Well, she should have, "Trying to survive," "Understand Rome politics," "Learn about the security and infrastructure systems around her," and, "Watch for opportunities to improve her odds of escape," as her agenda. However, she's never had much training in how to be a properly hostile prisoner so I guess we can't expect too much.
Yeah... I know people who are just about as deep as he was. I actually know one who is almost like him to the letter. I don't really like either of them.
Well in this case I despise the art .. and there were some major inconsistency in the store that have been confusing readers and we later fixed. But mostly .. I despise the art :D
I can't comment for before it changed but the reboot of A Girl and Her Fed seemed to be successful to me. OTOH, I only found it after the reboot.
However, the artist kept the old pages so that readers could compare them. She even made the effort to put a link on each page so that readers could switch between the old and new versions.
We've been sliding reboot pages into the archives for a little while now. Cent's art has vastly improved, as has my writing and layout, and we both wanted to switch the single-panel-per-page presentation to something more in keeping with how we do it now. The story itself has evolved, and we wanted to correct the early inconsistencies that sprang up along the way.
That said, redoing the "Mockingbird" arc is a frightening proposition, because the original has been so incredibly popular just as it is . . .
Wonder if Max has been warned about SFB's plans for him? No need to mourn Kyle either he is dead or his clone os dead and he is on his way to fix Aeneas.
Here Folks..is where we all learn a hard lesson...in life There are no "Happy" endings......No clean the good guys win bad guys lose stuff.....Just Victims and people who manage to live through it....
Correct.. There is no "good" and "bad" simply shades of infinite Greys Although Dolly And Maxus come close to Pure "white hats"
And the Prince is most assuredly wearing a black hat.
Hmmm...Clones,That's an idea. I dunno. I think the kid if kind of main character-is to just be getting offed, and in such a stupid way. A clone IS kind of a messy way to go about it from a story perspective though. I'm gonna say I still think he might still turn up more often than any dead kid has any right to. Maybe kind of a ghost-in-the-machine thingy... Consciousness-transfer nanobots, anyone?
If it were that easy to perform medical necromancy then combat soldiers would be substantially less hesitant to engage suicidal missions/objectives, and assassination would be absurdly hard to carry out on anyone that was prepared for the attempt. No, "get out of graveyard free," card on the table here I think.
I do believe that was mentioned when Doctor Silver first appeared, after she had done a job for some sleazy company that was using some new flash sticks to train assasins.
That actually is a fairly reasonable sound effect for a steak knife being drawn across a coarse 4x4 chain mail surface. Don't ask me how I know.(cough, sca, cough, cough.)
If the NSA is monitoring me through hidden cameras, some of my SFX-oriented antics have probably made their internal "video pick of the week" list. I worked out that particular sound effect by taking a chainmail headband that I own and running one of the kitchen knives over the surface. Some of the methods I've used to figure out other effects have involved peculiar behavior indeed. :D
Agreed Ialverson. Maxus would make a good father. He is caring and VERY protective. Now if he wasn't chained to the insane Douchebag, it would be 'perfect'. :-)
I'm thinking that was Rose, Hydragyrum. She does a lot of the sound effects.
And I'm guessing that armor might stop more than you would expect. I have a feeling Max realizes that 'accidents' might befall him.
One *would hope* that metallurgy had resulted in improved materials over the centuries... Welded small stainless 4-in-1 is pretty hard to get through even today.
Tungsten alloy chainmail over a carbon fiber weave with hefty padding is my bet. Probably has some ablative and possibly reflective elements to protect from thermal weapons.
You'd need specialized armor penetrating weapons to get through that.
His head, neck, and hands are exposed still, but I suspect he is capable of keeping those in one piece.
Are they going to get back to Dolly and Ceci? If so, what would they make of the situation? Thinking about them, would they be able to rescue Katya? What about the woman who is serving them? Also, is she a spy?
How about the second team? How would this affect them?
And, going off topic, this webcomic had a big influence on my last dream this morning.
That would not be a good resolution to the situation as it would give New Rome a reason to go to war with New Troy.
The best course that I can think of is:
Decimus loses his temper. One of the rescuers kills him. Acantha orders Kali not to retaliate. A diplomatic solution is found to Lynn's status and a legal solution is found to Acantha's age. New Troy and New Rome are at peace and Lynn's no longer a hostage.
Actually, Draginbeard I'm wanting them to grab Lynn and get out of town without triggering anyone. If CeCi has to go ballistic, I fear she won't be going home.
CeCi is a weapon system, and if she has to go all out, she will probably burn herself out. There won't be anything to bring home in that case. :-( And I want CeCi to make it home!
.. wait .. Centcomm *does* have something to say in this! DOH!
No one but Lynn gives a shit about him. :P
Please, PLEASE, no. Have you looked at "reboots" of other comics at all? I call it "death of a comic".
Learn from your mistakes. If you really, REALLY must, go back and fix an egregious error or two, but please, Please, PLEASE.
NO REBOOTS! (Sounds like NO CAPES!)
However, the artist kept the old pages so that readers could compare them. She even made the effort to put a link on each page so that readers could switch between the old and new versions.
A reboot often spells death to a webcomic.
But sometimes it works out. :)
That said, redoing the "Mockingbird" arc is a frightening proposition, because the original has been so incredibly popular just as it is . . .
(But it's in vain -- the truth is out there!)
Wow, Maxus really is a big softy... :D
Take good care of her...
And the Prince is most assuredly wearing a black hat.
there are no Winners in a war. Just Those who died and those who survive it
"War doesn't determine who's right. Just who's left."
Came to my mind when I read your comment.
This part of the story has made me feel almost physically ill, and yet I can't turn away. That tells me you're doing something right.
Still, there is a frakk-ton of tension right now. I wonder how much more we can handle...
(Probably a lot, but still...)
It has been used by many others and only stinks slightly of vomit.
Please clean after use. :)
That won't come back to bite them .. noooo. XD
Hundred thanks for Maxus for slowing the rollercoaster with his own body...
Man, if there was no Maxus imagine how bad things would be right now.
@Cent/Rose: the scrtch there in panel two is a nice touch.
I'm thinking that was Rose, Hydragyrum. She does a lot of the sound effects.
And I'm guessing that armor might stop more than you would expect. I have a feeling Max realizes that 'accidents' might befall him.
You'd need specialized armor penetrating weapons to get through that.
His head, neck, and hands are exposed still, but I suspect he is capable of keeping those in one piece.
She should learn that vengeance is a dish best served cold.
He makes applepie !
'Cause, y'know .. applepie. :)
How about the second team? How would this affect them?
And, going off topic, this webcomic had a big influence on my last dream this morning.
The best course that I can think of is:
Decimus loses his temper. One of the rescuers kills him. Acantha orders Kali not to retaliate. A diplomatic solution is found to Lynn's status and a legal solution is found to Acantha's age. New Troy and New Rome are at peace and Lynn's no longer a hostage.
One of the rescuers kills him as he's about to attack/kill Lynn or Acantha.
CeCi is a weapon system, and if she has to go all out, she will probably burn herself out. There won't be anything to bring home in that case. :-( And I want CeCi to make it home!