Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:10 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218250#Comment_218250 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218250#Comment_218250 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:07:57 -0800 Ariana you know what that means.

Morning, Whitechapel. Feeling physically better this week... just in time for a tsunami of work to slam into town. I'm probably going to live, it's just not pretty. How's the rest of us? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218252#Comment_218252 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218252#Comment_218252 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:17:59 -0800 keyofsilence
Life is good. I actually managed a healthy amount of sleep last night after a fortnight of waking up way too early, then being unable to nod off again. I plan on buying some decent booze this weekend, getting sufficiently drunk with the girlfriend, eating awesome food and watching a movie.

Nice to hear you're feeling a bit better Ariana. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218256#Comment_218256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218256#Comment_218256 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:31:19 -0800 diello
Great FreakAngels today! Love the last page. Love the dissolving katana, layer by layer. But is Alice going to die? Tell it to me straight, doc. That gun must have made quite a noise, and I'll wager Luke heard it and is about to stop/reverse that bullet. Oh, I can't look! (wait, yes I can!) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218258#Comment_218258 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218258#Comment_218258 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:35:48 -0800 twitch_ramirez
Ariana feeling well, alive and 'better'; awesome.
Life in the Old Pueblo is adequate. There is air in abundance and the ground doesn't really move; so no complaints.
Good morning WhiteChapel. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218259#Comment_218259 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218259#Comment_218259 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:36:58 -0800 Vagabond-Queen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218260#Comment_218260 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218260#Comment_218260 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:38:47 -0800 city creed Oh wait, that was a real sword? oh shiiiiiiit. she's pretty good :0
I can't really see our resident Lawful Neutral selling out the rest of the family to Groo the Warlock here but I guess I can understand how his vision of a telepathically enslaved subject population would mean less street crime.
"a leeeeetel beeeet of surgery" eh? Mark's really working hard for those extra creepy bad guy points.
so do we reckon Kait's right? - The only sleeper drones are from the refugee intake? I mean, i don't think we've seen any unexplained surgical scars on any other 'kAngels... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218261#Comment_218261 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218261#Comment_218261 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:39:51 -0800 texture
Glad you're feeling better Ariana. I too have conquered Mount Illness. Today the internets get delivered to my house. Deep... joy.... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218262#Comment_218262 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218262#Comment_218262 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:43:42 -0800 Purple Wyrm
Just got back from an art opening with nothing to eat but stinky foot cheese and nowhere to sit. Apart from that I'm good. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218263#Comment_218263 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218263#Comment_218263 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:48:40 -0800 Doctor_Six
Think Kait is still in trouble - good as she is with swords, I think Mark is still powerful and deeply damaged.

There's something brewing with Karl and Kirk too,

Every Friday, my response is the same - "What a great episode, what comes next?". Maybe Warren and Paul should do a rubbish one, just for variety...

Have a lovely weekend ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218266#Comment_218266 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218266#Comment_218266 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:04:12 -0800 senacherib
"I want Whitechapel"..... oh, who doesn't dearie?

I really don't want him to get into her mind. That would be baaaaaaaaad!

senacherib. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218269#Comment_218269 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218269#Comment_218269 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:23:03 -0800 thud How much of what we see of him is actually only a projection- so we only see what we're supposed to?

Poor fookin' Alice. Her heart is in the right place but I fear her abilities are not. Maybe she'll get lucky.

But what about Arkady?????????????????????????????????????? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218270#Comment_218270 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218270#Comment_218270 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:26:55 -0800 SigridEllis
Glad you're feeling better, Ariana! Things are good around here. It's my personal work-Monday, so after we go to the gym and I teach school to my kids, I go to work this afternoon. Also, it's snowing here, but we shouldn't get too much accumulation. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218271#Comment_218271 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218271#Comment_218271 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:36:41 -0800 NoCleverUserName
Things looking bleak in the Ohio valley. Calling for up to ten inches of snow in the next couple of hours. Time to settle in and get comfy, I suppose. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218276#Comment_218276 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218276#Comment_218276 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:51:47 -0800 curb
My week has been pretty good, romantic intrigue has more than balanced out the not inconsiderable amount of backtalk and ballache. Forecast for the weekend? More romance, less ballache. This is good. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218277#Comment_218277 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218277#Comment_218277 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:53:25 -0800 Rooth Kinda chilly and grey in the GTA today.
Doing lot's of ultra-violent drawings to do today, which is an odd (nice?) switch from the usual fare proffered by my day job. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218280#Comment_218280 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218280#Comment_218280 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:20:23 -0800 Berserker
Ariana, it's good to see you getting back to peak ruthlessness. Up here in the Mini-Apple we all woke up under another fresh blanket of fluffy human killing powder. This is apparently going to go on for the next week or so - so that's my birthday present from God. Thanks, G. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218284#Comment_218284 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218284#Comment_218284 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:44:25 -0800 longtimelurker
It's on, baby! It's on like Donkey Kong. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218286#Comment_218286 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218286#Comment_218286 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:57:36 -0800 pookylou
I have some how managed to be asked to photograph 3 weddings this year, despite never having done it before (all requests have come in the last few weeks). This is both amazing (as they've asked purely on my photographic style/work) and terrifying. Gotta get some people photography practice in! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218290#Comment_218290 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218290#Comment_218290 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:19:45 -0800 buddharhubarbbutter
The sword was awesome, but I'm not in the biggest hurry to discount Mark's ability to hang with the conversation he's suddenly swordless in. We haven't seen him react yet. Might be some impressive Put-The-Shit-Back-Together action about to go down. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218292#Comment_218292 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218292#Comment_218292 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:24:19 -0800 CorkOnTheFork http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218294#Comment_218294 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218294#Comment_218294 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:37:18 -0800 Berserker
( I may be giving insane props to Paul's artwork with this - but it's not undue props, so... )

I'm also fairly certain he would have detected her getting ready to do SOMETHING just then, but maybe the 'interference' he's putting up hindered him? Point being, I think the sword was a distraction. I'm fairly confident that it's considered canon now that Mark is/was supposed to be able to hold his own against any of the others in a mano-a-mano situation.

"Here. Play with the nice shiny while I sneak in your head and flip a few switches about."

Warren, I have a question: is the power of the package determined by the intelligence of the wielder? It's been mentioned a few times I think that Mark and Luke were the brightest of the twelve, and also the most dangerous.

( Also - does it look to anyone else like Mark lost all/most of his teeth?!? ) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218297#Comment_218297 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218297#Comment_218297 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:06:22 -0800 invisible_al
Btw does anyone know what they're refering to when he mentions "Something Luke said to me, something about the weather" as I can't find the reference? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218298#Comment_218298 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218298#Comment_218298 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:09:06 -0800 fearlessnaked http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218299#Comment_218299 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218299#Comment_218299 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:11:30 -0800 fearlessnaked http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218301#Comment_218301 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218301#Comment_218301 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:15:38 -0800 fearlessnaked 66 67, page 3. (Thanks dddrum for the correction) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218304#Comment_218304 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218304#Comment_218304 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:25:36 -0800 NextThursday
Mark is a very interesting character, I'm looking forward to seeing more of him. I love what Kait did with the sword and how she doesn't find Mark suddenly reappearing with a samurai sword (hers, correct? so someone got into her headquarters and stole it from her?) remotely frightening.

I don't think the weather thing is going to go well...and Alice...well, she was never my favorite but I'll be sad to see her go if she does, but really she kind of has to be in the story for balance and to bring a "human" side to things. I think she's too necessary to kill off. I may be eating crow in a couple of weeks, who knows?

I have almost defeated Teh Sickness and am avoiding opening my agenda book.

ps- Where is Sirkka during all this? and Jack? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218319#Comment_218319 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218319#Comment_218319 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:21:49 -0800 stsparky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218322#Comment_218322 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218322#Comment_218322 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:34:38 -0800 Jeff Owens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218334#Comment_218334 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218334#Comment_218334 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:32:02 -0800 cas9574
More importantly in this installment. I'm thinking Alice just might catch her target completely off-guard. the time between the sound of the shot and it's impact won't be enough to warn him, but the distance just might be great enough that unless that shotgun is loaded with a slug, it may just cause him a great deal of pain and cosmetic damage. A pissed off FA is a dangerous thing. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218351#Comment_218351 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218351#Comment_218351 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:03:32 -0800 fod_xp
I love you Warren, I love you Paul, and I love the two colorists. Reading Freakangels makes me feel like there is a god! Even my little sister has been impressed with the art, and she actually knows some of the techniques the colorists used.

It's going to be a great day! (and it's raining where I am, so...; P ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218355#Comment_218355 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218355#Comment_218355 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:21:28 -0800 Micr0korg
I suppose it's not a big deal for Kait to dismantle a sword, being the weapons-nut. Unraveling the blade though, that's style ;P. Shoulda got a Hattori Hanzo.

Well, shoot. I already can't wait for next friday. . . Time to pick up my check and commence the usual friday rituals. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218357#Comment_218357 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218357#Comment_218357 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:38:34 -0800 Dee_Noir
On page five where Kait dismantles Mark's sword, what exactly is happening to the blade? I know you research things meticulously, so I was wondering why is the blade separating out into all those thin slithers of metal? Does it have something to do with how a samurai sword is made... I can see how the lace in the handle would come undone, but the blade itself is something of a mystery to me. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218360#Comment_218360 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218360#Comment_218360 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:50:07 -0800 chris g Also love the hell out of the textures as always ^_^

glad you are feeling better Ariana. hope your wrath is back to 100% ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218368#Comment_218368 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218368#Comment_218368 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:29:11 -0800 tpete
Speaking of weather . . . We're in the initial stages of getting 2 feet of snow here in the DC metro area. Two freakin feet. Luckily I've got a lot of reading waiting for me on my night stand. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218371#Comment_218371 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218371#Comment_218371 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:32:13 -0800 SilentObjector Katanas are made by folding a sheet of iron into tons of layers, then smelting it all together. So basically Kait unsmithed a katana. Fuck yeah! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218378#Comment_218378 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218378#Comment_218378 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:21:14 -0800 Jeff Owens it may just cause him a great deal of pain and cosmetic damage.

Seeing the last panel just made me think, what exactly does it take to kill one of the Freakangels? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218391#Comment_218391 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218391#Comment_218391 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:59:11 -0800 enantiodroma
heart, we seem to have forgotten heart. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218399#Comment_218399 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218399#Comment_218399 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:39 -0800 Dotcommunist
Mark appears to have lost it. Not in a cutely eccentric Arkady style either. Dangerous clear-eyed madman, someone who has SEEN THINGS iyswim. I really hope we get some more backstory to see what happened to that sere youngster with the big ideas.

Tinfoil hat man pulling weather control out of his sleeve? excellent. moar pls and quickly. Make it bi-weekly and I will buy one whole FA branded bag. :cool: ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218402#Comment_218402 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218402#Comment_218402 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:55:14 -0800 anca
Thanks for bringing back Action Alice. Despite her lack of purple eyes and abilities, she's an awesome character with a good heart and a no-nonsense attitude. I hope she didn't miss. I wonder what's going to happen to the other bullet, though?

Kait's an old hat at hiding herself from the other FA's. So the trick that Mark's been doing may very well be something she knows how to work around, or perhaps detect. It's great to see them fighting one-on-one against each other. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218422#Comment_218422 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218422#Comment_218422 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:06:41 -0800 dddrum 67. You may have accidentally referenced the back-to-previous-ep button at the bottom of the page (which I catch myself doing all the time, arrgh). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218438#Comment_218438 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218438#Comment_218438 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:06:28 -0800 razrangel My. God.

So tense and so good! And while I'm worried about Alice because I should think it would be harder to kill Luke than that (and he is *eager* to kill her), I have to think it would also go very badly for her with her new family if she succeeded. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218448#Comment_218448 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218448#Comment_218448 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:46:34 -0800 phorgan1
Wore my new Venn Diagram of Art and Science shirt to a engineering meeting and got into a good argument about it--this guy somehow thought that it was supposed to be two circles meaning no intersection, but the one for art was so far away it wasn't on the shirt, and when I told him he'd completely missed it, and it meant complete intersection (which he knew of course but was in denial of) the argument was on:) Thanks Ariana!

San Jose, CA, once a month has SOFA (South on First Art), First Friday, which means all the galleries stay open late and there's music and hip hop and beer and wine, and I went to MACLA and saw a 50sumtin drag queen lip-syncing songs she didn't really know in Spanish (very cool), a guy eat glass and juggle, and flirted with a woman with great boots. I went to an anti-valentine art show at the Works gallery and bought a really cool yet slightly offensive piece in an auction for probably less than the artist, Carol Ponsaran, deserved, (slight guilt about that), went to a tapestry gallery where they were having a showing of crazy quilts, and went to my favorite gallery in the universe, Anno Domini, who was having a show of zines and a great band:) Also went to another gallery, ICA, that I usually like, but for some reason MANY pretentious pretty (or were they petty?), people had taken it over and were standing around drinking wine and being in the way talking and ignoring the art (I'm serious! They seemed completely unmotivated to look at the art!) and letting themselves be seen, and being in the way so I couldn't see the art. Really quite annoying, and did I mention in the way? If they don't like art, couldn't they go somewhere else and be pretty? There's usually some of them there, but this time they had really flocked. So I left and missed the show. I also got quite drunk somewhere along the way, and I noticed that the people with the best and coolest art also had the best music, and the cheapest beer (thanks Anno Domini for $3 beer and for giving me the plastic bag so I could take my art home on my motorcycle in the rain)! Then I came home and realized that I hadn't seen FA yet today. All and all a sweet Friday:) Now if I'd just find a job. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218460#Comment_218460 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218460#Comment_218460 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:40:03 -0800 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218480#Comment_218480 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218480#Comment_218480 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:35:49 -0800 tpete
That said, my money says that she missed. She's got one more shell, though.

Looking at the panels again, I just noticed Alice is wearing an FA logo'd shirt. Why didn't I notice that before? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218526#Comment_218526 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218526#Comment_218526 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:07:35 -0800 MrSmite
I fully appreciate how FreakAngels continues to keep everyone on the verge of dying; Arkady's drowning, Kurt's losing blood, Alice is going to get brain fried, Karl struck by lightning, Connor toasted from the feedback, Luke and Jack cinematically gunning each other down, Mark killed while resisting arrest, KK devoured by the resurgent post-apocalyptic eel population... Life is so dangerous in White Chapel, why would Mark ever want to move back? He even got killed there before. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218538#Comment_218538 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218538#Comment_218538 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:54:53 -0800 Dotcommunist
From what I read Mark isn't the sort of petty backhanded master race sort in the Like vein. Mark is straight up the enemy, a bastard with a vision. At least that is what I took from his flashback appearances. How we see him now, well fuck he has an added crazy to the volatile brew.

And you can't be a despot without people. I think Mark craves a stable, easily dominated population. But not for the stability, for the act of dominance. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218818#Comment_218818 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218818#Comment_218818 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:14:08 -0800 Paul Duffield That was detailed in the script and I'm not 100% sure what Warren's reason for it was, but it does make sense, since the blade of a properly made katana is hammered, folded, hammered, folded, over and over. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218832#Comment_218832 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218832#Comment_218832 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:50:27 -0800 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218838#Comment_218838 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218838#Comment_218838 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:23:24 -0800 Foley
The process of fold-forging steel is actually a process one could take in making a Damascus blade, which is usually rife with wavy, water-like patterns on the surface of the blade and provides a bit of extra strength. Modern steel, however, is usually pure and strong to the point that Damascus-style forging is no longer required and is usually done for the purpose of aesthetics. (Not to be confused with Damascus blades of the crusades, which is technically Wootz steel, nigh-indestructible because of carbon nanotubes that line the blade. This was achieved from a mineral the Saracens used to treat the steel used in their swords, a formula that has since been lost.)

Katanas, speaking from a traditional standpoint, are forged in what's called the san mai process; literally translates to "three layers". This is where a multi-layered core of soft, low-carbon steel is, for lack of a better term, sandwiched between two layers of harder, high-carbon steel. The core of soft steel absorbs the impact of blows that the sword makes, and the hard steel forms a sharp, resilient edge. Clay treatments and the creation of the hamon (wavy, cloud-like pattern on the edge) comes after the blade is forged. Unlike Damascus, still a useful method of making a blade.

The two methods can, at times, be combined, but the latter is the traditional and more commonly found method of forgery. For it to fall apart in different ribbons of steel when "dismantled" does quite a bit of justice to the actual nature of the sword itself. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218925#Comment_218925 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218925#Comment_218925 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:02:29 -0800 fearlessnaked http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218995#Comment_218995 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218995#Comment_218995 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:38:47 -0800 NakedCelt
Is anyone else worried that she's got some hidden subroutine from Mark still hanging around in her head waiting to be triggered by that very thing? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218997#Comment_218997 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=218997#Comment_218997 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:48:30 -0800 wings_of_wrath Wonderful stuff, since I'm an adept of both Steampunk and post apocalyptic environments.

In any case, about the current installment:
Beautiful work on the disintegrating katana. That is just the way I would have imagined that sort of thing would go down, too.
About Alice's shooting - considering the clever bullet deflection done by Kait earlier, I'm guessing Luke would have no problem either dodging or deflecting that shotgun blast before it reaches him, unless - and this is a big "unless"- he is distracted by the other things that are going on at the same time - his pain, for one thing, different confused messages being broadcasted around from the other Freakangels getting hurt, rain, etc. After all, he didn't sense her approach, didn't he?

Another thing I noticed - just how many of the characters are left handed? I've seen a lot of people in FA holding their various weapons and implements "the wrong way around", including Jack, Mark and Alice to name but a few.

Also, the cliffhanger is driving me nuts! At this pace, by Friday I would have bitten somebody (and infected with rabies) so I'll read the next chapter from a restful room in the "Shady Oaks" Sanitarium... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219197#Comment_219197 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219197#Comment_219197 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:19:07 -0800 dr_barnowl http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219202#Comment_219202 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219202#Comment_219202 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:24:25 -0800 wings_of_wrath http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219506#Comment_219506 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219506#Comment_219506 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:54:21 -0800 phorgan1 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219519#Comment_219519 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219519#Comment_219519 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:34 -0800 johnjones About Alice's shooting - considering the clever bullet deflection done by Kait earlier, I'm guessing Luke would have no problem either dodging or deflecting that shotgun blast before it reaches him, unless - and this is a big "unless"- he is distracted by the other things that are going on at the same time - his pain, for one thing, different confused messages being broadcasted around from the other Freakangels getting hurt, rain, etc. After all, he didn't sense her approach, didn't he?

Makes sense to me. I've noticed that Luke doesn't have a very good track record with anticipating violence against himself. Kirk beat his ass early on, Jack clocked him with a pistol later and Alice whanged him in the face with a garbage can lid. My hope is that Alice injures him enough to keep him off balance, but that he gets away without killing her. I think they both have stories yet to be told in this saga. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219592#Comment_219592 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7703&Focus=219592#Comment_219592 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:13:53 -0800 roadscum