June 13th, 2016
TopWebComics is... revamping I think, so they might be having some hiccups??? but if you do wanna vote go for it! the extra vote doodle is just a small silly scribble for now. :>
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Vote Incentive for This Comic.
omg, "recognises when people are being assholes, including himself" is a wonderful summary of Severian as a person
IM STILL NOT OVER "TARETHS TRAVELLING CIRCUS" EITHER, it's the best possible description of these clowns
posted at 5:15pm on June 14th, 2016
ALL OF THE ANSWERS happened.
posted at 12:17am on June 13th, 2016
And now we have: even more questions!
Like how come she is frozen in time. Is that part of the standard spell? Does her abilities branch out to time manipulation? Or is it some sort of divine intervention from the Author to protect the "Manifest"?
If that miscast has been there for 4 years, what hope does our troupe of miscasts have?
posted at 4:19am on June 13th, 2016
From what I understand, there is no such thing as a standard spell.
Also, she's been sitting in one place. Not really the best way to find a cure to an obscure problem.
posted at 1:54pm on June 13th, 2016
There's no such thing as a standard spell in that there's not, like, say, a standard polymorph spell that all shapechangers learn at level 3.
But when a runewriter creates a spell, it is supposed to act a certain way (as dictated by the rune) and it should act that way every time they cast it if they don't mess anything up -- and we do have a lot of precedent for spells not acting the way they're "supposed" to, lately. Jonan's spell should've let him slice his mouth open (even though he insists he didn't miscast), Severian's spell shouldn't have had tentacles at all.
posted at 5:05pm on June 14th, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOCydGRcv1A
posted at 4:31pm on June 13th, 2016
Well now they have to plan four make-up birthday parties!! I mean, I guess she can't receive anything physical, but the thought and celebration will count, right? I'm pretty sure the church dudes wouldn't throw the "Manifest" any birthdays :/
If birthdays are a thing in this world...
posted at 12:25am on June 13th, 2016
*gasp* Shazzbaa, I think we just found your next vote incentive!
posted at 12:55am on June 13th, 2016
omg I'm imagining just setting a party hat on top of the box
posted at 5:13pm on June 14th, 2016
Would she really be cheered up by "we'll have to eat this yummy-looking food because you can't"?
posted at 3:35pm on June 17th, 2016
Awww I wanna hug Sev! He is the best!
Humility is such a rare and precious thing to behold.
posted at 4:09am on June 13th, 2016
I wish I could upvote this comment!
posted at 6:06pm on June 13th, 2016
humility is rare and precious especially in this party,,,,
posted at 4:58pm on June 14th, 2016
*cough* Jonan *cough*
posted at 2:10pm on June 15th, 2016
Oh well, okay that part about him sneaking in after wounded Sev was all right of him.
But really when you think of it, I think he is just SUCH a jerk that when he behaves as asort of okay human being, it appears overwhelmingly virtuous by contrast.
I like Jonan as a character too, but let's face it, he is a big ol' jerk (with lots of potential for growth) :D
...come to think of it, he is a bit like Prince Zuko.
posted at 6:28pm on June 19th, 2016
So wait, is the age she gave in that vote incentive her chronological age or her physical age?
If she got stuck in there at, like, seven then that's mildly upsetting. That's so young!
posted at 1:36pm on June 13th, 2016
The current vote incentive clarifies that she was 11 when the forcefield went up and that she would be 15 now if not for the, y'know, frozen in time mishap.
And I'm with Sev--that sucks majorly.
posted at 5:12pm on June 13th, 2016
Can her personality go through changes or is she in some weird hormone loop? Can she still form complete memories? /overthinking this
posted at 6:35pm on June 13th, 2016
Yeah, she is able to remember things and change her mind and learn, etcetera! "Frozen in time" is Severian's understanding of the situation, which given....Sev...... probably isn't a technically accurate summary
posted at 5:12pm on June 14th, 2016
Good job realizing what you did and owning up to it, Sev. *pats sev on the head*
It's no wonder Aember jumped at the chance to go adventuring; four years?!!!!? The poor girl most be absolutely insane from boredom.
posted at 8:06pm on June 13th, 2016
she's got a lot more chill than I would probably have tbh
posted at 5:16pm on June 14th, 2016
I'm just wondering: is this cozy little campfire still within line-of-sight of a tower in the city they frantically ran away from?
posted at 6:53pm on June 14th, 2016
Haha. I would say "Oh, they probably thought of that and made precautions"
But let's be honest <_<
posted at 4:49pm on June 15th, 2016
okay while GLEW DOES HAVE A POINT -- if it helps at all, they weren't running from the city or any authorities in the city, they were getting away from the aberrant hunters.
posted at 2:01pm on June 16th, 2016
Yeah, there are probably a lot of travellers who make camps like this. Possibly another quirky band of Runewriters who are on a journey to fix their own miscasts.
posted at 2:37pm on June 16th, 2016
There has got to be a bit more to it than her being "the chosen one". First things first, a list of things that obviously don't get through the shield. Sound, water, physical anything, air. Two of those things most living things (on this/their) planet can't do without and since food is a physical thing it can't get through the shield either. So the very most basic things for life as we know it can't get through that shield. Light seems to get through the shield though otherwise she wouldn't be able to see or be seen. Anywho thats a bit off the point. My point is if the whole frozen in time thing was just a part of her being "the chosen one" then what does mean for the squirrel that is alive in there with her? Surely the squirrel isn't also "the chosen one"? Not likely. She still moves through the space inside the shield but it seems that, somehow, the shield also stops the flow of time. Well, stops it in such a way that she can still somehow move and think and grow as a person if not physically...
tldr; the shield somehow is stopping a portion of the effects of time on everything within the shield not just her. As is shown by the fact that the squirrel is still alive.
Sorry just me over analyzing things again. ^_^;
posted at 8:22am on June 16th, 2016
I choose to believe that the squirrel is also the Chosen One.
posted at 2:35pm on June 16th, 2016
Well if she can't eat at least there's no worry about needing to go to the bathroom...
God forbid she got frozen in time in the mist of needing to go :P
posted at 6:54pm on June 16th, 2016
Comment by Jade
This is what I really love about Sev: he recognizes when people are being assholes. Including himself. And he has the guts to apologize for it.
Wait. So, she's technically fifteen? DAMN, that sucks.
The best thing about this panel is that it promises some heartwarming Tareth's Travelling Circus Bonding Time, or TTCBT for short.
Also, Jonan petting Necropony! <3
posted at 12:05am on June 13th, 2016