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Falstaff posted:You may notice she isn't utilizing conventional medicine. In fact, she may even be practicing without a license! Nether did Black Jack.
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ConanThe3rd posted:Nether did Black Jack. Black Jack once fended off an entire pack of hyenas while performing open heart surgery on himself in the middle of a loving desert, nobody loving talks back to Dr. black jack if they know any better.
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I want Isabel's jacket. Except sized for a 6'1 dude. And real.
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mr. stefan posted:Black Jack once fended off an entire pack of hyenas while performing open heart surgery on himself in the middle of a loving desert, nobody loving talks back to Dr. black jack if they know any better. Also, yes, that Jacket is pretty great.
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calling that this is a psyche-out and isabel's gramps didn't notice the potion pilfering
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oh duh he's stopping her to give her the umbrella
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"This little bookworm has become more than Isabel!"
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Gotta love the little details. If it wasn't for Grandpa shouting at Isabel, I didn't notice that Isabel was slowy creeping up towards to steal. Still, stealing right out in the open? ![]()
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Shindragon posted:Gotta love the little details. If it wasn't for Grandpa shouting at Isabel, I didn't notice that Isabel was slowy creeping up towards to steal. I personally like her sneaking pose in panel 2.
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I suspect she isn't being shouted at because she stole something, but instead because her grandpa wants her to have the lantern to charge it. edit: wait no, her color's way different from the train, nm
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Do we know why does it matter if your aura color matches your spirit's? I don't remember.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Do we know why does it matter if your aura color matches your spirit's? I don't remember. Yes, the closer the match, the easier it is to feed on that energy. Think of it like a kid who doesn't like green veggies, or who only wants to eat blue M&Ms, or something.
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Imagine spirits were made of coloured yarn, and you're wearing a sweater made of yarn of your spectral energy... Also it's interesting to see people are already getting cabin fever in Mayview. Francisco's being suspicious, when he says he's not trapped does he mean because he's where he wants to be or that he has another way in and out? Only half his students came in via train, after all. Interesting to see him try and take the train from Mina. Does he have the authority? Who's actually in charge inside the bubble? Presumably Boss Leader can still communicate with them via dreams so they're not about to go Lord of the Flies, but there might be some (further) factionalism.
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Wherer or not he has the authority to do so is unlikely to stop him if he thinks it's the right thing to do. And since it doesn't look like he trusts Spencer's organization much he probably does.
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Dolash posted:Also it's interesting to see people are already getting cabin fever in Mayview. Francisco's being suspicious, when he says he's not trapped does he mean because he's where he wants to be or that he has another way in and out? Only half his students came in via train, after all. It could just mean that his goal has always been to stay close to Mayview so not being able to leave doesn't affect him.
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Dolash posted:when he says he's not trapped does he mean because he's where he wants to be or that he has another way in and out? I assume it's because he's already where he wants to be. His home is there, so I wouldn't say he's completely trapped. That would also be why Zarei fired back that Francisco wouldn't be able to "import friends". I'm guessing he doesn't have much of a social life outside his students. And if he didn't have those he'd hardly interact with anyone at all. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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neogeo0823 posted:Yes, the closer the match, the easier it is to feed on that energy. Think of it like a kid who doesn't like green veggies, or who only wants to eat blue M&Ms, or something. While this is true, I think it's more likely that the actual reason they try to match colours is because the spectral can more easily use the tool's powers that way. I doubt many spectrals would see "the spirit will regain enough energy to free itself faster" as a positive - assuming they're not all like Eightfold and willing to go right back into the tool again.
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But in this particular case, they want the train to recover faster so they can ride it out of Mayview, so that's probably the primary reason they want a matching color.
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The only person who seems to want the lantern/train spirit to have a better spectral match is Grandpa. And he doesn't want the 'loophole'. I thought there was dialog about how only Dr. Zarei could hope to control the train, as well. Though I think that was in the previous chapter. Or I'm misremembering.
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Ditocoaf posted:But in this particular case, they want the train to recover faster so they can ride it out of Mayview, so that's probably the primary reason they want a matching color. That might be the surface/nice reason, but what Gramps is really angling after is control over the primary/only known passage in and out of Mayview. No way he'd return it even after it fully recovers.
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They're just posturing here at the moment, but I wonder - would he try to take it from her by force? It's not like he and his students have to kill her, but if he decides he should be in control of the train now it's unclear who would hold him accountable. Especially considering he'd control the only way in or out of Mayview, so even if the Consortium did want to intervene or punish him they couldn't really do it so long as they need his cooperation.
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Well in the event that it REALLY came to blows since a good portion of his students still in fact work for the consortium, if Boss Leader ordered it taken back from him there's probably enough of a chance that he wouldn't actually win. Edit: REALLY want to see what the doc can do, to be honest. reignonyourparade fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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reignonyourparade posted:Well in the event that it REALLY came to blows since a good portion of his students still in fact work for the consortium, if Boss Leader ordered it taken back from him there's probably enough of a chance that he wouldn't actually win. I dunno, as much of a dork as Spender is, he is and understands that he is powerful, incredibly so - and yet he thinks that Francisco could easily kill him if he goes down the wrong path or becomes evil. It could all be posturing of a dork going 'master, kill me if I turn evil', but he also played himself up as very powerful, and while yeah, he got beat around for awhile, he then one shot Forge after he used his evil-shadow-spirit. To put it another way, Spender is apparently pretty strong in the Consortium, Forge is apparently an incredibly strong and powerful spirit that has never tasted defeat in thousands of years, Spender beat Forge, Francisco can beat Spender. So Francisco is probably stronger than most of the consortium goons he trains.
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It's implied that Francisco basically invented the entire concept of fighting using your spectral energy (presumably before him, spectrals would entirely rely on powers they got from their tools). I'd say it's a safe bet that he's "the best fighter the consortium has ever had", with his only limiting factor these days being age.
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There's a theory that he's a ghost. What with "will you lose your social life too?" and because you never see his feet.
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Dr. Zarei has sharp eyes. She doesn't seem happy, but she didn't say anything (yet). Wonder why?
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Also I guess Ed is being his goofy self again
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Tollymain posted:She doesn't seem happy, but she didn't say anything (yet). Wonder why? Well I mean you'd assume someone who nicked that needed it; I'd guess that she's probably more grumpy that Spender's little trip caused more injuries than were let on. Ed's playing with Tippi!
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I really like the art in this comic, I felt the need to say that.
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MikeJF posted:Well I mean you'd assume someone who nicked that needed it; I'd guess that she's probably more grumpy that Spender's little trip caused more injuries than were let on. What if the green salve is ghost-only
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I just looked back at Chapter 3. Wow, this comic's art has improved by leaps and bounds in a really short time. It's honestly kind of all-around fantastic for an artist/author who's so young.
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Tollymain posted:Dr. Zarei has sharp eyes. yes her eyes are very sharp.
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Rand Brittain posted:I just looked back at Chapter 3. Wow, this comic's art has improved by leaps and bounds in a really short time. It's honestly kind of all-around fantastic for an artist/author who's so young. Just how well he does at making Francisco look so imposing over Isabella, it's perfect.
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Tollymain posted:Dr. Zarei has sharp eyes. I'd guess she wants to confront Isabel about it, but not in front of Francisco.
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So, umbrella powers!
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probably shield powers
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Hey whaddya know, Grandpa cares about Isabel.
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Tollymain posted:probably shield powers Pfft lame. It's gonna be like Penguin (Cobblepot) and be used to hypnotize her enemies and then shoot them with her spirit fireballs.
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It'll be like Kirby Parasol but with an umbrella
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Mary Poppins flight. It's both useful and embarrassing.
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