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Comic for Wednesday, June 22, 2022 I like the direction this is taking, but there are some seriously inconsistent plot holes. Andrea and Tara saw Nanase as Royalty, due to her aura. Given that she denied it, their conclusion should have been that the political situation on the EGS side was not like the one on their side, that the situation that caused their political situation had never arisen in the EGS universe. Liam would have been advised of this, so he should not have viewed a Royalty aura on this side as actual Royalty, in any case not as Royalty on his side, and not been compelled to attack Edward. In any case, knowing of Nanase, they were endangering her, and would have arranged the mind control to not do so, would have put some safety limits on the control commands. Seems simpler to influence and rearrange to guard schedule. Dwight again goes clearly in the Barney Fife camp. I'm pretty sure Virginia is in on it, specifically why Liam trusts her goes beyond her loyalty to being a co-conspirator. Given the EGS Uyuom limitations on magic, and assuming hers are similar, she is probably not the mind controller.

Comic for Friday, June 17, 2022 I get, "Don't confuse things with extraneous information", but I wonder if that's all Edward is thinking. I also wonder why Dwight can't just return on his own. Maybe he can't operate the portal?

Comic for Wednesday June 8, 2022 Revisiting resolved issues? Dwight making more sense than Liam is definitely a bad sign. The one thing Elliot might apologize for is his (her?) intent to end Liam, lacking the knowledge of Liam's mind control. I'm thinking it would be unwise to bring this up. Thinking about cake in the midst of a tense interchange, ADHD? Just hunger? My impression is that griffins are obligate carnivores, would cake appeal to them? Maybe he means a meat cake? If they were talking about a bar of soap, it could be "The cake is a lye."

Comic for Friday June 3, 2022 An interesting revelation for Elliot. I like where this is heading for him, but I have to scratch my head and wonder what refrigerator carton he was isolating in that this is news. Elliot seems prone to these revelations filling voids of understanding that he should not have at his age. At least he's willing to learn. I like Liam's approach to conflict resolution. The sunglasses are interesting. Elliot is not seeing sunglasses; they are the comic's token for us to see Elliot's perception that there is something outstanding about both Edward's and Liam's approaches to de-escalating the immediate situation. It is much like, we don't live in the world around us, we live in a model in our head of the real world around us, unless and until, like Wiley Coyote, the real world has to forcibly correct our model. Ashley also 'saw' tokenized sun glasses, on Susan. I am coming around to Liz's thinking that Ashley and Elliot are less than ideal for each other. They are too similar; Susan, in contrast, stretched Elliot's interests and motivated him to participate in what became a popular movie review; he also was exposed to a wider variety of movies than he was used to. I would say she expanded his horizons. A short conversation with Liz opened up new, albeit negative, vistas for Elliot. Za? Susan is, of course, off the table because of her own issues which have yet to be dealt with. She seriously needs some counseling. A Liz might not be beneficial for Elliot; while revealing flaws in his world-view, the inherent cynicism and negativity might push him in a dark direction that he does not need. Hmm.

https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-154 In my mind, Liam's voice is somewhere between Keith David and Dennis Haysbert.

https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-153 I am so grateful that never has one group of humans looked at another group of people, only to have the first group tell themselves stories about the second group where the details are so exaggerated and the facts taken so far out of context that it might as well be fiction. And then have the first group use their own fiction as justification for doing horrible things to the second group. Yes it is wonderful that humans have never engaged in such reprehensible behavior. - - - - - - - - - - - - - I am wondering who, among the official librarians, historian, and archivists of the ruling Griffons, would have access to the details that could undermine the official position?

Comic for Friday May 13, 2022 First, I got the day right. Yeah, me! Second, it's Friday the 13th. Shouldn't we follow tall buildings' example and jump to Friday the 14th? Skip the 13th day? The most interesting thing in this comic are the last two panels. Virginia shows up and speaks, we don't see her, but Grace is in shock. She looks like another cast member. Guesses: The human Grace that Grace is named after and has some of her DNA - though she never met her, she may have seen a picture and might recognize aspects of herself. Rhoda - just seems to make sense. Susan, Sarah - conventional choices. Probably not one of them. Female Sam - doesn't seem likely, but would fit the shocked expression. Jay - Grace barely knows her, the contrast might be shocking. Female version of Justin maybe? Has to be someone Grace knows, so Liz is out. The griffins didn't comment on knowing someone like Nanase, Grace, Ashley, Ellen, nor Diane, so they should be out. Also female Elliot. Tedd/Tess is not eliminated, but the name doesn't fit the precedent. Guessing that Edward's spell also protected Liam.

Here. Stars in Andrea's eyes are a good thing, yes? Suspicious Dwight is suspicious. Portents unclear, proceed with caution.

Comic for Friday, May 6, 2022 Hmm, Tara and Andre are suddenly there, no approach. Seems abrupt. All the talk about slow pacing, and then griping about them showing up too soon. There's no pleasing some people. Ah, I suppose "Hello" softens the abruptness. I like how Dan cut down the repetitive exposition inn this comic. Liam appears to be making some bad assumptions about how things run. Or, he's incredibly perceptive, and there's a whole 'nother layer waiting to be revealed. That might be; Edward seems to get himself inserted in some very odd situations, and where does his reputation as a diplomat come from, anyway? Without the two off scene characters, the birds outnumber the humans two to one in this comic, and do the felines. With the two off scene characters, the humans have an edge, 0.125 more humans present. The squirrels are outnumbered eight to one. Will Virginia be human? Will she remain on this side as a liaison? Most compelling evidence against this: who do we ship her with? The characters are essentially spoken for, except for Susan, and that would be an abrupt change of direction. Maybe she's older? Edward, Lavender, and Virginia? If she brings her friend Iris, they could be EVIL! Oh, Noes!