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Ep. 5 Page 3

Abt_Nihil

on Nov. 9, 2007

I think I already mentioned something about each of this arc's episodes opening with a flashback – in this case these are actually two flashbacks. The opening scene at the reactor is supposed to take place between ep. 3 (which ended with Naomi in bed at night) and ep. 4 (which opened with Naomi in bed the next morning). So it's the night after Naomi had been at the reactor. The idea behind it was that whatever Naomi did gave A.D enough information to "get the creature out of there" (which Motes says at the end of ep. 3), and that's what they did in this flashback. The next one with Michelle on this and the previous page is a bit ambivalent… there are two possible interpretations I endorse, but I won't tell. The only important things is that this IS a flashback, happening before we jump to the present (signified by the panel focussing on the raindrops), which is were ep. 4 left off: Deckard sending the Golem after Ludwig on the parking lot, with Michelle watching.

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DAJB: I see… like people from the past shouting "magic!" in time travel movies. As a good philosopher I would have to add something like: any theory using causal explanations is akin to science… even if we label it religion or mythology… and magic may be the absence of causal explanation. But it's an explanation nonetheless.
Midge: Thanks! Fickle… I learned a new word ^^
Fitz: Yup, you're right on the flashback vs reality issue. I realize I need to give readers more clues than I did here, and I try to accommodate my storytelling accordingly nowadays. However, I'm militantly opposed to shapes of panels indicating these things. Probably for no good reason. It's just like with thought bubbles… I NEVER use them. For me these things are like distorting reality… hearing/reading thoughts and indicating flashbacks by things which are not really "there" (I don't see any panel shapes in my reality at least). Again, this may just be stubbornness on my part. Personally, I prefer putting the pieces of the puzzle together myself too, but that's not an excuse for my shortcomings in storytelling :D