Annotated 10-19
Unusually for John, the first tier here was originally one single panel, which he broke up for better action flow. Future scripts would be less concerned about getting fewer than six frames in there.
Ending Frigg’s dialogue here with “This suuuuuuuuuuu” as a counterpoint to her usual “Fuuuuuuuu”: too over the top or just over the top enough? #udecide
Syr’Nj’s urgency about preparing another potion here is less necessary to the plot than it looks, but hey, she can’t know that Frigg, Byron, or Best won’t get half-trampled by a golem and need some urgent care to stay alive. Maybe she could’ve done some of this potion-mixing during that quiet evening by the fire, but it’s been a rough few days and a lot’s been asked of her already.
I just hope they all appreciate how bad of an aim those golems have. Things could’ve/should’ve gone much worse.
Aren’t these the “test the younglings” golems? Probably made that way for a reason, give the instructors a chance to flunk the kids before they get killed.
I guess this could’ve been the childrens’ section of the library. :P
If she had been screaming “THIS SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU–” while falling, it would have been just over the top enough. Well, not really over the top, even, just very much in character. But since she’s saying it in a low groan, after shit has already gone down, it’s probably better as it is.
They’d still get killed, obviously, but not so quickly that the paperwork is late for the event. Posthumous flunking is too draconic.