Last page’s comments were so on-the-nose. Give yourselves all a high-five.
Miranda: It’s a term from Jewish mysticism —
Bianca: — the chamber that holds all the souls ever created, right?
The souls of the dead cycle back there to be reincarnated. If it was empty, a new body couldn’t be ensouled.
Miranda: . . .
Okay, I know that because I’m a half-Jewish kid who’s put more effort into studying this than into anything they covered at school. Where did you pick it up?
Bianca: . . . It was in Evangelion.
Patrick: I’ve heard of it too — but what would it have to do with me?
An Unshaped Being doesn’t need a soul. All we need — all I needed —
Cohen (flashback): Betcha I know what’s gettin’ in the way.
Patrick (flashback): Master . . . ? What are you reaching for?
Patrick (present): — is what he took.
I know this one! They need a Master, right?
So… he tried to steal a soul from the Chamber of Guf and give it to Patrick? That seems like an ill-advised venture all on its own, even without the associated Contract-tampering.
No, I think what he did was try to take Pat’s dependence on either a Master, or a Name, and instead severed his Contract. The Contract being the one thing a Being must have.
Huh… in Panel 7, Patrick looks… very much like a little kid, instead of that adult form. Like a 10-year-old. That is /really/ great imagery.
I need to rewatch Evangelion with annotated footnotes (I have no idea if that even exists) because stuff like the Chamber of Guf whizzed right past me.
I recall Shadowjack Watches Evangelion being an illuminating watchalong companion.
In the last panel, Patrick’s hair is wrong. The colors should be reversed, unless I’m mistaken.
Argh, can’t believe I missed that. Fixed, thanks.