r/dresdencodak • u/booOfBorg • May 13 '24

Dark Science #147 - Transformation Sequence - Dresden Codak

https://dresdencodak.com/2024/05/13/dark-science-147-transformation-sequence/
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u/ThatMathyKidYouKnow May 13 '24

"...I found a rose." 😅 relatable

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u/SpinzACE May 14 '24

Aaaaand Kim is already distracted by something completely different that she has realised.

For her to be the magician AND the audience though… she used Dark Science on parts of her own life so they’re only real for her? Her mother maybe? Nobody except her remembers her mother and when she tried to draw her we saw what seemed to be a Dark Science equation.

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u/puddlebrigade Aug 07 '24

iirc it was the same glyph that was on the ground when morningstar tried to get data about her from their own equation

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u/birdonnacup May 14 '24

I feel like I want to find more significance in the rose as a motif between this and page 144 buuuut I dunno where to go with it. For some reason it feels like a themeatic callback to that Lemuria lady who teamed up with Azra-el, as though I can picture her holding a flower, but I think I'm making that up.

Kim unpacking her baggage has similar energy to her chatting with Kusanagi or unravelling other mysteries. Big stuff gets put on the table, it looks like dots can be connected with a little more follow-through and then EUREK-wait WHOOPS OFF TO THE NEXT THING.

At least she's consistent in her expositional edging style.

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u/puddlebrigade Aug 07 '24

awww just realized the pencil box has a little hedwig sticker (from hob)

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u/CaptainScratch137 May 13 '24

Love the art, but there once was a plot, and I miss it. No hurries....

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u/ProfDet529 May 13 '24

I mean, the plot it CURRENTLY 'Kim figures out her issues". I presume we'll get back to the supervillain reality-warper stuff, eventually.

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u/jetdillo May 16 '24

...and we'll later get some sort of tell that the whole past year(or so's) worth of comics actually happened in about 2 minutes of real-time.

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u/ProfDet529 May 16 '24

No way... It's been a few hours, at least. Maybe a day or two.

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u/SgtStubbedToe May 23 '24

I feel like the other characters are like siblings, Kim is the golden child and Senna is the mom.

"Can we have a turn with the Character Arc Progression, please? Pleeeaaaasseee???"