Episode 2.1 - Page 22
posted 8th Nov 2015, 9:59 AM
8th Nov 2015, 9:59 AM
mars
Good cop gone bad? It's not always easy to make the right call- especially when there's more at stake than just yourself - but how far should "just following orders" go?
Anyways, Tara's about to get herself a beat down. Guess she's about to learn that being a spunky little rebel isn't all fun and games...
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Marshall
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8th Nov 2015, 10:18 AM
MadJak91
Heh. Well...
That sudden punch is quite funny considering she was all high and mighty the second before.
And suddenly giving up.
I guess it is not as easy going against the embodiment of law.
The wise steps aside while the fool continues. A wise decision perhaps.
I cannot say like this but I suspect KATE might have some kind of mind control over the cops.
Sorry if it was somehow tackled before and I just have a bad memory.
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8th Nov 2015, 6:13 PM
CCG
To be fair, she can likely fire or kill them without pause. If you're running a martial justice type system - the penalty for not obeying an order tends to be death.
Given that people are shown to not need overt threat, merely implied authority, to mostly kill other people - even innocent ones - it's not hard to see the police following their orders without much extra control.
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8th Nov 2015, 6:14 PM
CCG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Just one of a number of things that give insight into the human condition - and not a pretty insight either.
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12th Nov 2015, 12:21 PM
mars
Yup, that's pretty much it. Not mind control, but more pressure from various sources that creates a sort of mob mentality where everyone is acting in a way that no one would individually.
"How bad things happen despite good intentions"
That's part of what this section is exploring (with the cops at least). The cop with the electro baton (Who is actually the same officer that saved Alice back in the first chapter), we know he doesn't really want to hurt anyone. But like he says, he has a family to feed, he's got his orders, so like he says, he doesn't have the luxury of trying to change the world around him or making some suicidal stand like Alice or Jay.
Kate is getting caught up in a cycle of escalation. She doesn't have the tempered-through-time emotional state that Jay can bring. But she's not simply out to be evil, and her intention is certainly 'peace' even if it is through un-peaceful means..
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10th Nov 2015, 8:20 AM
Hornet
Maybe not but then I don't think she's stood where Alice has either.
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12th Nov 2015, 12:29 PM
mars
Making a point and standing up for your ideals isn't a light task. It often comes with very dire consequences, and honestly is why lots of people *don't* speak up even when they want to (ie. it's hard to stand up to a kid getting bullied when it could mean your immediate pummeling... so many turn a blind eye even though they don't want to)
In other words, it's not always the badass experience Tara was presumably expecting, haha.
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12th Nov 2015, 6:52 PM
craybest
Very nice comic you have in here! love how dynamic everything is, from the paneling to the colors and everything.
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13th Nov 2015, 5:55 AM
Stever
Oh, here she was trying to be cute and she gets a knuckle sandwich! He seems pretty high strung ;D
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13th Nov 2015, 6:46 AM
mars
Some meditation or breathing exercises probably wouldn't hurt, hahaha.
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