Originally Posted by MisterMagpie
![]() I swear to god, this whole time I thought it was a sister/big brother thing.
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23 Years old and 'Totally a trained Superhero' (minor spoilers)
I swear to god, this whole time I thought it was a sister/big brother thing.
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that's the impression I got from the LGTF...a deranged, overprotective, older brother
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That implies a more platonic or familial relationship, not a romantic one.
One of his lines during the LGTF is about protecting her from "boys" which always struck me as very fatherly. (Who hasn't had/been faced with the overbearing father who never thinks you're good enough for his daughter?)
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that's the impression I got from the LGTF...a deranged, overprotective, older brother
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Of course, that whole bit just reinforces the whole "kid" aspect of things, or maybe it's just CK's own personal insanity that makes him treat her that way instead of treating her as a roughly twenty-year-old woman. (Age guess based on the implied aging that happens to Temblor and Fusionette between Faultline and RWZ.)
As for a "hinted at" pedophile relationship, that just goes back again to the fact that Penny's age was so indeterminate that people assumed she was a kid. Clearly, if she's 18-20 by the time of Lady Grey's Task Force then there's not even a hint of pedophilia in the relationship.
I'd even go so far as to say that one reason that Penny became a "much loved" character (to use the Dev's words from the preview of I-22) is BECAUSE so many people viewed her as a kid. If she had been viewed by everyone from the beginning as a peer of Jim Temblor and Fusionette, I am of the opinion that she would not have become nearly as much of a "much loved" character. Your mileage may vary, of course.
I just find it amusing that a character named as a Wacky Races reference is now becoming a premier hero in the game. I wonder if one of her rejected hero names was "Pitstop"?
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I really think they should have given Muxley (the Lost boss) some kind of ambient snicker sound effect in that mission.
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I do like when a silly reference suddenly ends up becoming an important part of the story.
Aegis Rose, Forcefield/Energy Defender - Freedom
"Bubble up for safety!"
He does. He has two lines, one is the snicker and the other is "Rackin' frackin' rausey-rakin'!" Then we meet the rest of the cast in the following mission.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, children of all ages (lol sorry I couldn't resist) ... Once more we are attempting to tie Real Life/Time to a game/comic. In SSA arc # 5 Statesman died at the hands of Darrin Wade and yet the same day I completed that arc I was in IP and waved at STATESMAN standing around on the deck of that ship ready to send heroes off to battle Lord Recluse. In SSA # 6 we now know that Sister Psyche also perishes but last I checked she is still outside the hospital in IP sending heroes off to battle Freakshow and Claymor.
The explanation... those events (the TF) occurred in a time before the SSAs cause their demise. Now I haven't seen anything, then again I wasn't looking, that states that Penny is now 23 and was or wasn't 18 back when Faultline was revamped and she appeared.. yeah I wouldn't have guessed she 18 either. But we are dealing with a fanatsy game here and how many movies, TV shows, etc have you seen where in one scene an actor is a small child and in the very next one 20 years have gone by and they are a full grown adult? So five years have passed since Penelope Yin appeared in Faultline and began asking us to rescue her dad.. where exactly is it written in stone that now (5 year of rl later) she can't be 23, 33 or even 103?
Now frankly if the Devs are saying she was 18 in 2009 and is 23 now they are grasping at straws.. would have been easier to just say time has passed and she's an adult now. Her character still looks fairly youthful in the SSA arc and until grey hairs and wrinkle start to appear if anyone works out, watches their diet and takes care of themselves can you really tell if someone is 20 or 35 without taking to them and getting a feel for their level of maturity? LOL frankly with some of the people I have worked with/for over the years I know 40 year old males that still act like they are 15 most of the time.
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I swear to god, this whole time I thought it was a sister/big brother thing.
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That if the ever got his body back, then something might happen.
And to give Penny her due - she was untrained at the time of Faultline. Her father is missing, and people are STILL after her. I could so totally see her playing the part of someone a few years younger than she really to try and encourage people to help her.
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Here's an interesting question - If CK is Penny's mysterious trainer then what does that say about him? Is he coming to terms with his own condition and cognizant of the true source of his "robotics" skills?
There's at least one universe where that knowledge resulted in the extinguishing of humanity...
Here's an interesting question - If CK is Penny's mysterious trainer then what does that say about him? Is he coming to terms with his own condition and cognizant of the true source of his "robotics" skills? |
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