Paranatural

Update

Yup, the Vice Principal is the Witch.

Well, that would explain why she has a normal kid's head on her nose.

But that still doesn't say whether she's supernatural or not.

So. Was the random tarp being a super-effective camouflage part of her supernatural stuff rather than just comedy effect?

I think we were already supposed to assume it was supernatural stuff, that just happened to manifest in a funny way.

I like the alt text today.

For now until I see concrete evidence otherwise, the "witch" is just a really scary muggle who traumatized the poor lady.

I mean Davy made mention to the Witch and her "legs", and Patchworm is making some choice spider references, in addition to that spindly-looking silouhette. I think its fair to assume that she is another monster.

Plus she did understand what was going on with Jeff so she knows about spirits and stuff.

The spirit possessing the Ghost Train isn't dead, "vaporized" just means it's turned into its whit ghost form.

Edited by Druplesnubb on Jul 20th 2018 at 1:17:29 PM

That page is not about the controller. It's the train Tooling up after having been squished.

The controller spirit may also have been merely weakened and in need of a refuge. However, it was damaged in the forest, outside the barrier. Maybe it's alive, but Doc and Co would have no way to know or to find it.

Edited by Adannor on Jul 20th 2018 at 2:32:08 PM

Update

Eightfold is no longer objectively the cutest character in Paranatural.

Oh my god, that is adorable! And kind of creepy. But it's adorable nonetheless!

New theory: the Bad Thing that Isaac did was to injure Peekaboo by accident. The only blank Bedsheet Ghost-type spirits we've seen are the ones who lost their memories after they got eaten by the bat-grudge in the first chapter. Isaac did something that nearly destroyed Peekaboo; he just barely made it through, but at the cost of his memories. Dimitri has been avoiding him since then because it's basically personality-death and it was too painful seeing the remnant of his friend.

Also theory: Peekaboo's power is being a creeper. He is Peekaboo. He sees you. He always sees you.

I notice that Dmitri and Peekaboo both still aren't showing any spectral energy. Perhaps related to that theory?

But we've seen Peekaboo's power already. It's the vibration thingy Dmitri used.

Oh yeah, he's doing a little "WRR" thing, like a cat purring. Also, what's up with the toys in the spirit world? And scared? Curiouser and curiouser...

I'm guessing something happened with Peekaboo's powers that made Dimitri scared of them. Probably has to do with that weird wobbly disconnection his head had earlier.

I think the "are you mad or scared?" thing matches with the loss of identity theory. Peekaboo is a spook ghost by concept, it seems, given the typical spooky toys/clowns in his realm. So if he got damaged and lost his memory, retaining only barest principles of personality, he could think that he had scared his medium out of communing with him.

Ok. I'm about 80% certain now that Dimitri is a spectral.

What gave it away - his manipulation of Spectral energy, that he talks to a Spirit in Spirit Time (or whatever it's called), or something else?

On the topic of his powers though, I think that it's just body manipulation (or something functionally equivalent to that). The hand vibrating trick was just that - I think he was vibrating/shifting his hand around fast enough in a specific direction to deflect the ball when it touched his hand.

He's probably a Medium (we've seen nothing that would qualify for his tool), and given the powers and that they seem to require some level of conscious control....I can understand why he might not want to deal with that world if at all possible.

Edited by Krika on Jul 25th 2018 at 9:31:46 AM

Jeff's cool now.

the alt-text is perfect

And those student council members just diving from off panel towards Johnny in the last panel.

Priceless.

Flipflop.

Update. To the surprise of absolutely no one, Isabel's grandfather is an ass.

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Edited by Discar on Jul 31st 2018 at 7:50:04 AM

And Isabel's grandfather remains an inflexible jerk when it comes to his precious spirit marshal arts style.

And as noted earlier Isabel is still amazing at using a spirit's powers in a fighting situation. Even Flip-Flop thought his powers were useless.

Edited by Rhapsha on Jul 31st 2018 at 10:46:39 AM