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MikeJF posted:It is possible to unredact the text in the last panel. Didn't like how washed out it was, so by magic-wanding the black squares and fiddling a bit with the color curves in GIMP, here's a better version of the unredacted page: 
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Opposing Farce posted:The uncensored dialog suggests that Spender isn't telling Isaac anything specifically because he's a medium, so it may very well be that Isabel and Ed do know something and Isaac is deliberately being left out of the loop. If that's the case, the fact that they don't care is simply another biter irony for the universe to torment Isaac with. Is it any medium, or is it specifically Isaac's spirit in particular that's the problem? I imagine it'd be pretty hard to keep secrets, whatever they may be, from every medium, but it'd be a simpler matter if it's only specific spirits you're trying to keep information from. Of course, as we were shown earlier, that doesn't really matter when a sufficiently powerful spirit in a tool can take over its user's body. Of course, this isn't backed up by anything in particular in the comic, so it's hard to say without more information.
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It's interesting that he isn't even allowed to tell Isaac that he isn't telling him because he's a medium.
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Did Isaac always have that flustered cheek? I started noticing that after Max walked through Doorman.
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Level Slide posted:Did Isaac always have that flustered cheek? I started noticing that after Max walked through Doorman. It throws me off all the time because I always forget and think he is half blushing or something but it is a scrape he got on his face fighting the sphinx. He doesn't have it here but does here.
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Mar 21, 2013 20:20
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Prison Warden posted:It throws me off all the time because I always forget and think he is half blushing or something but it is a scrape he got on his face fighting the sphinx. He doesn't have it here but does here. Huh, that's some nice attention to detail.
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Mar 22, 2013 03:14
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So that spirit was Max's tool all along. Neat.
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Are you on the drugs?
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Mar 23, 2013 10:59
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New page since no one posted the link. If it was just bullet-time, how does that explain everything being in apocalyptic-future mode?
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Mar 23, 2013 16:44
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I think it's just a visual side-effect of being in communion with his spirit.
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Mar 23, 2013 16:50
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horriblePencilist posted:Are you on the drugs? This should be the new thread title. Because it is my favorite thing.
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Mar 23, 2013 17:17
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We could really change the thread title every single update.
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Mar 23, 2013 17:33
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Brannock posted:New page since no one posted the link. I'm completely baffled by how everyone reading this comic seems to have completely forgotten how Magical and/or Spiritual Visions always work in stories that have them. It's not even just a few people, almost everyone thought some weird time stopping sun setting metal pile creating magic happened and are really confused but all this.
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Whitenoise Poster posted:I'm completely baffled by how everyone reading this comic seems to have completely forgotten how Magical and/or Spiritual Visions always work in stories that have them. It's not even just a few people, almost everyone thought some weird time stopping sun setting metal pile creating magic happened and are really confused but all this.
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Haledjian posted:Popular fiction is not exactly saturated with depictions of Spiritual Visions, It isn't? You and I must have very different wheelhouses when it comes to our media
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Mar 25, 2013 08:10
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And we have a new page!
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Mar 25, 2013 13:53
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So why'd he slap his backpack away like a dick?
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Mar 25, 2013 14:12
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^^^ I think because his bat/spirit was in thereCrosscontaminant posted:And we have a new page!  The alt text
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Mar 25, 2013 14:21
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I wonder if Isaac can glow out like that in real-time.
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Mar 25, 2013 15:25
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Yeah, I think this page reinforces the idea behind why Isaac doesn't get to know anything. Because he's possessed, rather than having a tool, his spirit is always aware of what's going on, whereas spirits in tools need a connection to their spectrals to interact with the outside world. This has some interesting implications if Mr. Spender never takes off his sunglasses (which are heavily implied to be his tool). What makes his spirit more trustworthy than Max's or Issac's spirits?
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Mar 25, 2013 15:36
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Batman's Shameful Secret > Paranatural: Max bits en route 2 stomach
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Mar 25, 2013 15:51
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Diet Conan Doyle posted:This has some interesting implications if Mr. Spender never takes off his sunglasses (which are heavily implied to be his tool). What makes his spirit more trustworthy than Max's or Issac's spirits? Maybe his spirit's been in control the whole time! 
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Macaluso posted:^^^ I think because his bat/spirit was in there I dunno I'm pretty sure I see an 'R' in the middle there.
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Patchwork Shaman posted:Maybe his spirit's been in control the whole time! You can't see his eyes, so maybe they're all "I'm possessed" glowy ALL OF THE TIME?
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Cthulhuite posted:You can't see his eyes, so maybe they're all "I'm possessed" glowy ALL OF THE TIME? Maybe the 'THE GOVERNMENT' panel really was as glowy as it looks!
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Mar 25, 2013 18:03
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Macaluso posted:
True to form, 4chan ignored this and went to try and decipher it anyway:   Also:  So happy we get two comics a week now.
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Mar 25, 2013 18:18
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I think GENUINE DISTRESS is a Homestuck reference. I can't believe how good the faces in this comic are, every week.
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Mar 25, 2013 20:50
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So any idea what the deal with the tiny Mr Starchman in panel 2 is?
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Pyradox posted:So any idea what the deal with the tiny Mr Starchman in panel 2 is? There's been a little Mr Starchman doll on the couch since they got there.
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Mar 26, 2013 02:21
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So...what would the spirit get out of killing its tools owner? You think that's going to be a problem later on? Could the same thing happen to a someone like Issac?
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scarycave posted:So...what would the spirit get out of killing its tools owner? You think that's going to be a problem later on? Could the same thing happen to a someone like Issac? Probably nothing. It's one of those 0.1% chance things, if your spirit is totally batshit.
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scarycave posted:So...what would the spirit get out of killing its tools owner? You think that's going to be a problem later on? Could the same thing happen to a someone like Issac? A chance to get a different spectral to use their tool? Might be useful if, say, the spectral is under the control of a totally-benevolent organization that just happens to really dislike you and has nasty plans for you once you break out of the tool.
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Patchwork Shaman posted:Maybe his spirit's been in control the whole time! Nice!
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Huh, I was expecting someone more evil/ominous/scary. This guy is just a big goofy lug. 
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Mar 29, 2013 17:19
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The glasses man, or is it ... the glasses' man?
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It reminds of a eastern style lion - or those big fluffy dog statues. -and they're kind of talking to each other like a sitcom husband and wife. I wonder if all this worlds myths are based off of these spirits - like the sphinx?
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I wonder if this spirit is why Isaac is quick to lightning anger? I can see him becoming a completely different person when his fluffy lightning dog leaves. Provided a spirit's container isn't destroyed when the spirit gets back to 100%.
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Brannock posted:Huh, I was expecting someone more evil/ominous/scary. This guy is just a big goofy lug. I know! He's acting like a big tough jerk, but I can't take him seriously with his adorable fluffy cloud head.
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Some interesting information in the comments:Anonymous posted:There’s a giant hole in the wall. Zack posted:He’ll walk through the wall. powertrout posted:So… Zack posted:Yes yes and yes. There was a scene I pictured later on where they watch footage (in a sense) of possessed spectrals in the state floating and swimming in air and all kinds of stuff. The basic inspiration for the glowy-eyes stuff and the mussin’ around w/ time were the horror movie tropes of the weird rapid head shake (see Isaac on the last page) and the rapid hallway walk w/ flickering lights (the thought being that possessed people do stuff like that when they’re talking to their spirits). And yes, the obvious exploitations of the rules of this stuff will be utilized by characters in the comic. Mostly Max, ’cause he’s like that. I have some cool stuff planned (Parkour is a lot easier when you can put big piles of junk everywhere/climb a big snake ^^). Cool to know!
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