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ijuin
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Likely, since the Godmother is supposed to be Pandora Chaos Raven.
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I was thinking 1880s myself—mysterious stranger in a saloon in the Old West, for example. Anyway, the “Paranormal Investigators’ consultant” thing is probably why Arthur was familiar with her.
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Either one is useful if the goal is to destroy/kill something, or to make a being or creature fear you.
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Without Elliot—canon Tedd was friends with him since the age of eight.
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Lumpy blanket?
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Given the author’s proclivities, it is clear that we are not encouraged to think of Bishop as “hot”. Imposing, and effective at what she does, yes, but not attractive as a romantic/sexual partner.
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Mainly, the implied undercurrent is that Cinderella had deserved a fair chance to appeal to the Prince all along, and it was her Stepmother and Stepsisters trying to take her rightful status from her—i.e. it’s not a “rags to riches” tale, but rather a restoration of what was lost/taken.
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In versions of Cinderella where the father is dead, the Stepmother is scheming to disinherit her so that her own daughters will inherit the estate.
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It worked for Susan and for Grace.
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Money exists on two levels. Commodity money has value because it is made out of something that that our society considers to carry value (e.g. precious metals). Fiat currency, by contrast, holds value because social institutions (governments, banks, etc.) will honor it—it is essentially borrowing against the government/bank’s own credit. Fiat currency collapses if the institution supporting it collapses (e.g. a government is dismantled after being occupied in a war).
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As Sirleck pointed out, overuse of gold creation would devalue gold in general. For perspective, there is an estimated 200 thousand metric tons of gold currently in the possession of humanity, including all known bullion and manufactured objects. This comes out to just under one troy ounce for each human alive—which is about ten times too rare to use gold as cash, which is why mankind moved from cash gold to gold-backed banknotes at the start of the 20th century, back when human population was about 1/4-1/5 of current levels.
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True, but in the case of fiat currency, it’s our supposed overlords who decree it unilaterally, as opposed to any widespread consensus. Basically, if the government collapses, fiat currency becomes worthless, whereas commodity currency requires a general breakdown of society to lose its value.
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Fiat currency in general isn’t “real”, inasmuch as it only has value because the issuing government will honor it.
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Usually you have to do it through loyalty rather than fear. Fear has the problem that as soon as they think that they can hurt you, they will try to remove you as a threat. Loyalty on the other hand means that they want to benefit you.
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Pandora has centuries to build up legitimate funds—even just a slice of the treasures that she and Blaike acquired in their adventuring could have served as seed money for investments, so she would have had those. As likely as not, Hope made a withdrawal from a bank account that was under one of Pandora’s aliases.
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He might care if she produced an additional child which wasn’t his yet for whom he would be financially responsible.
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Hope and Adrian.
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Something like that, yes. Apparently all of the phone functions interface with Elliot’s brain telepathically or something. Useful, but not “wow, magical!”
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Most versions of Cinderella, the motive for the abuse of Cinderella is to disinherit her, so that the estate will go to the Stepsisters instead. Also, the fact that they were invited to a ball where the Crown Prince was seeking a bride implies that Cinderella’s father was of a rank that his daughters would be permitted to marry into Royalty, so he was likely at least a Baron, and so there was the inheritance of a title of nobility at stake and not just the house, land, and wealth.
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Probably to reassure him “Oh no, I absolutely did not sleep around behind my previous husband’s back and therefore will not sleep around behind your back”.
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Choosing by lots/random number generation is an accepted method of breaking an exact tie.
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She definitely needs a cover identity if she wants to have any officially-recognized dealings, such as bank accounts, credit cards, and a mailing address. Pandora presumably had at least one such identity, but how is Hope going to insert herself into the official records system? I mean, someone like Edward (or someone in their department) could be a liaison for Immortals to set them up with legal identities . . .
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Most of the named characters who are going to university are going locally, it seems, so nobody is moving too far away to meet with daily.
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If light is uncomfortable for you, then perhaps you need some cheap sunglasses? Or clip-ons for your prescription glasses, if you wear those.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required) (Content TV-MA)
ijuin replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
I hope you have sunglasses that you can use.