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Grrl Power #1253 - Internship or internmentship
🕑 Added 2024-04-29 10:00:12 +0000 UTCThank you for the support! You guys are awesome!
I do think Lapha has a valid, if entirely self-serving point about meeting strange new life and "normalizing" it, i.e., locking down any part of it that makes it threatening to humans, be they Supers or not. On the other hand... if you're an alien who has eye lasers that can disintegrate people and leave just some dusty clothes flapping in the eddies of their atomized flesh, it's probably not entirely unreasonable to ask you to wear ruby-quartz shades.
Maxima will absolutely pound the stuffing out of someone who attacks her or her team, but she also tries to keep an eye out for talent. She wouldn't consider this course of action with Lapha if Dabbler hadn't been able to lock her down, and even now it's probably a little bit risky, but you don't make a living at being a superhero if you're looking for a boring and safe existence.
As far as Maxima wanting a memory copier on her team and the ethical considerations revolving around that, give her at least a page to explain. As per my usual hedge, I can only fit so much on a given page.
Oh, and if you're unfamiliar with the quintessential "Are we the baddies" reference, please enjoy.
Comments
Richard du Maine
I'd argue Lapha has a one up on 'normals'. Yes, her racial distinctiveness is diminished. However, she is a prisoner in her own body, with the ability to roam 'freely'. Any other race imprisoned in their own body would be bound to a bed, only able to move their eye(s)!
eddi_TBH
Max is willing to take this step to prove her intentions. After all Dabbler can reverse the spell and put Lapha back in the lamp if she tries anything.
AlpineBob
I'm still surprised they put her back in the body - I would have left her in the AI clamp and kept the body as a reward for good behavior.
