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

This is the best Lifetime Original Movie I've ever fuckin' seen.

Chapter 27 – Page 10

on November 5, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 27
└ Tags: Carol, Shanna
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  1. biggmac
    biggmac
    November 5, 2013, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    OK, Shanna. If that’s what you really want.
    H.R. needs a uterus to go along with the arm, anyway.

  2. Valdrax
    Valdrax
    November 5, 2013, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Interesting strategy there. She must believe pretty strongly that Carol’s better nature will win out.

    • CM
      CM
      November 5, 2013, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      If she’s smart, and from what I know of Shanna she is, she’ll have arranged things properly. If anything happens to her, there will be a clear trail back to Carol and Hurricane.

      • Grenaid
        Grenaid
        November 5, 2013, 12:38 am | # | Reply

        What if she’s recording this whole conversation?

        • Messenger
          Messenger
          November 5, 2013, 1:53 am | # | Reply

          CM, Grenaid, those are mightily intelligent comments. Just gotta say that.

        • Asterai
          Asterai
          November 5, 2013, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

          Or for that matter, one of the other patrons is secretly listening on her behalf. That’s what I’d do if I foolhardily insisted on direct confrontation with a suspected murderer; bring a friend and have them hang back.

      • Joe
        Joe
        November 5, 2013, 10:40 pm | # | Reply

        I also wouldn’t be surprised at all if Carol doesn’t expect Shanna to be prepared that way.
        Ooooh, I can’t wait for the thirty-gambit pileup.

    • Messenger
      Messenger
      November 5, 2013, 1:52 am | # | Reply

      Yep. Batman gambit. She did look up Carol’s background, especially her college years.

      That said, this is amazingly compelling dialogue! :-D The Guilded Age team should do movies (it’d be a fair improvement).

      • zero
        zero
        November 5, 2013, 6:16 am | # | Reply

        that’s exactly what I was thinking. Batman Gambit.

      • Phil
        Flo
        November 5, 2013, 9:38 am | # | Reply

        Well, thanks for saying so!

        Fun fact: My formal education in scriptwriting actually was screenwriting. Conveniently, those skills are directly applicable to comics writing.

        Literally the only difference is that you note pages and panels in a comics script and not in a movie script.

    • The_Rippy_One
      The_Rippy_One
      November 5, 2013, 3:55 am | # | Reply

      There is one thing to remember about Shanna, in any universe. Woman has big brass one’s when it comes to her convictions.

      • starkruzr
        starkruzr
        November 5, 2013, 9:54 am | # | Reply

        I mean… this CAN’T be Faans!verse, right? Because if it was, Masters would know that you do not fuck with Shanna Cochran, because she has done and seen more than pretty much anyone you know.

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      November 5, 2013, 6:45 am | # | Reply

      Or it’s the “whelp, I’m boned, time to aim for pity” gambit.

  3. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    November 5, 2013, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Yeah, me too. Pain? Fuck that shit.

    • Robtimus
      Robtimus
      November 5, 2013, 9:04 am | # | Reply

      +1!

    • cliffmonster
      cliffmonster
      November 5, 2013, 11:09 am | # | Reply

      Somehow I think she is bluffing, she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who fears very much. Otherwise she wouldn’t be digging.

    • Schneidend
      Schneidend
      November 5, 2013, 2:22 pm | # | Reply

      I never see you comment on the Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition forums any more.

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        November 5, 2013, 3:44 pm | # | Reply

        Well if I knew I had a stalker I’d make more of an effort.

        To be honest I grew disillusioned with BG:EE over time. I let my love for BG blind me and I regret pre-ordering it. Not to say it won’t be up to scratch in like another year but definitely not worth the full price for me.

        • Schneidend
          Schneidend
          November 6, 2013, 7:08 am | # | Reply

          Try the new patch that recently released. It really improves the UI, fixed a lot of bugs, and added the multiplayer client Overhaul originally promised.

  4. Vladimir Zhivanevskaya
    Vladimir Zhivanevskaya
    November 5, 2013, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    From a young age, Carol had the aspiration to become one of the world’s greatest ventriloquists. Her Uncle was in the business, and showed her the tricks of the trade. She had fun with it and became quite skilled, able to perform even the trickiest of ventriloquist feats. Unfortunately, Carol lacked the ability to create passable humor, and after numerous rejections from audiences, threw in the proverbial towel and looked for employment elsewhere. A few stints in various low-paying jobs eventually landed her in an assistant position at Hurricane Software, where she worked hard to earn her way into the position she has now. Her ventriloquist years are behind her, but she lapses into the familiar art when her concentration wavers–a memory of happier times.

    ^My explanation as to how Carol is sipping her coffee and talking at the same time.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 5, 2013, 12:58 am | # | Reply

      You burble a bit when you lie while sipping.
      Just so you know.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      November 5, 2013, 1:45 am | # | Reply

      That or she said it before Shanna started speaking and sipped her coffee while listening to the woman with her mouth open.

      Occam’s Razor says that I’m going with ventriloquism.

      • Guesticus
        Guesticus
        November 5, 2013, 6:03 am | # | Reply

        Unless she’s never taken even the smallest sip from her cup before (and we see her sipping 4 pages ago) there is no way any liquid is entering her mouth in panel 3

  5. FoolishOwl
    FoolishOwl
    November 5, 2013, 12:54 am | # | Reply

    Er, what? The sudden plea for a merciful execution seems really weird.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 5, 2013, 12:58 am | # | Reply

      She’s recording. She’s trying to get Carol to say something that actually implicates her in something.
      And more generally she’s trying to get Carol to say things, because she feels she’s got a good enough read on her that anything Carol says is useful information, true or false.

    • Not a name
      Not a name
      November 5, 2013, 2:05 am | # | Reply

      It could be taken in a lot of ways, one of which is how Karishi explained it, I see it has Shanna trying to lure out Carol’s good side. She’s already taken her off guard by her direct approach, now she’s going for the kill (Or lack thereof) to try to get her to confess.

      • FoolishOwl
        FoolishOwl
        November 6, 2013, 1:10 am | # | Reply

        Yeah. I just can’t see Carol reading it straight.

  6. Karishi
    Karishi
    November 5, 2013, 12:55 am | # | Reply

    “Tell you what: We’ll give you the Supervillain Special. We’ll take you back to our evil lair and show you the whole story, possibly with a monologue about how right our evil ways are for good measure, and THEN kill you.”
    “Hmm, a drawn-out death…but I am a sucker for getting to the truth. Tough call.”

  7. Grug
    Grug
    November 5, 2013, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    Aw snap. I bet Shaunna is going to get put into a pod.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 5, 2013, 12:59 am | # | Reply

      SHANNA COCHRAN IS BEST’S ALT

      • Guesticus
        Guesticus
        November 5, 2013, 6:05 am | # | Reply

        Knew there was something shit about her

        Umm, she can’t be Best’s player, seeing how Best was one of the 5

    • Taxil Necrobane
      Taxil Necrobane
      November 5, 2013, 7:06 am | # | Reply

      GET INTO THE BAG SHANNA!
      tank
      TANK THEN!
      and here comes the next person to go into the game. i love it! don’t worry Shanna, it won’t be painful…

      • cliffmonster
        cliffmonster
        November 5, 2013, 11:10 am | # | Reply

        Great Idea! Kidnap Shanna and then put her into Arkerra!!!!

    • zomg
      zomg
      November 7, 2013, 9:26 am | # | Reply

      *forehead slap*

      She wants into the game. She has all along. Her goal is to get in the tube.

  8. randomdude
    randomdude
    November 5, 2013, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    … Interesting tactic, Shanna.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      November 5, 2013, 3:06 am | # | Reply

      Well she knew she wouldn’t have a clear way out depending on who showed up. Luckily she knows Carol, at least on paper, and she is doing her best to keep her off balance by playing to her weaknesses.

  9. Smallfoot
    Smallfoot
    November 5, 2013, 3:59 am | # | Reply

    If I missed this being answered before, I apologize, but is this pre-Fans Shanna, mid-Fans, or an alt-Shanna that doesn’t necessarily fit into the known Fans timeline?

    • Smallfoot
      Smallfoot
      November 5, 2013, 4:00 am | # | Reply

      E-merl seems to be equally perplexed by my query.

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      November 5, 2013, 6:46 am | # | Reply

      I’m pretty sure it’s alt-universe. A cameo, not a continuity-merge.

      • Phil
        Flo
        November 5, 2013, 9:40 am | # | Reply

        It is, indeed, an alternate reality Shanna.

        • Tazman3002
          Tazman3002
          November 5, 2013, 9:47 pm | # | Reply

          what is Fans?

          • Phil
            Flo
            November 5, 2013, 11:25 pm | # | Reply

            http://faans.com

            It’s one of T’s previous works, and one I like a lot, to the end that I wanted to collaborate with the guy.

    • starkruzr
      starkruzr
      November 5, 2013, 9:56 am | # | Reply

      It’s gotta be alt. If it was the Shanna we already know, Masters would know who she is (probably the entire world knows all of the members of the Science Fiction Club) and know that she is not to be fucked with.

  10. Honky-Tonk Machine builder
    Honky-Tonk Machine builder
    November 5, 2013, 4:34 am | # | Reply

    Shanna won a point in badassery.

  11. Mr. Mister
    Mr. Mister
    November 5, 2013, 5:55 am | # | Reply

    “Would you like to play a game?”

  12. Guesticus
    Guesticus
    November 5, 2013, 6:08 am | # | Reply

    She really is fishing: last page it was ‘5 missing persons cases opened up after the Big Reveal’, now it’s ‘6 corpses’

    • SplinteredBA
      SplinteredBA
      November 5, 2013, 9:38 am | # | Reply

      That’s not fishing, mate. After Hurricane revealed their Bubble program, the 5 were reported as missing persons. The sixth ‘corpse’ is Ferris, who Shanna believes has been killed. She doesn’t know the 5 are still alive, in their tanks, so she assumes they’re dead. 1+5=6!

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 5, 2013, 7:39 pm | # | Reply

        No, it’s fishing. She has some evidence that the Five are connected to Hurricane, and that something bad has happened to Ferris. That’s as far as it goes. If she had more than that, she’d have already published, or gone to the cops (I think attempting to do both would get her into hot water). She’s made logical (but wrong in 5/6 instances) inductions from that, now she’s fishing for evidence for them.

  13. Guesticus
    Guesticus
    November 5, 2013, 6:11 am | # | Reply

    Totally feel the same way as Shanna does about pain: pain itself? can handle that, the idea of pain? scares the shot-hobgoblins out of me, can’t even watch someone else getting hurt (the aftereffects? again, no problem, bring on the gallons and litres of blood and organs and junk, just don’t show me it actually happening)

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      November 5, 2013, 6:49 am | # | Reply

      I have a cat, so I’m used to “claw right in the nipple” type pain. I assume if I ever suffer real pain I’m going to find out I greatly underestimated it, but until then it doesn’t really make me nervous. Not that I’d ever want to be tortured, but I can’t keep secrets so the only worry of that is if someone didn’t believe me.

  14. Obakeinu
    Obakeinu
    November 5, 2013, 6:58 am | # | Reply

    The Lifetime (all men are scum) Channel?

    Not the best comparison… unless we’re talking about Frigg when she’s in one of her fouler moods.
    ————————————–
    And yeah, Shanna’s probably wearing a wire; her comments are way too leading. Also, as cute as it might be to stick the nosy reporter in a tube, that ain’t gonna happen… Cochran’s appears too smart to engage in a confrontation without a ‘Plan B’.

    And her disappearance would be the trigger…

    (Unless the author of this comic *wants* her in a tube, in which case… Shanna’s screwed.)

  15. Nin
    Nin
    November 5, 2013, 7:22 am | # | Reply

    I love Shanna’s look in the last panel.

  16. Chris
    Chris
    November 5, 2013, 2:53 pm | # | Reply

    *cough* … IT’S A TRAP!!!!!!

  17. Paul
    Paul
    November 5, 2013, 9:25 pm | # | Reply

    I love Carol, I mean even if she is an accessory to murder she only seems to be trying to hide it to save H. R. and the whole real fake video game universe thing.

  18. Tazman3002
    Tazman3002
    November 5, 2013, 9:46 pm | # | Reply

    If the journalist already figured out she was hosed, then are only two choices left. Bring her in on it, or kill her as she has assumed you will.

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