This should be interesting. I wonder if this is the reveal everyone's been waiting for.

Can't believe a topic hasn't been made yet but here it is.

Its been said many times before but... possible Archbunny reveal coming up soon?

Props to whomever said Richard was just being dramatic.

Meh... I still say it should have had a bigger impact on richard since undeads are basicly one big enchantment. But then again it IS Richard we're talking about..

Yup, I also smell Archbunny revelations (and hopefully also some Richard background info, because they seem at least remotely related) .

And... yep. Richard was being dramatic. But I can't help but feel that the whole Cale-shot-Richard business is going to at least strain their friendship (then again, I am quite the sucker for drama).

Hmmm ...so the archbunny can speak telepathically - then the archmage don't need to reveal his true form.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all the theories about the AM's reveal had to do with him being forced to reveal himself. Props to anyone who said he'd do it willingly.

Well, Richard wasn't in any hurry to get up and Cale had to help him, so I'm guessing that arrow did smart a bit. Richard definitely isn't joking right now.

Knew he'd be fine.
But it does look like it actually bothered him that it was Cale who betrayed him.
I mean if you were fighting to protect a secret that in the end game helps someone, and that someone stabs [or shoots] u in the back. I suppose you would be pissed.
I don't think he'l be talking to him for a while.

Maybe he does. Or else why wouldn't he speak directly to the matron?

Am I the only one think ventriloquism? (Preferably without fwooming the bunny first).

Richard seems mildly annoyed, but not really angry which is what I expected. I hope we finally get an AM reveal

I actually think this comic shows how Richard wasn't just overly dramatic.
He'd have some sort of witty comeback to Cale's "I'm sorry" if he wasn't bothered by the arrow, and yet he simply said "Quiet". Sounds pissed off to me.
Also, when was the last time Richard said he actually felt pain.

Side note: Krunch nearly whacked Benny's head with that bow.

so noone is gonna comment about how Cale shot through our little warlock into the sphere and he made the arrow stop just before it would pierce the bunny? I mean, that is one difficult shot right there.. And pulling an arrow out and leaving a perfectly round breathing hole is a nice feat too.

Anyway, I think it means the whole "make sure it can penetrate enchantments" was meant so it could pierce the sphere, not Richard

Hmm, I don't think Richard was hurt by the arrow, but perhaps a bit stunned for the moment.
Possibly from the arrow's concussive force (or he fell over because it apparently passed through/broke his spine), or because the effect the arrow had on his enchantment/bunny ball (feedback shock). And/or the fact that it was Cale who shot him.

However, his "Quiet" when Cale is helping him up doesn't seem angry, more like Felbunny has already started speaking (before they start fighting again...) and Richard wants to hear what he is saying/sending.

Is it me or is Cale starting to get a little colder? I mean, he was apologetic and stuff, but he seems to not be reacting to anything as much as he used to.

I think Sohmer's taking us to the Wheel of Time type of story. Main character realises his responsibility and makes himself hard to be able to handle it. Also, these chapters are stretching out a little more than they used to. But Sohmer's probably smart enough to know not to make a whole chapter or volume pointless filler.

Also, I don't think there'll be a reveal. I think Richard's line indicates the Archmage is psychic, so maybe the Matron will hold him in her hands and get a psychic message saying "Go with Cale. And get me a carrot. A nice one, one that's crunchy."

Ah, another opportunity to witness the more serious side of Richard. But will it last? Probably, actually. It doesn't seem like the set-up for a joke. This may answer the question of whether the archmage has actually taken on the form of a rabbit, or just occasionally possesses or channels through fellbunny.

I don't know if the archbunny is psychic, or if Richard is just putting him on the spot. FelArchBubbleBunny looks a little perturbed in the last panel...

Hmm. I believe I've been operating under the (incorrect) assumption that the Matron knew that the Archmage was their sacred rabbit. Now her religion just seems a lot crazier to me. At least I was right about one thing though, he was managing to take on the (sons/sisters, family, church, cult, religion? What are we using now to address them as a whole?) without any real damage to him, at least until Cale shot him in the back. Also, I'm working on inventing a time machine so I can know what happens Thursday, NAO.

Damn cliff hangers. They always get me.
-EM

Edit: BREATHE BUNNY, BREATHE!

Again: Dear, god, my imagination is twisted. Panel 3, with those two clinging onto each other, I can't help but think "OMG INCEST!" I think I've been reading GWS/LICD too much. -.-

I should get a twitter so I can do this: By the way, love the vibe in last panel. I think it's hit the Matron the she does not want to screw with this warlock. If only he was giving her a taunting/sarcastic look while presenting Archbunny to her.

On the other hand, bunny leaning onto Richard's thumb in that panel is positively adorable! Why is that always so cute?

Because it's Felbunny doing the leaning. Anything small, furry, and-well, you get the idea.

Long time reader, first time poster. All the talk about Richard's serious reaction to Cale shooting him, my honest thought was that Richard would be proud at all of the progress Cale's made since the first series where Richard fwooshed him.

This. I doubt Richard will (A) be able to be mad at Cale for long before relapsing into comedy, and ( forget that he did fwoosh Cale when they met. If anything, Richard has matured (did I just say that?) since the beginning; I don't see this as a serious point of contention between them.

I think his was hurt. It seems like he can feel magic. Here he looks a little bit hurt, after the magic (!) lightning chrushed him.

First of all: Yay! Richard is alive
I think Cale deserves to be treated coldly by Richard for a while. Richard really relied on Cale, who was probably his first true friends since his deathday, and then he shoots him in the back with an arrow, which would be pretty ok if it didn't hurt - which it did. And btw, I love it when Cale says he's sorry and Richard's like "Quiet kid, I have no time for your childish gabbling" and goes all serious to the Matron.
But now the next page will probably be only about Archbunny talking telepathic with the Matron. Cliffhangers, cliffhangers.

Well we know that Richard has a ventriloquism spell, so it would make a certain degree of cents (since it was worth every copper )

To me, since Richard is mostly a goofball, he is jokingly saying to the matron that the bunny is pissed off and wishes to speak with the matron. The archmage might show up and surprise everyone. I am hoping for it personally, so the community can get answers for the Richard/Archmage theory.

DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!

Im more expecting Richard to hand her the bunny, let her stare at it for a bit, and then snatch it back saying "You crazy old smurf, rabbits can't talk!"

I think it's about time the AM showed himself. We'll see where this goes. Thursday's comic should be interesting. On a side note.... WHERE THE HELL HAS PELLA BEEN?!?!?!?!

Does it look to anyone else like he's raising a brow in the last panel? I mean I realize Richard doesn't actually have eyebrows, but his forehead/brow ridge is making the same motion one would associate with a single brow lifting. Like even HE'S surprised bunny wants to speak with her.

And I doubt he'll be made at Cale, I took the "Quiet" as him shushing Cale to listen to the bunny... I just don't see "murder small children and women" Richard... or "Light Cale on fire for fun" Richard being too upset by a little friend on friend violence. If anything, he might be proud of Cale's first steps into an "eviler" him.

idk what i goin on i hope the arch mage will show himself soon i mean its been to long and the people need some help!

I think the AM is going to have to show himself or else risk the fight starting back up. Shooting Richard and the bubble kept the bunny alive, but there's still the whole "Richard can't give up the bunny" angle. The fight could easily start back up if the Archmage doesn't use his status as a god to intervene.

Well, looks like we might finally get that reveal that's been expected ever since the group arrived at the temple. Or maybe they're just teasing us and the AM won't actual reveal himself. Course, not sure exactly how he'd avoid it at this point. Do wonder how much he'll reveal and how everyone will react to being used by him.

The ventriloquism spell is in order here. Richard can pay back a number of slights here. The matron clearly dislikes him, her posse sent Richard to the plane of suck, Cale has skewered him. We have also endured some lackluster character development of Richard lately, showing some naivete, a characteristic that should be reserved for Cale. This trait is incongruous to Richard's past exposition. Using the spell can put one over on all involved & restore him.
Nor do I feel that Cale is going unscathed. His earlier indiscretions with Bella should be the fodder here.

Lastly, Richard is not letting go of pelbunny,nor does pelbunny wish to leave Richard's side. Just isn't going to happen.

Haha. Kind of obvious Richard wouldn't be too injured. You can't let the comic relief die so quickly. I mean, if you kill them off, I think Pella would at least go first. And speaking of which, amazing, she finally appears after awhile. Even though I guess I'd rather her get killed from being the "Yamcha" of LFG(or to me at least), it's still okay to see her I guess.

I don't think that it's actually nessessary for the archmage to reveal himself if he doesn't want to. The matron clearly respects him in bunny form and will listen to what he says in bunny form wether he speaks telepathically or outloud. Cale and the group would be confused but not really care as long as the sisters and sons aren't being a problem.

I also don't think Richard's ventriloquism would work, while fine in a bar fight were no one's paying close attention he should be able to pull it off, but in a quite focussed conversation it would be harder since Richard's dialogue boxes being black and red indicate his voice sounds nothing like anyone elses.

I don't think there's any necessity here for the AM to reveal himself. These people are the devout (blind?) religious followers OF A BUNNY GOD! I'm pretty sure if the AM started communicating telepathically with them they would not think anything of it, and he would convince them to join in a defense against Legara and shore up the Kethenecian forces because it serves the AM's plans (so far as I can see). As far as Richard's plans, they seem to be in line with Cale's, so he wouldn't mind more people in Kethenecia, or a better defence against the Legion.

Cael missed the sphere thus hitting Richard. That's why he's putting a little hole into the sphere in panel 4.

Wrong. He hit the sphere and pulled out the arrow to make the hole. You can see the arrow's in the sphere in panel 3.
I'm not the least bit surprised. Cale's aiming skills are known to be out of this world.

Yup. Take a look at panel three. Just at the right edge of the panel, you can clearly see the arrow has punctured the green bubble.

Hmm.

I dunno who's theories I want to side with here (I was a bit conflicted over the page's meaning myself, heh), but I'm leaning towards those who believe it bothered Richard somewhat. It just read that way to me.

*shrugs*

We'll see.

Lol, couldn't help but register this time, finally. SO. 1st of all, I think Richard wasn't hurt any more than being chopped by Pella or nailed to the mast. Usual thing for the undead. Also, IMHO, the main reason Cale shot Richard was not to stop him, but to slow down the arrow so that it wouldn't kill the bunny. Richard asking for being quiet is exactly about the bunny trying to communicate.

And yes, that ventriloquism spell was worth every copper! I bet the bunny is going to direct blelves to Kethenecia, either himself or with Richard's little "help". No revelations, even if the bunny IS AM, because it is kinda dangerous. The fanatics may decide that the weird old man revealed was previously trying to fool'em, taking the form of their god.

I'm sure Benny would say the same thing.


I agree on that one; unless, of course, they want an "AntiBunny" plotline.

In addition to the fact that you can see the arrow sticking out of the sphere in panel 3 (mentioned already), look closely at the arrow in panel 4, slightly behind the arrowhead.

You can see a small circular chunk of the bubble attached to the arrow, the same size as the hole in the bubble. Additionally, it is also the same size as the rings from the enchantment Benny put on the arrow in the previous page.

Basically, the enchantment Benny put on the cut a plug out of the enchantment and then Cale removed the arrow, and the plug with it.

I can't believe I didn't notice that myself. Good eye.

That would also explain why it actually managed to hurt Richard. He's been shot with arrows before and apparently didn't so much as flinch, but this one knocks him on his undead face. It would also account for such a big hole in his chest, considering it was just a skinny arrow.

Cale looks weary at having to deal with Richard antics all of a sudden. Still very much an animal lover though.

Cliffhangers! I need to go back and read through all these all at once when the volume ends or something!

It would completely blow my mind if the Archmage decided to give up the charade at this point.

I am not sure if it is:

A. the angle of the frame
or
B. the emotion being expressed

but it is obvious that Richard's eyes are flat on the bottom and curved on top when he tells Cale to be quiet.

That being said, I would like to point out the significance.

When a person is angry, a furrow appears in their brow, obscuring and covering the top of the eye. This is called an "angry eye" (Ex: )

When a person is happy, however, their bottom is flat/missing (depending on how far open the eye is) and the top of the eye is rounded (this shows that the face muscles moving to a smile is causing to close your eyes slightly). This is called a "happy eye" (Ex: )

It has been shown already that happy eye is employed by Lartist when showing Richard's happiness/anticipation. A noteworthy/recent event of it's use being http://lfgcomic.com/page/291.

This implies that when Cale shot Richard, he was proud of the androgynous elf, and that when Cale started apologizing he "ruined the mood" and was making Richard lose respect for the Elf. This prompted Richard to cut Cale off, and tell him to shut up.

Anyone agree?

I agree that I don't think Richard is angry with Cale. It would add to the drama, but it would be out of character for Richard. I can remember two recent(ish) incidents that support this. First, when Cale made his "dick-on-a-stick" joke on the way to Kethenecia, Richard did attempt to fwoosh him and was only stopped by Benny. Also, Cale did stab Richard when he came back after being sent back in time by the shriek, and Richard just said he was open to new forms of greeting. Sorry I don't have links, but I'm too lazy to search for them.

I'm more inclined to think that Felbunny started to talk to Richard at that point, and Richard told Cale to shut up so he could listen. Richard doesn't have pupils so sometimes it's difficult to tell where his focus is.

Anyway, question I hope we see answered in the next comic. What is Richard "Going Fishing" for? I'm pretty sure it involves an ocean, but after that all bets are off.

Compliments. Either that, or condiments.