Jenny and Ted discuss Hive5.x.
Episode Notes:
- A “classic” interlude with guest host and “inchworm grandma” Claire!
- This interlude is so rich in theme
- Faultline founded this found family piece by piece
- More like Gregor the GOAT!!!!
- We see a level of maturity in Gregor and Faultline that’s lacking (for obvious reasons) in the Undersiders
- Faultline’s Paradox: the mercenary with a mission?
- Alas, the Smugline age gap
- How Gregor’s act of monstrous violence mirrors and inverts Taylor’s
- (Lack of) Consequences
- Wait, what’s Faultline’s name?!?
- Jenny doesn’t buy that the Manton effect is psychological or that being close to death is your best chance to have another trigger event
- The blessing and curse of power-related amnesia
- The perfect girl for Newter? We’ve found her!
- This is your brain on Newter
- Who’s behind powers in a bottle? Obviously, the government
- Would any of us drink powers in a bottle?
- Gregor wants to be sure of how he’s seen
- Is Gregor online?
- Navigating the world with a visible power/disability
- Gregor is the exact opposite of Emma
- Villains are great for the economy
- Newter's Patreon rewards
- A brief Labyrinth detour
- Revisiting the thematic richness of how people receive and are affected by superpowers in this setting
- Monstrous natures aside, “What you see is what you get” with Faultline’s Crew
- Arc 6 predictions!
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