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I remember reading a comment John Allison made in one of the print books of Scary Go Round that the reason he packed Tim off to Wales was because he's far too good at resolving the plot. If Tim becomes aware of shenanigans going down in Tackleford then he tends to get things sorted out pretty quick. That's why he was always going off to conventions or spending time mayoring, as ways to keep him out of the main story. And for no particular reason, my favourite Ryan moment. I can't believe it's been over fifteen years since this one.
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New previews page! Better update the OP with the new  HYPE BOX!
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Wyld Karde posted:I remember reading a comment John Allison made in one of the print books of Scary Go Round that the reason he packed Tim off to Wales was because he's far too good at resolving the plot. If Tim becomes aware of shenanigans going down in Tackleford then he tends to get things sorted out pretty quick. That's why he was always going off to conventions or spending time mayoring, as ways to keep him out of the main story. Tell us more about the exciting year 2018.  Anyway Expecting to Fly is so, so good and so, so sad. 
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Would... would a kid actually get expelled for something that is undoubtedly an accident? Like, even Ol Knotty the teacher here doesn't seem inclined towards vindictiveness at all, he likes these kids. The development works really well in this story, don't get me wrong -- unreasonably reactionary adults fit easily within my suspension of disbelief, especially in the fantastical SGR universe. But in real life, the school system would be more understanding, right? How inclined to expel are typical british schools?
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I seem to recall that the poetry-scholarship-he-never-knew-about also happened to the late lamented Carrot Scruggs. (Although after the everybody-dies finale got Michael-Jackson'd to oblivion, I guess he isn't actually late.)
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Ditocoaf posted:Would... would a kid actually get expelled for something that is undoubtedly an accident? Like, even Ol Knotty the teacher here doesn't seem inclined towards vindictiveness at all, he likes these kids. Well, creating some kind of insane projectile-launching fire contraption on school grounds is probably frowned upon by the people above Knotty's head.
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Fairly sure the UK was still in the Thatcher mentality by the time this story was happening.
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Rand Brittain posted:I seem to recall that the poetry-scholarship-he-never-knew-about also happened to the late lamented Carrot Scruggs. I thought Hugo told the scholarship people that he was the late Carrot Scruggs, because he didn't want to lose him as a worker? Hugo is kind of a dick. I wonder-since Ryan never finished school, how'd he get certified as a teacher? I imagine you need to have finished secondary school for that (I know he was at the Open University in SGR, but still). I wonder if Knotty helped him get his job? Who knows, maybe that's why he became a teacher in the first place.
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Oh hey. Van-Dyke has an actual name now instead of a hackneyed reference. He still looks insufferable. Dude loving deserves psychopathic Holly and totally did back in the old strips where he's older.
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Friendship has boundaries. To think there would be no Scary Go Round comic in the first place without Ole Knotty.
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Saoshyant posted:Friendship has boundaries. I think I like Amy's way of putting it better:  Yvonmukluk posted:I wonder-since Ryan never finished school, how'd he get certified as a teacher? I imagine you need to have finished secondary school for that (I know he was at the Open University in SGR, but still). I wonder if Knotty helped him get his job? Who knows, maybe that's why he became a teacher in the first place. Maybe this is working up to filling in that blank? It'd be a natural segue.
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Headache no one needs is a pretty good description of Shelley, all things considered.
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Autonomous Monster posted:I think I like Amy's way of putting it better: *does everything in her power to keep him away from Gibbous Moon*
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Autonomous Monster posted:I think I like Amy's way of putting it better: D'aww, she drew his name in a heart  That arrow is pointing right toward her name on the sheet, too; I recall Allison saying after finishing SGR that he had planned early on for Ryan to end up with either Amy or Shelley, and it seems like he had made his decision by this point.
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B-But Inconcievable Physical Union!
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Oh, indeed. I guess it lasted nearly five years? I'll certainly miss coherent stories around those kids.
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I'm ok with this. Bobbins to Scary-Go-Round was a big improvement, then Scary-Go-Round to Bad Machinery also worked out well. Whatever JA has in store for us after this upcoming Bobbins revisit is going to be good as well, I trust him.
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Updated OP with a relevant ELO song. Predicting the victim of the sequel to Murder She Writes will be Babs McChinnery.
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Rincewind posted:We better get more Mildred! Yeah, now that I think about it, that's the greatest shame of The Modern Men being the last case -- it had Mildred backgrounded! It didn't seem so bad for "just one chapter", but for the last chapter...  Oh well! That's the way of it! John Allison isn't going anywhere, so we'll still get cool stuff I'm sure. This might be a good time for a SGR archive binge.
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I'm not really surprised by this, you could tell he was straining against the rules for "Bad Machinery" that he had set out, which were 100 page stand alone cases, Scary-go-Round alumni at most minor supporting roles/cameos, and (don't quote me on this) no Shelley. So we ended up with a odd situation with the Bad Machinery/Bobbins split to keep the Famous Five aesthetic while exploring wider Tackleford and the older characters.
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Republican Vampire posted:I wonder if this means he's gonna repost all the side-comics that aren't on the site anymore. He's mentioned on twitter that he'd like for scarygoround.com to be a better hub for all his past work, but he hasn't been able to dedicate the time/energy to tidy it up.
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Jackard posted:"Green for good match" Leroy Dennui posted:D'aww, she drew his name in a heart Fangz posted:B-But Inconcievable Physical Union! Aw, dang. It had a good run. I was kind of hoping he might take it all the way to them setting off for uni like Sarah, Esther and the Boy. As long as they're still a part of the story, I guess it's still good. 
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Aww, so he wasn't expelled, he just... left? That's odd. Wait he told Tim that he was expelled, why would he do that to his friend? That's actually kind of horrible!
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Ditocoaf posted:Aww, so he wasn't expelled, he just... left? That's odd. It's simple when you understand that Ryan is dumb! EDIT: Or rather, he's lazy and will take the "easy" path even if that path is actually the very very hard path so long as he doesn't have to think about it.
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This is all super sad, but at least we know that in the end things did work out for Ryan and now he's a cool teacher. Provided some mystery teens are on hand to repair the timeline, anyway.
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Yeah, if we had gotten this arc before the time travel arc, I'm not sure if I'd have been able to take it. 
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As disappointed as I am that Bad Machinery has wound down, I remember being disappointed when he first transitioned to it. And I loved Bad Machinery, so as long as he's excited about what he's making I'm looking forward to it. But yes more Mildred. Mildred 24/7 all day err'day.
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I just hope a return to Bobbinses's days doesn't mean the return of Holly/Rich.
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A big flaming stink posted:well tim's 'accidental' infidelity plothook will get more screentime now Well, she has shown up to talk with Shelly about sex and babies and stuff a couple times, so I'd think she might actually turn up more. Scaramouche posted:I just hope a return to Bobbinses's days doesn't mean the return of Holly/Rich. Rich showed up for one storyline in the revived Bobbins and hasn't been seen since, and that one was a prequel that seemed more like it was about setting up how Amy, Shelly, etc know each other.
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And we're done. Shabby, Jones. Shabby.
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Well hey, Erin is still sort of Queen of Hell in a way, that's fun. Also, I think that more Erin Winters is at least a vaguely acceptable substitute for Bad Machinery.
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A World Without Cheese.  In the previous one though, really weird to see Bough making jokes. Even if they're jackass jokes.
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