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Yeah, I think Maddy has been warding off Harker. Note that Maddy was killed by "someone who hated being looked at," and all her ghost does is look at things. It seems likely that Harker still hates being looked at, presumably because he's a grotesque walking skeleton, and that by watching people closely she can keep him away. Unless somebody carefully shut away all the liminal spaces she could use to manifest.
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For some reason I was expecting her to revert to Golbat mode.
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Speculation time! The fire was started by someone in the Skull and Shovels Society, which is said to be very old. Maddie, who attended to the victims in the burn ward found out, and was promptly murdered to keep the secret. Alternatively, the local bark might be a resource someone is after, it being the prohibition and all. I think that Maddie is the "Protector" when it comes to Wadsworth, and that the stitched skeleton is the taylor dude who's offing people to rebuild his body. He says that he could only begin talking about a month ago, which is when Iris' dad is hinted at to have died. He says that Wadsworth has something he needs -- which would be his "good heart". Of course, the Skull And Shovels society knows about it and is actively in the process of covering it up, because its the secret to immortality or something. Either way I'm loving the poo poo out of the buildup of this comic, and really love the dream sequences, they're pretty damned adorable. The Big Whoop fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/2013/06/14/him/ I can't help but wonder who "him" is.
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Him as in Zane recognizes the skeleton from his nightmare at the beginning of the series.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Him as in Zane recognizes the skeleton from his nightmare at the beginning of the series. Shiiiiit there are like three developments that I straight up did not see coming. drat.
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It looks like being blindfolded is the only way to understand him as well. Well, unless it's painful for him to be seen.
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Re-reading the comic just now (it's not very long!), I spotted the first appearance of Cadavre. Sneaky!
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PleasingFungus posted:Re-reading the comic just now (it's not very long!), I spotted the first appearance of Cadavre. Sneaky! Some of the Cadavre strips Kris made are still on the old Chainsawsuit Labs site.    
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Monday's comic is up. That book looks appropriately foreboding, but it makes it difficult to read.
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Mercy is the best sidekick.
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It's alright, guys. Mercy's okay. So everything's going to be fine.
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Somebody in the comments mentioned something. Iris's book says that Harker died in the fire. But here Mayor Osgood says something that indicates he survived. Whatever's wrong with Broodhollow, it goes a lot deeper than what we've figured out already.
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Tollymain posted:Somebody in the comments mentioned something. Iris's book says that Harker died in the fire.
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I was wondering why Wadsworth sealing every open space would mean he could be abducted, and this might explain the connection.Zereth posted:I dunno the fact that the mayor's reaction to asking when Iris' dad died is a blank stare followed by everybody resuming conversation as if he hadn't said anything seems pretty loving off to me. Wadsworth seemed to be speaking in a voice low enough that only Osgood could hear (otherwise Planchett probably would have commented). I think that the Mayor, unlike Iris (and perhaps the rest of the town) knows the answer to that question, but really doesn't want to talk about it to Wadsworth, so he was just stunned for a second before he could find a distraction.
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Update. Those cartoony stars for the smash effect seem somewhat out of place.
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"You can see him too! I'm not crazy." says the man to the bat.
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Asgerd posted:Update. Those cartoony stars for the smash effect seem somewhat out of place. Honestly, they wouldn't seem out of place if we were in Normal Broodhollow, but a little bit so in Shading Broodhollow.
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Something I've been thinking of - if this is Harker, then it stands to reason he'd been lurking in his own manor. Which is where the skull and bones society meets. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but it seems significant.
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Here's a fun scenario: Harker doesn't survive the fire, but pops up as a ghost immediately and convinces a handful of people (without letting them see him) that he survived. You can do these things when you have enough money. He then forms a secret society full of people who pull hooded robes over their eyes, and runs things out of his mansion for another few years. Result: - General population thinks he died. - Secret club thinks he faked his own death for whatever reason, willing to do his bidding.
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Update. Iris!  This feels like a climax...I'm guessing we're nearing the end of the first chapter?
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I guess there's the downside to being a ghost rebuilding your corporeal body out of spare parts. Those spare parts are vulnerable to a bat to the face. Warning: The above spoiler contains a sort of pun.
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Man, this new Broodhollow really cracks me up. http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/
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nimby posted:Warning: The above spoiler contains a sort of pun. Turns out your pun kinda... panned.
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Cat Mattress posted:Turns out your pun kinda... panned.
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Cat Mattress posted:Turns out your pun kinda... panned. Yeah, didn't pan out as I hoped. I'm wondering why she's crying while smacking his head off.
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nimby posted:Yeah, didn't pan out as I hoped. Fear tears. Perfectly reasonable reaction.
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I'm so bitter when it comes to webcomics but every time I expect Broodhollow to get worse it doesn't.
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It was a dark and stormy night (in Seattle), much like tonight, when the unthinkable happened. Broodhollow updated
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nimby posted:I'm wondering why she's crying while smacking his head off. She's destroying her father's murderer. It's an emotional moment.
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Lance Streetman posted:It was a dark and stormy night (in Seattle), much like tonight, when the unthinkable happened. "PC Load Letter? What the gently caress does that mean?"  goddamnit
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This is the work of a true master of copy-paste.
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Lance Streetman posted:It was a dark and stormy night (in Seattle), much like tonight, when the unthinkable happened. That's how we handle things in the city. Probably the best use of ctrl-c + ctrl-v ever.
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This is the kind of scene I always want to see in horror movies but instead the protagonist just runs away.
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Pyradox posted:This is the kind of scene I always want to see in horror movies but instead the protagonist just runs away. Either that or the movie gives the foe some bullshit ability to shrug off bats to the head or whatever. Thank you Broodhollow, for letting a stitched-together corpse get what's coming to it by the vengeful hand wielding a frying pan.
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Someone in the comments suggested that this page should be done in flipbook form when the first collection comes out and I would love to see this. It's just very satisfying to imagine an evil figure getting smacked to death with a frying pan.
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