Well, if my memory serves me right, they went to this sort of afterlife place to try and bring the shrine guardians back to life, so… yes, they are a bit to busy?
You know, it’s a funny thing: keeping track of the plot is so much easier with no naked tits in sight, I can remember things that literally happened just three pages ago!
Paige still has her own strengths, but she easily buys into the divinity/religious thing. I suspect (knowing some background here) there is a slightly satirical element at work here concerning devotion to religious beliefs. Don’t keep picking on her. The joy with “Delve” is there are no favourites or really exceptional good/bad guys, much like in real life, actually. people have good aspects and foolish aspects. Go listen to anyone in a pulpit, talking sense one minute, then going on about the Biblical Christmas story the next.
Tend to pick on everyone, depending on the circumstances. Look at panel four again without the brown-tinted glasses and see how both are looking at her with annoyance
Was a huge fan of Paige when she first appeared
Brown tinted glasses? Don’t you mean rose-tinted? Why brown – horrible colour! Why do Americans have ‘brown-outs’ when they mean ‘blackouts’?
I still think there is a bit of satire here concerning attitudes to religion, divinity and thoughtless religious devotion. Paige – like Miko – has to learn the gods don’t always have the answers. That’s somewhat controversial in today’s America.
They say brownouts because they don’t mean blackouts, they are not the same but can be confused. a blackout is total loss of power, brown outs are when the power is partially reduced to an area, usually manually. It is sometimes also applied to when the power becomes unstable and may flicker. But as near as I can tell that’s a misuse.
This really is a fun sub-plot, and great to see Mala back, and Bree/Jennifer as unimpressed as ever. But a hint at Mala’s ‘Graysider’ past as a chubby semi-cripple perhaps, and – did she not once mention Buffalo? I thought of NY State, but there are about a dozen towns of that name, many spread across the Southern US states. We know Jennifer (and boyfriend Brian) live in TX, even (from certain clues spotted by the more hawkeyed) probably the specific town in TX. Poor Paige is so conditioned to divine devotion, unlike cynical big sister. But the dynamic between the two is amusing and fun, part of the story entertainment – the “slap! Ow!” – “Get up, Paige!” Actually, it’s aspects like this, the differing personalities (how different Paige is talking to Finch, for instance, or with the Valryn) that gives the story depth, that we aren’t talking one-dimensional characters but people we can recognise and relate to.
The artwork is always a joy, the story strands always interesting, some might say, challenging! So what? That is the essence of really good story writing and plot, rather than the usual simpleton scripts. So, can’t wait to see the ‘exclusive social club’, anyone we know? Maybe not.
Incidentally the centaur-guardian is named after an Irish Celtic warrior-princess.
“Shuffle off to Buffalo” was a tune from an old musical, and, as I recall from my childhood here in the states, it had become a rather old-timey way of saying “get lost”. Whenever dealing with a graysider, I try to keep their jokes and references in line with the time period they hail from, with the exception of a certain horned chap who’s fourth wall breaks seem to pull from any era necessary for the joke. Must be something to do with all that forbidden magic.
Ah, thank you, Mr H., obviously an American expression, not sure what a British equivalent would be. We learn something every day, and often from your Delve saga. Yes, and I like that the graysider world has its time period and isn’t the 2010s/20s. I’m always fascinated by such colloquialisms.
Sometimes, the only significance is that the author liked it
As Fraud use to say: “Sometimes a cigar really is a burning penis someone has shoved into their mouth.”
We’d all like to hear that splaining. Although eating a pommegranate seed or giving the grumpy old man (Hades) some myrth also works for me, meh!
8)
Well, if my memory serves me right, they went to this sort of afterlife place to try and bring the shrine guardians back to life, so… yes, they are a bit to busy?
You know, it’s a funny thing: keeping track of the plot is so much easier with no naked tits in sight, I can remember things that literally happened just three pages ago!
No, they went there to have a ‘chat’ with the ‘gods’ who determined the fates of the guardians
Heh heh, gotta keep it family-friendly!
@Wormius Alabama style? :p
Panel four: that makes two unimpressed by Paige 😛
Paige still has her own strengths, but she easily buys into the divinity/religious thing. I suspect (knowing some background here) there is a slightly satirical element at work here concerning devotion to religious beliefs. Don’t keep picking on her. The joy with “Delve” is there are no favourites or really exceptional good/bad guys, much like in real life, actually. people have good aspects and foolish aspects. Go listen to anyone in a pulpit, talking sense one minute, then going on about the Biblical Christmas story the next.
Tend to pick on everyone, depending on the circumstances. Look at panel four again without the brown-tinted glasses and see how both are looking at her with annoyance
Was a huge fan of Paige when she first appeared
Brown tinted glasses? Don’t you mean rose-tinted? Why brown – horrible colour! Why do Americans have ‘brown-outs’ when they mean ‘blackouts’?
I still think there is a bit of satire here concerning attitudes to religion, divinity and thoughtless religious devotion. Paige – like Miko – has to learn the gods don’t always have the answers. That’s somewhat controversial in today’s America.
They say brownouts because they don’t mean blackouts, they are not the same but can be confused. a blackout is total loss of power, brown outs are when the power is partially reduced to an area, usually manually. It is sometimes also applied to when the power becomes unstable and may flicker. But as near as I can tell that’s a misuse.
This really is a fun sub-plot, and great to see Mala back, and Bree/Jennifer as unimpressed as ever. But a hint at Mala’s ‘Graysider’ past as a chubby semi-cripple perhaps, and – did she not once mention Buffalo? I thought of NY State, but there are about a dozen towns of that name, many spread across the Southern US states. We know Jennifer (and boyfriend Brian) live in TX, even (from certain clues spotted by the more hawkeyed) probably the specific town in TX. Poor Paige is so conditioned to divine devotion, unlike cynical big sister. But the dynamic between the two is amusing and fun, part of the story entertainment – the “slap! Ow!” – “Get up, Paige!” Actually, it’s aspects like this, the differing personalities (how different Paige is talking to Finch, for instance, or with the Valryn) that gives the story depth, that we aren’t talking one-dimensional characters but people we can recognise and relate to.
The artwork is always a joy, the story strands always interesting, some might say, challenging! So what? That is the essence of really good story writing and plot, rather than the usual simpleton scripts. So, can’t wait to see the ‘exclusive social club’, anyone we know? Maybe not.
Incidentally the centaur-guardian is named after an Irish Celtic warrior-princess.
“Shuffle off to Buffalo” was a tune from an old musical, and, as I recall from my childhood here in the states, it had become a rather old-timey way of saying “get lost”. Whenever dealing with a graysider, I try to keep their jokes and references in line with the time period they hail from, with the exception of a certain horned chap who’s fourth wall breaks seem to pull from any era necessary for the joke. Must be something to do with all that forbidden magic.
Certain horned chap ? Hhm ? I have to dig a little in that matter 🧐
DM, that’s the ‘certain horned chap’
Ah, thank you, Mr H., obviously an American expression, not sure what a British equivalent would be. We learn something every day, and often from your Delve saga. Yes, and I like that the graysider world has its time period and isn’t the 2010s/20s. I’m always fascinated by such colloquialisms.
I gotta say, Mala is seriously HOT!
Thanks!
Also, “Aofie”? Had the clerk who had been filling out her birth certificate accidentally pressed the “A” key on the keyboard instead of “S”? 🤣
Irish female name, maybe, or close. What significance it has here, IDK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoife
Sometimes, the only significance is that the author liked it
As Fraud use to say: “Sometimes a cigar really is a burning penis someone has shoved into their mouth.”
Is that an Elfquest reference I see there in panel 1?
Perhaps a subconscious one. It has been a LONG time since I read Elfquest.