168: Copycat
Feb05
on February 5, 2023
at 12:56 PM
Chapter: Journey to the Cave of Wonders
Location: The Cave of Wonders
Melvin and Red may have seen through Kahin’s deceptions, but I’m not sure they saw Kahin’s little show coming.
Have you noticed how the Djinn avoid using “poofs”? More importantly, have you ever wondered how a transformation sequence looks without the poof? The answer is not pretty!
EDIT: Robert has now copy edited this page.
Panel 5: I am not fond of this sort of deception myself. Time is of the essence. Panel 6: the one of least resistance. Panel 8: I’m but a loyal servant of the Blue Djinn. And i humbly require your assistance.
I didn’t get a chance to copy edit this page until just now, due to sleeping in. lol
re: Panel 8 – I think if they still want that word in there, the homonym is actually “naught”, as in “I’m naught but…” meaning “I’m nothing but…” or “I’m merely…” for the more modern turns of phrase.
Agreed. Robert, it definitely should be “nought”; “not” doesn’t make any sense in this context.
Yes, “nought” makes him seem more pretentious which would be more in keeping with the character.
Huh, I’ve only ever heard the phrase spoken before; never written. And yeah, it doesn’t make sense with “not”. Will fix.
Robert, probably the people you heard were mispronouncing it – “not” and “nought” aren’t homophones; “nought” shouldrhyme with “bought”, “sought”, or “wrought”. So the vowel sound is slightly different.
All of those words rhyme with “not”, though.
If Kahin is all seeing, how’d he miss the Blue Djinn getting gob smacked by Jeanie?
He knew. He always knew. He is just trying to prevent it, now.
If he always knew then he knows he can’t actually stop it from happening.
No, he just knows that it’s one *possible* future.
He may call himself all-seeing, but he clearly failed to see that his “path of least resistance” wasn’t going to work, so I don’t imagine the kids will find his claim to be all-seeing very convincing. Of course, seeing isn’t necessarily understanding. Seeing isn’t even perception. We’ve all had experiences when we’ve failed to perceive something that we can see because our concentration was focused elsewhere. Clearly he thinks the future isn’t immutable because he’s still trying to change it.
Red has seriously levelled up her girl skills with that instant improvised bandeau. Ida would be so proud.
I figure that he sees the probable timelines, and can estimate their relative probability, but he can’t be absolutely certain any more than one can have certainty of quantum effects. He likely chose his actions based on “this gives the highest probability of success without inviting more risk to myself than I would like”.
I don’t agree on that part on transformations; being without poofs or smoke or even a light-show doesn’t make them grotesque. They’re usually like cartoony stretching or a blending of different shapes and textures from one form to another. Seen some very pretty good TFs before in lots of animations, not just works from Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks and Studio Ghibli.
“I’m the faithful minion of the one who killed your father, and after my little impersonation trick failed I still require your trust.”
Oh, Blue didn’t. kill Thomas. This seems to be a common misconception, but Blue was sealed back in the 60´s. Thomas did disappear after an ambush orchestrated by both Witches and Djinn, but who these Witches and Djinn were, remains a mystery. Also, by now, a Djinn is a term used to describe any Genie that betrays the Rule of Haji.
Ah. So Djinn are sort of politically-incorrect genies.
Is this before Jeannie was exorcised of the Blue Djinn? Does the Blue Djinn even exist anymore?
Yes, this is taking place before the climax of the I Dream of a Promotion storyline.