Well handled, mate. I was wondering how this would go down. Sara’s feeling makes me nervous, though, like Ming the Merciless blasting himself with his own ring, then someone picking it up at the end of the movie…
How to feel? Happy that the unrepentant self-admitted mass-murderer (who, for bonus points, said he was definitely going to get out and kill more people) will not, in fact, be able to get out and kill more people.
This is as clear-cut a case as can possibly exist for execution. Not sure what else to do for you, man.
The real problem is that the egocentric omnipath was blatently baiting them into killing him. There’s no way that he’s not going to possess someone (probably Sara) and come back for a sequel.
“The real problem is that the egocentric omnipath was blatently baiting them into killing him. There’s no way that he’s not going to possess someone (probably Sara) and come back for a sequel.”
That’s certainly being hinted at, HARD, but that still doesn’t really change anything. How could they possibly hold him? This was going to be the result eventually (unless he just plain WON and took over everything), so just get it over with.
And if he does manage to come back… well, just get that over with, too.
Actually the worst thing he could say to them right now would be to compare them to the General’s group. “You condemn them for doing the same thing you just did.” kinda thing
Justice is what it is, regardless of legal system. We have a legal system because we don’t trust the cops to be Judge Dredd, not because it is morally required.
“Killing people (horrifically) for jollies” is not remotely the same thing as “executing someone for committing murder”. That the legal system was not directly involved does not change that in the slightest.
If he now thinks he shouldn’t have said some of the things he told Majesty, I’d advise him to write a letter or e-mail (someone must have an address for him) to apologize a bit. Strategy 101 says you try not to leave bad blood behind with Britain’s equivalent of Superman.
Other than that, I’m with Silverback on this. I guess the reason why the Guard seems callous about killing the bad guy is that 1) they have been there before and 2) they think they know it has to be done. My take on death penalty is that it can easily devolve into a lack of both imagination and trust, but obviously I don’t meet the worst people on earth on a regular basis.
I’m glad the situation didn’t go down into a new battle: trope nicely averted!
Last, Sera’s strange feeling, Silverback’s own sensation of emptiness, along with Eggy’s “Finally” last page do seem to foreshadow a rematch at some point. (Unless Eggy was just attempting suicide by Guard, because his life was really meaningless pain.)
Oh, and hi everyone! My net-name is jd., and I talk too much.
Well handled, mate. I was wondering how this would go down. Sara’s feeling makes me nervous, though, like Ming the Merciless blasting himself with his own ring, then someone picking it up at the end of the movie…
How to feel? Happy that the unrepentant self-admitted mass-murderer (who, for bonus points, said he was definitely going to get out and kill more people) will not, in fact, be able to get out and kill more people.
This is as clear-cut a case as can possibly exist for execution. Not sure what else to do for you, man.
The real problem is that the egocentric omnipath was blatently baiting them into killing him. There’s no way that he’s not going to possess someone (probably Sara) and come back for a sequel.
Silverback was right for the wrong reasons.
“The real problem is that the egocentric omnipath was blatently baiting them into killing him. There’s no way that he’s not going to possess someone (probably Sara) and come back for a sequel.”
That’s certainly being hinted at, HARD, but that still doesn’t really change anything. How could they possibly hold him? This was going to be the result eventually (unless he just plain WON and took over everything), so just get it over with.
And if he does manage to come back… well, just get that over with, too.
Actually the worst thing he could say to them right now would be to compare them to the General’s group. “You condemn them for doing the same thing you just did.” kinda thing
Meh, I would laugh at that.
Justice is what it is, regardless of legal system. We have a legal system because we don’t trust the cops to be Judge Dredd, not because it is morally required.
“Killing people (horrifically) for jollies” is not remotely the same thing as “executing someone for committing murder”. That the legal system was not directly involved does not change that in the slightest.
If he now thinks he shouldn’t have said some of the things he told Majesty, I’d advise him to write a letter or e-mail (someone must have an address for him) to apologize a bit. Strategy 101 says you try not to leave bad blood behind with Britain’s equivalent of Superman.
Other than that, I’m with Silverback on this. I guess the reason why the Guard seems callous about killing the bad guy is that 1) they have been there before and 2) they think they know it has to be done. My take on death penalty is that it can easily devolve into a lack of both imagination and trust, but obviously I don’t meet the worst people on earth on a regular basis.
I’m glad the situation didn’t go down into a new battle: trope nicely averted!
Last, Sera’s strange feeling, Silverback’s own sensation of emptiness, along with Eggy’s “Finally” last page do seem to foreshadow a rematch at some point. (Unless Eggy was just attempting suicide by Guard, because his life was really meaningless pain.)
Oh, and hi everyone! My net-name is jd., and I talk too much.