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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Next time try holy *water.*

Chapter 26 – Page 22

on October 17, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 26
└ Tags: E-Merl, Hestia, Rachel
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  1. Emma
    Emma
    October 17, 2013, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    No witty comment, but the burning skeleton is really, really pretty to me. That’s some lovely art

    • Mr. Mister
      Mr. Mister
      October 17, 2013, 4:58 am | # | Reply

      Indeed, preeeeeeeeetttyyyyyy….

      Also, E’mearl is sooooo getting that pussy.

      • Chantelune
        Chantelune
        October 17, 2013, 5:16 am | # | Reply

        Oh, I’m pretty sure this will backfire for him in some way.

      • Guesticus
        Guesticus
        October 17, 2013, 6:54 am | # | Reply

        Nah, if Rachel will bonk betties with anyone in the aftermath of this, it will be The Frigg (it would be a Stress Frack, but if anything resulted further than that, or if she then does end up with E-gurl, only T & Phil know)

  2. kagato23
    kagato23
    October 17, 2013, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Well, Hestia was a bit overly focused on the hot topics of the day, but she had a true fire under her ass about it. Judge her as you like, but we can’t say she was kindling around.

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      December 14, 2018, 7:28 pm | # | Reply

      In ancient Greek religion, Hestia was a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hestia – Interesting article. You can tell the authors of GA really did their homework, when creating the character Hestia for this comic.

      Since the goddess Hestia supposedly lived in the hearth, you’re right about Hestia having a fire under her ass. XD

  3. Joe
    Joe
    October 17, 2013, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Hey Hettie, you need to work on your Melisandre cosplay.
    The goal is to *not* burn yourself to death.

    • Darkstand
      Darkstand
      October 17, 2013, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

      Fire jelly – and fire stunts in general – is harder to use than it looks.

      (Also, there really needs to be a way to ‘+1’ ‘upvote’, ‘like’, or something to comments…)

      • Seggs
        Seggs
        October 17, 2013, 3:03 pm | # | Reply

        we have the official phil kahn gold star. notsure theres really anything more that we’d need

        • Benedikt
          Benedikt
          October 18, 2013, 6:34 am | # | Reply

          I really agree with Darkstand here… Gold stars are only given once in a while (which is fine) and sometimes I’m not even sure whether Phil reads all the comments anymore (which is ok, too). But very often there are so many great comments that I would like to show my appreciation. And sometimes I only have time to read a few of some. In both cases “+1”-upvotes or something similar would really be great.

        • SotiCoto
          SotiCoto
          April 1, 2016, 4:39 am | # | Reply

          Phil doesn’t give gold stars when they’re nominated by other people.

          • Speedy
            Speedy
            December 14, 2018, 7:33 pm | # | Reply

            I nominate your comment for a gold star. >;)

  4. JSStryker
    JSStryker
    October 17, 2013, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    Evil burns, you are right about that Hestia just look in a mirror.

    • Gristle McNerd
      Gristle McNerd
      October 17, 2013, 9:29 am | # | Reply

      I’m pretty sure her eyeballs just popped like overripe grapes, so that could be tricky :D

      • maggPi
        maggPi
        October 17, 2013, 11:37 pm | # | Reply

        I remember in being taught in Junior High School the scientific term for when a liquid-based solid (such as ice) skipped the liquid stage (water) and went right to the gaseous state (vapour/evaporation). But for the life of me, I cannot remember the term itself.

        Anyhow, I imagine that that is what happened to Hestia’s eyes. …’cos that is some serious, super-fast conflagration, folks!!

        • Darkstand
          Darkstand
          October 18, 2013, 2:17 am | # | Reply

          Sublimation is the term you are looking for.
          Not sure it applies here, since eyeballs are at least partially liquid in an (operational) eye.

          • maggPi
            maggPi
            October 18, 2013, 11:26 pm | # | Reply

            Cool, thanks!

          • Speedy
            Speedy
            December 14, 2018, 7:43 pm | # | Reply

            It was kinda sad, the way Hestia went out. No dry ice in the crowd.

  5. biggmac
    biggmac
    October 17, 2013, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Another senseless death due to flammable makeup.

    • maggPi
      maggPi
      October 17, 2013, 11:44 pm | # | Reply

      Holy shit! What a horrible thought! What if there really were such a thing? I’ve seen over-sprayed hair go up in a candle-flame at a Hallowe’en party WHOOMPH!! Good thing she was drunk, ‘cos she laughed instead of crying…

      (spider costume, in case anyone’s wondering)

      • Guesticus
        Guesticus
        October 18, 2013, 7:40 am | # | Reply

        Spinnerette? Would have been so cool if it was a Spinny costume (not so cool about the hair-flambe though :()

        • maggPi
          maggPi
          October 18, 2013, 11:30 pm | # | Reply

          Heh. It was a looong time ago, so, no Spinny. Just a generic, make-your-own spider costume.

          And, yeah. She got a cute haircut to even out the “1/4 of my hair is gone!” And she was quite happy to retell the story for days afterwards.

  6. ThePuck1
    ThePuck1
    October 17, 2013, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    Evil comes in many shapes and sizes. Good people will often do bad things because they think they are “in the right.”

    Evil burns? Truly, it does.

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      October 19, 2013, 4:51 am | # | Reply

      Well, you know the phrase about where “good intentions” pave the road to, right?

  7. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    October 17, 2013, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    You won’t like me when I’m incinerate-y.

    • chase
      chase
      October 17, 2017, 11:51 am | # | Reply

      To be fair, no one really liked her before she was incinerate-y either.

  8. BarGamer
    BarGamer
    October 17, 2013, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    She lived her life like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to.

    • Kristan
      Kristan
      October 17, 2013, 1:08 am | # | Reply

      +1

  9. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    October 17, 2013, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    Yes, yes it does.

    The ‘beatings in the streets’ in particular emphasises the question of ‘How didn’t she notice she was talking about herself!?’.

    • Devin
      Devin
      October 17, 2013, 1:39 am | # | Reply

      Exactly. It’s so obvious!

    • Devil's advocate
      Devil's advocate
      October 17, 2013, 9:17 am | # | Reply

      Maybe she did notice. In the last page she spoke about how they contain evil in themselves (“under their skin”), and here she talks about how Rachel would forgive the beatings in the streets. This might have been her way of punishing herself, as she knew Rachel wouldn’t.

  10. Locke
    Locke
    October 17, 2013, 1:11 am | # | Reply

    Well that’s too bad, I actually liked her character design. She had cool hair.

    And besides, I think this is the quickest we’ve seen an antagonist die yet. She didn’t stick around long AT ALL.

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      December 14, 2018, 7:57 pm | # | Reply

      Wait… did Blair and Hestia’s deaths get cutscenes? ‘Cause, if not, they might respawn. ;)

  11. Starphoenix
    Starphoenix
    October 17, 2013, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    She appears a little hot under the collar…

    Hope she doesn’t dwell on all these hot button topics.

    Well, as someone once said, “It’s better to burn out than fade away.” Then again, Hestia appears to be going “Up in Smoke.”

    …

    I’m sorry about this.

    • starkruzr
      starkruzr
      October 17, 2013, 7:49 am | # | Reply

      Wait a minute… *squints* You’re not sorry! You’re not sorry at ALL!

      • wwlaos
        wwlaos
        October 17, 2013, 9:25 am | # | Reply

        I don’t know, I mean, just look at that face. He looks pretty sorry.

        • maggPi
          maggPi
          October 17, 2013, 11:54 pm | # | Reply

          I dunno… s/he *does* seem pretty sincere. I mean, I’d have more trouble with the apology if s/he were laughing. I’ve had apologies like that before.
          …Actually, I get them a lot.

          Must be my face.

  12. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    October 17, 2013, 1:21 am | # | Reply

    The nun,
    The nun,
    The nun is on fire…

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      October 17, 2013, 4:26 am | # | Reply

      We don’t need no water, let the Mother Superior burn…

      • Mrknifey
        Mrknifey
        October 17, 2013, 7:44 am | # | Reply

        HEY! o.O i said that… XD

  13. Totally worth it
    Totally worth it
    October 17, 2013, 1:33 am | # | Reply

    She was actually talking about herself and I believe she meant she was saying that the law should be blind to who it disciplines as Rachel was so quick to leave Hestia alone instead of actually giving her due punishment for the evil she has taken a part of or even knows about. As she also states that Rachel does not know how corrupt the government is. Sorry for the long wall of text.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      October 17, 2013, 3:04 am | # | Reply

      That seems to be about right. From what I am getting Hestia seems to be working on the philosophy that to fight monsters, you need monsters. Perhaps she had given up that good, moral people could stop the corrupt and evil and felt what was truly needed was for evil to fight evil. The Dwarven Slaughter is obviously the Battle of the Burning Heels, I assume the starvation of millions is simply how the rich will gladly profit off of the populace and then turn a blind eye to suffering that they could greatly reduce by giving back just a fraction of their wealth back to the community that allowed them to be rich in the first place.

      From my view, Hestia simply thinks that Rachel is too soft and that evil cannot be forgiven. Since we are on the subject, going to through out a quote from an old show I enjoyed. “There’s one thing more powerful than conviction. Just one: mercy.”

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      October 17, 2013, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

      Good analysis.

  14. King of Zeroes
    King of Zeroes
    October 17, 2013, 2:24 am | # | Reply

    In the immortal words of Paris Hilton: That’s hot.

    • Mrknifey
      Mrknifey
      October 17, 2013, 7:44 am | # | Reply

      +1

    • Fodr
      Fodr
      October 17, 2013, 3:05 pm | # | Reply

      +1

    • maggPi
      maggPi
      October 17, 2013, 11:56 pm | # | Reply

      Your comment is *so* hot.

  15. Bartimaeus
    Bartimaeus
    October 17, 2013, 2:26 am | # | Reply

    Truly, famous last words.

  16. Karishi
    Karishi
    October 17, 2013, 4:04 am | # | Reply

    I think this is within GA’s Top 10 Most Grisly Deaths. Possibly even top 5. No gore, but it’s all on-screen and we see the wracked corpse.
    Ferris holds the top spot, and will hopefully continue to hold it for a while (his arm is still in the story, after all!). Bandit’s up there. Ashok’s a nobody, but he’s kind of up there too.

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      October 17, 2013, 7:00 am | # | Reply

      Wait, Bandit died?

      • Rouge Mage Nick
        Rouge Mage Nick
        October 17, 2013, 7:51 am | # | Reply

        Kinda she was chopped by Byron, if i remember correctly, when the other faction threw them into an arena and he went all berserker.

      • EpeeGnome
        EpeeGnome
        October 17, 2013, 9:12 am | # | Reply

        The lot of them did. They got better.

      • Seggs
        Seggs
        October 17, 2013, 3:23 pm | # | Reply

        the whole party goes down at the end of chapter 8. except best. he was out on tour.

        • Guesticus
          Guesticus
          October 18, 2013, 7:42 am | # | Reply

          Yeah, remembered that right after posting :/

    • Hyacintha
      Hyacintha
      October 17, 2013, 9:08 am | # | Reply

      This is right up there with Ashok for me. I remember when Bandit got chopped there was a lot of debate in the comments about whether it was *actually* a mortal wound and whether the camera angle was misleading us. Hestia’s immolated skeleton is pretty unequivocal.

      • Tazman3002
        Tazman3002
        October 17, 2013, 5:34 pm | # | Reply

        I’m of the belief that one of the things wrong with their world, the fact that it’s being influenced by the mechanics of an MMORPG, is why Bandit is still alive. She respawned and doesn’t know how to explain it or what it means. My theory.

  17. Bob
    Bob
    October 17, 2013, 5:08 am | # | Reply

    Didn’t she learn from Michael Jackson’s example? Too much hair products…

  18. Fenlander
    Fenlander
    October 17, 2013, 5:19 am | # | Reply

    And she gave of herself to become a martyr. A lone pyre of flame that would burn away evil.
    And so the holy fire elemental was summoned!

    • Mrknifey
      Mrknifey
      October 17, 2013, 7:46 am | # | Reply

      yeah admittedly im awaiting the “pheonix resurrection” to kick in and hestia to god mode the frigg out of everyone:D

      • Karishi
        Karishi
        October 17, 2013, 1:30 pm | # | Reply

        And then she’s extinguished by more rage-vomit, and decides she needs to re-examine her death choices.

        • maggPi
          maggPi
          October 18, 2013, 12:01 am | # | Reply

          That actually made me laugh out loud! (Actually, it was more of a cackle/chuckle…)

          • MidnightDStroyer
            MidnightDStroyer
            October 19, 2013, 4:55 am | # | Reply

            For me, it was more of a guffaw.

  19. Berius
    Berius
    October 17, 2013, 5:56 am | # | Reply

    Hmm…why would it hurt to save her? I guess what she did to him was THAT big of a deal…

    • Hermitage
      Hermitage
      October 17, 2013, 6:24 am | # | Reply

      I’m guessing putting up a defense (water?) wall against Holy Fire of Death takes a lot of oomph even in the best of times. Like, requires a hp to mana conversion spell bad.

      • Fren
        Fren
        October 17, 2013, 10:53 am | # | Reply

        That ALMOST makes me miss being a batshit insane Taru Red Mage. Mana battery deployed.

    • Atomsk42
      Atomsk42
      October 17, 2013, 6:58 am | # | Reply

      Mr. Magician was never out of the fight, he was only winded

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      October 17, 2013, 7:01 am | # | Reply

      No, using his magic with a broken arm was what was going to hurt

      • Mrknifey
        Mrknifey
        October 17, 2013, 7:47 am | # | Reply

        i think its him saying that stopping her from sacrificing herself to save her “much loved sister” would hurt rachel too

        • Korbl
          Korbl
          October 17, 2013, 11:22 am | # | Reply

          Rachel is likely to go into full tilt survivor’s guilt mode from seeing her sister burn herself alive trying to kill her. She will blame herself, and quite possibly blame E-merl for saving her. That’s what’s going to hurt him more than his arm, seeing Rachel broken like that and blaming him for saving her.

      • Berius
        Berius
        October 17, 2013, 11:23 am | # | Reply

        “And not just cuz the arm”. So it’s not his arm he’s talking about. MrKnifey I think has it the closest. So it’s not Merl that’s hurting (my original thought), it’s Rachel.

  20. Kishimobot
    Kishimobot
    October 17, 2013, 6:39 am | # | Reply

    Kind of reminiscent of Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame:
    “And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!” Before plunging into a fiery pit

  21. Atomsk42
    Atomsk42
    October 17, 2013, 6:56 am | # | Reply

    She sure went out in a Blaze of Glory.

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      October 17, 2013, 7:08 am | # | Reply

      Blaze of Fury, not Glory, no glory in going out like this :(

      • maggPi
        maggPi
        October 18, 2013, 12:11 am | # | Reply

        Well, plunging into a fiery pit is likely worse than having one’s Glory Hole found, as the One Ring might attest to, having gone from “my Precious,” to “Ring of Fire.”

        Tsk. Look where your comments lead my mind to.

        I blame Phil.

  22. Torint
    Torint
    October 17, 2013, 7:04 am | # | Reply

    Rachel wins!
    Toasty!

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      October 17, 2013, 7:08 am | # | Reply

      No, in her mind, she has lost

      • Rouge Mage Nick
        Rouge Mage Nick
        October 17, 2013, 7:51 am | # | Reply

        She couldn’t save her friend.

        • Fren
          Fren
          October 17, 2013, 10:54 am | # | Reply

          When the battle is within, as it so oft is, you can’t really save anyone. All you can do is try to convince them that they’re worth saving.

        • Ba ba ba ba banana ... (minions' singing)
          Ba ba ba ba banana ... (minions' singing)
          October 17, 2013, 4:10 pm | # | Reply

          Friend ? A friend who was trying to kill her and E-Merl. A friend who killed or ordered to kill a nice, quiet, composed, helpful nun.

          • maggPi
            maggPi
            October 18, 2013, 12:14 am | # | Reply

            With friends like these, who needs enemies?

            Don’t you *dare* say “frenemies,” or I shall ka-smite you with my internet powers.

          • Guesticus
            Guesticus
            October 18, 2013, 7:46 am | # | Reply

            They were still friends, even if Hestia went too far up the rabbit’s hole

            True friends don’t turn their back, specially if their friend has turned evil (they might stick something large and blunt up ya butt, and then light it on fire)

    • Torint
      Torint
      October 17, 2013, 9:36 pm | # | Reply

      Wow, try to make a Mortal Kombat reference, and suddenly everyone gets philosophical.

  23. starkruzr
    starkruzr
    October 17, 2013, 7:51 am | # | Reply

    Hey, random question: Do we have a forum for GA I can’t find anywhere?

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      October 17, 2013, 8:50 am | # | Reply

      We had. We don’t like to talk about it.

      • starkruzr
        starkruzr
        October 18, 2013, 10:32 am | # | Reply

        This makes me a sad panda.

      • Benedikt
        Benedikt
        October 23, 2013, 6:34 am | # | Reply

        This may well be a very great TNG reference.

  24. Jokerlope
    Jokerlope
    October 17, 2013, 8:48 am | # | Reply

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdtomL38s28
    this seems fairly fitting

  25. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    October 17, 2013, 8:50 am | # | Reply

    If you can’t take the heat get out of the fiery habit.

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      December 14, 2018, 10:20 pm | # | Reply

      [Surgeon General’s Warning: Self immolation may lead to a smoking habit]

  26. kitastrophe
    kitastrophe
    October 17, 2013, 9:04 am | # | Reply

    Anyone got marshmallows?

  27. Denita TwoDragons
    Denita TwoDragons
    October 17, 2013, 9:21 am | # | Reply

    Damn, I’ve heart of burnouts but this takes it to a whole ‘nother level.

    • maggPi
      maggPi
      October 18, 2013, 12:15 am | # | Reply

      Heartburn?

  28. wwlaos
    wwlaos
    October 17, 2013, 9:29 am | # | Reply

    Nah, I feel the same way the morning after burritos.

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      October 19, 2013, 4:58 am | # | Reply

      All You Can Eat Tacos…Never again!

  29. Fren
    Fren
    October 17, 2013, 10:56 am | # | Reply

    I only wonder if Rachel gets any XP for that.

  30. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    October 17, 2013, 10:59 am | # | Reply

    That’s a hell of a satori.

  31. Yinello
    Yinello
    October 17, 2013, 12:33 pm | # | Reply

    Come on Rachel, lead the sisterhood to better roads!

  32. ahdok
    ahdok
    October 17, 2013, 1:24 pm | # | Reply

    (puts on shades)

    … You’re fired.

    • maggPi
      maggPi
      October 18, 2013, 12:17 am | # | Reply

      I like you.

      Kinda Christian Slater (Heathers) spin…

  33. Karishi
    Karishi
    October 17, 2013, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

    And thus Rachel never knows what Hestia wished to say with her final breath.
    “Evil blisters!”
    “Evil, bitches!”
    “Evil beagles will attack Frigg in the eighth hour, as foretold in the prophecy!”
    “Evil burns of the side variety, like, you know, sideburns, will let you know who not to trust in the Gastonian government and your own party.”

    Who knows what she intended that last word or phrase to be? We don’t! It’s a mysterious mystery!

  34. Jon
    Jon
    October 17, 2013, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

    So just to check – is E-merl’s spell just protecting Rachel? Or is *he* the one actually lighting Hestia on fire?

    • Seggs
      Seggs
      October 17, 2013, 3:22 pm | # | Reply

      thats his “eye of the storm” spell. its wind magic and creates a spherical shield around the ring at a radius set by the caster. hestia has immolated herself because she has lost control of her powers. e-merl has just started to cast the spell which is why it does not yet appear as a sphere.

      • randomdude
        randomdude
        October 17, 2013, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

        I do wonder whether the wind from the spell fanned the flames, though.

      • Tazman3002
        Tazman3002
        October 17, 2013, 5:28 pm | # | Reply

        Did she lose control of her powers, or was she trying to send one last message to Rachel? Food for thought maybe?

        • Guesticus
          Guesticus
          October 18, 2013, 7:49 am | # | Reply

          One last message

      • Benedikt
        Benedikt
        October 23, 2013, 6:37 am | # | Reply

        To me it appears as if E-Merl casts a variation of his sphere-spell. I interpreted his “this is gonna hurt” as allusion to the difficulty of this.
        Hestia lighted herself on fire well before, I think.

  35. aqua
    aqua
    October 17, 2013, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

    the beatings in the street, that was her. right?

    • Tazman3002
      Tazman3002
      October 17, 2013, 5:28 pm | # | Reply

      yes.

  36. maggPi
    maggPi
    October 17, 2013, 11:27 pm | # | Reply

    Holy Smokes!

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      October 18, 2013, 7:59 am | # | Reply

      Holy Smoke

      • Guesticus
        Guesticus
        October 18, 2013, 8:13 am | # | Reply

        Love the teeth on the priests :D

        Speaking of teeth: never noticed before that Brucie has vampire teeth!!!

  37. GxVxN
    GxVxN
    November 7, 2013, 12:55 am | # | Reply

    And that’s what we like to call irony kids

  38. c
    c
    March 10, 2014, 1:34 pm | # | Reply

    EVIL DROWNS

    didn’t help. maybe holy air or something, hurricanes are livable right?

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