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Post by snazzykurita on Dec 16, 2009 23:48:34 GMT -5
First you have Kathryn knocking Camilla of in what was seemingly a fit of blind rage, then Kendrick died for Donovan. What the heck's gonna happen next?
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Post by xghostie on Dec 17, 2009 0:02:49 GMT -5
xD When I read that scene I wanted to yell at the sky screaming "NOOOO". Though seriously I'm not all that sure. I feel like anything can happen now.
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Post by Princess Sarah Em on Dec 17, 2009 0:46:06 GMT -5
I know what ya mean. I begged Adam to tell me who dies in this volume but I had no idea of how and when. Camilla was just gruesome. And tonights is just bittersweet, It made me a Kendrick and Donovan shipper for sure but it's sad to see that Kendrick is dead. He has been one of my faves from the start.
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Post by snazzykurita on Dec 17, 2009 0:54:39 GMT -5
Indeed. Almost makes you wonder who all's gonna be left once it's said and done.
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Post by hijojo on Dec 18, 2009 13:27:03 GMT -5
Yeah, this is all so intense. Can't wait for the next installment. I wasn't expecting Camila to actually die, same with Kendrick. Seems like a lot is going to change when this battle is done. Hell, I'm still betting on more casualties - Sho, perhaps, Marie?[/spoiler'
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Post by Yami Vizzini on Dec 20, 2009 17:19:28 GMT -5
Aw CRAP. First I come to the board and find this thread, then read the OP and find out about Kendrick's death(?) . 1st thought: "WTF?" 2nd: "...I never checked the site on Wednesday, did I?" 3rd: "When did he even show up?" So I go back over the last couple of chapters and, yep, I don't remember reading the session where Kendrick came in. That's right, I happened to miss (and forget that I missed) two non-consecutive updates that go next to each other in the same plot thread! And then, gaps filled, I actually read tonight's entry. DAMN!!! Just how many Urayoni are seeded into this school?
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Post by xghostie on Dec 20, 2009 20:44:56 GMT -5
I think this bomb as of late is near topping all of them D: I knew Marie was bad, but after finding out about what she was doing I wanted to kick her off the roof and go "THIS IS L.B. GOULD!" Still, I commemorate Troy for not going all out on her.
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Post by hijojo on Dec 20, 2009 21:47:31 GMT -5
Yeah, not expecting this one either. Seems like every character in the story is connected to magic somehow. I'm surprised he was that nice to her. I kinda wanted him to be meaner. I don't really get her argument about Kurt's death, I think it's a weak one.
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Post by 1stAgent on Dec 20, 2009 23:50:44 GMT -5
I was going to give this entire thread a Spoiler tag, but since there were so many twists in the last couple chapters, I'll keep it in case others are in a situation like Yami's. Anyhoo... now that the twin OMFG chapters are winding down (seriously, it's almost over, things will start to calm down now), time to address some specifics: First off, Matt and I have been working on this story for a long time, and had a bare-bones plot outline since 2004. As little as we had back then, and as much as we've tinkered with it, we have always looked at these two chapters with a certain hushed anxiety. Plotwise, these were the most intense events of the series. Although there will certainly be more drama and discomfort, this is easily as dark as MST will get. We are almost exactly halfway done. In anime terms, think of this as that point in a 26 episode series around episode 12 or 13 where all hell breaks loose... the first time. The two featured battles were Molly v. Claude and Kathryn v. Kamila. Molly's fight was meant to be more cerebral and Kathryn's was an intense, nasty catfight. Based on how it ended, and Kathryn's story for the rest of the series, it had to get that hardcore, even though I was also a little humbled after writing that scene.
All I can say about Kendrick is that although it seems to be ignored in the subsequent chapters (as you can imagine, the characters will be a little busy tending to other things), his death kicks off much of the events in the second half of the story. It's one of those "trust me, we know what we're doing" things.
For Claude and Marie, there were several hints dropped throughout, especially for Claude (Marie's is mostly buying all those "going away" stories). Since demons can sniff out other demons, his response to encounters with Kendrick and the Zukoni are telling.
Now as for Marie... we'll get a little more in depth into her story and there is a lot more going on. She's got an interesting angle on this as she was pretty much sincere about everything she to said to Troy (as well as her reaction to Sho's enrollment and Kurt's death). It doesn't excuse her actions and her feeling of helplessness doesn't improve her situation, but her story is not finished yet.
A Pro Tip for readers as the volume goes on, keep tabs on what characters experienced and what they learn from others. Don't assume everybody gets together and divulges their full story to everybody else. Some of the omissions play a huge part in volume 6.
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Post by snazzykurita on Dec 21, 2009 0:22:30 GMT -5
And the hits just keep on coming.
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Post by Hikaru on Dec 21, 2009 4:25:01 GMT -5
Are you sure Kendrick is dead? When I read that part about the wall swallowing him, I envisioned more of a spell of painful illusion, where it swallows him, but swallows him into it, in other words capture.
Did I misinterpret it wrong?
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Post by snazzykurita on Mar 31, 2010 22:43:05 GMT -5
Today's update was definitely something.
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Post by xghostie on Apr 1, 2010 18:16:03 GMT -5
More than just something. I thought that I was going to spit out my juice.
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Post by hijojo on Apr 4, 2010 19:04:43 GMT -5
Today's too. Another pair of surprising chapters. Badass Donovan was cool, and Troy... wow.
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Post by Yami Vizzini on Apr 4, 2010 22:50:01 GMT -5
Darn straight!
It was almost exactly one volume ago that Donovan vowed "those fiends will pay"... and they have.
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