Nice, Di, very nice. Too bad you don’t have any explosives on you, though, because I think that crash is not going to kill him. However, you seem to have some sort of plan, so let’s see what else you have prepared for your date with Wheaties
Drowning’s worth a shot! Or maybe concrete could immobilize him? He’s invulnerable and super strong, sure, but pile enough on and maybe he could be stopped.
(Why would Wheaties know her strength suit was translucent and under her clothes? Why would he care? Why create a transient moment of danger for Di which required clunky exposition instead of just having her dodge the grab?…
…well, unless this to set up Chekhov’s Strength Suit for a later cool moment.)
@Arky,
I wager T’s aiming for a very old-school Batman comic feel: you’re “hearing” the Batman’s Di’s thought process, which is decidedly not “OHSHETHEGRABBEDMYSUITQUICKIGOTTAJUMPOUTOFTHETRUCKOHWHEREDIDTHATWALLCOMEFROM”.
It’s meant to imply that with every moment, she’s fully in control and aware of her situation. It’s also something that was used in the Sherlock Holmes stories. (And briefly touched on in the first movie, when TonyHolmes proceeded to detail every action he would take in a couple scenes, then impeccably match that action to the letter.)
I’d like to see a Dark-Knight-esque inner monologue along the lines of: “There are seven working defenses from this position. Three will disarm with minimal contact. Three will kill. The last one…” *KRUNCH!* “…hurts.”
“Why would Wheaties know her strength suit was translucent and under her clothes?”
If for no other reason, if the Cuckoos were performing due diligence on their primary foes, Mechtech should have told him. You may recall in their first meeting, it was Di’s close bond to her (functionally different) skinsuit that allowed her to override Mechtech’s commands. In an organized group like Alpha, this detail comes out in the debriefing, and then everybody in Alpha knows that Di and most likely Rumy can override Mechtech’s commands, given enough time. It’s useful information. The cuckoos do not debrief, and are not nearly as good with sharing info, and so this was not shared (most likely).
“Why would he care?”
The aforementioned due diligence. Arrogance is the path of the guy who loses, especially when the Cuckoos have already been beaten by Alpha several times! All Alpha has had to do is distract Wheaties so that he can’t help with whatever primary goal is being achieved. His incredible endurance is meaningless if his opponents don’t NEED to outlast him.
By now, Wheaties is starting to realize that simply being unbeatably tough isn’t enough. He also needs to defeat his enemies before they accomplish their goals. Unfortunately for him, he hasn’t realized this in time to do the proper research on his enemies, to learn their weaknesses.
Good point Di, but in Wheaties case it’s unnecessary since he can just keep going until he’s worn his opponent down.
A lot of people think she’s going to encase him in cement, but unless he’s stuck in a deep hole it’s not going to dry fast enough to do any good.
Nice, Di, very nice. Too bad you don’t have any explosives on you, though, because I think that crash is not going to kill him. However, you seem to have some sort of plan, so let’s see what else you have prepared for your date with Wheaties
She doesn’t need to kill him, she just needs to stun him long enough to get out of sight. Her goal is to escape, right?
That’s what my goal would be, anyway.
Can he be suffocated? Drowning in concrete could be effective.
Drowning’s worth a shot! Or maybe concrete could immobilize him? He’s invulnerable and super strong, sure, but pile enough on and maybe he could be stopped.
Assuming there’s actually anything in the truck.
(Why would Wheaties know her strength suit was translucent and under her clothes? Why would he care? Why create a transient moment of danger for Di which required clunky exposition instead of just having her dodge the grab?…
…well, unless this to set up Chekhov’s Strength Suit for a later cool moment.)
@Arky,
I wager T’s aiming for a very old-school Batman comic feel: you’re “hearing”
the Batman’sDi’s thought process, which is decidedly not “OHSHETHEGRABBEDMYSUITQUICKIGOTTAJUMPOUTOFTHETRUCKOHWHEREDIDTHATWALLCOMEFROM”.It’s meant to imply that with every moment, she’s fully in control and aware of her situation. It’s also something that was used in the Sherlock Holmes stories. (And briefly touched on in the first movie, when
TonyHolmes proceeded to detail every action he would take in a couple scenes, then impeccably match that action to the letter.)(Di’s internal monologue specifically invoked Batman earlier in this fight sequence, too…)
I’d like to see a Dark-Knight-esque inner monologue along the lines of: “There are seven working defenses from this position. Three will disarm with minimal contact. Three will kill. The last one…” *KRUNCH!* “…hurts.”
And in the next scene we shall see a naked metal endoskeleton rising from the flames, and–
The internal monologue makes my lady-parts so happy. I do not know why.
That’s gotta hurt.
@Randonimity – Okay.
@Raiser
I guess that makes sense. I never read the Batman comics. But I don’t get the Holmesian thing- if we’d seen Di’s plan in advance, maybe.
I still think it’s really to set up a Chekhov’s Strength Suit moment for later (for Rumy, probably).
hee hee, Di pulled a horizontal Bugs’ “leap outta the drop” there.
“Why would Wheaties know her strength suit was translucent and under her clothes?”
If for no other reason, if the Cuckoos were performing due diligence on their primary foes, Mechtech should have told him. You may recall in their first meeting, it was Di’s close bond to her (functionally different) skinsuit that allowed her to override Mechtech’s commands. In an organized group like Alpha, this detail comes out in the debriefing, and then everybody in Alpha knows that Di and most likely Rumy can override Mechtech’s commands, given enough time. It’s useful information. The cuckoos do not debrief, and are not nearly as good with sharing info, and so this was not shared (most likely).
“Why would he care?”
The aforementioned due diligence. Arrogance is the path of the guy who loses, especially when the Cuckoos have already been beaten by Alpha several times! All Alpha has had to do is distract Wheaties so that he can’t help with whatever primary goal is being achieved. His incredible endurance is meaningless if his opponents don’t NEED to outlast him.
By now, Wheaties is starting to realize that simply being unbeatably tough isn’t enough. He also needs to defeat his enemies before they accomplish their goals. Unfortunately for him, he hasn’t realized this in time to do the proper research on his enemies, to learn their weaknesses.
Which is why Di will win.