iffy. Many readers may be confused as to the goings-on inside Dan's head. It's one of the more murky and hard-to-track areas of NXE:AN, at least in my opinion.

If you, the reader, are confused, I suggest a re-read, followed by a meditative period with the intoxicant of your choice. I'm sticking with sleep-deprivation and niccotine 8 )

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Kokuten Daysleeper
RCW #13013
(Insert Witticism Here)

IMO, that's a plus. By making his thoughts 'fuzzy' you get the impression that there's more there than what the authors are showing you, which makes the character more believable.

--
Satya.

The Jolly Fat Man

It seemed to me, on second read-through of the movie, that Dan was pretty much just "hanging out, along for the ride" on the whole "being evil" thing - he was there and following along because it was what was expected of him, but he never really believed in it.

The turning point came when Our Heroes, instead of doing what everyone else Dan knew would have done (which would have involved him having to recover (or not) from a spinal fracture and a 9mm brain hemmorhage), they let him go. So he kept right on going.

I'm reminded, tangentially, of a character I always wanted to play in a superheroes campaign someday -- the Evil Villain Genius who sits down, researches the situation and the opposition, and decides that - since Evil never really seems to win - the best path to Conquering The World is to Be A Nice Guy And Use His Talents For Good.

(I don't think Dan thinks this, though. He's just flipping Natla the bird.)

To go totally off topic (and if you want more information, message me, for I will not respond here), I've played in that game, and the Evil Villian Genius did in fact decide to go that path... and ended up being worse that way.

As Natlateth can tell you, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

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Geoff Depew - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.
"I find your lack of clue disturbing."

That being said, I'd like to pose a question: what if Jon managed -
through dilligence and luck - to pull off a "redemption" of his own?
How does one pull -that- off? Now, I know we'll likely not know the
answer to this one (ever) in writing, but I find the idea intreging.
A half-Mercurian? Neat!

j -_-

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