Very Nice!
It is a flashback, Sera sealed her creations, but Maddy found a “back door” to them.
Good idea of breaking this page in half, interesting! Of course if you made us wait ’til Tuesday we’d get the pitchfoks & torches out…
yeah… I’m still not seeing how this is a flashback. We don’t really have any indication of that at this point (Merrick did get his arm back—Valentine grew him a new one almost as soon as it was cut off) This reeeeaally seems like Sera responding to Maddy finding a way in, and realizing that others can do it too, so she wants to close off any holes aside from the main entrance so no one but her (and the SSI I guess) can get in. Their conversation (Sera and Merrick, right now) seems to be referring to her date and her embarrassment about having Maddy seen that, and the realization that a whole bunch of other people could see her dreams as well. It’s like people have been reading her diary for her whole life, and she just now realized that she has no idea how many other people may have found other ways into her cave and seen her most personal thoughts, fears, and desires. That’s why she’s all worried about the holes.
If this were a flashback, how would she know about the holes? She had no idea where Maddy was leading her when they came to her cave, so it doesn’t really seem to me that she know there were other ways into her cave up until that moment, as she seemed pretty surprised when they got there. If this happened before Maddy led her to the cave via the other route, why would she be concerned about it? She had no reason to think that Stiletta was coming into the cave from anywhere other than the front opening, She would have no motive to try and close any other openings yet. She wouldn’t be concerned about this until after Maddy led her back her via an alternate route. That’s what I’m taking anyway. It’s the simplest explanation really.
also… @Dave Van Domelen, wow, that’s a pretty bold assumption. Where’d you get that from? not trying to insult you or anything, just curious as to how you arrived at that conclusion.
@shakes: Sera used to “hang out” in her dream cave all the time! She had no idea that “normal” teens were using other caves close by. I think it would be impossible for her to not explore them, eh? She wouldn’t find the one Maddy used because it’s way up high & out of the way.
So I think SSI got her to seal up the dream cave, but she didn’t want to kill her “creations” and this flashback is explaining that for us.
Also? If it’s the next day then Maddy has left, and that would make me sad.
@Dave Van: We’ve already seen the “Nightmare Maddy” it was the one that got loose and killed people… “Missing Fingers Maddy” is the real, flesh & blood, thing!
Did Merrick just assume the Rafiki role in this story? “Sera… Remember who you are…” Also, been a while since we’ve seen Tess & Kelton…
Oh Merrick. You still creep me out so much. But in a good way. (I think…..) Can’t wait to hear the rest of that simile.
What I’m taking from all of thiss is that Maddy from the date is not real, and came out of the dream cave.
(For some reason the comment box is doing weird ormatting stuff where characters are eaten and the cursoor isn’t where it appears to be.)
Very Nice!
It is a flashback, Sera sealed her creations, but Maddy found a “back door” to them.
Good idea of breaking this page in half, interesting! Of course if you made us wait ’til Tuesday we’d get the pitchfoks & torches out…
Nice how you reverted to the old (more black and white) style for this. Really cool way to show the flashback visually.
“Nothing you can do about it but put it down and move on?”
Also: I forgot this was happening and it wasn’t the first thing I checked in the morning! Forgive me, o Webcomic Gods!
cool comic
Where can I find Chipzy at a store near me?
yeah… I’m still not seeing how this is a flashback. We don’t really have any indication of that at this point (Merrick did get his arm back—Valentine grew him a new one almost as soon as it was cut off) This reeeeaally seems like Sera responding to Maddy finding a way in, and realizing that others can do it too, so she wants to close off any holes aside from the main entrance so no one but her (and the SSI I guess) can get in. Their conversation (Sera and Merrick, right now) seems to be referring to her date and her embarrassment about having Maddy seen that, and the realization that a whole bunch of other people could see her dreams as well. It’s like people have been reading her diary for her whole life, and she just now realized that she has no idea how many other people may have found other ways into her cave and seen her most personal thoughts, fears, and desires. That’s why she’s all worried about the holes.
If this were a flashback, how would she know about the holes? She had no idea where Maddy was leading her when they came to her cave, so it doesn’t really seem to me that she know there were other ways into her cave up until that moment, as she seemed pretty surprised when they got there. If this happened before Maddy led her to the cave via the other route, why would she be concerned about it? She had no reason to think that Stiletta was coming into the cave from anywhere other than the front opening, She would have no motive to try and close any other openings yet. She wouldn’t be concerned about this until after Maddy led her back her via an alternate route. That’s what I’m taking anyway. It’s the simplest explanation really.
also… @Dave Van Domelen, wow, that’s a pretty bold assumption. Where’d you get that from? not trying to insult you or anything, just curious as to how you arrived at that conclusion.
@shakes: Sera used to “hang out” in her dream cave all the time! She had no idea that “normal” teens were using other caves close by. I think it would be impossible for her to not explore them, eh? She wouldn’t find the one Maddy used because it’s way up high & out of the way.
So I think SSI got her to seal up the dream cave, but she didn’t want to kill her “creations” and this flashback is explaining that for us.
Also? If it’s the next day then Maddy has left, and that would make me sad.
@Dave Van: We’ve already seen the “Nightmare Maddy” it was the one that got loose and killed people… “Missing Fingers Maddy” is the real, flesh & blood, thing!