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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 18, 2021 7:04:36 GMT
Looks like stealing Coyote's powers wasn't the final goal of the plan. |
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Post by bicarbonat on Oct 18, 2021 7:08:27 GMT
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Post by madjack on Oct 18, 2021 7:08:32 GMT
We're going to have to wait another dozen or more chapters to find out what the plan actually is aren't we?
'Grats on the award, Tom.
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Post by ghostiet on Oct 18, 2021 7:23:31 GMT
I couldn't find in myself even an inkling of sympathy for this POS until that last panel. Well done, Tom, and congrats.
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Post by Tenjen on Oct 18, 2021 7:46:56 GMT
It is highly telling that the fairies refer to him as Pretty Man given their uniquely alien perspective on things.
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Oct 18, 2021 8:04:38 GMT
It is highly telling that the fairies refer to him as Pretty Man given their uniquely alien perspective on things. They're probably seeing the flowery Buddha image from when Coyote froze time, so it's not that weird to call him Pretty Man. Also, yay Tom, congradjulashions on your award! Does it come with a Reuben sandwich? |
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Post by aline on Oct 18, 2021 8:05:19 GMT
Am I the only one who is worried about "the next steps" given the track record of this dude so far
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Post by ohthatone on Oct 18, 2021 15:03:18 GMT
Hooray for Tom!! Congratulations on your well deserved award!
Also, yeah...next steps of the plan? Some kind of contingency plan that needs to be addressed?
Curious what he thinks of the fairies.
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Post by Gemminie on Oct 18, 2021 16:17:51 GMT
Realizing that he's in for it now, Aata steps up. Parley's ready to take him to Eglamore for his well-deserved chewing-out. But Aata also thinks he's going to be allowed to advise on the next steps of the plan, whatever plan he means, and whatever those next steps may be. He asks Shell to stay and help with the rescue effort. Aata's "excised from the program," whatever that means, and yet he can still advise?
Aata's line, "If I fail at this, too, then everything will have been meaningless," is absolutely full of references to ... things we know nothing about. What did he fail at before, this "failed cousin" of Coyote's, this "beautiful failure?" What exactly is the "everything" that will have been meaningless? All this tantalizing vagueness!
The fairies have followed Annie through the hole! And they can see Aata in the Ether, because of course fairies see everything in the Ether. I'm assuming they're calling him "pretty man" because in the Ether he's constantly surrounded by flowers.
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Post by drmemory on Oct 18, 2021 16:44:09 GMT
I assume the fairies are complimenting what he looks like in the ether, like with the flowers and stuff, rather than in meatspace.
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Post by novia on Oct 18, 2021 21:10:10 GMT
I assume the fairies are complimenting what he looks like in the ether, like with the flowers and stuff, rather than in meatspace. Well, not to generalize, but the fairies we've seen so far have a tendency to call anyone and everyone fat. The first chubby person to be remarked on by the fairies gets called pretty. Seems pretty weird. He wasn't exactly slim in the ether either. [exhibit a][exhibit b][exhibit c][exhibit d][exhibit e][exhibit f] |
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Post by drmemory on Oct 18, 2021 23:17:15 GMT
I assume the fairies are complimenting what he looks like in the ether, like with the flowers and stuff, rather than in meatspace. Well, not to generalize, but the fairies we've seen so far have a tendency to call anyone and everyone fat. The first chubby person to be remarked on by the fairies gets called pretty. Seems pretty weird. He wasn't exactly slim in the ether either. [exhibit a][exhibit b][exhibit c][exhibit d][exhibit e][exhibit f]That is a really good point. I have no explanation. Maybe his flower-bedecked appearance in the ether trumps his BMI (Body Mass Index)? Fairies are shallow! |
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Post by drmemory on Oct 18, 2021 23:33:56 GMT
Am I the only one who is worried about "the next steps" given the track record of this dude so far I'm with you. I'm very worried that there is still more plan. If nothing else, the latest step (Steal Coyote's Power) sure seems like a total fail, so I would have thought that would be the end, but here we are! Are we moving on to Plan B or whatever, or was the possibility of this failing just a branch within the actual plan? Eep! |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 18, 2021 23:56:40 GMT
Am I the only one who is worried about "the next steps" given the track record of this dude so far I'm with you. I'm very worried that there is still more plan. If nothing else, the latest step (Steal Coyote's Power) sure seems like a total fail, so I would have thought that would be the end, but here we are! Are we moving on to Plan B or whatever, or was the possibility of this failing just a branch within the actual plan? Eep! I'm curious to see what their solution for the Zeta problem is. If they've finished studying Zeta (and assuming their goal is to make humans into gods, god-like entities, or at least people who wield god-like powers) they should have at least a theory on how to avoid making the people they want to empower into "busted floodgate" Zimmies. The simplest way would be to maintain mechanical separation but there's inherent vulnerabilities in that, plus it would probably be emotionally unsatisfactory. Therefore what, mass production of android Gammas? Or something else? |
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Post by Nnelg on Oct 19, 2021 19:37:49 GMT
Well, not to generalize, but the fairies we've seen so far have a tendency to call anyone and everyone fat. The first chubby person to be remarked on by the fairies gets called pretty. Seems pretty weird. He wasn't exactly slim in the ether either. Hm, it could be a metaphor for spiritual aestheticism. Like, instead of 'indulging' in his desires, Aata has 'starved' himself in pursuit of this Plan. Or maybe I'm overthinking it, and Fairies only use made-up insults. |
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Post by Tenjen on Oct 20, 2021 1:11:42 GMT
I love her expression in the 2nd panel so much
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Post by blazingstar on Oct 20, 2021 3:14:47 GMT
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Post by Blitz on Oct 20, 2021 10:08:47 GMT
I assume the fairies are complimenting what he looks like in the ether, like with the flowers and stuff, rather than in meatspace. Well, not to generalize, but the fairies we've seen so far have a tendency to call anyone and everyone fat. The first chubby person to be remarked on by the fairies gets called pretty. Seems pretty weird. He wasn't exactly slim in the ether either. [exhibit a][exhibit b][exhibit c][exhibit d][exhibit e][exhibit f]Pretty and fat aren't mutually exclusive.
He's pretty fat
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Post by drmemory on Oct 22, 2021 1:22:47 GMT
Really, he isn't that fat. It's just that the vast majority of Tom's characters are quite fit. Even the dean, who seems to be pretty sedentary (we only ever see him in his throne) lacks any sort of paunch. It makes sense for the kids, but really, who else in the comic is out of shape at all? Khelpi, I suppose, but she was pregnant and pretty far along, so that hardly counts. I guess the elves have a little more variety of body types but not so the humans.
Aata just looks... comfortable. I only really noticed because of his Buddha incarnation, which immediately made me think of what typical Buddha statues look like. They are not slender! Shell is a beanpole, and the shadow man red-shirts are pretty much average and interchangeable.
I really didn't take Coyote's "beautiful failure" as a physical description though, but then who am I to interpret the thoughts of a god?
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