The Way Back Home 144
└ posted on Friday, 6 July 2018, by Novil
- Sandril: The guards are leaving their posts.
- Sandril: And there are no replacements for them.
- Dyson: Strange…
- Sandril: See that projection in the sky? Can you tell what it is?
- Dyson: No, I’m sorry. But it looks like two women.
- Sandril: Whatever. Come on, Dyson. That’s our chance to get into the city undetected!
- Sandril: Everything’s deserted.
- Sandril: Forget about the disguises! We’re heading straight to the castle!
- Sign 1: Heyselfall / Bluebluff
- Sign 2: Temple of Gaia / Government Quarter
- Sign 3: The Great Tree / Castle
- Sign 4: Spring Square / Trade Q.
- Sign 5: Academy of Arts / Museum of Draconic History
- Sign 6: Hospital / Sports grounds
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But why would’t they ask the old woman where everyone is?
nameless wrote:
Because if you show every single action that characters (may) carry out, the progress of a comic (or any story) comes to a crawl.
There are also only so many panels you can fit into a page. A page should be self-contained. You can’t just move additional panels to the next page. Everything would begin to feel disjoint.
Novil wrote:
An excellent model which the comic as a whole follows very well. Though as constructive feedback, it helps that model if there aren’t seemingly up front alternatives to a current direction (in this case, I admit, the old woman is in the center of her panel), or at least quickly brush them out of the way. In this case, maybe do some short illustrative trick with the old woman to suggest she had already been spoken with, or just show her in a way that doesn’t prompt the idea (i.e put her out of the characters’ sight). But maybe that’s just plain unnecessary: IMO the page flows well enough as it is.
But yes, this is a development I hadn’t predicted. Sandril’s showing up in time for the revolution? I wonder if he’ll meet his old rival Ilias along the way!
I see that everything is according to plan…whose plans though is also my own question. Probably Eldor’s?
tofei wrote:
Everything is going according to several different plans at this point. Eldor’s, Lili’s, and Vivi’s to varying extents.
Non stop action – as promised many panels ago – is still going on. Heading for the collapse and then probably will our friends finally be reunited for the next part of the story.
As the two fish finally freed themselves from their stone prison due to having no eyes upon them drift off to the sky to become Gaia’s newest moon.
nameless wrote:
Because they’re in a hurry. Because something momentous is up, and they don’t want to waste a second.
The return of Sandril and Dyson! I am quite worried about them, though, as they’ve just run into a city, in the middle of a violent revolution, and are heading for the most dangerous person in the city (Eldor), who happens to be in a castle. At least they haven’t found any resistance… yet.
Now that they’re closer to the magic television, will Sandril look up and see Jael?
Everyone’s headed to the castle? Which the sign says is near the Great Tree? Which is near the tower that Lilly was last seen held/studying in? At least they’re going to get a good view of The Big Kaboom.
According to Vivianca, Lili is being held in the castle. Meaning that Sandril and Dyson won’t just have a good view, they’ll have front row seats.
“I bet I can make everyone looking at this scene cry just by showing a video.”
” Bah, nonsense, it’s a boring scene with few people what could you possibly … ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqSa9n2ZQk
:'(
nameless wrote:
Because they don’t want to be identified? Remember, they are wanted men in Cania, and Eldor’s cult tried to kill them not too long ago.
Novil wrote:
that’s a good reason 🙂
Thanks for the reply, didn’t expect one!
@ Samantha:
You did it all right.
Interesting, the sanitizing effect that line-drawn comics have on the events they portray sometimes. Try playing this out in your imagination with actors. LIke that scene where the boy falls off the roof . . .
Novil wrote:
Come on… Do go breaking fourth wall here too…
Welcome to the edge, Dyson and Sandril.
It’s not in the loop, but you can see it from here.
Dyson and Sandrill are probably just players that don’t stop and talk to every single character in the game and just follow through without getting sidetracked by getting all the collectables.
Yes, Yes! its all coming together
Quixote wrote:
no, no, no… It is all coming apart. Did you even read the comic? =)
@ Trimutius:
Together is apart is together . . . and all is one. Praise Trias. \^o^/