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16_154&155 (Patreon)

Published:
2022-04-11 03:21:51
Edited:
2022-04-11 03:39:39
Imported:
2026-06
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Two pages today. I think Duane has levelled up and finally learned the destructive power of brevity. Punches have their place but sometimes it's more productive to offer an open hand rather than a fist.

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Srećko

That shared we are badies moment of realization.

Mister Scarecrow

Oof. Duane really leaning into the self-pitying villain role he's made for himself. Even going as far as forming a confederation with Quigs in his broken down state. Very little hurts as much as sympathy from a man you thought you despised. But I think Duane is speaking just as much about the past as Mathis is. I'm not sure either of them truly have the stomach for the men they were now. Though that might be my optimism. Duane is a slowly reforming zealot (perhaps a bit literally in these panels) but I hope to see him keep reforming. And if Quigley is going to fix things with his son he better get his shit together. There is still a part of me that wishes Duane had the righteous fury in him to belt him one.

Kay

Ashley, I've been thinking about the Quigley affair all weekend. I could have written an essay about it and now I wish I had, because I'd come to the same conclusion as Duane. Vienne was a "main character" that didn't get the good ending, and I really enjoy that you're telling the story of a side character that was left wrecked by it.

Fabricated

Quigley's decision to turn her in is the most rational thing to do given their crapsack world, but it wasn't done for the rational reason that would come first to the mind of someone who wasn't in his position.

Fitzy

One of the purest forms of empathy is the shared understanding of the evils that exist in our past and within ourselves. Maybe that shared understanding can help us overcome them.

Madison

Wow, this was a gut punch of an update. Glad Duane's back to talking again- and just in time, too. Wow. Wow. Wow. Really interesting use of red and gold there- the idealized past getting smaller, smaller, smaller. Until Matty is the only one left remembering any of the gold and good. Ah, damn those eels. Lovely.

Manic Raven

In my limited experience, disagreements about kids are the fastest way to wreck any marriage. Don't know that the respective parties would turn their opposite over to the state for torture and murder, but I wouldn't trust them with the choice.

Rainwalker

Gah, I was wondering how you were gonna resolve this scene and of course you just wreck me. I’m gonna be thinking about this all night

akrasia

I, myself, seem poorly written next to these characters. How near and far they go, from treasure to tragedy. Whether I love or hate them, I never doubt how truly they act on their natures.

forlornfoe

Now the screen he has put on for so long finally crumbles. Duane has truly grown to admit that, but I notice he says it in Aldish.

Plucky Pariah

Oh, God. What especially hurts is that the only other person who heard and who perfectly understood Dwayne in that moment was Matty. Who does he have to turn to now? There's no one left to idealize. No one to turn to for comfort and make it better.

Colin Suess

That frame stopped me in my tracks for about a minute before I could keep reading. It recast Duane's internals and...I don't know, it reset something in the series about how the series' internal moral judgment is configured, I think. This was really unexpected! I've gotta think about it a lot more, but it might be one of the most important moments in the series. Gotta think about it...

Runeloon

This is the most wonderfully twisted connection to realise between these two. I hope this is poison leaving the wound, and Quigley is at least able to see how immature the foundation of his hatred for Matty is. Regardless, I don't think Matty is going to be able to let any of that tirade go, and probably wants to kill Quigley.

jardindelanuit

I can relate to Quigley’s anti-natalist worldview, and it is even more understandable given his situation as a Plat. Contrary to some other readers I did actually expect Duane to understand him better than anyone in that vehicle. So I’m glad that he offered him empathy rather than moral condemnation. Thank you for writing such complex and flawed characters. There is a reason I have stuck with this comic since chapter 3. It’s been over 10 years already.

The Clag

This feels like the first instance of Quigley truly recognizing Duane as a person and not a thing.

Dylan

Wow, what a scene!! Being hated was easy for Quigly, he was fine being a villain, like a warm blanket of pride, ignorance and hatred that blocked out everything else. All it took was for someone to treat him like a human to bring it all crashing down. Which is just so perfect coming from Duane the "plod" who Quig's has been dehumanizing since they met

Sharpeslass

Of course he would have. Of course. For different reasons, but man does Alderode fuck up its denizens!

Rion Boom Crabhands Keon

I don't get it. What would Duane have done? Betray Leysa if she had been conspiring with the revolutionaries? I don't believe it. When Miki asked him for secret Pymary lessons, he finally warmed up and promised them to her. Duane covered up for his brother who set a wagon of prisoners on fire. I think Duane's loyalty to his family goes further than his loyalty to his nation.

Reed Copperstrand

I expected Quigley to die at the shrine, his terrible backstory coming out and culminating in his death. It's much more interesting to have him live and really reckon with all of this. Let's see where it leads. Also, poor Matty! I don't believe he hates his father now, but he must be deeply hurt and I'm not sure it their relationship can be mended.

lourdes

Is Quig feeling relief at not being alone to have made such a monstrous choice? Or rather is he seeing just how truly monstrous it was if Duane would’ve done it ?

Sharpeslass

Quigs reaction when he thought Matty had died belies his words here. He may have resented his son once, but he loves him now.