Whitechapel - FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:03:42 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115668#Comment_115668 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115668#Comment_115668 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:17:09 -0800 Ariana FREAKANGELS: In which some folks just aren't having a good day, no.

G'morning, Whitechapel. How're we all doing? Anyone already done with 2009 and ready for '10 to start? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115670#Comment_115670 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115670#Comment_115670 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:24:33 -0800 Flabyo
2009 seems to have so far just been one long minor illness. I've had this damned annoying cough for days now, it gets really bad when I try to go to sleep. Needless to say, I'm feeling a little sleep deprived at the moment. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115672#Comment_115672 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115672#Comment_115672 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:35:07 -0800 Nalos89 Love Kait... and need my own stab vest ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115675#Comment_115675 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115675#Comment_115675 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:47:48 -0800 buddharhubarbbutter
The story unfolds a bit more and the FA go on the offensive. Me likey. The suckage is extremely low. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115678#Comment_115678 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115678#Comment_115678 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:03:03 -0800 BrianMowrey FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115681#Comment_115681 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115681#Comment_115681 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:15:31 -0800 halcyonday
2009..will be better as of next Thursday when I rid myself on my masters thesis (current plan: print extra copy. Burn extra copy. Dance around fire whooping. Go get soundly and utterly ratassed.) ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115683#Comment_115683 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115683#Comment_115683 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:21:07 -0800 odarable
2009 has mostly been spent in bed this far. But I've had some small shots of happy here and there. I'm ready for the rest, '10 can wait. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115692#Comment_115692 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115692#Comment_115692 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:03:00 -0800 twitch_ramirez good job on the blood paul.

09 is ok so far, may be a different answer next week. i never know. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115693#Comment_115693 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115693#Comment_115693 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:11:15 -0800 rickiep00h
Liked this week. Luke... well. He may be right, but does he have to be such a dick? Personality goes a long way. If Luke had a better personality, maybe he'd cease to be filthy. Also, Kirk = teh awesome.

And I'm pretty sure I got names right this week... ;-) ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115698#Comment_115698 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115698#Comment_115698 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:56:25 -0800 bairdduvessa FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115702#Comment_115702 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115702#Comment_115702 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:13:54 -0800 GoodDoctor
Luke seems innocent, the FA team appears to be easily corraled.....

Personally, 2009 better give up the goods or else. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115704#Comment_115704 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115704#Comment_115704 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:18:12 -0800 Kradlum anyone else think that he just might be innocent?

Not me. He should have just shut up rather than say "prove it".

I've been fighting a cold with Lemsip capsules and Berocca. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115707#Comment_115707 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115707#Comment_115707 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:34:29 -0800 PyD
No sickness yet. Lucky odaelisabeth getting to spend all that time in bed - I could use more time in bed.

09 has got to be better than 08 - sweet jeebus it simply has to be

So far renting a castle with 60 others for a New Years drink up, illustrating, and guitar hero world tour have increased the happy shots.
Here's to a nice fun and productive weekend for us all. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115708#Comment_115708 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115708#Comment_115708 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:35:24 -0800 trini_naenae
Not enough has happened in 2009 to have a decision. Though I have been cranky lately. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115710#Comment_115710 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115710#Comment_115710 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:38:34 -0800 Daviddarkly
I'm feeling sorry for unfortunate Luke, even if he is a bastard, he's a funny bastard and one who is clearly about a million times more intelligent than his stupid shortsighted overreactionary peers. And he just keeps getting beaten up.

In addition I really, really want to see Jack get killed in some horrible nasty way. I just mean... a transparent vest... at night? WTF? Put a jumper on, dude. London is cold at night. Unless London is now really warm due to the changed climate. But even so...

Overall, liking the coldhearted violence of the FAs. Makes me grin :D (Even if I want Luke to get some revenge. Maybe that is just my natural support of the underdog or something).

'Stay calm. Answer quickly. You'll be fine.'
... No you WON'T!! You just tried to shoot a psychopathic girl in the head. She's going to fuck you up... Noooo ;P

In addition I think Kait is kind of hot, but that says more about me than it does about her. Oh the ragged trousered antipathists. Also, is FA not the best weekly webcomic ever? Yes. You clearly know it is! ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115718#Comment_115718 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115718#Comment_115718 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:05:28 -0800 infomancer
2009 seems mostly filled with me putting up with the laziness and incompetence of others. So pretty much like 2008. I can only assume that 2010 will be similar. So I'll just stay here, temporally speaking. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115720#Comment_115720 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115720#Comment_115720 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:07:04 -0800 sneak046
I'm feeling sorry for unfortunate Luke, even if he is a bastard, he's a funny bastard and one who is clearly about a million times more intelligent than his stupid shortsighted overreactionary peers. And he just keeps getting beaten up.


You and me both bruv....

I'm starting to like the sociopathic tendancies of the other FA's less and less - and this is making the story even more interesting as I always think the best stories are those that deal in the shadier, grey areas of people and their actions. One of my favourite literary characters has always been Pete Bondurant (American Tabloid/The Cold 6 Thousand) and those of his ilk, good(ish) people who occasionaly have to do bad things. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115721#Comment_115721 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115721#Comment_115721 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:10:56 -0800 LBA
Freakangels is awesome, and i've said that enough times that everyone's tired of me repeating it ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115726#Comment_115726 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115726#Comment_115726 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:18:42 -0800 Val A Lindsay II
In regards to today's episode; I like the little spots in the story that shore up the beliefs that all the individual Freakangels hold. Each is not afraid to show how they feel to themselves, but they all seem to have a lot of uncertainty about individuals in their little band. And I don't believe that's simply because of their power... ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115727#Comment_115727 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115727#Comment_115727 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:20:59 -0800 CamyLuna
2009 is off to a pretty good start for me. 2010 can take it's sweet time getting here. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115740#Comment_115740 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115740#Comment_115740 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:42:14 -0800 KeeperofManyNames
My sympathies are actually starting to lean towards the perpetually picked on Luke and the inevitably doomed outsiders, weirdly enough. The fact that I was listening to Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek while reading may have influenced that opinion a little. Still, though, I wonder how many of these people are other Alices. I wonder what Luke would really be capable of if he wasn't such a misanthropic creep. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115743#Comment_115743 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115743#Comment_115743 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:54:17 -0800 Foley
It's true, Luke is the most intellectual of the bunch, and he's getting kicked out of the clubhouse. The ban seems largely self-imposed, however, and his attitude does nothing to help in terms of reconciliation with the others. He's an idealistic prick who thinks might makes right, and that power dictates authority. It's obvious from the way he sees no problem with using powers of persuasion on that ex of his to get what he wants. He'll probably end up being the next Mark because of that, which is why he deserves every blow to the head--or balls--that Jack and Kirk see fit to give to him. It's just a shame Arkady couldn't cure him of his assholism when she gave him a sample of an overdose.

The problem with thinking he's behind the attack, though, is that Mark could have just as easily been guiding their actions as Luke could have been. He was a Freakangel after all; he would have known where the cave was. It's more logical to just assume Mark gave them the angle and exact location when they were making the attack. Either that, or he's screening himself nearby, and he was the one guiding the shot, if it was guided at all.

Luke's a cunt, but he has no real motive for taking a chunk out of the group's building. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115745#Comment_115745 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115745#Comment_115745 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:06:06 -0800 Indigo Rose
On the otherhand, while I like the vast majority of them, their resemblance to the Midwich Cuckoos becomes ever more visible. I'm just waiting for them to make someone kill themselves. I want to continue to like them, but they kill without a second thought, and they weren't openly billed as the villains of the drama (though, I suppose their own subtext points to it a bit). I understand the need to kill in defense of themselves and "their people", it's a survivalist setting, but they could benifit from a shred of humanity in their egocentric personalities. We'll see how things go. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115748#Comment_115748 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115748#Comment_115748 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:15:16 -0800 Indigo Rose FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115753#Comment_115753 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115753#Comment_115753 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:32:10 -0800 Foley
I still think all roads lead to Mark. Considering the underhanded shit he pulled before with New Cross and the Marauders earlier, this just seems like another notch in the bedpost for him. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115754#Comment_115754 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115754#Comment_115754 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:34:04 -0800 McLean The Authority, I'm getting the feeling that the FreakAngels are the bad guys. Mark's just the worst of the bunch. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115761#Comment_115761 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115761#Comment_115761 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:58:08 -0800 Flabyo FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115764#Comment_115764 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115764#Comment_115764 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:58:36 -0800 Indigo Rose not arguing the point at all and simply playing down the seriousness of it. I am also still hoping the plot isn't entirely Mark-centric. I like the idea that he's a serious threat, and that he's behind a lot, but I've never liked the every-bad-thing-that-happens-is-set-up-by-me villain.

@Mclean - I'm willing to believe the story will go twisty; with them being the bad guys, though that might change how we view Mark entirely. He may not be the worst, he may just be desperate to bring them down. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115777#Comment_115777 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115777#Comment_115777 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:21:56 -0800 VertigoJones FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115787#Comment_115787 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115787#Comment_115787 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:48:21 -0800 Lucifal FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115802#Comment_115802 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115802#Comment_115802 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:06:53 -0800 diello I'll ride out '09 for a while... especially because there'll be a new Doctor in '10 and I'm not ready to say goodbye to David Tennent just yet.

Woke up to my computer being fucked... almost didn't make it to FreakAngels today, which would have probably ruined my day.

I don't see the 'Angels as possibly being the bad guys. They're just REALLY overprotective of their quiet little neighbourhood. And I do feel bad for Luke getting all the crap just for being an asshole. I'll bet Arkady knows who did what. And I'll bet Sirkka knows it wasn't Luke, but isn't saying anything because she hates him, Jack hates him, and she loves Jack... ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115836#Comment_115836 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115836#Comment_115836 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:16:06 -0800 razrangel

Yeah, see last week's gore didn't bother me but this week I felt a twinge for the poor bastard that trusted Kait. Luckily, we were warned that she's both a bad ass and certifiably insane. That she knew a bullet was coming her way, turned, drew a bead and calmly asked a question before shooting the guy says everything about the ice water that she uses as blood. This is just me, I feel bad for people I get to see as human who then take a bad turn. (It's just a feeling, it's not a judgment.) However small the interaction there was, it was there. There was no interaction with the folks who turned into mincemeat last week.

Anyway, fucking Luke. And fucking time! I want to know the FA backstory! AUGH! It's itching inside my skull. They all knew each other. So the FA were a phenomenon only in London...? They got to know each other because of their powers, or through getting to know each other they also gained powers (e.g. they met through a clinical drug test)? All we know is they were born at exactly the same time and grew up in London. And that they knew each other, look strikingly different from other people (skinny, pale skin, purple-ish hair & eyes) and were hunted for it. Though whether they were really tracked down like dogs and locked up or beaten to death, or merely faced getting lots of dirty looks and occasionally the hurled sticks and stones from little boys isn't clear.

It's interesting to me that the mortar group were in one area and the gunman (and grenadier?) was somewhere else, specifically stalking Kait (or a lone 'Angel). I'm curious to know where Alice is in all this. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115850#Comment_115850 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115850#Comment_115850 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:41:25 -0800 Daviddarkly Just looking at the facts, the stuff we really know for sure, one can say:

1) Mark is voted out of the FA community for using mind control on the populace.
2) Kirk & Karl follow him with the intention of killing him. The seemingly pacifistic Karl who we are introduced to as a character who is happy just to grow his plants, had no quarrel in killing a childhood friend. Or at least, he believes he has killed him. Either way, the intention to murder is there.

Now look, objectively at Luke:

3) Luke is introduced as a lovable tramp who just wants a bit of food. He gets stamped in the cock by Kirk. Very painful, believe me ladies.
4) In anger at having his clothes burned by his gf (and I sympathise because my ex is also a twisted bitch), he uses his mind voodoo to get the aforementioned girl to... (drum roll please)... open a door for him, so he can get some food and get his stuff back.
5) The others including Arkady react to this shocker as if he'd raped a truck of babies with a swiss-army knife.
6) Everyone treats him like a 'parasite' even though his is never shown actually doing anything particularly wrong.
7) And frankly who doesn't want a bit of revenge on a horrible ex-girlfriend. If I had FA powers I'd make Luke look like Jesus of Nazareth. I'd do a lot more than getting someone to open a door and let me in.

Now if for a moment I can examine the FAs hypocrisy:

8) Arkady, Kirk, Karl, Purple, KK, Caz - they all seem to find Luke's behavior shocking, but they have no problem killing gratuitously. (Okay, Delirium Arkady hasn't killed anyone, she just tortured someone).
9) Have we seen Luke, or Mark for that matter actually do anything violent? (Remember, memories can be implanted and false).

Leading to:

10) Luke & Mark are the good guys, but misunderstood. The other FAs are murderous hypocritical detestable twats. Oh, and I've read The Midwich Cuckoos, and guess what... the Cuckoos are the bad guys. Their eyes shine brightly and they kill anyone who stands in their way. They have no empathy.

Remind you of anyone?

And also, before I forget, how many K's are there: Kirk, Karl, Arkady, KK, Miki, Jack, Sirkka, Kait.

Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Delirium. No, No, NO. Bad Darkly! ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115876#Comment_115876 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115876#Comment_115876 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:41:15 -0800 warrenellis And also, before I forget, how many K's are there: Kirk, Karl, Arkady, KK, Miki, Jack, Sirkka, Kait.

Listen for hard-C sounds, rather than look for K's. You'll get a full twelve that way.

Also, I suspect your ex-girlfriend was a remarkably patient woman.

Presuming, of course, that you did have an actual relationship with her, as opposed to just following her around. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115890#Comment_115890 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115890#Comment_115890 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:31:18 -0800 Miranda's Eyes
At last, we get back to the confrontation with Luke. His whole "fuck your survival agenda" attitude made me feel for the moment that he may not be in league with Mark. But in its way, it can be just as destructive to the survival of the FA community. Foraging for leftovers from the pre-flood society or mooching off of others can only take you so far in getting by. That hostility, I think, informs Jack's attitude towards Luke.

I'm also curious as to what happened to the other normal humans previously adopted by the FAs. Were they killed or mind-wiped by the FAs? Come to think of it, what's Alice been doing all this time? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115900#Comment_115900 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115900#Comment_115900 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:00:43 -0800 Spiraltwist
As for FA, I can't shake the feeling I'm missing something out of the picture. Too many things are too obvious. I don't trust the obvious. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115909#Comment_115909 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115909#Comment_115909 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:18:11 -0800 Daviddarkly
I have that effect on other people too.

Re: Girlfriends - Love is a prickly and tenacious beasty, hate doubly so. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115911#Comment_115911 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115911#Comment_115911 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:20:17 -0800 severian
Warren is going to withhold that magical flashback (or few) that start to explain what happened in the days or months previous to the day's time in the present. I suspect that Luke, while not exactly withholding information, hasn't pushed the point about things he thinks may be about to happen in the future since the other 10 aren't too keen on listening to him. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115915#Comment_115915 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115915#Comment_115915 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:34:35 -0800 Zaratustra
Luke put himself in the position of chewing toy so he wouldn't have to be nice or helpful to anyone, and everyone was happy to oblige. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115916#Comment_115916 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115916#Comment_115916 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:49:37 -0800 warrenellis Struck a nerve there, did I Warren? :P


No, I just like mocking the afflicted. You appear to be the community's new comedy midget. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115918#Comment_115918 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115918#Comment_115918 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:53:25 -0800 Daviddarkly FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115925#Comment_115925 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115925#Comment_115925 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:21:54 -0800 mister hex
Luke is An Asshole and He's Broken the Rules. Getting rid of him will be easier: nobody likes him. Then, once he's gone, everybody is a happy little family. Who's next to be ostracized? KK? She's a bit of a bitch, no? Karl? Kurt? Kait? Caz? Sirrka? (Is she mind-controlling her harem? She isn't? Like Luke said - "Prove it.") ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115951#Comment_115951 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115951#Comment_115951 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:25 -0800 trini_naenae FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115995#Comment_115995 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=115995#Comment_115995 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:05:43 -0800 DavidLejeune
Obviously Luke's usage tends more towards the dangerously sociopathic (and frankly his dream lecture back in, iirc, Episode 2 should've earned him a solid thrashing, if only for coming too close to revealing their powers to too many people). It seems like post-Mark, a firm 'Stay Out of Their Brains. Period.' policy should have been enacted, just to keep them away from that slippery slope. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116009#Comment_116009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116009#Comment_116009 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:29:17 -0800 Zaratustra were going to kill him if Luke was allowed to go through with raping his ex, but because of Arkady's intervention he's merely in very hot water. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116011#Comment_116011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116011#Comment_116011 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:40:00 -0800 stsparky
That people want to kill them still seem clear. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116012#Comment_116012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116012#Comment_116012 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:52:51 -0800 HylianHearts
And as for "lovable tramp" I think mayhaps you are reading the wrong comic? Because The Luke I see is an ass that no one can stand. he didnt start out bad, but one of his intelligence is just ill equipped when it comes to a social life. And eventually, the other around him stop trying to connect and leave him be. This, in turn really irks him and.... Here the guided mortar blowing into the freakcave. Maybe he didn't intend to follow in Marks footsteps, but he is headed there fast.

And Karl deciding to help Kirk kill Mark without the knowledge of the other... Kirk isnt overly complicated. He saw the threat, and while the others decided that maybe Mark would learn a lesson and regret whatever it is he did- Kirk had no such illusions. To protect his family, he went for the simple solution- Kill the threat. Just like the Angels are doing now. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116013#Comment_116013 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116013#Comment_116013 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:05:47 -0800 johnjones
Is Luke a manipulative asshole? Sure. But can you still feel empathy for him? Sure you can. There were eleven (now ten) other people in the world the Luke counted as closer than family, and they've rejected him. Kirk wouldn't give him so much as a piece of bread, KK blew him off when he wanted to help with the new Mark situation and Arkady brainburned him when all he wanted was to retrieve his clothing and get back just a little piece of his dignity. Fuck them. And fuck that blank-brained little cunt who, by the by, came into Whitechapel with a fucking shotgun aiming to kill us all. How is it she gets to go to the Freakcave and eat strawberries? Where the fuck are my strawberries? And why doesn't anybody listen to me anymore? I guess the only way to get you people to pay attention to me is to get in your faces so you have to...

Oh-kay, Luke just took over my brain a little bit, but you get the idea. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116015#Comment_116015 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116015#Comment_116015 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:12:30 -0800 LA_Gomez FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116020#Comment_116020 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116020#Comment_116020 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:29:34 -0800 Vespers FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116026#Comment_116026 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116026#Comment_116026 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:01 -0800 James Cunningham
Luke tried to rape a girl earlier in the day. They keep hitting him because they know he's the kind of person who is inclined towards this kind of action, even if Arkady didn't let anyone know it finally happened. I don't know how much of a prick he's been over the years but it seems like he's been getting worse over time. I honestly hope Luke can pull out of his downward spiral, but he's alienated a lot of people at this point.

So, no sympathy for the cannon fodder or Luke at this point from me. Maybe there will be info later to change my mind, but so far there's no reason to see the Freakangels as the bad guys. Other than destroying the world, of course. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116043#Comment_116043 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116043#Comment_116043 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:34:05 -0800 Paul Duffield Those who have been doing so should stop trying to frame all the characters as "good guys" and "bad guys"! Isn't it enough that the story itself frames the majority of the Freakangels as the protagonists and Mark (and Luke to a certain extent) as the antagonists. Whether they're each good guys or bad guys comes down to how readers individually judge their actions as presented by the story. In this way a reader's response to the characters says more about their own moral alignment.
EDIT: although as my girlfriend just pointed put, I guess it does matter, since based on your moral judgement of the characters the story will read in different ways. Well, they don't have to be morally pure to be rooted for! ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116045#Comment_116045 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116045#Comment_116045 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:41:53 -0800 mister hex
KK better quit it with the horrid shagging of boys from Lambeth Road or she'll be next.

Are they all going to turn on each other? Sirkka loves Jack, who loves her BUT JUST HER. Luke's a cunt, KK's a bit of a loose cannon, Miki's a stuck-up bitch, Kait's a psycho ... Connor hasn't had much to say or do yet. Kirk and Karl are of one mind, it seems. Caz? Who's she aligned with? Everybody? Nobody? And what role does Alice play in all this?

Very interesting, as Arte Johnson used to say. (And still might, although I believe he's dead.) ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116048#Comment_116048 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116048#Comment_116048 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:22:51 -0800 PaulGrahamRaven
2009 is, strangely enough, not sucking at all so far. I am tensed to strike at the minute things go awry, however. :) ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116155#Comment_116155 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116155#Comment_116155 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:50:09 -0800 CaratheWalton FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116201#Comment_116201 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116201#Comment_116201 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:48:16 -0800 David Matthew
They seem to stick to that policy, by-and-large, since they easily could have just mentally forced the invaders to explain things. Instead, they killed half of them, and then threatened the other two who they did capture momentarily with death, and then tearing out their internal organs. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116214#Comment_116214 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116214#Comment_116214 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:17:11 -0800 Foley
Jesus. You're probably one of those people who rooted for Ozymandias when you read Watchmen.

@Indigo Rose:

I think Mark's behind the brunt of it, yeah, and despite his asshole attitude, Luke's not a co-conspirator. As singular and one-sided, as boring as it is to have one villain in a story, perhaps Mark's picking up on the fact that Luke's an outsider and, seeing this as an opportunity to gain a potential ally, is making the attack look like Luke's doing in order to ostracize him from the others. Strategically, it makes sense. And, again, given Luke's intellect and already less than sunny disposition towards non-FA people, he'd make a powerful ally.

Best way to deal with an enemy force is to split them up, yes?

The funny thing is, I keep reading speculation as to how Mark could be a "good guy".

This is a person who kills a family, and brainwashes the surviving sister to go to town and kill his old friends. After that fails, he takes the guns he scores off the gunrunning brothers and gives them to the Marauders and New Cross, controlling their minds to form a partnership between each other, sending -them- to Whitechapel with that plan failing miserably. After that, he then warps the minds of a refugee camp to mortar and gun the town.

Yeah, they kicked him out because he interrupted the status quo. He interrupted it by trying to play God. Last time I checked, taking control of another person's brain wasn't a very nice thing to do. Mark likes to do it. Often. Now that Luke's had a taste of that, it's not looking good for him, either. Oh, and Mark likes to kill people, too, for reasons other than self-defense. There's another clue.

The group doesn't necessarily qualify as villains, unless you're holding them to the standard of saints. Yeah, they kill. I was under the impression that that's what you do when the fucking world ends. Peace, love, and understanding don't really factor in a world where people kill each other over food and supplies.

Difference when the Freakangels killed: if you were in charge of a town, would you let armed outsiders run amok, shooting up everything and everyone they see? That's irresponsible, at best. You've got civilians to protect. They rely on you for safety. Acting as a gang, would you let them get away with attacking your territory? What kind of message do you send to everyone else outside your territory if you do? "Attack us at will and you get a slap on the wrist"? You don't enforce your domain, you're just inviting more attacks, putting the people and the resources you protect at even greater risk.

Jack said it best: you don't win a fight by having the other person admit you're the better man. You win by hitting him so goddamn hard, he can't get back up again. This is all they're doing. Self-defense and retaliation. Hardly the case with Mark.

It's not really fair to judge that world to the standards of the one we live in, where food can be readily obtained and the rule of law still triumphs over basic human instinct. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116270#Comment_116270 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116270#Comment_116270 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:04:01 -0800 johnjones Jesus. You're probably one of those people who rooted for Ozymandias when you read Watchmen.


What, you don't think stopping nuclear annihilation by dropping a giant psychic deathtopus on New York City was a good thing?

The funny thing is, I keep reading speculation as to how Mark could be a "good guy".

This is a person who kills a family, and brainwashes the surviving sister to go to town and kill his old friends. After that fails, he takes the guns he scores off the gunrunning brothers and gives them to the Marauders and New Cross, controlling their minds to form a partnership between each other, sending -them- to Whitechapel with that plan failing miserably. After that, he then warps the minds of a refugee camp to mortar and gun the town.



That's an excellent chain of persuasive reasoning - if any of it turns out to be true. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116391#Comment_116391 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116391#Comment_116391 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:07:31 -0800 Zaratustra Draco In Leather Pants Syndrome.

Please stay tuned for Luke/Mark/Mary Sue bisexual threesome fanfiction. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116394#Comment_116394 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116394#Comment_116394 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:31:57 -0800 Doctor_Six
So it’s becoming clearer that the FreakAngels are more powerful and less benevolent than were hitherto assumed. Who was responsible for the mortar attack on the cave? It has to be an FA, or someone with an intimate knowledge of FAs. Most of the FAs assume that Mark is behind this, but Kirk thinks he’s killed Mark. So:

1. Kirk is lying
2. Kirk is too weak (these FA guys do seem to be capable of murder)
3. Mark is too strong (Obi-Wan)
4. Mark is dead and one of the other FAs is setting him up as a stooge – unaware that he’s a FreakStiff

So who is the Skrull/ FreakTraitor?

Luke – I am sure is not involved. Too obvious. And a complete tnuc.
Arkady – probably not, although given we don’t know huge amounts of back story, perhaps the FreakTraitor is the hero of the piece?

BTW Alice has a red top with “AG” on the front. Most red tops in Manchester have “AIG” on the front, AIG being the sponsors of Manchester United. Manchester United is a football (“soccer”) club which is responsible for most of the evil in today’s world.

Iraq, yes that was Man U. Al Qaeda – also Man U. Credit crunch – guess what, Man U.

If Alice’s top is a dystopian Man U top, then the mystery is solved; Alice is evil and probably in league with the FreakTraitor. Easy. Problem solved.

@ Buddhabutter : Totally KM
@ razrangel Why does everyone have a K in the name? Suggests that the FreakAngels’ parents /creators were in on the gag....
@Daviddarkly agree with you completely – Arkady is Delirium

CC
LH ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116396#Comment_116396 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116396#Comment_116396 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:37:54 -0800 Foley FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116434#Comment_116434 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116434#Comment_116434 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:32:23 -0800 diello Kirk doesn't think Mark is dead... where'd you get that? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116459#Comment_116459 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116459#Comment_116459 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:08:31 -0800 Pooka This might be premature, but I (would like to) see crazy cop Kait going down like a rabid dog for some reason... ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116577#Comment_116577 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116577#Comment_116577 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:29:57 -0800 Paul Duffield FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116657#Comment_116657 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116657#Comment_116657 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:38:42 -0800 McLean Those who have been doing so should stop trying to frame all the characters as "good guys" and "bad guys"!

True enough. I suppose I've just decided that I don't like them--with the possible exception of Arkady. She's intriguing, disarming, and possibly the most dangerous. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116744#Comment_116744 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116744#Comment_116744 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:02:26 -0800 Doctor_Six
Quite right. Sorry, i meant Karl. The tard bus will be stopping at my house tonight.

@Paul Duffield:

Will AIG's financial demise make you feel the urge to change Alice's Evil Man U Shirt? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116819#Comment_116819 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116819#Comment_116819 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:24:00 -0800 frexels
Two, if that conversation would have gone any different if Jack had not, y'know, pistol-whipped Luke. I'm kind of a contrary bitch, but that would have been the end of any useful conversation. I'd be too damn mad to think about defending myself. Luke never admits anything, and makes a couple of points, that are still kind of points despite being full of assholery.

And it's not "Prove I did it", it's "Prove it wasn't a lucky shot." All we know about Luke is he's kind of an intellectual, stuck-up Ubermenshen wannabe that, in reality, is kind of on the bottom of the pile. And has had conflicts of beliefs with Jack before, and the one flashback we've got has them looking down on each other. I've used "Prove it" before to mean "tell me why you think X, just so I can try to shred your argument to little pieces, stomp you into to ground and make you feel like a piece of shit." Maybe Luke just really likes debate. Or maybe he just is jealous of Alice stealing his friends and being more in the fold than he is, so he decided to off her. Whichever. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116838#Comment_116838 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116838#Comment_116838 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:48:32 -0800 cmerrilljump FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116924#Comment_116924 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=116924#Comment_116924 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:30:00 -0800 CamyLuna FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117168#Comment_117168 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117168#Comment_117168 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:02:33 -0800 diello Ah, now THERE it gets confusing... Karl says he killed Mark, saw him hit the water, heard his brain die. "I killed him, except apparently, I didn't." Now I would REALLY like to meet Mark, Mr. Ellis. I'll bet he's screening himself just like Kait was.

@Frexels:
"Hell, if he's right there's no reason to "flick" it on target"
He could have just intended to destroy the clubhouse that he wasn't invited to play in. Luke is a child. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117360#Comment_117360 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117360#Comment_117360 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:24 -0800 johnjones
That seems unlikely. If Mark screened himself, Karl wouldn't have "heard his brain die." Two possibilities from that, either Karl is lying for his own reasons or Karl is telling what he believes to be the truth. Let's assume Karl is telling the "truth." Let's also assume that Alice is telling the "truth" which seems to have been confirmed by Conner, KK and Sirkka.

One question we have to answer is how much of the "Freakangels package" depends upon physiology? Essentially, is the Freakangels package software or hardware? If it's hardware, we're at something of an impasse and it means that Karl is lying or being made to believe something not true. Karl states that he killed Mark, or at least Mark's body, that he felt his brain die. If the Freakangels package is a thing of the body and Karl is being "truthful", then Mark is dead and someone is impersonating him - someone with Freakangel powers.

But what if the package is mostly software and the skin, eyes and metabolism are side-effects? Sort of like if you reduce power and memory requirements on a computer by putting in a more efficient operating system even while leaving the basic hardware intact. Also, consider Mark's crime of "mass mind control" as a pathstone along a continuum of telepathic ability. Perhaps you can send thoughts, then send out your perception to read thought, then send a more powerful signal to override and control thoughts then boost that signal to control multiple beings' thoughts and then you can download your own soul/self into another person, override and erase their soul/self and take them over like a living computer virus. What if, in the moment of his dying, Mark downloaded himself into another person? Yes, Karl heard the brain in Mark's former physical body die, but Mark himself is still alive. Alive and able to use his powers.

And things only get worse if we connect that to mass mind control. Perhaps instead of one Mark there are several, perhaps a dozen or a hundred? That seems a little unlikely as well. I'd presume that there's some limiting factor that prevents such mass conversions. Perhaps the bodies wear out and Mark has to constantly get new ones. Perhaps the "clones'" mental strength weakens if it's spread among several copies. Perhaps only certain brain chemistries are suitable homes for Mark's consciousness. Or perhaps Mark is reluctant to trust even himself.

In any case, Mark's "software" provides a clue as to why he'll be a powerful adversery against the Freakangels. Even if they kill a body he inhabites, he can just transfer to another body in range of his abilities. The Freakangels might have to do something truly horrific (like nuke a city full of innocent people) to kill Mark for good. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117379#Comment_117379 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117379#Comment_117379 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:02:42 -0800 diello
I don't know about the software/hardware question... I think the metabolism counts as software, though. They were born with pale skin, purple eyes, and their powers emerged later on (at least that's what I gathered from Kirk's and Karl's talk), which includes being able to manipulate their metabolism (remember, Connor used to have a weight problem- I imagine he fixed that the very moment he learned about that part of his power).

Everyone could have their own quirks, too. Look at Arkady and Kait... they have powers the others don't (or don't use, or don't know they have). But I don't think Mark could spread himself so thin throughout several people if he did a kind of body switch.

But maybe if the FreakAngels would leave someone alive and captive, they'd get some more answers. Maybe that's also why Miki wants to do all the talking when they go to kick around some furniture. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117395#Comment_117395 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117395#Comment_117395 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:17:11 -0800 frexels
The problem about the brain dying thing is we don't know exactly how closely Karl monitored it, whether he felt an instant of death like his consciousness stopping, or more clinical, like no more neurons firing in the brain. If it was a consciousness thing, Mark's basic functions could have been working and Karl wouldn't have noticed. Mark wouldn't have been thinking, is what I'm trying to say. It seems possible that Karl felt that, Mark could have made some sort of trigger buried way, way down on a strictly physical level that turned off his higher functions and started them up again shortly after. When he reboots (?), he shields himself, and Karl's none the wiser.

If Karl waited for Mark to go clinically, 100% brain-dead, he was listening in for a long time, but I don't think brain damage from that is a issue. Connor fixed Alice right up after KK's water bottle bomb. That thing had to weigh twenty pounds, and from fifty feet? She shouldn't be walking around. If it is software, Mark could fix the damage done to his hardware.

I wish we knew where Karl shot him. A headshot leaves fewer options than chest.

@diello

He was invited. No one made sure/seemed to care if he came was the reason he gave for being pissed. And I can't decide if it would be a childish action. If he was going for "if I can't use it, no one else can", yeah. But he could use it; Karl invited him too. As some sort of symbolic destruction, maybe less childish. I don't agree that he's a child, but you've still got a point. He could have done it out of anger or on impulse. There wouldn't be a lot of time to react and I was kind of assuming he actually thought about it. If Sirkka does emotions, you'd think she'd have some idea if he was lying or not. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117552#Comment_117552 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117552#Comment_117552 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:27:13 -0800 diello When did Karl invite Luke? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117610#Comment_117610 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117610#Comment_117610 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:52:13 -0800 frexels
Just re-read the last episode. Luke's last quote, about Mark, doesn't make a lot of sense in context. Mark's fuck you seemed to be breaking the rules, the mass mind control, but Luke wasn't controlling anyone at the time. Luke seems to be saying Mark rejected the others personally, not just the rules. They say they kicked him out, but if he already decided to remove himself, why would that be a problem? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117623#Comment_117623 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117623#Comment_117623 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:34:27 -0800 mister hex
the FreakAngels aren't a natural phenomenon. Are they? This talk of the package implies they are not.

So someone created them, perhaps. Perhaps someone who survived the Freakapocalypse and is now looking for their "children."

They were on the run from someone, yes? Maybe someone found them. Or found Mark (or what's left of him) and is using the "doubt" over his death to wrong-foot the "children" so they make a mistake of the fatal variety.

Warren's probably laughing at us all right now, you know that? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117676#Comment_117676 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117676#Comment_117676 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:24:51 -0800 rickiep00h 6 YEARS AGO, THE WORLD ENDED.
THIS IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT."

Pretty sure the package is natural. Well, "natural." I'm assuming referring to it as a "package" is slang. Might be wrong, but I'm not going to go off on giant conspiracy theories of who or what is out there just yet. We don't know, the Freakangels don't know... but Warren knows.

oooo... that devious Ellis. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117684#Comment_117684 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117684#Comment_117684 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:54:26 -0800 mister hex
Only Warren knows at this point. Paul knows as well, or may only have an inkling.

He said he'd laugh at us. And he is. Maybe it's just me. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117761#Comment_117761 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117761#Comment_117761 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:16:25 -0800 Foley
And with that, I say good night. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117847#Comment_117847 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117847#Comment_117847 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:12:50 -0800 johnjones
23 YEARS AGO, TWELVE STRANGE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN ENGLAND AT EXACTLY THE SAME MOMENT.


Emphasis again on AT EXACTLY THE SAME MOMENT. The synchronized nature of the Freakangels' births argues for artificial intervention. Nature tends toward entropy and randomness, it doesn't self-organize like this. Intelligence organizes things and imposes order. It's not definitive, of course, but it's certainly indicitive. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117849#Comment_117849 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117849#Comment_117849 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:18:57 -0800 rickiep00h FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117879#Comment_117879 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117879#Comment_117879 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:23:18 -0800 johnjones
Which is why I said it was not definitive. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117926#Comment_117926 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117926#Comment_117926 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:58 -0800 diello I don't think the FAs were manufactured or test tube babies or anything like that. We know a little about some of their parents. They were just born at the exact same moment with "the package deal". I mean, they've got freaking superpowers. I think we can throw away scientific reasoning, don't you? ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117929#Comment_117929 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117929#Comment_117929 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:13:35 -0800 rickiep00h
I think we're all agreed then. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117930#Comment_117930 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117930#Comment_117930 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:13:39 -0800 frexels FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117999#Comment_117999 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=117999#Comment_117999 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:07:05 -0800 mister hex
And yes, he's laughing at us. I, for one, am glad I've given the Master Storyteller a good chuckle at my obvious stupidity by commenting on a story already in progress.

Mark: Dead? Not Dead? We know nothing. Time will tell. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118002#Comment_118002 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118002#Comment_118002 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:17:07 -0800 odarable
One of the things I fear the most in life nowadays is FA skip week. They make me all sad inside that gooey place where my heart is suposed to be. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118024#Comment_118024 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118024#Comment_118024 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:41:19 -0800 David Matthew later he's all healed up. Granted, the wound's on the top of his head, but still.

I have this vision of Mark getting his head blown to pieces and falling into the water, and then a few hours later just bobbing back up, intact again. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118084#Comment_118084 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118084#Comment_118084 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:24:58 -0800 Jonathan
Well, and that his method of dealing with criticism from Arkady is to threaten to force her to watch while he rapes his ex-girlfriend. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118258#Comment_118258 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118258#Comment_118258 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:32:13 -0800 diello That's me too! I was almost SURE this week we'd have a skip, but now I'm dreading one next. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118302#Comment_118302 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118302#Comment_118302 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:35:45 -0800 johnjones
My guess is we'll get one between 44 and 45 ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118308#Comment_118308 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118308#Comment_118308 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:41:01 -0800 diello NOT ASKING FOR ONE, by the way, Mr. Ellis ;) ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118607#Comment_118607 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118607#Comment_118607 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:18:53 -0800 johnjones
In seriousness, drawing and writing a comic, including a webcomic, is hard. It is difficult work. If Warren and Paul choose to take a week off to catch their breaths, that's a good thing. Among other things, it means that they're far less likely to burn out on Freakangels and end the project. All skip weeks do to me is build the anticipation for the next Freakangels installment, so I am cool with them. ]]> FREAKANGELS Episode 0041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118631#Comment_118631 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4686&Focus=118631#Comment_118631 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:07:35 -0800 diello