#Gossamer Dignity Chauncey

[blood-starved-beast]

Still thinking about Metal from Heaven by August Clarke and just. I really love how ambiguous it is if Goss actually recognized Marney pre-kaiju scene and a part of the reason why is Marney herself is so set on the idea that Goss must've been playing Yann this whole time from the start and not like, actually his kid who would miss him were he gone. It's a fascinating conflict of perspective and all. Also leads to tragedy.

I do think, imho, that Goss never actually figured it out that Loveday was actually Marney. I think the party and the events afterwards would be a lot different were that the case. Like the baby Capitalist who wants everything and all things would've zero-ed in on her childhood friend whom she thought died in the "riot" (the way Goss handled her trauma here and the amnesia around it is fascinating and a topic for another post). Heck she was still wearing the ring-turned earring Marney made her even after the betrayal.

Idk I think the tragedy of this setup is fascinating and well sad. Industry deserved that destruction imho.

[blood-starved-beast]

Still on my Metal from Heaven thoughts, and I wonder if Marney had been more tactful about going after Industry, that she would've lived. Like say instead of asking him to have a walk then essentially jumping him at that moment vs say waiting until nightfall and stabbing him in his sleep she could've gotten away with it. Like Goss had no security after the explosion and frankly Loveday has plausible deniability after accidentally saving Industry and Goss both from that earlier assassination attempt. Marney would've never have thought of it of course, given that she really didn't think she'd live to see past the attempt and then deluded herself to think she could run away with Goss if she did. but still.

That being said, if she did manage to tact her way into killing Industry, I think the aftereffects would've still been bad. The war wouldn't have targeted the Fingerbluffs perhaps, but I bet Goss would've put her new whipping boy butch under lock and key to keep "safe" from a new threat. Until it's revealed who actually killed Chauncey Sr. (and it's likely Marney herself who'd admit to it ngl).

[blood-starved-beast]

Spot rereading Metal from Heaven by August Clark and anytime Gossamer Dignity Chauncey is on-page I swear "How bad can I be" from the Lorax starts playing in bg