14.5 - "Scrambled Eggs"

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.5.

Episode Notes:

• We were due for a down chapter
• The narrative challenges of deploying Crawler in a fight
• So much Victoria speculation
• Do two wrongs make a right?
• Amy was so annoying in this chapter
• Why can't people understand Skitter's intentions even though they have no reason to know or trust her??
• The narrative is kind to Taylor's hero instincts in this chapter
• Maybe Amy should care about someone besides her sister
• Taylor's making hash of Amy's beautiful binaries
• Ted has product design opinions about Steed
• Weld is beautiful inside and out (but not perfect) (may not even have genitalia)
• If only Weld and also everyone else were Taylor's bugs
• Wow, what a bad plan this bombing run was
• Skitter saved Piggot from a really bad after-action report
• Maybe Piggot just doesn't really like superpowers
• Mannequin's playing Overcooked with cars
• The most implausible thing in the world
• The metaphor of Taylor's silent bug sense
• Lisa using Taylor's brain
• The narrative cycle of Taylor vs. fire
• Jenny wants Taylor to save everyone
• Taylor's so good at cape fight analysis
• Pondering what it would be like to have someone examine your work in this level of detail
• Worm is good, actually
• The nine have neglected Noelle
• Maybe Mannequin can finally die

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/prey-14-5/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow