I Remember
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From Yikes, to Wow, to Hmmm, to I’m so proud of her…
Holy firetruck! Channeling the ancient blackthorn much, Castela?
Addendum: A couple of people seem to be proud of their little stinkweed . . .
Hiroshi already knew her power level from hanging around in butterfly mode.
And Hiroshi seems to have a talent for appreciating other’s talents. (Mindy and Barbara’s first day at ghost club.)
She is channeling her aunts here. That is definitely something I can hear Monica, Bud and Jin say.
Maybe Tante Phix also.
No, I think Tanta Phix would be scared ####less if she knew about this.
I agree with Jwhouk.
The andro-sphinxes (Phix is one) don’t hold a candle to the forest fire that is the blackthorn.
I worry that our favorite little bush doesn’t know what she’s involved with or what she’s doing.
Of course, she thinks she knows (she IS a teenager, after all).
Kinda of reminds of Samuel Clemens’ (Mark twain) first visit to Australia.
Right after he made his famous statement about how rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated, he said:
“When I was 14, my father was an idiot and I couldn’t stand to be around him. When I was 21, he was a genius. It was astounding how much he learned during those 7 years.”
A reporter in the audience noted all the adults laughed in understanding, while all the teens and children were confused.
LOVE the MTG call-out!
Thank You!!
I knew I had heard that before and couldn’t place it.
Four are shocked, one is processing the information in a cold and logical form and the Fay and Pixie are proud of her. Looks about right. Only reaction missing would be Tims. I think he would be between Scarlett and Shawna’s reactions
Your cold and logical looks like wide-eyed shock to me.
lol is this, like, licensed?
Not anymore than Lovecraft mythology. And just using it as a one off like this falls under the fair use doctrine.
Wizards of the Coast gets really crotchety and uppity about their IP. I noticed we got the obligatory “Please don’t sue me” copyright callout below the comic.
The only thing missing is “SLAM. . . . any questions?”
I can’t believe that Day is surprised by Cas’s lil display, she’s been to the canyon and seen Cas let loose. But then again this is a total different magnitude of power for ‘Stela.
If I remember correctly, one of those is directly descended from a different titan. Namely, Aphrodite.
Aphrodite was/is a greek god.
Of course; according to mythology, the only difference between the titans and gods is ‘THE GODS WON THE WAR’.
In fact most of the Greek gods were children of titans. A few of the older generation switched sides and became gods. And there are a few special cases.
I’m amazed there aren’t more safe guards around Cas. Both the para and non para govs know how potentially dangerous she is. I mean, it’s like an entire nuclear arsenal walking around in the body of a hormonal teen. Not exactly the most emotionally stable people heh
Yes but I think she is getting some confidence and balance from who she is now that she is connected to herself as it were. She was bred to be a weapon and she is but not the weapon they were looking for, her targets and her purpose are much more than they were capable of imagining.
And just what safeguards do you plan on installing around a multi-dimensional being that even elder gods are afraid of?
Well, since we know the little bush, I’d say ‘tell her that her gf is expecting something for *insert celebration here*” and watch her brain melt lol
There is a safeguard. It’s Katherine Gilchrist.
excellent reply.
One question, though.
WHEN (not ‘if’) our little bush decides she knows whatever she needs to, what will Katherine do?
After all, if there’s one group of folks who has no control over a teen going ‘hormone’, it’s the mom and dad.
Lets see: Barb, Mindy and Daylla, Jaw-dropping Shock. Mohan, scared. Scarlet channeling Mr. Spock (Fascinating).Hiroshi smiling along with Shawna thinking “That’s My Girl”.
I love the way the final panel has slight off-register color fringing in it
After Castela dropping such a bombshell it’s no wonder the camera has a hard time focusing, same as almost everyone else – hence the chromatic aberration…
Anaglyph was the only term that was coming to my mind, but CA makes much more sense! (Thanks!)
And nothing was the same ever again
When was it ever?
… and no-thing… will ever be the same….
I REMEM-BER…. LOL
Do we do the time warp again?
So yeah, I think that got their attention
Reminds me of this scene from B5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUR0HcJIhjU Question of the day is who has final say on the use of the football?
Cas has just proven she is not just a weapon, she’s the entire arsenal.
And she’s the Earthly extension of the Blackthorn, not just access to it.
I have to wonder if Cas was what the Blackthorn wanted all this time and whoever it was who wanted to capture/destroy her was trying to prevent that extension.
“So why didn’t you mention this to us before?”…”Didn’t come up.”
Blasting plasma charges around is teen stuff. Opening Portals and taunting elder gods is the mark of an angry young woman. This is just so wonderfully amazing.
Frightening an Elder Goddess – Well done Cass!
I love the range of facial expressions 🙂
Wait. I was right the pantaloons shitting part?
Reactions:
Mindy: I’m a literal demigod and WTF?!
Barbara: My best friend is a literal demigod and WTF?!
Mohan: I barely know most of these people, but that seems more than a little concerning.
Scar: Hmm… My childhood friend shows unexpected depths.
Daylla: Woah…was she holding back in the canyon that time?
Hiroshi: That was SO COOL!
Shawna: I’ve already seen this, and am very proud of my girlfriend.
Oddly, I find this yet another reason why I dislike this character.
The vibe I get is that this elder god fears the indiscriminate and random potential calamity Cas contains – essentially, fearing the disruption and inconvenience to the plans and conniving schemes the elder gods have in motion. The “fear” that Stinkweed thinks she is generating is actually very intelligent maneuvering on the part of the giant jellyfish in the sky. In the end it will be more likely that Cas will play exactly into the plans of the ancient ones. She may be powerful but is still a highly manipulated teen.
It is not the gun to fear, but the ones who aim it and pull the trigger. Stinkweed in just a gun, and I am suspecting Chekhov’s.
Yes, just another hyper-powered female character in Wapsi. Only bad-ass because of what they might do and not for anything they actually do. I think that at this point we are up to, what is it?, 1/3 of the female cast. Notice how, when reaching their power cap, these ubber characters sort of move to the side and we rarely see them again. The interesting thing is not in how you “get” your “powers” but rather what you do with them.
The coolest story would be an Anti-Wapsi chapter, just for a change of pace, where the only 3 male characters and a normal size Dietzel the dog go on a road trip and end up accidentally saving the day and ALL the other characters from doom, using no super powers, no rage induced frenzy, no page-long backstory data dumps, just simple, fun, but revealing adventure. Showing that, in the end, it is sometimes the least likely, most underused characters that just might be the most heroic.
Could it be that our team of dudes runs so below the radar that the Elder Gods do not even factor them in and just as the Gods are about to destroy the Library with all the gals inside, the goofy blokes happen to knock on the portal door or some other innocent thing that triggers a cascade of events ultimately saving everybody?
Sort on like the infamous calendar machine which after years of lead-up was actually solved by a male character!!!
Again, just putting that out there…
hehe,, like “Monster Inc.” pulls the ‘card’ out of the door (portal) an locks the door..
..then some one yells “wrong lever , Kronk.”
I remember Emrakul the eldrazi card from magic the gathering crazy strong card if you can get it out.
If Castela casts Emrakul, she gets another turn…they’re all just waiting for it.
My guess is she’ll floop the pig…
Yup. Definitely leaning toward the theory that she is way older than the little girl who grew from a cutting in a plant pot.
who is she refering to as BITCH?
I USUALLY dont refer to my friends that way Okay some of my friends but as ironic and playfull rather than venomous…
It looks to me as if she’s not talking to any of her friends. She has turned around and is speaking to Emrakul through the portal.
As ZybotAus pointed out, Castela seems to be channeling her ancient Blackthorn aspect here. She’s referring to things that she “remembers” via her connection to the Blackthorn but which probably occurred before Castela’s “birth” as an individual gene-spliced being.
All in favor of nicknaming Castela as “Shrubberygurath”, please write “aye”.
Aye yi yi.
Or perhaps “Ni!”
“NI”!! i mean aye… 🙂
I suppose that, Technically, Emrakul IS a Shrubbery.
Ia Ia Castela F’tangh?
Sure, she can summon scary stuff, but can she cut down the mightiest tree in the forest WITH…
…a HERRING??
Yes.
They might get caught up in a reallllly big Twinkie of an event, and this might be the “not too late to back out now for some of you” heads-up.
Old and busted: Mic drop. New hotness: Slamming shut gateway to other dimensions.
I can also see Bud pulling an Eowyn: “Jokes on you, buster. I’m not a living thing.” FOOOM!
Expressions aside, Shawna is the only one with [presumably ALL] of her eyes closed, and smiling. Shawna as I recall is Quite Fond both of Castela AND “Spooky Stuff”
Spooky Poppi Seed is Koo-Ahl [2 syllables.]
I note also the Blush in the Faces of Mindy AND Mohan. [I wonder if ALL of Shawna’s Eyes are closed just now?]
That’s a blush on Mindy and Barbara, Mohan is the dude behind them
That’ll teach ME to Post when I’m Sleep deprived. I once knew a Woman whoi said her name “BAH-buh-ra,” and pronounced the word “Bag” like it had 4 syllables. I asked her if she grew up in Jersey City. She replied, brightly: “Yeah! howd’ja Know?”
Will this be a copyright problem with WotC?
If it is, I’ll remove the name and switch it out, but I’m only using it for this one comic so it should fall under the fair use doctrine.
WotC is woefully inconsistent with their understanding of “fair use” and some would say, “common sense.”
It would be sad to have to change it, but whatchagonnado?
Where’s Timothy?
One hopes that he’s not trapped in a mine.
He’s off getting snacks. Just like during the school sleepover, everything always happens while he is off getting snacks!
12 colorless mana. Minimum.
Now THAT was a flex.
I’d argue i didnt really need to know that now unless theres some kinda breakout or explosion.
Shawna: “That’s MY girlfriend!”
Really? No comment on the subtle 3-D aliasing effect on the last panel?
I’m catching up from not having read in a little while….um, ok, almost three years. GOMEN! BUT….HOLY SHITAKE, Pickle! That was F*CKING BADASS!
I must say, this is a side of Castle I’d just as soon not know… 😳