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Adannor Since: May, 2010
#1251: Jan 12th 2018 at 5:40:36 AM

As far as I can tell "Not anymore" is said by the mental keeper version rather than by the original one in the memory - he's sitting on the opposite side. He isn't reading her thoughts because he sealed all memories of it off.

edited 12th Jan '18 5:43:07 AM by Adannor

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1252: Jan 12th 2018 at 5:57:01 AM

Oh, good point. One could also read it alternately as that he won't read her memories ever again because at some point she got eliminated, but indeed, that would account for us not hearing her thoughts in this playback.

StateOfBedlam Since: Jul, 2015
#1253: Jan 12th 2018 at 9:55:43 AM

Past Patrick is wearing a sweater, current memory keeper Patrick is not. He said previously that his mother is "beyond the barrier" (issue 7, page 64) when Alison asked who she was, which accounted for her silhouette and lack of displayed memories.

The most obvious interpretation of "not anymore, thankfully" is that memory keeper Patrick is glad he does not have to re-experience reading her mind when he returns to this memory, because he's locked that part of the memory away beyond the oldest memory barrier. This line serves as exposition and draws attention to the fact that he is not recalling her thoughts.

edited 12th Jan '18 9:57:50 AM by StateOfBedlam

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DeMarquis Since: Feb, 2010
#1254: Jan 12th 2018 at 5:02:14 PM

Im frankly not sure what is happening here—evidently he jumped out of the car to avoid whatever it was that she was going to do?

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#1255: Jan 12th 2018 at 6:05:36 PM

She was going to murder him and bury him in the woods. So yeah, he jumped out of the car.

DeMarquis Since: Feb, 2010
Adannor Since: May, 2010
#1257: Jan 12th 2018 at 11:29:19 PM

Well what else do you think she may be referring to with "try make it painless" and bring a shovel for?

edited 12th Jan '18 11:29:33 PM by Adannor

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#1258: Jan 13th 2018 at 8:12:35 AM

Yeah I think killing was pretty much implied, with the "make it painless" line.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#1260: Jan 18th 2018 at 7:35:50 PM

"But than I made a barrier and put my need for love behind it and when I got rid of my need for love the lack of it didn't sting so bad"

edited 18th Jan '18 7:37:25 PM by phantom1

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1261: Jan 19th 2018 at 6:57:42 AM

More psychic self-surgery. This is fascinating. My current theory on this arc is that Patrick's seeming insanity on arrival is due to all of these bits he's locked away coming back in full force. However, I don't think it's due to his power, but rather due to him honestly wanting to become more human for Alison.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1262: Jan 23rd 2018 at 10:54:48 AM

And Patrick's rise to Menace, with confirmation of what we've long suspected, that he was an unusually early trigger for some reason.

StateOfBedlam Since: Jul, 2015
#1263: Jan 24th 2018 at 1:09:18 PM

I'm sure we won't see what's behind that door before the end of this arc. smile

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Mr.Badguy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
DeMarquis Since: Feb, 2010
#1266: Jan 30th 2018 at 11:11:29 AM

Yeah, good luck with that, guys.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1267: Feb 9th 2018 at 6:48:19 AM

Cliffhanger as Allison reaches for succor...

There was another strip before this one on Tuesday but all it really does, in my opinion, is set up that all of Patrick's mental constructs follow the instruction of that poor broken little boy.

DeMarquis Since: Feb, 2010
#1268: Feb 9th 2018 at 2:28:39 PM

And now Feral must awaken her... with a kiss.

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FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1272: Feb 16th 2018 at 7:02:17 AM

That feeling when you just barely escape... and realize that you also didn't achieve the objective.

This kind of makes me think... what was the purpose of Kid Patrick taking her through that? Did he hope she would understand? Was he undecided until then that she had to die? Did he have to gather forces? Did he never really want to kill her, and expected she'd escape?

edited 16th Feb '18 7:03:27 AM by FuzzyBoots

DeMarquis Since: Feb, 2010
#1273: Feb 16th 2018 at 9:36:41 AM

He expected her to fail to get the notes.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1274: Feb 20th 2018 at 6:41:09 AM

Eyeh, but that was a lot of rigmarole, taking her through the painful genesis of Menace, before springing the trap. He's playing some sort of a game here, but I'm not sure what.

But, today, Sympathetic Male Antagonists.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1275: Feb 27th 2018 at 6:45:52 AM

People Die If They Are Killed, but Allison has an insight about how to turn Patrick's mind against him.


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