wow... Cale really gave it to Pella, didn't he...?

loved the "at least when Richard kills, he's smart enough to incinerate the evidence."
"Damn right!"

Aye ... I loved Richard's quick self-assessment

But what evidence did Pella leave ? .... I just searched through the last dozen or so pages and didn't really see anything ....

Angry Cale is angry, not to mention scary. I can't remember a time when we've seen Cale THIS angry before (excluding battle of course, because that's totally different). He's been angsty, exasperated, frustrated, desperate, and pretty much everything else.... but he's not much of an angry person.

Pretty intense page, if I may say so. I'm really not for or against Pella, so I'm indifferent on how this makes me feel. Her commentary would indicate that she acted for the interests of the future, but unnecessarily so. Perhaps her intentions were good, but you know what they say about the road to hell. Very likely, she is just trying to fulfill the duty she was selected to do. If so, I feel a little bad for her after this chewing out.

However, I did lol at Richard's brief interjection >.<

Poor Pella.

And clearly she did leave evidence if Cale knew about it. Just because it's not in the panels doesn't mean it isn't there. There is no "pics of gtfo" rule in this strip

Don't you mean.... what evidence did CALE have?

So wait a second, he trusts Richard, a dead warlock who kills randomly for pure pleasure, over Pella, who killed once because she believed it would be for the greater good?

Yeah, Kethenecia has a great king on their hands.

I believe he was trying to say that Pella was the one person he could trust.

Richard is somewhat predictable in his taste for mayhem, but now Cale doesn't know what Pella might do and he thought he did.
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Loved the blade as mirror bit in panel 3.

Wow cale..getting little Richardness in you or getting dark? "cale..join the dark side'

More likely he just knows Pella has a hidden agenda.
Even not knowing Richard's history, Cale knows what Richard is, what he likes, and how to get Richard to do what he wants most of the time.
In Cale's eyes, Pella's intentions are murky, at best. Remember, Cale doesn't know all the stuff about Pella and the Archmage that we know.

And I got 'd by Salisria. ~ pouts ~

Well, I like Richard.


Besides, he does leave evidence. Remember that town he slaughtered in the past? And all the bodies he's left strewn around?

Besides the fact that Richard is epic as usual...


I think Cale (when into serious mode) he seems to transform more and more into how Drizzt is like.



and... @ Cale training his dual-wielding techniques: AWESUM~! XD

I can see Thursday's page already.

Pella, kneeling on the ground defeated and torn between her friends and duties. Richard comes from the shadows, having heard everything.
Richard: Come to the dark side, they do not need him for what will happen. They need only a leader, and together we can rule Kethenecia as father and son...
Pella: I am nae a male, nor your son.
Richard: ...so it seems.

I totally got that wrong, but it's still the best time for a Star Wars reference.

Sweeeeeeeeet. This strip totally makes up for Thursday's. 12 panels long!

The mirror thing with the sword was pretty freaken badass to have drawn in, too. Loved that.

http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/271

And

http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/272

And

http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/273

Pella wins the draw, and next page the sentries are dead. Next page, Pella mentions the greater good.

Cale angry with Red Eyes Bloodrage style.....

Nice.

Browsing the LFG Motivators thread, two came to mind:



And especially this one, because he did:



Yes, that's right, LOOF ladies. I just called Cale an asshole.

Holy shiiiit. O_O

Poor Pella. (And if I was Cale, I would probably react the same. o.O)

*backs away from the not amused!elf*

Psssh.

Specks and planks and all that.

Is Pella becoming the scrappy of this series? It is really starting to look like it... also I think she lost weight, that or her armor does not fit well...

Why would Cale believe that Pella could be trusted more so than anyone else?

Yes, Benny doesn't seem above evil, Krunch would act if he felt it was within his best interest and Richard is...well, Richard, but Benny has a high opinion of Cale since he helped to find Krunch, Krunch swore his battle prowess to the man sincerely and still appears to, and Richard saved the man's life without any need to be convinced by a greater mayhem afterward to do it.

In comparison, what does he know about Pella and her stance with him?

Also, I'd like to add:

I know romance isn't a large part of LFG - it's mostly about action, a bit of mystery, fantasy and lore. However, one could argue that, if there was subtext romance going about, this page would be a good place to try to divine some. Personally, I think there might be, but I'm not getting my hopes up I don't think LFG is going to get all romance-y anytime soon (Besides, I prefer Pella/Richard anyway, I say as I hope against hope)

I just HAD to register to say a few things...

1) Holy hell that was epic in such a dark evil way!
2) I've placed Richard as my favorite since panel 1, but more recently I've taken a liking toward Cale because of his dark side. After this, I'm pretty sure that I have a new favorite. I'm expecting a Star Wars reference sometime in the near future, Cale is exactly Anakin. Starts pure and good intentioned, then hes good intentioned but through not so pure ways, and finally I see a chance that Cale might end up being the evil one...

Cale isn't just angry with her, he's disappointed. I think it's fair to say that he's also reliving some of his disappointment in himself. Consider how hard he's been working to put that dead kid behind him, to make a world (or at least part of a world) where that sort of dispassionate math is not required. Pella's action makes it clear that the shiny new world isn't exactly a reality yet.

I also have to agree with him when he derides her action as unnecessary. As far as he knew holding out a little longer was a viable plan, and it's silly to assume that he had incomplete strategic information by that point.

Pella might be wise to reflect on that old "protect him from his friends" advice.

I love your assessment of Richard lol and yeah Cale's idea of trust seems abit squiffy

It's fun to see how he now trusts Pella less then "obvious" Richard, even though the latter runs around with a very dark bunny secret.. Richard is better at deception, that much is clear.

Pella should have just let Richard do it then everything would be a-okay cause honestly, we all know what would happen if Cale tried to be like that with Richard not to mention it isn't out of the norm for Richard to actually do something like that so in the end, if she had let Richard do it, everything would have turned out better, as would all things if Richard did it all.

Well this is the stupidest comic ever by far. When Richard does it for fun to a lot more innocents, its okay. Hes still Cale best friends. When Pella does it to save the rest of the gnomes shes the devil.


WHAT THE HELL????

Cale is being the biggest hypocrite in the world right now. Yeah I really dont care about the fact that hes angry because he thought he could trust her. it doesnt change the fact that he stopped trying to kill Richard a long time ago and now hes his friends but hes totally ready to kill Pella who did absolutely nothing compared to Richard. Thats total bull****.

What you, and several others, don't understand is: Cale expects Richard to be evil. He's Richard. Cale has tried and failed at stopping the Richard.


But Pella is different. Cale thought she was similar to him, that she wouldn't kill innocents. She failed to meet his expectations and his trust in her by killing the gnomes, when they could have simply waited a while longer. She hurt Cale deeply by 'pulling a Richard', and doing exactly what Cale is against.



He thought she was the only person who wouldn't kill an innocent, and she did. No Cale has no one he can trust. I'd be pissed too. (Reminds me of my own trust issues with my parents.. i've had this same speech done on me D: *guilt tripp'd*)

It's all about Cale/Richard. Seriously... I've seen it around the net.. it was disturbing.

That strangeness set aside.... I love the details put into the art of this page. The reflection in the sword, the red angry eyes... but mostly the detail of Cale's eyes being GREEN in the close up of his face. Most close ups of him tend to be either angry (with the red eyes again) or reactions where the eyes are smaller and hence only black.

I know, I know, blood elves all have green eyes. But seeing it is better than simply knowing it.

Pella's problem is that she's a good person who may yet be working for the Big Bad.

And now Cale knows she's working for someone.

But yeah, Pella X Richard. He slaughters their town, she gets mad and hacks pieces off him, it makes her feel better and they make up cute.

I don't think Cale really trusts Richard. It's more that he trusts that Richard will never stop killing no matter what he does to stop it. If nothing else he knows what he can expect from Richard.

As for evidence, we might not see any, the artist might not have drawn any, but Cale got to have some tracking skills to be a good ranger. And he has been getting better since page 1.

Great page today.
To those who say something to the effect of Cale being a hypocrite: you don't have to be all pretty and fluffy yourself to have certain expectations of others. Of course, these expectations not being met is not a reason to throw a fit, but Pella was seriously asking for it. Note the "for weeks" bit.
Cale has killed for the "greater good", Krunch for making his way in the world, Benny finds murder amusing and Richard is Richard. But theur primary (and, in some cases, only) loyalty is to the group. Pella is killing Cale's people while working for someone else. That's a reason to worry. Trusting someone who believes in someone else's greater good is always a bad idea.

And what you dont understand is that it make it worse. Hes being an even bigger hypocrite here if he really expect Richard to slaughter people but just dont care anymore and simply turn around to go fight lesser evils. And hes not just ignoring Richard evil, hes is freaking friend!




Thats not the freaking problem. He didnt just say :«I'm so disapointed in you» and hes not just pissed. This isnt about freaking trust, its about good and evil. He outright threatened her and told her he would kill her if she start again. And he said that with Richard still around and he still consider him his friend...thats so incredibly stupid and hes being such a hypocrite its unreal!

I think that it is weird how everybody thinks that Cale was EVIl in todays comic. He's telling Pella that if she will continue to slaughter innocent people he will kill her. That's not evil that's being a protecter, an emissary of good. Not some Anakin! I think what we see is that Cale is maturing and learning how to be a responsible leader. He's learning that there's some things he cannot ignore no matter what his personal beliefs are. He's feeling responsible for the gnomes because that's how he is. He likes to protect people. He thought that Pella was "on his side". He thought that out of all the people in his group that are evil (or chatoic neutral the least) Pella would be on the side of good with him. So yes he's dissapointed but far from evil. Quite the opposite in fact.

http://lfgcomic.com/page/63

Pella is not seen as part of the statue. Could that mean...?

Maybe the point is that Cale thinks Pella is worth threatening? That with the right warnings she will avoid doing evil while to try to turn Richard off from evil is a total waste?

Pella is wandering through Woobie territory.

Wow.

Harsh.

Damn. I'm one of the few who actually likes Pella *Le' Gasp-eth!* and felt genuily sorry for her.

I can see where Cale's coming from though. He may have wanted the gnomes to go to Kenthencia anyway, but the whole "destroying the tower" was probably uncalled for. Pella should have made that known to Cale BEFORE the battle and get his OK. She didn't. In my mind, Cale probably wanted to kill all the diggers first to make it easier for the gnomes to evacuate Mechastone.

A good ruler knows not to 100% trust everyone he journies with. If one soldier is disobeying the rules or claiming to be fighting for SOMEONE ELSE other than that leader, no doubt he would be highly suspicious and give the soldier a fair warning.

Richard, Benny, and Krunch has proven their loyalty to him many times over. Cale knows Richard is a bloodthirsty monster, but at least he can be controlled and have his anticts pointed in the right direction. Also, Richard saved Cale numerous times, so he has that for him.

Pella MAY be doing the right thing, but she's not letting Cale in onto her secret. That's probably the most dangerous thing you can do if you were in her position. She should've told him about the Archmage and what he had in store for Cale.

I find this page controversial since most of the replies are preettyy long.

anyway, since I am a Pella Baby (ok no such thing but I love her really!), I'll have to say:

"Screw you Cale"

you find amusement when Richard kills, yet pella get an intense scolding. darn you.

But maybe she can't tell. Maybe knowing would cause Cale to act differently, or warp the space/time continuum, or something like that. Also, puppets are useless when they KNOW that they are puppets. Unless that's what the puppet master wants...

Does anyone else realise how much like Tavor Cale was in the 10th panel?

Pella: "36-24-36? Only if she's 5'3"..."

And as for Cale, he ordered Richard to destroy that bloody tower, and I'm sure there was some unspoken agreement between the two to make it look like the diggers did it and not anyone else. What with Pella interfering and leaving evidence, Toyk now has reason to suspect Cale & Co. of forcing his exodus. Why did she need to step in, in the first place? That's what's probably driving Cale nuts. And that's why he can no longer trust her, because she just branded herself a loose cannon. And no leader, no matter what organization they command/oversee/rule (whether it be military, political, private sector, religious, or whatnot) needs an unpredictable asset-liability.

Hmm.. Pella made a slip. This is starting to get interesting again in a non-action way. The EM is intrigued.

-EM

Ok first things first since noone else did it I can't let it pass. So you're saying Cale's getting a lil Dick in him??????


Ok now that is finished. To all of you complaining about Cale threating Pella while being friends with Richard, all I can say is that makes him a very smart man because lets be real here. If Cale threatened Richard like that Richard would remove him from the face of planet friend or not. He would then more than likely make a new cape out of him and play drums on his skull with his femur. So lets get the whole he's a hypocrite out of the picture. He's not being a hypocrite he's being smart.

Richard has gotten better about only killing Cale-approved people, for the most part, though.

Well first off I'm happy that they've left the four panels that was getting old.
I have to agree that Cale is being hypocritical. He's never even once given Richard a talk. I suppose he just loves Richard too much and he likes picking his battles but it seems cowardly of him. He knows he needs Richard so he'll overlook his evil. As for the whole evidence thing that's bullshit, Richard's the messiest killer in the comic.

Two things,

1) While Richard has slain countless innocents, i dont remember him every killing an ally. And that is what Pella has just done.

2) Similar to what someone else said, when the Archmage told Pella to protect him from his friends....Could he have ment protecting him, from herself?

It's called character development.

Love Richard getting a laugh in during a serious moment.

Cale seems really...really pissed...

And I mean PISSED.

Seems he is getting a little too upset about them dieing.