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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

Neep Revolution of Ruin from Booooooooomblastandruin Since: Jan, 2001
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#626: Sep 5th 2010 at 8:03:41 AM

Nanase has worn a cross necklace on occasion, but yeah.

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#627: Sep 5th 2010 at 8:04:21 AM

^^Well, there's Justin thinking there is no god after seeing Susan's "Kitty!" face. And that's about it.

edited 5th Sep '10 8:04:58 AM by Medinoc

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#628: Sep 5th 2010 at 8:05:16 AM

@Neep: Eeenteresting. Not satisfying though. Where was this? What arc?

@Medinoc: That's more of a rule of funny.

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BlackHumor Since: Jan, 2001
#629: Sep 5th 2010 at 10:21:20 AM

Various arcs; I know sometime during the color strips was one of them. Lemme go find it, one sec.

EDIT: Haven't found a cross yet, but I found this.

edited 5th Sep '10 10:27:56 AM by BlackHumor

Joaqs Técnico Electromecánico from Argentina Since: Jul, 2009
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#630: Sep 5th 2010 at 1:31:58 PM

Wait, the immortals in this strip are the same in this other?

A_H_R Resistance is Futile from Crevice of your Mind Since: Feb, 2010
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#632: Sep 5th 2010 at 1:54:24 PM

I'd even promote it to probably.

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#633: Sep 5th 2010 at 2:06:09 PM

Heavily implied.

In fact, I'm pretty confident they are the same, just without their memories.

edited 5th Sep '10 2:06:32 PM by ACDrawings

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#634: Sep 5th 2010 at 2:07:06 PM

Whelp, I can criticize Shive on a lot of things, but he does have foreshadowing down.

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#635: Sep 5th 2010 at 3:28:42 PM

I've been thinking, guys. I really don't like how Dan gave Susan that tragic backstory without foreshadowing it a little bit more. For the longest time I've seen Susan as the oversensitive feminist, so the fact that she suddenly has a tragic backstory- I dunno, that's a hard pill to swallow. I think being forced to kill someone would stand out more than finding your dad cheating on your mom.

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#636: Sep 5th 2010 at 6:26:17 PM

How would you have foreshadowed it while keeping her personality the same? I think incidentally that having glowing eyes, fangs and snarling would have made it quite a bit easier for Susan.

edited 5th Sep '10 6:28:16 PM by Nobodymuch

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#637: Sep 5th 2010 at 6:27:57 PM

incoherent flashbacks. different opinions about killing. stuff like that.

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#638: Sep 5th 2010 at 6:31:25 PM

A tendency to regard rampaging monsters as nothing she hadn't seen before?

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#639: Sep 5th 2010 at 9:12:06 PM

Great... Grace seems to be ignoring the advice she got from Jerry.

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#640: Sep 5th 2010 at 9:32:12 PM

Fascinating. So Nanase is a wimpy girly-girl without her powers. Shame, I thought she was actually strong on her own. Ah well, I'll slap it into unfortunate implications when I feel less lazy.

And After multiple accounts it's prety clear at this point that Grace is bi-polar.

Just Sayin'.

This... Is the Scariest hottest thing Shive has done thus far. Wait, did I just say.. Grace was hot? Uh-huh, yeah, one moment, I need to go bleach this unclean from my libido.

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#641: Sep 5th 2010 at 9:58:31 PM

Well, I'd be lying if I said EGS was the first to have people's strength be tied to their powers...

Also "girly-girl?" Since when?

edited 5th Sep '10 9:59:08 PM by KnownUnknown

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#642: Sep 5th 2010 at 10:02:28 PM

I was aexaggerating. Point I was trying to make was that now that powers go bye bye, so do the fact she had strength that would make Shwartzeneggar run and hide crying. And there I go using yet another misplaced analogy that is far too extreme. Let me re-iterate:

"Revealing magic Nanase make Nanase Stronger than Nanase actually is seem like not-nice."

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#643: Sep 5th 2010 at 10:06:03 PM

I'd probably agree with you a bit more if people with superpowers being weaker without those powers wasn't a staple of having superpowers.

edited 5th Sep '10 10:16:05 PM by KnownUnknown

Eggie from Bosnia Since: Apr, 2009
#644: Sep 5th 2010 at 11:41:18 PM

I never saw Nanase as a strong character. Sure, she is very combat proficient with powers, but personality wise, she's very cowardly.

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#645: Sep 5th 2010 at 11:55:56 PM

Well I already knew all that. I most certainly meant physically.

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#646: Sep 6th 2010 at 3:44:49 AM

I don't know why, but I REALLY disliked this comic. The joke was incredibly forced, Ellen annoyed me for no reason other than the shirt she was wearing, and Nanase...there is more to fighting than being able to bench. Just saying. It's mostly about torque.

Fridge Logic: Nanase and Ellen are together because Elliot and Nanase were the perfect match, except for the gender issue. But Ellen has a completely different personality due to the nose binging. Hrm.

edited 6th Sep '10 4:28:07 AM by A_H_R

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#647: Sep 6th 2010 at 6:02:24 AM

Because a teenage girl benching a 160 pounds is "girly girl-ish" since when? I don't see Nanase becoming some Distressed Damsel, as she does also have her magic back, she just can't use it at the new dojo or she might cause people to freak out. You know with those stupid "paranormal seekers" in town and all?

Anyhow, more foreshadowing, again... Anyone else sometimes want to go creep behind Dan and tell him to Get On With It! In the Monty Pythonand The Holy Grail God voice and all.

edited 6th Sep '10 6:05:00 AM by KuroFox

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#648: Sep 6th 2010 at 6:09:37 AM

^^I think Ellen is more of a mix between Elliot and her other self.

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#649: Sep 6th 2010 at 7:06:47 AM

Ellen is definitely a mix. I seriously doubt the alternate history fundamentally altered her entire personality. How else would Nanase use her as a gauge for Elliot's disinterest in geeky things? There are probably deeper similarities than obvious differences.

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#650: Sep 6th 2010 at 7:08:15 AM

It seems like a bit shaky and unclear though. :/. Plus, I'm still annoyed more with the way he seems to be handling the karate. You could bench a thousand pounds, that does not mean you can fight.

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