"Wark!"

This feels like it's leading up to an awkward conversation. I'm sure Rose has mixed feelings about being on life support - especially if her closest friend's resurrection is being cancelled right in front of her.

Shadow Magic looks nasty.

lurkmore said:
This feels like it's leading up to an awkward conversation. I'm sure Rose has mixed feelings about being on life support - especially if her closest friend's resurrection is being cancelled right in front of her.

Possibly, but I'm getting more of a "she's happy that Trace is finally letting her go" vibe. It's going to be interesting to see how this and Clovis' attack on Reni play out.
I'm just glad we finally got an update. I'd started having withdrawal symptoms!

lurkmore said:
This feels like it's leading up to an awkward conversation. I'm sure Rose has mixed feelings about being on life support - especially if her closest friend's resurrection is being cancelled right in front of her.

But on the other hand, she may be grateful to Trace for finally having grown. Seeing him happy, willing to move on instead of seething in resentment for the rest of his life

I agree with the comments above.

She saw first hand Trace's descent into madness, plus her own story of betrayal. Maybe she was still in doubt about his whole "reformation". Letting Saria go would be the final test and solid proof that he's indeed a new man.

That, or she's being controlled by Detritus.

In memory of Detritus's anticlimactic death.

cironnu said:
Possibly, but I'm getting more of a "she's happy that Trace is finally letting her go" vibe.

Ditto. She's had two experiences so far that've shown her that Trace isn't the same person anymore. This would be the ultimate proof. His entire hatred of Keidran, his violent overthrow of the Templar, and all the cruel and monstrous acts he committed were because of what happened to Saria and his attempt at bringing her back. If he can let that go, there's no more proof needed that he's a changed person.

Also, while I'm glad to see some resolution about Detritus, it comes at the cost of another dramatic moment scene change.

I was wondering if that is even really Rose though. I don't understand why beating up Detritus would cause her to start "shorting out" like some kind of damaged hologram like that, I actually wonder if that's still Detritus using the same projection magic or whatever that Rose uses.

tendotwo said:
I was wondering if that is even really Rose though. I don't understand why beating up Detritus would cause her to start "shorting out" like some kind of damaged hologram like that, I actually wonder if that's still Detritus using the same projection magic or whatever that Rose uses.

Rose is tied magically to the mansion. Detritus was also tied to the mansion, being inactive until Maren's touch on the magic table alerted him to her presence. He demonstrated that he had control over the mansion's magics and defenses. If his death had any effect on her, I'd say it's because the two share a power source of the mansion itself. Like two lamps plugged into one socket that suddenly stops working.

cironnu said:
Possibly, but I'm getting more of a "she's happy that Trace is finally letting her go" vibe.

shinigamiraptor said:
But on the other hand, she may be grateful to Trace for finally having grown. Seeing him happy, willing to move on instead of seething in resentment for the rest of his life

I think she's been largely too stoic so far for me to make that assessment confidently. She could equally be grateful to see an end to the madness and request to be let go, have actually desired in some capacity to see Saria again, or personally fear being unplugged. Given Tom's storytelling trajectory, I don't expect anything explicitly selfish, but with his propensity for drama I think they're all plausible.

tendotwo said:
I was wondering if that is even really Rose though. I don't understand why beating up Detritus would cause her to start "shorting out" like some kind of damaged hologram like that, I actually wonder if that's still Detritus using the same projection magic or whatever that Rose uses.

Honestly, I had the same thought. That kinda seemed too easy.

So figure what, six months? A year before we see what’s going on with Clovis/Reni now?

Trace: "yes"

*scene ends*

asmodea said:
So figure what, six months? A year before we see what’s going on with Clovis/Reni now?

The comic has been going on for 18 years... I'd say that Tom's not in any rush to wrap things up.

asmodea said:
So figure what, six months? A year before we see what is happening with Clovis/Reni now?

I expect we're going to see Sythe and Mrs. Nibbly soon.

Eric, Kat, and Zen's story is done and may show up to see what's going on with Reni.

No telling if that explosion destroyed the bodies of Clovis and Brutus, so I expect Brahn's expectations to be correct until proven wrong.

Stony is such a good boy. He deserves all the belly rubs and headpaths.

jacked-assassin said:
In memory of Detritus's anticlimactic death.

I mean, to be fair, most golem-class entities have a programmed purpose, and when enacting that purpose they essentially overclock to ensure the duty is successful