Mon, 20 May 2013 01:59:03 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189283#Comment_189283 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189283#Comment_189283 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:01:30 -0700 Ariana FREAKANGELS.

Pushing the comics live a couple minutes early this morning because I don't know how long this wireless connection is going to hold. My modem died this morning -- no blinky lights, no power at all. Not even when I hit it. Really hard. So, I am currently on the EEE at the far side of the house where I get someone's barely-within-range signal (everyone say "thank you anonymous Belkin modem somewhere east of Ariana") and pushing all the necessary buttons before it fades.

How's everyone else? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189284#Comment_189284 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189284#Comment_189284 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:06:35 -0700 Kradlum http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189286#Comment_189286 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189286#Comment_189286 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:11:02 -0700 Kradlum
Had a reasonable week. Came home from a good weekend in Norfolk on Monday, felt like absolute shit yesterday, but not so bad today. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189287#Comment_189287 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189287#Comment_189287 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:16:40 -0700 Ariana Episode 68 is not linking to it? Not sure what you mean, Kradlum? The "Episode 69" link at the bottom of ep68 is working for me... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189288#Comment_189288 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189288#Comment_189288 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:24:28 -0700 Doctor_Six
Long shitty week now over

WPA is for losers... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189291#Comment_189291 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189291#Comment_189291 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:31:15 -0700 curb
Off to my sister's wedding in a moment. Typing that out has made it all feel very momentous. The girl's done good! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189292#Comment_189292 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189292#Comment_189292 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:45:23 -0700 moali
hmm.

I am a couple of days away from finishing fasting, so am happy. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189295#Comment_189295 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189295#Comment_189295 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:11:15 -0700 NoCleverUserName
I think it's supposed to be the light bulb from page 6 panel 2. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189296#Comment_189296 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189296#Comment_189296 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:21:22 -0700 ZJVavrek
My first thought at the second panel of page 5 was "That's not good." In a flash, I imagined that the containers in the foreground had until recently contained gasoline, paint thinner, or something else highly inflammable, and that the building was about to become a raging inferno.

Or, perhaps, I am merely an arsonist at heart and, despite years of resisting it, still have the instincts to go along with the path. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189297#Comment_189297 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189297#Comment_189297 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:23:32 -0700 joel_eustice
I'm looking at that and thinking security cam of some sort maybe?? Hidden among the bulbs?
Just an idea. I get what both of you are saying. It is fish-eye... it is by light bulbs...

Other than that, I'm still awake, too drukn to sleep. Was a good night of playing guitar, comics and beer. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189298#Comment_189298 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189298#Comment_189298 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:25:50 -0700 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189300#Comment_189300 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189300#Comment_189300 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:39:26 -0700 joel_eustice http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189301#Comment_189301 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189301#Comment_189301 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:41:21 -0700 Berserker
In the last panel the light bulb would be off to the right, back in the room from the previous panel, behind the door Kait's just walked through - the bent door frame/floor tiling is the clue there.
So we're seeing Kait from a point of view up and to the left of that door, from somewhere in the room she's just entered.


Looks like I was right about Kirk getting his ass handed to him by Luke, too. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189304#Comment_189304 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189304#Comment_189304 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:59:15 -0700 rickiep00h
@ZJVavrek - I'm thinking that they were maybe fresh water containers. Kait didn't seem to interested in them. I would think if she did we would have gotten more than a cursory look at them. But hey, just speculation here. Maybe we'll find out how good WC's fire department is.

@Warren - The resolution of the Kirk/Luke fight is both final and open-ended and it's great. Luke's still a shit, but I like him a tiny, tiny bit more today. He's a rapist, but he's not a murderer. That's going to be some fun moral ground to cover in the future.

@Paul - I loved the composition on page five, panel two. Something about the framing, I think. That's not to say the others (like the fish-eye) aren't good, but that one seemed really simple and direct and effective.

Thanks a ton, team. Always my favorite five minutes of the week. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189305#Comment_189305 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189305#Comment_189305 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:01:12 -0700 Berserker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189307#Comment_189307 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189307#Comment_189307 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:13:09 -0700 Berserker
Obviously the place has been occupied ( I'm going out on a limb, but it seems like a sturdy one, so here goes ) and by the evidence I'd say it is/was occupied by Phil, Drew, Tom, and what's-her-name that Kait tenderized just before the rain started. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189311#Comment_189311 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189311#Comment_189311 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:20:56 -0700 Kradlum Not sure what you mean, Kradlum? The "Episode 69" link at the bottom of ep68 is working for me...

Maybe I was too soon, it is working for me now too. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189316#Comment_189316 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189316#Comment_189316 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:15:44 -0700 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189318#Comment_189318 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189318#Comment_189318 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:36:50 -0700 bairdduvessa http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189319#Comment_189319 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189319#Comment_189319 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:37:45 -0700 Foley http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189320#Comment_189320 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189320#Comment_189320 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:42:03 -0700 James Puckett Wow. Luke didn't kill him. I'm... surprised.

Given what Luke said about their powers in 68, it seems that he would know better than to really provoke the rest of the group by killing Kirk. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189321#Comment_189321 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189321#Comment_189321 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:47:11 -0700 RenThing
And then do horrible things to him. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189322#Comment_189322 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189322#Comment_189322 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:05:17 -0700 daecabhir
Late for work (again) - and where am I? White Chapel! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189323#Comment_189323 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189323#Comment_189323 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:11:42 -0700 Fan
If he loses consciousness now, though, he'll drown quite soon.

I like the way that water's drawn (2nd panel on page 1, and sheeting down the ramp on page 4). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189324#Comment_189324 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189324#Comment_189324 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:17:52 -0700 razrangel
My thoery on Luke is that this is part of his "we're above them" mentality. He can be perfectly dismissive about violating a norm - but hurt a Freakangel worse than they've hurt him? What kind of barbarian would do that? It's a very "more equal than others" superior race mentality. I'm always relieved when something, anything, keeps one person from killing another but this hardly means Luke has improved in my estimation. BTW - now the fucker is armed. More than he was already. If he leaves Whitechapel that could potentially be the worst thing for the 'Angels.

I'm ok. Off in a little bit to help my mom at her classroom. Late night last night with good friends. Only upright this morning because I didn't drink much and the coffee has extended to three cups. My very own the-gods-are-saying-something miracle. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189328#Comment_189328 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189328#Comment_189328 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:29:23 -0700 Lazlo23 You've done it again... Yer like a heroin dealer that won't sell you enough to even cure the sickness of a hardcore junkie... Maybe i should let my system "spindry" for a few weeks and then go for the big catchup hit of a few weeks at once. It'll be just like the first time...
I guess i'll read Vol2 again (the dead tree version, thanks FANEXPO) until the shakes are gone...
Episode 69... thought there would be more sex in it, ya know... ah, well, not my party, i'm just happy to be here. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189329#Comment_189329 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189329#Comment_189329 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:39:52 -0700 MrMonk
It's a small thing, but I was struck by the transition from Luke walking out of the pit toward the outside world to Kait walking deeper into the confines of the wrecked house. The back views of both characters and the fall of water into the hallway made the change smooth and seemed to tie the danger in the two sequences together. How will Luke's situation and Kate's be tied together as the story progresses? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189334#Comment_189334 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189334#Comment_189334 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:03:00 -0700 Indigo Rose
The last time, I can recall, we saw a fisheye view was when Luke was using his powers on the poor girl he raped. If it holds true, this could be a sort of from the FA point of view when the package is in use. I.E. Mark concealed and observing, about to unleash Freak-powers? Though it doesn't feel to me like he'll be there... maybe I'm just skeptical because it's been so long since the threat of him was introduced in the beginning, I've grown lazy toward the threat of Mark (as have the FA, of course). It will probably be another "norm" hiding in some crawl-space or nook above and behind her.

@daecabhir - yeah, waiting for one to turn up... having known what was going on and swooping in to save the day.

As always gentlemen, beautiful work, thank you. And, of course, thank you Ariana! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189336#Comment_189336 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189336#Comment_189336 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:09:00 -0700 trini_naenae
I'm very curious to see what's going to happen next with Kait. I also wonder why none of the other freakangels are catching on what went on between Luke and Kirk.

Oh and thank you to the Belkin modem east of Ariana! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189337#Comment_189337 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189337#Comment_189337 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:10:38 -0700 MrMonk
That said, the "fish-eye" could very well signal that one of the killers watching Kait from above. Or it could be Mark using a "norm" as his eyes. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189339#Comment_189339 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189339#Comment_189339 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:18:34 -0700 Rootfireember "thank you anonymous Belkin modem somewhere east of Ariana" (And thankyou Ariana! Hope you get a new modem and everything happy again soon!)

Enjoying this week's eppy great. Kait in the spooky house just in time for autumn. I ordered volume 2 with my local store. Hoping it'll get in soon, so it can sit on the shelf next to the rest.

My room's clean finally; I can't find a thing :P ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189340#Comment_189340 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189340#Comment_189340 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:21:01 -0700 Dan Kelly
My tuppence on the "Fish Eye" is that it is a door security peephole, rather than a "camera" per-se. That'd stop the need for any technology beyond what we've seen before in W/C.

So a peephole from a hidden room.

Either than or the "Eye-of-Sauron"

Dan ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189341#Comment_189341 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189341#Comment_189341 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:22:10 -0700 Indigo Rose http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189345#Comment_189345 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189345#Comment_189345 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:49:40 -0700 Berserker
Of course, if it is someone remote viewing, then that someone obviously is a Freakangel. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189346#Comment_189346 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189346#Comment_189346 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:54:46 -0700 Bluebear
As much of a dick Luke is, I get the feeling that he wanted to help Kirk in someway, considering his brief talk with Kirk on how the Angels had never explored the true limits of their package (Arkady excluded of course). It seems that Luke wanted Kirk to further his powers by telling him to concentrate on pushing the bullet out? Would Kirk have had prior knowledge on how to do this? If so, then thats this theory blown out of the water. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189347#Comment_189347 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189347#Comment_189347 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:10:26 -0700 WaxPoetic
Luke has his own agenda that doesn't include wasting energy when he doesn't need to and setting himself up for something more interesting later? strategy is elusive to me, but not to fuckers like Luke.

Hope Kirk heals quickly and why oh why is Kait being watched by a fish on the wall? (yeah. I know it's a camera. but still.)

Today is a day of interacting with the world and maybe getting more hours at work. Not that I'll get the money for them before the collection agency does, but I don't dispute the debt and it saves me writing a check every month, so ...

Happy weekend, Whitechapel.

Thanks for being here. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189348#Comment_189348 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189348#Comment_189348 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:23:39 -0700 TheCommissionerJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189349#Comment_189349 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189349#Comment_189349 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:23:49 -0700 Indigo Rose http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189350#Comment_189350 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189350#Comment_189350 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:24:00 -0700 DatDude
2.) The fish eye bit in the last panel reminds me of a camera lens.

3.) OK so Lukes not as arogent as I though and isnt doing something that would make the others form a hippie circle of freaky death . ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189354#Comment_189354 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189354#Comment_189354 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:38:14 -0700 fod_xp
I would give both my nuts to be able to produce art like this!!! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189355#Comment_189355 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189355#Comment_189355 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:40:47 -0700 laurahulett Poor Kirk, I'm happy Luke didn't kill him (both because Kirk gets to stay alive and so Luke isn't a cold-hearted murderer). But they've already remarked that Luke can't fight all the freakangels, so I can't help but think he only has two paths ahead of him: join with Mark or convince the rest of the gang that he isn't just a raping douchebag. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189357#Comment_189357 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189357#Comment_189357 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:46:18 -0700 bjacques
If Luke isn't a total bastard, then I can't see him hooking up with Mark, who is demonstrably worse. Or surviving such a partnership. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189359#Comment_189359 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189359#Comment_189359 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:49:59 -0700 Indigo Rose ...I can't see him hooking up with Mark, who is demonstrably worse...

Wait, all we know about what Mark's done is that he used large-scale mind control and that he used Alice as an annoyance for the FA... we don't know if he's used "the Push" for rape or other heinous acts... is he worse than Luke? Or did he just control more people (but not for the same reasons)? Am I forgetting something? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189362#Comment_189362 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189362#Comment_189362 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:08:40 -0700 rickiep00h Considering the apparently small amount of work that's been completed, I wouldn't say that the break was more than a few weeks.Episode 0049, the start of Vol. 3, said "One week later."

So from the day Alice strolled in til now has been, by my count, nine days.

As a side note, this is just a suggestion, is there a way you could change the color of either the sidebar menu or (if it's even possible) the text for the the "Jump to an Episode" drop-down? I always lose it when I'm scanning through the page. It just doesn't register in my brain that it's a drop-down box. Obviously, if it's just a problem with me, don't worry about it, but it's a minor tweak that I think would make navigation better. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189367#Comment_189367 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189367#Comment_189367 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:43:26 -0700 Berserker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189368#Comment_189368 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189368#Comment_189368 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:59:18 -0700 stsparky
Thanks for the wonderful entertainment. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189378#Comment_189378 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189378#Comment_189378 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:06:54 -0700 bigkech
Looking forward to the next installment.

Thanks! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189388#Comment_189388 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189388#Comment_189388 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:49:41 -0700 Angelcleo
I think Luke has popped to my 3rd favorite, here's to hoping my lil asshole keeps the masses wondering his next move! I didn't think he would kill Kirk. I like the fish eye effect there, I think it's for dramatics, but I'd have to guess past that, I'd say someone was watching Kait.

I also think that the reasons the others don't know is because neither Luke or Kirk have alerted them and I assume the power that they have use isn't a noticeable spike or an emotional one (partally believing that Sirkka can sense the emotion and changes in the mind, than the usage of their powers). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189389#Comment_189389 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189389#Comment_189389 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:52:57 -0700 chris g
Hope your intertubes get better, Ariana.

Think I am gonna spoil myself today and have more than one redbull. Or maybe I'll buy one of those big Ellis sized cans. NEED IT! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189397#Comment_189397 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189397#Comment_189397 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:25:43 -0700 Indigo Rose http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189402#Comment_189402 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189402#Comment_189402 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:40:07 -0700 johnjones Somehow I doubt KK deliberately "alerts" the others when she's out sleeping with random guys... yet they get the details anyway. I'd say a seemingly life-or-death fight would rate higher in their "senses" than her nocturnal activities.

Maybe she just thinks really loudly during sex. Instead of being a "screamer" she's a "subvocalizer?" ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189403#Comment_189403 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189403#Comment_189403 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:56:50 -0700 Indigo Rose http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189413#Comment_189413 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189413#Comment_189413 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:49:55 -0700 cjtremlett
Innnnnnnnnnnnteresting. In terms of self-preservation, it does make sense for Luke not to kill Kirk. There wouldn't be a trial and he would have no chance at all to spout off. But still, shooting Kirk, emphasizing that he could have killed him but didn't, and then walking away? Maybe it's just taking the second shot because Kirk shot him twice, but I think there's more going on in his twisty creepy head than self-preservation and revenge.

I thought gas with the cans, too, but given the state of the world, that doesn't seem as likely. And if it were gas and set up as a trap, Kait would have smelled it. I wonder who is watching? I still think we're too early in for it to be Mark. We're still only one week or so from Alice showing up in Whitechapel. While Mysterious Killer could be another "present" from Mark, the way Alice was, I don't think it's Mark himself. Kait's watcher might not be Mysterious Killer, but given that she's at this spot investigation, I'm fairly sure whoever is watching is at least associated with Mysterious Killer.

This episode really felt too short! Next Friday is too far away! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189423#Comment_189423 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189423#Comment_189423 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:40:23 -0700 burnlab [Rape is clearly not cool, but just surviving with no apparent goals isn't very cool either.] ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189457#Comment_189457 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189457#Comment_189457 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:51:11 -0700 johnjones
Mark's banishment shook that to some degree, but Luke could commit to that. In his superhero world, it's possible for a hero to become a villain, but even the villain may yet come to see the light and return to the fold. But Alice, Alice is different. She's part of Them. And now she's supposed to be one of Us. This silly, stupid cow comes into Our town to kill Us, and suddenly she's more a part of Us than I am, is what he thinks. And I think that enrages him on a very deep level. Dinner and the various replies were on the mass call, so Luke would've known Alice was going to the Freakcave. All the mortor team did was provide an opportunity.

Also, check out page 5 of episode 58 and notice how the Luke's victim has blonde hair like Alice and her face looks a little similar as well. She also looks close to the same age and body type. And remember that rape is ultimately a crime of violence, anger and power. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189531#Comment_189531 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189531#Comment_189531 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:13:48 -0700 overand
The "POV" thing? Might just be artistic license to show a full room.

Thoughts on other freakangels not noticing the conflict?

A: Maybe we're not in "realtime."

B: We do know that freakangels can "screen" things - and Luke's the one who did so. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189546#Comment_189546 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189546#Comment_189546 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:48:35 -0700 silentruth http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189571#Comment_189571 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189571#Comment_189571 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:55:51 -0700 Dee_Noir http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189577#Comment_189577 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189577#Comment_189577 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:56:46 -0700 Indigo Rose http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189580#Comment_189580 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189580#Comment_189580 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:04:46 -0700 Berserker
Kirk is a little preoccupied for a few minutes, I'd imagine, with his wounds. Luke sure as shit stinks won't call. Kait never does, because she's Kait.

And right now a whopper of a storm is pounding down on Whitechapel, so I imagine soon we'll see just how busy the rest of the Freakangels are. After all, Jack has his boat to think about, and KK has her...flying thingy to look after as well. Karl has his garden to think about ( up in the air on metal poles - that should be fun.. ) and Caz her projects, and so on...with Kirk 'busy' someone is probably making sure the tower doesn't fall over. I doubt Alice wants to be up there.

I guess I'm what I'm saying is they probably have more immediate concerns or distractions, and naturally assume everyone else does too. If someone tries to call Kirk, that's a different story.

( Also, seeing Kirk/Luke shooting each other repeatedly without psychic ill effects or repercussions, I'm guessing it's safe to say there's nothing 'automatic' about it. Extending that, if one dies, it stands to reason the rest won't suffer any sort of effect unless they're actively connected - and even that might not be more traumatic than having a television you're watching turned off. Why would it be? ) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189581#Comment_189581 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189581#Comment_189581 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:12:40 -0700 Indigo Rose
I don't think they have to actively send, but I know they have to actively "screen" according to Karl and Kait. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189582#Comment_189582 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189582#Comment_189582 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:26:23 -0700 Fan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189585#Comment_189585 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189585#Comment_189585 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:30:47 -0700 rickiep00h was given the gun. I think, under the assumption that it was going to get used. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189610#Comment_189610 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189610#Comment_189610 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:05:51 -0700 obliterati
"We've, uh, figured out how to travel through time at the speed of... regular time... with plastic bags." - Dethklok ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189625#Comment_189625 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189625#Comment_189625 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:37:09 -0700 VertigoJones Kait goes on silent running, and can't be located, or contacted, unless she wants to be.
Its lashing it down, so theres possibly a fair amount of calamity in the air.
Kirk would have been supressing his own signature when he went to shoot Luke.
Luke's quite possibly capable of supressing the noise local to himself, we don't know.

Loved what I have termed the "Ka-Bloosh!" panel, where Luke creates the big impact splash.
I think Luke doesn't want to be the monster everyone thinks he is, I think he definately has issues regarding his superiority to normal people, but doesn't want the hatred of his own kin. Alternatively, he wants to leave Kirk in a situation where he has to explain that Luke has taken off after he was torturing him for a bit.
Theres a lot of gray in this strip. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189639#Comment_189639 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189639#Comment_189639 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:20:08 -0700 Fan Luke's quite possibly capable of supressing the noise local to himself, we don't know

He/they are capable of that: http://www.freakangels.com/?p=73&page=4

The 4th panel of http://www.freakangels.com/?p=70 gives some insight into what can and cannot easily be detected by other FAs. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189683#Comment_189683 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189683#Comment_189683 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:05:25 -0700 buddharhubarbbutter
Impressed with how they didn't take the EASY route with Luke, and make him a total dag. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189708#Comment_189708 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189708#Comment_189708 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:45:05 -0700 Purple Wyrm
Just about everything I could say about the episode has already been said by various people, so I'll just throw in statements of support for the theories of Luke play-acting as 'the superior race' by not killing Kirk, the canisters being for water (I think you can see similar ones being loaded onto the water cart in Book One), and someone about to jump out of the shadows and try to brain Kait (not that I actually expect them to succeed, or for that matter survive).

(Oh, and for the other obsessive nutters like myself the house Kait's investigating is right at the bottom end of Back Church Lane, just south of the railway line - I'll add it to my Google Earth map as soon as I get my net access back).

Edit: Oh yeah, and my signed and sketched copy of Book One *and* my copy of Book Two were waiting for me when I got back. Yey! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189785#Comment_189785 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189785#Comment_189785 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:06:24 -0700 Berserker
While his specific motive was never mentioned, it seems to imply that he was acting in confidence rather than from majority consent. After all, if they'd all agreed that Kirk should/needed to be armed while guarding Luke, it seems the best candidate for handing over a tool would have been Kait.

Especially if that tool comes with a silencer on it.

So I can't help thinking that there will be some profound issues arising from the fact that a few decided to go above and beyond the group in dealing out justice, to say nothing of the complete ass-up they made of it. So far as the rest know they're still waiting to hold court on Luke. If they weren't interested in that then Caz and Sirkka would have just done him in there in the alley when they found him initially.

I can't see there not being some sort of falling out because of this. I'm not saying the group will splinter or anything, but there's definitely going to be a different relationship between some of them after this. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189898#Comment_189898 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=189898#Comment_189898 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:13:38 -0700 Miranda's Eyes
Anyhow, a bit surprised to see that Luke didn't kill Kirk. Was the "I spared your life" gambit a head trip designed to show that Luke is not the monster Alice and Sirkka believe him to be?

The fish-eye POV raises questions regarding its source. If it's an observation camera, how's it being powered? If it's a peephole, how come Kait didn't detect a mind of some sort? If this is the rogue Freakangel spying on Kait and masking his presence, then she is in serious trouble.

As for life, I got back from a trip to Las Vegas with relatives. The Strip's architectural excess left me cold after a while. The surfeit of men and women trying to look beautiful made me yawn after a bit as well. Having to walk in mid-90s degree weather for a couple dozen very long city blocks palled after awhile.

Yet I managed to find a few interesting things. Best experiences were: visiting the Liberace Museum and trying on a sample Liberace outfit, dropping in on the Pinball Hall of Fame and getting my geek on with a vintage Dr. Who pinball game featuring the first seven Doctors, and seeing Lauren Mc Cubbin's installation art piece depicting the socio-economic web that constitutes the world of the average Las Vegas sex worker. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=190096#Comment_190096 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=6816&Focus=190096#Comment_190096 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:49:48 -0700 Hand
(many thanks to Arianna's Wifi faerie)

-Hand ]]>