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Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.3.
Episode Notes:
As far as we can tell, Imp’s power can’t affect readers the same way it affects Taylor
Sorry, Taylor, it’s favor time
Lisa is reasonable but not fully believable
She can fake a grin but not a frown
Lisa had Taylor’s number though: she just wanted to be included in the atrocity
Honestly maybe “defeat and kidnap Victor” was plan B to “Chosen ceasefire and Coil recruits Victor” until 15.2 made clear to Lisa that it wouldn’t go over well with Aisha and Taylor
Lisa is a horrifying and villainous opponent
A mortifying ordeal of being known for an eye
What happens when somebody calls Taylor’s bluff?
A brief remembrance of the Victoria-that-was
Well, doesn’t Regent have to use his power, Taylor?
Do we trust the Regent Taylor sees? Even after his interlude?
Moral accommodations for Regent and “conscience accommodations” for Taylor
This is a classic Animorphs argument
Lisa is the best at debate and Regent is the worst
The Undersiders’ rep is definitely going to be a narrative problem
Victor couldn’t have acquired empathy and compassion with his power by now?
Victor sucks, but also Othala sucks
Who would even be making up rumors that Taylor is Jewish anyway????
Ted concedes
Lisa’s Potemkin justifications
The humor in this arc is great
It’s fun to see someone mostly unaffected by Lisa’s bullshit… and for Lisa to win anyway
Small observations and predictions
Links:
https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/colony-15-3/ (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/colony-15-3/)
https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow (https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow)
2 Oct 2026
15.2 - "Rational Bullying"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.2.
Episode Notes:
Who's chosen and who's pure, here?
Trio trauma
The fault in our Undersiders
A slightly less easy case for body control
A questionable hierarchy of acceptable targets
Help us with our portmanteaus, listeners
The harem continues, perhaps
Regent and Imp have some real personalities to contend with
An impreg by any other name...
A potential Brian-Genesis collab
Parametaphysical speculation
Imp is borrowing bits of lots of people's roles right now
Raggedy Aisha
Undersiders > Othersiders
Are the Chosen really more dangerous than Coil right now?
Also they may not have been defeated yet
A multidimensional Night
Playacting at civics
We're squeamish like Taylor
Do we root for Shatterbird?
Jenny doesn't know about the Grink
The Undersiders have a lot of leaders
The perils of a time crunch
Taylor has some real manager energy
Taylor the secret tinker
Some Taylor quirks
Links:
https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/colony-15-2/ (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/colony-15-2/)
https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow (https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow)
29 Sept 2026
15.x (bonus) - "Reading Between The Lines"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.x (bonus).
Episode Notes:
Jenny’s feeling frustrated
Let’s all get mad about… Sarah!
Did Carol ever want to be a mom?
Amy raped Victoria
The vagueness and strangeness somewhat eclipses the awfulness and horror
Don’t believe Amy’s lies
A mistake so big there have to be consequences
The lack of cover-up is striking
Amy wanted love but built a sex doll
At some point, Amy chose this
The way this is written makes it hard to talk about the rape
Ted finally starts yelling about Carol
Carol abandons Victoria without a second glance
“We need to get Grue in here to make sure she can still have hamburgers”
Carol was the original black and white thinker
Marquis’ aura
Carol’s final question
Ok we don’t talk about this in the episode but Carol was so internally petty to Sarah in their brief conversation and it’s been what, a month since her son and husband died? How bad is this relationship?
Carol looks at Marquis with mastermind-tinted glasses
What made Carol connect with Amy and spare her?
Does Carol have a thing for a bad boy with a code or is it something less psychosexual?
The need for rules
Not All Depressed Dads
This trigger vision reflected the granted powers
This isn’t what the lecture meant by a group trigger event, right?
They got what they needed
Carol keeps her feelings locked up to avoid feeling weak again
Alan’s not a cape and may not be particularly attached to the city
A lot will happen in two weeks
Will Brockton Bay actually be condemned?
What’s Lisa really getting out of this truce?
Worm: The Taylor and Amy Musical closes after zero performances
Was it easier for Amy to get caught than try to get away with it?
Is there anything noble about her decision to go to the Birdcage?
Really good small writing details
It’s easier and more interesting to talk about questions that don’t have obvious answers
If they’re not willing to kill you, volunteering to get locked up removes everyone’s leverage
We don’t even know if Victoria can speak or eat
Carol gives up easily
Contrasting Marquis and Amy’s powers
Was Marquis a better parent than Carol?
Carol’s guilt
Links:
https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/interlude-15-bonus/ (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/interlude-15-bonus/)
https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow (https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow)
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