He did it because he's in a room full of predators who just got told that the only thing stopping them from eating him outright for his insolence -- the Accords -- no longer matter. He has to take charge or else he's dead.
Grifter:
But he has a code. He doesn't let anyone kill kids, or sell them drugs, or abuse them. The first section of the short story was all about him killing people that had been giving kids drugs and then prostituting them.
It's like the bad guys in Die Hard With A Vengeance. Their entire threat revolves around putting a massive explosive in a city school. But when one of the henchmen tries to leave a smaller explosive on the street, another says he can't leave it, because what if a kid finds it. It clues the viewer into the fact that the school threat is a ruse long before the reveal.
Marcone wouldn't have hurt the child. And he likely wouldn't have killed Justine either. But he considered it, and rightly so. Gender and beauty aside, someone had just used and manipulated him, resulting in his own arm being broken, his people being injured, his resources being spent, and his defenses being revealed. If Justine had been some guy, we wouldn't think twice about Marcone making them pay for what they did.
If anything, Marcone comes across as cold but fair, and Justine comes across as a cold manipulative liar.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on July 20, 2020, 09:01:46 PM ---Right, he didn't do it because he was an upstanding citizen who really cares dearly for the common man of the city.
He did it because he's in a room full of predators who just got told that the only thing stopping them from eating him outright for his insolence -- the Accords -- no longer matter. He has to take charge or else he's dead.
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Yes, I didn't make myself clear, it was weird because he came off as an moral upstanding citizen caring about the city when all he really cares about is his own survival.
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