El Goonish Shive III - Totally Adorkable!

[Rater202]

Dan's been teasing it since then, but he also teased the possibility of Sarah and Sam, so...

[Douglas]

I thought it was confirmed since this comic

What about this sketchbook? Might not be canon, but still.

[Dusk Eclipse]

The comic I linked is a little over a year older than that sketchbook though.

[Rater202]

Joking aside. it's not canon until we get confirmation of a three way make-out session.

[AGD]

Since AUs exist in EGS, it could be canon in one of them.

Apropos AU, has anyone of you thought about Elseworld-Storys for EGS. I have an Idea for an elseworld were evil extremely flanderized versions of Early!Tedd and Early!Susan are reluctantly working together to turn every human being into a lesbian(Susan because she thinks, that woman are better people and lesbians have better taste and Tedd, because Lesbians are sexy awesome), while Elliott & Co. must oppose them.

On which Site would you be?

[Qwertystop]

Not much time left - what do you think the next page will be?
Diane's reaction?
Other three talking over her attempt to audibly react?
Back to Eliott and Ashley?
Jump to montage of selected interviews?
Tara's perspective?
The actual meeting?

My guess is either A or F.

[Egneil]

New Comic.

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I'm thinking that Tara knows about Nanase from her family legacy of monster hunters than from any particular incident. Beings who could be described as monstrous would likely try to learn about those that hunt them, and I somehow doubt that the new year's eve party got leaked to what would be the magical world.

[Mith]

She also looks like a younger version of her aunt, so it could also be a double take to make sure it's not Noriko.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

She also looks like a younger version of her aunt, so it could also be a double take to make sure it's not Noriko.

That's what I assumed just happened. She might still be suspicious that she might have taken after her, though.

GW

[JeenLeen]

I had what I think was a humorous misreading of the first square.

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I misread Charlotte's tone at first as "I cannot help (i.e., influence or impact) if (meaning whether or not) I am in the car", and that combined with her odd second sentence made me wonder if Chesire or Chaos might be influencing her and she was trying somehow to communicate that she was not in control of her location. Or, Charlotte really was in the car and this being talking is only pretending to be Charlotte.

But after a couple re-reads I realized she's saying she cannot help (be of aid) if she's in the car, which makes a lot more sense.

[Lizard Lord]

I had what I think was a humorous misreading of the first square.

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I misread Charlotte's tone at first as "I cannot help (i.e., influence or impact) if (meaning whether or not) I am in the car", and that combined with her odd second sentence made me wonder if Chesire or Chaos might be influencing her and she was trying somehow to communicate that she was not in control of her location. Or, Charlotte really was in the car and this being talking is only pretending to be Charlotte.

But after a couple re-reads I realized she's saying she cannot help (be of aid) if she's in the car, which makes a lot more sense.

Immortals can't take direct control of people or anything. Even Dex received the magical equivalent of being given a gun, getting really drunk, and being told "You know what would be a good idea?".

[The Mormegil]

Interesting. Though I believe it says more about Tara's world than it does about Nanase.

[halfeye]

Wednesday's comic

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Vampire Hunter?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Wednesday's comic

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Vampire Hunter?

What about it? I mean, other that re-confirming that magical potential generally runs in families and therefore that she is Susan's sister?

Grey Wolf

[Douglas]

Today's NP

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I'm guessing Grace is going to use her near-arbitrary young adult morphing abilities to serve as Sarah and Ellen's interactive adjustable model while they brainstorm.

On the story comic, has Dan been watching Buffy recently?

[The Mormegil]

Nanase is definitely badass in today's comic. :>

[Silva Stormrage]

Nanase is definitely badass in today's comic. :>

My personal favorite part is Tara's reaction. "Are you SURE you aren't royalty?" I was dying for like 5 minutes straight.

[malloyd]

My personal favorite part is Tara's reaction. "Are you SURE you aren't royalty?" I was dying for like 5 minutes straight.

Is that reaction impressed, or concerned? Discovering it's OK for random people who aren't even nobles to kill things they decide aren't human in this world could be a cause for serious worry when you and your family aren't human.

Probably not the way this is going to go, comedy after all, but ignoring the fact monster hunters are vigilante murderers works OK as long as everybody in the story is human, but start introducing characters somebody could reasonably define as a monster and you may want to think about it more carefully.

[Qwertystop]

Is that reaction impressed, or concerned? Discovering it's OK for random people who aren't even nobles to kill things they decide aren't human in this world could be a cause for serious worry when you and your family aren't human.

Probably not the way this is going to go, comedy after all, but ignoring the fact monster hunters are vigilante murderers works OK as long as everybody in the story is human, but start introducing characters somebody could reasonably define as a monster and you may want to think about it more carefully.

Not quite - there is a reasonably strict definition of "aberration," which comes down to "once-human immortal magical parasite literally incapable of empathy". As long as the monster hunters are specifically aberration-hunters, no real problem.

[theNater]

Is that reaction impressed, or concerned? Discovering it's OK for random people who aren't even nobles to kill things they decide aren't human in this world could be a cause for serious worry when you and your family aren't human.

Tara recognizes that vampire hunters are a thing, and doesn't seem concerned by the presence of Diane. It would be weird for her to be concerned by non-noble vampire slayer Nanase but not by non-noble potential vampire slayer Diane.

Not quite - there is a reasonably strict definition of "aberration," which comes down to "once-human immortal magical parasite literally incapable of empathy".

I don't remember the "literally incapable of empathy" part. What's the source on that?

Aberrations are necessarily serial murderers, because their immortality is predicated on stealing the life-essence of others, but that's not the same as being incapable of empathy.

[eschmenk]

I don't remember the "literally incapable of empathy" part. What's the source on that?

I don't like the way he used "literally," but the reference is here.

[Qwertystop]

I don't remember the "literally incapable of empathy" part. What's the source on that?

Dan's reply to a Tumblr ask. Don't know if it was phrased that clearly in the comic.

[theNater]

I don't like the way he used "literally," but the reference is here.

Dan's reply to a Tumblr ask. Don't know if it was phrased that clearly in the comic.

Fair enough. Thanks!

[Vinyadan]

I am amazed by my ability to only pop in the discussion when I want to complain about a comic I actually like but this was kind of a wasted page.

[Mith]

It's probably one of those pages that work better as a story read through then in a page by page like we are doing currently.

[eschmenk]

It's probably one of those pages that work better as a story read through then in a page by page like we are doing currently.

I think it may be the opposite. It's a recap of things that happened about six months ago, so Dan is probably assuming that readers forgot by now and needed the recap. If one was reading the pages more quickly, a recap might not be as necessary. OTOH, if someone has been digging through the archives or paying attention to Dan's comments, the recap probably wouldn't be helpful, but Dan doesn't want to count on readers doing that.

In the comments on the page:

Recapping the details of their various deductions into a single page might not be the most exciting ways one could help, but it's nonetheless useful, darn it.

So the voice of God says that what Whatshername did was useful. It's canonical, then.


Actually, as far as recaps go, I've seen far worse. Also, I'm glad that Tara remembered that she was looking for a wife. I was beginning to wonder about that.

[Squark]

And the reason all this hullabaloo started is revealed!

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And it turns out it's a simple case of getting lost.

You know, that actually does explain Andrea's movement pattern- She's realized she's gotten turned around, but can't find the exact spot she need to be to leave.

Still a pretty big anticlimax, but it's an intentional one, and it doesn't seem to out of the ordinary for EGS, to be honest

[Calemyr]

And the reason all this hullabaloo started is revealed!

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And it turns out it's a simple case of getting lost.

You know, that actually does explain Andrea's movement pattern- She's realized she's gotten turned around, but can't find the exact spot she need to be to leave.

Still a pretty big anticlimax, but it's an intentional one, and it doesn't seem to out of the ordinary for EGS, to be honest

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Probably stopped to get directions from Hedge.

[GAAD]

Oh man, Diane is AWESOME.

[Landis963]

Oh man, Diane is AWESOME.

I know, right? She's grown so much from the smug b**ch we saw deducing Ellen and Grace's arrival at whichever Moperville High they go to (I never can keep them straight).