And Monica is a door. She’s going to be locked, I think, seeing as she’s open now. Remember that we’re dealing with the supernatural here. Metaphors might not stay within the bounds of wordplay.
OTOH, Sarcasm Girl’s phrasing “You have a moral dilemma … take the key and the pixie and do this…” sort of sounds as if, perhaps, Shelly’s got a choice…
Holy flapping scrith, is this Wapsi Square or Sweeney Todd? Wow. Ooh. Eeurgh!
OK, so Monica is supposed to be the sacrifice. “Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken…” Oh wait, that’s another world. Still, now we all get to wonder how they repair the calendar machine without killing off the protagoniste!
Unfortunately, since so many of the damn things were sold, the whole “he does….but he got better” thing has become an instant cliché. Which is sort of ironic given how old that trick really is…
yes Harry was killed but he didn’t die by killing Harry all Voldemort did was kill the last piece of his own soul which made it possible for Voldemort to die
Well I guess we know how completely Monica is to replace Jin. I guess you can’t create a golem without killing someone. The other possibility is that Shelly is being set up. Have her so focused and wound up over what she is supposed to do that she never sees it coming.
“If you poke your best friend with a pointy object, two things will happen: First, the Calendar will start to function as it should. Second, someone somewhere will lose their pants.”
Maybe it’s a ethereal sort of thing. “Stab” Monica and lock the gateway that lets her demons roam – her demons that might be trying to interfere… If the key’s a psychic thing, it might be intangible as it goes through her noggin.
Or maybe its just my low tolerance for blood and guts…
Well, so much for the “just stab her in the arm” idea; Shelly’s conscience is not having any of that.
I’ve forgotten how awesome your gore is…
I love how M’s eyes look in the last panel.
I’m still going with the idea that she won’t die, because it’s a “key”
Yup, it is just a key…being stabbed through her skull, and into her brain. Ya, she is so going to survive that.
And Monica is a door. She’s going to be locked, I think, seeing as she’s open now. Remember that we’re dealing with the supernatural here. Metaphors might not stay within the bounds of wordplay.
That’s my guess. If you “stab” a door with a key, it doesn’t bleed or die or get hurt. It just locks or unlocks.
And since her “doorness” isn’t physical, the key probably won’t be when it gets near her either.
Or maybe its a key, and when you put it in people it unlocks their death. 🙂 (Thank you RvB)
Eeewwww.
OTOH, Sarcasm Girl’s phrasing “You have a moral dilemma … take the key and the pixie and do this…” sort of sounds as if, perhaps, Shelly’s got a choice…
She does have a choice, and that’s to not stab her, have the plan fail and then everything starts over again.
Oh, and Shelly’s conscience is creepy. I wonder if Monica and Tina will get to meet her!
from what it seems Jin’s sanity wont survive another go.
Remind me never to hire demons to do a powerpoint. XD
Remind me to ALWAYS hire demons to do a powerpoint! ^___^
Holy flapping scrith, is this Wapsi Square or Sweeney Todd? Wow. Ooh. Eeurgh!
OK, so Monica is supposed to be the sacrifice. “Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken…” Oh wait, that’s another world. Still, now we all get to wonder how they repair the calendar machine without killing off the protagoniste!
Wow. Ooh. Aah…
Still, now we all get to wonder how they repair the calendar machine without killing off the protagoniste!
Oh, no, not another “Will Harry Die in the Last Book?” thing…
Unfortunately, since so many of the damn things were sold, the whole “he does….but he got better” thing has become an instant cliché. Which is sort of ironic given how old that trick really is…
yes Harry was killed but he didn’t die by killing Harry all Voldemort did was kill the last piece of his own soul which made it possible for Voldemort to die
Oh, you silly — Shelly has to unlock Monica’s Mind!
That’s all… Nothing to it but the timing!
Well I guess we know how completely Monica is to replace Jin. I guess you can’t create a golem without killing someone. The other possibility is that Shelly is being set up. Have her so focused and wound up over what she is supposed to do that she never sees it coming.
Oh man, that’s a good point. I didn’t think of it from that angle.
ouch!!!!
“If you poke your best friend with a pointy object, two things will happen: First, the Calendar will start to function as it should. Second, someone somewhere will lose their pants.”
“Can I just push a big red button instead?”
“Why not? It’s a twisted world out there.”
If you push the big red button a complete stranger will lose their pants. Then the button will be given to another complete stranger.
Does that mean if you don’t push the big, red button that you get to keep the big, red button?
O.O Oh, the temptation!
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I love you, Paul Taylor. You make me so happy.
Maybe it’s a ethereal sort of thing. “Stab” Monica and lock the gateway that lets her demons roam – her demons that might be trying to interfere… If the key’s a psychic thing, it might be intangible as it goes through her noggin.
Or maybe its just my low tolerance for blood and guts…
blood only comes out when a hole is left behind so I think Shelly’s conscience is being overdramatic
I like how apparition-Monica’s head is cradled like some large gourd in the crook of Conscience-Shelly’s arm.
Yes, my conscience tells me to stab my friends all the time too. That’s a good thing, right?
Shelly: Not what I meant when I asked “how can I kill my friend”
Shelly’s Conscience makes the aforementioned “dry-fist”ing LOOK even LESS pleasant than the word-selection sugests.
Oh My! I just love you guys!
Reminds me of that segment from ‘The Apple’ from Star Trek TOS
Panel one makes it even clearer that they are the same person: pose, body shape, eye roll.