Her assertion that SH was reinstated because A-Sig wanted it that way denies the possibility that Jonah & Nera could have been the catalyst that prompted Mr. Green to choose that particular time to act.
“Do it? Dan, I’m not a Republic Serial villain. Do you seriously think I’d explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.”
I counted two pieces. First that Anasigma arranged for Skin Horse to be reinstated. Second that she know something about what Anasigma (or rather, decision-makers within Anasigma) wants.
Third (I miscounted) that she’s happy for his blog’s entire readership to find this out.
She also revealed that she’s aware of the nature of her agency and position, which means she truly believes that NHS’s are a threat to humanity and isn’t just being manipulated into opposing them.
Except I don’t think she’s doing it for pay. As a telepath, she knows exactly what they would do to her if she didn’t follow orders. So, she does what she follows orders. But what results has she gotten? She ordered fire on Nick, but did she know from reading his mind that he was safe? Also could have known the deck guns were disabled – perhaps her plan all along was to net Rhody, Nick, and Jonah so she could protect them. She has the Skin Horse team in the brig, but that could also be for their protection. If she really was trying to do a good (evil) job for Anasigma, she would lock up Jonah and Nera, too.
No, she’s a villain. She truly believes NHS’s are a threat to humanity and must be wiped out. She said so a few weeks ago when she told Sweetheart that she knows that she’s working for A-Sig.
This in a nutshell is why Anasigma won’t win by the end of this comic. It’s a combination of hubris and complexity addiction. The leaders, Mr. Green and whatever board of directors, are so obsessed with appearing to know everything about their goals that they have set plans for every, and I mean every contingency. You don’t use multiversal portals to scan possibilities and guard them with fire-breathing azolotls without a certain over-dedication. As a result, they are going to collapse under the gambit pileups. Employees and minions will suffer from apathy after trying to keep track of too many goals (“Yeah, yeah, humankind first. Hand me a wrench so I can fix the trapdoor, will ya?”) and the whole thing will eventually come crashing down. Our Heroes just have to wait and try to minimize the casualties.
I like how they’re enough on the same wavelength that he just accepted her word for it without doubting her. ^_^
Her assertion that SH was reinstated because A-Sig wanted it that way denies the possibility that Jonah & Nera could have been the catalyst that prompted Mr. Green to choose that particular time to act.
She doesn’t know that part of it. She’s not a loyal reader like us.
But she is psychic, so she could know that part.
Hmmm, Panoptica just accidentally revealed a piece of information to Jonah that he and Nera were lacking. Or was it on purpose?
“Do it? Dan, I’m not a Republic Serial villain. Do you seriously think I’d explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.”
More importantly, she’s raised the key question: Where are her orders coming from?
I counted two pieces. First that Anasigma arranged for Skin Horse to be reinstated. Second that she know something about what Anasigma (or rather, decision-makers within Anasigma) wants.
Third (I miscounted) that she’s happy for his blog’s entire readership to find this out.
She also revealed that she’s aware of the nature of her agency and position, which means she truly believes that NHS’s are a threat to humanity and isn’t just being manipulated into opposing them.
Beginning to think maybe Panoptica is not such a villain, she doesn’t seem to be all that happy with Anasigma’s machinations.
She’s a punch clock villain, an attitude usually found in the lower ranks.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunchClockVillain
Except I don’t think she’s doing it for pay. As a telepath, she knows exactly what they would do to her if she didn’t follow orders. So, she does what she follows orders. But what results has she gotten? She ordered fire on Nick, but did she know from reading his mind that he was safe? Also could have known the deck guns were disabled – perhaps her plan all along was to net Rhody, Nick, and Jonah so she could protect them. She has the Skin Horse team in the brig, but that could also be for their protection. If she really was trying to do a good (evil) job for Anasigma, she would lock up Jonah and Nera, too.
If H. T. ever needed a girlfriend (if Sweetheart let), Panoptica would be a match for him.
Along some spectrum from “energetically evil” to “casually evil”
I don’t think Sweetheart cares if H.T. has a girlfriend. She’s finally acknowledged that she likes Unity.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/the-usual-script/
No, she’s a villain. She truly believes NHS’s are a threat to humanity and must be wiped out. She said so a few weeks ago when she told Sweetheart that she knows that she’s working for A-Sig.
If Panoptica is just following orders, then somebody must be giving her orders. Who?
Nera’s mom?
This in a nutshell is why Anasigma won’t win by the end of this comic. It’s a combination of hubris and complexity addiction. The leaders, Mr. Green and whatever board of directors, are so obsessed with appearing to know everything about their goals that they have set plans for every, and I mean every contingency. You don’t use multiversal portals to scan possibilities and guard them with fire-breathing azolotls without a certain over-dedication. As a result, they are going to collapse under the gambit pileups. Employees and minions will suffer from apathy after trying to keep track of too many goals (“Yeah, yeah, humankind first. Hand me a wrench so I can fix the trapdoor, will ya?”) and the whole thing will eventually come crashing down. Our Heroes just have to wait and try to minimize the casualties.