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

Can one measure a life by its will to live?

Chapter 41 – Page 18

on April 8, 2016
Chapter: Chapter 41
└ Tags: Byron, Gravedust
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  1. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    April 8, 2016, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    No need to have an exothermic reaction man, sheesh….kebab.

    • MDude
      MDude
      April 8, 2016, 6:58 pm | # | Reply

      It’s unhealthy to stew on your problems like that, but it can be hard not to vent while under so much pressure cooker.

      • Captain Nemo
        Captain Nemo
        April 9, 2016, 12:08 am | # | Reply

        Must really burn him up huh?

        • Andreas Geisler
          Andreas Geisler
          April 10, 2016, 11:16 am | # | Reply

          Such a rich diet, gives a man heartburn.

          • Aecius
            Aecius
            April 10, 2016, 11:40 am | # | Reply

            Admittedly, Byron seems quite fired up. I suppose only time will tell if Gravy can hold is cool during a heated discussion.

  2. Loyal
    Loyal
    April 8, 2016, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    “Also, I’m kinda dead. My memory’s a bit hazy, but I think Bandit kinda shanked the shit out of me?”

    • Dana Son-of-Bear
      Dana Son-of-Bear
      April 8, 2016, 8:56 am | # | Reply

      He was dead before the shanking.

      • Captain Nemo
        Captain Nemo
        April 10, 2016, 3:53 am | # | Reply

        And what a shanking it was, anyone would remember that no matter what happened to them after.

        • Captain Nemo
          Captain Nemo
          April 10, 2016, 3:54 am | # | Reply

          Hyes.

  3. Rasputin
    Rasputin
    April 8, 2016, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    You know I’ve had days like that, Byron. But your friends aren’t the ones to dismember because of it. No, it’s the root cause that you must rip limb from limb. Ruthlessly rending bark and knot and pulp. I hate removing stumps… What were we talking about?

  4. biggmac
    biggmac
    April 8, 2016, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    WHOA. Deep breaths; controlled exhalation. Count slowly from 1 to 10. Roll your shoulders, loosen your neck.
    Now go get some exorcise. Yes, I spelled that right.

  5. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    April 8, 2016, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    “…Okay, tell you what, Gravey. If the clean side of this coin comes up, I’ll go back with you. If the scarred side comes up, I go berserk and kill you.”

  6. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    April 8, 2016, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    *clears throat*

    Life’s a song
    You don’t get to rehearse
    And every single verse
    Can make it that much worse

    Still my friends
    Don’t know why I ignore
    The million things or more
    I should be dancing for

    All the joy life sends
    Family and friends
    All the twists and bends
    Knowing that it ends
    Well that depends…

    On if they let you go
    On if they know enough to know
    That when you’ve bowed
    You leave the crowd

    • Mike C.
      Mike C.
      April 8, 2016, 9:38 am | # | Reply

      Some things in life are bad
      They can really make you mad
      Other things just make you swear and curse
      When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
      Don’t grumble, give a whistle
      And this’ll help things turn out for the best…
      And…

      …always look on the bright side
      of life…
      (Whistle)

      Always look on the light side
      of life…
      (Whistle)

    • Nathaniel B.
      Nathaniel B.
      April 9, 2016, 1:21 pm | # | Reply

      Eh Buffy the vamp slayer reference

  7. Michael Haneline
    Michael Haneline
    April 8, 2016, 2:16 am | # | Reply

    LANGUAGE! Sheesh!

    • Steve
      Steve
      April 8, 2016, 2:47 pm | # | Reply

      He don’t give a chainsaw, then?

      Or in his case, hand axe, perhaps?

  8. Smallfoot
    Smallfoot
    April 8, 2016, 2:28 am | # | Reply

    Well, now we know that Gravy doesn’t have his parental settings on.

    • Armagrodden
      Armagrodden
      April 8, 2016, 2:36 am | # | Reply

      Of course. If he ever turned them on, it would be like blocking Frigg.

      • coldelectrons
        coldelectrons
        April 8, 2016, 10:16 pm | # | Reply

        Everything is blocking Frigg.

  9. Fenlander
    Fenlander
    April 8, 2016, 2:46 am | # | Reply

    Rage quit.

  10. Mr Ak
    Mr Ak
    April 8, 2016, 2:46 am | # | Reply

    I love how the possession forms a figurative maple leaf at his breast, signifying his fundamentally peaceful nature.

    • Friggoff
      Friggoff
      April 8, 2016, 7:36 am | # | Reply

      I kinda see it as a spike going in through his heart and out his back.

      • Huh
        Huh
        April 8, 2016, 8:57 am | # | Reply

        Or that the spikes are starting to protrude from his sane side as well. His own rage gives the artificial rage room to grow.

    • Alice Macher
      Alice Macher
      April 8, 2016, 11:49 am | # | Reply

      I didn’t know he was Canadian.

      Fun fact:* If you set a Canadian on fire,** the flames form a maple leaf at the breast.

      *not an actual fact

      **do not set people on fire

      • Alice Macher
        Alice Macher
        April 8, 2016, 11:51 am | # | Reply

        …And this, boys and girls, is why we should always read ALL the comments before leaving one. >.<

      • mrk
        mrk
        April 9, 2016, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

        so, you are saying to light people on fire to determine their nationality?

        ok:)

      • Captain Nemo
        Captain Nemo
        April 10, 2016, 3:49 am | # | Reply

        Hehe been there done that.

  11. Zblackgoat
    Zblackgoat
    April 8, 2016, 3:02 am | # | Reply

    Silly me, I only just now realised Byron’s Canadian.

    • Dana Son-of-Bear
      Dana Son-of-Bear
      April 8, 2016, 8:57 am | # | Reply

      Not enough apologizing to be Canadian.

      • Speedy
        Speedy
        March 5, 2019, 6:16 pm | # | Reply

        He can’t be syrupy, when he can’t tap his maple. ;)

  12. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    April 8, 2016, 3:42 am | # | Reply

    Nobody said he gets a choice in the matter.

  13. Bliggz
    Bliggz
    April 8, 2016, 7:19 am | # | Reply

    Embrace the rage as a part of you

  14. Chris
    Chris
    April 8, 2016, 8:50 am | # | Reply

    Ugh… this is the part where everyone rolls their eyes in the RP group. Time for a new character sheet man!
    Backstory is great and all but damn…

  15. DeePseudonym
    DeePseudonym
    April 8, 2016, 9:36 am | # | Reply

    dude, NO..how many times do I have to say it?
    I’m tired of your stupid blood-elf ERP, I hate running the same raids over and over and over again, or worse, getting turned down for raids because i haven’t cleared them yet, I _never_ liked pvp, I have a real job now, and honestly?
    That last expansion was all kinds of crap.
    Arkerra is done man, at least for me, just….just…
    let.
    it.
    go.

    • Lirazel
      Lirazel
      April 8, 2016, 9:58 pm | # | Reply

      OK, the rest are punny and funny, but this one made me laugh.

  16. Jordan
    Jordan
    April 8, 2016, 5:22 pm | # | Reply

    There’s only so much that one person can handle. Byron’s at his limit it appears. The Battle of Battleshire, going berserk on his teammates, their loss in confidence and trust in him, the cultists turning on his friends… He knows if he goes back, he’s going to have to face all of that and more. I can’t blame him for being a little touchy.

  17. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    April 9, 2016, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    I think we’re seeing a little more Eric and a little less Byron in this moment. Or something closer to the template being that is both of them.

  18. Devlerbat
    Devlerbat
    April 10, 2016, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Is it wrong that the last panel had me hoping for the alt text to be more comedic? Ah well, the whole life measured theme is also cool I guess.

  19. James Mullins
    James Mullins
    April 10, 2016, 10:28 am | # | Reply

    Anyone else noticing how his berserker outline kind of looks like your atypical Troll body type? I know its a stretch but I could see Harky afflicted with that red goodness and looking pretty symmetrical.

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