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[And since Laurel is currently pre-vigilantes being a thing ... ]
... Okay. You officially win the interesting fact challenge. I can't decide if that's terrifying or amazing. Maybe a little of both.
... Okay. You officially win the interesting fact challenge. I can't decide if that's terrifying or amazing. Maybe a little of both.
[Interesting fact about Laurel's world? Well.]
Have you heard of a guy named Harrison Wells?
Have you heard of a guy named Harrison Wells?
Not really where I'm from, unless you count a disproportional amount of government corruption as "weird," but I also did agree to go to a water planet to live in a city fueled by magic provided by people holding hands, among other things.
I guess you have to assume that if this is a world that exists, other places have similar things that exist? Otherwise they'd never get any volunteers?
I guess you have to assume that if this is a world that exists, other places have similar things that exist? Otherwise they'd never get any volunteers?
[She would not call herself that. There's a bundle of issues under the surface, but believing in the impossible isn't really one of them.]
So are you a vigilante too? Or are you the tough as nails civilian partner?
So are you a vigilante too? Or are you the tough as nails civilian partner?
There's not much of one. He's just this scientist who they say is going to change the world. It's years away, but he's working on something called a "particle accelerator."
[There's a squint here because she doesn't entirely get this, but she'll roll with it.]
Gotcha. We don't have too many vigilantes where I'm from, so I'm not really sure how it all works, or what the rules are.
[The operative word in that sentence should be "yet" if she knew that vigilantes were going to be a big thing in her future.]
Gotcha. We don't have too many vigilantes where I'm from, so I'm not really sure how it all works, or what the rules are.
[The operative word in that sentence should be "yet" if she knew that vigilantes were going to be a big thing in her future.]
I wouldn't say that, either. The court system in Starling City is a little more transactional than most people, including me, would like.
[And that makes her laugh.]
Probably, yeah. It'd be rough to figure out what to do with a serial biter.
Probably, yeah. It'd be rough to figure out what to do with a serial biter.
Not unless you consider an abundance of crime and corruption special. I'm from Starling City in Oregon.
What if I want to ask about you instead?
Why law?
Why law?
[She can deal with talking about herself, at least in general terms.]
Because there are a lot of things about our legal system that need major reform, but for right now, it's still the most efficient way to hold someone accountable for their actions. Someone has to speak for the victims, living or dead.
The downside is that a lot of those victims can't afford adequate representation, so I want to try and change that. There's a legal aid group called CNRI that provides legal aid to the disenfranchised people of Starling City, so I'm hoping that once I get my degree I'll be able to go and work for them.
[There's a pause, before:]
And my dad also used to say that if I could find a job that would pay me to argue, I would be set for life. I don't think he quite planned on this.
Because there are a lot of things about our legal system that need major reform, but for right now, it's still the most efficient way to hold someone accountable for their actions. Someone has to speak for the victims, living or dead.
The downside is that a lot of those victims can't afford adequate representation, so I want to try and change that. There's a legal aid group called CNRI that provides legal aid to the disenfranchised people of Starling City, so I'm hoping that once I get my degree I'll be able to go and work for them.
[There's a pause, before:]
And my dad also used to say that if I could find a job that would pay me to argue, I would be set for life. I don't think he quite planned on this.
Edited 2017-07-24 17:26 (UTC)
[ Two people who dislike talking about their personal lives but love what they do. A match made in heaven? ]
Your dad certainly put you on the right path. You're quite committed to the less fortunate. I admire that.
Your dad certainly put you on the right path. You're quite committed to the less fortunate. I admire that.
[Very well could be! Laurel certainly loves the law, so she will talk about it for days.]
Thank you. I mean, when you're in a city with a few of the largest tech development companies in the country in it, but a large majority of the citizens are living in poverty in the Glades? Something's not right there.
[And she did inherit some of her dad's detective instincts.]
Thank you. I mean, when you're in a city with a few of the largest tech development companies in the country in it, but a large majority of the citizens are living in poverty in the Glades? Something's not right there.
[And she did inherit some of her dad's detective instincts.]
Agreed, and also admirable. A woman dedicated to their cause is the fiercest adversary, by far.
What about law's greyer areas?
What about law's greyer areas?
[Oh, she likes you already.]
You mean how people with money and influence manipulate it for their own personal gain? Or how certain freedoms built into the constitution has determined that what's fair and legal doesn't always equate to what someone would consider morally right?
You mean how people with money and influence manipulate it for their own personal gain? Or how certain freedoms built into the constitution has determined that what's fair and legal doesn't always equate to what someone would consider morally right?
Precisely! The latter especially, I find black-and-white thinking dubious at best and harmful at its worst.
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