[216] Story Discussion - A Simple Trick

That's totally awesome. I wish I had a demon-possessed toy under my command.

The antimony mark can't be a physical marking on the toy, as it stays hidden most of the time, it seems to me the mark must be on Reynardine himself rather than the doll, and therefore only appears when we see him rather than just the doll, if that makes any sense.

Another development that I certainly hadn't expected, but was a lot of fun to see.

And I've got to compliment you, Tom, on being so good at holding back from doing this moment until the time was right for it.

Oh. Awesome. Oh Bloody Awesome.

This made my day, Tom.

Dude. 0.0

This comic embodies my fondest wish.

I want a giant wolfie to ride down long hallways.

I guess in the last panel on the previous page he was thinking whether he was going to reveal this particular trick. Reynardine probably wants to get to robot just as much as annie does. If it's not to find out why robot attacked him, it could be that he wants to destroy what's left of him for good.

Apart from that, Reynardine makes the greatest wolf since Jack Nicholson.

Here's a question I've found myself asking about just about any artist I come across; is Tom familiar with/a fan of Hayao Miyazaki? I know wolf riding isn't unique to Princess Mononoke, but having the heroine ride a giant white wolf is more than a little reminiscent of the film.

It would be very hard to NOT be familiar with Miyazakin in this day and age. However, I can also think of four or five novels that also have their herione on a giant white demon wolf. While this is a sign that I read too much fantasy, it is also means that Tom was definately not nessecarily influenced by the talented Mr. Miyazaki.

Who says murdering psychopaths can't be cool? ;D



What?

I guess it depends on your definition of "cool". I don't particularily find anything cool about coldblooded psychopaths, so I gotta agree with Pudgimelon there.
However, transforming into a wolf and letting the heroine go for a ride, now that's cool.

So speculation has been raised as to whether Reynardine is actually warming up to Annie a little bit or just continuing to be self-serving, i.e. he's thinking "let's get this over with" - and riding Reywolf is faster than waiting for Annie.

I'd like to believe he's actually feeling sorry for her a little bit, but nagging logic tells me otherwise. He's a known killer, and she has him trapped, even if it's his own fault. She doesn't let him have any fun and keeps him locked in a box most of the time. He's probably pretty darn bitter and would just as soon do away with her if he could. So he's probably letting her ride just to lessen his own boredom.

He's... hmm. I don't think his character has been explored enough. He's been called a demon, which I assume is a proper label, which makes him ancient. Also, I assume that the whole "murdering the host" thing is involuntary: Why would he stay shackled and tortured for years when he could easily end his suffering by leaving Sivo alive? I can't see living through that much misery out of spite. So, assuming that: He needs a body to live, but kills his hosts, and he's ancient, what seems like cold blooded disregard for life could be the adaption he has made, mentally, to being forced to kill hosts he leaves after thousands of years of getting used to this fact. Of course, he isn't in any way noble from the get go, and is self serving, else he'd not switch bodies around. But... I think perhaps "cold blooded murdering psychopath" is a bit strong.

Reynardine reminds me of times a little of Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" after he got that chip in his head and couldn't attack humans any more - the same sense of a "de-fanged" psychopathic killer who can't do much more than make sarcastic remarks. Though I hope that we won't see an Annie/Reynardine relationship - for one thing, the fact that she's a human girl and he's a stuffed wolf toy (which can, at times, become an actual wolf) would make that too creepy.

Now why hasn't anyone thought of that before? That's a really good point. I like that theory! (For all it's plot hole )