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Post by idonotlikepeas on Oct 4, 2010 11:57:50 GMT
Parley: having a 100% sensible reaction to what just happened.
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Post by Eddy on Oct 4, 2010 12:01:29 GMT
Why isn't Parley's heart gleaming in the first panel? It had stopped glowing a ways back. I think it was more just to show Parley's love for Smitty as offensive to Jeanne than a constant part of Parley's etheric body. Or it may just have been showing up because of how Parley was emotionally affected by the whole thing, and quickly went back to normal once the stabbing started. Also, what's the deal with the switch between etheric/regular clothes? Looks like Annie may have taken a blow to the head when Parley's fun first experience in the etherium ended. Ouch. Parley's definitely under a lot of emotional stress right now, so I see some teleportation in the future. Maybe she'll even confess her love to Smitty. I'm kind of more interested in how this whole experience will affect the whole Annie/Kat relationship, especially considering Jeanne and her lover and the duality between Annie and Kat being somewhat along the same lines. Their relationship is somewhat more interesting to me. It's not romance, but it's a good deal beyond what a mere friendship is. There's definitely some love to it, though.
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Post by Alexandragon on Oct 4, 2010 12:06:15 GMT
WOW! It's great!
P.S.: Last panel rules!
Also: Are Blinker really flying?!
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Post by secondofnone on Oct 4, 2010 12:51:42 GMT
Right now Parley is in shock, and is clinging to Smitty mostly because he's there to cling to. Next comic we may see her realize what she's doing and pull back. Or not. I could see it going either way. Maybe it'll be a little of both.
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Post by Aris Katsaris on Oct 4, 2010 12:58:53 GMT
Also, what's the deal with the switch between etheric/regular clothes? They're the same clothes in shape, they just appear grey -- I suppose because they're etherically inert, unlike the projected bodies/souls.
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Post by paxjax123 on Oct 4, 2010 13:12:03 GMT
Who else is super glad they got back alive? ... Too bad for their minds though. I wonder how Parley and Annie are gonna cope, after learning the full story, and almost being killed afterwords.
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Post by Elaienar on Oct 4, 2010 13:14:41 GMT
Parley: having a 100% sensible reaction to what just happened. Yeah she needs to hug him now in case he gets arrow'd later by a madly jealous inventor working in league with prominent members of the school who need to turn Parley into a vengeful ghost to guard the cafeteria or something.
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Post by King Mir on Oct 4, 2010 13:23:19 GMT
Who else is super glad they got back alive? ... Too bad for their minds though. I wonder how Parley and Annie are gonna cope, after learning the full story, and almost being killed afterwords. It's not the full story yet, just one more side to it.
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Post by aaroncampbell on Oct 4, 2010 13:24:38 GMT
I always assumed Jeanne was the coward. I mean, holding onto her hate and rage all these years and taking it out on innocent, helpless children even? Parley is in love too, and Jeanne was obviously jealous and enraged. Not very becoming of a lady of her stature. I think that is not so much a choice as it is the nature of most ghosts. They become like elemental incarnations of certain powerful emotions, often related to their deaths. So it is not so much that Jeanne is holding onto her rage and taking it out on anyone she meets, but that there is nothing else TO her. The rest of herself is either gone, or buried so deep it would take an expert medium to reach it. Or I could be completely off, here. Wouldn't be the first time. Not that I disagree with your point, but I have to ask: what powerful emotion is Mort the elemental incarnation of? Embarrassment? ;D Maybe it really was related to his death!
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Post by secondofnone on Oct 4, 2010 13:33:58 GMT
I wonder how Parley and Annie are gonna cope, after learning the full story, and almost being killed afterwords. It's not the full story yet, just one more side to it. Agreed. I'm looking forward to hearing Sir Young's point of view, if we ever get it.
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Post by jayne on Oct 4, 2010 13:51:41 GMT
Also, what's the deal with the switch between etheric/regular clothes? They're the same clothes in shape, they just appear grey -- I suppose because they're etherically inert, unlike the projected bodies/souls. Yes, like Reynard'sbody. Grey and lifeless.
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Post by q3 on Oct 4, 2010 13:58:39 GMT
To qualify my statement a little more, when she talked to Kat about it earlier, she mentioned that the reason she couldn't do anything was because she became scared and didn't face her fears. This time she went back to face those fears, and promptly let them paralyze her again (she ended up retreating for a second time now). Annie might think of herself as a coward, but I agree with Kat. Prior to meeting Jeanne, she had been told by Muut to be wary of the ghost. When Jeanne first appears, her initial reaction is to make polite conversation. Jeanne responds by slashing her face and preparing to run her through, and all Annie can do is try to shield herself. Then Kat arrives and Jeanne disappears. There really wasn't anything more Annie could have done down there - so while she feels a coward, she's really being much too hard on herself.
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Post by Mylian on Oct 4, 2010 14:15:02 GMT
WOW! It's great! P.S.: Last panel rules! Also: Are Blinker really flying?! No, Annie just dropped the blinker stone. Now that she's safe, it holds no importance to her right now, so she probably didn't even think to keep holding on to it.
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Post by goldenknots on Oct 4, 2010 14:52:30 GMT
The blinker stone isn't flying, it's just falling from her nerveless grasp. Not a problem, since she can just blink it back anytime, as long as there aren't any homicidal ghosts hanging onto it.
Loren
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Post by Snes on Oct 4, 2010 15:24:48 GMT
Right now Parley is in shock, and is clinging to Smitty mostly because he's there to cling to. Next comic we may see her realize what she's doing and pull back. Or not. I could see it going either way. Maybe it'll be a little of both. I agree. She just needs somebody to hug. I'm guessing next comic we'll see Andrew looking around uncomfortably for a panel or two and then awkwardly hugging her back. He's kind of oblivious, but I think even he can recognize when somebody is freaking out and just needs someone to be there for them.
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Post by jayne on Oct 4, 2010 15:31:12 GMT
The girls were standing still the whole time, with tears streaming down their faces... probably trembling... but Kat and Smitty never noticed since the girls were facing away from them. They probably noticed Parley had joined in on Annie's vision and thus was also zoned out.
OR did all this happen in the blink of an eye to Kat and Smitty?
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Post by jayne on Oct 4, 2010 15:33:59 GMT
Right now Parley is in shock, and is clinging to Smitty mostly because he's there to cling to. Next comic we may see her realize what she's doing and pull back. Or not. I could see it going either way. Maybe it'll be a little of both. I agree. She just needs somebody to hug. I'm guessing next comic we'll see Andrew looking around uncomfortably for a panel or two and then awkwardly hugging her back. He's kind of oblivious, but I think even he can recognize when somebody is freaking out and just needs someone to be there for them. I'm hoping he 'gets it' and holds her tight. Strong women can move mountains but it really helps when there's someone to hold your hand now and then.
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Post by percival on Oct 4, 2010 16:29:59 GMT
OR did all this happen in the blink of an eye to Kat and Smitty? That was my impression. Though it had to last long enough for the girls to work up tears. Unrelated: Who else wishes Smit would just hug the girl back?
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Post by Refugee on Oct 4, 2010 16:33:57 GMT
Why isn't Parley's heart gleaming in the first panel? Because that panel shows the transition back to the physical world. Note the pose. Also, check this comic. In the first frame, the gleam is relatively small, then bursts forth under Jeanne's attention. The gleam is not visible as soon as Annie and Parley start actively fighting back.
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Post by amanmademonster on Oct 4, 2010 16:38:06 GMT
4th Panel- I felt the exact same way after watching The Last Airbender movie
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Post by evilanagram on Oct 4, 2010 16:46:39 GMT
Smitty's expression reminds me of Reynardine's in the top-right of this page. The first thing my boyfriend said when he saw this page is "Annie is totally groping Kat in panel 3!!!11" Annie is most certainly not groping Kat. Kat doesn't have anything to grope; it would be like groping a plank of wood in a funny shirt, or groping Paris Hilton. There's just no point.
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Post by jayne on Oct 4, 2010 17:44:22 GMT
Regarding empathic crying.... Up to now, I haven't feel the slightest need to shed a single tear UNTIL this last panel.
She just looks so scared and yes, my eyes tear up just looking at it!
*smacks Smitty* HUG HER!!
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Post by hawkeye on Oct 4, 2010 19:15:06 GMT
My thoughts regarding Annies lack of action with Jeanne..... Annie is a Medium in training (ok, so is Parley, but Parley herself recognised that Annie was a better choice) and in my mind, a medium stands between two sides and mediates the dispute. In this case, she brought Parley and Jeanne together (inadvertently) and helped Parley to resolve the dispute. With her foot. So, job done And Annie didnt let her fear paralyse her in my opinion...she kept her head and told Parley exactly what she needed to do to get them both out of the situation. She may end up being pretty hard on herself, but I think, as someone else said, that she should cut herself some slack
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Post by Max on Oct 4, 2010 20:04:30 GMT
OR did all this happen in the blink of an eye to Kat and Smitty? I dunno, in 769 you see Smitty wondering why Annie is just standing there. And in the next page, you see Annie's expression change. So I wouldn't say it's happening instantaneously. 4th Panel- I felt the exact same way after watching The Last Airbender movie I felt the same way when I first met Boxbot.
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Post by idonotlikepeas on Oct 4, 2010 20:13:16 GMT
Give Smitty a second, guys. He is a bit shocked and has no idea what the hell just happened.
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Post by TBeholder on Oct 4, 2010 20:35:31 GMT
A rare sight of Smitfacee in the state of bug-eyed shock. My vote is that Parley teleports her ass out of there... with her boytoy. If not, Annie would have to answer her question. And i doubt her ability to talk coherently and at length right now. Then again, this could be a great chance for Tom to explore Annie's insecurities... Annie is always such a closed book, almost always composed. Yeah, it's the case when "actions, not words" is applied just because the subject wasn't used to talk with anyone. Especially about her problems. As someone noted, even with Kat they're friends because Kat actively tried to approach Annie. At first I thought Parley had slapped Annie in the second panel. Same here. She's gonna be hella pissed at Annie when she gets over her initial shock. Depends on the initiative roll. I mean, if Annie begins the encounter with asking Parley whether she wants to participate in this case further, now that she managed to move it out of the dead-end... That is, do their mediums' work. Remember, she feels like an useless "extra" back in sim. Then begins teleporting, which otherwise would be awfully cool, but as uncontrolled ability it's more of a nuisance. She wasn't confident even with Smitty. And now Parley managed to prove her worth at last, and even pulled this infant prodigy's butt out of the fire. This should do something for her self-esteem. Right now Parley is in shock, and is clinging to Smitty mostly because he's there to cling to. Next comic we may see her realize what she's doing and pull back. Or not. I could see it going either way. Maybe it'll be a little of both. Or pull back, think about it better and cling again. ;D That Parley's going to be nudged to decide what's really important for her, methinks, it was already clear when this memory-dump started. Not that I disagree with your point, but I have to ask: what powerful emotion is Mort the elemental incarnation of? Embarrassment? ;D It looks like "stuck" people and "proper" ghosts are different. And the former have less than lucid mind, which is a part of being "stuck".
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Post by todd on Oct 4, 2010 22:12:50 GMT
Agreed. I'm looking forward to hearing Sir Young's point of view, if we ever get it. That seems less likely to me; Sir Young's motives were most likely cold calculating expediency - "better to have one person - Jeanne - suffer than the rest of us" - which wouldn't have as much drama as Diego's jealousy or Jeanne's tragic love.
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Post by lovecraft1024 on Oct 5, 2010 0:49:33 GMT
Great page! I'm glad Parley (and Annie of course) got out of there. I was afraid she'd get left behind, or get some etheric damage from Jeanne. Regarding panel 7, what's next? Pick one item from the left column and one from the right: Smitty: | In return, Parley: | a) is too shocked to hug back | 1) slaps him and says, "don't think this means anything!" |
[/tr] [tr] [td]b) hugs her back[/td] [td]2) kisses him violently[/td] [/tr] [/tr] [tr] [td]c) goes for a full body hug[/td] [td]3) keeps hugging[/td] [/tr] [/table] But seriously, Tom does keep us guessing.
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Post by evilanagram on Oct 5, 2010 2:34:57 GMT
Define "full body hug" first. Is this the old one arm high and one arm low, both arms waist-high, or the koala?
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Post by elppa284 on Oct 5, 2010 2:38:25 GMT
hmmm I thought Parley might be the "coward heart". The whole chapter was about how hard it was for Jeanne and mystery lover to meet, and how everyone seemed to be conspiring against them, and Parley could see Smitty everyday-the only thing holding her back was like herself. That must have been a somewhat shock to her
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