10.x - "Overt Horror"

Jenny and Ted discuss Parasite 10.x.

Episode Notes:

• Sophia won Jenny over, but only at the bitter end
• What a fake-out
• Regent's emotional numbness
• Ted grapples with hate in the face of tragic circumstances
• What if Taylor finds out about this?
• There's a compelling human impulse behind wanting to use Regent’s power  
• Regent’s missing piece
• He likes what he’s doing, but he’s not doing it for himself
• Where's Regent's self-described conscience in all this?
• We don’t learn what it’s like to be Regent alone
• Parallels between Regent's power and Bitch's
• A pocketful of heroin at all times
• Wildbow does such a good job of preserving ambiguity about Regent's character here
• What would it take for Regent to become "a good"?
• Regent as a foil for Taylor
• We as readers are basically using Regent's power all the time
• We check our assumptions about Sophia’s mom
• Sophia's weak spot is being looked down upon
• The mystery of Stephen invites sympathy
• Jenny still thinks Sophia deserved some of these consequences
• Emma is not impressed with Regent’s acting
• Sadly we don't think Emma and Sophia are in love
• We do what we always do: analyze the texts
• Regent knows one of Taylor’s secrets after this chapter, but Sophia doesn’t
• Regent fumbles to have Sophia express emotion… could that be role-play? Confession?
• Does Regent not have emotions, or does he just not understand them?
• Regent: theater kid at heart?
• Regent feels strongly about Brockton Bay, if nothing else
• Regent doesn't build relationships, and he's severing Sophia's
• The question of Regent's queerness
• Regent, like Coil, has a stakes problem
• Ethical applications of Regent's power
• Read Seek y'all
• Will Jenny finally get the Dragon interlude she’s been craving?

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/%c2%ad-arc-10-parasite/10-x-interlude/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow