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Five kids, five psychopomps. (Robot counts now.)
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Mazerunner posted:like... I'm thinking the next few pages are going to be, essentially, the psychopomps being all 'congratulations!' Annie stares at Smitty's blood on her hand "I'm so hosed up..."
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Jan 20, 2017 15:02
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Bongo Bill posted:Five kids, five psychopomps. (Robot counts now.) My first thought on seeing the psychopomps was that the robot-looking one in the upper right might be for robots.
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Jan 20, 2017 15:02
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Goodbye Smitty  you were one of my favorites.
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Jan 20, 2017 16:08
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Psychopomps really jumping the gun there. At least wait until Smitty's body has gone limp.
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Jan 20, 2017 19:48
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Kat is the robot psychopomp though
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Jan 20, 2017 20:23
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Kikas posted:When Mort went away. When her dad first apperaed. When she ran into the forest. During Fairaway Morning. She has a window of pokerface.jpg in each of those instances that sustains itself for a bit. I'm warming up to "this hasn't hit yet, wait for the dam to break" thinking.
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Jan 20, 2017 20:26
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GEORGE PARLEY BIP drat IT BIP!
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Jan 20, 2017 20:34
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I'm kind of hoping that the psychopomps have actually showed up to help somehow as a repayment for them handling the job they've been unable to manage.
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Jan 20, 2017 20:52
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That's my assumption, though they can't interfere with the affairs of the living. The dying, on the other hand...
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Jan 20, 2017 21:30
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Potato Salad posted:She has a window of pokerface.jpg in each of those instances that sustains itself for a bit. I'm warming up to "this hasn't hit yet, wait for the dam to break" thinking.  while there's work to do,  when it's done is Annie's SOP.
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Jan 20, 2017 21:46
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Hmmm, the job that Annie always wanted now has a vacancy, caused by Annie! HMMMMMMMM...
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Jan 20, 2017 21:52
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It slightly ruined the emotional tone of this scene but all I could think of the final panel (with the eye effects) was: Multi-Psychopomp Drifting
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Jan 20, 2017 21:54
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Shangri-Law School posted:Hmmm, the job that Annie always wanted now has a vacancy, caused by Annie! HMMMMMMMM... Lucky!
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Jan 20, 2017 21:57
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Stormgale posted:It slightly ruined the emotional tone of this scene but all I could think of the final panel (with the eye effects) was: Multi-Psychopomp Drifting That's actually the tone Tom was going for!
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Jan 20, 2017 22:13
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I expect Annie may be able to bargain for some kind of help from the 2 Deth Crew considering the huge favor she just did them.
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Jan 20, 2017 23:13
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Instead of having him pass on they just let Smitty wander around as a ghost boyfriend?
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Jan 20, 2017 23:22
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OBVIOUSLY this is going to result in all the psychopomps circling Annie and clapping while each saying "Congratulations!" 
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Jan 20, 2017 23:30
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oh, right. When elfboy gave Annie her hairband back she wasn't smiling because 'hey, I was wondering where that was!", she was smiling out of relief that a)things aren't hopeless and they have a path forward, and b)she didn't just get grabbed by a brain-hungry zombie. Then it's back to serious time because they aren't out of the woods.
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Jan 21, 2017 02:59
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Geocities Homepage King posted:I'm kind of hoping that the psychopomps have actually showed up to help somehow as a repayment for them handling the job they've been unable to manage. I'm betting we'll get something in this vein. If they aren't there for something out of the ordinary why would there be so many of them all at once? There aren't lingering souls down there; we have the last records from a lot of Jeanne's victims. Muut meddled in the affairs of the living by getting the blinker stone to Annie, and we know the psychopomps wanted Annie to help resolve the situation with Jeanne. She's scratched their back. They had better be here to scratch hers.
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Jan 21, 2017 03:17
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They just want their blinker stone back. Hope Annie has it! 
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Jan 21, 2017 03:29
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oh good, the powerful soul is being released as planned. just another minute or so
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Jan 21, 2017 06:07
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Tollymain posted:oh good, the powerful soul is being released as planned. just another minute or so Now it's time for Annie to usurp the flame.
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Jan 21, 2017 08:01
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Mazerunner posted:I know there's a new page but I think you've really misinterpreted the sequence. There isn't supposed to be any twist, and we are supposed to be going "but what about Smitty? I think you've really misinterpreted my post so I guess we're even? I wasn't saying there was going to be a twist, I was saying the opposite: that it looks like the only way he can play it is straight, and that's a shame, because I'm not really experiencing any of the tension you're describing because the way the sequence of events has been laid out has been boring as gently caress. Even Annie and Kat look loving bored. This has been an uncommonly dull chapter in what is usually an uncommonly good comic, that's all. v  v
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Jan 21, 2017 10:04
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Reene posted:I think you've really misinterpreted my post so I guess we're even? I wasn't saying there was going to be a twist, I was saying the opposite: that it looks like the only way he can play it is straight, and that's a shame, because I'm not really experiencing any of the tension you're describing because the way the sequence of events has been laid out has been boring as gently caress. Even Annie and Kat look loving bored. I know that you weren't saying that there was going to be a twist, but that you think there needs to be one. I'm saying no, there does not, but that's pedantry compared to the main issue. It's a shame that the sequence isn't working for you, but I think that's really more because you're letting your preconceptions of what you think is happening and how you think it should be presented is interfering with what is actually being shown ie. you misreading rather than a failure on Tom's part. Like... look at Annie's face in the second to last panel of today's page. That's not a loving bored face. Same with Kat- that's an "I am worried but don't know what to do/can't contribute" face. I can't make you find this interesting (I mean I'm not on the edge of my seat myself or anything), just try to think about what Tom is actually trying to do instead of how you think he's failed at what you think he should have done. And please nobody turn this into some sort of 'white knight, dick-slobbering, creator can do no wrong' defense. I really don't care if someone thinks this chapter or Tom are less than perfect, for me it's more that I want to help people find a new perspective to enjoy something they aren't and seem to want to. ... although holy poo poo this post is condescending as gently caress wow I'm sorry
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Jan 21, 2017 12:32
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are they gonna fill the wound with the arrow
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Jan 21, 2017 12:35
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No plug Robot in there.
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Jan 21, 2017 12:35
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Scholtz posted:are they gonna fill the wound with the arrow Maybe they'll shove the arrow in and break the end off so that Smitty has an Iron Man style glowing power ring on his chest. Except this one locks his soul into his technically dead body instead of being an electromagnet.
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Jan 21, 2017 12:40
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Synthbuttrange posted:No plug Robot in there. 
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Jan 21, 2017 12:51
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dragon enthusiast posted:Annie stares at Smitty's blood on her hand "Don't worry, don't worry, it's not my blood!"
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Jan 21, 2017 16:13
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Geocities Homepage King posted:I'm kind of hoping that the psychopomps have actually showed up to help somehow as a repayment for them handling the job they've been unable to manage. "With the removal of the murderghost our invasion of the Court may finally proceed. Suffer not one human to live!"
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Jan 21, 2017 20:31
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There Bias Two posted:Maybe they'll shove the arrow in and break the end off so that Smitty has an Iron Man style glowing power ring on his chest. Except this one locks his soul into his technically dead body instead of being an electromagnet. Annie uses her hair clip to close the wound. Problem solved! Alternately, she uses her fire powers to cauterize the area. 
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Jan 21, 2017 23:40
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Psychopomps aren't allowed to interfere with the living but they bend that rule fairly often, like giving Annie her blinker stone indirectly. Plus considering Mort got to be a ghost by merit of Jones getting him killed on accident, I don't see why they wouldn't something to help Smitty considering he's dying because of their inability to do their jobs with regards to Jeanne, and also possibly out of gratitude.
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Jan 22, 2017 01:39
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Lurdiak posted:Now it's time for Annie to usurp the flame. Try boxbot And then Time for dark!
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Jan 22, 2017 02:02
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Glagha posted:Psychopomps aren't allowed to interfere with the living but they bend that rule fairly often, like giving Annie her blinker stone indirectly. Plus considering Mort got to be a ghost by merit of Jones getting him killed on accident, I don't see why they wouldn't something to help Smitty considering he's dying because of their inability to do their jobs with regards to Jeanne, and also possibly out of gratitude. despite helping mort, and now jeanne and elf, into the ether(and having that afterlife guide sigil in the rotd), she's been pretty adamant about not being a psychopomp
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Jan 22, 2017 03:58
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I don't know that the pomps could help Smitty. They don't govern death, just the post-death experience.
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Jan 22, 2017 04:02
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if they wait a few minutes they'll be able to help him since parley isn't bipping him to a hospital or anything
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Jan 22, 2017 04:38
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plot twist, they're all here to welcome Kat as the Mother of Machines
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Jan 22, 2017 04:42
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Kat is actually the reincarnation of Yawgmoth.
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Strategic Tea posted:Try boxbot Try box, bot hole. MikeJF posted:I don't know that the pomps could help Smitty. They don't govern death, just the post-death experience. It's really unclear what they are capable of doing vs what they are allowed to do by the rules they take seriously.
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