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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#53926: Apr 17th 2019 at 1:09:23 PM

Geoduck: If you mean the guy brain-zapping Vapnoople, then yes, it's the time-shifted guy from the balcony.

I just missed it, then.

On the strip where I posted the link to the page. tongue

(page topper context added)

Edited by Nohbody on Apr 17th 2019 at 4:10:22 AM

All your safe space are belong to Trump
Nomophilos Since: May, 2013
#53927: Apr 18th 2019 at 12:24:20 AM

Oh, Crap!.

I think Albia will be seriously reconsidering whether Agatha would make a great addition to her garden.

And we still haven't seen what Agatha herself has been up to these last panels ... she seemeed to be doing something to send the monster back but was delayed by Tarvek being kidnapped - now that *that* is solved, she can flip the switch.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#53929: Apr 18th 2019 at 6:29:09 AM

For some reason I'm put in mind of Paradox from Ben 10: Alien Force and his ability manipulate things inside the larger sphere of time.

I also think Sacky could have learned a bit from this guy's self-restraint. Including a version of the "Today Paris! Tomorrow -Paris! Don't Get Greedy!" poster.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
AnotherBear I used to be Ol Bear from Too far away Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
I used to be Ol Bear
#53930: Apr 18th 2019 at 10:30:53 PM

Friday page [1]

Somehow I don't think Albia is going to like this at all. Unless, of course, Agatha throws the switch that send both him and the monster back into the other dimension. That would be amusing.

And what a bunch of dim minions to not foresee this!

If it moves, eat it. If it doesn't move, kick it—then eat it!
GreybeardFan Since: Aug, 2009
#53931: Apr 18th 2019 at 11:54:03 PM

Agatha walked this road ... but chose wisely. Can she make a second trip.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#53932: Apr 19th 2019 at 12:27:40 AM

I am shocked that this betrayal happened. Shocked, I say! /sarc

Edited by M84 on Apr 20th 2019 at 3:27:50 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#53933: Apr 19th 2019 at 12:59:29 AM

Oh, woe! What an unforeseeable eventuality! I am quite undone by the suddeness of the surprise! [lol]

Still waiting for him to lose his grip on this, mind; that, or getting unceremoniously shoved into a can. tongue

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#53934: Apr 19th 2019 at 1:08:30 AM

A litte sexist but wild mass guessthe reason there are all queens and no kings because all the men who sought and achieved the second breakthrough inevitably betrayed their fellows, while women shared their power. This meant, afterwards, the men were outnumbered and collectively ganked.

Nomophilos Since: May, 2013
#53935: Apr 19th 2019 at 4:41:28 AM

[up]Either that, or the men got too greedy, accumulated too much power and end up splattered all over the ceiling. I don't expect we're going to see Agatha become Godlike anytime soon - a story with a godlike protagonist isn't very interesting, or at least it'd be so different from what we've had for now that it would be a different genre; so I expect Snacky to go Splatty and Agatha to decide not to do what he did *right now*.

Now the remaining question is, will Snacky get smacked by Agatha, by Dimitri, by Cthulhu's little nephew, or by Albia? Or maybe by Gil or Bang, who should be on their way?

Darkhound377 Since: Feb, 2019
#53936: Apr 19th 2019 at 6:06:33 AM

[up]Lets nor forget Trelawney Thorpe, Spark of the Realm! (She's with Gil, last we saw.)

I personnaly like the idea of Snackleford being dragged to the dimension where the Eldritch Horror is an average citizen - who promptly prosecutes him for Interdimensional Kidnapping and Assault & Battery!

Edited by Darkhound377 on Apr 19th 2019 at 9:08:32 AM

AnotherBear I used to be Ol Bear from Too far away Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
I used to be Ol Bear
#53937: Apr 19th 2019 at 8:03:05 AM

[up] Good choice! And I'd especially like it if the Foglios did a couple of pages covering the event.

If it moves, eat it. If it doesn't move, kick it—then eat it!
32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#53938: Apr 19th 2019 at 8:16:03 AM

To make the obvious joke, "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

The extra arms in the last panel are interesting. Someone is learning to rearrange the furniture, so to speak.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
Geoduck bivalve from Pacific Northwest Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
bivalve
#53939: Apr 19th 2019 at 9:45:09 AM

Re: Agatha becoming a God-Queen. With the Ivo Sharktooth side-story, we've seen a future-Agatha who doesn't appear to have gone second-stage. Assuming that tale is fully canon, then yes, she'll stay at first stage for now at least.

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#53940: Apr 19th 2019 at 11:58:03 AM

Well... unless Agatha deliberately keeps "de-tuning" herself (to borrow from The World Ends with You) to seem like a normal human being around the mundanes. Albia clearly demonstrates that she can do so; she just doesn't for her own reasons.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#53941: Apr 19th 2019 at 2:49:18 PM

So, if Albia does show... ancient god-type who's had thousands of years to play around and discover what she can do, vs jumped-up newbie who thinks he's the best thing since the God-Queens? And he's 1) not a good guy; 2) doesn't have any sort of related experience to guide him.

So if he faces Albia, the chances are very high of him going from Snacky to Splatty.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
DeMarquis Who Am I? from Hell, USA Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Who Am I?
#53942: Apr 19th 2019 at 6:15:51 PM

That artwork is beautiful, esp that last panel. It looks like a stain glass window.

"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#53943: Apr 21st 2019 at 10:18:14 PM

Link

Isn't there something in the Evil Overlord list about those last couple of panels? Or something related, at least.

Edited by Candi on Apr 21st 2019 at 10:18:38 AM

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#53944: Apr 22nd 2019 at 2:42:42 AM

[up]Apart form the several points that cover "don't set yourself up for the sideswiping Big Damn Heroes/ Villains, dummy" we do have going on before the green energy fly-swat of Big Damn?

Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#53945: Apr 22nd 2019 at 6:06:52 AM

The Foglios have done send ups and Playing With various tropes -this whole Summon the Monster sequence feels like a send up of the whole Overlord list.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#53946: Apr 22nd 2019 at 6:34:09 AM

I mean, he's heavily engaging in Just Between You and Me and a bit of Nothing Can Stop Me Now. Those are heavily discouraged on the Evil Overlord List. That said, considering we're still seeing him on his rise to power, Snacky might technically not qualify yet. Still a bit Genre Blind regardless, though.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
DeMarquis Who Am I? from Hell, USA Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Who Am I?
#53947: Apr 22nd 2019 at 4:58:58 PM

So a little "villain on villain action" now.

"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
AnotherBear I used to be Ol Bear from Too far away Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
I used to be Ol Bear
#53948: Apr 23rd 2019 at 6:34:20 AM

Let 'em take each other out.

If it moves, eat it. If it doesn't move, kick it—then eat it!
Nomophilos Since: May, 2013
#53949: Apr 23rd 2019 at 1:00:00 PM

But so far, Dimitri *hasn't* been a villain. Oh, sure, he's done some (supposedly) Offscreen Villainy in the distant past, but 1) we only know about that second hand, through a spark he was opposed to and 2) in the meantime, he's been defeated, dumbified, made friends with Agatha, etc.

So this could go either way. Either he's now still "good" (or at least, friendly with Agatha), or the time monster guy thing turned him back into the evil maniac he once was and he will now be a bigger threat than that clown Snacky. Or maybe whatever time dude did was only temporary, and he'll go back to his janitor self Flowers For Algernon-style.

Either way, Albia will not be happy, oh no, not one bit.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#53950: Apr 23rd 2019 at 3:52:48 PM

1) we only know about that second hand, through a spark he was opposed to
Two sparks; the baron "studied" him.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.

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