Jenny and Ted discuss Extermination 8.6.
Episode Notes:
- Oops, Taylor and Jenny both forgot about protecting secret identities
- Odds are good that Sophia doesn’t know Taylor is Skitter
- Reviewing what we remember about Sophia’s two identities in light of this knowledge
- If anyone other than Taylor knew that Shadow Stalker had caused Skitter’s trigger event, wouldn’t it be a huge deal?
- Taylor’s reason for not joining the Wards is also a very real and relatable existential horror
- The Protectorate probably have non-threatening reasons to debrief Skitter
- Amy pulls the rug out from under the heroes here
- When you push Taylor’s buttons this hard, this is how she responds
- Unlike Lisa, Amy doesn’t get anything but thrills from these mind games
- Operation Roach Key
- Maybe Taylor’s power is SPECIAL
- What earns you a bigger rating from the PRT?
- We go back to bug school (and monster school)
- Whether Amy qualifies as “decent” or not, she’s sure creepy!
- Amy’s afraid of being bad, which is why she can’t pass up on the ethical hall pass of tormenting Skitter
- Taylor’s genuine apology is dismissed
- The legal landscape around Endbringer fights
- Taylor’s biggest mistake this chapter is main character syndrome
- Is Taylor right to be paranoid, given the specific heroes she’s worried about?
- Taylor alone, again
- Reframing Taylor’s behavior as rational with iffy priors
- Predictions (and other odds and ends)
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