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  3. Posted

    9 hours ago, Scotty said:

    http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2420

    Oooh boy...

    ...

    Wait a moment...

    Sirleck has possessed her, hasn't he?

    I worried that this might what is happening; do we know of any long-term consequences for Sirleck possession?  I was worried that Sirleck possessing you was equivalent to being killed (I have read of Body Jumpers in other media that worked this way), but that seems a little dark for this comic.

    I suppose since this is happening now, that Sirleck's plan to keep the Immortals otherwise occupied by going after Raven is and causing Chaos and Destruction is happening as we speak?

    I was also trying to come up with a plausible scenario for why Ellen would suddenly zap Elliot, and I considered someone capturing and threatening Nanase, but that doesn't seem like something Ellen would just go along with.

     

  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, Scotty said:

    I wonder if she knows that Magus went back to Sirleck for help? Or at least figures that he would have after she left him. Pretty certain she won't hurt Magus because she'd know he's only acting out of desperation because she refused to properly help him.

    So it's basically Sirleck and Voltaire who are the enemies, anyone else? Aside from Lord Tedd I mean, I'm not sure she either knows about him or can actually reach him and that situation is complicated anyway.

    I don't think she knows;  suspects, though, or reasoned out it would be very likely using that keen Immortal mind (as you said)?  I think so.  Pandora is aware of Sirleck, and Magus has few options.  I suppose from that, she might suspect that the Moperville Scoobies would intersect with Sirleck/Magus at some point without being aware of the Gathering Storm of Aberrations.

    Voltaire she knows as an Immortal enemy in the general sense without knowing who he is and what he wants.  I wonder how much of his plan she could deduce by investigating the events that happened if she were in Near-Psychic/NonEmpathy mode versus the way she is now?  Though her current mindset is preferable in so many ways, it hinders her ability to fight her family's enemies.

    Also, sheesh, she is very scary right now.

  5. Posted

    18 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    It was me making a dumbshit joke about the hapless previous poster writing 'angle demon hallucinations' when he was clearly referring to 'angel-demon' same thing. It made me think of what angles demons used in their work, or possibly angler demons.

    Oh my gosh.  Okay, thank you.  I was searching and trying to make sense of it and came up with some crazy results , like a fisherman in Murmansk posting pictures of demonic fish and non-euclidean geometry being equated to evil in The Brothers Karamazov (odd that Russian connection).  And of course I never even noticed the spelling mistake which would have made the joke more obvious.  Thankfully I can laugh at myself over and learning interesting if odd things.  Thanks again!

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  6. Posted

    On 8/15/2017 at 3:15 AM, The Old Hack said:

    So, what are these about? Demon fishermen, or possibly the geometry of evil? *scratches head*

    Okay, I've searched, but I am getting nowhere (at least conclusively).  Please explain your reference to Demon fishermen and the geometry of evil.  Then I can stop thinking about it.

    Obsessive?  Who's obsessive.

  7. Posted

    17 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    I think Adrian already knows how to defuse the dam. However, she may need to tell him WHERE.

    Anyway, yes ; while she seem to reach conclusion that attempt to do reset might be better than not, I definitely don't see her doing it so fast. I would also expect that she would WARN at least Sarah and probably also Adrian about that.

    I wonder if she will warn anyone about her reset or the nature of it.  Part of me thinks, Yes, obviously so, but another wonders if maybe she wouldn't or wouldn't let anyone know that she is attempting something new, so that they wouldn't worry about her or try to talk her out of it.   Hmmm....

  8. Posted

    On 8/16/2017 at 1:07 PM, CritterKeeper said:

    Pandora's dilemma definitely reminds me of Ashildr, from Doctor Who, a Viking girl who became immortal sort of by accident.  Infinite lifespan, finite memory.  She started keeping a journal with the most important things in her life, to re-read when she had forgotten who she used to be.  It filled a respectably-sized library in her home and spilled out into the halls the second time the Doctor encountered her.  There were places pages were stained with tears, places where pages had been torn out because she wanted to forget what those pages held.  But she only knew what was in the diary as something she had read about.  One wonders whether someone like that could actually learn the important lessons in life, or whether they too would be forgotten along with the details of how they were learned.  Apparently she could, though, because the person who the Doctor met at the end of the universe was very different from the girl he saved from dying.

    They did something visually similar with Methos's diary in Highlander, kept since writing was invented, with parts of the diary on papyrus scrolls and cuneiform tablets.  In that series, however, Immortals have excellent memories so I never really got the impression Methos needed the diary.

    From what Pandora and the Emissary of Magic said, it sounds like an Immortal only passes along what the most recent incarnation chooses to pass along.  There isn't an ever-growing library of mental tomes.  Or, if there is, the older ones must be much harder to access than the most recent one.  Perhaps they're nested, like a hard drive archive with files for a previous archive that contains a previous archive which contains the recovered files from a crash which contains....  Hmm, wasn't there an xkcd on that?   ....yup, there sure is!

    So now you have me imagining the existence of an Immortal who has meticulously passed along nested, linked, indexed and fulltext searchable Memory Palace of ALL his/her previous incarnations.  This Immortal also has a love of technology and has created an artifact that will exist across incarnations and is able to store an Immortals memories as a backup in case of a botched reset.  This Immortal goes by the name of Knuth.

  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, Vorlonagent said:

    I think "trickster" primarily.  In that mode she wasn't "bad" per se....   But humor, especially practical joke sort of humor is hard to pull off without some cruelty.  Which in turn often requires some indifference to the object of the prank.

    I'd like to credit Blaike with putting Pandora in touch with her empathy.  Maybe Pandora's experience with Blaike was enough to bring about a change to basic nature.  I expect we'll find out eventually.

    Perhaps one of the reasons Pandora has not reset is because of Blaike's influence on her.  Perhaps she fears if she resets she will lose that influence; she would lose touch with her empathy and humanity.

  10. Posted

    Ooh, this is getting exciting though.  Can't see Pandora resetting before tonight; too much to do, including talk to Adrian, teach him how to defuse the dam, mentor Sara (or would she arrange a different mentor, like Adrian, so she can reset before too long), as well as figuring out the actual reset process.  But in the midst of that, trying to stay focused on this new goal when a battle breaks out threatening Adrian and the rest of the Scoobies.  Hoo boy, who's going to blow up tonight?  Pandora?  Lord Protector Tedd?  Elliot and Ellen in a Wonder Twin Powers moment?  Break out the popcorn!

  12. Posted

    All said, we have been given only tantalizing glimpses into the nature of immortals.  Their ability to become nearly clairvoyant also hinges on letting go of things like empathy that would cloud said clairvoyance.  By allowing Tedd into her heart, Pandora is also hindering her ability to see what is coming.

    The rendering of the warring sides of Pandora's mind presents us with something more substantial than shoulder angel/demon hallucinations, suggesting they are more real?  But is that an indication of disfunction or function.  Are they a sign of Pandora have multiple personality disorder, or are Immortals capable of putting on wholly rendered personalities like masks, and perhaps only their getting out of hand is the only breakdown?  Remember when child-like Pandora had a tantrum in front of the Dream Wizard?  Didn't that feel real, and not just an act?

    We know they reset, creating another container for their selves with passed down information but keeping their intrinsic nature, effectively the reset is on their actual knowledge (not inofrmation) and power, and we also know they can lie to themselves in passing down this information. So would it be any weirder for them to have multiple current Personalities for their intrinsic selves to play in?  They are shapeshifters; perhaps the shapeshifting is not just physical.

    Also, we are taking for granted that there are two options, reset or madness.  For a race that seems to lack coordinated sharing of "cultural information,"  perhaps we should questions those assumptions.  Perhaps other options exist, such as transcending or evolving into something else.

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  13. Posted

    On 8/8/2017 at 0:35 PM, Vorlonagent said:

    ...And she literally tore into Magus for choosing not to make Verres kill Abraham.  I can agree with your analysis of Pandora and still say "yeah it's villainy".  Nothing has changed the nature of her actions.  It's just she's not a villain.  Not anymore anyway.  That role has passed to Voltaire. 

    Pandora's change smacks of retcon but I like this Pandora enough that I'll take it.

    Perhaps a retcon, but what if it went like this: in the course of setting up the empowerment of Moperville to bring about the world change for Adrian, she of necessity had to pay more attention to the people, including people she had ignored for many years, like Tedd, and in getting to know them better, actually getting into their lives, is slowly brought back out of madness.  I agree, Pandora has acted villainous, and still has that potential, as witnessed when she almost lost it in front of Tedd.  I don't think she was the villain but was a nice misdirection.

    I like the way Pandora is acting now as well, but recognize that in some ways, unless something profoundly changes like her resetting, she is like a bomb waiting to go off.

  14. Posted

    Granted, you have now re-become a part of this community, but congratulations, your new job (didn't realize you had a new job?  this wish is full of surprises) has assigned you to work from a nuclear submarine on a long term, deep sea research project (why?  Imagine the PR!) and oops, the internet connection on the sub makes dial-up look like Google fiber and you have to takes turns at the one internet connected laptop with the rest of the crew.

    I wish for a really good gluten-free, dairy-free croissant, cause man, they don't exist in this dimension, and right now, the only way I am going to enjoy a croissant has some painful after-effects.

  15. Posted

    11 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:

    Well, since their job was putting right what once went wrong, that implies that the candidate who won was the wrong one.  But we already knew that....

    Just had a story on the radio about how Wisconsin dairy farms are starting to see a major labor shortage because illegal immigrants are afraid to stay, and they just can't get American citizens to work the kind of hours needed to tend livestock and milk cows etc.  It's one of the biggest industries in the state, and heavily relies on immigrant labor.  Wisconsin was one of the states that surprised so many by going to Trump.  They interviewed employers who said they didn't think Trump was really going to crack down on their labor force, that what they wanted was a path to citizenship for good people who came here to work.  Um, did they not listen at all to what the candidates said during all those interminable months of campaigning?  Like how Hillary wanted a path to citizenship, and Donald wanted to throw out every illegal immigrant and build a wall to keep them out?

    There's now an underground railroad to help refugees seeking asylum to make it to Canada, where they have a much better chance of at least being considered for it.  Not the first time I've thought Canada is doing the American Dream better than America is....

    Yeah, we do know who the wrong one was.  We knew it before the election who was wrong.  And yes, it is maddening to see people who voted for the Orange One suddenly surprised when something he does impacts their lives in a negative fashion.  I have heard the phrase, "The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally."  Turns out he should have been taken both literally and seriously.

    An underground railroad to Canada.  Wow.  I had heard that Canada was receiving a much larger of amount of refugees from America seeking asylum, but apparently we are at this point.

  16. Posted

    One more thing.  I get the giggles when I see the last panel where Pandora says, "Now, young lady!"  It's amazing how some people can change to parent mode at the drop of a hat, complete with the "Mom" voice.  My wife can do the "Mom" voice very well.  It's not real loud, but man it commands attention.  I have seen the heads of children and adults alike snap around and look, trying to figure out if they need to get to jumping at some Mom order.  Perhaps related to Drill Sergeant voice but more subtle.

    I suspect this is what the Bene Gesserit Voice of Command is really about. ;)

    I hope in the end, when Tedd gets herself to bed, she can look back at the interaction and get some positive feelings from someone caring enough to send her to bed, if that makes any sense.

  17. Posted

    Okay, I admit to having the Feels for the current scene as well as Pandora as she is now.  But it kind of reminds me of those videos where some wild creature does something cute, and we all forget sometimes it can get cranky and rip our arm off.

    Dealing with Pandora is like dealing with Jeckyl and Hyde.  I get that the intrinsic Pandora is many things that are wonderful to know, trickster and concerned mother for example, but she is also dealing a deficit of sanity.  I also see that a reset could mute good as well as bad traits.  A good part of her passion for helping her family are her life experiences.  I am not seeing a way around an eventual reset, though.

    I hope Tedd gets more time with her and I hope she and Adrian can come to a reconciliation before that time.

  19. Posted

    17 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    Moperville may not be available on Saturday. :danshiftyeyes:

    Vampocolype... Immortals Going Boom ... Grace using TK for the TKO... Tedd becoming Protector Tedd...Rest of the Moperville Scoobies Going All Out... Half-Immortal and Young Ward Mixing it up... Edward Verres and DGB bringing out the big guns... Gee, all we would now would be Noriko and her child apprentice to come on the scene, on the trail of some Aberration Mercenaries, and then turning out Mrs. Kitsune has been training in secret...

    Wow, this is bigger than I thought until I started reviewing the playbill.  Moperville might not be available for a long time.

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  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, Scotty said:

    Well, the past couple Friday's I've sworn there'd be a scene change because the comic felt like it was at a good end to the chapter. Today's though definitely feels like it's going to continue the scene on Monday as there's no doubt that we need to see Pandora's response to that.

     

    Granted scene change at this point would be cruel, and I don't THINK Dan would do that.  But what if...

    13 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:

    One or two more pages, then the shot of Edward on the stairs, just out of sight, a tear in his eye as he realizes for the first time how important genderfluidity and acknowledgement are to Tedd.

    We could also have Edward enter the scene, not interrupting Pandora's reaction (which I assume will be positive and maybe lead to hugs), but will we have the wonderful scene describe above by CritterKeeper, or will we have an overly protective Edward realizing his son is being "advised and empowered" by an Immortal, and wouldn't it be awkward if he found out who she was (either finding out she's Adrian's mother or she's the Immortal who appears as a little girl).  And Tedd in the middle...

    Stay tuned for the next episode, kiddos, same Bat- er, I mean same Squirrel-Channel, same Squirrel-Time!

    Okay, perhaps not.  Honestly, I hope Edward doesn't come down right now.  Tedd, so desperate for a mother-figure, latching onto Pandora as a substitute, is too serious in some ways to degenerate into over-the-top drama.  I am not sure what the best path is from this, but at the least I know Pandora wouldn't reject Tedd because of fragile he is (and maybe also because of some of her own maternal instincts).  Still, what kind of relationship could they have; scenarios like the one with Tedd's father are somewhat plausible, so I don't see Tedd introducing his great fairy godmother to his father.  And I don't think Adrian would react well to Pandora being an active participant in Tedd's life.  Sheesh...

  22. Posted

    8 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:

    One or two more pages, then the shot of Edward on the stairs, just out of sight, a tear in his eye as he realizes for the first time how important genderfluidity and acknowledgement are to Tedd.

    It would like some kind of After School Special version of EGS!  Actually, if After School Specials has been more like EGS I would have watched the heck out of them. :tg-gun-mf:

  23. Posted

    Just now, The Old Hack said:

    I'd vote for an octopus over the current PM of Denmark any day of the week. And over the two before that, for that matter.

    Well okay then.  I would vote for octopi as well over the current administrations at both our federal and state level.  Wow, that is some realization.  I need more coffee (AM here).

  25. Posted

    11 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:

     

    Beckett and Calavicci in 2016 -- Putting right what once went wrong!
     

    Well yeah, I would vote for Sam and Al as well, but which candidate would that be since our only clue would be if one of the "regular" candidate was acting goofy and out of character and talking to no one? (There's a joke setup there, I'm sure of it)