Not a kid, though you might revise your previous statement anyway if you’d know more about him.
I can’t easily think of nastier or less likeable characters in Fallen London.
I love horrid bad guys. Always have, probably always will.
No, I don’t know what’s wrong with me :P
Great to see the FL team stick to its release plans and be right on schedule. Kudos guys!!
I finally went North because I wasn’t sure I’d ever see the end of Light Fingers, so hopefully I can catch someone’s journal echoes for this. Exciting stuff!
So the thread of this story picks up out at Zee at Dr Vaughn’s encampment, yes? Just wondering if I should plan to camp out there overnight on the 25th to get a head-start on things.
OH!
This is not an ES, then?
Ahhh, alright. Was worried I was not going to achieve full enjoyment since I never had opportunity to hate the guy
YES! Excitement aplenty!
What is it that makes Edward so terrible? Is it just that he buries you alive rather than killing you outright? Does that really make him worse than, say, the apocalyptic evil of the spider-councils?
He’s even polite enough to warn you ahead of time that he’ll make you suffer if you keep poking your nose around the orphanage. Regardless of what exactly goes on in there, you’re still entering a non-public building without permission.
[spoiler]Here’s a crazy thought: what if Poor Edward wants you to free Clarabelle, but is so closely watched by their superior(s) that they have to try to stop you or else be replaced by someone who would definitely stop you? If deterring people from snooping on the orphanage is so important, why doesn’t he just permanently kill your character? Instead of beheading you and dumping you in the river or dicing you up and feeding you to dogs, he puts you in a box which can be escaped in several ways. Further still, why does he give you Lethean tea leaves, one of the very few things which can free a person from the orphanage?
Another Light Fingers question: The orphanage has or had a moon-miser (its fate is unknown with the orphanage destroyed or damaged), and was using moon-milk to instill the obsessions of the orphanage’s subjects. Affair of the Box reveals that Stones also had a moon-miser, and was using the moon-milk to create soldiers of some sort. Poor Edward is an agent of Mr Fires. Jasper and Frank have worked for Mr Fires in the past (e.g. the meeting with Soap in the clay quarters), and in the AotB storyline they’re working for Mr Stones. Their pursuit of Dr Vaughan in Light Fingers could be work on behalf of either Stones or Fires (my guess is Stones). Does all this mean that Mr Fires and Mr Stones have or had competing moon-milk projects? Is there anything more about this outside of Light Fingers and Affair of the Box?[/spoiler]
edited by Anchovies on 9/18/2017
edited by Anchovies on 9/18/2017
I think he seems worse because he’s human. We expect monsters to behave horribly. It’s different when you encounter an evil human being.
Even Jack-of-Smiles doesn’t give off such a sinister and creepy vibe.
edited by dov on 9/18/2017
[quote=Gonen]OH!
This is not an ES, then?
Ahhh, alright. Was worried I was not going to achieve full enjoyment since I never had opportunity to hate the guy[/quote]
I’m kind of sad it’s not :P
YESSSS!!! I’ve been waiting for less than a year, but it feels like forever!
I like his mask.
He’s honestly not all that villainous, it’s just that he’s outrageously creepy. Like, he’s the scariest dude in Fallen London by a nautical mile. Also he’s very charismatic, in his freaky way, so there’s an element of attraction to balance and accentuate the terror. Or maybe that’s just me. ^_~ God I’m so glad he’s back. I can’t wait to see how he survived. I hope he just walked right through the carnage like a dapper Jason Voorhies.[li]
Are we going to have to settle this with a slapfight? :P
There’s also the whole “disappearing people to a secret torture facility” thing. That’s pretty villainous.
Unless they’re like, into…
dumps a bucket of cold water over her head
[quote=Kukapetal]I love horrid bad guys. Always have, probably always will.
No, I don’t know what’s wrong with me :P[/quote]
To put things into perspective: Poor Edward was Passionario’s mentor, predecessor and role model.
dumps an entire ocean of cold water over her head
Better than a ****ing monkey
Not a kid, though you might revise your previous statement anyway if you’d know more about him.
I can’t easily think of nastier or less likeable characters in Fallen London.[/quote]
The Captivating Princess.