The Judge, on 16 November 2010 - 08:50 PM, said:
Hey everyone. First of all, just wanted to introduce myself--new to the series here, and on my second re-read of GoTM. Only read GoTM and DG so far, but had two questions regarding Hairlock.
First, why on earth did Quick Ben save him considering he almost immediately turned into a maniac that needed to be killed and didn't do anything useful before that.
Second, since Quick Ben ended him by cutting his ropes, why didn't he do that sooner rather than dragging Shadowthrone and the Rope into the situation? Seems like his bargain with Shadowthrone was a solution in need of a problem...
Hairlock wasn't supposed to go nuts, so QB and WJ were holding up their end of the deal - they serve as Hairlock's insurance policy and he help them against whoever was trying to get them all killed. In theory he was to be an agent behind the scenes that everyone else thought was dead, and he did provide them with a bit of information regarding plots against the BBs, but it was never quite that clear and then he went more nuts and they cut him loose (heehee see what i did there?).
When they determined that he was useless, they set him up with the Hounds, because just cutting the cords didn't guarantee anything more than inconveniencing Hairlock and they couldn't be sure his trips into chaos hadn't made him too powerful.
At least, that's how i see it. I could be wrong.
- Abyss, not wrong. except for when he is.
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