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Yay! Its back again! I stagger my reading of it to Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday cause there aren't enough good webcomics on those days, so I am not the best person to lead a real time discussion, but it really needs a thread. So in Monday's we see the mysterious return of the dark figure. (linky)

Who is starting to sound really, really desperate.

Also, is it just the art upgrade, or does Ellen's green ray seem more... jeeze, what is a same word to use? Powerful? More powerful then usual?

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Oct 10th 2025 at 12:46:21 PM

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#527: Aug 18th 2010 at 12:29:34 PM

Bah. Just great. I went into the archives to see if his hair was always like that, ( it used to be curly, so that was my confusion) and now I remember why I'm here. This series sure as hell has gotten a lot better.

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#528: Aug 18th 2010 at 5:40:02 PM

What do you have to do with anything?

What's that supposed to mean? What do you have to do with anything?

Anyway, just stopping by to comment on the "retcon" thing.

This is definitely not a change, as, though no one is ever shown to not be able to get it, it was never shown that that wasn't something that happened either. Presumably people who weren't able to do it wouldn't be shown doing it. It was a blank area. In fact, didn't Justin once say he had more trouble doing it than, say Nanase and Elliot. Just an addition.

However, elaborating on something that was not previously elaborated on is retconning, just not in the way most people use it, hence the confusion. Most people use retcon to mean changing of canon, and don't see adding more information to preexisting canon without changing that which is already there as retconning, though it... technically... is, as you're still applying continuity retroactively.

Hence, people tend to think of retconning as a negative thing, though evidently you weren't using it that way.

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#529: Aug 18th 2010 at 5:45:07 PM

Eh, you got a point, referring to what ya quoted. I was mostly cheesed off how the person said 'it was obvious to ME', Sisall.

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#530: Aug 20th 2010 at 4:24:32 AM

I'd like to note that (in the current strip) that it seems like the skirt Elliot wears when he wakes up is the same one that Reporter Girlfriend Sarah was wearing. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

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#531: Aug 20th 2010 at 7:01:21 AM

Problems-

How easily he remembered his dream. Yeah he just woke up, so it's possible, but it still annoys me. Minor nitpick though.

The fact that he remembered what he was wearing. Yeah.

Also, the last panel. Are these people sexually active or not? I understand he's afraid of drawing nudity in transformations for fear that people will think it's porn (like the Watchmen, clearly), but this whole implying thing just seems weak. It gives the impression they're just gonna larp on friday...

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#532: Aug 20th 2010 at 7:12:31 AM

I will admit that I haven't read through this whole topic, so I don't know if it's been commented on, but has anyone else noticed that Mr. Raven is an older, more creepy Edgeworth? It's fairly obvious, but I didn't find it on the Character Sheet, so who knows.

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#533: Aug 20th 2010 at 7:14:13 AM

Quien es Edgeworth? I always assumed it was Snape, or my tenth grade english teacher, Mitt.

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#534: Aug 20th 2010 at 7:15:22 AM

I laughed. 'Sides,I wouldn't want my sister telling me what went on in her bedroom either.

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#535: Aug 20th 2010 at 7:15:57 AM

No, I get Elliot's reaction, I just do not get why he would include the super hero thing in the first place.

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#536: Aug 20th 2010 at 8:26:03 AM

Something else I saw. It's a safe bet that the author watches his fair share of anime; has anyone else noticed the physical similarities between Susan and Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh?

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#537: Aug 20th 2010 at 8:40:36 AM

Meh. That's an archetype thing. Not an inspiration thing.

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#538: Aug 20th 2010 at 10:18:22 AM

I almost always remember my dreams. It's a rarity if I can't recall them in detail up to 3 or 4 days later.

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#539: Aug 20th 2010 at 12:44:15 PM

anyone else wonder why Tedd sometimes glows?

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#540: Aug 20th 2010 at 6:34:11 PM

Exposion to magic energy from the TF gun taking minor effect? We all know he uses the thing pretty much like a toy.

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#541: Aug 23rd 2010 at 7:04:46 AM

This should be the right link

Ahahaha, oh Ellen, you really know nothing about how your body works do you? Unless you have continual routine practicing, your body's muscles don't exactly remain stagnant. It does not matter if you're a black belt. For one, there are still ranks AFTER black belt, for another, it doesn't mean shit if you immediately go into lazy mode.

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#542: Aug 23rd 2010 at 8:23:08 AM

I agree but how does magic affect all of this?

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#543: Aug 23rd 2010 at 8:50:06 AM

That is a good point, but I doubt that magic use is fine even if you never use it. You would fall out of practice. It's the same thing with any mental subject as well, not just physical.

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#544: Aug 24th 2010 at 12:43:04 PM

Another thing I just noticed- they are all wearing a very similar style of shirt & open jacket. Hrmmmm.

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#545: Aug 25th 2010 at 8:37:04 PM

Good to know Greg is consistently still vaguely detached from reality and glad the big guy is taking responsibility.

And Hooray more implications that Justin has some form of "special" attached to him. C'mon fleshing him out Mr. Shive! You can do it! Make Justin less generic now. That's Sarah's role, remember that.

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#546: Aug 25th 2010 at 9:57:04 PM

Does this mean anyone with anime training could develop crazy sociopathic superpowers? Gee, I wonder who it's gunna be...

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why Shive could have benefited from some pacing.

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#547: Aug 26th 2010 at 5:20:04 AM

We've never even seen Justin fight before. What can he even do?

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#548: Aug 26th 2010 at 5:39:49 AM

Well I've seen illusions but that's about all I recall.

He just hasn't been given a chance in the spotlight yet, which makes sense in some ways and not in others. Like he could've benefited from some fight time during the Painted Black arc but hasn't been present for most other major fights. And it's been mentioned he's just not as good as Eliot and Nanase so it's probably more efficient to have them on the front lines than him.

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#549: Aug 26th 2010 at 6:28:47 AM

I wouldn't mind just seeing him trying, and failing horribly. It would have been better than no expo at all.

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#550: Aug 26th 2010 at 6:51:03 AM

I wholly agree, I hope Justin gets some sort of spotlight. I really really love ensemble casts but really really hate when the ensemble is squandered. Mr. Shive his done a mostly good job at avoiding this but even Sarah has had better exposure and development than Justin at this point, and she's supposed to be the "normal" one!

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