We have no confirmation that alt-Artie is actually dead. He could be biding his time, waiting for our Sergio to fall for our Artie, then take our Artie’s place!
The stream in the background, a clear allusion to Jean de Florette, is the writers’ hint that the switch already happened. I expect other small easily misinterpreted signs to pop up as the story progresses. The real meaning of the chapter lies in the gap between what we are shown and the understated clues to what is actually happening. Readers looking for an uncomplicated happy ending will be left satisfied until they wake up in the middle of the night five years from now.
Artie is well meaning enough to fall into villainy, but he’s also too deep inside his own head to actually be a threat. He’s only effective at anything other than accidentally causing mayhem when he’s running on instinct instead of intellect.
That assumes that he’s still alive after getting grabbed by a pair of huge spiky talons. Birds of prey aren’t typically gentle when grabbing their prey.
I guess Sergio really didn’t talk to anyone about what happened in the mirror universe. If he’d mentioned a shapeshifting gerbil to basically anyone, they would have said “Oh, you’re talking about Artie”.
Oh, no, he wasn’t.
Sounds like a Star Trek episode.
remind me where I can read this again? I’ve definitely lost some details
“Looking-Glass Land”
From yesterday’s chat: http://skin-horse.com/comic/to-ask-that/
(Beware, you’ll be reliving past strips for the next hour or so…)
…. I cannot believe I’ve been reading this for like 10 years now. I first picked up this strip in middle school
Did the evil version at least wash his hands?
The thing he did with alt-Claire wasn’t very nice, either.
We have no confirmation that alt-Artie is actually dead. He could be biding his time, waiting for our Sergio to fall for our Artie, then take our Artie’s place!
“The Case of the Stolen ‘Happily Ever After'”
The stream in the background, a clear allusion to Jean de Florette, is the writers’ hint that the switch already happened. I expect other small easily misinterpreted signs to pop up as the story progresses. The real meaning of the chapter lies in the gap between what we are shown and the understated clues to what is actually happening. Readers looking for an uncomplicated happy ending will be left satisfied until they wake up in the middle of the night five years from now.
Anyone looking for an uncomplicated happy ending will be unsatisfied forever.
Sounds of choirs: “For Ev-er….and ev-ver…..hallelujiah….
(H-i-a Lee-yah!)”
Artie is well meaning enough to fall into villainy, but he’s also too deep inside his own head to actually be a threat. He’s only effective at anything other than accidentally causing mayhem when he’s running on instinct instead of intellect.
And his instinct is to burrow under some wood chips so owls don’t eat him.
Now I want to see him turn into a human midflight, just to see the surprised look on the owl.
That assumes that he’s still alive after getting grabbed by a pair of huge spiky talons. Birds of prey aren’t typically gentle when grabbing their prey.
Artie mention your name right now!!
…yes I am yelling at a comic character to do something. Yes it’s a comic from over a year ago.
And I bet you’ve had such a reaction to fiction before too, so don’t judge.
I guess Sergio really didn’t talk to anyone about what happened in the mirror universe. If he’d mentioned a shapeshifting gerbil to basically anyone, they would have said “Oh, you’re talking about Artie”.
Secret power of every fictional character: Avoiding any dialogue that would make the drama less interesting.