Annotated 11-13
The last few pages were designed to create as much ambiguity as possible over whether Best would “work out” as a part of the team and just, you know, as a dude. But this page does everything short of introducing a police captain one day away from retirement to let you know something bad is coming. Props to John for adding the tear in the penultimate frame.
Also, look at Best’s dialogue in that last panel, as he conflates the two major influences in his life to date.
Frigg’s line at the start comes from me. I knew a “basin” was some kind of container, but until I looked it up I was visualizing something more like a pitcher or carafe.
I have questions but the most important is probably if someone wrote to Waltrip “and make sure to give Best the best ass”.
No one had to write that!
Why are there Avian statues in a Sky Elf temple?
Those are griffons, not Avians. Griffons are the symbolic icon of the Sky Elves.
Those might be Griffon statues… maybe? I’m basin it on how they look to me, then again my theory could just be a wash.
A great moment for Best. A shame he is about to ruin it.
What’s the significance of the rose and the bone in the sculpt?
They’re symbolic representations of the male and female sexual organs.
Remember kids, if you’re not sure, it’s usually about sex. :-)
I figured it was life and death.
These are both really good answers!
I figured that’s what Best’s last-panel Freudian slip was for. Fitting, I guess.