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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:38 pm 
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So does that mean Pomander's the killer of Rita's sister?

I don't know. He's still as cute as hell, though. If not a little nuts.
I'm glad that this arc ended on such a light note for such a dark story. I bet Rita feels a little more sorry for the pig...

And speaking of Mulefoot, will he actually call the army?

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Second panel is so saccharine-sweet, and the "out of order" note on the... toaster? feels like a prop in Twin Peaks. Combine that with a minute-long deja-vu episode that I experienced while commenting on that page over at furaffinity, and I'm positively *convinced* that the return to the diner is a dream sequence or a near-death hallucination after Pommie did his bit.

And if it's real... Rita lives - for now - at the mercy of Pommie. What a power rush to decide, once in a while, against the kill...

Just a sec... the whole flashback might have been fabricated, told just to keep Pommie happy and to get Rita away and into safety. This whole "Ah never tole anyone but it's eating me now" crap is too Oprah for Muley to pull off convincingly.

Aaagh! Mirrors are more fun than television!

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The "out of order" machine is part of a jukebox system. Used to have those at each table. You had tabs on little metal pages; the pages were inside glass, you would use the tabs to flip through them. And then you had buttons along each side of the whole apparatus. Put your money in a slot in the top, push the button next to the song you wanted, and the jukebox across the room would play it for you.

Gods, I'm so Oooooold, to know stuff like that.

The out-of-order jukebox is another little detail, and it is so very right in the context of the story that I know it was deliberate. But does it mean the same thing to Mulefoot as it does to me? If I were an English major-- but I'm not; I'm just a poor benighted sod with education in the sciences. :D To me it's a stark little note that makes the point that there is no theme music to Tony Ray's war, or to what comes after. He sure as hell isn't any John Wayne, and there's no orchestral music swelling in the background, and wherever he's riding off into it isn't Happily Ever After or even the sunset. Except for that sunset that we all face, in the end.

I just knew Pomander was out there somewhere, but I didn't know if he was in this story or not. I didn't see him in the first panel of the story, and I'm still not sure I can. But most people can, it seems.

I'm surprised nobody got killed. Yet. And I also wonder just what medical help Tony Ray can get from the Army. That's assuming he intends to ask, which I personally would doubt.

I have to think Tony Ray doesn't know about Pomander. That makes me worry for Tony Ray, a bit. But that boar is one tough S.O.B. Strikes me that he is more random, and more able to deal with random, while Pomander for all his insanity is more of a planner. We'll see which approach is deadlier before this is all through, I'd guess.


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Havoc wrote:
The "out of order" machine is part of a jukebox system. Used to have those at each table.


That would be one of these: http://www.sspinball.com/Jukebox/Remote/ulthm.htm

As to Tony Ray, Rita and crazy Pom? Things are by no means over with or wrapped up.

Nice to see Ruth again.

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Pom is nutless. Therefore, Mule should make an exception and kill him out of heand. He - Pom - has nothing to live for, thus nothing to lose. He's way mo' dangerous than anyone else.

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littljohn wrote:
Pom is nutless.


I'm sure there's some back story behind that too LJ.

And yes, Pom's crazier than a shit house rat.

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Those last two panels made me giggle freely,...and with abandon....

I needed that at JUST that moment in time...

Thanks!

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:35 pm 
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Raiden wrote:
And speaking of Mulefoot, will he actually call the army?


Tony Ray does what he says he will do. The real question is what will happen when he calls...

What would be the absolute worst possible thing that could happen when he calls.

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Worst thing? "We found out, you still owe us two years in the Army. Here's your pickle suit, report to the rehab platoon. You're shipping out in a month, Cannon Fodder."

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Worst thing? "We found out, you still owe us two years in the Army. Here's your pickle suit, report to the rehab platoon. You're shipping out in a month, Cannon Fodder."

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I'll have to respectfully disagree. It might be the worst thing for you or me, but I believe to Mulefoot it would be a chance of redemption.

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