Broodhollow - Steamboat Willy in Silent Hill

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Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Shedrakzo posted:

He's certainly getting to be pretty brave.

I think its more likely that he's just been in perpetual terror for so long that his body has built up a resistance to fear hormones. He's like a hardcore alchoholic except for Cthulhu.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 06:55

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# ? May 24, 2024 00:11

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Shedrakzo posted:

He's certainly getting to be pretty brave.

I think he's more unstable, obsessive and kinda cracking about the whole thing right now.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 07:41

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

Something I just noticed after someone pointed it out in the comments section is that the whole background of the site is actually water with sun rays on top filtering down into darkness. We should have known deep water of some kind was going to be involved from the beginning of the storyline.

There was also this previous comic where he dreamed of himself as a corpse with air bubbles coming out of his mouth. :ohdear:

# ? Sep 27, 2014 16:21

Kgummy: Aug 14, 2009

The background is named "bh_back_angleworm.jpg". So I guess it's been that since the beginning of book 2? Wayback machine kind of confirms it's been there for quite awhile, all the way back since early in book 2.

This is like the bloodstains in the navigation all over again. Which also seem to have been there since the start of book 2.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 03:16

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

Update

I can't remember a webcomic ever making me feel this kind of suspense before. I really really want to know what's down there.

And yet at the same time, I really really don't.

# ? Sep 30, 2014 05:00

nimby: Nov 4, 2009; The pinnacle of cloud computing.

Zoe posted:

There was also this previous comic where he dreamed of himself as a corpse with air bubbles coming out of his mouth.

Maybe what he dreamed about was his uncle's drowned corpse.

And Zane is right, of course. The Bottlefly Boys can't see the big monster bug like he does, but that is because the Bottlefly Boys never open their drat eyes.

# ? Oct 1, 2014 00:55

neogeo0823: Jul 4, 2007; NO THAT'S NOT ME!!

New update.

Wadsworth's unnervingly calm considering what's going on. Poor Iris, though. Imagine what's going on in her head.

# ? Oct 2, 2014 05:05

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

wadsworth you dork bravery basically requires being scared

# ? Oct 2, 2014 05:13

Opposing Farce: Apr 1, 2010; Ever since our drop-off service, I never read a book.
There's always something else around, plus I owe the library nineteen bucks.

You wanna know what the scariest thing is?

Wadsworth isn't going to fix Broodhollow.

Because it isn't broken.

# ? Oct 2, 2014 05:24

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

Boy, that's deeper than it initially looked.

# ? Oct 3, 2014 03:35

DarklyDreaming: Apr 4, 2009; Fun scary

Lance Streetman posted:

Boy, that's deeper than it initially looked.

Sometimes simplicity is everything. Neat image.

# ? Oct 3, 2014 04:03

neogeo0823: Jul 4, 2007; NO THAT'S NOT ME!!

And finally, the page background works out perfectly with the update.

# ? Oct 3, 2014 04:03

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

Oh god the scary bright horizontal light is back, and this time it's centered on Wadsworth's face.

Also this one really taps into the goon 'gently caress the ocean' mindset pretty well huh :stonklol:

# ? Oct 3, 2014 04:39

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

Ah yes, I regularly fall out the bottom of ponds.

# ? Oct 6, 2014 04:10

Tupperwarez: Apr 4, 2004; "phphphphphphpht"? this is what you're going with?

you sure?

Lance Streetman posted:

Ah yes, I regularly fall out the bottom of ponds.

This is reminding more and more of Uzumaki, and it's not helping my nerves! :cry:

# ? Oct 6, 2014 04:14

Chalupa Picada: Jan 13, 2009

Welcome to the Underdark! Beware of Falmer.

# ? Oct 6, 2014 12:51

Force de Fappe: Nov 7, 2008

Yeah so that's probably not good.

# ? Oct 6, 2014 12:54

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

holy poo poo :ohdear:

# ? Oct 6, 2014 18:54

Mycroft Holmes: Mar 26, 2010; by Azathoth

This is some SCP poo poo.

# ? Oct 6, 2014 21:47

A big flaming stink: Apr 26, 2010

what.

# ? Oct 7, 2014 04:15

Idrin: Jun 11, 2007

Well he's not going back the way he came in

# ? Oct 7, 2014 20:00

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

He'll have to ditch the helmet to go exploring, they're going to pull it up and assume he drowned, calling it now. Extra points if he manages to return to the surface just in time to crash his own funeral.

# ? Oct 8, 2014 05:43

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

Oh hey, it's that thing.

# ? Oct 8, 2014 07:08

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Are there little stickfigures painted on the wall behind Zane?

# ? Oct 8, 2014 07:11

Tupperwarez: Apr 4, 2004; "phphphphphphpht"? this is what you're going with?

you sure?

Turning out even more like Uzumaki now, ominous as gently caress, got that sinking feeling in my belly. Actually surprised Zane didn't crack earlier. Guy's building up a resistance.

Tollymain posted:

Are there little stickfigures painted on the wall behind Zane?

Oh christ, what if they're tally marks?

# ? Oct 8, 2014 07:35

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

They're totally tally marks.

# ? Oct 8, 2014 07:38

Otherkinsey Scale: Jul 17, 2012; Just a little bit of sunshine!

Can't wait to see whatever he just saw.

# ? Oct 8, 2014 08:12

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

Carrasco posted:

Can't wait to see whatever he just saw.

It's standing right behind you.

# ? Oct 8, 2014 15:10

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

So every one of the rock piles has a hovering blue light above it with a trademark Broodhollow horizontal blue lens flare.

And the markings definitely resemble the... tall ring-of-lights monster... but it ain't made of a pile of stones.

Also, there's solid shadows going on here. Whatever he's looking at is bright, brighter than any of the other sources.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Oct 8, 2014

# ? Oct 8, 2014 15:39

amishjosh: Jul 16, 2004; Yeah

i just hope the folk up on the surface haven't forgotten why they're standing by the pond

# ? Oct 8, 2014 18:36

Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

amishjosh posted:

i just hope the folk up on the surface haven't forgotten why they're standing by the pond

For a moment I thought that was a joke, but then I realized that it's a real possibility.

# ? Oct 8, 2014 19:10

Ariong: Jun 25, 2012; Get bashed, platonist!

Carrasco posted:

Can't wait to see whatever he just saw.

You already have.

# ? Oct 9, 2014 01:52

amishjosh: Jul 16, 2004; Yeah

Pavlov posted:

For a moment I thought that was a joke, but then I realized that it's a real possibility.

yah, it's not like this hasn't(potentially) happened before

# ? Oct 9, 2014 15:53

Zoe: Jan 19, 2007; Hair Elf

amishjosh posted:

yah, it's not like this hasn't(potentially) happened before

That might be the scariest part about all of this. How many times has it all happened before? And will Wadsworth's Pattern help him break the pattern or is it part of the problem?

# ? Oct 9, 2014 16:17

Otherkinsey Scale: Jul 17, 2012; Just a little bit of sunshine!

It seems to be too gradual to just happen while they're in the middle of something. If nothing else, they should be able to act as each other's hems right now.