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 Post Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:33 pm 
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Why are you looking at Wednesday like that? I'm not forcing you to look in my windows at night. I know you have curtains that do close.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:12 am 
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Hah. Loving where this is going.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:19 am 
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I just realized that this chapter is the longest recap in Sluggy history.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:55 am 
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Torg: "Valar Morghulis" All men must die
Squishy: Dude, I'm an elf, I'm immortal, have fun dying human.
#3: Dude, we may (or may not) age, but we still get stabbed something fierce. Also, I'm a woman so all I "must" do is stay out of the spray zone.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:13 am 
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Pavod wrote:
I just realized that this chapter is the longest recap in Sluggy history.

I've been trying to remember if Pete's ever done such a convoluted repeated/retconned timeline before. I can't think of any.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 10:49 am 
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Aaand we're all caught up!
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Torg: "Valar Morghulis" All men must die
Squishy: Dude, I'm an elf, I'm immortal, have fun dying human.
#3: Dude, we may (or may not) age, but we still get stabbed something fierce. Also, I'm a woman so all I "must" do is stay out of the spray zone.

I'm not sure Sluggyverse toy-elves work that way. Has Pete commented on that (in or out of the comic)?

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:27 am 
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garyfritz wrote:
Pavod wrote:
I just realized that this chapter is the longest recap in Sluggy history.

I've been trying to remember if Pete's ever done such a convoluted repeated/retconned timeline before. I can't think of any.

How is it "retconned"? Anyone can see that he intended it to go in this direction right from the beginning. Then he showed only part of the elf conversations to fool the readers, and then filled in with the whole picture later. It was expertly done, and it amazes me to see that someone would think that meant it was retconned.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:22 pm 
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I guess he just wrote retconned for lack of a better word.
Quite brilliant, but also means a lot of repetition.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:25 pm 
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It might not be a totally accurate use of the term. But when he presents the story one way, and then presents it again with more information that totally changes the interpretation of the scene, he's changing the message he initially delivered. Intentionally and with malice aforethought :-) but it still looks a bit like retconning to the outside observer.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:24 pm 
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garyfritz wrote:
Pavod wrote:
I just realized that this chapter is the longest recap in Sluggy history.

I've been trying to remember if Pete's ever done such a convoluted repeated/retconned timeline before. I can't think of any.


It's happened at least once before. When Riff and Torg were dressed as cows searching for Grahmmy. Same timeline from a different point of view. I'm too lazy to look up a link.

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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:05 pm 
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It's neither a retcon nor a recap. It's basically a single plot with two parts: first one story told, then a second story that takes place in between the events of the first and ties into / explains it. TVTropes gives it the name Once More With Clarity, though I'm sure there's a more official name for it somewhere, and while it isn't the first time Pete's done it I think this is the first time he's made it the basis of an entire storyline.

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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:09 am 
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In panel 4, should Squish's right elbow not be black? Or is it a new elf fashion to just wear one short sleeve?

LB :torg:

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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:52 pm 
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CodeBlack wrote:
It's neither a retcon nor a recap. It's basically a single plot with two parts: first one story told, then a second story that takes place in between the events of the first and ties into / explains it.


A RetCap? :torg:

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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 8:52 pm 
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LB- Hey! I retconned Squishy's right elbow! I mean fixed Squishy's right elbow! ;)

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 Post Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:06 pm 
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Pete wrote:
LB- Hey! I retconned Squishy's right elbow! I mean fixed Squishy's right elbow! ;)


Glad to help, Pete. :kiki:

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