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Post by Gotolei on Jul 6, 2016 7:03:25 GMT
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Post by vvaivi on Jul 6, 2016 7:09:29 GMT
Not a red string of destiny, but a rainbow one.
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Post by themarvelgirl on Jul 6, 2016 7:11:37 GMT
If I were Antimony, I would grab George away from Smitty right then, and not give her back until he promised that he wasn't using his powers to make her like him.
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Post by pasko on Jul 6, 2016 7:16:39 GMT
If I were Antimony, I would grab George away from Smitty right then, and not give her back until he promised that he wasn't using his powers to make her like him. Oh come on. Smitty's powers are more or less subconscious, and he won't risk to call her for fear of damaging others. I can't see him using his powers like you say. |
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Post by hellohello on Jul 6, 2016 7:17:48 GMT
That seems like a really good way to make both of them second guess their feelings and interactions. Find out what's going on, sure, but do so in a way that won't make them twitchy.
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Post by speedwell on Jul 6, 2016 7:27:24 GMT
That his power of order makes her teleportation power work better is something we already know. Why all the suspicion?
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Post by Nepycros on Jul 6, 2016 7:31:18 GMT
Threads of fate can be pretty convenient. If the longer he spends around her, the more intertwined she is, doesn't that mean that her safety is more than guaranteed? He has the ability to manipulate reality in his favor. I'd assume that's the best life insurance policy available.
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Post by Pig_catapult on Jul 6, 2016 7:43:23 GMT
I feel like I'm gonna withhold judgement until we know more about how the threads of fate work.
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Post by frogspawned on Jul 6, 2016 8:01:07 GMT
I feel like I'm gonna withhold judgement until we know more about how the threads of fate work. What? You're going to be reasonable and wait until you have all the relevant information before accusing someone of being a magically manipulative rapist? Don't you know we should assume all men are monsters? |
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Post by stclair on Jul 6, 2016 8:26:07 GMT
Huh. Who else is he entangled with?
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Post by crater on Jul 6, 2016 8:31:48 GMT
try not to remember crippling loneliness
try not to remember crippling loneliness
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Post by dranbo on Jul 6, 2016 8:55:35 GMT
*Peeks out of lurking hole*
Calling it now. The strings are attached to Jean, or failing that, her lover (as in they'll disappear into the river).
*Ducks back into lurking hole*
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Post by Aura on Jul 6, 2016 9:10:46 GMT
Was I the only one that thought the rainbow strings were a cute representation of their relationship? Anyone? Anyone?
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Post by hifranc on Jul 6, 2016 9:35:51 GMT
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Post by youwiththeface on Jul 6, 2016 9:36:52 GMT
I feel like I'm gonna withhold judgement until we know more about how the threads of fate work. What? You're going to be reasonable and wait until you have all the relevant information before accusing someone of being a magically manipulative rapist? Don't you know we should assume all men are monsters? ...........Seriously? |
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Post by fish on Jul 6, 2016 10:10:51 GMT
Sure, this is cute and all, and in no way have we seen anything that would indicate these two being in any way bad for each other. (<- Oh English language, why won't you bend to my will)However, I see some new implications here. Remember "Parley and Smitty are in this one". The main developement of that chapter was Shadow gaining access to the third dimension, something that happened due to an accident on Parley's part. Of course everything worked out just fine for Shadow and Robot, but Parley was rather disthraught for a while because of it. In the end this lead to Parley being more open about her relationship, a sitiation Smitty was "totally fine with". Sooo, did Smitty's power facilitate the accident? Did it also facilitate the positive outcome for Shadow and Robot or was that a lucky side effect because Parley seriously injuring a friend would not have lead to a situation Smitty would have been fine with? Oh man, Smitty is a force to be reckoned with. How far into the future do these strings reach, I wonder... I feel like I'm gonna withhold judgement until we know more about how the threads of fate work. What? You're going to be reasonable and wait until you have all the relevant information before accusing someone of being a magically manipulative rapist? Don't you know we should assume all men are monsters? Yes! Yes! Let's go burn some strawmen! All those people who never expressed anything close to these statements? That will show them all! |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Jul 6, 2016 10:26:34 GMT
Well this was an unsettling note to end the chapter on (I assume we're nearing the end).
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Post by Tenjen on Jul 6, 2016 10:30:41 GMT
whats up with people trying to twist this into something dark?
They are intwined with each other. He is as intwined with her as she is with him out of mutually developed love.
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Post by agasa on Jul 6, 2016 10:32:58 GMT
Was I the only one that thought the rainbow strings were a cute representation of their relationship? Anyone? Anyone? I did! They're good for each other. Plus, who you fall in love with doesn't really matter as long as they are too, they're good for you and you're good for them. Parley and Smitty are a-ok, no matter if a little subconscious probability frumpling happened. I think that, more than anything, if it DID happen, it happened to make things happen in the right moment, and for Smitty to fall for her right when she fell for him. This ain't manipulation, it's just coincidences going well. |
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Post by saardvark on Jul 6, 2016 10:34:03 GMT
perhaps interestingly, Antimony doesnt see any rainbow threads attaching to herself. Does this mean Smitty isn't actively/passively adjusting her fate, or can't, or... ?
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Post by fish on Jul 6, 2016 10:38:24 GMT
whats up with people trying to twist this into something dark? They are intwined with each other. He is as intwined with her as she is with him out of mutually developed love. Too benign, not enough drama.  |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Jul 6, 2016 10:44:36 GMT
whats up with people trying to twist this into something dark? They are intwined with each other. He is as intwined with her as she is with him out of mutually developed love. Except these strings were established earlier to represent Smitty's subconscious etheric manipulation. It's the only explanation that explains why no one else has these strings, for instance. |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Jul 6, 2016 11:17:17 GMT
Also, if you look at the way the page is laid out a non-consicuous interpretation of the page makes no sense. This is a cheerful colorful page, where all problems seem to have been resolved, suddenly ending in this really dark panel. This is clearly meant as a contrast to make the reveal more shocking. This is most noticeable with Annie's face in the last two panels, transitioning from a relaxed happy face in the second to last panel, to an obscured face in the last panel that lets us imagine for ourselves what her reaction is (compare with these two pages). All of this is clearly underscored by how the panel is far larger than all the others, indicating how it's the "punch" of the page that the rest is used as a lead-in to (not to mention that having the last panel being something completely unrelated to the rest of the page makes no sense unless it was meant as a shocking reveal/lead-in to the next scene). If this was just mean to be symbolic of their relationship, like people say, there's no way it would have such a prominent place in the page. |
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Post by hp on Jul 6, 2016 11:18:34 GMT
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
(...)
Master! Master!!!
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jul 6, 2016 11:19:28 GMT
whats up with people trying to twist this into something dark? They are intwined with each other. He is as intwined with her as she is with him out of mutually developed love. Except thee strings were established earlier to represent Smitty's subconscious etheric manipulation. It's the only explanation that explains why no one else has these strings, for instance. And the strings of fate aren't just between Smitty and Parley. They also go from Smitty off into the darkness. My dark thought is that Smitty may end up being completely entangled by the strings of fate, like a fly in a spider's web. |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Jul 6, 2016 11:27:08 GMT
Also, if you look at the way the page is laid out a non-consicuous interpretation of the page makes no sense. This is a cheerful colorful page, where all problems seem to have been resolved, suddenly ending in this really dark panel. This is clearly meant as a contrast to make the reveal more shocking. This is most noticeable with Annie's face in the last two panels, transitioning from a relaxed happy face in the second to last panel, to an obscured face in the last panel that lets us imagine for ourselves what her reaction is (compare with these two pages). All of this is clearly underscored by how the panel is far larger than all the others, indicating how it's the "punch" of the page that the rest is used as a lead-in to (not to mention that having the last panel being something completely unrelated to the rest of the page makes no sense unless it was meant as a shocking reveal/lead-in to the next scene). If this was just mean to be symbolic of their relationship, like people say, there's no way it would have such a prominent place in the page. Actually, just go to the latest page and press the "left" arrow to scroll back through all the previous pages in the chapter and compare the height of the panels. In the previous pages all rows of panels that are of equal height. In this page and this page alone, the bottom row is much taller than any other, with the upper rows squished to a much shorter height just to accommodate it. there's no way this is a coincidence. |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Jul 6, 2016 11:27:44 GMT
[Double Post]
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Post by ohthatone on Jul 6, 2016 11:37:30 GMT
[...]This ain't manipulation, it's just coincidences going well. And isn't that love in a nutshell
but yeah, I don't se this as something any darker than his ether power being intertwined in her ether power and visually just showing a couple of wacky kids in love. like love love.
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Post by freeman on Jul 6, 2016 12:00:08 GMT
If I were Antimony, I would grab George away from Smitty right then, and not give her back until he promised that he wasn't using his powers to make her like him. Naw, this is just the "warming her up" process every committed man knows -visualized. Given they have been separated for months, it's going to be easy sailing for both of them, but the process is till on. (Cue Carver, giving a sad glance at her palm.) |
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Post by haspen on Jul 6, 2016 12:46:10 GMT
Was I the only one that thought the rainbow strings were a cute representation of their relationship? Anyone? Anyone? Finally a sane person. |
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