Chapter 37-3: Balance of Power

[Jannit]

Do you mean Hope? LOL

... Uh... umm.... *Coughs*

That's what I said! <_<

<3

[Malador]

I think in the interest of keeping the peace the Dunabr group will be pretty small to start with, Maybe the chopper crew, Saul, Victor and Datu. Mr Fixit will have to go because the helicopter will probably fall apart as soon as it lands at the apartments.

[Hoff4D]

I just have to say it, I think I finally...ONE TIME, called a prediction dead on (or damn close to it)

In the 37-2 thread I implied pretty much exactly what happened regard CJ and Michael (link to post: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...ll=1#post63512 ) :

...once CJ comes too we will start using her setup to gain intel/attack Ink et al. Will it be because the Colony has a falling out with Michael and we need to split up? Who knows, but it's possible given the foreshadowing. Perhaps it's CJ's idea once she can think things through again and the colony falls in line behind her. She recognizes Michael's usefulness and agrees to let him head up a certain faction. She plays the 'michael is stupid' role to the colony, but behind the scenes works in perfect synchronicity with him....

Maybe the use of 'perfect synchronicity' was a little off, but I felt after the last year and half plus of predictions, I finally got one kind of right! lol


All that aside, a few of us thought CJ or Michael would try to split us up between dunbar and a few safe houses to keep numbers low, but it looks like CJ wants to stick to the Colony (so far). I can't imagine everyone let Saul/Victor go by themselves. Lizzy wouldn't let him go, but she needs the hostpital/care of a doctor. Tanya wouldn't let Saul leave again, but she has a sort of moral duty to the hospital/colony. I would think Michael wouldn't let them go it alone again, but CJ and he have an understanding right now. Burt and Riley are looking to go it alone, so they'd prolly go out with Saul/Victor for some Mad Max action

I guess at the 'end of the week' there is going to be quite the falling out. We may still get the 'spread out small numbers' we thought were gonna happen, but not by plan, by circumstance. I think Michael would follow Saul/Victor, but so would Tanya and Lizzie, but can they? Either we get some resolution and everyone stays at the Colony and plan together, or we have 2 factions again, with the only Tower people I see willing to stay at the colony without Michael as being......Pegs.


Forgot to mention Datu, he's Wreck-It Michael's Fix-It Datu, so they have to stick together (god I hope that reference doesnt fall on deaf ears)


Edit: Forgot to add all the military guys....they're gonna follow whatever Michael does through and through. Also, Kelly....I forsee some more "Burt" action from Kelly, I think she actually sticks by Michael finally.

[wh33t]

Congrats to the newly weds! Who did Kc marry btw? Congrats anyhow!

Anyone else feel that the art work for this chapter was misleading? I suppose the colony was in chaos when they arrived though, but still. I figured I was going to see chaos and fire in this episode.

My thoughts on CJ havent changed. Shes brilliant, but a bullheaded and immature. Always lashes out whenever shes emotionally challenged, which I must admit is a trait I see in many people in my day to day but shes obviously the overreacting queen in the story so far.

I have issues accepting that CJ would actually dismiss Saul and Vic simply because she ought to be aware of the brotherhood of the original tower crew. To think that Saul and Vic are supposed to somehow leave and go to Dunbar with out the others asking why? That seems a bit far fetched to me. Not from CJs stand point, but a writing perspective, then again CJ is an overreacting dullard at times.

I put my vote in that most, if not all of the original tower crew end up at Dunbar. For one, its probably way better armed and set up and hidden and to our knowledge; no maller is aware of it. For two Michael has got a small platoon and wants to bring the fight to the Z, Riley and Burt want to kill Scratch, and Im sure the rest of the tower crew feels the same.

Now another agonizing two weeks!!

[Hellbringer]

I'd love to see how the Colons (not a typo) will react to their only doctor leaving because CJ kicked Saul out of the Colony.

I'm with you; I think Tanya will go with family first before anything else.

[UndeadSweeper]

Also would Hope know CJ?

[Hellbringer]

Was anyone else surprised at how many colonists there still are? I was picturing maybe 20 or 30, but if there were 62 votes and not everyone voted, then how many are we talking?

Yeah, my jaw dropped when I heard that number... and I was driving down a highway too, so I might have swerved a bit. I didn't expect more than 30 to 35... yeah, I have no idea how I came to those numbers.

[Grognaurd]

Also would Hope know CJ?

Thats a good question. I think Hope knows CJ, I do not think CJ knows Hope. She is the Queen and I do not think she mixed with the people. Hope will get her sight back and tell a lot of horror stories about CJ in charge. SKittles did talk about "bad people" Angel assumed he ment the mallers. CJ could plan, but frankly she gave me the creeps even when she was talking about herself in the other tower. How much worse will it be if someone else tells the story?

[SmokeyZombified]

Its pretty obvious that Michael and his troops will leave the second he finds out that Saul and Victor got the boot. Maybe CJ doesn't understand that Saul, Michael and Victor are all close friends (especially Saul and Michael)? Either way the second Mike finds out about Saul and Vic he's gone and so are the troops with him. I have a bad feeling it will come to blows between Michael leaving and the Colony. But all because CJ got butthurt the colony will lose all their military personnel, Datu, their main doctor (Tanya will go where Saul goes) not to mention Riley and Burt are going to leave on their own. Pegs will more than likely stay (screw her anyways) and Kelly will go with Victor (don't forget they have something going on between them).

I agree with everyone that this is going to turn into a 3 part story

1.) Michael, Saul, Victor, Robbins, Puck, Carl, Mulldoone (SP), Datu, Tanya, Kelly, Hope and whoever else joins them at Dunbar
2.) Riley and Burt and whoever else joins them on Operation-Kill the fuck out of Scratch
3.) CJ, Pegs, Glenn and the colonists at the Colony

The biggest question is will the Colony and Dunbar get along? Or KC could throw us a loop and have CJ decide to let Victor and Saul stay as soon as she realizes Michael and crew will leave if they don't? CJ is too stubborn in my opinion, I think there might be bad blood between the two groups.

[Hoff4D]

I just have to say it, I think I finally...ONE TIME, called a prediction dead on (or damn close to it)

In the 37-2 thread I implied pretty much exactly what happened regard CJ and Michael (link to post: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...ll=1#post63512 ) :




Maybe the use of 'perfect synchronicity' was a little off, but I felt after the last year and half plus of predictions, I finally got one kind of right! lol


All that aside, a few of us thought CJ or Michael would try to split us up between dunbar and a few safe houses to keep numbers low, but it looks like CJ wants to stick to the Colony (so far). I can't imagine everyone let Saul/Victor go by themselves. Lizzy wouldn't let him go, but she needs the hostpital/care of a doctor. Tanya wouldn't let Saul leave again, but she has a sort of moral duty to the hospital/colony. I would think Michael wouldn't let them go it alone again, but CJ and he have an understanding right now. Burt and Riley are looking to go it alone, so they'd prolly go out with Saul/Victor for some Mad Max action

I guess at the 'end of the week' there is going to be quite the falling out. We may still get the 'spread out small numbers' we thought were gonna happen, but not by plan, by circumstance. I think Michael would follow Saul/Victor, but so would Tanya and Lizzie, but can they? Either we get some resolution and everyone stays at the Colony and plan together, or we have 2 factions again, with the only Tower people I see willing to stay at the colony without Michael as being......Pegs.


Forgot to mention Datu, he's Wreck-It Michael's Fix-It Datu, so they have to stick together (god I hope that reference doesnt fall on deaf ears)


Edit: Forgot to add all the military guys....they're gonna follow whatever Michael does through and through. Also, Kelly....I forsee some more "Burt" action from Kelly, I think she actually sticks by Michael finally.

Immediately revising my thoughts....I think Michael actually decides to let this one play out. On top of CJ playing both sides (colony vs michael), I think Michael will play both sides (CJ vs our mucho macho terrible two-some). He maintains talks with the Dunbar and establishes an 'escape plan' for people in his inner circle for if/when shit hits the fan in the Colony. Since Michael has the knowledge of "bigger numbers are more dangerous", he knows he needs an escape plan. He'll basically use Dunbar as a forward operating base, and plan out an offensive from it. He'll get storages of supplies from the Colony and do what he can to keep the peace, but maintain Dunbar as the next step. He wont leave the Colony strapper to live like the first time he left...but he will set up his crew in the long run. All this time sharing/broadening intel with CJ. Learning what else she knows about the cracks and stuff, and using it from Dunbar


Edit: Credit to REZombie, he pretty much said exactly what I just said 2 pages earlier...I should've finished all the comments before posting, whoops.