ChronosCat

No, my list of EGS chapter titles indicates it's always been that way. (If you need more confirmation, I imagine there's also a list at the Wiki, or you could check out the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)

I love the expressions in panel three, particularly Catalina's.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/double-susan-and-19187070 Susan's transformation doesn't do anything for me, but I like Liz' sparkles...

https://www.patreon.com/posts/single-buff-rhea-19168255 I have to say, I really like the look of women with well-defined muscles (though some body-builders do go a little too far for my tastes). It's really a shame that so many female superheroes are drawn more like supermodels or busty Barbie-dolls - particularly in the case of superheroines with super strength I'd love to see them drawn like this.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/single-one-rhea-19181750 It's a tiny epic adventure!

I think by definition it doesn't count as fan fiction if written by the original author. These are just fun little non-canon stories. (If you need a snappy name for it, I believe these little stories of Dan's have been called "Dan-fic" before...)

Jun 1 in EGS History: 2002 - The person on the Moperville North intercom claims there are no other Tedds. Apparently they never heard of Beta Tedd, Lord Tedd, or Second Life Tedd. 2004 - Susan is shocked to learn of Sarah's quest for pictures of naked people in common poses. Jun 2 in EGS History: 2002 - In the first of several retcons to take away some of Tedd's mad scientist cred, he claims to not be responsible for the creation of the Goo. 2010 - Susan is shocked she accidentally brings one of Nanase's fairy dolls to life.

Well yes, male or female bodybuilders who reach high-end competition tend to look disturbingly unnatural rather than just really strong. However, there is a level of muscle definition beyond what athletes in other sports normally achieve that can still look pretty good, a level that you normally need to do some training with the intent of building muscles to achieve (or so I understand), and if this isn't in that category it's certainly close to it. Personally, I'm interpreting her to have developed very wide chest and hips; in my interpretation her back isn't bent particularly unnaturally, though it might not be a comfortable position to stand in for long. However if you assume more normal chest and hip proportions it does look like she's practically folded in half (though in that case, I would expect her upper abs and lower chest to be sticking out more in front).

How is this suffering? I think purple Grace-cow sounds cool. In fact, if I wasn't too busy right now I'd be tempted to color the panel that way.

I didn't think the magic change would have anything to do with Kevin's sentience, as I figured that by time Arthur was working on Kevin he'd be knowledgeable enough to know the difference between current and old magic systems, and would not count on old magic working. It did not occur to me Kevin was not supposed to be sentient, or that Arthur might have unintentionally done something that would cause these results in the new (or an old) system. That said, Arthur clearly is not entirely sure what happened just yet, so I'm not going to completely rule out my "the Diamond Did It" theory until/unless we learn more about what brought Kevin to life. Actually, I figured the scenario where the daughter assured Ellen was meant as hypothetical ("IF you knew her or she was here right now, she could vouch for me, but I don't really care enough about your opinion of me to make that happen"). (Also, what Drasvin said after I typed that but before I posted it.)

May 31 in EGS History: 2006 - Sarah and Elliot kiss, then Elliot falls off the couch. 2010 - Susan remembers killing the vampire in France with an axe. I have to question her choice of weapons; while the axe is great for hitting enemies overhead, for fighting a vampire at close range you really want a fully powered-up whip. 2012 - Grace tells Jim Tolkiberry, the owner of Salty Crackers, that Grace is hired.

Well, more like I assumed Dan would anthropomorphize and forgot to mention my assumption. It's extremely rare in fiction (even speculative fiction) to see beings which are as intelligent/sentient/etc. as humans but think differently in a way that is deeper than culture (unless you count attempts at the POVs of other Earth animals, but most animals are not as intelligent as humans and are usually portrayed accordingly when not being anthropomorphized) so I never really expect to see it. But yes, that is a possibility.

I forgot about that. I can't see Dan writing a story where a sentient being was aware but unable to interact with the world, so in my mind that pretty much rules out Kevin being sapient before today. (As for how Kevin knew about his history, it is possible that Kevin originally had some form of awareness without self-awareness or true thought, similar to some very advanced computers and some simple instinct-driven invertebrates.) I also doubt Arthur would have included in Kevin's design features which relied upon defunct magic systems if he was knowledgeable enough about magic to be concerned with training agents. So at this point it seems to me the Dewitchery magic providing the needed spark is not only the most likely possibility, but the only possibility I've thought of or heard which seems likely at all.

May 30 in EGS History: 2002 - Tedd calls Elliot's former girlfriend "some chick I've never heard of" (apparently Elliot never mentioned having a girlfriend before, and managed to get through the entire conversation about her without saying her name...). Then the rightful stars of the comic, Matt and Rat, show up. 2004 - Ellen, Nanase, Grace, and Susan get so spend some time as the greatest type of animal to ever walk the Earth. (I may be ever so slightly biased.) 2005 - Elliot and Tedd discuss why Tedd is in female form early. It just goes to show how well Tedd hid this side of herself that Elliot even needs to ask. 2008 - Abraham rises to reap. Time does not move; our perception of what moment is the present merely changes. (And far too quickly if you ask me.)

I wonder if Kevin has always been sapeint, or if he absorbed some of the Dewitchery energy too and that "brought him to life"? If he was sapient all along, it seems a bit cruel to have stuffed him in a crate for decades just because he's not a very good teacher. Also, when creating a magical AI, does magic do all the work, or is there any programming involved? If Kevin is not unique as a sapient artifact, then maybe magical AI creators ought to be giving electronic AI creators some tips...

May 29 in EGS History: 2002 - In her first appearance, Susan makes a big impression... in TC's skull. 2006 - Sarah and Elliot's first attempt to kiss while in opposite sex forms goes painfully wrong.

I hope someone catches and stops Kitty. What just popped into my head: Goonmanji 2 ends without Kitty being stopped. Some time later, in a different non-canon story she shows up and starts transforming people, and they have to explain to her that the transformation rampage is over.

May 27 in EGS History: 2002 - Mr. Verres accidentally informs Tedd that Grace can't get pregnant in part-squirrel form. 2011 - Greg cheerfully admits to having cosplayed as Chun-Li before, Grace gives her codename of Shade Tail, and Noah trips while sitting down. May 28 in EGS History: 2002 - Tedd displays his artistic skill (he's actually pretty good), and seems to seriously consider zapping someone in public. 2003 - Sarah declares her intention to venture forth to yonder Laides room, and invites "Claire" to join her. 2004 - Vlad screams at Specialist Steve; Steve calls in for advice. 2014 - Larry starts acting overly "friendly" with Tedd; Tedd apparently forgets for a moment that people often mistake his birth form for a girl.

I consider myself to be expecting something if I confident it's the most likely outcome; certainty or near-certainty is not required. To go into numbers regarding the EGS possibilities in question: * Voltaire will gets more character development (including backstory and/or non-evil character traits) - 75% * Said character development brings some sympathy from me - 50% * Said character development makes me like him and/or consider him good - 40% * General Shade Tale gets more character development (including backstory and/or non-evil character traits) when he finally shows up again - 90% * Said character development brings some sympathy from me and/or makes me consider him good - I have no idea (we just don't know enough about him yet for me to guess). * Lord Tedd will get enough character development to gain sympathy from me - 99% * Lord Tedd will be redeemed in-story - 95% ...Putting numbers to confidence levels based on intuition is pretty fun. It's also a lot more accurate than using vague words that have different implications to different people, though probably not as precise as it sounds (I don't think intuition can really be quantified to that level of precision; also I know personally I like certain numbers more than others and have to be careful to avoid picking a number just because I like that number). Maybe I should do this sort of thing more often. Not in bad fiction, actually. Only in good fiction or real life. That depends on if "because it's fun" counts as a reason that "justifies" doing bad things. Plenty of villains from fun and not-horribly-written (though admittedly not very deep) stories seem to have no reason for their actions beside psychopathic sadism.

"Expect" isn't exact either. I was actually using "almost sure" to mean something like 90-99% sure, and "expect" for anything above roughly 70%.

Not if I killed them either before they could bite me (I lost count of how many, but there were quite a few) or before they could get away (probably five or so, and that sure left a mess; I'll be lucky if nothing wound up with blood-stains on it). (Granted, I probably did miss a few of them.)

Actually, that was my point - that (assuming there was no "wish acts exactly as you expect it to" clause) that would not be a wish with no potential downsides.

In my experience I'd say he does it on average somewhere between a few times a year to every few years. Usually it's just minor wording or coloring/shading correction, and if it wasn't pointed out on the forums or in Dan's commentary one might not even notice. He's actually been doing it a lot more often than usual recently, particularly in Goonmanji 2.

I see it the other way - I'm sure Lord Tedd himself will be redeemed, while Voltaire or General Shade Tail might not be although we will definitely get some reasons to be more sympathetic to them. I'm a little confused, how is that different from what I said?

I was specifically referring to this comic, where I interpret him to question for a moment whether he was right to kill his creators. Admittedly, he never showed any signs of doubting any of his other choices, and even if I'm reading him right he never got beyond "maybe" to fully accepting he did the wrong thing. It also in no way even comes close to redeeming him - it just makes him a tiny bit more human in my eyes, and perhaps a bit pitiable. I don't expect we'll ever consider Voltair a good guy, but I do expect that we'll find out he does have some non-evil traits, and perhaps reasons for why he is how he is that aren't his fault. (Also, after Pandora's heel/face turn I wouldn't be shocked if Dan did somehow find a way to make him truly sympathetic too, but I'm not expecting it.)