Jenny and Ted discuss Tangle 6.8.

Episode Notes:

• Jenny was right about Alec!!
• Will Taylor sell her soul for the ferry?
• Jenny loves Coil........as a character
• Coil is making all his promises contingent on practicality, not virtue
• How much respect does Taylor have for the existing government, really?
• The heroes are already unelected leaders... how else are civics different in this world?
• Ah, the temptation of competent tyranny (and of influence!)
• Coil as a foil of Armsmaster: he's a GOOD manager and a better prepper
• What's Coil hiding behind his snake costume? And what does it meeeeean?
• Coil needs Taylor to provide a better temptation for herself
• The real temptation for us, the readers, are the warehouses full of dogs
• Regent, the 15-year-old with the most backstory ever
• Lisa's the Coil of the Undersiders
• How does Coil's secret plan fit with Lisa's cops and robbers view of the world?
• Okay, but does Coil control everything or not?
• The hubris debate
• Hang on, is this why the Undersiders keep winning?
• Taylor's the real reason Coil's putting his plan in motion right now
• Coil and Tattletale and the question of transparency
• Ted's predictions from his first reading

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-6-tangle/6-08/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow