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[ The Worms Crawl In ]

Title Text: "haven't you . . . FORGOTTEN something?"

NO

"Oh . . . I thought that'd work, hmm"


That doesn't look... ideal...
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I think it's reading your thoughts, Res.
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Wow, uh...may want to get some hydrogen peroxide after this, Res. :shock:
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And the cuteness from the last comic just wore off, I am legitimately scared for Res. FIGHT RES FIGHT!!!
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This feels so... Magneto and Wolverine for some reason. Except the Adamantium is Res's Mana.

And yes, i'm also legitimately worried about Res now.
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Did anyone notice how suspicious the Forgotten looked? Like there's some sort of cloth between the Forgotten's jaws covering its throat. I'm starting to think this deity Res is fighting is not who it appears to be.
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WOAH, ma boy's gettin IMPALED now?! Hot dog we're in for a real fight lads! :o
Also, I guess all the mana wen't straight to his muscles. He's just one big mana-baloon at the moment, so his internal muscles/organs/bones are probably safe!

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Res, let go of the bloody thing's throat and start punching already!
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Char89Charizard wrote:Did anyone notice how suspicious the Forgotten looked? Like there's some sort of cloth between the Forgotten's jaws covering its throat. I'm starting to think this deity Res is fighting is not who it appears to be.
It was mentioned around it's first appearance that The Forgotten was bound and gagged, what some thought meant willfully repressed memories.
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Wow, this is getting unexpectedly gruesome. D:
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If I’m completely honest, I’m kinda getting tired of this arc and long it’s been going on. Hopefully it doesn’t do what the police dog arc did and completely break my SOD with a stupid twist about brainwashing.
Seriously, why didn’t Rick just say it was magic?!!?! It would’ve required at most a paragraph of explanation, and would’ve made more a million times more sense than PETA guy brainwashing pets with what are literally the worst possible conditions to try and brainwash someone!! The biggest part of successfully brainwashing someone is isolating them, blocking them off from any means of socializing, controlling what information they have access, and it takes months of dedicated effort. YOU CAN’T ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THAT WHEN THE PERSON YOU’RE TRYING TO BRAINWASH IS ONLY INTERACTING WITH YOU FOR AN HOUR A WEEK, AND GETS TO GO HOME AFTERWARDS!!!!!!!! That twist wasn’t just disappointing, it was downright out of character for Rick. You can usually feel the care he puts into every bit of this comic, but that twist had none of that. It felt like it came from a worse creator, and I’m genuinely wondering if something happened behind the scenes that made it so that Rick didn’t have enough time to properly proofread his story.
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Well I hope that he could Stall long enough for the others to think of a way to beat the demon and also stall long enough for breel and keene to get out of hell :|
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I like how there aren't any quotes around the NO in the alt text. That means Res is fighting Death I think.

Or maybe Mort in a bad mood.
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Arel_Grim wrote:Well I hope that he could Stall long enough for the others to think of a way to beat the demon and also stall long enough for breel and keene to get out of hell :|
With the time differential, every second Res can keep the Forgotten tied up is potentially buying Breel and Keene hours, hours that they may need every bit of. I have a feeling Eudoant is not going to just let them leave.
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yehoshua wrote:I like how there aren't any quotes around the NO in the alt text. That means Res is fighting Death I think.

Or maybe Mort in a bad mood.
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When The Forgotten was summoned, it said its whole purpose was to annihilate Breel. Why is it sticking around to fight Res?
yehoshua wrote:I like how there aren't any quotes around the NO in the alt text. That means Res is fighting Death I think.

Or maybe Mort in a bad mood.
The black speech bubbles don't have any arrows pointing to The Forgotten, so I'm interpreting that as ultimate ventriloquism or telepathy. Removing the quotation marks in the title text serves the same purpose.
(I do appreciate the Discworld reference though.)
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Terror invades.
Hope fights.
Darkness calls.
Passion lights.
Evil creeps,
into the soul.
Good seeps,
into the hole.
Fear calls.
Will rises.
Forgotten love.
One of the prizes…


Death stalks the day,
a tentacle at a time.
Res is heard to pray;
desperation’s not a crime.
He knows he can win,
this author supreme;
good always triumphs
in every book that he’s seen.
He just needs to hold,
a little bit longer.
He just needs the will.
He needs to be stronger.
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leinglo wrote:
Arel_Grim wrote:Well I hope that he could Stall long enough for the others to think of a way to beat the demon and also stall long enough for breel and keene to get out of hell :|
With the time differential, every second Res can keep the Forgotten tied up is potentially buying Breel and Keene hours, hours that they may need every bit of. I have a feeling Eudoant is not going to just let them leave.
yup feel like the demon that is with breel and keene is going to play a huge part in this arc tho
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Arel_Grim wrote:
leinglo wrote:
Arel_Grim wrote:Well I hope that he could Stall long enough for the others to think of a way to beat the demon and also stall long enough for breel and keene to get out of hell :|
With the time differential, every second Res can keep the Forgotten tied up is potentially buying Breel and Keene hours, hours that they may need every bit of. I have a feeling Eudoant is not going to just let them leave.
yup feel like the demon that is with breel and keene is going to play a huge part in this arc tho
he will become the Remembered. or people are right and he's actually the Forgotten, that'd explain the bound and gagged thing, he does like tor ture
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RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:he will become the Remembered. or people are right and he's actually the Forgotten, that'd explain the bound and gagged thing, he does like tor ture
Maybe the Forgotten and the Demon are two different parts of the same broken whole? Like, the Demon is the Nobody and the Forgotten is the Heartless, to use Kingdom Hearts terminology.
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Tear the gag off, reach down his throat, and pull the cute little demon out of the giant animatronic monster.
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Is this the first time we've seen "Oh Cod"? I have to say I like it. Of course cats would talk about "oh my cod"!
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Oh Cod, I believe the Forgotten can actually read minds. Maybe Neel (the lil demon) will save the world when the trio gets on Earth? I mean... He does have acidic saliva, maybe he has some hidden powers.
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Res is probably gonna need some first aid once the fight gets finished.
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At first glance I thought this strip was just there to show us that Res is still fighting the monster. But I thought more about what the Forgotten was saying, and it preys on Res's fears. "Doubts fill this one, it fears becoming forgotten", Res has been nervous since we are introduced to him, he is constantly doubting himself. That second part of that sentence (it fears becoming forgotten) made me ask "why does Res write?" It's because he wants to be remembered for something, he wants to make a small mark on the world, he doesn't want to be forgotten. In the second panel the Forgotten says, "This one fights hardly at all, it is giving into oblivion." have we ever seen Res fight? He is constantly nervous, plagued by doubt, giving into pressure, and he is terrified. The Forgotten is preying on this, and Res knows it. Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but that's my take on it.
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Nooooo Res!! :o

... Are those tentacles piercing his body, or are they just lava tentacles splashing onto him?
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For you may be the next to die
They wrap you up
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From your head down to your feet
They put you in a big black box
And cover you up with dirt and rocks
And all goes well
For about a week
And then your coffin begins to leak
And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
The worms play pinochle on your snout
They eat your eyes, they eat your noes
They eat the jelly between your toes
A big green worm with rolling eyes
Crawls in your stomach and out your eyes
Your stomach turns a slimy green
And puss comes out like whipping cream
You spread it on a slice of bread
And that's what you eat when your dead
And the worms crawl out and the worms crawl in
The worms that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
Your eyes fall in and your hair falls out
Your brain comes tumbling down your snout
And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
They crawl all over your dirty snout
Your chest caves in and your eyes pop out
Your brain turns to sauerkraut
They invite their friends, and their friends too
They all come down to chew on you
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Huh, this is the hardest moment in Res' life. :? That must really hurt. :| I would blame Great Kitsune for this! :P The Forgotten won't easily give up... Right, don't show that. Hold on, Res! ;)
Soerix wrote:Are those tentacles piercing his body, or are they just lava tentacles splashing onto him?
From the way they're drawn, looks definitely the first assumption...
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TheSilverFox51 wrote:That second part of that sentence (it fears becoming forgotten) made me ask "why does Res write?" It's because he wants to be remembered for something, he wants to make a small mark on the world, he doesn't want to be forgotten.
I like the theory, but by Res's own admission, he "let [his] mom publish [his] stories in the first place because [he likes] making people happy". If he was in it to be immortalized he wouldn't have asked his mom to take the credit for his stories.
Soerix wrote:... Are those tentacles piercing his body, or are they just lava tentacles splashing onto him?

I thought the same thing. From the way they were drawn I assumed they were splashing off his super were-tiger body, but from the title of the comic and "SCHLORP" I would conclude they are penetrating and the stuff is yellow to keep this PG.
(Please don’t spend the next bunch of replies debating the definition of G and PG. I’m using the term figurative.)
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Champion Wallace wrote:
TheSilverFox51 wrote:That second part of that sentence (it fears becoming forgotten) made me ask "why does Res write?" It's because he wants to be remembered for something, he wants to make a small mark on the world, he doesn't want to be forgotten.
I like the theory, but by Res's own admission, he "let [his] mom publish [his] stories in the first place because [he likes] making people happy". If he was in it to be immortalized he wouldn't have asked his mom to take the credit for his stories.
He doesn't nescessarilly need to be immortalized for him to not be forgotten, but yeah, you're right.
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the dirty fish-worshiper is bleeding custard
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I don't know as the monster reads minds; I think it's using Psych 101--102 techniques to crack Res because (1) it knows mortals are prone to fear and self-doubt; (2) it feeds off those anxieties; and (3) it may also be trying to infect Res with its own growing terror. Be strong, mates.

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Sinder wrote:the dirty fish-worshiper is bleeding custard
That's what happens. Funny hats, custard blood...

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Dissension wrote:
Sinder wrote:the dirty fish-worshiper is bleeding custard
That's what happens. Funny hats, custard blood...
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Right now, Res is probably thinking 'This guy's got me scared to death! Hope he doesn't see right through me...'
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It's not The Forgotten's possible telepathy he needs to worry about, it's the white boxes'. Those can defiantly hear what he's thinking.
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CHAOKOCartoons wrote:...AND STOP CHOKING IT RES FOR THE LOVE OF KITSUNE
I don't think he's really trying to strangle it as much as just trying to get it in a grapple. The Forgotten doesn't appear to have a lot of good hold positions.
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CanzetYote wrote:Res is probably gonna need some first aid once the fight gets finished.
Res is a powered-up Were-Tiger right now. Most Weres have incredible regeneration capabilities. As long as the Forgotten isn't using Silver, he should be fine.
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D-Rock wrote:Wow, uh...may want to get some hydrogen peroxide after this, Res. :shock:
Or he could get Lucretia to take a look at it.
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