– Kind of broken up over Prince. Losing David Bowie earlier this year was hard, but I only really discovered Bowie as an adult. I’ve been a Prince fan since his Batman album came out when I was a kid. I thought about doing a Medusa as Prince drawing like I did for Bowie and Nimoy (I was also pretty upset about Nimoy), but it didn’t feel right. Anyway…
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CRAAAAP things just went from bad to worse
well not that bad.
Remember the mermaid has trouble with her magic working properly in this realm.
And the the more time people from either place stays in the realm that weren’t born in, the less they lose of the their heritage and the more they become a better fit in the realm they reside in.
I’ll bet the girl won’t turn to stone.
you may be right but even if that is the case someone is still messing with Modesty’s head if it her hair that’s one thing because like you said she’ll grow out of it but if it’s someone from yeld then we may have a problem
So it WAS a hallucination (I guess)
You had me believing Marah came back. 🙁
She’s shown up in Modest’s imagination/hallucinations/subconscious a few times.
I know, I just get excited every time because I think she’s coming back. 😒
Heh, I’m dumb
I can only name once, all those other times (or one time) was it really just her dominant snake?
I guess it just was once. I think I had plans for more.
so has the crown thingie
I only remember her showing up one time, so that other time it was the snake talking to her?
Yes.
It doesn’t look like a hallucination to me. That crown over fake-Marah’s head indicates that it’s a part of Modest, probably the part of her that wants her to go down the same path as her mother. It’s trying to manipulate her. So it’s either part of her own self (think evil Modest) or it’s something the prince has done to try to drive her in that direction.
Right, I didn’t think of that until after I wrote my original comment. And come to think of it, I only remeber Marah being back once, too. It just feels like i’ve seen her a lot in recent strips. 😕
Submitted for your approval: An eight-year-old girl who likes to play on slides and eat Chocodiles. But, while Modest may partake in normal eight-year-old girl activities, Modest is no normal eight-year-old girl – nor does she have a normal imagination. For Modest’s imagination is a door to The Twilight Zone.
In my head while reading it, I even heard this in Rod Serling’s voice.
The crown is significant and i believe we have seen it before but where?
Any time she has a dream about a snake coming out of someone’s mouth, it is wearing a crown.
The crown floats…. O_o
Wands and wings–
Floaty crowny things..
….That didn’t go the way I thought it would.
That crown again…
Oh god this is bad, this is really bad.
…..Well now.
That’s just plain freaky.
Ooooh! That is a bad! That is not a good! That is a bad!!
Okay, so here’s a nore rational interpretation of what just happened. Modest’s “hair” bit Gina, and although it hasn’t been confirmed that she’s dead, Modest has been overcome with grief and remorse assuming Gina has been killed by her hair’s magical bite.
But then! What seemed like Modest’s grief-stricken mind coming up with an imaginary Marah to console her turned out to be someone from Yeld contacting her via some magical telepathy! DUN DUN DUUUUUN!
This magical telepathy, combined with her grief, has caused Modest to space out on the playground long enough for the school principal to come out, assess the scene, call Jake, have Jake run from across the street (assuming he wasn’t at work) to the playground and hold Modest as she was just snapping out of her delusion.
Am I close?
I figured Marah was a stress induced hallucination. However now it seems it was worst then I originally thought as now it seems that is the mind of one of the snakes talking to her. I didn’t think they would try that until later in life.
Back to “reality” they called Jake in, so what ever was going to happen with the bite has happened. If she had turned her to stone the others would look a lot more freaked out and cops would be here. Then again Jake lives across the street and could get here pretty fast.
I’m not sure if this counts but looking back in my copy of season one Marah was only bitten once when she used a sock to pose as the fifth snake.
Aaaaah the third snake is missing in the dream D:
oh.. that is a BAD hallucination. not a good one.
So… did she pass out or something?
Oh my! That’s a scary development, not a good thing at all!
If only someone with a great deal of experience with magic and vast knowledge of Yeld were around to help, eh? That would be terrific!
(Yes, I am referring to Jenny Mermaid, lolz!)
(That is her proper name right? Her last name is Mermaid?)
I briefly wondered how Jake got there so fast… then I remembered he lives across the street.
In my experience it’s going to be several pages until we find out if Gina’s okay or not.
I felt compelled to go back and count the number of Modest’s snakes in every panel Marah appeared in…
I didn’t think anyone would notice that.
Uh, guys… I just noticed something.
… Count heads.
My god…
Right back snake was the RAIN COAT ORAGAMI KILLER THE ENTIRE TIME!
Aha! We’ve seen something like that before, where the serpent that is going to take over has a floating crown. And one of Modest’s serpents is not visible in this sequence… If Modest could remember which one it was, would she be able to single it out, fit it with a tag, get it drunk, wrap it in ice packs, or play it a continuous mix of K-pop…?
Meg: What is that one doing???
Modest: Gangnam Style!!
I am also reminded of Hellboy, and the crown that he manifested in such sequences.
Hellboy: Yup… you gotta be careful when bits of you start getting floating crowns on them… or people start telling you what you’re gonna become. I mean, I’m supposed to be *air quotes* Anung Un Rama, the demon who’s gonna unlock the end of man with this- *slaps stone hand* But I say “no way” – the name’s Hellboy, and nearly all of my best friends are human, or were. Your parents might be evil, but you don’t have to be, and while the whole thing about turning into a giant snake is gonna be a bit more tricky to get around… we’ll give our best shot. Right?
Modest: …Hey, can I be a paranormal investigator and go round investigating weird stuff?
Hellboy: *slow smile* Well, I did have another reason for dropping round here…
Modest: 😀
>:=)>
I Hellboy/Modest Medusa crossover would be pretty great.
Bets that Gina hasn’t turned to stone yet. If Gina was a stature, a couple of them would be staring towards her instead of Modest.
On a different note, does this mean there needs to be a snake amputation now?
Well, that was creepy. I don’t know if it’s the angle that’s causing it, or the weird dream, but I noticed that you can only see three of the snakes in this comic and the last one. Did one snake turn into Marah for the dream?
Now Jake and the Vice Principle are there as well. Time to see how bad things turned out. 🙁
Lower right snake confirmed evil because missing
Hum. I just noticed that she only had three snakes showing on this page and the last. Could these bizzare dreams be a result of the sneaky snake growing in power? (Or sentience, conscience, or whatever term is most applicable to Modest’s mind)
Welp, there goes the evil snakes. (what would happen if the dominant snake was cut off?)
Probably regrow, the prince said that they all have the said mind or something, so the brain probably isn’t in the heads.
Sorry I posted the same comment twice except reworded, I thought the previous one didn’t get posted.
It appears that I have posted the same comment twice except reworded it, I did it because I thought my original comment wasn’t posted. I am sorry Jake.
Ah, Modest is coming of age. Poor lass.
Okay, what is withs the whole crown dealie ins the dreams? >o.oo.oo.o<