Then again, that would lead to a disturbing number of alternate timelines in which Jonah is remembered as that weird kid who killed himself because he got one question wrong on the SATs.
Indeed. He hasn’t died since he left Anasigma. But no one seems to understand that.
The proof is in the vision he has at the end of the chapter, once they’re safe. He has glimpses of their future together, without having to die to see them. They just appear in his mind.
Before, he wasn’t actually having visions. He was living through things, then reliving and remembering (and in some cases forgetting) what happened and adapting.
Now he’s actually seeing the future before it happens. He has precognition. These aren’t memories of something he experienced and then had to remember on the next loop. He has never experienced these things until they appear in his head as warnings of things that are about to happen.
Or if you wanna be silly, those’re ALL the other times he fulle escaped, lived a normal life, then died and all came back to that point. he remember ALL of those, we didn’t follow him through them, we’re just seeing the last iteration, after he’s been reliving his life so many times that he doesn’t even remember all the details solidly, but as fluid precognition episodes (?)
Forget standardized testing. If they need money to fund their conspiracy think tank (otherwise known as his room), then Vegas, baby! Maybe Atlantic City for the weekend. Of course they’d have to space it our around the casinos to avoid danger of a less weird kind, but still . . .
Once a few years back I decided that I was going to work out just how many hours I had spent watching some of my favorite old movies (Real Genius, Time Bandits, the first Lord Of The Rings film with the artwork done on top of greenscreened Italian extras (shuddup, it was damn good for its time), LadyHawk, Rocky Horror, that movie with jousting on motorcycles, etc…. I stopped when I realized that the numbers of hours almost *certainly* topped how many I had spent getting my BS in college. But, you know….. no regrets. Or not for THOSE movies, anyway.
That would be awesome. But they have repeatedly referred to the person as “Mr. Green” and “he” and “him”, so the only way it could be Mell is if she took one of Helen’s gender-swap tablets and got stuck as a man.
If this story line doesn’t include an explicit or implicit “And I would have gotten away with it, if not for you meddling kids!” I shall be most disappointed.
Nera, Jonah Yu, what to do?
You’ve got something to do now.
Nera, Jonah Yu, what to do?
It’s all up to you two, now.
Don’t blow it, Jonah Yu, we know you,
You’ve got this crazy stigma.
It’s in this flying car, won’t go far,
The head of Anasigma.
You know you’ve got some history involved,
So Jonah Yu get ready to attack!
[Don’t look back!]
And Jonah Yu, if you can’t do,
You’re gonna find yourself a few years back,
[On a new track!]
Nera, Jonah Yu, it’s time to do.
This is no time to rant, sir!
It all comes down to you, Jonah Yu.
We’ll know we’ll get the answer.
—from, well, we can all figure out what it’s from, right?
Finding the head of Anasigma that quick would be too easy! Looking at J & N’s record of making goofy mistakes I wonder if the driver/builder of that car is just Virginia, looking to meet up with Nick. Virginia stole, AHEM, reverse-engineered the tech to make it fly by studying a certain Prudence Fairweather’s rocket-powered Conestoga.
Maybe the car *is* the head of Anasigma.
Bingo!
One of Madblood’s failures, out for vengeance!
Then who was the man they saw?
The driver! I mean, just because the director is a car doesn’t mean that the director should have to drive him/her/itself.
Or maybe that’s too reminiscent of hamsters tooling around in their re-purposed hippy…
He’s the driver for the self-piloting car. Strong union.
That was Otto.
Yeah, the Otto Pilot.
It occurs to me that Jonah’s abilities, if abused, could give him a seriously unfair advantaged when it comes to standardized testing.
Then again, that would lead to a disturbing number of alternate timelines in which Jonah is remembered as that weird kid who killed himself because he got one question wrong on the SATs.
I love this idea
As far as I can tell, what Jonah has now is not save-scumming but semi-random visions.
Indeed. He hasn’t died since he left Anasigma. But no one seems to understand that.
The proof is in the vision he has at the end of the chapter, once they’re safe. He has glimpses of their future together, without having to die to see them. They just appear in his mind.
Before, he wasn’t actually having visions. He was living through things, then reliving and remembering (and in some cases forgetting) what happened and adapting.
Now he’s actually seeing the future before it happens. He has precognition. These aren’t memories of something he experienced and then had to remember on the next loop. He has never experienced these things until they appear in his head as warnings of things that are about to happen.
Thank you for writing all this out; I was starting to doubt myself.
Or if you wanna be silly, those’re ALL the other times he fulle escaped, lived a normal life, then died and all came back to that point. he remember ALL of those, we didn’t follow him through them, we’re just seeing the last iteration, after he’s been reliving his life so many times that he doesn’t even remember all the details solidly, but as fluid precognition episodes (?)
Forget standardized testing. If they need money to fund their conspiracy think tank (otherwise known as his room), then Vegas, baby! Maybe Atlantic City for the weekend. Of course they’d have to space it our around the casinos to avoid danger of a less weird kind, but still . . .
So we are about to unmask a master villain true identity and Sweetheart still need to ask the meddling teenagers why they are not in school.
Never change sweetie.
Shit, now I’m gonna be up all night trying to figure out which Scooby-Doo character everyone is.
And I am just gonna wonder why there aren’t Scooby snacks for Sweetheart from the donut shop.
That ride must have severely tinted windows, if they can’t see who’s in there…
Radiation shielding has its drawbacks.
Aww, we didn’t get to see Nera’s reaction to meeting Sweetheart
Are you sure it wasn’t her answer to “Hey, shouldn’t you kids be in school?”?
Real Genius was so much better than all of the Revenge of the Nerds movies put together.
^This!
And 1,000 percent better than its alleged counterpart, WEIRD SCIENCE.
Even Weird Science was better than Revenge of the Nerds.
Once a few years back I decided that I was going to work out just how many hours I had spent watching some of my favorite old movies (Real Genius, Time Bandits, the first Lord Of The Rings film with the artwork done on top of greenscreened Italian extras (shuddup, it was damn good for its time), LadyHawk, Rocky Horror, that movie with jousting on motorcycles, etc…. I stopped when I realized that the numbers of hours almost *certainly* topped how many I had spent getting my BS in college. But, you know….. no regrets. Or not for THOSE movies, anyway.
Art conundrum artfully dodged.
Also, I can confess that I have loved the film “Real Genius” longer and more ardently than is seemly.
It’s the bunny slippers.
“It’s a moral imperative.” I think that was my motto in college because of this movie.
And my bucket list still includes filling someone’s house with popcorn.
It’s a good thing Jonah’s dad doesn’t run a movie theater.
I’d be drooling over the donuts if I hadn’t just eaten breakfast.
So who’s in the car? I vote for Mell W. Kelly.
That would be awesome. But they have repeatedly referred to the person as “Mr. Green” and “he” and “him”, so the only way it could be Mell is if she took one of Helen’s gender-swap tablets and got stuck as a man.
Can’t be Mell.
I mean, no weapons of some sort in car luggage. I can’t imagine Mell travels without any firepower ready on arm’s reach.
I do hope it someone we know from Narbonic.
Yeah. I’m waiting to find out how Mell is somehow related to Unity. Helen did after all sell Mell’s DNA to a government bioweapons program.
Is it just me, or did you answer your own question while asking it…? 😉
Oh, I know it’s a solid theory. I just think it’d be cool to have a storyline that fills in all the details.
How can they afford last miniute air fair working at dunken
I’m just going to assume Nera’s mom leaves her with an emergency credit card and a couple of phony passports just in case.
If this story line doesn’t include an explicit or implicit “And I would have gotten away with it, if not for you meddling kids!” I shall be most disappointed.
Can we get an unmasking, too?
Huh! So they did graduate high school. Does that mean Jonah did ask her to that one dance, like his last big vision implied?
Here’s hoping he hits puberty before he hits legal drinking age.
Nera, Jonah Yu, what to do?
You’ve got something to do now.
Nera, Jonah Yu, what to do?
It’s all up to you two, now.
Don’t blow it, Jonah Yu, we know you,
You’ve got this crazy stigma.
It’s in this flying car, won’t go far,
The head of Anasigma.
You know you’ve got some history involved,
So Jonah Yu get ready to attack!
[Don’t look back!]
And Jonah Yu, if you can’t do,
You’re gonna find yourself a few years back,
[On a new track!]
Nera, Jonah Yu, it’s time to do.
This is no time to rant, sir!
It all comes down to you, Jonah Yu.
We’ll know we’ll get the answer.
—from, well, we can all figure out what it’s from, right?
Looking at panel 1, I’m wondering how many of them the car could take out if it suddenly shot forward.
I’m kidding, of course. The simple solution involves a recorded message to say the car is about to explode. Shouldn’t damage the paint job that way.
You get a discount if you’re a friend of the airplane.
I’m going to assume two things here:
1) Your comment was supposed to be a reply to Sir William, and
2) Sir William meant to say “train fare”.
Finding the head of Anasigma that quick would be too easy! Looking at J & N’s record of making goofy mistakes I wonder if the driver/builder of that car is just Virginia, looking to meet up with Nick. Virginia stole, AHEM, reverse-engineered the tech to make it fly by studying a certain Prudence Fairweather’s rocket-powered Conestoga.