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Post by Daedalus on Mar 14, 2014 12:11:26 GMT
Don't worry, Mort! Jones will shield you with her mighty body! ... Bye Mort. (Stamp of Jim North approval) |
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Post by Daedalus on Mar 14, 2014 12:15:53 GMT
noone3I'd find it absolutely hilarious if that were the case. "I found the detonation at the Trinity Site to be quite superior to the munitions I had encountered up to that point, but still woefully short of my expectations considering the Hype. For all their ingenuity, Humans seem destined to never replicate the sheer *oomph* of the Chicxulub impact; which despite my presence in the immediate impact site being entirely coincidental, was nonetheless rather thrilling." Jones is probably more of an exaton kinda girl. Just watch, she'll help incite the first true nuclear war, just for the hope of a good massage. She convinced humanity to build the LHC so she could have a nice bath of high-energy particles. Very refreshing. |
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Post by Gauldoth Half-Dead on Mar 14, 2014 12:16:25 GMT
Well, Mort is either going to die this early, or Jones will show some badassery and hopefully shield him with her body. It doesn't look like they are right at ground zero though, so the shockwave+debris from the nearby building seems to be the main danger. I think if Jones acts, Mort could live and escape wounded with Jones...
I'm going to go with that one. Really, I just wish to see Jones display some awesomeness with stone-cold stoicism.
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Post by stevecharb on Mar 14, 2014 12:20:23 GMT
D-d-did you see the frightened ones?
D-d-did you hear the falling bombs?
D-d-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?
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Post by Gulby on Mar 14, 2014 12:28:05 GMT
My wildspecs : next panel will show us Antimony in the dusty fumes, picturing the scene from Mort's story. After that, the RRRROOOOO sound will be replaced by the ambulance's sounds, and Annie's face still frozen on a blank face. And then, the angriness and the rage against Jones because "why didn't she..." but Mort will see it happening and try to calm down Annie with "She couldn't do much for me, it was really too late, hadn't she be there I would have ended lost in the limbo ! But instead, I was brought to the ROTD and became the ghost that you know !"
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Post by zombie on Mar 14, 2014 12:28:10 GMT
D-d-did you see the frightened ones? D-d-did you hear the falling bombs? D-d-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? damn you, now I have to listen to The Wall from cover to cover again |
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Post by philman on Mar 14, 2014 12:43:21 GMT
Wow, that's cold Jones.
And really there is not much she could do to save Mort, although she is indestructible she is too small to be a shelter. However it was her fault he was there, he went to try and save her, if she had not been there he would be in the shelter by now. I would guess she feels some responsibility.
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Post by planeswalker on Mar 14, 2014 12:43:25 GMT
D-d-did you see the frightened ones? D-d-did you hear the falling bombs? D-d-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? Came here to post this but not surprised you got the scoop. Well done  |
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Post by planeswalker on Mar 14, 2014 12:50:54 GMT
Is... is that a face in the last panel, Ms. Jones? I rather think it is. I think it is too and I'm not totally surprised. I believe Annie's right and Jones is not quite as emotionless as she claims. |
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Post by ctso74 on Mar 14, 2014 13:39:54 GMT
Well, that was quick.
And not. For us, the bomb will fall the entire weekend. Slow terror inching forward to Mort. I wonder, if Tom will be graphic with the gore or the fear. The next panel could be Mort's frantic and desperate panic to escape. Running nowhere, anywhere. Then, there's the detonation. He could quick-cut to him being a ghost, and spare us the bloody ordeal. Or not.
Pity, though. I really liked the "suffocate in caved-in shelter" scenario. It would have been interesting in how Jones responded to people slowly facing their end. Her unable to help, either choosing not act, or being careful not to cause more collapse.
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Post by Daedalus on Mar 14, 2014 13:55:54 GMT
I think it is too and I'm not totally surprised. I believe Annie's right and Jones is not quite as emotionless as she claims. I love the username btw. Mtg ftw. |
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Post by eyemyself on Mar 14, 2014 13:56:06 GMT
Now the question is was Jones there for business or pleasure? Seems possible she is her own best research tool. Understanding the capabilities of the enemy's weaponry is pretty powerful intelligence to gather.
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Post by fwip on Mar 14, 2014 14:12:29 GMT
I'm looking forward to gathering more information on Jones. I think it is too and I'm not totally surprised. I believe Annie's right and Jones is not quite as emotionless as she claims. This may be, but I doubt that she is human enough to be treated as a human or even a superhuman. I think that a more accurate classification would be as a force of nature or similar. I'm taking the approach that she's only as human as specifically proven. |
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Post by quoodle on Mar 14, 2014 15:09:40 GMT
The RRRRRR sound in panels 4-6 are not the sirens, but the engine of the V1 (getting louder, btw) - once it runs out of gas in panel 7, it falls.
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Post by dliessmgg on Mar 14, 2014 15:38:49 GMT
He died and she did nothing.
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Post by Eversist on Mar 14, 2014 15:49:10 GMT
I hope it's not too gory. I imagine it's going to be a fade/flash to white, or something similar... or maybe a pan-out. This page gave me chills and feels. Well done, Tom. |
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Post by aaroncampbell on Mar 14, 2014 15:51:21 GMT
I like how the bomb is slightly colored. It was already noticed that Mort's memory is coloring everything significant, while fading the background. Lovely artistic touch. Sad, though.
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Post by wombat on Mar 14, 2014 16:18:09 GMT
The contrast between the tone of Tom's comments and the tone of the comic has made me laugh an unreasonable amount so far this chapter.
(And I really need to stop reading them around other people.)
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Post by sleepcircle on Mar 14, 2014 17:01:20 GMT
kralex I think that was kind of a tooly thing to say
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Post by The Anarch on Mar 14, 2014 17:08:38 GMT
Jones, cold? I must respectfully disagree. Jones is H-O-T, hawt! |
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Post by nightwind on Mar 14, 2014 17:34:58 GMT
Uh, what a way to go, Mort.
On the upside, perhaps we soon see the ROTD from his perspective.
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Post by warrl on Mar 14, 2014 17:50:35 GMT
Generally, by the time a layman can discern that he really does need to run away from a specific gravity bomb (or V-1), it's too late to do so. And we have no evidence that either Jones or Mortimer is possessed of super-speed. The RRRRRR sound in panels 4-6 are not the sirens, but the engine of the V1 (getting louder, btw) - once it runs out of gas in panel 7, it falls. Technically, that isn't how it usually happened. The V-1 ran on a timer, and when the timer ran out it went into a steep dive. (The timer also was used to arm the bomb while in flight. That way if one crashed on takeoff, there was a good chance the bomb would *not* blow up.) It was SUPPOSED to be a power-dive. But in early versions there was a design error in the fuel system and the steep dive cut off the fuel supply. So when it fell, it ran out of gas. Not the other way around. This defect was later fixed. Granted, if one ever did run out of fuel, it would then fall. |
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Post by Señor Goose on Mar 14, 2014 18:09:17 GMT
It turns out that because that bomb in the last panel is shooting overhead at dozens of meters per second, it sails over them and detonates several blocks away from them...
Yeah, it's gonna be like that, huh Tom?
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Post by Sky Schemer on Mar 14, 2014 18:25:40 GMT
And really there is not much she could do to save Mort, although she is indestructible she is too small to be a shelter. That, and she's indestructible, not immovable. She'll be thrown by the blast like anything else, unless it happens to land right on the top of her head. |
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Post by Señor Goose on Mar 14, 2014 18:32:07 GMT
And really there is not much she could do to save Mort, although she is indestructible she is too small to be a shelter. That, and she's indestructible, not immovable. She'll be thrown by the blast like anything else, unless it happens to land right on the top of her head. And even then, as someone pointed out, she'd probably end up getting blasted through Mort. Not pleasant. |
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Post by keef on Mar 14, 2014 19:04:49 GMT
Damn, Jones. (Supports the "huge jerk" theory, huh?) Why, she is just honest. The way she is shown to us, she would help if she could. Mort simply does not have a chance. Jonesy looks a bit troubled in the last panel there. I believe Annie's right and Jones is not quite as emotionless as she claims. I agree. Maybe not the saddest face, but sad enough. kralex I think that was kind of a tooly thing to say I had to look up tooly, but still don't understand. Bad taste? On this forum? Worst thing that can be said is that the joke was already made in the last thread. But tastes differ of course. |
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Post by freeformline on Mar 14, 2014 19:50:32 GMT
D-d-did you see the frightened ones? D-d-did you hear the falling bombs? D-d-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? Welcome to the forums! We always needed a bard in our party. |
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Post by quoodle on Mar 14, 2014 20:27:16 GMT
Jones, cold? I must respectfully disagree. Jones is H-O-T, hawt!Well, Jones is pretty much the temperature of her surroundings (she doesn't eat so I assume she doesn't generate heat). If she had a circulatory system, I'd say she's cold blooded. Emotionless (i.e. "cold" like philman implied) - is how she describes herself. But like Annie, I have a slightly different opinion. |
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Post by keef on Mar 14, 2014 21:02:26 GMT
The contrast between the tone of Tom's comments and the tone of the comic has made me laugh an unreasonable amount so far this chapter. (And I really need to stop reading them around other people.) Same here, that "what's so funny" look.. and don't even try explain.. |
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Post by lemarc on Mar 14, 2014 21:35:39 GMT
kralex I think that was kind of a tooly thing to say I had to look up tooly, but still don't understand. Bad taste? On this forum? Worst thing that can be said is that the joke was already made in the last thread. But tastes differ of course. Will we get to see a *gasp* approximately human creature WITHOUT an obscuring layer of vegetable fibres??! |
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