Interesting that we don't actually know what plans Pate has for the space kids. Knowledge is to a certain extent power, and there's curiosity besides, so its obvious any executive would want to meet them, especially in light of the moon incident. However, assuming that the Ardent capability is not known, big assumption perhaps, what *use* are they?
Ardent will be captured.
Gavia will ultimately need to overcome her resentment to rescue him.
One of my few bouts of speculation.
Ardent will be captured.
Gavia will ultimately need to overcome her resentment to rescue him.
One of my few bouts of speculation.
Gavia wouldn't need to overcome her resentment to rescue Ardent. The desire to return home is all the motivation she needs.
Ardent will be captured.
Gavia will ultimately need to overcome her resentment to rescue him.
One of my few bouts of speculation.
Gavia wouldn't need to overcome her resentment to rescue Ardent. The desire to return home is all the motivation she needs.
Yes, that ought to be enough to overcome her resentment. Probably.
I'm just trying to parse Gavia's expression in that last panel.
Yea, I picked up on the emotion, just trying to attach it to a specific cause. Admittedly, it's an odd and troubling situation, I'm just curious what particular aspect has her concerned.
Just noticed this detail (http://imgur.com/a/GIVTS) when checking for an update today... Don't see it mentioned here yet. Heh.
Yea, I picked up on the emotion, just trying to attach it to a specific cause. Admittedly, it's an odd and troubling situation, I'm just curious what particular aspect has her concerned.Probably wondering what Alice will do when Ardent throws up all over the back of her dungarees...
Instinctively toss him a half mile away?Yea, I picked up on the emotion, just trying to attach it to a specific cause. Admittedly, it's an odd and troubling situation, I'm just curious what particular aspect has her concerned.Probably wondering what Alice will do when Ardent throws up all over the back of her dungarees...
Yeah, okay, hands up whoever didn't see this one coming? Anyone? Anyone?
Now, if Sedna is smart, she'll run like fun, fun, fun and not look back. The problem is that no-one has ever accused her of being particularly smart, especially when it comes to her 'fighting things is fun' issue.
Without a doubt he's big, but what's interesting is how someone that size continuously sneaks up on people. Is it super speed or can he fly?
Without a doubt he's big, but what's interesting is how someone that size continuously sneaks up on people. Is it super speed or can he fly?
Seriously.
Sedna, assuming basic tactical competence, would have checked on Mr. Bad News's whereabouts before she started.
There's a story behind how he surprised her.
In these opening frames, Sergio Leone established a rule that he follows throughout "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." The rule is that the ability to see is limited by the sides of the frame. At important moments in the film, what the camera cannot see, the characters cannot see, and that gives Leone the freedom to surprise us with entrances that cannot be explained by the practical geography of his shots.
There is a moment, for example, when men do not notice a vast encampment of the Union Army until they stumble upon it. And a moment in a cemetery when a man materializes out of thin air even though he should have been visible for a mile.
He Who Looms Behind.
do I go subtle
doh. I just noticed a little inconsistency in Pate's wagon... 4 wheels/2 axles when it first appeared and 6 wheels 3 axles now ...
unless Ellie's got a mechanic's shop at the site that works on late model carriages and I should Really Just Relax :-)
He Who Looms Behind.
I was calling him "Heterochromia Goon" in the expectation that there would be other Goons that would take other Modifiers, but Pate appears to only need one Goon.
SO FAR.
Well, in fairness he acted to stop her from destroying the vehicle AFTER she pummeled the front end. So far he's within his rights to defend his bosses vehicle from someone trying to destroy it for (from his perspective at this point) no actionable reason.
I expect Alice will go back for her. It's going to be another month-long no-holds-barred battle scene.
Can Sedna recover from this?
A baseline could use normal organic self-repair.
Fixing Sedna might require technology that hasn't existed for five thousand years.
And if all else fails, there's always Ardent.
Ouzomus Prime?
Can Sedna recover from this?
A baseline could use normal organic self-repair.
Fixing Sedna might require technology that hasn't existed for five thousand years.
And Sedna, realizing she'd been busted and was in danger, stayed on-mission and decided to take out the carriage anyway.Yup. Mission comes first to Sedna by instinct.
Bravery? That's above & beyond levels. If she keeps him slightly occupied till Alice can get there she's levendary.
Ellie can swing a pipe hard enough to bend it around an obstacle. She might not be baseline.
How much did she know about Loomis? If she thought he was at all close to baseline, then using that much force showed intent to kill. If she knew he was a whatever-Alice-is, why the surprise that her attack failed?
Noble but futile attack in another universe (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=746).
That's an interesting reaction. I wonder if it's because getting attacked means he gets to attack back.
*Ardent touches Mr. BadNews*
*Mr. BadNews turns into Giant Death Robot*
Alice: "I can't let that kid go anywhere... :psyduck:"
That's an interesting reaction. I wonder if it's because getting attacked means he gets to attack back.Don't forget Alice's maniacal grin when fighting Gavia. At their core, they are sapient combat tools, even if they are capable of being more. I'm sure their is a certain satisfaction in performing one's primary function.
Ellie can swing a pipe hard enough to bend it around an obstacle. She might not be baseline..Or it could be fairly thin walled lead pipe which would bring weight and bend into human range.
I just hope Loomis never says "To the Moon, Alice!".
Against an opponent like him Alice will need to operate with her full capabilities. That's going to be interesting. She may have worse things in reserve than creating pools of lava.
Raising the issue that Alice's full capabilities are not something to be unleashed if innocent bystanders are in range.
Well we've seen that Alice has an armored form. Perhaps she has 2 more transformations complete with dramatic music and guttural grunting.
Well we've seen that Alice has an armored form. Perhaps she has 2 more transformations complete with dramatic music and guttural grunting.
Plus a climactic battle that will take Jeph more than five years to finish publishing at an update rate of 1/week.
Well we've seen that Alice has an armored form. Perhaps she has 2 more transformations complete with dramatic music and guttural grunting.
Plus a climactic battle that will take Jeph more than five years to finish publishing at an update rate of 1/week.
I wonder if Alice and Eyeball* are gods of sort.
*I just don't want to call him "Bad News" and couldn't think of anything else.
I can't imagine Alice fighting unless she absolutely has to, if only because a fight between the two is surely to cause massive damage and to put everyone nearby at significant risk.
I don't think it was so much she didn't think she could take him as much as she couldn't take him without massive amounts of collateral damage. But you could be right.
I'm wondering how FAST Mr. Bad News is. The fact that Pate didn't ride him from the city suggests he's no quicker than baseline.