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

To those of you who've been angry with us for never showing Byron's Berserking, I'm glad we now have this opportunity to bury the hatchet.

Chapter 8 – Page 21

on January 12, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 08
└ Tags: Bandit, Byron, Frigg, Syr'Nj
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  1. irrelefant
    irrelefant
    January 13, 2011, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

    looking at the vial in the past pages maybe Syr’nj did slip him a berserk potion or something (to save his life maybe?)
    also im pretty sure there is a roofie joke around here somewhere

    • killfr3nzy
      killfr3nzy
      April 28, 2011, 9:34 am | # | Reply

      All I can do is quote from the Cast page:
      “Indeed, most days, it’s hard to see [why] he’s called a berserker at all. And then there are the bad days.”

      • Raiu
        Raiu
        December 12, 2012, 6:35 pm | # | Reply

        Today…

        Is a bad day.

  2. Redo19
    Redo19
    January 13, 2011, 3:09 pm | # | Reply

    It should be noted that I am the only one in my group of friends who has NOT ever been diagnosed with anger management issues in my group of friends. Buddy of mine – real nice guy, you’d never think differently of him – once had it so bad he sent a kid to the hospital for laughing the wrong way. (They’ve since become friends.)

    Rage isn’t something you can just “will away”, folks.

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 13, 2011, 10:03 pm | # | Reply

      I’ve had anger issues too, but will CAN conquer anger. It’s just really, really, really hard sometimes.

      Besides, I’m not blaming Byron. I bet he snaps out of it next page, just in time to realize what he’s done.

      • Sega_Shaman
        Sega_Shaman
        February 20, 2011, 10:42 pm | # | Reply

        That would happen if he was just angry.
        This is a mouth-foaming, pupil-disappearing, berserker-rage.
        Logical Byron doesn’t live there at the moment. Rage-Byron isn’t stopping until he runs out of prey, is killed, or his rage effect wears off.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 26, 2013, 3:51 am | # | Reply

      Rage most assuredly is something you can just “will away”.
      It isn’t even that difficult. Those who can’t manage it are just weak-willed…

      On the other hand, pulling it off without initialising brain-crash might be a tad tougher.

      • Avris
        Avris
        March 12, 2014, 9:40 am | # | Reply

        It’s actually the opposite; as the body’s reflexive response to threats and unwanted situations, anger IS willpower. Pure willpower. The only problem is that it takes a lot of practise to actually direct it at something productive, rather than the default “destroy the problem, or in lieu of that, destroy something” thing. It took me a lot of property damage before I learned to use it for useful things instead.. And my life is much better for it.

        That also sort of means that the people who lack anger are weak-willed.

        • Avris
          Avris
          March 12, 2014, 9:51 am | # | Reply

          Annd I fucked up an italics tag. Yay.

        • SotiCoto
          SotiCoto
          January 19, 2015, 8:17 am | # | Reply

          You’ve got a very different definition of “willpower” to the one I’ve always used… clearly.

          That is just a more diplomatic way of saying “I disagree entirely”… but diplomatic is good, right?

  3. Frelian
    Frelian
    January 13, 2011, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

    Oh my… that’s going to be tough to recover from… Goodbye Bandit. (sniff (T.T) )

  4. Fendras
    Fendras
    January 13, 2011, 4:36 pm | # | Reply

    res plz

  5. Calen
    Calen
    January 13, 2011, 10:28 pm | # | Reply

    The perspective-trickery going on here makes me think our Bandit is escaping unharmed.

    Purely from a story-telling perspective… we are no where near far enough along in our storyline for a main character’s death to pop up. This is the first time we’ve been shown or told WHY Byron prefers to fight tactically and not while berserk, and Bandit’s “death” came completely out of the blue with absolutely zero foreshadowing. If she bought it here, it would be a meaningless death. You don’t do that to main characters, especially fan favorites. In a couple hours the next page will be up, and Bandit will be fine. Scared half to death, but (mostly) fine.

    • CjRayn
      CjRayn
      January 13, 2011, 11:57 pm | # | Reply

      Meaningless death? It could be used a hundred ways. It would establish how dangerous he is. It would give a whole new aspect to his character. It would do a lot of things, none of them meaningless.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 26, 2013, 3:52 am | # | Reply

      Not to imply that this is representative of a gaming campaign or anything… but I’ve had several D&D characters die a lot sooner than this.

  6. Death_Sheep
    Death_Sheep
    January 13, 2011, 10:48 pm | # | Reply

    Holy crap.

  7. Toz
    Toz
    January 14, 2011, 4:10 am | # | Reply

    Come on bandit! Uncanny dodge!!! o_o

  8. Bavette
    Bavette
    January 14, 2011, 9:46 am | # | Reply

    Tifa, use Phoenix Down on Yuffie, now! …wait

  9. Alucardx13
    Alucardx13
    January 15, 2011, 9:12 am | # | Reply

    What do you mean it’s too early for a character to die? What about Gravedust? You know, just a few pages ago?

  10. Tolrick
    Tolrick
    January 15, 2011, 6:15 pm | # | Reply

    I have to say, I hope Bandit isn’t dead.
    Unfortunately, it looks that way.

    HOWEVER! I have a bit of insight.
    Yes, the scene with the girls in the floating fortress took place at the same time Dusty and Byron were discovering the trees. That was the first time they heard the name Harki, and this was the first time they had a face to the name.

    On the other hand. The situation here: http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-3/chapter-3-page-1/
    This hasn’t appeared yet that I can see. Which means Bandit maybe down and out,, but she should be getting better. Unless there’s another wiseass gnome rogue running about going by the last name Keynes.

    • Tolrick
      Tolrick
      January 15, 2011, 6:16 pm | # | Reply

      And I posted that on this on the wrong day.

      • Locke
        Locke
        January 16, 2011, 3:21 pm | # | Reply

        As it has been told by the twenty other people that have thought the same thing, that has already occurred. They mention it to Colonel Pornstache.

  11. Rob
    Rob
    January 16, 2011, 5:17 am | # | Reply

    Anyone remembers that Frigg is actually a pally?(well, if Gravedust’s notes were right) You know, rezz and layon hands and stuff.

    • Tolrick
      Tolrick
      January 20, 2011, 2:01 am | # | Reply

      Frigg is a Crusader, not a paladin. Says so in the cast list.

  12. Nestor
    Nestor
    January 17, 2011, 8:56 pm | # | Reply

    Oh SNAP

    berserker indeed.

  13. Rognik
    Rognik
    January 19, 2011, 4:48 pm | # | Reply

    Probably been said a few times, but it seems that Bandit has been disarmed.

  14. Wazza
    Wazza
    February 1, 2011, 6:30 am | # | Reply

    People were always concerned about Byron’s abilities, but they’ve all now found that they’re cutting edge…

    Sorry, couldn’t help it.

  15. James Rye
    James Rye
    June 15, 2012, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

    WOOT! Awesome! Now we´re talking abour RAGE! 8D

  16. Neferius
    Neferius
    September 3, 2015, 1:09 pm | # | Reply

    Bandit! NOO! D:

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