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I feel like the actual control is that he sees Sette as his daughter, and not as Mikaela but as Sette. The bauble was just to give Sette confidence that she had control of him herself. I do recall him returning it to her previously, though, so yeah, I don't think this works quite as well if we're taking it as him finding out than from Sette pulling out all the stops to try to prevent him from making a huge mistake. Sette's ~20 years old, though, she should learn to read.
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Duane knew she had the amulet but IIRC had never heard it was supposed to control him, so it's reasonable he'd be re-examining it with a mix of annoyance and surprise. It being a locally sourced bauble makes sense in context but it's not an "avid readers would've noted" moment.
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Ikasuhito posted:Yeah, he looks surprised and angry, which is a weird reaction to have if this is nothing new to him. Unless the idea is that he has had some other revelation he hasn't shared with us yet. I thought the expression was more “Wait, this doesn’t line up. Did I miss something…? Wait, no no, it’s still junk” rather than a sudden revelation.
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habeasdorkus posted:I feel like the actual control is that he sees Sette as his daughter, and not as Mikaela but as Sette. The bauble was just to give Sette confidence that she had control of him herself. The actual control probably is that Duane is functionally a larger, wordier Boo, and Sette definitely has a weird ability to control ghosts and pymarics.
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It is filled with something though, right? Sette noted it smelt like trapping her tail in a door so there's something pain-spellwork related. The idea that the trinket is some junk bought locally because Bastion cant carry stuff when he teleports doesn't quite work for me, seeing as he teleported a whole-rear end Darkest Paul with him this chapter. Maybe Paul ended up being jaunted.
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DrSnakeLaser posted:It is filled with something though, right? Sette noted it smelt like trapping her tail in a door so there's something pain-spellwork related. That was a special case, this is a khert fire and Bastion was muddled enough to try to offset through it. Cope elaborated a bit on the trinket question: it's not impossible to transport something from Bastion's secret workshop in Alderode to Sharteshane, but it's annoying and expensive, and there are plenty of chances for it to get misplaced. Many of them in Sharteshane. Easier to buy something in Sharteshane and if you feel spicy, attach some cheap First Glass with red light and color aspects or something. actually it could be a serving of Delicieu's pain potion tbh, that would account for the sensation and visuals
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updates are in and several posters here called it this is going to break their relationship worse than anything else they've been through, i think. neither can trust their feelings for the other anymore, which is bad for duane and catastrophic for sette
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Nice job breaking her Dwayne.
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drat, what exactly *is* sette?
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Oxxidation posted:updates are in and several posters here called it I mean I think you are kinda right, but this is Unsounded, and money on them growing and learning together and bringing both a dollop of doubt on top of a helping of trust once it's all over. It won't be easy, but we do know at some point they travel to Alderode together. It's rarely a "one side of the coin or the other" thing here. shirts and skins posted:drat, what exactly *is* sette? 
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shirts and skins posted:drat, what exactly *is* sette? Tirna, if I had to guess
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Twenty Four posted:It won't be easy, but we do know at some point they travel to Alderode together. It's been literal years since Sette has had a goal that advances the narrative, but as Cope not so long ago diegetically reminded us, she is the main character of the story in her mind, so from that perspective they'd have to stick together because Sette would only go to Alderode if it's to follow Duane. On the other hand, Cope has also been vocally thinking about ending the webcomic at the conclusion of this "Book" and gets a high out of subverting audience expectations, so who knows.
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So Bastion has to know something of her true nature, right? He's deeply irresponsible in many ways but he'd surely understand that his plans (the full scope of which we don't really know yet but it's definitely not just follow-up on the progress of his 'project') would be spiked if he sent her out into the world with exactly no means of controlling a sometimes-raving murderzombie. Especially with Sessine whispering in his ear.
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Conspiratiorist posted:It's been literal years since Sette has had a goal that advances the narrative, but as Cope not so long ago diegetically reminded us, she is the main character of the story in her mind, so from that perspective they'd have to stick together because Sette would only go to Alderode if it's to follow Duane. I suppose, but Ashley repeatedly has said the next book or chapter is Duane and Sette go to Alderode, so unless she is throwing in the towel on the entire story (that would be big news to everybody), and I don't think is the case by anything I have heard from her for many years, there's gonna be a break, but that's what's likely up in the future unless our world ends.
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I just now realized the inherent pun to “lion sette”
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Comic is over. Go home.
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We can rebuild him
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Oxxidation posted:I just now realized the inherent pun to “lion sette” There's a pun there?
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Completely unfounded conspiracy theory – y’all he’s about to meet Ssael
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At least the stupid man finally recognized her lion-ness
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Holy poo poo. This comic loving rules and we've been at the fireworks factory for MONTHS at this point. I wonder if Sette is gonna end up bringing Duane fully back to life. No pymary bullshit, full reinstantation of his soul into a proper flesh and blood human body. I don't think Cope has been lying to us all these years about them still being together in part 2. Also, Cope's said that Sette isn't Ssael, but she's clearly related to him somehow and also is part of someone's long game. I'd guess Tittybird? That'd explain how Bastion knew to match up her and Duane in the first place. Also also, is that her speaking in the final panels of page 3 or someone else? Couldn't quite tell. day-gas posted:Completely unfounded conspiracy theory – y’all he’s about to meet Ssael I can buy it. habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Apr 26, 2024 |
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habeasdorkus posted:Also also, is that her speaking in the final panels of page 3 or someone else? Couldn't quite tell. I wasn't sure either, but from the A/T tumblr: Anonymous posted:Are the "time to die" lines from a written work? Ashley posted:No, it’s scary hair bird speaking to Sette in her head. So I guess it's birdlady. Whenever Ashley writes lyrics or poetry type stuff it tends to have a slightly weird cadence for some reason, and considering two of the lines rhyming, I'm guessing that is how it is meant to be read.
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I did think Sette was going to stick that coat somewhereCaptain Oblivious posted:I’ve not the faintest idea where we go from here There's still time for the other characters to have unimaginably horrible things happen to them. Speaking of which, I was thinking that Ruck still has the memory-cutting knife in his possession. If Toma gets sliced, will he lose the memories of Chea while he's fighting to save her?
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Kyte posted:There's a pun there? I just think it’s a cheeky little gag that a character whose worldview revolves around deception and self-delusion would be lion
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Oxxidation posted:I just think it’s a cheeky little gag that a character whose worldview revolves around deception and self-delusion would be lion I think I'm gonna need that explained because I don't see how those connect, whether directly or inversely.
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Kyte posted:I think I'm gonna need that explained because I don't see how those connect, whether directly or inversely. Lion : Lyin'
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Ah, I never get rhymes. To me the two sound completely different.
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Just binged to catch up. Man, what a time to do so.  e: And once again with the Ssael symbolism. I vaguely remember Ashley confirming that Duane is not Sael. Which is nice to know otherwise this would start making me suspect it. First the mask he wears at the river temple and now literal claw marks by someone with lion like features. Even the vertical line that intersects with the eye is there. Mindblast fucked around with this message at 15:46 on May 5, 2024 |
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