Sure. Charlie is opening an anchored portal to a random, where some of the team is arriving with a new Charlie. Leo has stepped in to do the typical assuaging of Charlie’s worry about Pavlov.
Charlie wants to die, but he doesn’t want to kill Pavlov. Other than the kids he takes care of, the only thing that keeps him going is not being able to find a home for the dog. When his firing pushes him over the edge, he assumes the gunshot will draw folks in, but leaves the dog food, just in case, assuming the smell will bring people. Leo’s assuring him that this assumption is true, basically.
Ahh, so it’ll be the smell of dog poop that attracts attention, not the smell of a corpse that the dog would have to feed on while the meat is still good. Gotcha.
Though why couldn’t they just go back and open the door to speed up that process? Too risky?
Pavlov’s one of those dogs that wouldn’t eat his master’s face, in my opinion. Well, maybe Evil Pavlov might.
I have an elaborate explanation for the fact that they don’t just leave open the door prepared for you, along the lines of their fear of not letting Pavlov roam the streets and get euthanasia at the shelter, or I could be a smarty pants and say that every time a Pavlov leaves, he gets taken in by the equivalent of Jeffrey Dahmer, but the truth is (shhh!) I didn’t really consider that. 🙂 Hah!
If Charlie’s gone, though, no corpse smell, and he’s there on the right. If Charlie’s there, dead, Pavlov gets found much more quickly, for squicky smell reasons.
Neal, I’m embarrassed that it’s taken me so long to catch up with Cura. Nonetheless, I have. (I’m still getting use to the pacing–I haven’t read a graphic novel in a long time, and my brain automatically goes to “movie mode”.)
One part really stuck with me (besides Naked Planet, of course) was the bit where Charlie is talking with FDR and that line he uses:
“You don’t kill the bad. You enable the good.”
Would that be akin to what Charlie is learning about himself in regards for his potential for good or evil? Would the alternate version of WWII something that’s going on inside himself? Because the quoted phrase seems to be an essential part of shadow therapy (something I’ve been reading up on). Is kind like the old eastern saying: “The inside is the outside”?
Or I could be just reading into things.
P.S.–I like the Nerd referencing Willy Wonka on his quest to kill Hitler.
Do not be embarrassed! I am the same with many things I read/love. People have time when they do. 😉
That’s definitely a key thing that (currently) separates Charlie from the Dark Everett, though, as we’ll see shortly, sometimes you can say a thing and know a thing logically without necessarily getting it.
It’s something I’ve warred with in my own life a lot… knowing a thing, and not wanting to believe it. Charlie sees it as it applies to war, but when it comes to himself… that’s next week.
I haven’t heard of Shadow therapy, but I did want to make a point about a political way of handling a problem, and what works better in the lives of Charlies. It’s very easy to point a gun or throw violence at a problem, both in cities and abroad, or even domestically, hell, see any dysfunctional family, but it’s better oft times to teach a guy to fish, or kill with kindness.
There’s a time for Popeye to eat his spinach, too, though, and to believe otherwise is folly. There’s no perfect answer.
LOL Naked Planet.
Also, who else thinks that Squirt is the most badass character in this entire comic? He doesn’t have a fever; he’s just plotting his next move.
That washrag better just hope it stays cool on his forehead, or he will CUT that fool.
Squirt really is the most badass character. I don’t see anybody else calmly shooting DE.
And woe be to the person who tells him to stay behind.
Could someone explain what’s happening in the middle panel? I can’t figure it out.
Sure. Charlie is opening an anchored portal to a random, where some of the team is arriving with a new Charlie. Leo has stepped in to do the typical assuaging of Charlie’s worry about Pavlov.
Why would he be worried about Pavlov in his absence, when he was planning on killing himself anyway?
Charlie wants to die, but he doesn’t want to kill Pavlov. Other than the kids he takes care of, the only thing that keeps him going is not being able to find a home for the dog. When his firing pushes him over the edge, he assumes the gunshot will draw folks in, but leaves the dog food, just in case, assuming the smell will bring people. Leo’s assuring him that this assumption is true, basically.
I can’t wait to see some of Squirt’s chats with Prime about his dream.
Ahh, so it’ll be the smell of dog poop that attracts attention, not the smell of a corpse that the dog would have to feed on while the meat is still good. Gotcha.
Though why couldn’t they just go back and open the door to speed up that process? Too risky?
Pavlov’s one of those dogs that wouldn’t eat his master’s face, in my opinion. Well, maybe Evil Pavlov might.
I have an elaborate explanation for the fact that they don’t just leave open the door prepared for you, along the lines of their fear of not letting Pavlov roam the streets and get euthanasia at the shelter, or I could be a smarty pants and say that every time a Pavlov leaves, he gets taken in by the equivalent of Jeffrey Dahmer, but the truth is (shhh!) I didn’t really consider that. 🙂 Hah!
If Charlie’s gone, though, no corpse smell, and he’s there on the right. If Charlie’s there, dead, Pavlov gets found much more quickly, for squicky smell reasons.
Neal, I’m embarrassed that it’s taken me so long to catch up with Cura. Nonetheless, I have. (I’m still getting use to the pacing–I haven’t read a graphic novel in a long time, and my brain automatically goes to “movie mode”.)
One part really stuck with me (besides Naked Planet, of course) was the bit where Charlie is talking with FDR and that line he uses:
“You don’t kill the bad. You enable the good.”
Would that be akin to what Charlie is learning about himself in regards for his potential for good or evil? Would the alternate version of WWII something that’s going on inside himself? Because the quoted phrase seems to be an essential part of shadow therapy (something I’ve been reading up on). Is kind like the old eastern saying: “The inside is the outside”?
Or I could be just reading into things.
P.S.–I like the Nerd referencing Willy Wonka on his quest to kill Hitler.
Do not be embarrassed! I am the same with many things I read/love. People have time when they do. 😉
That’s definitely a key thing that (currently) separates Charlie from the Dark Everett, though, as we’ll see shortly, sometimes you can say a thing and know a thing logically without necessarily getting it.
It’s something I’ve warred with in my own life a lot… knowing a thing, and not wanting to believe it. Charlie sees it as it applies to war, but when it comes to himself… that’s next week.
I haven’t heard of Shadow therapy, but I did want to make a point about a political way of handling a problem, and what works better in the lives of Charlies. It’s very easy to point a gun or throw violence at a problem, both in cities and abroad, or even domestically, hell, see any dysfunctional family, but it’s better oft times to teach a guy to fish, or kill with kindness.
There’s a time for Popeye to eat his spinach, too, though, and to believe otherwise is folly. There’s no perfect answer.