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This is the 99th page. The next one is gonna be a doozy and an half.
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I'm on mobile, can someone post the alt text.
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May 6, 2014 09:06
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https://twitter.com/paranaturalzack/status/463578284484091904 Alt text: *eightfold pulls out gun*
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May 6, 2014 09:11
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Poison Mushroom posted:I'm on mobile, can someone post the alt text. If by mobile you mean ios/safari, you can just hold down on the comic to see it 
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May 6, 2014 14:22
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You are good people for those phone postin'. This is the only webcomic thread I follow where posting a link to the new page is rare.
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May 8, 2014 17:03
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After a while, alligator
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May 9, 2014 06:58
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Eightfold's lower eye is crying in the second-last panel. 
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May 9, 2014 07:03
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Made me think of this: (pro-read) http://heliologue.com/site_archive/lavender/pdf/NightInQuestion.pdf
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May 9, 2014 07:23
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The fact we still know it's coming and it happens. It still sucks. Edit: I can see Isabel blaming Max for this... but the same time, I kinda see her blaming Spender moreso for teaming her up with the newbie. Shindragon fucked around with this message at 07:38 on May 9, 2014 |
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May 9, 2014 07:25
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Shindragon posted:Edit: I can see Isabel blaming Max for this... but the same time, I kinda see her blaming Spender moreso for teaming her up with the newbie. I would hope she'd actually process what Eightfold is saying here. Max really had nothing to do with her losing the book, and once the dogthing knocked it off the train, she wasn't getting it back. We'll see how it plays out. And blaming Spender might be more justified. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 07:50 on May 9, 2014 |
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May 9, 2014 07:40
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I was told this comic was about cool friends doing ghost things. Instead it's about to kill an origami spider. 
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May 9, 2014 07:52
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Having Mort from Gunnerkrigg and Eight-fold from Paranatural die on the one day is not cool.
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May 9, 2014 08:31
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Roger Explosion posted:Having Mort from Gunnerkrigg and Eight-fold from Paranatural die on the one day is not cool. Wish it'd been Mort from the Anime Club instead
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May 9, 2014 08:35
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Roger Explosion posted:Having Mort from Gunnerkrigg and Eight-fold from Paranatural die on the one day is not cool.
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May 9, 2014 08:39
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Fecha posted:I mean, neither of them were alive.
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May 9, 2014 08:44
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Eightfold isn't gonna die she's just gonna be trapped underground until her prison rots apart  Anybody else notice that her lower eye is tearing up? Edit: I suddenly feel very, very sorry for the cursedogs 
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May 9, 2014 09:59
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Even its last moments, she's adorable.
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May 9, 2014 10:34
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She's not going to actually die dammit 
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May 9, 2014 10:36
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We choose to willfully ignore that she's not gonna die because being stuck forever in a mine while your corporeal vessel slowly rots is worse.
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May 9, 2014 11:26
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paradoxGentleman posted:We choose to willfully ignore that she's not gonna die because being stuck forever in a mine while your corporeal vessel slowly rots is worse. Man how long do you think an unprotected book is going to last underground? The real concern is a) Eightfold will be stuck outside of the shieldbubblewallbarrier thing (what's it called again?) and b) Eightfold's liable to get noshed on by your average passing feral spirit
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May 9, 2014 12:42
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"And by later I mean never"
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May 9, 2014 13:10
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Calm down, Eightfold's not dead yet.
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May 9, 2014 14:10
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For a thread frequently using the word "anime" to describe people and events in this comic you guys are pretty quick to just assume Eightfold will be gone forever.
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May 9, 2014 14:17
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Eightfolds gone forever. Also in like ten chapters she's gonna get dug up and show up held hostage by big bad to make Isabel betray the team or whatever.
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May 9, 2014 16:00
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At bare minimum Eightfold's gone for the foreseeable future, we just spent seven pages on her goodbye to Isabel. Not about to get dug up again by the end of the chapter. There's also a really good chance Isabel will hold this against Max (and/or Spender for teaming her with the newbie) as a way to externalize her guilt for losing her best friend. Eightfold said some heavy things about how she's been taught not to see spirits as people, and how that might've caused her to save Max first while just seeing Eightfold as a thing - that's a hell of a lot for a kid to process, it's going to take time for the full implications to sink in. It's weird to think the story's still in its "early days" of building conflicts and setting up the personal growth obstacles characters have to overcome. At this rate Paranatural's going to have to run for a decade.
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May 9, 2014 16:44
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"Gone Forever" in anime terms means Eightfold can return in a year being four times as large, missing a corner, talking about how hard it is out there and being a bad guy (or a good guy returning at the right moment to save the day when poo poo gets real). Like Whitenoise Poster said it could also mean Eightfold is going to be dug up and used as leverage to make Isabel betray the team (if Zak wants to risk infuriating Tumblr by having a not white person betray the team. That seems like something Tumblr would flip poo poo over.) Some of the comedic beats in this series someone could just be like "Hey I found your book" after everything is said and done with no further explanation. There has been a tendency for characters to overreact to events happening around them. Or Eightfold could actually be gone forever.
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May 9, 2014 16:55
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Eightfold is actually the Big Bad, this entire thing has been a plan, cleverly orchestrated by playing with wheels within wheels, to allow Eightfold to escape Mayview. The reason the dog kicked the book out of the train instead of eating it wasn't actually to distract from Max, but to allow Eightfold's escape. "We're both orphans, Isabel. But while your parents had the luxury of dying in a climbing accident, mine survived the Activity Consortium betrayal and Boss Leader's execution squads. My father couldn't let himself or my mother live with the shame. Spender figured I was too young to remember. And in one of life's little ironies, the son went to work for the government whose betrayal caused the father to kill himself and his wife." - Paranatural, Chapter 17.
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May 9, 2014 17:52
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Looks like I chose a good time to catch up. It's gonna be embarassing for Eightfold if (he? she? it?) gets immediately rescued after all this. But even for this comic and its love for subverting tropes, after this long of a goodbye I'm not so sure about that.
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May 9, 2014 18:58
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Was the word "Advertisement" by the banner ad always in spirit speech, or did that change recently?
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May 9, 2014 20:14
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Zenzirouj posted:(he? she? it?) Pretty sure Eightfold's a she.
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May 9, 2014 20:24
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Eightfold being gone forever is so boring and dumb that I can't perceive Zack doing it. But this whole conversation hasn't been great, honestly (of course she went for Max! Eightfold, you live in a book!). It's been a really disappointing turn for a chapter that started out really well. It's basically devolved into  about dumb philosophy and other stuff.I can't wait for this chapter to be over, is what I'm saying.
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May 9, 2014 20:56
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Tollymain posted:Eightfold isn't gonna die she's just gonna be trapped underground until her prison rots apart No I didn't notice that lone tear as Eightfold put on a brave face as she said goodbye to her friend. Why would you point that out?
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May 9, 2014 20:57
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Eightfold is gone for, like, at least two real-world years and quite possibly longer/forever. This is just too much build up for it not to happen; Like I said earlier, Paranatural is a webcomic (that likes to pretend it isn't sometimes), and spending a month leading up to something and then saying "gotcha!" doesn't make a lot of sense. It's one thing to subvert a trope within a page or two, like when Spender flips off the roof and messes up his landing, or the whole "Black spirit energy?! That's---!... Pretty common" joke. But I think it'd be a misstep for Eightfold to get rescued now or reappear anytime soon. Not a comic-ruining misstep, but yeah.
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May 9, 2014 21:00
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I dunno this just feels too anime of Zack to kill off a supporting character in the chapter she's introduced. Please be ok. 
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May 9, 2014 21:16
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Meowjesty posted:I dunno this just feels too anime of Zack to kill off a supporting character in the chapter she's introduced. If reading Paranatural has taught you one thing it should be that there is NOTHING too anime for Zack Morrison
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May 9, 2014 21:28
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I feel like I'm playing a Metal Gear game, reading this comic. It's devolved from "Punch Ghosts Real Hard" to "Let's have year-long conversations about philosophy with terrorists about terrorism" real fuckin' hard.
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May 9, 2014 21:29
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So what you're saying is we need Paranatural: Revengeance
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May 9, 2014 21:59
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japanese cartoons
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May 9, 2014 22:16
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Zero_Tactility posted:So what you're saying is we need Paranatural: Revengeance Johnny asks Ollie to turn off his pain inhibitors. EDIT: 
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May 9, 2014 22:39
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Baron O Beefdip posted:Johnny asks Ollie to turn off his pain inhibitors.
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