2010-03-24: Empty Threats
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2010-03-24: Empty Threats
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
Well I guess we find out how Meji is handling this soon.
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
Yup. Exactly what we were sayin' .
Now the question is how they plan to handle the Meji bomb. Try to pluck the god out of her? Try to train her to control it better? With Meji being a sort of National Martyr ? Maybe a National Treasure? A Grandfather/granddaughter conversation on why things evolved that way?
I wonder if Sarine's having a hissy fit at Jon right about now.
Questions questions...
Now the question is how they plan to handle the Meji bomb. Try to pluck the god out of her? Try to train her to control it better? With Meji being a sort of National Martyr ? Maybe a National Treasure? A Grandfather/granddaughter conversation on why things evolved that way?
I wonder if Sarine's having a hissy fit at Jon right about now.
Questions questions...
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
hehe, I always liked Ichiro "Gramps" Hinadori and the more I see of him, the more I like him.
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Today's comic update aside... RALPH! I know the little Bani thing at the top will probably disappear eventually, but it's good to see Ralph back in action and that time and age have not tempered his capacity to cause trouble.
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
The reaction here seems to be that a war would be "pointless" rather than a disaster for Tsuiraku. That may be overconfidence, but it was also the voice of 'let's not start another war.'
Gramps, of course, is speaking from the no longer super-secret (or at least something that can be blabbed during heated negotiations) perspective of "we've got the super-weapon they were trying to use to protect themselves from the other super-weapon they can't beat." Of course, he's also privy to the even more super-secret (as in not common knowledge to all the key players) information that the super-weapon they've got doesn't appear to actually work at the moment. That's probably going to stay a secret for as long as the "we're too moral to use this as a weapon" story stays useful.
Of course, if it doesn't stay secret, the "we're too moral" line probably won't be as convincing.
Gramps, of course, is speaking from the no longer super-secret (or at least something that can be blabbed during heated negotiations) perspective of "we've got the super-weapon they were trying to use to protect themselves from the other super-weapon they can't beat." Of course, he's also privy to the even more super-secret (as in not common knowledge to all the key players) information that the super-weapon they've got doesn't appear to actually work at the moment. That's probably going to stay a secret for as long as the "we're too moral to use this as a weapon" story stays useful.
Of course, if it doesn't stay secret, the "we're too moral" line probably won't be as convincing.
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
Last panel - he's walking into the mouth of some sort of giant, angry, magical mudskipper or something (which also seems to have some kind of glowing Fu Manchu mustache).
Tell me someone else sees it too...
Tell me someone else sees it too...
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
Hello, been lurking for a while figured I'd come back again. I was surprised with the whole smacking down the ambassador from the elves. Then again I guess impulsiveness for destruction runs in the family heh maybe thats where Meji gets it from . But he did have a point, from his standing the elves can't afford a two front war and they know it. If the Elves make any move it would have to be a covert one before the battle with Ian begins. The goal most likely being abducting Meji or eliminating certain Tsuiraku targets and that is if the Elves take action.
As far as Meji is concerned I wouldn't be surprised if she sort of becomes Ian's opposite later down the road. The plot to me seems to be going that way, with her eventually becoming the only thing capable of stopping Ian. Perhaps witnessing Ian doing those horrible things with his power would give her perspective about what to do with hers. Course its just a speculation from my part but I wouldn't be surprised.
As far as Meji is concerned I wouldn't be surprised if she sort of becomes Ian's opposite later down the road. The plot to me seems to be going that way, with her eventually becoming the only thing capable of stopping Ian. Perhaps witnessing Ian doing those horrible things with his power would give her perspective about what to do with hers. Course its just a speculation from my part but I wouldn't be surprised.
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
Anyone got a link to the Captain Obvious image?Hell-Fox wrote:Hello, been lurking for a while figured I'd come back again.
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Re: 2010-03-24: Empty Threats
Is there a "Captain Rude-to-Guests" image available, as well?Rakshasa Taisab wrote:Anyone got a link to the Captain Obvious image?Hell-Fox wrote:Hello, been lurking for a while figured I'd come back again.
Looks like Ichiro was carefully to do real damage only to the table. Got his point across without seriously violating rules of protocol and he gets to immediately go back to work on the REAL problem, which is the WMD possessing Meji.
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