Question Tansy goes RED!? *spoilers within*

It may not be a spoiler for most readers but STILL!

As I clicked through stories trying to satiate my "I NEED MORE OF ALEX PRESWICK-WALCUTT AND JAK" needs. Don't worry. I go through it every other week. I, then decided to re-visit some of Tansy's stories.

And something stood out to me... Lanie works as a member of the faculty! That had completely slipped my mind.

I must applaud Tansy's commitment... She had to learn about mechanical stuff to a level it would even fool her GAD/DEV colleagues and students! Either that or... Lanie never fully recovered her gadgeteering gift but that would invalidate this scene:

Staring at it won't bring her back, Grizzly whispered in her ear, ever practical. Tansy sighed in frustration. She had long ago gotten used to the dryly humorous spirit her mental powers had allowed her to trade with the real Elaine so their ruse would be complete. Being able to curl up in the fur of her beloved's spirit and cry the night away had kept her sane.

I wish I had Lanie's skills to invent something to...Tansy thought at the spirit, but the big she bear only sniffed in disdain and in a manner only a spirit can enveloped her in a massive hug without actually manifesting.

Or she pulled a Madskillz! (or a Zenith... Or a Migraine. Hey... It's not my fault a few telepaths have mastered this skill) and uses her telepathy to "mimic" a gadgeteering trait. There are so many other possibilities!

Anyway... I'm sure this will get clarified eventually. But I just wanted to theorize a little about how Tansy pulls this off. Heck, even maintaining the accent at all times is HARD. Even for an Exemplar.

My understanding of it is that they had so much telepathic contact over the years that there was a considerable knowledge "bleedover" from one to the other. That is, Tansy picked up engineering knowledge, and Lainie picked up... uh... whatever Tansy's specialty turned out to be? Beauty tips? Martial arts? Business?

Sir Lee wrote: Lainie picked up... uh... whatever Tansy's specialty turned out to be? Beauty tips? Martial arts? Business?

Ruthlessness...



And Soft Dreams you'll be delighted to hear that part 2 is now at 10 pages and growing...

E. E. Nalley wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Lainie picked up... uh... whatever Tansy's specialty turned out to be? Beauty tips? Martial arts? Business?

Ruthlessness...



And Soft Dreams you'll be delighted to hear that part 2 is now at 10 pages and growing...

*party sounds*

And a fanatical devotion to the Pop...

It's possible that Tansy also picked up a bit of the Database Technique.

It makes sense! Since they engaged in quite a bit of telepathic contact over the years, for all sorts of reasons and activities; parts of each other leaking into one another makes for a very solid theory.

One of the things that must be taken into account is:

What classes are taught by Elaine? Theory or lab?

I think any baseline with the right training and preparation could teach theory to students in the Tech Track. Lab? Uhm. Doubt it. I mean... It's possible, just very very hard.

Which makes me think... Either Elaine never regained her GAD abilities at full potential so nobody questions why her tech-y skills have decreased. Tansy pulled a Madskillz's (as I referenced above). Or... Tansy simply hit the books.

Now, with that being said; I fully believe Tansy will have a full-on identity crisis, if or when Elaine returns to their lives. She's acted as Elaine for SO LONG she's forgotten how to be Tansy. Who had a not-very-solid identity to begin with. She will have to reintroduce herself to her kids and family who thought her dead for so many years now.

Once the excitement and relief over Elaine's return dies down, a part of her will wish she had stayed "dead".

This is the best news I have received all week, E. E. Nalley! THANK YOU!

And once again, thank you for Alex and all of your amazing contributions to the Whateley Universe. The Walcutts have surely grown on me!

Valentine wrote: It's possible that Tansy also picked up a bit of the Database Technique.

This is what I keep referring to as "pulled a Madskillz's". Tansy is a skilled telepath but she still lacks the ESPer part that helps put everything into context. Therefore, I think she picked up multiple skills from Lanie along the years (became tech savvy), and when Elaine passed she developed some sort of telepathic-link technique that "mimics" the Database Technique.

Sort of like Migraine did in The Big Idea, and Madskillz does to be a Faux-Gadgeteer.

Otherwise, wouldn't anyone think it STRANGE that Elaine Cody hasn't built any gadgets or built literally anything in years? She has so many patents, and held the title of the Labs' Goddess for multiple years.

I believe she is somewhat of a legend in the labs to this day. And outside of it, too.

Well, her lack of inventions can be chocked up to being busy as a mom and a teacher and wife, She has another baby on the way, so she has that as an additional excuse.

Definitely! Those are all very valid excuses, and I'm sure she has used a few of those up. Which is why I'm torn between so many theories, or a combination of.

I LOVE this plot twist... I stress simply by thinking of how to pull something like that off. Imagine pulling it off and living through it day by day.

Grizzly must be one heck of a good therapist if she has been the one holding Tansy together throughout these years.

Softdreams wrote: Grizzly must be one heck of a good therapist if she has been the one holding Tansy together throughout these years.

Imagine having your life be absolutely saved, to fall desperately in love with the person who saved you, then loose her.

And then impersonate her for years. Whatever debt she accrued with the bank of karma, I'm pretty sure Tansy's balanced the books.

Watching as your loved ones break down right in front of you over your death. Wanting to embrace your mother and tell her the truth yet being unable to. Crying alongside them yet mourning different people.

Seeing how the world keeps on moving, some getting over your death while the thought, "Did I mean so little to you?" creeping its ugly head in, despite of how much you despise it.

Living with a secret only a few know, and not being able to discuss it with

them.

The guilt... Blaming yourself over the death of your beloved, who led you down a completely different road. One filled with love.

Your life has become a complete performance. Some days even forgetting what your real face truly looks like.

The paranoia of someday, somehow being discovered.

Honestly, my heart goes out to Tansy.

Softdreams wrote: Seeing how the world keeps on moving, some getting over your death while the thought, "Did I mean so little to you?" creeping its ugly head in, despite of how much you despise it.

Maybe not. At one point, Tansy was certain that no one loved her nor could anyone know her and still love her.