There seems to be some confusion. Remember at the end of Chapter Four, how everything went to Hell - er, Mist - in a hand basket? Grey turned into ashes, Brand lost his heart, Hans lost control of limbo, and everything fell into Mist? Yes? No? Maybe? Lobster?
Well, this chapter has all taken place INSIDE Mist. What does that mean? Well...Mist is kinda like a dream world. It goes in your head and you play out a dream. Some are more lucid (like Hans) and some are more primal (like Brand). Nobody realizes they're in a dream. Like the Matrix. The world you think is "Real" is in fact all in your head. Meanwhile, in the ACTUAL real world, other beings are feasting on your energy until you're all used up. In the Matrix, the Dream world is of reality. In Mist, the Dream world is just dreams. Well, nightmares more like. If you don't grow, you don't wake up. If you don't wake up, you get digested and what little scraps of soul remain get re-birthed in Heaven or Hell. If you DO learn something and grow, you awaken from the dream state. Like Neo. Into the PLACE that Mist is, rather than the place Mist made in your mind.
There's a lot of symbolism that I'm cramming into these pages. If you're spending all your time trying to make it fit into neat and logical boxes, you're probably going to miss the point.
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I think part of the difficulty in understanding what is going on stems from the sheer timescale over which the pages are published. At the rate of 2 pages a week, the beginning of the chapter must have been about 10 months ago - that's more than enough time to start forgetting things! And as you said, the pages are crammed with symbolism and that can sometimes be difficult to grasp. I remember finding the "Fangs for Thought" pages really useful as a recap and explanation of the events, and think it's a shame you've stopped writing those.
(All that being said, I have been reading the comic for years so you must be doing a lot well!)
I understand... no worries... ^-^ and I've been looking forward to Brand's chapter for a while. I just hope this 'climbing on the back of the random animal' thing doesn't turn out for him like it did for the gingerbread man... *shot*
Brand is going ride the totem wolf..COOOOOL!!!!.. I have no neat logical boxs like most... so I get some symbolism, but not all.. and those I don't I understand later.
I second bringing back the "Fangs for Thought" pages.
-Noggy
Brand suddenly seems a bit like Prince Ivan.
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