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JuniperCake posted:Dude probably panicked, and said the one thing he thought would be enough to shock Allison into getting some distance between them in a hurry. I kind of agree. For most of his life, he got everything he wanted by saying everything the other person wants to hear, or doesn't want to hear for that matter. It would make sense if, in a fit of panic, he forgoes emotional honesty and falls back on manipulation.
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This whole goddamn page feels like a non-sequitur. "Oh, I'm a good person, is that what you know I am?" Next page, suddenly blushy romance, until it snaps back to him being a dick? What exactly, the gently caress, is happening here.
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May 2, 2015 06:46
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He let her think a romantic moment was happening and then he was like "lol you want DEEZ NUTZ?" and mic dropped on her
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Poison Mushroom posted:This whole goddamn page feels like a non-sequitur. He ran out of emotional steam, embraced her, and then did exactly what Juniper just described. Fairly straightforward.
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May 2, 2015 08:07
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Naw, see, he wants to be the perfect boyfriend, and give Alison everything she wants. It's just that she tends to solve her problems in a straightforward manner, and so when he read her mind and got "I really wish I had a problem I could just punch right now", well...
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May 2, 2015 10:42
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She just super-farted, Patrick is trying to shield his poor sense of smell.
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May 2, 2015 21:17
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JuniperCake posted:I mean if this were purely a misdirection, this wouldn't be necessary since he had already gotten the subject away from whatever activities he may be involved in. If he just wanted some distance and was thinking clearly, all he would have to say is that he wasn't comfortable with the situation and needed time/space and he should know Allison well enough that she'd respect that. So his response really doesn't make sense unless it some emotional knee-jerk kind of thing. Yeah, that makes sense. I guess the problem with being able to manipulate people into doing whatever you want is, well, in situations where you're not totally sure what you want.
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May 2, 2015 21:56
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Another thing: Alison is subconsciously worried that she will hurt anyone she has sex with. If Patrick is picking up on that as well as her more obvious desire for him (likely) that might explain the mixed signals he is sending.
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JuniperCake posted:Dude probably panicked, and said the one thing he thought would be enough to shock Allison into getting some distance between them in a hurry. Yeah this is probably completely spot-on.
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May 3, 2015 01:40
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I'm not sure it was exactly unplanned, but I agree that this is basically him trying to drive her away. Look at those tears in the early panels on this page; I don't think that's fake. I'm pretty sure he's already worked out what he's going to say there and is unhappy about what's going to happen next.
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May 3, 2015 03:23
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So, uh, I guess it wasn't exactly a backhand.
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May 5, 2015 09:19
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Well that's new.
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May 5, 2015 09:34
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Alison, dear, please stop scaring the poo poo out of 
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May 5, 2015 09:40
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This feels very Gordian Knot and I like it after listening to Patrick blather on for so many pages.
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May 5, 2015 09:41
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At least she caught on to what most of us were already assuming.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Well that's new. I for one suspected she was a Man of Steel Kryptonian all along.
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May 5, 2015 10:02
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It's why she's so strong - tactile telekinesis!
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If all of her abilities are really just manifestations of a subconscious use of telekinesis, that might also explain how Cleaver could hurt her. If his blades are so sharp that they are approaching sub-atomic thinness, they could probably cut just a bit into her before they become wide enough for the nerves in her body to register them and trigger the telekinetic pushback.
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May 5, 2015 11:37
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She did say her anomaly was getting worse. It's nice to see a payoff for that.
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It looks as if she's projecting whatever field gives her invulnerability outside of her body, and everything in the area (including Patrick) is being pushed away from her (or potentially caught/suspended in it - it's hard to tell exactly what's going on with those cups and pens) She's floating in the middle of the room because it's roughly spherical; it's pushing her away from the floor since presumably she weighs less than the floor does. As she calms down, she drifts back down to the floor because the field is shrinking back to her body size. I wonder if she even knew she could do that before this moment; Patrick seems really shocked in panel 4, which suggests that she didn't, since if she knew, he probably would have. I mean, either that or she can somehow hide some information from him, or else he hasn't gone deep-diving in her brain lately. Also: I like it when she goes into superhero-mode and stops acting so much like a goofus. It's something she's even acknowledged; the violent hero stuff is where she feels most confident, like she knows what she's doing.
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idonotlikepeas posted:It looks as if she's projecting whatever field gives her invulnerability outside of her body, and everything in the area (including Patrick) is being pushed away from her (or potentially caught/suspended in it - it's hard to tell exactly what's going on with those cups and pens) It looks like the only thing pushed away from her was Patrick - everything else looks levitated. The lamp and chair aren't just being pushed. There goes all of the government's emergency plans to deal with her, probably. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 14:50 on May 5, 2015 |
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May 5, 2015 14:48
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better get to work on those spaceships
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May 5, 2015 15:06
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Tollymain posted:better get to work on those spaceships But she can fly now!
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May 5, 2015 15:10
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MikeJF posted:But she can fly now! Work faster dammit!
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I wonder if she will tell the government about this new power. Then again I wonder if she'll be able to replicate it.
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Warmachine posted:Something I'm curious about is if Alison has enough presence of mind to realize if/when she's being manipulated by him, and just turn his head into a ripe melon. She knows he's got the ultimate power of manipulation, but is she aware enough of her own hunger to catch him trying to manipulate her? It's still a non-zero chance that the Black Folders could be just another piece in a long con. 
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You know, the last page looked to me like Allison had put some points into faith and used the force miracle from Dark Souls, but I figured that was just due to badly portrayed action. Guess not, I get the feeling that poo poo's going to go down now that Allison has even less direction and her powers are still growing.
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It takes a lot of fun out of this scene when you realize that since this new thing is something Alison has apparently experienced before, that means Patrick knew about it too. Anyway, if her powers go beyond "strong! and tough!" that bodes very well for her being able to Fix Everything. Obviously she just needs to get to the point where she can affect the entire planet like this, and then have enough control to just stop anything bad before it happens.
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Carrasco posted:It takes a lot of fun out of this scene when you realize that since this new thing is something Alison has apparently experienced before, that means Patrick knew about it too. 
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Gorilla Salad posted:It's why she's so strong - tactile telekinesis! It all makes sense. Allison is going to turn into the next Superboy Prime and punch reality in order to fix the world.
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MikeJF posted:There goes all of the government's emergency plans to deal with her, probably.  90% sure they can still pump deadly gas into her room as she sleeps!Edit: Not anything TOXIC since that would probably be prevented from harming her, just anything that isn't oxygen so she can't breathe.
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reignonyourparade posted:
Watch her body unconsciously blow the walls out as she floats up into the air in response to suffocation. In any case, if Allison goes rogue, her immediately sleeping in a nice controlled space is a bit much to hope for. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 10:51 on May 6, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 10:49
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Involuntary gasps as she's choking will cave in whatever room she's in.
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May 6, 2015 10:51
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reignonyourparade posted:
Do we have any reason to believe she needs to breathe?
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Patrick Spens posted:Do we have any reason to believe she needs to breathe? Cleaver needed to breathe, and they're both "Tier 1 Resilient", albeit by different means ("autonomic somadynamism" versus "muscular, dermal and osteodynamic savant").
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I can't recall, have we seen her do any firefighting? Does she use respirator equipment when she does?
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Patrick Spens posted:Do we have any reason to believe she needs to breathe? Superstring posted:I can't recall, have we seen her do any firefighting? Does she use respirator equipment when she does?
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I think someone else drew an excerpt of her firefighting
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