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ciiriianan) wrote2015-09-12 03:33 pm
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There Is No Plan M (From Tumblr)
Not in Parker’s system. They use other ways of keeping track of what plan they’re on. There is no plan M. In plan M Hardison dies. That is unacceptable.
There are plans where Eliot dies. They tend to be backups to backups to backups, but they exist. There are some goals (Hardison’s survival, most pressingly) that Parker would willingly sacrifice Eliot for. He knows. (He wishes her own survival made the list.)
There are plans where Parker dies. They are also backups to backups, but they exist. There are many things Parker would be willing to die for. (Hardison. Eliot. Possibly even Nate or Sophie, but they don’t figure into the plans these days.)
Even after the kids are born, there is no plan where Hardison dies. Not even to save the children.
There’s an absolutely pragmatic reason for that.
Both Parker and Eliot think that Hardison’s kids would be better off dead than raised by monsters.
If Hardison dies by violence, if Hardison is killed, if there is someone to blame, and Eliot or Parker is still alive -
The world will burn.
There are some things you can never be clean of.
And the vengeance they would exact would be such a thing.
There are plans where Eliot dies. They tend to be backups to backups to backups, but they exist. There are some goals (Hardison’s survival, most pressingly) that Parker would willingly sacrifice Eliot for. He knows. (He wishes her own survival made the list.)
There are plans where Parker dies. They are also backups to backups, but they exist. There are many things Parker would be willing to die for. (Hardison. Eliot. Possibly even Nate or Sophie, but they don’t figure into the plans these days.)
Even after the kids are born, there is no plan where Hardison dies. Not even to save the children.
There’s an absolutely pragmatic reason for that.
Both Parker and Eliot think that Hardison’s kids would be better off dead than raised by monsters.
If Hardison dies by violence, if Hardison is killed, if there is someone to blame, and Eliot or Parker is still alive -
The world will burn.
There are some things you can never be clean of.
And the vengeance they would exact would be such a thing.