Hmm. It’s hard to tell at that level of detail but looking at panel 4 (the big one) it looks like Jojo is back with some Carnymancer friends, off on the right side.
Wait, I thought the predictamancers DIDN’T want Parson to go through the gate? Why would they stack with him?
predictamancers do, thinkamancers don’t
If my calculations are correct, Parson should be passing through that gateway some time in early 2014.
It’s like Spelling the Vacuum all over again.
That plus the GNSP = Awww.
I don’t think they’re all carnymancers… looks like Dick Tracey? And I dunno. There’s a guy with a neckerchief or ascot that is carrying a pet, and a goth chick who is probably not Zatanna, and and a slacker guy in a suit.
I keep thinking I ought to be able to identify more of the predictamancers, and I just can’t.
The text seems to say that the brown suited guy is a donator, and yes, that’s Dick Tracey.
Cool. I of course got Carnac the Magnificent.
That…is not a pet. And I suspect the Dick Tracey guy is Spenser, the former Unaroyal findamancer. It would make sense for him to be working with Jojo.
Yeah. I had visual recognition fail: took me a while to realize that’s his shoulder with eyes and a toothy grin.
… Which should make him easy to identify, I’d think. Just not by me.
Juxtaposition of the Battle of Spacerock with the Discussion in the Magic Kingdom at least synchs up the timeline I suppose.
I’m not really sure what the visual presentation of the last panel is supposed to represent, though: is it Isaac doing thinkamancy? is it Charlie’s viewpoint spying on them? what?
I think it’s meant to show that someone’s looking in. Charlie would be a good first guess, but I don’t expect them to reveal who for awhile.
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Is anyone interested in the Book 0 text updates? Because there’s one up now. I’ve been enjoying them.
I’m following them with mild interest. I smell a Flower Power trap in the latest one. (If you’ll pardon the expression.)
Would it really be so hard for the Great Minds to wait until after the battle to have a nice sit-down chat with Parson? I mean, they were involved in his summons, they know how good he is, they should know that he’s not in significant danger this exact turn. And surely, it would be better for their purposes for him to not regard them as his enemy.
I’m inclined to believe that they’re panicking, and not because he’s putting himself in physical danger (frankly, he would probably be safer on the battlefield than remaining in the MK right now). They’re reacting to him going off the script and doing things they’re not prepared for, and they’re trying to corral him and get things back under control. They don’t care about the battle in Spacerock; they’re desperate to get him pointed at Charlie, and in their desperation, they’re misreading his motives and underestimating him.
I suspect that the Great Minds, like Janis, did not properly appreciate the full ramifications of the Plan when it was set in motion. Their expectations were colored by their understanding of Erf units, which prepared them to think of the summoned warlord as a weapon. Powerful, yes, but under control. Instead, they got an agent, a vigorously independent actor who instinctively rebels against control and operates on principles that are alien to them. They thought they were ordering a tactical nuke, but they received an ongoing meteor storm.
If I had no children, I would have missed the Plants vs Zombies reference.