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Fragments of Healing in the Time of Apolcolypic Pronouns by silasfinch
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
24 Dec 2025
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Summary
Being Carol Surka’s mandated guide means many things.
Witnessing deep sadness that nobody or nothing can shift.
Enabling a search for answers that isn’t going to end well.
Endless conversation about love, consent, and the X-Files
Learning the unique disruption that Carol brings to the Hivemind
The fact that Carol makes an unexpected gamble to (maybe) save a new world she doesn’t believe in, surprising them all, love, grief, pain, and dysfunction remain.
“You often tell us that humans give a unique perspective, so let your approach be equally sophisticated. Recognise that absorbing 7 billion people at scale left little or no time to build a programme to accommodate such things. We are not suggesting you become resource-draining machines. Eat the fucking apples and don’t make us face the stark choice of joining the starvation or digging a million graves a day. I’m sure you can do that maths even better than we can.” Carol keeps her attention on the back of the crowd, at the one detractor.
Spoilers from: Charm Offensive