page 917 – very plot-relevant explanations
Avatar really has an unfortunate habit of fading into the background. She’s such an observer by nature that, if there’s even a slightly scene-stealing character on the page, she just kind of hangs back and watches as things happen around her… or allows herself to be carried around, as the case might occasionally be. So this was a nice chance to actually give Avatar a moment in the spotlight again, AND to continue that idea of her having all the answers but not really knowing how to play.
So, despite the whole middle section of this page being another block of text and black and white doodles, this page was WEIRDLY hard to draw… and not just because no one should ever have to take the idea “gas that looks like giant bees” and turn it into something visual. No, the problem was the character art. I had to spend HOURS of extra time cleaning up sloppy mistake in the character art, even though there’s really not anything complicated enough to give me trouble. I bring this up because today’s Voting Incentive turned out GREAT. In fact, it’s the latest in a series of updates where I’m actually more please with the Incentive than the comic. I’m not sure if that means anything, it’s just weird is all. But yeah, I think the Voting Incentive turned out REALLY well today, so check it out!
(Historical Notes: I’m just gonna go ahead and copy/past this entire comment, because it’s too much for me to adequately summarize: “Fizzbiama is actually contains a cross-dimensional link to another plain of reality (possibly even our own). This link isn’t strong, but it is connected to a form of life. Specifically, Bee Life. Due to this inter-dimensional link, the gas replicates the form of the life it’s linked to (aka, Bees). Additionally, due to dimensional differences, despite the gas replicating the linked lifeforms (bees) at a 1 to 1 ratio, the life-form-replicating gas seems to appear as Giant Bees to the local residents due to the dimension they’re linking to having everything be bigger. In other words, to the residents of both Dimensions, their bees are, proportionally, the same size relative to their residents, but the the linked dimension’s bees would be considered GIGANTIC if they ever entered the Far Out There Universe.”)
@ Historical Notes: I remember that comment! I don’t remember who made it, it sounds a little like something I would make up, but some of those clarifications aren’t how I suspect that I would have written it, so I don’t think that I actually did. That was still a fun comment that became the historical note, though.
Just checked the Way Back Machine. That was my comment! I love doing stupid comments like that about things that will never come up again.
The most important thing about that theory is that (potentially) if the FOT characters managed to travel to our spacetime, Bridget and Alphonse would only be a few inches tall: Tiny Little Zombie Kindergardeners! How incredibly adorable would that be?!?! 😀
(actually, doesn’t Blitz have a photo posted somewhere of actual tiny model Zombie Kids that he made or was given at some point? Seems like I remember seeing that. Assuming they actually were just models…)
Yeah, I’ve still got those presents on display in my room, but I can confirm that the real Bridget and Alphonse would be a good bit taller than those little figurines. Otherwise, how would Alphonse be able to turn his book pages, or Bridget be able to punch things?
As long as everything in their entire universe is to the same reduced scale, as per the above theory, they’re good with turning pages and punching. If everything int he universe is at 1/40th scale, nobody would know the difference. Alphonse just needs to remember to bring lots of the tiny books from their universe with him. Of course, this brings up more questions – is a tiny Vengeance still just as creepy? How dangerous is a tiny Stilez? How much damage could a tiny Megaweapon do before someone steps on him?
I think that last one is already a valid question even now 🙂
Hey, ya never know which of those random things will turn out to be an actual plot point in disguise!
And if it ever does, it’s entirely possible that you make my random bull cannon long after I made it, to the point where I have probably forgotten it. And even the prospect just makes me laugh with amusement.
Like they say, creativity is the art of concealing your sources!
Yoink would be proud. 🙂