Looks like “silentstranger” was an artist, not a title. Whoops. Well, point is I’ve received the 19th piece. 🙂
Hey, Skitter, what do you think? Squirrels in every orifice, maybe, and perhaps under the eyelids too?
HWIUM has sent me a batch of fanart to go through – 18 pieces, so it’s big-ish but thankfully not as daunting as the ~95 they sent last time. 😛
Apparently there were 19, but Sharks says the “silent stranger” – Mannequin, I’d imagine – link was broken.
So, here’s how I’m going to do this: I think I’m in general going to impose a limit on how many pieces of fanart I go through between each chapter, to avoid being overwhelmed like last time. I’m going to start off with the limit at 10 – conveniently matching the maximum number of images in the photo part of a photo post – and then I can adjust it as I go along if needed. You’re welcome to send me more than 10 at a time, I’ll just be spreading the commentary on them out more.
What this means right now is that I’m going to make a fanart post tomorrow (before the chapter) for half this batch and then one after 13.3 for the other half. 🙂
See you soon for that!
I’d gotten so used to you liveblogging on American time, it’s weird now that your schedule actually matches your timezone 😀
Hehe, yeah – my blogging schedule and even, for the most part, my sleep schedule are approaching normalcy. It’s freaky! 😮
However, it may be approaching more normalcy than you’ll like. In about three weeks, maybe before, my free time per day will probably be cut down significantly, though I don’t know by how much yet. Assuming things work out, I’ll be starting work practice at a local store (like, really local, as in “ten minutes of walking from my home” local).
I should still have time left for blogging most days, but it may result in me blogging slightly less frequently due to being tired from work and/or still wanting some free time to spend on other things.
I think 2012164 may mean “day 164 of year 2012”. That would be June 12th, which seems a reasonable date for this point in the story (though we’ll have to assume 2012 was a typo for 2011).
The 164th day of the year is on June 13th (or June 12th if it’s a leap year, which 2012 was and 2011 wasn’t). June 13th, 2011 is only a few days away from when this chapter takes place.
June 12th is certainly a good date to be involved in the Arc that (I assume) has chapter 13.4.
Oh! That makes a lot of sense. It’s kinda impractical as a way to convey a date to someone who isn’t used to thinking of days like this (i.e. most people), but I guess at least it doesn’t lead to any “which is the month and which is the day” confusion.
From Sharks:
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(Decode with this website.)
Next up: Asks Friday, chapter Saturday. See you then!
End of Snare 13.2
Manny, I got your number
I need to make you mine
Manny, don’t change your number
201-2164
201-2164
201-2164
201-2164
(don’t call that)
…wait… what if that’s actually what it is? Although it’s not like Mannequin can actually answer over the phone.
Anyway, this was a neat chapter. Some minor development on the Imp-Grue conflict, a skirmish with Mannequin that went super well (depending on whom you ask), and most importantly, we got some excellent development between Amy and Skitter! Just a shame Mannequin had to ruin the moment.
Next chapter, I guess it’s back north to deal with the threat Skitter believes Mannequin poses to her gang – which legitimately seems like something he’d do, but let’s not forget the Arc title. I’m sure there’ll be some form of trap sooner or later, whether it’s set up by Mannequin, Cherish or Skitter.
So yeah! See you then!
Re: 2012164, it’s worth noting that even if it’s a mistake on Wildbow’s part, caused by writing the chapter in 2012 rather than 2011, the only parsing that works when treating the 2011/2012 part as the year gives a date that I’m pretty sure is much closer to Gestation than to Snare.
A minute passed as we pulled ourselves together, checking our injuries.
Would’ve been nice if Panacea hadn’t run off, huh.
“He left me alive,” I said, as the realization dawned on me. “He didn’t kill any of us, but he had an excuse and the ability to kill me. Why didn’t he?”
Hmm… maybe he’s got a more brutal, perhaps personalized, revenge in mind?
“The world revolves around you, doesn’t it?” Bitch snapped.
You’re one to talk.
I was trying to think of how to reply to that when the thought struck me. The world, my world. My people.
Yeah, that’s something that came to mind re: personalized revenge, too. I should’ve mentioned it, and probably would make a followup post on it after this one if it hadn’t come up.
Killing the people of Skitter’s territory while she’s off to other places would be the most Mannequin-esque thing to do to get back at someone who helped them survive and clearly cared a lot about keeping them alive.
Mannequin had been nearby when I was in my territory.
Waiting for Taylor to leave, perhaps?
“He’s going to hurt me by going after my gang.”
I was thinking less specifically than that, but it’s the same idea.
This neatly ties things together, too, giving further Arc relevance to the look we got at Skitter’s expansion last chapter. Chekhov is pleased. 🙂
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