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Cat Wings
Oct 12, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6xeHenJbqc

I don't think Annie is ok.

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Telarra
Oct 9, 2012

drat, the blinker stone was one hell of a crutch, wasn't it?

Daius
Sep 10, 2010

Who's this fox

YF-23
Feb 17, 2011

My god, it's full of cat!


Daius posted:

Who's this fox

It's Eglamore.

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
slow pan out from annie's head, we see a quarter of the court engulfed in flames

Twinty Zuleps
May 10, 2008

by R. Guyovich
Lipstick Apathy

Tollymain posted:

slow pan out from annie's head, we see a quarter of the court engulfed in flames

Final panel is Annie hurriedly burying a charred, one-armed corpse while crying "Why did you have to provoke me?!"

Blackheart
Mar 22, 2013

Ah. The old Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

ronya
Nov 8, 2010

I'm the normal one.

You hate ridden fucks will regret your words when you eventually grow up.

Peace.

Tollymain posted:

slow pan out from annie's head, we see a quarter of the court engulfed in flames

half a cigar?

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Just the balls

Tupperwarez
Apr 4, 2004

"phphphphphphpht"? this is what you're going with?

you sure?

ronya posted:

half a cigar?
That just raises further questions!

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Annie is living out most nerds' PE fantasy.

M.c.P
Mar 27, 2010

Stop it.
Stop all this nonsense.

Nap Ghost
I see school life continues as usual.
I mean, even PE with the younger kids? That's just silly.

Kikas
Oct 30, 2012
Well at least it's not half the school, but good to see Annie still has her fire powers.

Forgall
Oct 16, 2012

by Azathoth
Good thing it was a ball that bumped into her, and not one of other kids.

Daius
Sep 10, 2010

One of the all time top Annie facial expressions there

EmmyOk
Aug 11, 2013

I think most teenagers with fire powers would do the same. Nothing strange here.

EmmyOk fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jan 20, 2016

Mraagvpeine
Nov 4, 2014

I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.
I just hope Annie doesn't turn into Carrie.

UndyingShadow
May 15, 2006
You're looking ESPECIALLY shadowy this evening, Sir

Mraagvpeine posted:

I just hope Annie doesn't turn into Carrie.

That's EXACTLY what I'm hoping for. :getin:

IMJack
Apr 16, 2003

Royalty is a continuous ripping and tearing motion.


Fun Shoe
"Children that was our only ball. There will be no team this year." :(

Axiem
Oct 19, 2005

I want to leave my mind blank, but I'm terrified of what will happen if I do
Annie is clearly not hype for hitball.

IUG
Jul 14, 2007


Like most people who went through hitball, you could say she's a little burnt out.

BravestOfTheLamps
Oct 12, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy
Good wordplay you impatient buffoon

Twinty Zuleps
May 10, 2008

by R. Guyovich
Lipstick Apathy
I, too, bear a burning hatred for PE ball sports to this day.

because I wanted to win goddammit and my noodly little noodle arms couldn't propel the thing worth a flying gently caress

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


team dodgeball was awesome in elementary school stop your whining nerds *throws ball at BravestoftheLamps's avatar*

Wittgen
Oct 13, 2012

We have decided to decline your offer of a butt kicking.
Oh Annie, your classmates have always been scared of you.

GodFish
Oct 10, 2012

We're your first, last, and only line of defense. We live in secret. We exist in shadow.

And we dress in black.
I too would be scared of a big dumb giant coming to my class who can also burn hitballs with her mind.

Podima
Nov 4, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
I like how the placement of the second speech bubble makes it look like it could be either Big Dumb Giant Annie or Fire Elemental Annie talking. Or both!

Hemingway To Go!
Nov 10, 2008

im stupider then dog shit, i dont give a shit, and i dont give a fuck, and i will never shut the fuck up, and i'll always Respect my enemys.
- ernest hemingway
well I guess despite the battle against dad having been won, annie is still kind of on a downward spiral of isolation from humans and negative emotions

you were warned
Jul 12, 2006

(the S is for skeleton)
I love ether Renard. He's so pretty. :3: Ether Ysengrin, too, for that matter.

And I love the two Annies kneeling and looking at each other. Great poses and expressions in this chapter.

Dr Subterfuge
Aug 31, 2005

TIME TO ROC N' ROLL
Looking at the page again, it looks like Renard is moving over to occupy the same space as Fire Annie in that last shot. I wonder what kind of etheric trickery they're working on to teach Annie better self-control. Also, I'm glad things aren't just magically better now that the stone is gone.

Otherkinsey Scale
Jul 17, 2012

Just a little bit of sunshine!

Acne Rain posted:

well I guess despite the battle against dad having been won, annie is still kind of on a downward spiral of isolation from humans and negative emotions

Well, she got Renard back and reunited with her fire self, but she hasn't been put back with her classmates, and presumably that mean she's still living in that white room with high ceilings rather than with her friends. (Although at least she's presumably not still confined to the court, unless they want Coyote to knock over more buildings.)

Her dad caused a lot of damage in one day, but it can't all be undone at once.

Potato Salad
Oct 23, 2014

nobody cares


It may be implied here that, with her blinker stone, Annie may have been only band-aiding herself with respect to her temper and identity this entire time--even before Anthony Carver came back.

I think -- THINK -- this is the first time she's actually dealt directly with her fury on a daily basis. Have we seen her short-fuse zap people and things like this before?

Operative word there is *short* fuse. She's been mad before, but it's always been a build up.

Colonel Cool
Dec 24, 2006

It's probably just that she's not in a great mood lately.

Twinty Zuleps
May 10, 2008

by R. Guyovich
Lipstick Apathy
Renard looks like his snout is too small. Like I should either be recognizing it from a different perspective or he's got some pomeranian-grade floof goin' on when he turns toward the camera. It just looks shrunken to me.

Colonel Cool posted:

It's probably just that she's not in a great mood lately.


Also yeah she was stressed beyond every breaking point she had, that poo poo leaves a bruise. A mind bruise.

Twinty Zuleps fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Jan 23, 2016

Beepity Boop
Nov 21, 2012

yay

Potato Salad posted:

I think -- THINK -- this is the first time she's actually dealt directly with her fury on a daily basis. Have we seen her short-fuse zap people and things like this before?

Operative word there is *short* fuse. She's been mad before, but it's always been a build up.

During Fire Spike, after finding out why Surma died. Went from 0 to oh-poo poo real fast.

Otherkinsey Scale
Jul 17, 2012

Just a little bit of sunshine!

Hremsfeld posted:

During Fire Spike, after finding out why Surma died. Went from 0 to oh-poo poo real fast.

It wasn't quite at zero before that:



Beepity Boop
Nov 21, 2012

yay

Carrasco posted:

It wasn't quite at zero before that:

True. I probably should've linked the page a couple before that where she finds out what happened with her Mom instead of just the one with her going from :cry: to :supaburn:

Mercury Hat
May 28, 2006

SharkTales!
Woo-oo!



She deals with her anger by avoidance and cold shouldering, even after she exploded at Renard she ran away.

She does feel her temper, though, and lets it fester. Jack even calls her on it in the chapter where they all sneak out at night.

She's still avoiding a lot of the root of her anger. She's mad at her father, she has a right to be mad, but she's still not actually addressing it, and misdirecting it at things like volleyballs. And thanks to a hilariously poorly phrased bit of advice, she's gone even further to avoid it.

Maybe being able to physically (etherically) see her "anger" will help her in the long run.

Skippy McPants
Mar 19, 2009

Mercury Hat posted:

Maybe being able to physically (etherically) see her "anger" will help her in the long run.

I dunno about that; crafting literal homunculi from unwanted parts of your personality general doesn't go so well for folks. Just ask The Nameless One.

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Suaimhneas
Nov 19, 2005

That's how you get tinnitus

After seeing today's strip and its author comment I really want to see fanart of the cast as inklings, somebody get on that

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