Richard just wanting to start a fight? Richard just luvin the bun-bun? Or some sort of thing with the AM... something that makes it so that, for one reason or the other, he cant afford to hand over archbunny, either way. LET THE VIOLENCE/HILARITY ENSUE!!! WEEEEeee

The blue sister in the background seems to have lost her bracelets.
I also agree that the lone Sister in the white robes appears suspicious.

Possibly Richard can't give the bunny away, as mentioned before. Maybe he needs the Archmage for his own reasons. Maybe he's going to use the bunny to force the Sisters to come with Cale & Co. to Kethenecia instead of staying at the temple. Maybe he wants a fight with the Sisters due to his banishment. Maybe he thinks the Archmage is attempting to use the Sisters by posing as their god and he just likes fucking up the Archmage's plans.
Or maybe he's really that attached to a cute wittle bunny-wunny.
It doesn't seem Richard wants to reveal the Archmage, or I'm sure he would have done so already just for the mayhem it would likely cause.

It probably goes without saying there's information we're missing that prevents us from making a somewhat accurate prediction for the next few pages.

In the panel where he scratches the Archbunny head, Richard looks like an Bond villian to me.
C'=!
I hope some blelf's go up in flames on monday's update.

The Sister merges with Richard!

Come on, blue people - don't take Richard's bunny from him. >_< How old are you elves, five? Go find your own bunny.

Don't know why your people are so suspicious of the white robed sister, she's probably just making sure they Holy Book is safely getting out of the way.

And i think he and the Archmage/Archbunny has planned something, that's why he can't hand over bunny.



Yeah, seems likely she might intervene between her mother and richard.

Edit: Oh yeah, Pella might've taking the opportunity to explore the temple out of suspicion/curiousity while everyone was busy staring at the bunny and richard reading his list.

You know, I seem to remember Tah'Vraay can see dead people with that eye of hers. It would be interesting if that eye could do more, as in see through the AM's bunny disguise.

(And I've just read up on I have no mouth and I must scream. Can't help but think of the AM in that context now damn it.)

I have a theory about the fusion of the brothers and sisters that explains the presence of the white robed sister. I thought that the fusion wasn't just them meeting, but the creation of their 'fused' forms- the blue skinned sisters. They have features of both the sons- the white hair and blue skin, and the sisters- the glowing eyes and mostly bald head. Therefore, the blue-skinned women are what strengthens the temple, since they would have the fighting abilities of the sons, and the spiritual or magical abilities of the sisters.

It means means that there is a lot of firepower in that temple now!

The seeds have been planted for the Sisters' arrival to Cale's alliance. Might not happen in the next couple of pages, but the carrot is firmly in place.

Yay puns. Anyway.

There are other scenarios, of course, but they don't make as much sense. Richard could out the Archmage, but why? If Richard's tactical prowess is any indication, there's no way he would blow such a secret too early. Richard knows that the Archmage needs his power to achieve his goals, and for some unknown reason, Richard needs the Archmag around, or else he would have simply killed him and been done with it. Therefore, it would be better served to keep the Archmage where he is currently, as to have more control over the situation.

Moreover, the Archmage has royally screwed himself by getting too close to the action, and is now pretty much helpless against Richard's whims. He has no choice to go along. As such, he wouldn't purposely out himself, because to do so would to prove the zealo--er, religion he's created for the Sisters false, which would weaken their resolve greatly. It would only lead to bad things.

Now, for what could happen? Well, if we don't cut to another scene in Legara somewhere, more than likely, this is going to get interrupted before shit really hits the fan.

/sits on edge of seat

i see plot development!

KILL 'EM ALL RICHARD!! Dick Roll 'em again!

So "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you" was directed at the bunny? I wonder what the shippers will make of that.

I barely took note of the white-robed sister, but now you've gone and made me suspicious! Curse you, wild speculation!

I think the white robe is just focusing on the eyes, same style as Richards. Would kinda make sense that Richard and the Bunny are connected IF Richard was one of the Brothers, albeit an old undead one. He did think the AM was familiar. Maybe he saw AM long ago when the Brothers and Sisters were together before the banishment...Maybe Richard was the reason of the banishment.

lmao last pannel. looks like the bunny is being choked. also haha there is something that richard actually does care about other than destruction

LUN!! /hug
Anywho.. my money's on Capn' intervening. I think Richard could probably take out the post-fusion family, but I doubt that he'll be able to do it totally unscarred if he takes them out solo. Plus there would be Archbunny giving him evil-eye while he slaughters one of the most powerful allies they currently have. From what I've seen of bad situations, the Archmage won't reveal himself upon whim. He's probably only going to pull out that trump card once he's absolutely forced to reveal his presence, maybe because of Capn's glowy eye. I do have to wonder where everyone else went, or if they're just standing behind Cale out of the panel.

Seeing Cale look at the approaching elves like "Oh, sh-! This is bad." makes me giggle.
-EM

EDIT: Oh, by the way.

QUOTE (Evil Monkey @ Oct 26 2009, 08:09 AM)

I can't help but think that Richard isn't only joking with the Matron because he thinks her religion is absurd, he's trying to avoid her exposing the Archmage.

Not exact, but hey, I came close.

i don't know about this, i could be wrong, but i swear the white sister was one of the ones that sent richard into the plain of nothing when he tried to interupt their spell casting

OH YES! The thing is Richard Fwooshes because he wants to. This time he's acually fighting for a reason AND he hasnt killed anything in a while so this is GOING TO BE AWESOME. And the fact that he acually wants the bunny can only make him RAGE! if they try to take it.

On the other hand. Cale steps in and stops the S**t from hitting the fan and then in the downtime they replace this "Blessed one" With another bunny and leave. Everyone is happy? I think if not that something VERY close. But yes if richard does Fwoosh..things will be getting INTENSE!

PS: What happens when Richard finds out about Archbunny? He will be Crushed from the news about the little guy..THATS when hes going to RAGE!!!

Every true villain needs its article of fluffy, fuzzy cuteness nearby to make him or her look all the more evil by comparison.

I think it's quite appropriate that Richard has his. In fact, it's nice to see an undead mage of unconscionable power take good care of that particular aspect of his villainy.

Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, Thuzad.


... also, WHY is it THIS bunny that the Bluelves have attached themselves to? There are clearly other rabbits in the world, as definitively pointed out above. Unless the Archmage chose a very rare breed of Northern rabbit that has since become extinct in the time following his college days when being small, cute, and fuzzy would predictably grant one access to the all girls dorm at the Kenthencian College of Magic Arts...

He already knows. He said he knew quite a while back. I'm too lazy to find the actual page at the moment, but it's there.

Anyways, I find it odd how people are making such big deals out of what, to me, seem like small things. The white-robed sister for one. I don't think it's that crazy to think that a few of the sisters didn't take part in the fusion and remained the same to be personal assistants to the mother. Maybe they were neccesssary to oversee the actual fusion. And it's not like there's only one of them. You can see that there are two of them here.

The next thing is the lack of Pella which has got everyone in a tizzy. First of all, it's only been four comics now since we last saw her. And really, not that odd for a webcomic to take a shortcut by not drawing someone who isn't in any way important to what's going on. In today's comic you only see Richard and Cale, doesn't mean the rest aren't there and listening though.

Anyways, wonder where this will go. I do sorta agree that Tah'Vraay will probably intervene. Still, would be interesting to see Richard kill at least a couple of fusion-powered blue elves. I also get the feeling that Richard might be trying to prevent the archmage from intervening with the way he's holding him in that last panel. Either that, or he's just being overzealous in his protective attitude towards him.

Wow this was all really predictable. Richard's cruising for another banishment (maybe next time the Demons will be smart enough to take his gem) but the real question is if the group would help him should it come to blows. I think Tah'vraay will be the hero of the hour, she'll probably snatch the Bunny and play follow the leader with the Matron and Richard.

I just thought of something. I don't know if anyone else has already brought this up, but I'm gonna give it a try anyway xD

What if the bunny is just.... a bunny... and does bunny stuff... But carries (the soul of) the Archmage with him as he goes along? And since the Archmage is all superpowerawesome-like, he can.... YOU KNOW WHAT. Finish this yourself, lol! *headdesk*

Wait, I got it, are you ready for this???? ..
.......................

.......................

Pella----is----the white sister!!!!!

Let it soak in for a minute.

Think about it, she sabatoged the gnomes, why not steal their religious book and cause some other havoc that forces the sisters to leave, maybe fulfilling some prophecy of a long journey to a better land (moses anyone?)

Awesome strip today. I want Richard to kick their collective asses.

I don't think she's... how to put this... slender enough to pull off a disguise as one of th elves. Not to mention a height issue.

On the other hand, I doubt they have just the one holy book. They seem much more interested in the rabbit, anyhow.

Yes, why have a Bible when you could have the living body of Jesus?

Well Richard said he CAN'T. Not that he WON'T

So there is probably a very good reason for it. Yes we all know Richard is random and does what he wants when he wants but there's been at least one other time we've seen this. The courtroom scene in the plane of suck, where he mentions he HAS to follow Cale.

This is exactly the same scenario.

Richard is almost certainly objecting to giving them the Bunny because he knows they won't leave unless the Bunny leaves. For all his, lets be generous and call them "quirks", Richard is committed to Cale's mission and isn't going to let the Sisters die because of their crazy dogma when they could come in handy with the Foundation of Kethenicia.

Not to mention that when he revealed that he knew the bunny was the Archmage, he hinted at the idea that he had a few plans of his own. This might be something along those lines, methinks.

And here I thought Richard was a "For Pony" sort of guy. (Unless he named the rabbit Pony...)

That scratching of the bunny's head is just too cute. ^^

(Alright what have you done with the real Richard. lol)

The real Richard was killed back when he made duplicates of himself in the Plane of Suck. That explains all the changes in personality since then.

... Including the trial and all allusions to a greater destiny.

My god... It all makes sense now.


... Wait. No it doesn't.

Can't they just do the traditionnal "put the bunny/blessed one between the two of them and see wich one he goes to"?

Because the AM's a dick and he'd probably chose to "screw those guys and go home" ala Cartman.

aaaaaaaand que the "Pella-Roll"

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

to think he did this to a bunny once.
http://lfgcomic.com/page/1

Probably already been pointed out but there's no way i can be bothered to check. Anyone notice Tah'Varray (or however it's spelt) coming in to the scene in the last panel, i get the feeling she is going to stop this whole thing before it starts and make some sort of comment along the lines of "you owe me again" to her mother.



unless it's not the AM that's in control of the bunny, maybe it's just a bunny but the AM is spying through it

Theories abound but for now the most logical assumption is that the Bunny and the AM are one in the same.

True and while i usually stick to logic that can get boring and so i prefer to think the bunny is either just that, a bunny or it's some person (not the AM) that is stuck in that form, in both cases being used as a means to the AM's ends

I fully agree. I think Richard literally cannot hand over the AM, although he'd much rather do so since it would make things easier.

For the people who say the bunny is a bunny with the AM in it- we saw him do his transformation thing at the Bloodrage ruins. The Archbunny probably has either a magical mark or some physical feature that normal rabbits lack. Also, I still think there will be A reveal here, even if AM coming out is less likely. Personally, I bet either the captain will reveal why she left her mother while trying to defuse the situation, or Pella will intervene and somehow Cale will end up learning more about her mission, the AM's plan, and/or the source of her orders.

With all the attention to secrecy going on, I can't see that happening just yet. Maybe next issue, but not yet. It just feels a little too soon.

Both Pella and Richard know about the Archmage. Does Pella know Richard knows? Possibly, since in the tower there was a strong hint of it. But they are both trying to hide it from Cale, although how long that can last I don't know. Cale is naive, but he's not a complete idiot. Still, he seems to have no clue as of yet, so the two of them are safe for now.

I think either Pella or Vraay will ask Cale to leave so Richard and the Matron can talk to the bunny in private. We get some more insight, or Cale gets more confused, and everything ends up being happy.

You MAY leave if you wish were the Matrons words she didn't emphatically say, Richard get out. Not sure why the situation would escalate really. I still say Richard just plays around a lot and no one really can imagine the level of power he really has.(including his banishment, I think he was just goofing around then)

Yes, we all know of Richard's rather relaxed attitude towards most things and his truly great and varied powers but do they, the other characters, know that? I'm going to say probably not. I like the idea that Cale is going to get left out of a talk between the AM, Richard and the Matron and get even more frustrated about it. Maybe we'll get left out too and they'll all just come into shot a couple comics later saying everything has been sorted.

Actually, it's the "but you will not take the blessed one with you" part that's causing escalation. Richard ain't leaving felbunny behind.

He didn't say he WOULDN'T give up the bunny he said he COULDN'T.. i'm pretty sure that's important and we'll see why soon.

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Consider:
1. The Am was from the past of Kethnicia
2. The Am sent Pella ostensibly to protect Cale
3. When Richard met the AM, he made a crypic remark about knowing him.
4. It seems to me clues pointed to the AM being Richard himself in his previous 'life' before he became undead.
5. If so, then Dick remembers (or may remember) his time as the Am, and his time as a bunny... therefore....
6. Dick says "I cant" not "I wont". He cant because he KNOWS he cant because he remembers this from his past as AM/Felbunny, and knows that he must keel AM/FB with the group. He made a promise... a LONG, LONG time ago.

End of ramble... it makes more sense in my head than it does written out

It makes sense but only if you assume Richard = AM, and at the moment that is still a BIG assumption.

there have been many richard=AM theories, and I think they have already been disproven. Then again, leave it to SohLar to come one with some crazy idea out of left field to make it true.