Gargoyles #10 - "Here In Manhattan, Chapter Ten: New Rules"

[laughing_tree]

As for Xanatos, he was a variation on General Eiling (from Captain Atom), who was more of a bastard. And Eiling, in turn, was loosely based on Captain Kirk, or rather a dark mirror of Kirk (and, no, that's not a reference to the "Mirror, Mirror," as the Mirror Kirk in that episode couldn't fool anyone). -- Greg Weisman

Comments

[akodo_rokku]

Never knew Gargoyles would get so realistic as a judge requiring a bribe from a billionaire to defend people's rights.

[beyondthefringe]

The feeling when you know Xanatos has the best of intentions within his own moral framework but then you realize this completely undermines whether or not the judge would have ruled this way of his own accord, thus robbing Goliath of a legitimate victory.

[scorntx]

Huh. Knew Xanatos was based on Eiling, but didn't know Eiling was based on Kirk (of all people).
Homages all the way down.
Is that why Xanatos is voiced by Frakes, or was that just coincidence?

[nyadnar17]

Holy shit. How did I never notice that!

[dan_ingram]

Eh.

I am rather cynical these days, but I struggle to believe that there'd be that much blowback in granting Goliath basic rights.

I think what's more unrealistic is that he's not kept in custody after all his vigilante actions, or that there aren't now a million Gargoyle chasers trying to find out what the history is.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

That last part may be yet to come, and I figure the vigilante thing might require a separate procedure? Unless that was part of what he was arrested for, but they said he was charged with no crime, so...

[shadur]

Maybe, but consider the terrible optics of re-arresting someone who has just been released in what's going to be a landmark case on the expansion of human rights to all sentient species.

It's not quite double jeopardy, but a good lawyer would easily be able to argue that if his vigilantism was the actual problem you should have brought that up the first time rather than gambling that you wouldn't have to because you didn't think he'd qualify for having rights at all.

It might not win him the case, but you already have a PR disaster on your hands and that's all but guaranteed to make things infinitely worse for you.