Yeah, I made a bit of a jump there.IceKitsune wrote:How does Curse of the Mysterious Temple sound like he is locked in there? To me it sounds like it will make people afraid of it if anything.
Rules of the Game they are playing by prevent it.RootsofOrigin wrote:Yeah, I made a bit of a jump there.IceKitsune wrote:How does Curse of the Mysterious Temple sound like he is locked in there? To me it sounds like it will make people afraid of it if anything.
But I don't understand how they could be incapable of leaving their temple freely.
Where did you find the Rules of the Game?IceKitsune wrote:Rules of the Game they are playing by prevent it.
I'm assuming, as having them start out in the temple (which even Dragon is) would be pointless if they could just leave at anytime.RootsofOrigin wrote:Where did you find the Rules of the Game?IceKitsune wrote:Rules of the Game they are playing by prevent it.
So in conclusion, we still have only vague ideas because Rick has us in the dark.IceKitsune wrote:I'm assuming, as having them start out in the temple (which even Dragon is) would be pointless if they could just leave at anytime.
Notice, Zach freed Pete, then he went to try to get King. I think he just needs someone to release him, and if that was a rule for both of them as opposed to being a rule brought on by the curse, then Dragon could have had any follower release her before she went and found an avatar.IceKitsune wrote:I’m not saying she is in the temple right at this moment in the strip. Pete needed Grape to go to the temple to release him which has so far been the only way we have seen how they get out, so we can assume that Tarot would need to do that as well then accept being Dragons avatar.RootsofOrigin wrote:But how can you assume that Tarot was in the temple?IceKitsune wrote:Because as far as we know Dragons Temple was never moved so Tarot has to be from where ever the two temples where originally since everything we’ve seen says you have to be inside the temple to release Dragon or Pete.
And where does it say that you have to be in the temple in order to release Dragon or Pete?
But then why in the world couldn't Pete just get one of the woodland animals to free him or Mr. Milton or anyone who lived at that mansion? Why ask Grape (who he clearly wanted to be his Avatar) He didn't ask Zach to do it Zach did it on accident. So to me it still seems like they need their Avatars to free them.RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: Notice, Zach freed Pete, then he went to try to get King. I think he just needs someone to release him, and if that was a rule for both of them as opposed to being a rule brought on by the curse, then Dragon could have had any follower release her before she went and found an avatar.
Since duel means fight between two and we don't know all rules yet, I don't see why.angelusbr wrote:To quote Dai no Daiboken here: a fair fight must be a fair fight (well this isn't an actual quote of it, but it's the essence of the manga anyway). The dragon just broke the deffinition of the word "duel".
Wanderer wrote:You don't need a job, you need money.
I always thought that a duel was supposed to be a clash of two people and the best of them would win. Well, some oculd say it was just a a strategy, but I think the dragon just did a low blow and, honestly, I'm starting to dislike her.Liam wrote:Luckily the now useless temple could be repurposed as the first Money Bin.
Since duel means fight between two and we don't know all rules yet, I don't see why.angelusbr wrote:To quote Dai no Daiboken here: a fair fight must be a fair fight (well this isn't an actual quote of it, but it's the essence of the manga anyway). The dragon just broke the deffinition of the word "duel".
We're still a bit shaky on how the dual actually works. Given the rules and limits of the game, it's entirely possible that the two players can't fight one another directly but only through various avatars and uses of magic and such. I don't see how what she did is a particularly low blow any more than using a rook as your first move instead of using a pawn.angelusbr wrote:I always thought that a duel was supposed to be a clash of two people and the best of them would win. Well, some oculd say it was just a a strategy, but I think the dragon just did a low blow and, honestly, I'm starting to dislike her.
"Remember kids, only you can prevent a fiery apocalypse!"If we say a temple is just a tool like a sword or so, this move is nothing different than e.g. Jet Li kicking his opponent's sword out of his hands.angelusbr wrote:I always thought that a duel was supposed to be a clash of two people and the best of them would win. Well, some oculd say it was just a a strategy, but I think the dragon just did a low blow and, honestly, I'm starting to dislike her.
Wanderer wrote:You don't need a job, you need money.
Again if anyone could free him why wait until he contacted Grape? The fear aura (if it even does that, I mean the name sounds like that's what it should do and spell names usually have to do with what the spell actual does) didn't work on Milton or the workers that he would have needed to move it nor did it work on the Woodland Animals. He could have gotten any of them to release him at any time there would have been no need to wait for Grape at all.copper wrote:Wow, Dragon came to play, huh?
If the avatar must release the being, then why is Pete free? Yes, he wanted Grape as an avatar, but she was blocked from becoming his, which mean that, in the end, she was not his avatar and should not have been able to free him. I think it really is just anyone who can free the being, but Dragon's curse created an aura that made people afraid to go near it, thereby trapping Pete within.
I think this is a sub game within the larger game, just to decide leader of the party. I don't think it has any bearing or attachment to the larger game, so the difference in goals has no bearing here, other than a source of rivalry...
You mean grade school?Ratros wrote:Pete and Dragon argue like brother and sister...or grad school kids with crushes on each other...not that I'm implying anything, just stating an observation.
Anyways, since temples were mentioned, may I ask if anyone has figured out if the temple that is in the ferret's backyard is the same as Pete's, because I remember a bit of walking in the forest to get to that one...and if we're going by the assumption that each divine in the game other than Kitsune has a temple, wouldn't that mean that there would be at least one more?
and don't forget Zach. I don't know, but I imagined that some kind of tag-team battle could happen between this six. Tarot, Sabrina and Peanut from the side of SD, and King, Grape and Zach from the side of Pete. There could be games like shooters (red team vs blue team) or some kind of olimpic games. It could be awesome!PhoenixAsper wrote:I would concur with the earlier statements. It's looking more and more like Pete and SD dragged Grape, Sabrina, Tarot, King and possibly Peanut into the middle of a celestial sibling rivalry-thing. -_- Despite, you know, not being siblings.
And again that Brings Tarot and Peanut into question as well. The Nerds are completely unlikeable at this point to me. I'm done trying to like them, they are all complete Jerks.RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:Wait... that kinda brings the Fibrina ship into question. Does she actually love him, or is she just doing what Tarot asked her to do? or did it start as a trick and she fell in love?
You could be right maybe its not, but as Crackles said in the comments Max showing up at the door that night in the rain could easily be a manipulation by Dragon. I really could be wrong but until new evidence comes up I'm sticking with it. And there is the fact that Pete said Dragon had Followers meaning more then one. The only other one that would have mattered would be Max since it got Grape off the table, and Tarot is considered her Avatar not a follower.RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:I wouldn't call Max and Grape into question. Remember that Tarot only got together with Peanut because Grape went with Max instead. She gave her a chance, but she had already fallen for max, at least slightly.
I think if anything, Tarot played matchmaker with Sabrido.
EDIT: Drunken cult-making is now canon.
Avatars and Followers are different the only two likely Followers she could have interposed with would be Sabrina and Max (since Max and Sabrina dated its very very likely hes a follower as well). Fido, Grape and Peanut became Followers later. And even if Followers and Avatars are considered the same, in this case, it doesn't matter they are all equally likely manipulations on Dragons part.RootsofOrigin wrote: Dragon interposed with her own followers (Tarot was not the only one tasked with interfering in Pete's plans)
Not really sure of what's needed to be considered a follower. For one thing, Grape doesn't seem to enjoy discussing anything involving the supernatural. Peanut does, but that doesn't necessarily make him a follower. And Fido, I'm not entirely sure of his affiliation.IceKitsune wrote:Fido, Grape and Peanut became Followers later.
The only one, true complaint throughout the entire seriesSleet wrote:Wow, this exposition is awesome. But the alt text... why Rick. Why. D:
Tarot wrote:The hour shall come to pass, your lives will be changed forever in ways you cannot imagine, for you stare now into the abyss, unable to comprehend what you see. The truth shall be brought to the light, and I fear that day, for all who do not hold love in their hearts shall perish, and their souls shall be broken into shards as countless as all the sand on the face of the Earth.
Hmmm.... I'm a little conflicted with what I found.Pete wrote:A sunderer needs enormous quantities of either purity or imagination, but to begin with cannot be "in love" with anyone.
