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Post by jda on Feb 21, 2022 8:10:28 GMT
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Post by madjack on Feb 21, 2022 8:16:05 GMT
The lines by his nose and chin, a visual pun on cracks in his facade.
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Post by artemis on Feb 21, 2022 8:39:08 GMT
I had my face too close to my phone screen because Iām laying in bed with my glasses off and jesus christ that scared the shit out of me
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 21, 2022 9:18:14 GMT
Still a measured response from "Loup." He could up his one-liner game, though. A better response to "You..!" would have been "Me."
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Post by blahzor on Feb 21, 2022 9:53:32 GMT
them cracks in the the hexagon shapes of one of Robot's old NP models
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 21, 2022 10:05:21 GMT
The lines by his nose and chin, a visual pun on cracks in his facade. Nice! I didn't even notice the cracks, was too distracted by his eyes. |
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Post by guntherkrieg on Feb 21, 2022 11:15:08 GMT
Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick.
I can never tell if it's a problematic relationship with abuse, or an attempt at an "it's problematic so it must be complex!" style of writing.
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Post by aline on Feb 21, 2022 12:25:06 GMT
Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick. I can never tell if it's a problematic relationship with abuse, or an attempt at an "it's problematic so it must be complex!" style of writing. Not the "bad character must not be seen to ever have a good feeling and / or change" discourse again, please, I beg of you. We've all suffered enough. |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Feb 21, 2022 12:30:20 GMT
Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick. I can never tell if it's a problematic relationship with abuse, or an attempt at an "it's problematic so it must be complex!" style of writing. Idk, I wouldn't be surprised if in this case it will literally just be "he's an abuser and he's going to get called out on it". Loup IS an abuser. 'Jerrek' is only doing this to further his own interests. This is not "Tony is horrible to Antimony, but he actually really cares about her and just wants her to do better at school". This is "a completely selfish god-like creature just got annoyed at creatures that used to fear and respect him now ignoring him". |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 21, 2022 14:50:53 GMT
Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick. I can never tell if it's a problematic relationship with abuse, or an attempt at an "it's problematic so it must be complex!" style of writing. Idk, I wouldn't be surprised if in this case it will literally just be "he's an abuser and he's going to get called out on it". Loup IS an abuser. 'Jerrek' is only doing this to further his own interests. This is not "Tony is horrible to Antimony, but he actually really cares about her and just wants her to do better at school". This is "a completely selfish god-like creature just got annoyed at creatures that used to fear and respect him now ignoring him". Yeah, Loup has really other things to worry about (in his opinion), those insignificant people just keep him from getting along with his plans. |
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Post by aline on Feb 21, 2022 15:05:12 GMT
Idk, I wouldn't be surprised if in this case it will literally just be "he's an abuser and he's going to get called out on it". Loup IS an abuser. 'Jerrek' is only doing this to further his own interests. This is not "Tony is horrible to Antimony, but he actually really cares about her and just wants her to do better at school". This is "a completely selfish god-like creature just got annoyed at creatures that used to fear and respect him now ignoring him". Yeah, Loup has really other things to worry about (in his opinion), those insignificant people just keep him from getting along with his plans. I don't know what's going through his mind but it might also have something to do with his present form. Coyote when he was a dead goose in a bush started to forget he wasn't really a dead goose in a bush. Loup didn't juste take the form of Jerek, Jerek also has a personality completely disconnected from Loup's and maybe there is a weird thing going on where the feelings of fake Jerek are affecting Loup. Maybe Loup started to forget he's not really Lana's friend and he felt protective of her for that reason. |
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Post by artezzatrigger on Feb 21, 2022 15:31:22 GMT
Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick. I can never tell if it's a problematic relationship with abuse, or an attempt at an "it's problematic so it must be complex!" style of writing. Far too early to be jumping to that conclusion my dude, chill. |
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Post by Gemminie on Feb 21, 2022 15:45:46 GMT
Lana is surprised at Jerrek for finger-locking Mr. Touchy Feely. Is she surprised because she thinks he's being unreasonable, not realizing the direction in which things had been going? Or is she surprised because she didn't know he was capable of a move like that?
Gray Shirt gets threatening and puts a hand on Jerrek's shoulder, causing Jerrek to release the finger lock, which had brought Black Shirt down to a crouch. Gray Shirt looks like he's going to punch Jerrek in the face ...
Extreme close-up of Jerrek's face, with bloodshot eyes and little red rings ā very, very reminiscent of Loup's eyes. Deep shadows over the top half of his face, accentuating the eyes even more. Some various cracks and smudges visible too. Is this literally visible, or is this only visible to someone who can see into the Ether just a little bit? Or would someone able to see into the Ether have seen even more?
The treens leave, yelling some invective only once they're in the distance. So did they recognize Loup in Jerrek's eyes? (Have they ever actually seen Loup?) Or did they just recognize something dangerous and powerful? It's not entirely clear how much of the Ether the tree people can see.
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Post by crater on Feb 21, 2022 16:08:43 GMT
Yeah, Loup has really other things to worry about (in his opinion), those insignificant people just keep him from getting along with his plans. I don't know what's going through his mind but it might also have something to do with his present form. Coyote when he was a dead goose in a bush started to forget he wasn't really a dead goose in a bush. Loup didn't juste take the form of Jerek, Jerek also has a personality completely disconnected from Loup's and maybe there is a weird thing going on where the feelings of fake Jerek are affecting Loup. Maybe Loup started to forget he's not really Lana's friend and he felt protective of her for that reason. Imo, Loup really put the kernel of himself into a perfect copy of one of Kats machines. Loup is experiencing reality inside the machine interface. That is what is causing his personality to splinter. Kat has basically imprisoned Loup inside a prison of love. |
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Post by mochakimono on Feb 21, 2022 16:40:51 GMT
The irony of the creepy ones calling him a "creep" for stopping them from creepin', hah. Projection much, fellas?
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Post by saardvark on Feb 21, 2022 16:50:47 GMT
Extreme close-up of Jerrek's face, with bloodshot eyes and little red rings ā very, very reminiscent of Loup's eyes. Deep shadows over the top half of his face, accentuating the eyes even more. Some various cracks and smudges visible too. Is this literally visible, or is this only visible to someone who can see into the Ether just a little bit? Or would someone able to see into the Ether have seen even more? The treens leave, yelling some invective only once they're in the distance. So did they recognize Loup in Jerrek's eyes? (Have they ever actually seen Loup?) Or did they just recognize something dangerous and powerful? It's not entirely clear how much of the Ether the tree people can see. I think Loup let a just fleeting glimpse of a part of himself leak out, enough to indicate that he is way more than the mild NP that he seems, and that "more" is dangerous and powerful and emphatically not something they want to mess with. Its possible Lana doesn't even see this doom-face, since she is off to the side. |
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Post by silicondream on Feb 21, 2022 17:12:12 GMT
D'aww, look how hard he's concentratin'. You are loved, Lana L'android! You made the Joker use his Batman voice! Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick. Can you patent realism? I'd take that one to the bank. Idk, I wouldn't be surprised if in this case it will literally just be "he's an abuser and he's going to get called out on it". Loup IS an abuser. Loup's a baby. Babies tend to abuse anything they're strong enough to mess with, until they learn empathy. Usually by getting called out on it, granted. Is there a Lori in the house? We all act in our own interests; the question is what those interests are. According to Loup, Lana is useful for getting him close to Antimony. Affairs with random elf boys are unlikely to change that calculation, so Loup's intervention here is probably more for Lana's sake than for his own. Doesn't mean he did the right thing, but altruism is a sign of maturity! Next: Jerrek gets Eradicated. Or e-toyocated. Antimony backwards is "why not many?" |
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Post by The Anarch on Feb 21, 2022 17:33:26 GMT
He just went all Teen Wolf on those fools.
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Post by jda on Feb 21, 2022 20:15:42 GMT
Omae wa mou shindeiru
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Post by speedwell on Feb 21, 2022 20:36:40 GMT
Antimony backwards is "why not many?" And I am Marie of Roumania, as Dorothy Parker wrote. š |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 21, 2022 23:23:02 GMT
Yeah, Loup has really other things to worry about (in his opinion), those insignificant people just keep him from getting along with his plans. I don't know what's going through his mind but it might also have something to do with his present form. Coyote when he was a dead goose in a bush started to forget he wasn't really a dead goose in a bush. Loup didn't juste take the form of Jerek, Jerek also has a personality completely disconnected from Loup's and maybe there is a weird thing going on where the feelings of fake Jerek are affecting Loup. Maybe Loup started to forget he's not really Lana's friend and he felt protective of her for that reason. I thought of this myself, but (at least as far as I understood it) we were privy to Loup's thoughts right until the elf boys turned up, and those said he had a low opinion of NP in general and Lana in particular, and what he is focused on are Annie and those lights he can see inside the Court... Plus, if Loup actually started to forget he is not actually Jerrek, shouldn't he take up Jerrek's timid personality then? What he is doing here does not look at all like something the "Jerrek" he has shown us so far would do.
Let's say if it turns out the Jerrek persona made him do it after all, I will expect Loup to be as surprised as I will be myself.
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Post by maxptc on Feb 22, 2022 0:08:34 GMT
Loup has enormous power and is always the center of attention. The elfs are acting as if they have social power in this situation, and Lana is the center of attention. The whole situation was probably as awkward for Loup as it was for us, as well as a new experience for him personally. I assume he just reacted without a lot of thought and is gonna be analyzing why he reacted the way he did, which will show us more of who he really is.
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Post by magiekarp on Feb 22, 2022 0:35:01 GMT
I don't know if anyone else has pointed it out, but does it look like Jerrek's hair is let down in that third panel? At least it looks like the shadow of his hair let down. Hm...
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Post by bicarbonat on Feb 22, 2022 6:58:06 GMT
Tom about to pull his patented "he's an abuser but sometimes their heart is in the right place"-schtick. I can never tell if it's a problematic relationship with abuse, or an attempt at an "it's problematic so it must be complex!" style of writing. Not the "bad character must not be seen to ever have a good feeling and / or change" discourse again, please, I beg of you. We've all suffered enough. It's like Jumanji ā once somebody restarts it, we've all got to ride it out and hope nobody dies or goes half-feral. Antimony backwards is "why not many?" And I am Marie of Roumania, as Dorothy Parker wrote. š Antimony? Nah. "Many, not I"/"I, not many" ā it's the elemental lineage dichotomy, everyone open your third eye /j |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 22, 2022 8:06:20 GMT
There's people in this comic with a heart of gold?
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Post by aline on Feb 22, 2022 9:20:02 GMT
I don't know what's going through his mind but it might also have something to do with his present form. Coyote when he was a dead goose in a bush started to forget he wasn't really a dead goose in a bush. Loup didn't juste take the form of Jerek, Jerek also has a personality completely disconnected from Loup's and maybe there is a weird thing going on where the feelings of fake Jerek are affecting Loup. Maybe Loup started to forget he's not really Lana's friend and he felt protective of her for that reason. I thought of this myself, but (at least as far as I understood it) we were privy to Loup's thoughts right until the elf boys turned up, and those said he had a low opinion of NP in general and Lana in particular, and what he is focused on are Annie and those lights he can see inside the Court... Plus, if Loup actually started to forget he is not actually Jerrek, shouldn't he take up Jerrek's timid personality then? What he is doing here does not look at all like something the "Jerrek" he has shown us so far would do.
Let's say if it turns out the Jerrek persona made him do it after all, I will expect Loup to be as surprised as I will be myself.
What I'm saying is, this may not be an on/off switch but a slower, more subtle process. It took Coyote four days to forget who he was when he pretended to be a dead goose. There might be gradual progress from thinking fully like Coyote and fully believing to be a dead goose. So even though Loup still knows he's Loup and still has his personality, some part of his thoughts might be contaminated by the pretense. If that is the case, I would expect the contamination to become worse, especially since there is a high chance he would have a harder time controlling it than Coyote would. |
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Post by jda on Feb 22, 2022 9:35:39 GMT
I like how, on Panel 1, the perspective of her face tells me she is not looking to Jerek or TouchyGuy, but in the middle of both of them, so basically screaming at the air.
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Post by abbomeister on Feb 22, 2022 18:12:38 GMT
I just love that the elves yell 'screw you!' towards Loup, when we had a whole thread dedicated to 'screw those elf kids!' Tom is finally getting back at us.
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Post by Nnelg on Feb 22, 2022 21:23:42 GMT
No offense, but this sounds like a racial slur. xD |
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Post by speedwell on Feb 22, 2022 22:21:35 GMT
No offense, but this sounds like a racial slur. xD In the collective plural form "treen", it is, actually, a name for useful objects carved from wood, such as wooden spoons. "Treens" is not a word, but I took it as a novel coining combining "trees" and "teens" and thought it was clever. There's no need at all to say nasty things about it unless you have evidence of malice on the part of the speaker. |
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