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Zack says there will be awesome junk-world parkouring later on by Max and Timesnake.
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wiegieman posted:Zack says there will be awesome junk-world parkouring later on by Max and Timesnake. I'm really looking forward to this. Zack's really drat clever in his fight scenes. I'd never think of having the light power guy using the glowy eye thing as ammo for his power. I was really confused about that panel until it hit me what he just did. Also his name is Scrapdragon now not timesnake.
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Mar 8, 2014 03:00
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If Forge's powers consist of being able to make weapons out of random bits of metal I desperately want him to possess Max for that magnetism/weapon synergy.
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Mar 8, 2014 03:37
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Brannock posted:Lucifer being revealed puts the "caged boid" line here in relief: http://paranatural.net/index.php?id=168 Topic of that, it's only a couple pages before that that we got our first glimpse of Lucifer.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:08
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I have to say, a spirit choosing the name 'Lucifer' strikes a warning bell. (I know, morning star, light, but still)
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Mar 8, 2014 04:22
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Maybe he had the name first. Roland Jones posted:Topic of that, it's only a couple pages before that that we got our first glimpse of Lucifer. The very next page you get a glimpse of mister tentacles.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:31
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It means "bringer of light" which can also be translated "phosphorus."
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Mar 8, 2014 04:38
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MikeJF posted:I have to say, a spirit choosing the name 'Lucifer' strikes a warning bell. (I know, morning star, light, but still) I agree, but perhaps not necessarily for the reasons you're thinking of. What was Archangel Lucifer's sin that led to his downfall? Pride. What does Spender show an excess of..?
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Brannock posted:I agree, but perhaps not necessarily for the reasons you're thinking of. What was Archangel Lucifer's sin that led to his downfall? Pride. What does Spender show an excess of..? Being a dork? How does that relate to Lucifer's downfall due to his pride?
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Mar 8, 2014 06:08
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Lucifer talking about how Spender not worrying would make his (Lucifer's) job easier, I wonder if Spender's emotional state influences the strength of each spirit, or maybe just the tentacled one.
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Mar 8, 2014 06:35
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MikeJF posted:I have to say, a spirit choosing the name 'Lucifer' strikes a warning bell. (I know, morning star, light, but still) Well the alt text is 'oh hey satan'.
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Mar 8, 2014 06:43
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Do actual gods exist in Paranatural? Or rather, is there a distinction between "really strong spirit" and "god"?
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Mar 8, 2014 06:46
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AnonSpore posted:Do actual gods exist in Paranatural? Or rather, is there a distinction between "really strong spirit" and "god"? I hope it never goes there, but it is an anime after all.
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Mar 8, 2014 06:49
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Prison Warden posted:Yeah Zack covered it in comments and such. When a Spectral does his spirit fusion, he goes into his weird slowed down time headspace, but he still moves and acts in the real world, superhumanly fast. All the stuff that appears in the spirit-zone are also 100% real to the spectral. When Issac entered his and there was a huge hole in the wall he could've literally just walked straight out the building. So basically Accel World? I can dig that. And the possibility of Manvil getting defeated increases. 
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Mar 8, 2014 07:00
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Countblanc posted:Lucifer talking about how Spender not worrying would make his (Lucifer's) job easier, I wonder if Spender's emotional state influences the strength of each spirit, or maybe just the tentacled one. I think he just means "if you stop worrying about it I won't have to actually do it any more, and also you will probably get killed and I will literally not have to deal with your stupid bullshit anymore."
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Mar 8, 2014 07:57
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Lucifer, lest we all forget, is "light-bringing" in Latin and usually associated with the terms "Morningstar" and "Light-bearer" (which is just different enough to warrant its own mention, I feel). So, apt. Pleeenty of themes to work with here.
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Mar 8, 2014 08:11
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Brannock posted:I agree, but perhaps not necessarily for the reasons you're thinking of. What was Archangel Lucifer's sin that led to his downfall? Pride. What does Spender show an excess of..? Spender just -ully and rightfully shows excess of standing up against the tyrant that is God and wanted to overthrow him to create a world of true freedom? You need to read your Milton, son. Lucifer's the good guy. ZenMasterBullshit fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Mar 8, 2014 08:21
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Remember that The Strongest Spirit Spender killed? It was God Himself. And now He is trapped within Spender with the help of Lucifer. Boom, comics plot solved like a bullshit language.
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Mar 8, 2014 10:18
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Whitenoise Poster posted:Remember that The Strongest Spirit Spender killed? This would be the most anime storyline ever (I would watch it but I would feel ashamed of myself)
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Mar 8, 2014 10:32
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I think imagining all the ways Spender and Isaac could be anime is one of the great joys of reading this comic.
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Mar 8, 2014 10:39
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Whitenoise Poster posted:Remember that The Strongest Spirit Spender killed? God is a spirit of darkness? It just keeps getting more and more Shin Megami Tensei in this line of reasoning. Edit: For those unfamiliar, SMT is a game series about summoning demons (in the old sense, so things like fairies and even angels are included), and in the early games you would literally storm heaven and kill YHVH, i.e. God. Depending on your route you could have Lucifer at your side as you did it. Later games God still shows up as a bonus boss from time to time but, possibly because the games have caught on somewhat in America and such, they've moved away from the literally-killing-God plot for the more recent games. Lucifer's still hanging around though. You can usually side with him if you want. Needless to say, these games are awesome. Roland Jones fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Mar 8, 2014 13:10
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I don't think anime has a monopoly on killing God.
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Mar 8, 2014 13:26
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Calaveron posted:If Forge's powers consist of being able to make weapons out of random bits of metal I desperately want him to possess Max for that magnetism/weapon synergy. Gray spectral energy. I wonder if spectral energy color is more like a spectrum (there's a pun here somewhere) or hard-coded categories. Gray isn't too different from black. ... I really doubt Forge would get along with Magnet Snake though. (I really wish we knew that thing's name.) Brought To You By posted:So basically Accel World? I can dig that. Well, if Forge is defeated he's more likely to stick around as a character  Or be definitively gone forever.
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Mar 8, 2014 13:43
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Tollymain posted:Gray spectral energy. Well, apparently if a spirit possesses a person who isn't a spectral at all it turns them into a spectral of the right colour, so any non-current spectral is up for grabs for Forge. Things I'm pondering about : It seems a little off to me that the evil darkness spirit within Spender's brain would also just so happen to have yellow spectral energy. Also, aside from Spender (who seems to be a dark medium and a sunglasses tool user,) it seems like there are a bunch of mediums associated with the Cousinhood. Why is Issac in particular being kept in the dark then? Something about his spirit in particular I'd assume. It springs to mind that if Lucifer is the one who is keeping the Darkness locked in Spender's head, assuming Lucifer is in the Sunglasses and the Darkness is a possession, it means that he literally can't take off his sunglasses.
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Prison Warden posted:Well, apparently if a spirit possesses a person who isn't a spectral at all it turns them into a spectral of the right colour, so any non-current spectral is up for grabs for Forge. It'd be really loving anime if we only got to see his eyes just before he dies.
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Tollymain posted:Gray spectral energy.
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Prison Warden posted:Well, apparently if a spirit possesses a person who isn't a spectral at all it turns them into a spectral of the right colour, so any non-current spectral is up for grabs for Forge. Calling it now. There'll be a scene somewhere in the future where spender's light powers are not good enough to beat whatever foe, and he'll say something like "I was hoping I'd never have to do this...", then he takes off his glasses, we see his eyes, and then darkness envelopes everything in the most anime--dork-badass way possible. Also, calling it now. Johnny will catch up the Spender right as he defeats Forge and get possessed with the power to manipulate metal.
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Mar 8, 2014 15:55
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Countblanc posted:Lucifer talking about how Spender not worrying would make his (Lucifer's) job easier, I wonder if Spender's emotional state influences the strength of each spirit, or maybe just the tentacled one. I think that's more just a polite way of Lucifer saying that if Spender gets himself killed he doesn't have to worry about keeping said spirit in check anymore.
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big sperma shot posted:So while they're talking to their spirit and time is slowed down, they can still act on the outside world (and that's fusion)? I was under the impression that they were just sucked into their own mind A reminder.
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That's why Spender is always pushing his glasses onto his face. If they fall off something really bad will happen. He should really get a strap for those. Also it's interesting to note that Isabel's grandfather is master of a martial art that apparently doesn't work on tough spirits.
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SlothfulCobra posted:That's why Spender is always pushing his glasses onto his face. If they fall off something really bad will happen. He should really get a strap for those. Maybe Spender's just not strong enough in his spirit kung fu? We can't really say it doesn't work until we see Isabel's grandpa try it and fail. He did go and destroy that target, which you'd assume a spectral isn't supposed to be able to do.
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Via tumblr:  Also, Lucifer's speech bubbles have some letters that are in upper-case and bolded. Is this a reflection of how he talks, or is there some more mystery language shenanigans?
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Nick_326 posted:Also, Lucifer's speech bubbles have some letters that are in upper-case and bolded. Is this a reflection of how he talks, or is there some more mystery language shenanigans? It's meant to represent flickering candlelight.
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Prison Warden posted:Things I'm pondering about : It seems a little off to me that the evil darkness spirit within Spender's brain would also just so happen to have yellow spectral energy. Also, aside from Spender (who seems to be a dark medium and a sunglasses tool user,) it seems like there are a bunch of mediums associated with the Cousinhood. Why is Issac in particular being kept in the dark then? Something about his spirit in particular I'd assume. Isaac is a kid with a spirit Spender had to destroy at some point (unless there's another storm god somewhere in Mayview), so, yeah. All the possessed Activity Consortium people we've seen have at least seemed to have their spirits under control, and also are adults. Isaac doesn't even have his own temper under control, and his spirit hates, among other things (everything), Spender in particular. It's basically the same reason why they don't care about Isabel carrying her book everywhere but Spender knocked away Max's backpack before he dropped anything especially important; Eightfold is not only weak, but docile if not outright helpful, while the garbagesnake is an unknown quantity. Except in Isaac's case they (probably) know the storm god is bad news, because Spender already killed it once.
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Which raises the question of what they're going to do when the storm god regenerates and reforms (this seems like a really good way for spectrals to die if they don't have a good relationship with their symbiotic spirit). The cynical answer is "keep killing it and have Isaac or some other agent continue using its powers for eternity."
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They can either proper destroy the storm god, or they can force it into a punching bag.Nick_326 posted:Also, Lucifer's speech bubbles have some letters that are in upper-case and bolded. Is this a reflection of how he talks, or is there some more mystery language shenanigans? There's also little lens flares in his speech bubbles.
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Mar 8, 2014 23:21
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Rand Brittain posted:Which raises the question of what they're going to do when the storm god regenerates and reforms (this seems like a really good way for spectrals to die if they don't have a good relationship with their symbiotic spirit). Of course, the issue there is if the spirit decides to revolt, they could pretty easily kill the spectral they're possessing while the spectral's entranced. Hell, that's probably why Lucifer has the tentacle monster behind bars, to prevent it from doing anything to Spender.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Hell, that's probably why Lucifer has the tentacle monster behind bars, to prevent it from doing anything to Spender.
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Mar 9, 2014 06:06
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Still hard to tell exactly what the nature of Spender's shadow-manipulation power is. Cool trick though.
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Tollymain posted:Still hard to tell exactly what the nature of Spender's shadow-manipulation power is. Cool trick though. Probably a hit at spectral-parties. Who needs disco lights when you got a guy to do it for you?
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