Stephen Date:
--- Jenny Kaye wrote:
So if he can't do it himself, perhaps he can get others to do it for him. That's why he lets the Guardians terrorise Jenna in Time Squad. She goes to the capsule and calls Gan's name, but he doesn't answer. The next minute we see Gan's left hand extending up. He's awake. Gan is trying to cheat the limiter. He is standing by and allowing the Guardian to do the job for him. That way he can vicariously get his jollies.
By being beaten up and possibly killed by some very nasty aliens.
He isn't beaten up. They don't go anywhere near him.
Remind me, is Gan supposed to be a
homicidal maniac or a masochist ?
He's a homicidal sadist.
In Breakdown the limiter malfunctions and cuts out. But before it malfunctions it gives him pain. Then Jenna comes onto the deck. Oh, dear. Gan always attacks women when they are on their own. That's why whenever he is alone, or alone in the presence of a woman, Gan gets a headache. It is conditioning him to find such an environment uncomfortable.
Why do the Federation want to condition Gan not to want to be alone ?
Because that's the environment in which he kills. See also my email to Mistral.
When Gan is strangling Cally the limiter cuts in again. The device is faulty. It is repaired in Breakdown, but the headaches don't stop after this episode. He has them again in Orac. There will usually be a secondary reason BTW, but although the reasons for that headache changes, the context will always be the same. Gan is alone. Gan is alone with a woman.
In Orac, Gan is suffering from radiation sickness. This is the reason, the primary reason, he takes a pill. One of the side effects of radiation sickness is you feel very, very ill indeed.
That's the double game for you.
Are you going to reprint the conversation in Time Squad between Gan and Jenna outside the capsule now?
Jenny
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