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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 27

May25
by Erin Ptah on May 25, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Oprah car meme, captioned 'He was kung-fu fighting. She was kung-fu fighting. They were kung-fu fighting. Everybody was kung-fu fighting!'Finally got to the point where I couldn’t keep referencing Timothy’s job without giving the organization a name. So now it has one!

“Everybody Gets A Loaf And A Fish” is a play on Jesus’ famous loaves-and-fishes-based hunger relief program, and Oprah’s famous “everybody in the audience tonight gets a car” TV spot.

I’m glad we have the convenience of cordless phones everywhere now, but it does mean a worldwide loss of opportunity for these cute “cat playing with the phone cord” scenes.

This chapter ends the convention arc — which filled Volume 3 of the trade-paperback release, and is the last main-storyline chapter in the Master’s Edition Omnibus 1. It’s a good breaking point, with all the happy resolutions and tied-off plot threads. And just a little touch of Ominous Foreshadowing, to keep your anticipation going for the next volume.

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 26

May24
by Erin Ptah on May 24, 2022 at 12:01 AM

BWI luggage check-inI always like the trope of “Character X has Person(?) Y who’s attuned to their needs and desires, Y ends up saying/asking uncomfortable things because X subconsciously knows it’s what they need to hear.”

Still too cramped to give the “atmospheric scene-setting panels” their due, but there’s a bit of puddle-grass next to the curb that had the rushing water a chapter ago. Followed by an interior shot of Baltimore/Washington International airport…with a bit of Walker International advertising visible on the walls.

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 25

May23
by Erin Ptah on May 23, 2022 at 12:01 AM

PMMM screencap: Madoka in battlespace watching Mami fight“Did you catch what I did to the other guy?” — hmm, a suggestion that Miranda could’ve personally seen Patrick in action? Hmm. Hmmmmmm.

I already talked about how the interiors have been pretty simple, but hey, props to that fancy balcony with elaborate hand-drawn architecture. This time you can see the money in action.

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 24

May20
by Erin Ptah on May 20, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Dog with baby, captioned 'Familiar: Master says to protect the child. Back the fuck off.'Gonna be a good long while before it clicks with Miranda that, given how closely Beings track their Masters’ desires, Patrick’s behavior here was “Cohen does comforting-by-proxy.”

Also: present-day Miranda has called him “Patrick” before, but I think this sequence is the first confirmation she didn’t get that from clever spying. It’s just the same as the name he was called before.

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 23

May19
by Erin Ptah on May 19, 2022 at 12:01 AM

angel wings hair clipsAnother combo flashback, in Miranda’s “no green, lots of gold” style for the parts she remembers directly, and Patrick’s “sketchy lineart” style for the parts she only knows from his descriptions.

Bianca has her butterfly hair clip, Miranda has one with withe feathered wings. Partly foreshadowing her connection with Poe, partly as a nod to the unsubtle theme of “someone in this sequence is gonna be an angel very soon.”

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 22

May18
by Erin Ptah on May 18, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Ladder saying to a stepladder, 'You're not my real father!'A lot of readers were betting on “Cohen is Mandy’s dad/Patrick’s former Master” already. And no wonder, given that there are only like 2 men from the right generation in the whole comic.

But for the ones who weren’t, this sure pushed them in that direction.

Only about a chapter left until the official reveal. In the meantime, all I said was “Plot twist: Cohen is everybody’s father.

He’s secretly Timothy’s long-lost father. And Bianca’s real father. And Jany’s real father. And the real father of the pregnancy Bennett’s ex-wife lost. He and Walker have a kid somewhere, being held in reserve for a Dramatic Reveal.”

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 21

May17
by Erin Ptah on May 17, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Law room scene from How To Get Away With MurderAt last, the first on-page appearance of Miranda’s mother. I posted her character design in June 2012, and didn’t get around to this page until May 2013.

The room she’s in is another “wish I’d put more detail in this overall setting/layout” situation, but you know what, those are some real nice bouquets of flowers in the windowsill. Props to past!me for putting that work in.

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 20

May16
by Erin Ptah on May 16, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Rain Princess - painting by Leonid AfremovYes, Miranda is tracking the weather delays on other characters’ flights. Like the overinvested weirdo that she is.

Poe is doing her hair, the way Patrick used to do.

The Second and Third Pentacles of the Moon both protect against water-based perils, but I think that’s supposed to cover situations like “drowning in the ocean” or “storm washes your house away,” not so much “your flight was delayed.” (Sixth Moon is the rain-summoner.)

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 19

May13
by Erin Ptah on May 13, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Panel interview with J-pop group AAAWe’ve talked about all kinds of ways in which I put personal experiences into all the characters, but with Sparrow here, it’s even more direct than usual. I applied for a lot of jobs, from the Subway-style ones where I got turned down because I guess I was overqualified, to the intellectually-engaging ones where I got turned down for not having 3-5 years of prior experience.

Mini-flashback: senior-year Sparrow with a Star Trek T-shirt, and Bianca still with a teeny-weeny Afro. Their individual flashbacks come in two different styles (sketchy lineart for Sparrow’s, sparkly overlay for Bianca’s). For the combo here, I went with Bianca’s.

Finally, Sparrow figures out how to give Jany some encouragement and validation. Hooray for the magic of shared fandom.

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Annotated Chapter 11 Page 18

May12
by Erin Ptah on May 12, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Pouring Water into a Glass.Gonna leave it up to reader interpretation whether Bianca needs time for a quick cry, or a quick…something else.

Meanwhile: it’s a little annoying that Jany, based on almost no experience, is jumping to conclusions about how easy Sparrow’s job-search should be. But not nearly as annoying as when older adults assume her search should go exactly the same as theirs was.

As of this writing, I’ve had a steady non-temp job at the same place for a few years. It’s very nice — most stable gig I’ve ever had! — but some of the details were clearly written by people who thought “you only need benefits if we hired you right out of college and will keep employing you until you retire, right? That covers basically everyone, anybody with a different employment path is a fringe case we don’t have to worry about, right?”

Not sure if that was set up by people who got their jobs 30+ years ago and still assume everything works the same, or if it was literally written 30+ years ago, and nobody’s revised it since.

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