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Alice Grove MCDLT - December 2016
BenRG:
--- Quote from: plusorminus on 17 Dec 2016, 12:24 ---@BenRG, but wasn't Sideous confirmed as one of the most powerful Sith ever? Yeah, Vader was bad ass but he also couldn't exist outside the suit. Palps was weakened by the Force Lightning blast, but not as much as Anakin? I thought?
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That doesn't matter; it is in a Sith Apprentice's nature to seek to destroy his or her Master when they have learned all they could and are strong enough to do so. Vader knew that he couldn't beat Palpatine one-on-one so he didn't even try. The EU (now known as 'Legends') records at least one occasion when he tried to train an apprentice to back up his attempted coup (as well as several occasions when he tried to salvage tools or learn abilities to give him an edge) and we all know what his game plan was for trying to get Luke on his side - Kill Palpatine and take over the Empire.
Anyway, we're getting sidetracked. The point is that, until the climax of Return of the Jedi, we had no clue that The Emperor was powerful in his own right as a Force Adept. So, I'm wondering if Pate will turn out to have hidden depths. Maybe extrasensory or energy field manipulation based powers to offset Church being an ultra-strong and invulnerable living tank?
Tevildo:
New here, first post. Whee. I like this comic; it's grown on me a lot since it first started.
I did want to say, I'm glad to see Sedna not severely disabled forever, or incapacitated by feelings of failure. Church's presence has a bit of a Hollywood vibe, so it's nice to see the usual set of cliches not being followed exactly.
Still crossing my fingers that this doesn't turn into "Ardent Single-Handedly Saves The Day And Gets The Girl", though.
(And, err, not sure if this is the place for such comments. Hope I'm not goofing up already...)
BenRG:
Welcome new person and, don't worry, those comments don't violate any unspoken rules.
--- Quote from: Tevildo on 17 Dec 2016, 13:36 ---Still crossing my fingers that this doesn't turn into "Ardent Single-Handedly Saves The Day And Gets The Girl", though.
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That presupposes that Ardent meets a girl with whom he's interested in a sustained relationship and isn't inspired to slap his face upon first meeting. :wink: :evil:
pwhodges:
Ardent doesn't want to get "the girl" - he wants to get all the girls!
(Disclaimer - my avatar on my other main forum is currently Ardent from today's comic.)
Tevildo:
Thanks for the welcome, y'all!
For the purposes of Hollywood cliche, plural is probably even worse than singular. And there's no rule that male hero types even have to be good at anything. Michael Crichton, as far as I could tell, habitually wrote goofball hero dudes who perforce succeeded because they were dudes.
Sorry, everyone. Pop culture has conditioned me to expect disappointment.
(And don't get me wrong, I do like the comic. But I will breath a sigh of relief when Church stops being a major player. Juggernaut-style male villains are a hard sell for me.)
(Also: if Ardent avenges Ellie's death, I swear I'm gonna just ragequit AG, geekery withdrawal be damned... :|)
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