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Quazel wrote:It just occurred to me that page 90 was the first time we saw Alex sing in front of his captors. Well use sing-spongy voice anyhow. Could the reaction have something to do with that?

If the Loroi recognized his singing voice, it could be that some of the Loroi realize that he is in fact not Ensign Alexander Jardin, but Major Tom.

But why lie about his name and rank?
And was he lying about being Major Tom, too?
How deep does this alien's deceit run?

And he was speaking to Ground Control...in a supposedly abandoned system!

Humaniti must be the sneakiest of all aliens!

Oh ya, forgot about that, guess it means its time to re-read the whole thing again.

Count Casimir wrote:And he was speaking to Ground Control...in a supposedly abandoned system!

Humaniti must be the sneakiest of all aliens!

In a universe were stealth and invisibility dont existe, humanity can hide an entire planet. This system is just one big holographic display that make it look like it only a propyl (or how ever you write those)

Karst45 wrote:

Count Casimir wrote:And he was speaking to Ground Control...in a supposedly abandoned system!

Humaniti must be the sneakiest of all aliens!

In a universe were stealth and invisibility dont existe, humanity can hide an entire planet. This system is just one big holographic display that make it look like it only a propyl (or how ever you write those)

:head smack why didn I think of that

Solemn wrote:If the Loroi recognized his singing voice, it could be that some of the Loroi realize that he is in fact not Ensign Alexander Jardin, but Major Tom.

Heh. That´s a german song.

I remember it being #1 throughout europe.


(the first song about Major Tom from Bowie was before, but it was about a junkie, not an astronaut.)

qué? it the german version of the said "major tom" song?

The lyrics that Alex recites are from "Space Oddity" by David Bowie, not the later German knock-off.

Karst45 wrote:qué? it the german version of the said "major tom" song?

More like a new interpretation. (There´s also a later english version of this song, also by Peter Schilling)
I´m pretty sure i still have a LP with this song on it...

Arioch wrote:The lyrics that Alex recites are from "Space Oddity" by David Bowie, not the later German knock-off.

Pff. Go to work.

What page is this space oddity quote from? I don't recall.

Cy83r wrote:What page is this space oddity quote from? I don't recall.

It's linked in Solemn's post at the top of the page.

aha, my bad, I thought it was a youtube link.

Necroposting FTW.

I still wonder about fireblades facial expression. Will we ever get a hint/explanation in the pages about that?

I saw the word "page" in orange and got all excited for a second.

Anyway, looks to me like Fireblade's just receiving sanzai. It might even be particularly surprising for her to make such a blatant facial expression.

You mean we can't space him? You promised!

I'm not very happy with the way that sequence of panels turned out, so I may have to revisit it at some point.

I've always interpreted Stillstorm's expression as "one slip up, airlock him" and Fireblade's expressions as "Move!" and "Understood, sir."

Count Casimir wrote:I saw the word "page" in orange and got all excited for a second.

Sorry for that one.

Count Casimir wrote:Anyway, looks to me like Fireblade's just receiving sanzai.

Yes, that´s what i think, too. But what?

Count Casimir wrote:It might even be particularly surprising for her to make such a blatant facial expression.

Exactly. SO WHAT IS IT??

Count Casimir wrote:You mean we can't space him? You promised!

Nah, you don´t easily waste such an assett.

Mr Bojangles wrote:I've always interpreted Stillstorm's expression as "one slip up, airlock him" and Fireblade's expressions as "Move!" and "Understood, sir."

Hm, that´d pretty ordinary.

Arioch wrote:I'm not very happy with the way that sequence of panels turned out, so I may have to revisit it at some point.

More riddles.
"Great".
I was looking for quite the opposite, y´know...

Trantor wrote:

Mr Bojangles wrote:I've always interpreted Stillstorm's expression as "one slip up, airlock him" and Fireblade's expressions as "Move!" and "Understood, sir."

Hm, that´d pretty ordinary.

Arioch has said that Loroi body language is very, very similar to Human body language. And, in general, reality is pretty boring, with occasional bouts of pants-shitting terror.

That being said, I am open to more interesting interpretations. The weirder, the better.

Mr Bojangles wrote: That being said, I am open to more interesting interpretations. The weirder, the better.

Panel 3 - Stillstorm "After the batte, Pirate and the slave girl in my quarters"
Rune Laurel "Only if Fireblade is the slave girl"

Panel 4 - Fireblade "I'm the slave girl this time?"

Panel 5 - Fireblade "Move it, Pinkie! I have clothes to change!"

Definitely weird, Turrosh, kudos.

Any other takers?