Annotated 9-9
You can sort of see us (mainly Phil) hitting the structural limits of our quest to make Best more likable here. He’s capable of sympathizing with the victims of Gastonia’s racism and hypercapitalism… up to a point.
But the belief in “destiny,” so fundamental to his self-worth, is also really useful when you want to soothe away uncomfortable questions. “Don’t worry about the poor, honey! God will provide for them. Or at least for those who are willing to help themselves.”
Had I kicked off this adventure of Best’s, I might’ve tried pitting him against some combination of the races. Phil’s choice to focus on the land sharks instead would pay off considerably.
That face in the last panel is because he heard the combat music starting.
(Doooo-doot. Doooo-doot. Doodootdoodootdoodoot!)
:-D
When I read your comment and saw the ” doot doos ” I jumped to another song . “Baby shark doot doot doot do do do …” Earworm warning to those who seek this song out and equal parts “you’re welcome ” and “I’m sorry.”
… … …
Now I’m imagining the fight set to that…
Payet Best, doot doot do do do…
Anotated /9-9/
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… *facepalms* I was wondering about the significance of the B99 picture. That didn’t even occur to me.
I was trying to conjure parallels between Jake Peralta and Payet Best…
Orcs are part of the World Alliance? They seemed to just be slaves every time we see them.
Best is not making a distinction between “orcs are doing the construction work, whether chains or whips are involved is irrelevant to me” and “orcs are members of the Savage Races’ coalition[sic].”
You know there is one thing I never got even at the end of the story: so if I understood everything correctly the group believes they are their characters and aren’t just acting. So did the people they are now come to be when they started playing if so did the world just adjust around them since some have backstories that involve NPCs? Or did they replace some existing people and absorb their memories? I was never very clear on some of the mechanics.
This was something even Phil and I had some disagreements on and struggled to resolve for ourselves by the time all was ready to be revealed. I think both hypotheses largely track with what we’ve seen, especially since Weo has a greater understanding of the truth of the world than HR does.
Weo says that Akerra was copied, and that the ‘clone’ world was modified by HR (http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-44-page-27/)
HR says that the Five’s desires for their backstories helped shape the changes(http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-40-page-12/,http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-40-page-13/ )