This Dragon does not appear to comprehend the seriousness of the situation he’s in. His demeanor is very juvenile, does he think this is some sort of game?
@Ursa Minor take a closer look at panel three (it took me awhile perceive what is going on with it too).
My take on this page is that our bubble buddies are still struggling to complete their mission despite their problems. Dainix has found a worthy target to vent his frustrations on and Erin despite wounds and strain has been able to summon his fire magic to sustain his air bubble and continue his search. I think Red as done a good job of making the audience (us) care about what is happening to her characters while providing suspense and tension in her ongoing story. At least to me.
Red wouldn’t take Erin’s foot off with frostbite. She’s not going to give one of the main cast that kind of permanent injury. No way this will turn out like the end of HttyD.
It’s just underwater, don’t worry. At least don’t worry yet, but that water must be stupid cold. At least he now has a little fire again to warm himself up.
I knew Red wouldn’t let that dragon get away without a Kaiju Fight.
But I’m a little confused. That hole next to Erin must have been where Dainix transformed. It probably wasn’t a massively comfortable moment for Erin either. But he dropped his spells? Perhaps Dainix absorbed the Fire, but Soulfire isn’t Primordial Fire, so I wouldn’t have thought so.
More importantly, he doesn’t seem to be casting the water bubble at all. Did he reseal the ice after Dainix transformed? Is he just going to chill for a bit while Dainix does the fighting? I mean, I’m not judging him at all, that’s definitely the best choice he’s made all day.
I’m assuming he either resealed the now-ice-cave-bubble after Dainix broke out, and since the ice is holding shape, he can drop the water spell, at least for now, and just focus on circulating the air. I’m assuming Dainix’s Crucible form still knowing friend from foe is why Erin isn’t currently looking very crispy…but I’m rather surprised his ‘plan’ involved not freezing to death while waiting for Dainix to handle Calian…his spell converts the air, I don’t know that it’ll keep him warm.
Then again, it’s Erin. Why should I be surprised his plan is “I can handle this, I’m fine.”
He dropped the bubble spell because the water froze. Dainix went through the bottom of the bubble (you can see the whole at the bottom left) and dug down through the ice before curving up to fight the dragon so the water wouldn’t fill the bubble completely when he broke through (The air in the bubble is creating a natural air pocket, the little water at the bottom is likely from the ice Dainix melted to get out). This allows Erin to take a little breather because he only needs to focus on one spell now.
I’m guessing the plan is either Erin waits until the fight is over for Dainix to melt the ice before he puts the water spell back up, or Erin is only giving himself a moment and will use a water spell to turn the ice back to water and go look for their stuff while Dainix holds off the dragon.
Can’t tell if latent fire bc of bubble spell, latent fire bc of Dainix, or fire corruption in the swirls happening in Erin’s ice cave. If fire corruption… he can purge that while keeping a spell mostly up, right? Bc otherwise my man is gonna have Somehow, More Problems
It took me a bit to understand what the hell you were talking about, do you mean the orange glowy swirls on the ice and water in the last panel? I’m pretty sure that’s just reflections of the fire Erin is channeling. Because, you know, water and ice are reflective and that’s the only light source in there.
Panel 3 is gorgeous and it makes me happy. I love Danix.
Panel 6 is worrying but Erin has a special talent of getting himself into screwy situations, getting very injured or messed up, and then somehow, somewhat ‘fixing’ it so I think he’ll be ok. He’s just gonna nearly die of the cold and drowning and messing up his elemental links first. I wonder if Voidy is gonna show up, but I don’t think that would actually help him at all?
I believe Voidy is hugely enjoying watching Erin struggle though his current situation and won’t meddle unless it looks like Erin will die or Voidy can tempt Erin into a Faustian bargain, if I have read Voidy’s character correctly (no guarantee our author won’t fiddle with that!)
He’s in an air pocket, he’s in no danger of drowning. Dainix specifically dug down then up so water wouldn’t fill the bubble (you can see the hole he made in the bottom left of the bubble). He is in danger of hypothermia, but his fire spell that’s keeping the air fresh is providing some heat, so as long as he doesn’t stay in the ice for too long, he’ll be fine. Honestly, I think his biggest problem at the moment is exhaustion.
So hang on, as I understand the logic with Danix’ Soulfire, he can transform elements into other elements (certainly Light into Dark and vice versa). It’s unclear how voluntary that (or for that matter anything when Danix is in Demon Form) is.
Will he not start transmuting the water (i.e. the *ocean*) into more fire?
Ope. No slipping away under the radar; I guess the Crucible’s picking a fight with that dragon after all. It looks like its fire-type attacks are super effective! It also looks like Erin is functionally sheltered in an ice cavern that formed around the bubble and is now just trying to rewarm himself, keep water from leaking in, and keep transmuting the breathable air. He is… yeah, the guy’s not looking particularly well, but at least he’s hanging in there. I am slightly concerned but also hopeful.
Crucible Dainix is beautifully drawn in panel 3, I love it
briny boats best beware bellowing big bad beast below brilliant blue brine behaving breserkedly about bad boo-boo bequeathed by bubble bros’ blow
Goddamn, good job.
Mic drop of all time
Alan Moore, author of V For Vendetta, approves of this accomplishment.
damn, impressive
*slow clap*
*’bout
remember, kids, if fire doesn’t fix your problems, you’re not using enough fire
Or you’re using the WRONG fire and a DIFFERENT fire will do the trick
“If you’re leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger flame.” – Maxim 34
A Shlock Mercenary reference? In this economy?
For mobile readers.
Alt-text: a great success! zero flaws!
Image source: plan
Tumblr text: finally a kaiju fight in its natural habitat
Bluesky text: chekhov’s underwater fire?
ohhhh i get it it’s chekhov’s underwater fire cause of 1.16.7 !!!
Tumblr text: finally a kaiju fight in its natural habitat
This Dragon does not appear to comprehend the seriousness of the situation he’s in. His demeanor is very juvenile, does he think this is some sort of game?
Well, I certainly think he DID. Not anymore.
Dragons play with their food. Because for them, any human is pretty much a game.
I’m beginning to suspect from context that his demeanor is juvenile because *he* is juvenile.
For a second, I thought from Dainix’s form to be dragon consumed by fire and killed. And it made me sad. Poor kid, he didn’t deserve to die 🙁
Then I realized that he is still alive and fight just started. So it made me happy.
What? I have so many questions. Who did you think died? The dragon or Dainix?
The dragon.
Oh boy, Erin is not doing good: One spell down, stuck in space (incased in ice), cold and exhausted.
He needs help, and soon. Alinua where are you?!
Erins gonna sleep long and well after this, trust
he’d BETTER
@Ursa Minor take a closer look at panel three (it took me awhile perceive what is going on with it too).
My take on this page is that our bubble buddies are still struggling to complete their mission despite their problems. Dainix has found a worthy target to vent his frustrations on and Erin despite wounds and strain has been able to summon his fire magic to sustain his air bubble and continue his search. I think Red as done a good job of making the audience (us) care about what is happening to her characters while providing suspense and tension in her ongoing story. At least to me.
Dainix going through it these 24 hours 💀
Erin also going through it these 24 hours.
Dainix going through it this 24 hours 💀
ERIN WHERE’S YOUR FOOT
Red wouldn’t take Erin’s foot off with frostbite. She’s not going to give one of the main cast that kind of permanent injury. No way this will turn out like the end of HttyD.
…Right?
Alinua come soon pls
It’s just underwater, don’t worry. At least don’t worry yet, but that water must be stupid cold. At least he now has a little fire again to warm himself up.
Underwater ice cave diving, famously a safe pursuit with no conceivable risks
I actually laughed out loud when I read this, good job
Your facts, they are true. Nothing bad has ever happened to someone alone, underwater, underdressed, in a shifting frozen hellhole.
Mhm, one hundred percent, absolutely none.
I knew Red wouldn’t let that dragon get away without a Kaiju Fight.
But I’m a little confused. That hole next to Erin must have been where Dainix transformed. It probably wasn’t a massively comfortable moment for Erin either. But he dropped his spells? Perhaps Dainix absorbed the Fire, but Soulfire isn’t Primordial Fire, so I wouldn’t have thought so.
More importantly, he doesn’t seem to be casting the water bubble at all. Did he reseal the ice after Dainix transformed? Is he just going to chill for a bit while Dainix does the fighting? I mean, I’m not judging him at all, that’s definitely the best choice he’s made all day.
Erin is now in a bubble-shaped hole in the ice. Dainix is the fire ray that shot out and hit the dragon.
Well, he’s certainly going to “chill”…
I’m assuming he either resealed the now-ice-cave-bubble after Dainix broke out, and since the ice is holding shape, he can drop the water spell, at least for now, and just focus on circulating the air. I’m assuming Dainix’s Crucible form still knowing friend from foe is why Erin isn’t currently looking very crispy…but I’m rather surprised his ‘plan’ involved not freezing to death while waiting for Dainix to handle Calian…his spell converts the air, I don’t know that it’ll keep him warm.
Then again, it’s Erin. Why should I be surprised his plan is “I can handle this, I’m fine.”
He dropped the bubble spell because the water froze. Dainix went through the bottom of the bubble (you can see the whole at the bottom left) and dug down through the ice before curving up to fight the dragon so the water wouldn’t fill the bubble completely when he broke through (The air in the bubble is creating a natural air pocket, the little water at the bottom is likely from the ice Dainix melted to get out). This allows Erin to take a little breather because he only needs to focus on one spell now.
I’m guessing the plan is either Erin waits until the fight is over for Dainix to melt the ice before he puts the water spell back up, or Erin is only giving himself a moment and will use a water spell to turn the ice back to water and go look for their stuff while Dainix holds off the dragon.
Who he is? An angy fireboi, that’s who!
Can’t tell if latent fire bc of bubble spell, latent fire bc of Dainix, or fire corruption in the swirls happening in Erin’s ice cave. If fire corruption… he can purge that while keeping a spell mostly up, right? Bc otherwise my man is gonna have Somehow, More Problems
It took me a bit to understand what the hell you were talking about, do you mean the orange glowy swirls on the ice and water in the last panel? I’m pretty sure that’s just reflections of the fire Erin is channeling. Because, you know, water and ice are reflective and that’s the only light source in there.
Poor, confused dragon, it’s only a Pyrrhic victory if you actually win.
Erin said the thing I like to say.
All according to plan.
My plan is, we will win, and this will hurt a lot.
Oh, goody, it went to plan. All of it.
Erin, uh. You’re not looking so hot.
yeah, um. you’re actually looking rather cold
Of course not, he’s freezing.
Panel 3 is gorgeous and it makes me happy. I love Danix.
Panel 6 is worrying but Erin has a special talent of getting himself into screwy situations, getting very injured or messed up, and then somehow, somewhat ‘fixing’ it so I think he’ll be ok. He’s just gonna nearly die of the cold and drowning and messing up his elemental links first. I wonder if Voidy is gonna show up, but I don’t think that would actually help him at all?
I believe Voidy is hugely enjoying watching Erin struggle though his current situation and won’t meddle unless it looks like Erin will die or Voidy can tempt Erin into a Faustian bargain, if I have read Voidy’s character correctly (no guarantee our author won’t fiddle with that!)
He’s in an air pocket, he’s in no danger of drowning. Dainix specifically dug down then up so water wouldn’t fill the bubble (you can see the hole he made in the bottom left of the bubble). He is in danger of hypothermia, but his fire spell that’s keeping the air fresh is providing some heat, so as long as he doesn’t stay in the ice for too long, he’ll be fine. Honestly, I think his biggest problem at the moment is exhaustion.
So hang on, as I understand the logic with Danix’ Soulfire, he can transform elements into other elements (certainly Light into Dark and vice versa). It’s unclear how voluntary that (or for that matter anything when Danix is in Demon Form) is.
Will he not start transmuting the water (i.e. the *ocean*) into more fire?
No, he cannot. Light and void are the same element.
alexa play the pacific rim soundtrack
I’m pretty sure that’s not Erin.
#DragonVs.Dragon
Also the bubble is breaking.
Ope. No slipping away under the radar; I guess the Crucible’s picking a fight with that dragon after all. It looks like its fire-type attacks are super effective! It also looks like Erin is functionally sheltered in an ice cavern that formed around the bubble and is now just trying to rewarm himself, keep water from leaking in, and keep transmuting the breathable air. He is… yeah, the guy’s not looking particularly well, but at least he’s hanging in there. I am slightly concerned but also hopeful.
Crucible Dainix is beautifully drawn in panel 3, I love it
*his fire-type attacks I mean
AURORA PAGE ON MY BIRTHDAY LETS FREAKING GOOOOO