Charlie StrossFeb 21

#PennedPossibilities 937 • Which of your characters is the most controversial? Why?

In the Laundry Files, probably Fabian Everyman MP, who becomes Prime Minister of the UK after book 8.

I mean, "Strong and Stable Goverment Under the New Management" sounds like a reasonable campaign slogan until you realize he's the living avatar of Nyarlathotep, the Black Pharaoh, and he's basically farming us for our souls! Also, pay no attention to the giant skull rack at Marble Arch, or the mass executions!

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@cstross
Angleton.
From a human rights standpoint his methods of dealing with rogue employees are questionable.
Then there are those faceless auditors.

Are you sure Fabian is that different from the likes of Zuckerberg, Musk or whoever is behind ByteDance?

Why take over governments if you can take people's souls without so much as a raised eyebrow from what we once called "authorities"?

Feb 21 at 3:58pmWeb