11.d - "Technology Loves Him Back"

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Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.d.

Episode Notes:

The most romantic chapter in Worm
Butterflies in the machine
The nature of Colin’s ego
What difference does it make that Colin has this connection to Dragon?
How real love can be selfish
Could love hold Colin back from something he sees as the greater good?
If Mannequin thought Dragon would keep Colin alive, why doesn’t he try harder to isolate Colin from her?
Colin isn’t gettable, and especially not after choosing death over recruitment
The only reason these interludes happen is because the Slaughterhouse Nine are all drama queens
If we’re both single at age 30, let’s dedicate ourselves to the greater good
Colin’s like, you should have been Man-no-kin!
His superhero complex
Mannequin’s body as a metaphor for grief
A case study in how a hero can fall (and possibly, on how the Simurgh works)
An eyepatch for an eyepatch
He didn’t know it but he already wanted to be a cyborg
What if the Endbringers are meant to be culling the capes or hindering humanity?
Noting different reactions to different offensive words
Brate?
Predictions, rankings, and merchandizing

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