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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 11, 2024 8:03:10 GMT
Lots of characters to choose from if you want to make a guess about who this chapter's about. |
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Post by aggadahGothic on Nov 11, 2024 8:22:26 GMT
How thrilling. The pattern of nine-chapter books is broken. I was just lamenting that the update would likely be notice of a break.
The name is reminiscent of chapter thirty, The Coward Heart, which referred to Parley's fear about being with Andrew, and which Jeanne later uses explicitly in chapter fifty-nine. A Parley and Andrew chapter is possible; it would make sense for Antimony and Kat to recruit them for their plan.
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Post by yellowb on Nov 11, 2024 8:58:59 GMT
The name is reminiscent of chapter thirty, The Coward Heart, which referred to Parley's fear about being with Andrew, and which Jeanne later uses explicitly in chapter fifty-nine. A Parley and Andrew chapter is possible; it would make sense for Antimony and Kat to recruit them for their plan. The name is reminiscent of chapter 30, but only grammatically, not by meaning. "The Distorted Heart" doesn't bring to mind Parley or Andrew. It's probably because of the tree, but I'm reminded of Ysengrin/Loup/Jerrek. Other than that, lots of characters to choose from, like imaginaryfriend said. Zimmy, Anthony, Omega herself... even Robot, if he had a heart. (Please don't let the chapter be about Robot) |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 11, 2024 10:55:59 GMT
I'm expecting Aata and Jen to blindside the Scooby gang as a plot twist at some point before the distortion ends so it shouldn't be them.
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Post by Per on Nov 11, 2024 13:19:17 GMT
(Please don't let the chapter be about Robot) I would say the story needs more Robot to justify the amount of Robot that was already put in it. Having his plots revealed while nothing was riding on it wasn't the payoff, so something else might be, even if it's just an exposition showing why what happened makes some sort of sense (in-world or narrative), and even if it's not now when people are curious about other ongoings. |
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Post by ctso74 on Nov 11, 2024 14:44:26 GMT
The page reminds me of A Handful of Dirt's chapter title and thumbnail. Probably just a coincidence though. |
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Post by TBeholder on Nov 11, 2024 14:48:29 GMT
I suspect this one will be about Meg.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Nov 11, 2024 16:09:11 GMT
The page reminds me of A Handful of Dirt's chapter title and thumbnail. Probably just a coincidence though. I had that same thought. That was a memorable chapter, with some cute moments (before it got serious). Maybe it's the same tree? Doesn't seem likely... Also, I'm not sure what the connection would be, other than the possibility that the chapter involves Kat and Annie. (Only the two main characters of the whole comic....) |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 11, 2024 18:05:31 GMT
The page reminds me of A Handful of Dirt's chapter title and thumbnail. Probably just a coincidence though. I had that same thought. That was a memorable chapter, with some cute moments (before it got serious). Maybe it's the same tree? Doesn't seem likely... There is a reality distortion so literally anything's possible but the tree that grew from Robot's arm was one of the two that "Loup" supersized and attacked the Court with. [edit] The cherry tree was in the same habitat and would've been destroyed (or possibly assimilated) along with the rest of the isolation habitat, I think. [/edit] |
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Post by Per on Nov 11, 2024 19:34:52 GMT
[edit] The cherry tree was in the same habitat and would've been destroyed (or possibly assimilated) along with the rest of the isolation habitat, I think.[/edit] The arm tree at least had been moved to the cow park at that time. |
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Post by pyradonis on Nov 11, 2024 19:59:26 GMT
Personally, as always, I'm hoping to learn something about this Steadman fellow. I'm expecting Aata and Jen to blindside the Scooby gang as a plot twist at some point before the distortion ends so it shouldn't be them. Aata I see, but why Jenny? |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Nov 11, 2024 21:33:34 GMT
I had that same thought. That was a memorable chapter, with some cute moments (before it got serious). Maybe it's the same tree? Doesn't seem likely... There is a reality distortion so literally anything's possible but the tree that grew from Robot's arm was one of the two that "Loup" supersized and attacked the Court with. [edit] The cherry tree was in the same habitat and would've been destroyed (or possibly assimilated) along with the rest of the isolation habitat, I think. [/edit] Ah, of course. I was thinking of the cherry tree, not the arm tree. That cherry probably doesn't exist anymore (press F). Unless it exists in the Distortion as a memory brought back to life.... |
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Post by Hatredman on Nov 12, 2024 4:00:35 GMT
The page reminds me of A Handful of Dirt's chapter title and thumbnail. Probably just a coincidence though. Speaking of artwork and thumbnails, I was in shock when I first saw the title page. There was a wordless Ad in there that blended so much with the art that it scared the sheet out of me. ![]()  |
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Post by Hatredman on Nov 12, 2024 4:13:11 GMT
...Anthony, Omega herself... even Robot, if he had a heart. I see now. Robot singing "If I only had a heart". Anthony singing "If I only had the nerve". Omega singin "If I only had a brain". And Kat singing to Omega and Zimmy: "Ding dong, the witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead...". The chapter definetly needs to be about Robot. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 12, 2024 5:37:42 GMT
[edit] The cherry tree was in the same habitat and would've been destroyed (or possibly assimilated) along with the rest of the isolation habitat, I think.[/edit] The arm tree at least had been moved to the cow park at that time. Took me a good while to find that in the comic but yes it was, I'd forgotten about that. Might still get to the same result, though. Ah, of course. I was thinking of the cherry tree, not the arm tree. That cherry probably doesn't exist anymore (press F). Unless it exists in the Distortion as a memory brought back to life.... I'd think that during the attacks the structure of the habitat would've suffered and power would've been cut off, and the access corridors would've collapsed/shifted. The tree could've survived the first and last of those three things but not the middle, unless magic of course, and I guess there was a gardener and a dryad involved. If it didn't get directly crushed in the habitat it might've lived to get crushed/assimilated by the arm tree in Young's park, but if it survived that and everything else along the way it could've seen the reality distortion, I guess. I'm expecting Aata and Jen to blindside the Scooby gang as a plot twist at some point before the distortion ends so it shouldn't be them. Aata I see, but why Jenny? I speculate that Aata got to Jenny. That'd explain the funny business with the Zeta-summoning. I think Jen's appearance change is Aata doing some work on her (he'd call them improvements) as a bonus. I'm not saying Omega and Aata will be best buds, but I expect Aata and/or Jen will in some way pop up at a critical moment and screw over Antimony et al. I think the most likely scenario is for them to let Antimony do all the hard work in rescuing Zeta and then (like with the lake water) swoop in and grab her away, but it depends on what Aata's actual plans are. Does he want to fling Zeta into the star ocean to complete the Court's escape? Or does he want to convert Zeta into a battery by doing something to her like what was done to Omega? Or something else? Personally, I'd love to see him trying to convert Zeta into one of his operatives (like Shel). The makeover scenes would be amazing. |
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Post by blahzor on Nov 12, 2024 8:44:05 GMT
I suspect this one will be about Meg. My guess is Meg or Gamma |
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Post by Gemminie on Nov 13, 2024 21:28:33 GMT
OK, full disclosure, I'm writing this after having seen the first page of the chapter and after reading everyone's speculation about the title and title image. That's not what I usually do, but I just wanted to say that my speculation upon reading the chapter title was that it meant "the heart of the distortion," so I was guessing we'd finally get to see what was going on in the center of the distortion, where Coyote, Loup, Zimmy, and Gamma (possibly Lana too) presumably all are. I think it's still not fully clear whether that's correct or not, having seen the first page of the chapter, but it doesn't contradict me.
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Post by pyradonis on Nov 14, 2024 18:06:19 GMT
Aata I see, but why Jenny? I speculate that Aata got to Jenny. That'd explain the funny business with the Zeta-summoning. I think Jen's appearance change is Aata doing some work on her (he'd call them improvements) as a bonus. Personally I think Jack would be too smart not to notice that. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 14, 2024 21:36:26 GMT
I speculate that Aata got to Jenny. That'd explain the funny business with the Zeta-summoning. I think Jen's appearance change is Aata doing some work on her (he'd call them improvements) as a bonus. Personally I think Jack would be too smart not to notice that. I admit Jack is/was more articulate and put together when dealing with the fairer sex than I was at his age but I must disagree... When Jenjen cast aspersions onto Antimony by asserting her motive was to hand Zeta over the Court and shifting blame for the location of the Zeta-summoning Jack went right along with it. He was even older at that point, but I'm guessing he didn't decline a kiss that go-round and that made the difference. [edit] Then again, there's always the possibility of witchcraft. I hear they're good at this stuff. Personally and perhaps tangentially relevant to this chapter, I always wondered if the first magic spell ever cast was when a woman purposefully touched ash to her eyes to ensnare a man (and such a thing might predate modern humans). [/edit] ...just noticed that Jen's not looking at Antimony in the next-to-last panel on that page, as one might when accusing someone and/or demanding an explanation, she's looking at Jack as if to gauge his reaction. |
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