"I think it's weird that he's struggling to find a replacement when he has so many options right under his nose"
"...it's like he's choosing not to see them and everything they have to offer..."
"what do you have to offer?"
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fun facts about the torture in moneymakers while were at it. spoilers if you're not caught up
the torture is not done in any attempt to gather reliable intel, induce compliance or as a punishment to deter unwanted behavior, none of which are things that torture can do. instead it is perpetrated for the sadistic gratification of the torturer, and for a profit incentive
except for that one time in pt34 when it was done to induce fear and make conrad's escape physically impossible, under the guise of teaching him a lesson. davin knew what he was doing
conrad complying with demands is always, always under duress. i wouldn't call that obedience, personally
you'll notice that conrad's fear of renee has turned into contempt and disgust, a subtle nod to the fact that torture victims dont typically build a whole lot of positive associations with their torturers
conrad gets more resistant over time, not less. but im sure thats just because he hasn't been beaten into submission yet
davin talks pretty openly about exploiting the media as a way to get attention in that one scene. not only a comment about the media's sensationalism of torture/violence, but also a hint to the fact that it can be exploited lol
theres not a whole lot of talk about sophisticated torture, in fact i think i even wrote a thing where renee admits that it doesnt require a whole lot of finesse to hit people. or maybe im just misremembering. its supposed to be in there tho
speaking of renee, i dont know if you noticed, but he isnt doing so well. could this have something to do with his actions? the world may never know
that part where renee thinks about the way we culturally view perpetrators... he comes to the wrong conclusion and you as a reader are not only expected to realize that on your own, but also think about what thought processes led him to be wrong. but also ive been throwing around ideas as to how i might add another perspective about it in the future so theres that
i have a whole tirade about the concept of being 'broken' coming up. spoilers ig
davin is doing just fine. davin is a machiavellian. davin, get this, also acts as an argument to the fact that the insidious parts of torture aren't in the people who act it out, but in the people who facilitate it. the people who act it out just tend to be useful idiots. sorry for the diss renee ily
anyway yeah so. that whole thing about davin building a strenuous trust with conrad in the beginning by seeming like the lesser of two evils was intentional
something about that darn profit incentive might be meaningful to the theme here but alas this falls beyond the comprehension of my feeble mind (aka spoilers lmao)
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i heard about #NaClYoHo (national clean your home month) yesterday, and since i've been trying to slowly take care of the house cleaning already, i decided to do it!
on the first I didn't clean, but i did work on a mend to a beloved hoodie. and that'll help free up the chair with stuff to mend piled on it. i've stitched the holes where the sleeves attached to the cuffs closed, and hand embroidered a satin stitch around about half of the cuff in a nice red to reinforce/protect it. one sleeve is done, and the other is more than halfway there.
on the second i swept the upstairs and the staircase, then worked on the mending project some more
and today i swept the kitchen, then cleaned the (filthy tbh) blinds in one big window. i've been meaning to do that for ages and i've finally started! one window down...i'm gonna try to finish the embroidery on that hoodie tonight too.
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Abena lost her first baby. She also tried multiple times to have more with Josep, but he kept refusing.
Rashid got drunk and destroyed some public decorations.
Guy got in a fight with someone, resulting in Phoebus becoming scared for his life.
Phoebus also became my first disciple of the Seven as he came forth willingly.
And Giovanni got jealous of a child, prompting his Master to go murder happy.
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Am I talking about DE or Cult of the Lamb?
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