Period accuracy note:
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conulyFlashback to 994 Scotland, and we note that a cottage has a hole in the middle of the roof to let smoke out rather than a chimney near the wall. Chimneys are a much more recent invention than many people realize.
However, on another note (and another episode), promising to test your dubious immortality potion on your captive is just cartoonish supervillainy for the sake of cackling in the night. Why you gotta be like that, Xanatos? This is New York. Grab a cockroach or, idk, a potted plant or something and test that.
And as for Elisa, I despair. Instead of busting in on the castle from the air to harangue your brother again, have you considered ringing the doorbell and asking to speak to him? Xanatos has previously proven to be surprisingly amenable towards you dropping in at all hours for no reason at all - and he can't risk getting on your brother's bad side by sending you away, either. He'll assume you're recording the conversation and if he's too rude you WILL drop by in a more literal sense.
Try lines like "I know you're worried, but Mom and Dad miss you. I wish you'd at least call, or better yet, come to dinner with us - we still love you, no matter what you look like" and "I understand why you blame Goliath, but I don't think you're being fair. I've decided to hold back on judging Xanatos for your condition, and I wish you'd do the same for my friend. His part in this was an accident. He really was trying to help. Things spiraled out of control very fast. You don't need to be friends with him, but I'd like it if you could visit me at my home without attacking my friends on sight, just like I came here to visit you at Xanatos' castle."
It all worked out, sure, but only because the writers were in favor of reconciliation and not because Elisa's attempt at reconciling with her brother was any use at all. How can somebody so smart be so painfully, painfully bad at talking to her own brother? She's a detective, for crying out loud!
(On the subject of talking, what do she and Goliath chat about while they're up in the air? It takes a while to glide from place to place, I assume, and we know Goliath doesn't get winded carrying her around, so they must talk about something. There's got to be a fic or two about this.)
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However, on another note (and another episode), promising to test your dubious immortality potion on your captive is just cartoonish supervillainy for the sake of cackling in the night. Why you gotta be like that, Xanatos? This is New York. Grab a cockroach or, idk, a potted plant or something and test that.
And as for Elisa, I despair. Instead of busting in on the castle from the air to harangue your brother again, have you considered ringing the doorbell and asking to speak to him? Xanatos has previously proven to be surprisingly amenable towards you dropping in at all hours for no reason at all - and he can't risk getting on your brother's bad side by sending you away, either. He'll assume you're recording the conversation and if he's too rude you WILL drop by in a more literal sense.
Try lines like "I know you're worried, but Mom and Dad miss you. I wish you'd at least call, or better yet, come to dinner with us - we still love you, no matter what you look like" and "I understand why you blame Goliath, but I don't think you're being fair. I've decided to hold back on judging Xanatos for your condition, and I wish you'd do the same for my friend. His part in this was an accident. He really was trying to help. Things spiraled out of control very fast. You don't need to be friends with him, but I'd like it if you could visit me at my home without attacking my friends on sight, just like I came here to visit you at Xanatos' castle."
It all worked out, sure, but only because the writers were in favor of reconciliation and not because Elisa's attempt at reconciling with her brother was any use at all. How can somebody so smart be so painfully, painfully bad at talking to her own brother? She's a detective, for crying out loud!
(On the subject of talking, what do she and Goliath chat about while they're up in the air? It takes a while to glide from place to place, I assume, and we know Goliath doesn't get winded carrying her around, so they must talk about something. There's got to be a fic or two about this.)
The Real Betty Boop Was Whitewashed Out Of History
Discovery of Galileo’s long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition
Massive trove of centuries-old undelivered mail seized by British warships going online
Scientists Just Made Human Egg Cells from Human Blood for the First Time
The map we need if we want to think about how global living conditions are changing
Liberty, Security, and Iron Cages
The Brett Kavanaugh case shows we still blame women for the sins of men
When Trying to Help Gets You Fired
Trump’s Lies Have Grown Far More Frequent—and More Dangerous
It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary
