[vigilantsycamore]

Bad example of a Xanatos Gambit: "You fool! I have seventy alternative evil plans!"

Good example of a Xanatos Gambit: "I have one evil plan. There are five ways it could feasibly turn out. Four of them benefit me in some way and the fifth absolutely devestates the heroes."

It's like the trolley problem from the train's perspective. Whether you pull the lever or not, it still gets to feed

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

GVGHVGAVGSVGDVGAVGVGVGSV

I am dying from that last line :D

[heymrverdant]

This is a great post: both excellent narrative device AND a hysterical way of making me even more uncomfortable about the trolley problem

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

THE TRAIN HUNGERS

[themythicalcodfish]

That’s just the Red Line in DC.

[rox-and-prose]

I dont think I've ever seen a Red Line train that was not conpletely full

[shining-dawn]

@amtrak-official

[amtrak-official]

I am not at liberty to confirm whether or not either the DC or LA red line eat people