Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.x.

Episode Notes:

• Merry Inchmas! It’s the first Noelle chapter
• Coil hasn’t won yet but realistically who’s gonna stop him?
• Details of horrible vices left as an exercise for the reader
• Are Coil’s timelines basically a guilt-free personal Westworld?
• Do absolute power fantasies corrupt absolutely fantastically?
• And yet, Coil is unhappy
• While writing these notes, Ted realizes that if he had Coil’s power he wouldn’t mind exercising at all omggggg jealous
• Coil wins the Stanley Cup
• Like with his collection of useful people, Coil has made himself desperate… for control
• The horrors of Noelle and Creep are also left to our imaginations
• We have a lot of questions but not many answers about Noelle
• The way Dinah's odds change just underscores how chaotic the world can be
• Some Undersiders speculation
• Coil learns that he took a bad risk overnight
• Coil’s people are his possessions
• Tattletale’s blind spot re: Coil’s character
• Coil’s (potential) blind spot re: Taylor’s possible desperation
• The potential torments of her future are not left to Dinah’s imagination
• Ted isn’t buying Mr. Pitter’s backstory
• Coil is the evil next door on a couple of levels
• Jenny predicts Coil will win, only to lose later
• Announcement! Inchworm will return with a mailbag episode on 1/6/26

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-x-interlude/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow