Circe

        Here's a discussion promoted by a recent "topic of the mailing" in Apa-LSH...         Keith surprised me with the character of Circe, who through the first half of her story arc seemed like pretty purely evil, and then when the Dominators went into open suppression of Earth’s population and some segments of the Science Police rebelled, she couldn’t stomach seeing the officers under her command getting slaughtered by the aliens with whom she’d been collaborating.        It’s real food for thought. What would (will) some of the top law-enforcement officials do if (when) Trump goes full-authoritarian. And how will they feel if / when those among them who stand up to the illegal authoritarianism become the victims of it. I would imagine most of them won’t find the backbone to join the opposition but let’s hope there are some who, like Circe, find they have limits. (Note these  musings were written well before the insurrection of Jan. 6, and worth noting that Trump did attempt to go full authoritarian and we were fortunate enough to have most police and especially the military refuse to go with him [though many of the insurrectionists were off-duty policy and former military]...)      I was similarly surprised Circe discovered such profound feelings for Dirk, who always felt to me like he was merely her puppet rather than someone she had any emotional attachment to. I suspect the character herself didn’t know what Dirk meant to her until events plunged Dirk into horrific torture. My guess is Circe’s ultimate euthanasia of Dirk and her own suicide were motivated as much by guilt as actual love. As amoral as Circe had lived her life, she discovered that she did stand for something – loyalty to those she’d served with and commanded – and ultimately, her corrupt collaboration with the Dominators had brought devastation to the one thing that really mattered to her.