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Post by bedinsis on Aug 2, 2021 7:02:00 GMT
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Post by soulofthereaver on Aug 2, 2021 7:10:42 GMT
Looks like Aata's not smiling anymore. Is there something wrong, Aata?
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Post by madjack on Aug 2, 2021 7:11:41 GMT
Quickly Aata, take Carver hostage, there's no way that could go wrong!
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Post by mzpx on Aug 2, 2021 7:12:29 GMT
And for the first time ever, Aata moves his hands and looks furious. I don't know if the fury's combined with powerlessness or with determination (like someone who has to switch to a Plan B he wanted to avoid)? Hoping for the latter.
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Post by aline on Aug 2, 2021 7:14:01 GMT
Aata is finding serenity hard to achieve this morning  |
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Post by shadow3 on Aug 2, 2021 7:38:34 GMT
This is when the Boss Music begins to change.
Is that Latin I hear???
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Post by arf on Aug 2, 2021 7:45:34 GMT
This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? If 'he he he' is Latin then, sure. |
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Post by speedwell on Aug 2, 2021 7:47:48 GMT
Poor Aata. With great power comes great responsibility, particularly in cases where it's not necessarily your fault. Alternatively, "You broke it, you bought it".  |
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Post by bicarbonat on Aug 2, 2021 9:22:19 GMT
As vice president of the Aata Hate Club, I have to say - ya love to see it. Not because Coyote's some choirboy, but because Aata has intense Javert energy that is almost instinctually repellent.
Also: are those memory orbs? (He he he)
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Post by bicarbonat on Aug 2, 2021 9:24:43 GMT
This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? [stops playing "One-Winged Angel"] My bad - |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Aug 2, 2021 10:18:43 GMT
This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? [stops playing "One-Winged Angel"] My bad - Was that you? I thought it was my Doom (2016) OST. It's not really Latin, but it can be mistaken for it! This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? What are all these health packs doing here? Oh sweet, a big stash of amm... f*ck I wanna see what Loup's spot on his head changed into! |
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Post by jda on Aug 2, 2021 10:36:55 GMT
Best Aata face of all.
Also, I'd very much like to think that Aata thought beforehand, planned for this contingency but I don't think this is the case.
Now that I think about it, it is amazing that Aata could do that Ether shenaningan, since for any human, the time was not stopped at all but all this hast just happened in a single second.
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Post by ohthatone on Aug 2, 2021 12:05:53 GMT
Oh no! The angriest face!
I don't think this is going to end well for anyone, so I'm not going to take any victory laps about aata being pissed. He's way too new to us to not cause more problems soon.
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Post by aline on Aug 2, 2021 12:20:46 GMT
Oh no! The angriest face! I don't think this is going to end well for anyone, so I'm not going to take any victory laps about aata being pissed. He's way too new to us to not cause more problems soon. Oh yeah, clearly. I mean, if Loup is indeed going to be dead soon, this story will need a new villain. Aata the Stasi boss is an excellent candidate. |
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Post by todd on Aug 2, 2021 12:33:34 GMT
With good reason. Aata and his team's actions could count as violating a truce; after this, an outraged Loup could use that as justification to launch an even more serious attack upon the Court. (Small wonder that Coyote is laughing; Aata has unwittingly assisted his plan.) |
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Post by crater on Aug 2, 2021 13:14:14 GMT
t-this is when they pull a classic Gunnerkrigg right hahaha? ... Loup is just getting ready to make some tea and discuss his problems like a right lad..... right
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Post by blahzor on Aug 2, 2021 13:26:36 GMT
Round 1....FIGHT
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Post by manabi on Aug 2, 2021 13:40:47 GMT
As vice president of the Aata Hate Club, I have to say - ya love to see it. Not because Coyote's some choirboy, but because Aata has intense Javert energy that is almost instinctually repellent. Also: are those memory orbs? (He he he) Aata's annoyed me since the start of this arc, it's going to be absolutely delightful if all of the blame falls on him. This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? [stops playing "One-Winged Angel"] My bad - There's a great version of that on one of the Video Games Live albums, but the MC gets a bit too excited and encourages the audience to sing along with the choir... Since it's mostly in Latin, pretty much none of them know the lyrics, so they don't sing. Oops. |
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Post by saardvark on Aug 2, 2021 13:57:44 GMT
Oh no! The angriest face! I don't think this is going to end well for anyone, so I'm not going to take any victory laps about aata being pissed. He's way too new to us to not cause more problems soon. Oh yeah, clearly. I mean, if Loup is indeed going to be dead soon, this story will need a new villain. Aata the Stasi boss is an excellent candidate. Aata the Stasi boss... love it! Evil bureaucrat a bit too confident of his abilities and level of protection. But when unexpectedly the Wall falls, the (Forest/Loup) flood will overwhelm his petty schemes and his world will crumble... |
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Post by Gemminie on Aug 2, 2021 14:24:19 GMT
Much like the final frame of the previous page, Coyote is talking to Loup, but we can't hear what he's saying, and there are what appear to be memory orbs floating about. As before, this could mean that Coyote is giving Loup the memories stored in the lake water. (How would Coyote have predicted that the Court would be able to get the lake water to Loup first? Or perhaps these are memories that can't be released unless both the goose bone and lake water are returned.) Unlike that previous frame, though, Coyote's head is taking on that skull-like appearance that it gets when he's talking about his death plan.
In the next frame, Parley is looking on with apprehension in her face as James turns to Aata and asks him what he just did – after all, from his point of view, James just saw Aata say, "Now!" after which Shell threw a device at Coyote and Loup that caused a big fireworks display. Shell, standing behind Aata, is also looking on with apprehension. Aata just has a grim expression, and in the next frame we just focus on Aata and that same grim expression. I think he knows that what happens next is bad, and he may or may not have any idea what to do about it. He's not answering James' question.
Then, after one final laugh from Coyote, he disappears just as he did before with the goose bone, and we can't yet see whether Loup's forehead symbol has changed. But we can see that Loup is no longer hovering in the air; he's landed on all four feet. In the last frame he's facing partly away (still can't see his forehead symbol), and I'm not sure what to make of his stance; he seems to still be recovering from what just happened. There's still some energy in the air around his head; that could be the residual energy from contact with Coyote, or it could be the same energy that was around his head earlier, before he ate the lake water vial.
What will Loup do next? That will have to wait for next time! Now to read everyone else's impressions.
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Post by Gemminie on Aug 2, 2021 14:44:53 GMT
And for the first time ever, Aata moves his hands and looks furious. I don't know if the fury's combined with powerlessness or with determination (like someone who has to switch to a Plan B he wanted to avoid)? Hoping for the latter. That's true, I hadn't noticed until you said this, but Aata has finally dropped his hands to his sides. He's been confidently holding them behind his back until now. I think he's ... less confident now. Does he have a Plan B? I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'd frankly be surprised if he didn't, but perhaps as you say it's one that he'd hoped not to have to use. Also, I'd very much like to think that Aata thought beforehand, planned for this contingency but I don't think this is the case. He strikes me as someone who has contingency plans for if he cuts himself shaving, so I'd be pretty surprised if he didn't have a Plan B here, but I don't know. His sanguine grin and confident stance are gone. Perhaps, as mzpx said, his Plan B involves something he really didn't want to have to do. With good reason. Aata and his team's actions could count as violating a truce; after this, an outraged Loup could use that as justification to launch an even more serious attack upon the Court. (Small wonder that Coyote is laughing; Aata has unwittingly assisted his plan.) Quite possibly this is all true. They may all have to get out of there as quickly as possible. Will Loup turn on Annie first (as the one he now knows is destined to kill him), or on the Court people (as the ones who attempted to steal his/Coyote's power from him)? He may launch his all-out attack on the Court once there are no targets within immediate reach, though. This could be very bad. I'd been assuming Coyote's/Loup's powers attenuated the farther into the Court they tried to reach, but that may not be the case. Loup agreed with Annie not to attack the Court until she got the goose bone and lake water back. That's happened now. But that's another reason why Aata should have an exit strategy – not only is Annie's truce over, he's violated the ceasefire himself. He relied on his steal-Coyote's-power plan to deal with both of those consequences, but did he rely on it too much? I'm wondering whether his plan is to have Annie try to delay Loup while Parley teleports everyone else out of the Forest (I'm guessing the other Shadow Men may already be running away, as part of the original plan, but even so, Loup may be turning the stragglers into mushrooms). |
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Post by rylfrazier on Aug 2, 2021 14:50:55 GMT
The little spheres of light make me think of Coyote feeding Loup all of the stored up rage memories previously, but I also think Tom uses that image to represent other things.
Still this seems like things are about to kick off in a big way, Loup appears to be gathering himself for an attack.
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Post by ctso74 on Aug 2, 2021 15:12:34 GMT
They did just attack Loup, and now he knows, they have access to a weapon that could kill him. Still though, I wonder what exactly Coyote told him. Maybe, we'll hear it when Carver is bringing him to the light.
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Post by saardvark on Aug 2, 2021 19:33:25 GMT
the stance of Loup. in the last frame is like that of a fearful, cornered dog. Or maybe its just the impact of all those memories and Coyote's "essence" suddenly slamming into his head?
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Post by hp on Aug 2, 2021 22:29:32 GMT
This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? DORIME INTERIMO AYAPARE DORIME AMENO AMENO Aata is going full Oh No
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Post by alevice on Aug 2, 2021 22:49:03 GMT
This is when the Boss Music begins to change. Is that Latin I hear??? This crosses the mind more atm: |
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Post by alevice on Aug 2, 2021 22:50:35 GMT
Also the fact that we did not learn of the great plan of Coyote is such a blue balling move so far by Tom
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Post by pyradonis on Aug 2, 2021 23:22:49 GMT
He is questioning Aata, not necessarily the Court leadership. He strikes me as someone who has contingency plans for if he cuts himself shaving, so I'd be pretty surprised if he didn't have a Plan B here, but I don't know. His sanguine grin and confident stance are gone. Perhaps, as mzpx said, his Plan B involves something he really didn't want to have to do. His expression could just mean he's furious, but also that he's preparing for a fight and/or revealing another power or trick. If he finds his previous trick to be distasteful, how would he feel about using a hack that weaponizes the Ether? Also the fact that we did not learn of the great plan of Coyote is such a blue balling move so far by Tom Only thing missing is Loup saying "...I understand." |
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Post by todd on Aug 2, 2021 23:42:21 GMT
Aata's annoyed me since the start of this arc, it's going to be absolutely delightful if all of the blame falls on him. It does raise the question of how the Court will "officially" handle the situation. Claim that Aata acted without their knowledge and permission and openly disavow him (with the indication underneath that they secretly approved of what he did, but need a fall guy)? Or put the blame entirely on Loup instead, pretending either that the attempt to capture Coyote's power never happened or was just Aata's team taking readings on Loup as a purely information-gathering exercise (and probably taking advantage of the fact that there's likely to be no video footage of the incident, just the words of Eglamore, Parley, and Annie who could have misinterpreted what Aata and his people were doing)? |
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Post by Runningflame on Aug 3, 2021 0:22:10 GMT
(I'm guessing the other Shadow Men may already be running away, as part of the original plan, but even so, Loup may be turning the stragglers into mushrooms) I'll just leave this here |
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