204 (Part 1): Precious Totem
Nov26
on November 26, 2023
at 10:42 PM
Chapter: Journey to the Cave of Wonders
Characters: Holly Smythe, Tiffany "Red" Thornton
Location: The Cave of Wonders
At least Red’s new friend isn’t telling her to kill anyone… yet!
why do i have the feeling, this won’t end well?
You mean besides Kahin showing us EXACTLY how bad will end, just a few pages ago?
… what was bad about it?
Looks like Red got a new outfit since we last saw her.
The “M” in the collar is quite telling.
“Melvin” or are you thinking something else?
And I definitely want to see the rest of her new outfit.
Holly did, too. Unless she simply took off her sweater and had an A-shirt underneath.
Perhaps she gor her wish
https://melvin.jeaniebottle.com/?comic=197-ask-and-you-shall-receive-all-but-a-new-top
Well, Red has a new top now, but I can’t stop thinking that she now has something else inside her head too.
And to think Holly was annoyed when Red was all alone…
Let’s see – male genies come in lamps, females in bottles. What lives in a ring?
And stutters…
Note the finger she has it on
Yeah, but she may not have had much choice; a ring might not fit on but a single finger.
Magic ring, magic resize for whatever finger she chooses.
In the original tale of Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp, the Magus gave Alladin a ring before he entered the cave, and he discovered that a Djinn inhabited the ring, but he was less powerful than the Djinn of the Lamp.
Is Red speaking under magical influence, or is she ready to accept Tiffany as her true self, Melvin as her interest and Holly as the annoying obstacle?
I’m thinking a little of both. For a while now we have seen some very girly behavior from Red that has lead me to believe that she has pretty much accepted she is now Tiffany from here on out. But I also believe that ring is asserting some kind of influence over her as well that will likely remove any remaining remnants of Clarence.
The M stands for “Mine!”
“One ring to rule them all…”
My Precious!
The text is another font seems to be having a conversation with her… even though its speech bubbles are connected to hers. I don’t know why, tho.
The ring is adjusting her psyche to prepare her for her fate.
https://melvin.jeaniebottle.com/?comic=188-something-is-cracking
I feel the need to compliment Carlos, his art skills have really improved since he took over and this strip proves it.
They really have, haven’t they! I’m super impressed with his artist evolution.
Red is not the only one with a new top. Holly’s t-top is rather telling.
If that ring is the EYE of Solomun (spelling ) Red will have the power to control Genies. If Dick has the powers of Genies he might also be affected by the ring. Red with that kind of power is scarey.
I was thinking the same thing. If she does have the Eye and can command all genies, we’ll find out if she really wants to go back to being Clarance.
I don’t think that ring is the Eye of Solomon. If it was, Kazom wouldn’t be looking for it later with Rouyaa’s memories.
Out of curiosity, did you do something with this comics RSS? Because it seems like it wasn’t working for some time and got fixed now …
(And I see the same happened on page 182: https://melvin.jeaniebottle.com/?comic=182-goodbye-mr-broidly
… where I also commented and didn’t get any answer. For reference, the last page I saw before this one was 192.)