Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.g.

Episode Notes:

• Jenny ALMOST got this one right
• Content warming for murder set up as suicide??
• Cherish is in a tangle
• Some very strong symbolism
• Thrill-seeking is a family trait
• We're not happy about these thralls, Regent
• We're happy about his friends, though
• Cherish is powerful, but it's a Wildbow power, so she has to work for it
• Playing with point of view
• Cherish's damage is that no one will like her without her power
• S9 social dynamics
• We decode some epithets
• Jenny's hoping the S9 get taken down a few pegs
• RIP soldier from the start of the chapter
• When the interludes are good, they're good like this one is
• Parallels to Glory Girl and to Skitter
• There's a reason Cherish and Regent both go for fear
• Our book two theme of a traumatized city
• What kind of consent did Regent's thralls give?
• Heartbreaker failed on optics
• A potential Regent tell?
• Amy's secret

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-11/arc-11-infestation-stories-arcs-11/11-g/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow