It’s probably just off-handed, but it might be backshadowing (yes I am adding that to my personal dictionary). Still think it’s almost definitely foreshadowing.
Or perhaps just shining, since the light that casts the shadows of foreshadowing and backshadowing into the future and past shines from the present? (That sounded a lot more clever in my head.)
Falst: Oh, please, shoes are overrated.
PML on the roof: Got that right!
(the gang looks up at the ceiling confused)
And the snark to snark combat continues with Falst and Erin, Alinua imparts her best annoyed glare at Kendal, Kendal sulks uncomfortably and the PML sets the comment section ablaze. Yep, just a regular day in Aurora.
Hmm, seeing how the metal woman is here, and unharmed, she can’t have been off fighting Tynan. I guess she saw the storm then went on her own way, not suspecting it’s true nature.
honestly, yeah though. It is my firm opinion that the only reason to wear shoes is for foot protection, and if you aren’t doing metal work or something else where you can drop hot or heavy things on your feet, and if you are in an area that doesn’t have glass shards on the road, shoes can stay home. And even that doesn’t apply to metal lady, because who cares if you step on glass or get hit by forge scale when you are MADE OF METAL!
Where are Tynan’s storm clouds for appropriate foreshadowing? Also, that armchair is huge, it’s straight out of blues clues. Why do they make such huge armchairs here? Is it a zuurith thing? Also, Edna mode is throwing a hissy fit right now.
Oh okay, makes sense. Sorry about allergies, and sorry for assuming your pronouns!
(Sorry if this posts twice, the first time I mispelled my email and idk if it’s going to post anyway)
It’s alright. Pretty much everyone assumes my pronouns as he or she… No one ever goes for they on the first try so I’m pretty used to it (heck, my parents and teachers do it).
My dad has horrible allergies to oaks, my mom seems to react to oaks and maples- then there’s me, and I got both- achoo!
Yes, I admit they usually happen earlier. But when I began they tended to come out later- sometimes much later. It really depends on when I’m done rolling in bed.
Of course we check for your TL;DRs, they’re usually the best part of the comment section!
Someday I’m going to start reading the TL;DRs before the page itself just to see what it’s like (I imagine it’ll have a very cool and confusing effect). Unfortunately, the pages usually come out smack in the middle of the day for me, whereas the TL;DRs come out in the evening, and I’m very impatient. But someday . . .
Yeah, I do the TL;DR s early in the morning for me, but of course the page came out sometime before I got up. Usually these days it’s 6 or 7 ish in whatever timezone I have.
I never thought the TL;DR s would become something to look forward to for anyone, and honestly it’s amazing that a couple words you typed for the fun of it made someone else happy.
I go looking specifically for them in the comments with almost the same level of excitement as I do looking at the hovertext!
I’m just glad that the comic also comes out early in the morning for me, so both it and the TL;DR are there when I wake up 😀
She probably wouldn’t knock on the door; she’d either come in Ling style through the window, or jump down the chimney if there is one. Failing those, she’d punch a hole in the roof.
She might be interpreting it as him not wanting to even try, or him implying he has no self-determination… Or maybe she just skipped her morning coffee. IDK.
“WE WANT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT WE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK MAKING ART CAN BE SO WE APPRECIATE THAT UPDATES ARE AS CONSISTENT AND FAST AS THEY ARE”
Red is spoiling us with potential shipping fodder, not to mention just spoiling us with Falst in general.
also the impending dread of literally everyone who’s about to go after Erin, not to mention Tynan is making me, like, really nervous.
also also, do you think Tess gets her cape at the same place as Erin? I think it’s safe to say that Purple capes are currently the height of fashion in Aurora’s world
Okay; so I just went back to the beginning of chapter 6 to see what the cape that Erin wore into The Storm looked like; it’s exactly the same! It’s literally the same look as the capes that Erin and Falst are wearing here! And since that first cape was lost after Erin got possessed, that means he’s had at least three identical copies of the same cape, probably more! Shit, Edna Mode would be foaming at the mouth if she could see this man. So, even if purple capes are not the height of this world’s fashion… they’re certainly the height of Erin’s fashion.
All or Nothing: Pan and Ace Roomates is still the best hypothetical show I’ve ever heard of. All or Nothing: Elemental Magus and Ferin Roomates is a close second, though
I agree with the first two but as someone who hates hat dragons are usually portrayed as the problem for the humanoid things to beat up I can’t be a fan of the last point. If she punched something less animal-like, I’d approve.
Same here! A lot of the time dragons are the villains, and I wish it didnt happen quite as often. On the plus side, villainous dragons tend to be so much more badass and maniacal, and its fun to see them flaunt their power. Hero dragons tend to either be the old wise mentor, the non-sentient firebreathing packhorse, or get nerfed somehow because they’re… well… dragons. They’re effectively a deus ex machina if used incorrectly.
(Some day itd be fun to see a dragon acting as the powerhouse for a five man band.)
For a wonderful subversion of the “no dragon protagonists” thing, I’d recommend reading the Earthsea books by Ursula K. Le Guin. The three last books feature dragons in major protagonistic roles for at least part of the story.
Pretty much every story I write is set in a world where dragons were oppressed by humans and forced to live in hiding. They are both protagonists and antagonists since the story focuses on their society.
“You need to be very special to me if you want me to sacrifice my mobility” well we’ve paired the side characters off now we can go back to shipping Kendal and Alinua.
this site desperately needs a jump to, find the page or bookmarking system. I went back to the beginning to check Alivua’s eye color and couldn’t find where I was, had to flip through page by page.
After my second reread I have determined that when falst says “you need to be very special to me…” It’s foreshadowing that those two are going to have a relationship (also I asked a while ago and falst is bi with a male preference so it’s highly likely)
So that means Falst will be convinced to “sacrifice his mobility” in a way that’s Not sacrificing his health/body for a very certain champion were about to meet, right???? =)))))))
I’m not fully up to date on the comic, but up to the point I’ve read it’s still up in the air as to whether the “sacrifice my mobility” comment refers to Erin or Dainix. I’m torn because I think they’re both good ships (though I prefer Falst and Erin) but I do love the fact that romance doesn’t really play a big part in the comic. It’s super hard to find any media where romance isn’t a thing.
Hey there! How’d the fight with Tynan go?
Alinua’s mom glare to Kendal is so cute, and Falst and Erin checking out his new cape
HI TESS I MISS YOU
“I’ll keep them out of trouble”
She is such a mom
But what is a friend group without a team mom?
TESSSSSSSSSS AND FANCY FALST
BOTTOM TEXT
*Gasp* Tess is back
FIVE MAN BAND IS ALMOST HERE!!!
I’m still calling that Tess won’t join the team, and will remain a friendly secondary character.
Looking foward to Falst wearing shoes 2 in two years from now
Yeah, there’s no way “you need to be very special to me to make me sacrifice my mobility” isn’t foreshadowing
Oh look, she’s about to go kick some ass
I wonder who the the very special person that Falst sacrificed his mobility for in the past was and what heart rending fate befell them?
Ooh, I thought that sentence was foreshadowing, but you’re right, it might be backshadowing!
It seemed like an off-hand comment to me, like: “You want me to wear shoes? You’ll have to ask nicer than that.”
It’s probably just off-handed, but it might be backshadowing (yes I am adding that to my personal dictionary). Still think it’s almost definitely foreshadowing.
It would technically be hindshadowing but that sounds stupid so backshadowing it is
So, would hints at a different event happening at the same time as the present be called sideshadowing?
Sideshadowing? Concurrentshadowing? Simulshadowing?
Or perhaps just shining, since the light that casts the shadows of foreshadowing and backshadowing into the future and past shines from the present? (That sounded a lot more clever in my head.)
…yeah, I’m sticking with sideshadowing.
You could just say ‘parallels’.
looks like kendal needs a book to read while he waits
wonder if he knows how to read
Falst: Oh, please, shoes are overrated.
PML on the roof: Got that right!
(the gang looks up at the ceiling confused)
And the snark to snark combat continues with Falst and Erin, Alinua imparts her best annoyed glare at Kendal, Kendal sulks uncomfortably and the PML sets the comment section ablaze. Yep, just a regular day in Aurora.
Hmm, seeing how the metal woman is here, and unharmed, she can’t have been off fighting Tynan. I guess she saw the storm then went on her own way, not suspecting it’s true nature.
honestly, yeah though. It is my firm opinion that the only reason to wear shoes is for foot protection, and if you aren’t doing metal work or something else where you can drop hot or heavy things on your feet, and if you are in an area that doesn’t have glass shards on the road, shoes can stay home. And even that doesn’t apply to metal lady, because who cares if you step on glass or get hit by forge scale when you are MADE OF METAL!
TESS!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey that’s the metallic lightning lady. Hopefully we will finally get to know her better this chapter.
Oh look, Falst and Erin are– PUNCHY METAL LADY HIIII!!!!!!
Banter and cool magic ladies in one page, we are blessed
Falst looks wonderful in a cape
Oh yay! The cool metal lady!
Where are Tynan’s storm clouds for appropriate foreshadowing? Also, that armchair is huge, it’s straight out of blues clues. Why do they make such huge armchairs here? Is it a zuurith thing? Also, Edna mode is throwing a hissy fit right now.
Hey, what happened to Somebody and his TLDR?
I tried to actually get some sleep- allergy season really took a toll on me and it felt nice to finally sneak in some z’s. Sorry.
I hope this doesn’t come off as rude, but I prefer they/them pronouns.
Oh okay, sorry about allergies and sorry for assuming your pronouns!
Oh okay, makes sense. Sorry about allergies, and sorry for assuming your pronouns!
(Sorry if this posts twice, the first time I mispelled my email and idk if it’s going to post anyway)
Look, it only posted once!
It’s alright. Pretty much everyone assumes my pronouns as he or she… No one ever goes for they on the first try so I’m pretty used to it (heck, my parents and teachers do it).
My dad has horrible allergies to oaks, my mom seems to react to oaks and maples- then there’s me, and I got both- achoo!
It will end. IT WILL END.
*Achoo*
Damn, too early for the TL;DRs, is only 07:16.
Wait, you really check on for those??
Yes, I admit they usually happen earlier. But when I began they tended to come out later- sometimes much later. It really depends on when I’m done rolling in bed.
Of course we check for your TL;DRs, they’re usually the best part of the comment section!
Someday I’m going to start reading the TL;DRs before the page itself just to see what it’s like (I imagine it’ll have a very cool and confusing effect). Unfortunately, the pages usually come out smack in the middle of the day for me, whereas the TL;DRs come out in the evening, and I’m very impatient. But someday . . .
Yeah, I do the TL;DR s early in the morning for me, but of course the page came out sometime before I got up. Usually these days it’s 6 or 7 ish in whatever timezone I have.
I never thought the TL;DR s would become something to look forward to for anyone, and honestly it’s amazing that a couple words you typed for the fun of it made someone else happy.
I go looking specifically for them in the comments with almost the same level of excitement as I do looking at the hovertext!
I’m just glad that the comic also comes out early in the morning for me, so both it and the TL;DR are there when I wake up 😀
TL;DR: We’re going errand running, stay at home and don’t answer the door to ANYBODY. Especially not metal ladies who lurk on rooftops.
She probably wouldn’t knock on the door; she’d either come in Ling style through the window, or jump down the chimney if there is one. Failing those, she’d punch a hole in the roof.
God, you sound like my mother every time she leaves the house. I’m 18 in a few days. I get it.
Haha same here, that’s what I based it on. Also turning 18 soon… I hope I never grow up to say such things.
Don’t we all
(Hope we never sound like that, that is. Not turn 18 soon, that won’t be me for a few years.)
Huh. I didn’t realise how young a lot of Red’s audience is. I think I might be one of the oldest readers here, despite being young myself.
But what if the metal ladies who lurk on rooftops have the potential to be friends? Friends, Somebody! FRIENDS!
What are friends? My school only knows bullies and fake friends.
But really, I have had terrible social interactions.
Us watching a women watching Kendal being watched by Zuurith, does that make use triple stockers, or…?
Tess out here looking for Sicktats Skinnybitch McHubris is my guess
Also, why is Alinua mad at Kendal? In this case, it really isn’t up to him whether he gets in trouble or not.
She might be interpreting it as him not wanting to even try, or him implying he has no self-determination… Or maybe she just skipped her morning coffee. IDK.
Floof on the roof.
Only Aurora can have something be metal and floofy at the same time
Steel wool comes to mind.
Somebody has definitely never touched steel wool before, that crap’s like sandpaper
It looks floofy though.
How are we to know if metal lady’s hair is soft or abrasive?
Eyyyy
please have her interact with them please have them interact pl-
“WHAT DO WE WANT?”
“BANTER!!”
“WHEN DO WE WANT IT?!”
“NOW, BUT THAT’S OUTSIDE OF THE SCHEDULE SO I GUESS WE’LL JUST WAIT FOR FRIDAY”
“WE WANT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT WE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK MAKING ART CAN BE SO WE APPRECIATE THAT UPDATES ARE AS CONSISTENT AND FAST AS THEY ARE”
oh hey it’s shiny lady
Red is spoiling us with potential shipping fodder, not to mention just spoiling us with Falst in general.
also the impending dread of literally everyone who’s about to go after Erin, not to mention Tynan is making me, like, really nervous.
also also, do you think Tess gets her cape at the same place as Erin? I think it’s safe to say that Purple capes are currently the height of fashion in Aurora’s world
Okay; so I just went back to the beginning of chapter 6 to see what the cape that Erin wore into The Storm looked like; it’s exactly the same! It’s literally the same look as the capes that Erin and Falst are wearing here! And since that first cape was lost after Erin got possessed, that means he’s had at least three identical copies of the same cape, probably more! Shit, Edna Mode would be foaming at the mouth if she could see this man. So, even if purple capes are not the height of this world’s fashion… they’re certainly the height of Erin’s fashion.
They could both be from the academy!
No need to applaud my genius. (Ok but honestly good eyes)
Plot twist: they become friends with PML because of the capes
Falst and Erin should star in a sitcom about to roommates who have nothing in common
All or Nothing, but it’s about privilege and not Sexualities
wow that sounds sad now that i’m typing it like that
All or Nothing: Pan and Ace Roomates is still the best hypothetical show I’ve ever heard of. All or Nothing: Elemental Magus and Ferin Roomates is a close second, though
I’d suggest he try taking a nap, but given how well that went *last* time…
Just a question, why is everyone such a huge fan of the metal lady?
1: Big
2: Snarky
3: Punches Dragons
I agree with the first two but as someone who hates hat dragons are usually portrayed as the problem for the humanoid things to beat up I can’t be a fan of the last point. If she punched something less animal-like, I’d approve.
Well, she may soon get the chance to punch a dickheaded god (or two) and/or his corrupt police force.
Same here! A lot of the time dragons are the villains, and I wish it didnt happen quite as often. On the plus side, villainous dragons tend to be so much more badass and maniacal, and its fun to see them flaunt their power. Hero dragons tend to either be the old wise mentor, the non-sentient firebreathing packhorse, or get nerfed somehow because they’re… well… dragons. They’re effectively a deus ex machina if used incorrectly.
(Some day itd be fun to see a dragon acting as the powerhouse for a five man band.)
For a wonderful subversion of the “no dragon protagonists” thing, I’d recommend reading the Earthsea books by Ursula K. Le Guin. The three last books feature dragons in major protagonistic roles for at least part of the story.
So you could say they’re proDRAGONists?
Pretty much every story I write is set in a world where dragons were oppressed by humans and forced to live in hiding. They are both protagonists and antagonists since the story focuses on their society.
IS HE REALLY THAT TALL OR IS SHE REALLY THAT SHORT?
TESS! YOU ARE MY FAVORITE ONE.
“You need to be very special to me if you want me to sacrifice my mobility” well we’ve paired the side characters off now we can go back to shipping Kendal and Alinua.
“You need to be very special to me” I’m calling foreshadowing and I’m already building a ship.
this site desperately needs a jump to, find the page or bookmarking system. I went back to the beginning to check Alivua’s eye color and couldn’t find where I was, had to flip through page by page.
Metal lady! ngl one of my favourite.
After my second reread I have determined that when falst says “you need to be very special to me…” It’s foreshadowing that those two are going to have a relationship (also I asked a while ago and falst is bi with a male preference so it’s highly likely)
Alt text: oh hey girl
I love Ali.
So that means Falst will be convinced to “sacrifice his mobility” in a way that’s Not sacrificing his health/body for a very certain champion were about to meet, right???? =)))))))
I’m not fully up to date on the comic, but up to the point I’ve read it’s still up in the air as to whether the “sacrifice my mobility” comment refers to Erin or Dainix. I’m torn because I think they’re both good ships (though I prefer Falst and Erin) but I do love the fact that romance doesn’t really play a big part in the comic. It’s super hard to find any media where romance isn’t a thing.