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Arnabas,
Posted on: 2010-03-18 11:02 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Cuppa_LLX
naaa he's Sephan Ricter
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
He's a love-crazed fanatic who will stop at nothing to get his wife back.
She's a nigh-immortal psychic in possession of another woman's body. They fight... well, not exactly "crime", but they fight! |
as for Calvin, if he wasn't such a crybaby he'd be with the ANARCHISTS and would have taken her!!!
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Originally Posted by Brimstone_Bobby
As if i didn't already adore you - you are a SMAC fan as well?
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And it's not like Aurora genuinely volunteered to host Praetor Tilman's mind anyway - so he's on a rescue mission to set free the love of his life
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Originally Posted by ObiWan
Spoken like a true resistance terrorist.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The terror is coming from Tyrant's side
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Originally Posted by ObiWan
Of couse you'd say that. it takes the glaring light of truth off of your hero, a rage and hate filled monster willing to scorch the world just to stop the peace loving Emperor Cole.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And it's not like Aurora genuinely volunteered to host Praetor Tilman's mind anyway - so he's on a rescue mission to set free the love of his life
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Originally Posted by beyeajus
sounds like a cheesy but funny sitcom.
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Originally Posted by They Fight Crime!
He's a Nobel prize-winning voodoo matador with a mysterious suitcase handcuffed to his arm. She's a supernatural blonde cab driver who inherited a spooky stately manor from her late maiden aunt. They fight crime!
He's a benighted vegetarian filmmaker with a mysterious suitcase handcuffed to his arm. She's a hard-bitten Buddhist advertising executive married to the Mob. They fight crime! He's an all-American skateboarding cowboy on the wrong side of the law. She's an orphaned winged safe cracker who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick-framed spectacles. They fight crime! |
After (finally)reading the Dune series, I'm wondering if the Praetorian Tyrant will end up being like the Tyrant in Dune, evil, but a necessary evil to prevent a greater calamity.
Calvin Scott could be Duncan Idaho...I guess :/
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Where's your proof?
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Originally Posted by Deadedge
After (finally)reading the Dune series, I'm wondering if the Praetorian Tyrant will end up being like the Tyrant in Dune, evil, but a necessary evil to prevent a greater calamity.
Calvin Scott could be Duncan Idaho...I guess :/ |
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Reread his bio
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
The mind of a raging sociopath is not a good place to start when trying to prove the motives of a generous member of the populat.
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Originally Posted by Scythus
I'd say God Emperor Leto II failed, the calamity did happen: KJA was allowed to touch Dune.
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Originally Posted by Deadedge
Derailing a bit: Those two books (Hunters and Sandworms) were lame in comparison to the rest....
I was willing to give them a fair shot, free from (what I perceived as) fanboyism to Frank Herbert. But Hunters and Sandworms were just lousy vehicles for all their other Dune books....that was disappointing. |
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Originally Posted by Scythus
Indeed. KJA soils everything he touches.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Praetorian propaganda - again
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Originally Posted by Robert Hare
intraspecies predators who use charisma, manipulation, intimidation, sexual intercourse and violence to control others and to satisfy their own selfish needs.
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Originally Posted by Robert Hare
Lacking in conscience and empathy, they take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without guilt or remorse.
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Even if you take an objective viewpoint, Calvin Scott is a raging sociopath.
Sociopathy is essentially psychopathy, except that it's caused by environmental factors (eg, losing your wife). For a professional's description of psychopathy:This is a perfect description of Calvin Scott. While I doubt there's much sexual intercourse involved in Scott's quest to get his wife back, he is absolutely using charisma, manipulation, and/or intimidation to get people to join his Resistance, and he's using violence against the Praetorian utopia to vent his anger. And regaining his wife is absolutely a selfish goal; he doesn't care what happens to Tyrant or any of the praetors. In fact, if they gave him his wife back, he'd probably return to being a loyal citizen. Scott doesn't care how much collateral damage he creates pursuing his wife. He doesn't care how far away from the societal standards of Praetoria he strays. He has no guilt about it. He won't shed a tear about any of it. Calvin Scott is a textbook sociopath. |
While I would agree that Emperor Cole does use similar means (charisma, manipulation, intimidation... etc.), his goal isn't selfish, and he's not violating the social norms.
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Originally Posted by Cuppa_LLX
the same could be said about Emperor Cole, except the white man has the power, pushing the brother down!
Fight the oppression Calvin! |
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
he is absolutely using charisma, manipulation, and/or intimidation to get people to join his Resistance
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
While I would agree that Emperor Cole does use similar means (charisma, manipulation, intimidation... etc.), his goal isn't selfish, and he's not violating the social norms.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I don't think Marauder is a token appointment
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Originally Posted by Cuppa_LLX
no he's just, and i quote, "a wild dog serving his master's leash"
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think you're reading a bit too much into that
Praetoria shouldn't be a racist society, becuase that'd give it away far too early as being evil - Praetoria has to look perfect at first, to make the uncovering of the truth more interesting and dramatic. |