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tealterror0 September 17 2013, 12:58:13 UTC
I assume the "bottomless void/girl screaming" part of Alex's vision refers to Darla's ultimate fate. The monsters chasing after and carrying away humans hasn't happened yet, though--I wonder if that's going to be the result of something Alex does, or of something her father does (those are the two main options I see).

I'm not sure I have made all of the things Alexandra's gotten away with believable,

I think it's less any one particular incident, and more the sheer number of things she's gotten away with, that's slightly unbelievable. Kind of unavoidable though, as you say.

but that Pictogel spell was certainly damn useful for plot purposes.

Indeed. The Invisibility Cloak was basically created for the same reason, I'm sure.

so this opportunity, one of several times where she might have "saved" Darla, passes by. Which is not Alexandra's fault: she's just a kid herself, and Darla made her own choices. But it's the sort of thing she will remember later, as she is no less prone than anyone else to feeling regret about might-have- ( ... )

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Surveillance Culture ext_2137784 October 3 2013, 12:55:32 UTC
Are you sure that American culture is more surveillance-heavy than Britain? As I understand it there's nothing the NSA has done that MI5 hasn't and last time I checked America doesn't have any city's where every street is monitored 24/7 by CCTV.

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Re: Surveillance Culture inverarity October 3 2013, 13:32:44 UTC
Possibly - I know the Brits have a lot of surveillance too. I don't know if they have the same phenomenon in schools, though.

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Re: Surveillance Culture ext_2137784 October 3 2013, 16:54:25 UTC
I suppose that's true. I've never actually been to a public school in either the UK or the US, but if The Wire is anything to go by the level of security in public schools in the US is something else.

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