Based on past elections, I have developed two Nate Silver-style analytical systems for predicting the outcomes of local elections, which I shall describe below.
[ul][li]The most sexy-badass candidate always wins. The one most likely to be seen in, like, a black leather corset, with a gun-sword in each hand.[/li][li]The outcome depends on what year it is, in the conventional calendar format. Take the final digit of the year. If that digit is even, then the candidate that I, personally, support, will win handily. If it’s odd, they’ll get roundly thrashed.
[/li][/ul] edited by Diptych on 7/28/2019
I tend to agree that the most badass candidate wins with one exception: the Princess. I throughly expected her to trounce the Contrarian, since half the city is in love with her, but it didn’t happen.
Then again, the elections presented her as girly and bratty, not the femme-fatale we knew from our previous interactions, so it could have been that.
[quote=Jolanda Swan]Then again, the elections presented her as girly and bratty[/quote]Funnily, this was always my mental picture of her. Apart from the ending of The Gift, which shows quite another side. I always had her in mind as some kind of spoiled monster-brat. Okay, the new content (and artwork) makes her significantly "brattier", but imagined something along those lines.
(And, slightly off-topic, I still love the fact that, despite having a wonderfully pleasant time with her, you can never be totally sure that she’s not going to brutally rip you to shreds the next moment. But here I am, swooning again…)
Addendum: Okay, after some more reflection, I think you’re right. My memories seem to be a bit biased there. She was definitely much more of a Femme Fatale before. Calm, charming, determined, deadly. A bit sad to see this gone, actually.
I think she still has her femme fatale side (it was extremely present if you picked her fate option during the election, for example).
Like, the spoiled side of her is the part that’s played for laughs. The femme fatale side…is the part that isn’t. Both sides were also present in My Kingdom for a Pig. Like, she thinks nothing of getting the Khaganian ambassador to drink himself into oblivion and if the Doctor F____ fails to get her what she wants, she burns his lab down.
The Princess is always monstrous. If you disappoint her you will pay (unless you are the player character, in which case you tend to get away). Yet in all of the interactions you have with her she is competent, hyperfeminine and clever. In the elections she was girly, and didn’t know what doors do.
The change seemed odd but at least we were spared the Princess as mayor.
[quote=Jolanda Swan]The change seemed odd but at least we were spared the Princess as mayor.[/quote]You surely meant "missed the precious opportunity to be an important part of her marvellous artistical vision"!
There’s an alternative theory that she knew she was covering up the main exits with very flammable posters and didn’t care.[/quote]
I took that reading to be so clearly in-character that I never even considered any other. Of course she was walling people up in their homes just to promote herself! She’s the Captivating Princess!
Can you remind me of the mechanics? Is there any reason to hold onto Reputation or should I spend it all tonight?
When we got the lance was that with Reputation or a different trait? Thanks for your help!
Sorry, meant to do it properly but somehow got locked out midway through the edit (which somehow went through anyway?). and then basically forgot about it. It’s gone now. Consider this my ‘covfefe’ moment. edited by thefantodayhtml on 7/29/2019 edited by thefantodayhtml on 7/29/2019
Sorry, meant to do it properly but somehow got locked out midway through the edit (which somehow went through anyway?). and then basically forgot about it. It’s gone now. Consider this my ‘covfefe’ moment.
Sorry, meant to do it properly but somehow got locked out midway through the edit (which somehow went through anyway?). and then basically forgot about it. It’s gone now. Consider this my ‘covfefe’ moment.
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It’s cool. The forum can weird out sometimes![/quote]
Thanks. And sorry.
[quote=Diptych]Based on past elections, I have developed two Nate Silver-style analytical systems for predicting the outcomes of local elections, which I shall describe below.
[ul][li]The most sexy-badass candidate always wins. The one most likely to be seen in, like, a black leather corset, with a gun-sword in each hand.[/li][li]The outcome depends on what year it is, in the conventional calendar format. Take the final digit of the year. If that digit is even, then the candidate that I, personally, support, will win handily. If it’s odd, they’ll get roundly thrashed.
[/li][/ul] edited by Diptych on 7/28/2019[/quote]
In my view, it always seems to be the one who seems like they will be best for London. until recently that was Shoshana, but now it’s pretty clear it’s Virginia. I was orginally distrustful of her intentions, but now I know what they are I’ve switched to supporting her. Fingers crossed that her "badass"ness will work in her favor this time around.
Here’s my attempt to decode Madam Shoshana’s tarot fortunes.
[spoiler] Sinning Jenny is drawn the Rose, the Lady and the Ship.
The Rose and Lady are Zodiac signs, so lets start with them.
The Rose can be received in two ways, by being an artist or a cold blooded killer.
Jenny is both intuitive and empathetic. She’a also a performer and a Vake hunter. So this seems to fit her.
The Lady in contrast can be awarded to hedonists and adventurous sorts.
So the Lady is someone who is both impulsive and charismatic. This does not fit with Jenny, who for all her salaciousness is incredibly controlled, so it would seem to match a second person. And while the Vake might be impulsive, is it charming? Now Mr. Wines on the other hand, can be impulsive and is certainly charming (he regularly holds parties after all).
The Ship is not a Zodiac sign, but ships are synonymous with travel and the Unterzee is associated with danger, so this card has something of a risky journey about it. Now, as Jenny was asking about the past, her question might involve unfinished business with the Sisterhood, whose citadel happens to reside across the Zee, and who sent Jenny on a quest to mission to London.
Perhaps Jenny has to get something from Wines?
The Empress’s fortune is a little easier, as all her cards, the Spider, the Lantern, and the Cat, are in the Zodiac.
The Spider is dealt to artists and animal lovers.
So, very intellectual but also emotional. Unhelpful. Though the Empress’s devotion to her husband, more an idea at this point than an actual living person, and her emotional sale of London to get him back might fit here.
The Lantern is given to hedonists and philanthropists.
Of all the people the Empress might ask about, this sounds a lot like the Regretful Sculptress. She is the only one of the imperial family that one can describe as creative with a passion for their craft (and the only one who’d be described as having a craft, for that matter). Alternatively, this card could present a challenge or problem that needs an extremely creative solution.
The Cat is given to philanthropists and adventurers.
So, someone artistic and devoted to higher ideals.
And Shoshana suggests Mrs. Plenty for something! Though she hedges like crazy.
Mrs. Plenty is arguably artistic and, um, idealistic, for a certain definition of idealism…
So, one reading, the Empress has a problem with her daughter and needs someone who can help resolve it. It might just be they need a buyer for some statues, but it’s probably something a little bit deeper than that. Alternatively, the Empress has a problem that requires a creative solution by an artistic and idealistic (gulp) personage.
Shoshana’s signs are the Shepherd, the Rose, and the Mirror’s Edge. The last, again, is not a Zodiac card, though it doesn’t seem particularly difficult to interpret. We’ve already gone over Rose with Sinning Jenny, so that just leaves Shepherd.
Criminal masterminds and gamblers get this one!
Logical and articulate. I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest this represents how Shoshana views herself :P
Rose, intuition and empathy, this could easily represent love. The Mirror’s Edge obviously represents the Mirror Marches/Parabola. Shoshana in search of the answer contained in love will have to dive into Parabola.