[[Happening Intensifies] Intensifies]

>>218669

The Happening! So much Happening!

So forward! So bold!

What doesn't work for Matt seems to work just fine for Kat.

BASED HAPPENING
And I bet /u/ has lost it's shit after this.

>>218673
Get lost Hitomi.

I bet that even after the happening, some people will still try to argue that Kat is not a lesbian.

>>218679
She's not, though. She's bi. That's a big difference.

I keep thinking Last panel should swap with panel 5

>>218680
"Bi" implies she likes guys and girls, not birds and "birds".

>>218681
Yeah, it would make a better build-up. But the way it is now isn't bad.

>>218684
Agent Skinner ain't no bird.

Think they'll ever actually go on a serious date date?

>>218685

I like it. Lots of stories make ~!The First Kiss!~ such a big deal. This is much nicer, I think.

Major death flag raised, Paz won't survive Summer, it's the rule.

>>218690
her family moves to space. Kat starts tinkering with a rocket.

>>218684
Bird crazy Cat.

>>218693
I'm not trying to built a bird man..yet. What the heck did she do to muck of the conductive medium. Did she not pay enough attention to the dial while attempting to give Paz a fondle.

"Okay a little to the left, no that's still table. Maybe down, no that's the chair again."

>>218694
This whole chapter's been a bit freaky for me because... holy shit that's my lab and my lab equipment. I'm not used to seeing that level of accuracy.

My guess, based on what I've seen happen to countless undergrads... She turned on the power, set it for direct current, turned the knob for the B-volts and either didn't have the perfect buffer/medium for the current to flow through, or else she turned the volts up too high without paying attention to the Amps. Things can overheat in seconds. One of the most common scientific accidents in the world. Blown fuse is the most common result, but depending on what you're running a current through, real nasty fires can definitely result. And she was running current through SCIENCE, so... yeah.

>>218695
she cooked and burnt artificial ligaments and bone. They are both going to reek for a few days. I'd suggest a marathon shower session. And she lost all her blue smoke. Really hope the robots keep their heads together and don't equate Paz to being a problem.

>>218696
>she cooked and burnt artificial ligaments and bone.

Well yeah, either that or things started sparking and set other equipment on fire. I was just getting into the "how" of it, and praising Tom's accuracy.

Keep in mind for a long while Tom was openly against doing anything too open because he didn't want to come off as "that pathetic man writing about girls being in love".

I guess after having a robot and shadow fall for one another, he went "fuck it".

>>218754
anyone that thought this would be going beyond snuggles in chairs is a nutter.

>>218754
Or after he got in radical shape he didn't feel pathetic anymore.

It's also possible that he decided the position that writing sympathetic homosexual (or bisexual, I guess, we haven't really gotten a final say from either of them) characters was purely the domain of pervs and fetishists was no longer tenable in 2013.

>>218764
Oh sure sure.

Not PURELY their domain any more, no...

Well really why can't you write about two characters having a gay relationship just the same as you would write two characters having a straight one?
Its kind of silly being afraid that people will think you are a pervert for doing so, moreso than not doing it because you are afraid people will get very angry at you for creating "homosexual propaganda" or some such.

I believe he never actually said he wouldn't do it, just responded to questions on the subject with something to the effect of 'and how do you think that would make me look, an adult man drawing young girls making out for the internet' and everyone assumed that meant he wouldn't do it.

He was just fucking with us.

Its not going to be much different and Peppermint Patty and Marcie just a bit more holding hands and cuddling with the occasional kiss. Its not like there isn't one defacto girl/girl couple in this comic already anyway, or at least perceived in that context.

>>218773
Considering the nature of the people who usually asked him, he was right to be pretty sore on the subject anyhow.

>>218756
>anyone that thought this would be going beyond snuggles in chairs is a nutter.

I'm pretty sure an on-screen kiss and Kat's attempts to be suave goes beyond "snuggles in chairs". Definitely the former.

Aww, now onto implied snogging and disheveled attire.

>>218827
That escalated quickly. Also has Kat's nose always been that big?

>>218838
Sorta kinda, Paz's last line is kinda confusing. If there had been a more pages of this stuff and more Kat riding the fence if she was getting the right signals from Paz then it would make a bit more sense for her to say that. But hey now its established and things can move on. But if Kat/Annie stuff starts lurking in the comic then I'm out.

Hehehehe

>>218843
Paz's line is just making it clear she knew about Kat's insecurity the whole time.

>>218861
Yea its just that their relationship could use more depth. Heck it could be an entire series of chapters in itself instead of just one offs. Also second panel Paz is a massive tease and she knows it.

They should have a adventure with Kat and Paz and they venture into the depths of the under court and they have some exposition while they delve deeper looking for some Magitek like what her parents have built maybe uncover some of that crystal matrices that were said to have existed on their side in the past. Why should Annie get to have all the fun delving into the histories of the forest and court? Then they separate them since Paz is a worse influence on Kat than Annie since Paz makes Kat a lot more driven to discovery and accomplishment for some reason.

Bunker. We get it. You think lesbians are ruining everything. Opinion noted, now please stop shitting up the thread.

Calling it now: Annie sees them and is very confused/worried/hurt.

Because drama.

>>218914
and gotta keep those Annie Kat shippers on the hook.

>>218914
I trust that Tom will not allow his comic to devolve into dumbass relationship drama. It's a good thing he doesn't listen to or care about fan theories because between you and Bunker, you guys have pretty shitty ideas about what should/"is going to" happen.

>>218916
And that's incidentally why hiring fans as writers is a much, much worse idea than it sounds.

>>218931
Thus explaining the dire straights we find both Marvel and DC in.

>>218932

and the Disney stuff starting to come out like the Maleficent film and that "Once Upon A Time" show. An why its good that Web and Strip comics usually only live as long as the author cares to continue, for the most part.Makes me wonder what would happen if a Webcomic became a property beyond the creator.

>>218932
Yeah man, DC's much worse now that they've gotten rid of the guys that hate the characters, like Mark Waid, James Robinson, Paul Jenkins, not to mention the passing of well-known Hater Dwayne McDuffie...

The idea that "fans shouldn't write" has always struck me as particularly ridiculous. Sometimes it works out well, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes a creator that's iffy on other books does amazingly well on a book he was a fan of, sometimes a writer can thrive on titles they don't care much about then faceplant when they get their dream job. There's no hard and fast rules to this shit.

>>218940

Well TBH Jenkins has been shit for quite a while.

But no I get what you're saying. Being a fan shouldn't be a disqualification. But being the type of fan who is unable to take a step back from their love of the franchise...that can pose problems.

Noooooooo! Not the drama!

>>218944
I really don't think that's a drama flag. I'm pretty sure that's Annie going "Oh wow, they are really into it. I shouldn't just stare, and if they see me they might stop on my account. Let me just scoot out of sight for a bit."

>>218945
It's really hard to say. That body language can be read in a couple of different ways.

>>218944
>>Robots like to watch

>>218946
ehhhh... i'm thinking it's just annie going into Awkward Mode. she does this sometimes.

>>218944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI9hgp32-f0

>>218945
That's a "whoops I appear to have walked in on... um... I'll just let myself out..." scene if ever I saw one.

>>218914
>>218944
Who called it?

I called it.

Eh, I think that's gonna solve rather quickly, and the source of drama isn't gonna be from this but rather from other not-cliché routes.

>>218949
GODDAMMIT HITOMI

>>218953
wow such mastery of the obvious man. Now let's predict Kat will do something with robots soon.

Is reading this now illegal in Russia?

>>218956
Don't begrudge me my small victories.

>>218944
Are those robots recording?

>>218944
Around the court they say Kat's nose grew three sizes that day.

>>218961
Unlike Annie, she always had a pretty big schnoz.

>>218957
Getting close, if tables start getting cleared for further goings next page. Paz pulling her back into it and Kat slipping into the daze, temp is a rising and it looks like we are heading all the way to Tier 15. Or Paz could just be a tease and just break it and jog off leaving an overheating Kat to look for a piston to pump.

>>218969
just a lot more obvious when its rubbing on someones cheek.

>>218953
We really don't know at all yet whether she's confused/worried/hurt. She could just as easily have excused herself to let the lovers snog in privacy.

Well, except for the robots.

The ever-staring robots.

>>219012
Annie is just running around back so she can spook Kat. Its why Paz leveled up that snog so Kat will be to dazed to noticed til its too late and she gets sandwiched.

I am leaning towards Annie, being the socially-oblivious fuck she is, actually had no idea of what was going on between those to, and her reaction was OH SHIT MY BEST FRIEND IS A LESBIAN I HAD NO IDEA.

She's just running to get her camera.

Robots are already recording this for posterity on that cloud drive thing they have. What has been seen cannot be unseen. That being Paz trying to climb down Kat's throat.

You know what Kat related plot point I really wanna see more on? Mecha God Valkyrie Kat.

>>219065

The final combined Form of PazKat, Guardian of the Court.

In a daze from having ones throat thoughtfully probed by someones tongue.

>>219102
What does kissing feel like anyway?

>>219104
Like a bag of sand.

>>219104
Well it's sort of like eating a hot dog, except the hot dog is fighting back, and you're not supposed to chew.

So post happenings what does one do with Paz? Destined to become a piece of furniture for Kat's room during downtime, be her arm candy for some scenes or will she embark on adventures with Kat? Also Holiday time skip is coming what will that impact?

>>219106
That sounds like another thing.

>>219106
>you're not supposed to chew.

Oh.

OHHHHHHHHHH.

Wow, that explains a LOT.

>>219109
Well you didn't say WHAT we were kissing.

>>219115
Girls. Obviously. Girls are the only thing being kissed in this thread.

>>219122
Least till Adventures with Annie and the Green Men part 2. Or we get some more flashbacks. Those that thinks anyone will be reacting negatively to developments I hope are wrong.

>>219131
to think about it I see it being more Kat sees Annie talking to Paz and then Kat asks Paz was Annie said to her and Paz tries to just wave off "oh she just said if I hurt you she'll burn the very soul from my body. She cares for you Kat..really...a lot."

Have they ever done a map of the court? Yea that wing was pretty toasted. Hope it doesn't end up being sabotage.

>Familiar places

>>219406
Do they have something against mobile phones in the court?

>>219412
But with reliable fast communication then we wouldn't have cumulative WEEKS of people walking around doing nothing. Also that suspense that Annie is upset or something.

>>219412

I would assume that even if they did have them, Annie may well have switched hers off.

>>219419
Or he has one, but it keeps melting when she uses her fire powers.

It's not that unlikely that Annie doesn't have one. She never had a reason to have one before she came to the court. And now she only has one friend and she's already living together with her and is around her all the time. Also, if anything really urgent comes up she can just shoot fireworks in the sky.

>>219428
Bet we see those fireworks in a page or two.

>>219429

I think the fireworks would've been up a lot earlier.

Also no alarms have gone off, so no-one's tried crossing to the forest.

I'd probably agree with other posters that she's at the cherry tree. If not there...she's been off to get a book.

This upcoming page...I'm expecting Kat to 'man-up' so to speak after a brief pause and outright state she was mackin' on a girl. If anyone's relatively safe to come out to other than Annie, it'd be Reynard.

>>219412
It's an author generation thing. Also giving fiction characters the same tech as us usually drags the story down. because it limits plots. The less phones in the world the better anyway.

>>219441
It's been pointed out, for example, that if cellphones were as widespread during the time Seinfield was on, pretty much none of the plots would've worked.

>>219441
Saying it 'limits plots' only seems to be a problem if the talent of the writer is limited

The idea that cellphones break plots must have been come up with by someone who has never tried to get in touch with someone by cell and be unable to reach them because they left it at home, or in their bag, or it ran out of batteries, or it was set to vibrate and they're wearing thick pants, or there's background noise and they just didnt hear it, or...

Everyone in my family has a cell phone. You can never reach any of the fuckers on them.

>>219440
Maybe this is a culminating thing. Kat's bliss over her relationship now turning into concern and worry that her friend is missing and nowhere to be found. And then the emergency flare and sirens kick in and her worry and concern deepen into dread and fear that something has gone very wrong. Kinda a counterbalance to the happening. Or she just finds Annie next page Annie asks about Paz and Kat acknowledges and everyone goes on their way.

>>219449
No Signal (and other cellular drama)

>>219447
having access to a phone means you literally can't write people searching each others like that, or being lost, or kidnapped. Something happen "herpa derpa why didn't they call da police omg so stupiiidd". A phone is not a good device that demands intrigues. Sure your romance will love having characters doing nothing but chatting on the phone but for a mystery story is a deal breaker, just like having modern weapons in a martial art battle.

>>219459
Not the same guy, but "there are no phones because it's bad for the story" does not really cut it. At least in Harry Potter, Rowling made up that rule about magic fucking up anything tech based.

>>219449
> Also giving fiction characters the same tech as us usually drags the story down.

Uhm, but they do have tech as us. In fact, they have tech that exceeds ours.