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Post by haspen on Oct 5, 2022 14:22:42 GMT
Lana, no.
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Post by mspace on Oct 5, 2022 15:02:42 GMT
That last panel actually made me laugh out loud.
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Post by rabbit on Oct 5, 2022 15:05:13 GMT
Heranje called it yesterday as have others, a beauty/beast sort of scenario. Also, the final panel today definitely has a Son of Werewolf/Werewolf goes to College 1950s B-movie kind of vibe to it. |
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Post by novia on Oct 5, 2022 15:16:57 GMT
In love with the idea of being "in love". It can lead to seriously bad choices. Agree 100% On one hand, having a deity as a SO would certainly have its advantages. On the other hand, she did watch him incinerate Rey's body... Lana wasn't there for that (or was she??? 🤨🕵️♂️) |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Oct 5, 2022 15:58:42 GMT
Yeah, this is cute and all, but I don't think Lana's out of the woods just quite yet, so turn off the romantic Disney music... **record scratch**
There's still Annie, who doesn't know what's going on. She might be a station away but she's most likely concerned or confused about what just happened, and preparing to return back..... where she will likely arrive at the most awkward moment possible... (I said, turn off that music)
As far as Loup knows (as far as the audience knows), his big secret is still a secret to everyone except Robot and Lana. So now, he has to decide whether he can trust Lana to be a secret keeper, or if he has to get rid of her, because she knows too much.
EDIT (following Bedinsis): One possibility, I suppose, would be for Lana to say "you can trust me" or some such, and he'll play along until the time is right....
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Post by bedinsis on Oct 5, 2022 15:59:39 GMT
Welp. I did not see this coming. So how will this play out? I'm predicting that Loup figures he can work with this followed by some intimacy interrupted by Annie who will figure that was the reason they snuck off the train. |
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Post by drmemory on Oct 5, 2022 17:08:57 GMT
I think maybe we are finally starting to see what Loup is supposed to learn. The question is, will he get it, or stubbornly refuse to see?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 5, 2022 17:14:55 GMT
Stuff I'd like to see in the comic:
1. A bunch of time has been spent building up Lana as a character so I hope she doesn't get killed off quickly, even though that would probably be the most merciful thing. Here's hoping for one or more "I can show you the world" dates before she says the wrong thing at the wrong time and gets munched.
2. Antimony spending and hour or so looking for them and wondering why she was ditched, unable to figure out what happened except in extremely distant hindsight.
2.1 Antimony figures out Jerrek is "Loup" before Lana gets nom-nomed (or alternatively he just shows her) and she ineptly tries to convince Lana to dump Jerroo, fails repeatedly despite eventually enlisting other female friends to stage an intervention party.
3. Lana living on as a cautionary (fairy?) tale about the dangers of dating violently-unhinged people/wolves/shapeshifters/newborn-gods, becomes the first New Person (Cylon?) myth, maybe also a bit about what happens when a NP(C?) dies... perhaps Antimony taking her into the ether? Antimony becoming the new 'pomp for the NP(C?)s and then Muut & crew appearing and saying that this was what they wanted from her all along (mwahaha)?
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Post by Per on Oct 5, 2022 18:29:07 GMT
4.21. Antimony goes back one station but there's no one there, meanwhile Loup pushes Lana away again and goes back to the platform, looking at a sign reading "Kisaragi Station", then he hears something behind him and turns around and Lana's face is hanging right in front of him oozing black bile from the deep voids of her eyes and mouth
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Post by Igniz on Oct 5, 2022 18:52:48 GMT
Either Lana a) joins Loup in his intent to destroy planet Namek, turning traitor and becoming a Maverick Reploid b) positively influences Loup, so he starts changing for the good c) both of the above (maybe through her death/erasure) -> Plot twist: She's revealed to have been a Nobody all along! <- 1. A bunch of time has been spent building up Lana as a character so I hope she doesn't get killed off quickly Actually...   In fact, point 3 would be fairly interesting and in line with what we've seen so far. However, I hope that such an outcome should be avoided, if possible. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 5, 2022 19:06:07 GMT
4.21. Antimony goes back one station but there's no one there, meanwhile Loup pushes Lana away again and goes back to the platform, looking at a sign reading "Kisaragi Station", then he hears something behind him and turns around and Lana's face is hanging right in front of him oozing black bile from the deep voids of her eyes and mouth 4.22 Antimony reverses the maglev train and rushes back at high speed assuming an emergency of some sort happened, meanwhile Jerroo pushes Lana away again and she falls on the tracks, gets isekai'd to a fantasy world by train-kun where she is natural genius at mmorpg-based magic rules and trope plots, becomes ultimate OP hero or final boss or something. |
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Post by AluK on Oct 5, 2022 20:01:29 GMT
You could say that Lana is
*ahem*
throwing Jerrek for a loop.
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Post by blahzor on Oct 5, 2022 21:34:54 GMT
Stuff I'd like to see in the comic: 1. A bunch of time has been spent building up Lana as a character so I hope she doesn't get killed off quickly, even though that would probably be the most merciful thing. Here's hoping for one or more "I can show you the world" dates before she says the wrong thing at the wrong time and gets munched. 2. Antimony spending and hour or so looking for them and wondering why she was ditched, unable to figure out what happened except in extremely distant hindsight. 2.1 Antimony figures out Jerrek is "Loup" before Lana gets nom-nomed (or alternatively he just shows her) and she ineptly tries to convince Lana to dump Jerroo, fails repeatedly despite eventually enlisting other female friends to stage an intervention party. 3. Lana living on as a cautionary (fairy?) tale about the dangers of dating violently-unhinged people/wolves/shapeshifters/newborn-gods, becomes the first New Person (Cylon?) myth, maybe also a bit about what happens when a NP(C?) dies... perhaps Antimony taking her into the ether? Antimony becoming the new 'pomp for the NP(C?)s and then Muut & crew appearing and saying that this was what they wanted from her all along (mwahaha)? Spin off series Lana giving relationship advice (online and off) based off the thousands of books she's read Lana in the City #3 is most likely. She would also fill the Mort role in how it lead to Jones finally coming to the court when she already knew of it |
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Post by csj on Oct 5, 2022 22:54:53 GMT
'no, it's ok i will fix the immortal being that sees me an unliving abomination with the power of love just like my dollar store shojo mangas' i proclaim as im gasligt so hard my servomotors are slowly welded into a contemporary sculpture
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Post by rylfrazier on Oct 5, 2022 23:10:11 GMT
"twas an awkward and kind of overly aggressive red haired recently former robot that tamed the beast"
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Post by Runningflame on Oct 6, 2022 1:11:39 GMT
Does Jerrek in the last panel look more like an ass than a wolf to anyone else? :] I'm getting "shaved chihuahua with a wig" vibes, myself. |
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Post by drmemory on Oct 6, 2022 6:07:20 GMT
I think we may be about to see something unprecedented:
Loup speechless.
Briefly. |
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Post by blackouthart on Oct 6, 2022 6:29:42 GMT
This is very funny to me.
Lana, girl. You are not a Miyazaki heroine; nor are you going to fix the bad boy, but I absolutely understand this is what sometimes appeals to teen girls.
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Post by laaaa on Oct 6, 2022 7:00:37 GMT
I see a lot of commentors thinking Lana intends to fix Loup, but I can't really see Lana thinking that. She loves everything about him. What's there to fix?
Also, Lana isn't being gaslit by Loup (yet). She's just naive, immature and inexperienced and made a poor decision.
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Post by Geekette on Oct 6, 2022 8:54:33 GMT
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Post by guntherkrieg on Oct 6, 2022 9:19:42 GMT
Tom: I love redheads in abusive relationships! I can't help it!
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Post by shadow3 on Oct 6, 2022 11:21:09 GMT
In love with the idea of being "in love". It can lead to seriously bad choices. On one hand, having a deity as a SO would certainly have its advantages. On the other hand, she did watch him incinerate Rey's body... She's originally a robot, so seeing a spare chassis get destroyed is not really a big deal in her people's culture. |
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Post by davidm on Oct 6, 2022 16:58:54 GMT
Lana:
The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
More than a feeling that's the power of love
Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
Make a bad one good make a wrong one right
Power of love that keeps you home at night
You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love
First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you'll be glad baby when you've found
That's the power makes the world go'round
They say that all in love is fair
Yeah, but you don't care
But you'll know what to do
When it gets hold of you
And with a little help from above
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Can you feel it?
Hmmm
Loup:
It may seem to you that I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason you do it for me
Oh
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a second-hand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
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Post by davidm on Oct 6, 2022 18:22:00 GMT
Anime is full of yandere and other types of crazy dangerous females fighting for the male hero, who slap, kick and force themselves on the male, is usually played as comedy. (Similar often as well in western romantic comedies, like wedding crashers... "forced seduction" topic of wikipedia is carefully guarded to exclude the many instances where males are victims... tv tropes DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale) Sometimes the Yandere learns to be better person. Real life females also can get very nasty in "cat fights", sometimes much worse than similar males. Often the abusive super strong female is saved by the weaker male hero.
No idea what can "fix" Loup, we've seen Y positively influenced by Annie. So far he has blushed when first meeting Lana and he was protective of her with elf boys so she has some chance to act as at least friend or more. Castlevania had dracula "helped" by good mortal female (till she was brutally murdered by others). Loup is often "abuser" but Y is also victim of Coyote, the memories were taken away so he never learned to deal with his temper/ego/mistakes, and then goaded to become Loup. Maybe Loup can learn. Coyote leaves impression of a plan that involves Loup learning something, somehow by end of this, perhaps Lana can play a part.
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Post by silicondream on Oct 6, 2022 20:54:52 GMT
Yeeesh. Other commentors called it. Lana, I am DISSAPOINTED. (First of all, he's really ugly right now.) (Secondly, he just hit you.) (Thirdly, he was rude.) You have TERRIBLE TASTE. And WORSE PRESERVATION SKILLS. No question on the terrible taste. But is declaring her commitment to Loup not a good survival strategy? It's pretty similar to what Robot did with him, just with more emotion involved, and Robot's still un-shredded. Tooth or no tooth, Loup remains the local god. The New People can't hide from him or defeat him; the Court's been trying that for centuries and even they've given up and decided to flee to another planet. Kat evidently can't trap him. Annie can't guilt him into good behavior. There's no meaningful opposition to ally with. Does Lana have a better option than trying to get along with him, in her own way? Yes, this is a nightmarishly abusive situation. I guess I just can't be disappointed in Lana when she was basically born into a Harlan Ellison story. What is the correct way to deal with an omnipotent abuser? I hate saying this about even a fictional character, but I really hope Loup dies soon. It'd be nice to feel something other than existentialist despair when reading this. |
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Post by laaaa on Oct 9, 2022 21:36:16 GMT
Yeeesh. Other commentors called it. Lana, I am DISSAPOINTED. (First of all, he's really ugly right now.) (Secondly, he just hit you.) (Thirdly, he was rude.) You have TERRIBLE TASTE. And WORSE PRESERVATION SKILLS. No question on the terrible taste. But is declaring her commitment to Loup not a good survival strategy? It's pretty similar to what Robot did with him, just with more emotion involved, and Robot's still un-shredded. Tooth or no tooth, Loup remains the local god. The New People can't hide from him or defeat him; the Court's been trying that for centuries and even they've given up and decided to flee to another planet. Kat evidently can't trap him. Annie can't guilt him into good behavior. There's no meaningful opposition to ally with. Does Lana have a better option than trying to get along with him, in her own way? Yes, this is a nightmarishly abusive situation. I guess I just can't be disappointed in Lana when she was basically born into a Harlan Ellison story. What is the correct way to deal with an omnipotent abuser? I hate saying this about even a fictional character, but I really hope Loup dies soon. It'd be nice to feel something other than existentialist despair when reading this. It WOULD be a good survival strategy, if it were a survival strategy. Sadly (or not sadly) there is no logic nor calculation involved in Lana's part. It's not a strategy. It's just pure emotion. Actually, I'm a sucker for people being positively moved and transformed by the love of others. However, I'd like for it to be an informed choice for the one who does the loving. Lana doesn't really see the significance of Loup's actions. She can't, because she doesn't know exactly what he has done (e.g. burning Renard's body from jealousy, threatening to harm Robot). Apparently all she knows is that Loup is some weird dangerous, powerful creature from the forest that everyone is trying to find and control (which also protected her at some point!). And while she DOES know some of the nasty things he has done (like hitting her, and she probably also knows about the forest elves) I doubt she understands why he did them, or be able to guess if Loup would keep doing them. Although apparently she doesn't expect him to change, nor does she think she is the only one who can love him and save him etc, kudos to her. |
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