I want to be angry at Geilen, but I’ve seen how desperate people can get when they’ve got an incurable condition. Geilen’s disease is especially nasty – it looks like it’s eating her skin, and it keeps spreading. To see yourself apparently rotting away little by little… I still think she did the wrong thing, but I can see how she would get desperate.
That being said, she needs to get her priorities straight. She just betrayed several good friends and tried to aid in the awakening of the Harbringer. How many people is she willing to get killed just so she can live?
Garanos didn’t kill her, so there’s still a chance she’ll turn her life around. I certainly hope so, she’s been an interesting character.
As a side note, I wonder if the cultists somehow infected Geilen with this disease on purpose to give them some leverage over her?
To be fair she hasn’t directly killed anyone in the main group that we’ve seen, and it is not exactly betrayal when she was never actually on their side to start with. But I agree desperation makes one do crazy things, the desire to live at almost any cost is more or less hardwired into the mind. For better or worse.
Hm.. it -would- be interesting to see her live. I think that’s a good idea. But who knows what’s going to happen. x3 I’ll be happy when Gara gets the hell out of there with the others. MAYBE her fiance, though I don’t sapport the pairing. xDD
(Gods, only 400 some odd pages and there’s fandoms for pairings already…)
Geilen, you are an IDIOT! You should have taken Garanos’ offer when she suggested healing you. Her companion is top apprentice to the Red Moth, a mage of great renown. If he could not heal you, no one can, and the cultist’s “promise” is most likely a lie.
Kez, I don’t think it’s mercy — more a “I don’t have the time to deal with you now” thing. However, your advice goes double in that situation. She should have, at least, tied Geilen up.
What’s quicker than slitting someone’s throat? Especially if that someone is on their knees in front of you with their head pulled back by their hair.
Oh, and you already have a sharp, sharp, very sharp spider’s leg at their throat. I doubt she couldn’t spare half a second to finish Geilen.
I think it’s pity and/or mercy, more than lack of time.
That, and it allows for some wonderful story later on.
Garanos showing her mercy might come back to bite… but that doesn’t mean it was the wrong decision. There are some things you can’t do without changing yourself, and that includes killing a helpless enemy in cold blood. It might make tactical sense, but you wouldn’t be the same person afterwards. Garanos has already had some experience on what it feels like to be a monster – it stands to reason that she’d be reluctant to kill.
Frodo: It’s a pity Bilbo didn’t kill him when he had the chance.
Gandalf: Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
Of course, my previous comment should not be interpreted as meaning to call you a copycat… It is merely the first thing that came to my mind, upon reading the comments of those who wished Garanos would have killed Geilen…
BTW, love your comic, both story-wise, and the art style. Been catching up on the archives, but not done yet. As of right now, I still have 69 pages to go…
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Hrm.
I want to be angry at Geilen, but I’ve seen how desperate people can get when they’ve got an incurable condition. Geilen’s disease is especially nasty – it looks like it’s eating her skin, and it keeps spreading. To see yourself apparently rotting away little by little… I still think she did the wrong thing, but I can see how she would get desperate.
That being said, she needs to get her priorities straight. She just betrayed several good friends and tried to aid in the awakening of the Harbringer. How many people is she willing to get killed just so she can live?
Garanos didn’t kill her, so there’s still a chance she’ll turn her life around. I certainly hope so, she’s been an interesting character.
As a side note, I wonder if the cultists somehow infected Geilen with this disease on purpose to give them some leverage over her?
To be fair she hasn’t directly killed anyone in the main group that we’ve seen, and it is not exactly betrayal when she was never actually on their side to start with. But I agree desperation makes one do crazy things, the desire to live at almost any cost is more or less hardwired into the mind. For better or worse.
oooooh snapy comeback!
Hm.. it -would- be interesting to see her live. I think that’s a good idea. But who knows what’s going to happen. x3 I’ll be happy when Gara gets the hell out of there with the others. MAYBE her fiance, though I don’t sapport the pairing. xDD
(Gods, only 400 some odd pages and there’s fandoms for pairings already…)
Geilen, you are an IDIOT! You should have taken Garanos’ offer when she suggested healing you. Her companion is top apprentice to the Red Moth, a mage of great renown. If he could not heal you, no one can, and the cultist’s “promise” is most likely a lie.
No, Garanos! NEVER leave an enemy alive/capable at your BACK. This will not end well. Mercy has its place, and it’s not with the devious!
Kez, I don’t think it’s mercy — more a “I don’t have the time to deal with you now” thing. However, your advice goes double in that situation. She should have, at least, tied Geilen up.
What’s quicker than slitting someone’s throat? Especially if that someone is on their knees in front of you with their head pulled back by their hair.
Oh, and you already have a sharp, sharp, very sharp spider’s leg at their throat. I doubt she couldn’t spare half a second to finish Geilen.
I think it’s pity and/or mercy, more than lack of time.
That, and it allows for some wonderful story later on.
Garanos showing her mercy might come back to bite… but that doesn’t mean it was the wrong decision. There are some things you can’t do without changing yourself, and that includes killing a helpless enemy in cold blood. It might make tactical sense, but you wouldn’t be the same person afterwards. Garanos has already had some experience on what it feels like to be a monster – it stands to reason that she’d be reluctant to kill.
Frodo: It’s a pity Bilbo didn’t kill him when he had the chance.
Gandalf: Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
Of course, my previous comment should not be interpreted as meaning to call you a copycat… It is merely the first thing that came to my mind, upon reading the comments of those who wished Garanos would have killed Geilen…
And hey: if one of the best can make it work, why not go with it too, right? That’s what tropes are for: narrative elements which happen on a regular basis, in different stories, and are each handled in their own way by each author. You just have to find your own way to make it work, without it seeming cliché. And that’s how one gets to see just how good an author you are.
BTW, love your comic, both story-wise, and the art style. Been catching up on the archives, but not done yet. As of right now, I still have 69 pages to go…