(( In the words of the person facilitating my going to the con - Mind you this is the very first time im going TO a con to promote Datachasers the following was written by one of the Darkones here at the house Mind you Ill will have a table at the con Near registration... ))
"Datachasers is going to Darkcon! I will be at Darkcon Friday, Saturday and Sunday! They are letting me have a fan table near the registration desk. Any donations to help with printing costs for promo materials, my badge, room, food, etc would be greatly appreciated! Darkcon is going to be in Phoenix AZ, over the upcoming weekend. More info: Darkcon Please show up, support the comic, and have fun at one of the best local cons in the state! Yay! "
So yes this is a real thing - and any dontations will help your friendly Artist person not to starve at the con!
I don't think she could choose not to help Lynn out like that, it's such an ingrained personality trait that she might as well try to stop the planet from rotating, it would be a less futile effort.
Not that she's want to stop being such a caring android, but it really goes down deep to her very core.
Your right.. it does go to her very core. she started off pretty duty oriented and takes herself to task over any mistake. Its the reason Athena's parents picked up Dollys contract. She WAS and is.. the perfect choice.
One Cotton Pickin Minute Here Why aren'y Calli's parents here? They're still alive and as advanced as medicine is I can't believe they are senile in a nursing home. Evil-1 has deliberately with held the info from them and why hasn't Calli contacted them. Or are they so wrapped up in what a wonderful world this is they can't be bothered? Lynn is their grandchild after all, or was the marriage so far out of their social class they disowned Calli and Lynn?
Athena as previously shown seemed to be a bit... simple, Dragonrider. So Calliope might not want to worry her.
Then too, CentComm (evil as she is) requested that she keep the number of people that know of the kidnapping to a minimum. Calliope overrode that in informing Kyle, but she might have agreed to not inform her Mom, Athena. Especially if Athena is a bit limited and might react poorly to the information, aggravating an already bad situation. :-7
Okay Ive not said anything yet. But I want to step in here - Calli's Parents are alive and well AND they are OFF planet. ( on vacation ) as for why they have not been informed ill say this much its not a deep dark plot - :D
OK so Grandma-San is a major powerhouse in Diplomatic Circles, I'm loosing something in translation here. To stupid little me the folowing facts are glaring:
A)Luna is aware of Lynns abduction, Eye In The Sky remember.Luna keeps close eye on all things Terran, especially something coming out of Nova Roma.
B)Grandmama has contacts that allow her to persuade Luna to gently Explain to Douchebag, either return Lynn unharmed or loose Luna Tech Support and Markets. (Its called Embargo)
C.) Luna is loosing respect for New Troy and her former Ambassador because they are to proud or stupid to take advantage of all resources.
D.) Lynn is their only Granddaughter for crying out loud. Vacation schmacation they should have been notified immediately.
E.) Above all else refer to D.
yes Luna is aware of the Abduction but they can/will NOT take sides. And Athena is retired. No longer active as a diplomat. and She has not been informed as of yet - remember it has not been that long. and they are HOPING to resolve this quickly.
And it costs SOOOOO MUCH to call the moon, those Luna-Com charges really add up! CentComm already felt the burn from the COLLECT ransom call (the Prince has a special place in HE!! waiting for him for that stunt), so she is trying to save some money. :-D
I don't want to launch a debate about child development and psychology, but let me say that Athena isn't actually simple. She was one of those kids who has trouble learning in what we'll call "traditional" ways, and her extremely overprotective parents resisted advice from educators to find alternative methods, as they didn't like hearing anything that sounded remotely like "Your precious angel's developmentally challenged".
Dolly, being with Athena 24/7, basically did an end-run around the parents. She observed the kid closely, consulted with the right people to find out what Athena really needed, and did the job herself.
Athena has enjoyed a long and impressive career as a major diplomat, mostly as New Troy's ambassador to Luna. I think I just gave away where she and her husband are vacationing. :D
Damn, and here I was thinking they were relaxing on the Helios Space Hotel built on (or in the shadow of) 2000 BD19. That would be off-planet and OUT of this world. :-D
And YAY Dolly. Too bad our education system isn't so... Taylor-ed. :-D
Sounds like my life, except I never had anyone like Dolly. I always felt broken, and I got tons of lectures from my parents, whenever my grades slipped. I was either "too lazy" or I "didn't care".
My problems didn't end, when I graduated. Work was like slogging through knee deep mud. It wasn't till after my son was diagnosed, that I realized that I had a legitimate illness, and finally got treated.
I urge all parents to get their kids tested, if there's any sign that they're struggling at school. Good grades do not necessarily mean that a kid is okay. They could be putting themselves through hell, to get high marks and please their parents.
Several decades ago, my parents knew nothing about the kinds of disability that I have. Parents today have no such excuse. If they fail to get their kids tested, making them live with disabilities like mine, without treatment, I consider that child abuse.
Ditto this. My poor grades in school wasn't that I couldn't learn. I routinely did my brother's homework, who was four years older than I, for fun, until he found out and started being more protective of his school books. Because I'm sure it stung to come home with a homework assignment with a C grade, and then find out your kid brother did that same homework without attending your class, just reading the textbook, and got nearly 90% of it right. The stuff at my grade level was dreadfully boring. I was kept from skipping grades because my teachers felt I needed to socialize more. But why the fuck would I want to socialize with the dullards in my class? In hindsight, not socializing much with the dullards in my class kept me from getting beat up. My classmates saw my homework grades, assumed I was struggling like them. Test and quiz grades were usually easy enough to hide. Also, I didn't always bother so much with them either, once the teacher knew I could do them and I knew I didn't have a chance to move on except with the rest of my class. Not that I flubbed tests and quizzes, but I did certainly target 'second highest' grade a fair amount.
Of course, I wasn't well-adjusted. While I didn't have the exact issues that Athena exhibited, I can empathize. And appreciate. My first girlfriend probably renamed me at least half a dozen times - and I certainly didn't complain.
You need to get Acme's Regression beam (dammit, can't find a youtube of Bugs Bunny & Marvin the Martian showing it off), CentComm... Then it is very easy to regress someone. :-D
Dolly probably ordered it made. Probably as standard security for an important personage like Lynn, mjkj. If there was ever an issue there would be a RECORD of what happened so proper responses could be made.
Those are in use as well - Although this footage is more "internal flashback" from the bland single POV security cam the angles and such are for the readers benefit
I love how ALL of this is done. Little Lynn was adorable. :-)
I also have to give kudos for whomever picked the white rose, very appropriate. :-)
And despite being on a binge, Calliope seems to be incredibly coherent. Synth doesn't seem to be worth much for getting blotto. Calliope should have gone with Dolly to Joleet if she wanted to forget for awhile. Sure worked on Dolly! :-D
If this is the past, why does Dolly's face look more like her human version from now? (I mostly mean the human hair, and not the "plastic chunks" (for lack of a better word) that she started out with at the beginning of the comic?
Probably because this is post-Fallon, KarToon. From what was said, Dolly was damaged by the firefight with the gutters.
When Calliope put her back together, I imagine she 'improved' Dolly quite a bit. Made Dolly more human than she had been before, so she would be even more 'family' than she had been before.
Um yeah about Dollys looks - Yes her looks was changed mainly becuase the plastic chunks hair looked SO horrible So adaptions were made ( we can call it a sub adpation of Dolly :D )
Also this version of Dolly would have used synth-flesh - a plastic subsititute for human skin.
It's good to see that at a young age she understood the basic underpinning of all morality: "Do not do unto others what you do not want done unto you." (The Silver Rule)
She knows it's wrong of the bad guys to want to initiate aggression against her when she knows she's done nothing wrong to them.
Actually these all come under Murphy's Rules of Combat.
1. Do Unto Others First...Then Split Before They Can Recover.
2. You win when the other guy dies for his country.
3. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.
4. This side towards the enemy does NOT belong on your side of the Claymore.
5. All Human Resource problems can be solved with proper application of C4, detonator and timer.
The Taylors always carry their own cause their DNA has as Centy said the keys tot he kingdom. But I also bet that DNA also Has Centy's well override the one she cannot Bypass. And the real reason they Carry their own children rather than let the Ovarium Do it is because It keeps Centcomm FRom scanning the Unborn child locating the DNA And REMOVING that sequence so it is not passed down and thus removing her last threat. It probally is encoded in the taylor DNA in such a way that Any tampering AFTER a certain point in the childs development would cause .......well Serious problems/death or worse would trigger centy;s own self destruct for trying to remove it.
Not that she's want to stop being such a caring android, but it really goes down deep to her very core.
Then too, CentComm (evil as she is) requested that she keep the number of people that know of the kidnapping to a minimum. Calliope overrode that in informing Kyle, but she might have agreed to not inform her Mom, Athena. Especially if Athena is a bit limited and might react poorly to the information, aggravating an already bad situation. :-7
A)Luna is aware of Lynns abduction, Eye In The Sky remember.Luna keeps close eye on all things Terran, especially something coming out of Nova Roma.
B)Grandmama has contacts that allow her to persuade Luna to gently Explain to Douchebag, either return Lynn unharmed or loose Luna Tech Support and Markets. (Its called Embargo)
C.) Luna is loosing respect for New Troy and her former Ambassador because they are to proud or stupid to take advantage of all resources.
D.) Lynn is their only Granddaughter for crying out loud. Vacation schmacation they should have been notified immediately.
E.) Above all else refer to D.
Dolly, being with Athena 24/7, basically did an end-run around the parents. She observed the kid closely, consulted with the right people to find out what Athena really needed, and did the job herself.
Athena has enjoyed a long and impressive career as a major diplomat, mostly as New Troy's ambassador to Luna. I think I just gave away where she and her husband are vacationing. :D
And YAY Dolly. Too bad our education system isn't so... Taylor-ed. :-D
This whole segment is going to change a lot of things and perspectives :D
My problems didn't end, when I graduated. Work was like slogging through knee deep mud. It wasn't till after my son was diagnosed, that I realized that I had a legitimate illness, and finally got treated.
I urge all parents to get their kids tested, if there's any sign that they're struggling at school. Good grades do not necessarily mean that a kid is okay. They could be putting themselves through hell, to get high marks and please their parents.
Several decades ago, my parents knew nothing about the kinds of disability that I have. Parents today have no such excuse. If they fail to get their kids tested, making them live with disabilities like mine, without treatment, I consider that child abuse.
Of course, I wasn't well-adjusted. While I didn't have the exact issues that Athena exhibited, I can empathize. And appreciate. My first girlfriend probably renamed me at least half a dozen times - and I certainly didn't complain.
Little Lynn is quite sharp and Dolly is quite the teacher.
I wonder how Calliope did come to that video - and who recorded it...
Nice invention...
I also have to give kudos for whomever picked the white rose, very appropriate. :-)
And despite being on a binge, Calliope seems to be incredibly coherent. Synth doesn't seem to be worth much for getting blotto. Calliope should have gone with Dolly to Joleet if she wanted to forget for awhile. Sure worked on Dolly! :-D
When Calliope put her back together, I imagine she 'improved' Dolly quite a bit. Made Dolly more human than she had been before, so she would be even more 'family' than she had been before.
Also this version of Dolly would have used synth-flesh - a plastic subsititute for human skin.
She knows it's wrong of the bad guys to want to initiate aggression against her when she knows she's done nothing wrong to them.
And the one I'm familiar with is, "Do unto others..." ::BLAM, BLAM, BLAM, BLAM:: "...before they do unto you." :-)
1. Do Unto Others First...Then Split Before They Can Recover.
2. You win when the other guy dies for his country.
3. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.
4. This side towards the enemy does NOT belong on your side of the Claymore.
5. All Human Resource problems can be solved with proper application of C4, detonator and timer.
The Taylors always carry their own cause their DNA has as Centy said the keys tot he kingdom. But I also bet that DNA also Has Centy's well override the one she cannot Bypass. And the real reason they Carry their own children rather than let the Ovarium Do it is because It keeps Centcomm FRom scanning the Unborn child locating the DNA And REMOVING that sequence so it is not passed down and thus removing her last threat. It probally is encoded in the taylor DNA in such a way that Any tampering AFTER a certain point in the childs development would cause .......well Serious problems/death or worse would trigger centy;s own self destruct for trying to remove it.
Trying to misdirect people from the TRUE evil in the world, herself! :-D