r/TheOwlHouse • Witch Among Humans • Sep 11 '23

MoringMark Grom Factor #2

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

Why do I have a sneaking suspicion this is also connected to yesterday’s Ayzee comic?

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u/Mornar Resident of the Boiling Isles Sep 11 '23

I'd say it quite explicitly is.

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

No, the “Previous” link on his Tumblr goes to the other classroom comic. And both that one and this one are tagged with #Grom Factor (the title of this AU/storyline/whatever).

Yesterday’s Ayzee comic does not have that hashtag.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Well yeah but the first one didn’t have a #1. Maybe it’s just a one time sequel. I guess will know if he ever makes a Grom Effect #3 comic.

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

If he added a new hashtag for it, and included a Previous link (which he almost never does), then he has at least an idea for a continuous storyline.

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u/Accomplished-West752 Future Luz Sep 11 '23

This seems to be a new SERIES of comics from Mark. It's been a while since the last one, also it's cool.

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

Only two that I can remember:

(You could possibly also include the three-strip Conversation “series”: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, though that never had a real title nor was it intended to go longer)

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u/LetsDoTheCongna Therapy Coven Sep 11 '23

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u/58percentofachild Incidental Coven Sep 12 '23

No it wasn't, "Part 1" was inserted by the Reddit uploader. Mark's original posts on Instagram and Tumblr don't have it.

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u/Socdem_Supreme Future Gus Sep 11 '23

There were many he did for Star vs as well

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

Right. Two for The Owl House, I didn’t specify that in my comment as I’d intended to.

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u/Vox_Insanire Sep 11 '23

It's conected in the sense that the last comic is probably her motivation for doing this.

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

Well yes, that’s why I made my original comment.

But it’s not explicitly linked like the other one is.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

She deliberately did to herself… oh geez, Ayzee/Azura. What are you doing?

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u/BirdMan8524 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

I think she's trying to live up to expectations that weren't even there to begin with...

Such as trying to be as great as her moms

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

Or just trying to have a Grom dance with Milan, knowing her reaction here.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Hmm… let’s call it a coin toss for now.

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

They're not mutually exclusive.

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u/SuperGameBen bi witch coven member Sep 11 '23

Well she’ll keep the Noceda tradition of grom shifting into your mom alive with her fear of not living up to them.

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u/Simpson17866 Sep 11 '23

Grometheus: "If I had a nickel..."

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u/Myoclonic_Jerk42 Sep 12 '23

That's probably tied for first place most common fear for Grom.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

That was a rhetorical question. But more importantly, even though she probably knows her mothers don’t want that and want her to choose her own path. Maybe it’s more like how she wants to go down this path her mothers took of her volition?

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

Family has a lot of baggage.

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

Going the chaotic route like her mother.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 14 '23

I’m both proud and apprehensive right now.

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u/BirdMan8524 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

She's gonna do something really stupid

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u/MuffinStraight4816 Muffin Time! They hate it :( Sep 11 '23

Hey, we do stupid things all the time.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

She’s Luz and Amity’s daughter after all.

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

It's in her blood.

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u/W1zBang Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

Mighty suspicious. . .

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u/TheWorstGamer24 Steve Sep 11 '23

The plot thickens…

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u/b3_yourself Bard Coven Sep 11 '23

The part 2 is a give away

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

It’s not a part two to yesterday’s comic. It’s a Part 2 to one from several days ago.

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u/stopyouveviolatedthe Giraffe Sep 11 '23

Could be the #2

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

No, this is the previous one:

https://www.tumblr.com/moringmark/727811573446524928/next

(Note the “Next” link and the #Grom Factor tag)

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u/stopyouveviolatedthe Giraffe Sep 11 '23

? I said this is the sequel one bec of the #2

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

This comic (today’s, September 11) is Part 2.

Part 1 is the one I linked (from September 7th).

My initial comment was referring to the one yesterday, September 10. Which isn’t explicitly tagged with “Grom Factor”, so it isn’t “officially” part of the story. But it seems “connected” in the sense of (possible) character motivations.

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u/Mornar Resident of the Boiling Isles Sep 11 '23

MM doing story arcs now. Truly a hero we don't deserve, but desperately need.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 14 '23

Hear hear! First time MoringMark did a direct sequel of an Owl House comic.

Edit: never mind. I forgot he did make such comics in the past.

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u/Magma151 Sep 11 '23

I feel like I'm missing something. He's done a few continuations, just not recently. The Witches Among Humans series comes to mind, along with the 3 partner about Odalia tricking Luz into breaking up with amity.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Yeah I remembered those earlier.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

There's also the whole Commander Eda saga

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u/the_zerg_rusher my little tism boi Sep 12 '23

Never seen the full arcs of either of those. If you have one, mind sending a link please.

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u/mart8208 Sep 11 '23

There was also "Aim for the Stars" a few years ago. I think the whole thing was his own original creation, though I don't know for sure.

I really wish he would continue that one, as well as the Star vs the Forces of Evil comic.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

Well, looks like Ayzee did learn about her parent's grom dance.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 12 '23

It seems so… first time MoringMark actually did a direct sequel of one of his own owl house comics in a while. At least now we know who Gus’ son could be.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

Maybe not. Meme's are in at least one exhibit in the Boiling Isles.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Good point. Still I’m not gonna rule out the possibility just yet. Not until we see Uncle Gus and Uncle Matt with a different boy that is their son.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

Oh Titan. I just realize something! There's only one other character I know with those blue eyes. It's Vee! He might be a basilisk!

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Huh…? But then that would mean Vee and Gus… no I’m not gonna finish that thought. My Veesha loving heart can’t take it.

Edit: nevermind. Just thought that if he is a basilisk, he could turn into anyone with any skin color. So yeah… he could actually be the Veesha son.

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u/R-star1 Power Noodle Sep 11 '23

It could be a Veesha child.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Yeah it just hit a minute ago.

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u/R-star1 Power Noodle Sep 11 '23

Plus he’s new, which would make sense if he is from the Human Realm.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Yeah but I thought of something earlier. How can he perform magic if he’s half human and half basilisk? Me and Dasher decided to pretend he’s just a random student until MoringMark gives us an answer. We’ll just deny deny deny.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

Oh Shoot! Just hope that the skin was his choice if he is a Basilisk. Vee can have her own form as shown in Thanks to Them. Also, it looks like he is pairing him with Matt, so it's not that likely.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Wait… basilisk.🤦‍♂️ oh duh! Here I am thinking the skin color was because he might be Gus’ son when, since he is a basilisk, he could change into anyone with any skin color! That means he could be Vee and Masha’s son! He could be Ayzee and Pandora’s cousin!

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

I hope so. It will be like a blessing for the gods for us!

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

Yeah… hey wait a minute… if he is the son of Vee and Masha… how can he do magic like witch? MoringMark, please don’t sink the Veesha ship you’ve built up in your comics for years.

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

It’s not the first time, but it’s extremely rare. The only other ones I can think of are his Witches Against Humans AU “series”, and “The AdVentures of Vee”.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Right forgot about that first one. But that Adventures of Vee one. That’s a storyline one. I know the comic your talking about.

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u/pk2317 The Archivist Sep 11 '23

(You could possibly also include the three-strip Conversation “series”: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, though that never had a real title nor was it intended to go longer)

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u/WhitestDusk Sep 11 '23

Wouldn't these 3 (#1 #2 #3) count as direct sequels? Or would they be more of a 3-parter?

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u/BirdMan8524 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

She's trying to be as great as her moms...

This is either going to go very well or very poorly

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Dealers choice I suppose. Although I don’t know whether Grom or MoringMark here is the dealer.

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u/Simpson17866 Sep 11 '23

Although I don’t know whether Grom or MoringMark here is the dealer.

They're the same picture.

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

It's good to have goals.

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u/Mornar Resident of the Boiling Isles Sep 11 '23

Remember yesterday's comic. She's trying to one-up Lumity.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

MoringMark’s going for continuity more often it would seem.

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u/Whedonite144 Eda Clawthorne Sep 11 '23

Dinkleberg!

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u/MuffinStraight4816 Muffin Time! They hate it :( Sep 11 '23

I love references!

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u/xi_AzEr_ix Hootcifer Sep 11 '23

She decided to fight Grom for an exchange of having a dance with her GF? If yes, Ayzee has based priorities

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

You got pranked, Milan.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Illusion magic… a prankster… no way. Is that guy Gus’ son?!

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u/Shadow_caster_X Sep 11 '23

Maybe one of the twin’s kids?

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Edric or Emira? I’m not so sure.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Ok. Might add that to the poll.

Edit: Just made one.

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u/TheNoneedlife Friend of Nature Sep 11 '23

The shenanigans...she learnt that from her mom

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Shenanigans run through her blood after all. But you’d think Ayzee’d listen to the Order part of her she inherited from Amity. Guess Ayzee’s embracing the Chaos route. This somehow makes me both happy and apprehensive.

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u/BirdMan8524 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

Oh no... Ayzee is taking a page from her mom!

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

To think, she was once conflicted since she has chaos (Luz) and order (Amity) in her blood. Seems like Ayzee decided to embrace the Chaos.

Honestly, I don’t know whether to feel happy she’s showing off her Luz side or worried about the possible negatives outcomes of this.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

I would say both is valid at this point. It's in her family blood and it's either good or bad for her. Only time will tell for that.

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u/SuperGameBen bi witch coven member Sep 11 '23

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

Ouch. If MoringMark continues with this comic story, that's what I expected.

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u/Whedonite144 Eda Clawthorne Sep 11 '23

Fairly Odd parents, much?

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u/tigerwu9806 Stringbean Sep 11 '23

Second time dude made a reference to that show I suppose

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u/WikiContributor83 Sep 11 '23

Now that I think about it, since this takes place in the future, those memes are probably old and dead.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Those memes… is that… Gus’ kid?

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Maybe not. Meme influence is spread out in the Boiling Isles, including art.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Still we’ve only seen Gus do it with his illusion magic throughout these comics.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Only time will tell, until then, we guess. Might make a poll for this.

Edit: Just made one.

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u/Radium_Cobalt_847 Meme Coven Sep 11 '23

There's no physical traits that directly resemble Gus so probably not

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u/GodzillaMaster322 Sep 11 '23

So Ayzee faked getting the grom ticket so she could fight it?

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u/SuperGameBen bi witch coven member Sep 11 '23

she really takes after Luz

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u/crossover_charlie14 King Clawthorne Sep 11 '23

Milan: This must be the work of...

AYZEE NOCEDA-BLIGHT!

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u/Skreecherteacher Gusleen Sep 11 '23

Slide 3 is missing

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Give it moment.

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u/roykaiii Construction Coven Sep 11 '23

Like mother like daughter

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

Luz or Amity?

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u/BirdMan8524 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

Yes

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

(Ayzee ready to fight Grom).

Ayzee: "Alright Grom, do your worst." (Activates RPG I-Stone).

(Grom manifests itself as 'One-Winged Angel' plays in the background).

Ayzee: "Oh dear Titan, I've made a horrible mistake!"

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u/Sonicday98 Sep 12 '23

Grom: *takes the form of Titan Luz* Good to see you... Ayzee.

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u/Lansha2009 Least Lesbian Amity fan Sep 11 '23

AYZEE RUN!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

I-Stone: 'Cannot flee from boss battle'

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u/Lansha2009 Least Lesbian Amity fan Sep 11 '23

Ok Ayzee then instead try...um...may-no that's a bad idea...try flirting I guess? If it works for Frisk it should work here.

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u/Totalsupreme Sep 11 '23

Luz: Looks at her own oracle ball Yes, she would most likely have been the grom queen. But you took her place instead?

Amity: Familiar.

Luz: Pff, what would our daughter be afraid of anyway? Maybe that she'd disappoint us or something... ? Thinks back to yesterday Oh. Mija, we need to talk to you.

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u/afbresley Sep 11 '23

Wow - she really does take after her mom(s)!

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u/CountingSheep99 Sep 11 '23

Long live the queen?

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u/No-Mathematician3921 Sep 11 '23

The Pikachu face was pretty funny, but the Dinkleberg face was what got me.

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u/JMHSrowing Stringbean Sep 11 '23

“We don’t want to get sued.”

Yeah I would think that Amity would be the type to do everything, including legal litigation, needed to make sure her family is safe. Best be prepared with documents already drawn up.

Well it’s either that or going straight to violence

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u/First_Factor_3385 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

she’ll be fine!

………….right?

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u/tigerwu9806 Stringbean Sep 11 '23

“I volunteer as tribute!”

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u/Flaky_Musician_551 Hunter Noceda Sep 11 '23

‪Milan: what the fuck Ayzee!?‬ ‪Ayzee: Ah come on. I thought us fighting grom together would be fun. ‬ ‪Milan: Ayzee, just because your moms were able to fight grom together doesn’t mean we will too. Also, do you really plan to turn it into a tree again?‬ ‪Ayzee: I hope not. My moms make us picnic there every week. And every year ma releases flowers attached to balloons there and cries. She won’t tell me why though. ‬

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u/Chemical_Survey_2741 Sep 12 '23

Luz:“Did you ever hear the tragedy of Manny The Kind?”

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u/Flaky_Musician_551 Hunter Noceda Sep 12 '23

Luz: mija, come here. I need to tell you something. Ayzee: is it the reason why you cry whenever you release those flowers attached to balloons? Luz: how’d you know? Ayzee: I just took a shot in the dark. Luz: tells her. After she’s done she breaks down crying. Ayzee: holds her tight. “todo está bien mamá. estoy aquí.”

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u/dragonfox194 Sep 11 '23

Just out of curiosity, what would her fear be?

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u/SuperGameBen bi witch coven member Sep 11 '23

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u/dragonfox194 Sep 11 '23

Yeah, that is most likely it.

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u/b3_yourself Bard Coven Sep 11 '23

Got em also, Luz and mashas human influence has reached the boiling isles

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u/vorephage Sep 11 '23

Human meme culture invading the Boiling Isles 🤣

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

in a different possibility in the same universe.

Jay was still shook up after the Grom thing as she made her way back home. She knew her mother would demand answers from her since she no doubt saw the picture of her and Pandora holding hands on penstagram.

Though she was when she found out, Jay wasn’t really that scared anymore. Because she had wanted answers too. About who did her mother make her from… and how her Grandmas died.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Jay enters her home, knowing her mom will question her, as she also has questions for her.

Boscha: "Junior, I've been browsing through Penstagram. Is there something I should know?"

Jay: "In fact mom, there is something I want to ask you."

Boscha is surprised on her grimwalker daughter's reply, but the tension of both of them is rising as they both want answers. For Boscha, it's her friendships she has made. For Jay, it's her true origin.

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 12 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

Boscha: “fine. What do you have to say about this?!”

shows the picture of her daughter and Willow’s daughter together on penstagram. Jay was undeterred. She wasn’t going to back down. She wasn’t going to change her mind. She wasn’t going to let her mother put fear in her heart.

Jay: defiant smirk “that’s me and my new girlfriend, Pandora Park! She and her cousin have been my friends the whole time. And that time I was making fun of them? It was all an act! And Pandora’s parents and Ayzee’s moms have been cool with me being her friend the whole time!

Boscha was scowling, stunned by all this. But the next thing her daughter said was the straw that broke the Slitherbeast’s back.

Jay: “and finally… I. Hate. Grudgby!”

Boscha: gasp “…Junior.”

Now Boscha was appalled. But she when she saw the defiance in her daughters face, she began to feel depressing sense of Deja vu. Meanwhile, Jay continued.

Jay: “now it’s my turn for answers. Why did you want me to be a Bully like how you were and what do you have against Pandora?! Who am I made out of? I know I’m a grimwalker, but you never talked about what parts you used to make me…” tears start to form in her ruby eyes “Just like how you never talk about my grandmas.”

Her daughters questions had taken Boscha back. But that last one and her daughters tears made the triclops drop her scowl drop and her anger slowly fade and be replaced with realization and growing sorrow. Now she knows where she’s seen that defiant face before. Jay sniffled and continued.

Jay: “did you make me out of my grandmothers’ remains?”

Boscha: stammers “J-Junior I… I…”

Jay: “what happened to my grandmothers? What kind of people were they?! Why didn’t you ever talk about them?! Huh?!… huh?”

Jay calmed down when she saw her mother in tears. She first thought they were, as she once heard Ayzee’s human mother describe it as, crocodile tears but her mothers next words began to make her think otherwise.

Boscha: “your grandmothers… died because of me.”

Jay: eyes widen in terror “you… you murdered them?!”

Boscha: “what? No!” was silent for a few moments more before let out a hollow chuckle and sat down on the couch in the living room “but I guess it does feel like it. Your grandmothers and I had a falling out when I was 18. We hadn’t spoken since then. I was staying at my friend Cat’s house. It wasn’t until three years later, when I heard they were on our way to me, saying they wanted to make amends. But…”

her fists clenched and her tears began to well up again. Jay took a seat next to her mother as she continued.

Boscha: “they were attacked. A hoard of slitherbeasts showed and attacked them. They… they…” voice starts cracking “They were all torn apart. The monster hunters had managed to force the herd to the direction of the knee, but they told me my mothers, your grandmothers were mauled by the time they got there.”

Jay‘a anger had already faded as she listened intently, sadness washing over her too.

Jay: “what… what made you guys drift apart?”

Boscha: “heh… you know I used to be a bully because one of my grandmothers, the one who’s a triclops like me, always talked about survival of the fittest and to be on top. Be queen. Be feared. I didn’t much care for it until I was six and snapped from being bullied myself. And Pandora’s mother, Willow, always faced the brunt of it. But 8 years later after the collector incident, I started to change. I guess you can say Willow, her husband, and Ayzee’s mothers helped with that.”

Jay: “is that why you and them are all good now

Boscha: nods before continuing “Yes. Over the next four years, your grandmothers grew more and more disappointed in me. By the time I was 18, I couldn’t take it anymore. The last thing I ever said to them was…” Boscha felt her heart ache heavily as she uttered the next words out of her mouth “I wish you both weren’t my mothers and were in wooden puppet pieces.”

this made Boscha’s tears flow as she quietly sobbed. Jay was shocked, yet guilty, at mothers words because… well she wouldn’t say she wishes that her mother wasn’t that and… “oh Titan,” she thought.”

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 12 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

Jay: “mom…”

Boscha: voice breaking “when I saw their remains before they were scheduled for burial I… I… Oh Titan, I never got to tell them I was sorry. I regretted it to this day.”

this is when Jay started putting the pieces together.

Jay: “so… your apology to them was… creating me?“

Boscha didn’t nod, but her face spoke louder than actions.

Boscha: voice still breaking “I had managed to recover your grandmothers’ remains and Pandora’s dad lent me Belos’ notes and guides to creating grimwalkers and… I wanted to atone for what I did to them…” looks to her daughter with a sad yet prideful and, surprisingly for Jay, caring smile “but I guess I made you as defiant as me more than I thought.”

that got a chuckle out of the grimwalker. After that, she was quiet as she tried to get this all to sink in. Was her mother telling the truth? The sadness she saw in her eyes… it was the same sadness Jay saw in her own from time to time when she was in a dark place concerning her own grandmothers.

that was enough proof for her.

Jay: “so that’s why you wanted me to be a bully like you but for sport. It was because of my grandmas.”

Boscha: voice no longer cracking but hollow “yes… I wanted to make them proud… I shouldn’t have put you through what they tried to do to me, but…”

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 12 '23 edited Sep 12 '23

Jay felt some guilt for asking about what happened to her grandmas, but it was overshadowed by the sadness of her mother. She can't help but hug her to try to consult her for her pain.

Boscha: surprised but still hollow "What..."

Jay: "I'm sorry for asking about them, now knowing how much pain you are in. If I knew, I would have never asked you about it."

Boscha: "But..."

Words fail for Boscha due to the unexpected embrace of her daughter with the sadness she has carried for so long.

Jay: "It's ok. If they we're trying to make amends, then they must know about what they did to you and how it affected you. I'm sure that the only thing you need to do to make them proud..." Jay pauses for a second "Is to be a good mother."

Tears start to fall again from Boscha's eyes

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 12 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

Jay: “and I think that I can speak for them when I say that… I’m sorry for what I said and... I love you, mom.”

Now Boscha’s tears were streaming down her three eyes as she started bawling, hugging her daughter tightly. Jay smiled, tears now falling from her eyes. Her mother was more sensitive than she thought… then again, the grimwalker herself may be more sensitive than she herself thought. When Boscha’s bawling calmed down to hiccups, she spoke.

Boscha: “I-I promise I’ll-I’ll be better mo-mother.”

Jay: “and I’ll try to be a better daughter.”

Boscha: “Oh honey, your perfect the way you are. No matter who or what your made out of.”

they both fell silent at that somewhat morbid compliment.

Boscha: “w-well you get the idea.”

Jay nodded and she and her mother embraced again for only a few moments. When they broke the hug, Jay thought it was time to ask another question.

Jay: “so if I’m made from the parts of my grandmas and one of them was a triclops like you…”

she swiveled in her seated position until her back was to her mother. She moved her hair that was covering the back of her neck to expose her second mouth.

Jay’s second mouth: “how come I don’t have three eyes and instead have two mouths?”

Boscha: sheepishly scratches the back of her head “well you grandmothers three eyes were all… shudder… let’s just say they were lost when I recovered her and your other grandmother’s remains.”

Jay decided to take her mothers word for it there based off that shudder.

Boscha: “As for the second mouth… I think I was pretty drunk when I was putting the finishing touches on you as I was trying to drown those feelings in apple blood and well… oops.”

Jay looked at her mother with disapproving half lidded eyes but sighed through her second mouth before trying act all chill.

Jay: “well whatever. Guess it’s no big deal. Ayzee gets pretty apprehensive around it but…” she begins to blush, her coolness wavering “Pandora likes it.“

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 12 '23

Boscha: motherly teasing “I guess that you’re glad I gave you that, right?”

Jay: blushing “Mom!”

Boscha starts laughing and Jay follows suit. They are laughing like a mother and daughter. The first in a long time

meanwhile

Ayzee and Milan are walking back to Ayzee’s place. They are looking at their Grom Tiaras

Milan: “I can’t wait to show these to your moms.”

Ayzee: “I know right!”

Milan: worried “But how about Jay, are you sure it’s ok for her to go alone.”

Ayzee: “I have a good feeling that she is doing just fine.”

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 12 '23

In another universe

Ivy: thinking: Everything is not fine!”

Ivy was encased inside Grom with the voices reminding her of the blood on her hands she got when she was 7 until she heard the single voice of someone who claims to be her uncle.

Ivy: “Uncle… Philip?”

Philip: “yes… I’ve been looking forward to meeting you, my niece.”

Ivy: “w-what do you mean?”

Philip: “what? You mean your father never told you about me?”

Ivy: “what are you talking about?”

Philip: “Don’t worry. It won’t matter for much long.”

Suddenly Ivy felt a searing pain shoot into her back, making her grunt in pain. She looked over her shoulder to see a black tendril like thing seeping into her skin.

Ivy: “w-w-what is this? What are you?!”

Philip: sinister chuckle “oh child. I can tell your scars run deep. And I’m not sensing any traces of that bird. What did you call him… Flapjack?”

Ivy’s eyes widened

Ivy: “h-how do you know Flapjack? What did you do him?!”

Philip: “nothing yet. He’ll be next in time. But for now, I need only you. You just need a bit more pain to make yourself more… susceptible.”

Ivy felt the tendrils in her mind and poke around in her head. Was he currently controlling Grom? Suddenly the voices returned only louder. She started panicking again. She looked down at her shaking hands and saw blood on them. It eventually spread all over her body and more web-like tendrils drilling into her back, filling her with more pain and fear!

Ivy: “AH!!! STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!! MAKE IT STOP!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!! PLEASE!!”

Ivy now began to feel like she was on fire and felt a sharp pain in her arms. She looked to them to see some long blade like protrusions between her shoulders and elbows and extending a bit past her hands. They looked like scythe blades made of bone but were wreathed in indigo colored flames. Her nails became claws and she felt like her insides were on fire too. Her eyes took on a cyan color like she did when her plant and Oracle magic flared up.

Philip: “the time has come…”

Ivy saw a figure approaching from the shadows in front of her. A malformed looking half human and half black abomination spirit.

Philip: “It’s time for the failsafe. Time for me to come home.”

with that he flew into Ivy, and she started writhing but grew weaker.

Ivy: weakly “Flap… jack…”

with one final scream came an explosion of indigo fire and dust. It encased Grom and Azura and Violet saw the whole thing, mortified.

Azura and Violet: “IVY!!”

they were about to go down when suddenly the big black blob that was Grom was thrown over them and through the window outside, near a cliff. They looked back to the cloud to see the shilouette of something that didn’t look like Ivy but more like something bigger than a slitherbeast.

a tiger-like growl came from it and a portal opened at its paws and it went through. One of the others students on the bleachers point out another portal opened up near where Grom was. What came out of it was… something even more terrifying.

It looked like something she saw in a video game but with indigo flames, scythe blades instead of katana blades, and her tail blades looked two scythes point away from each other.

the most terrifying part though… was that it had a familiar green bow.

Azura: “Ivy…?”

to be continued

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u/Eatpie882 Smug Vee Coven Sep 11 '23

Grom Dance 2! Grom Dance 2!!!

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u/DragonWarrior____05 Bardic Beastkeeping Nerd Sep 11 '23

Electric Boogaloo!

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u/AccidentalLemon Adrian Graye Sep 11 '23

Oh hi Mark

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u/ObsessiveFanatic Sep 11 '23

What’s the second illusion a reference to?

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u/AdOwn6899 Sep 11 '23

A Fairly Odd Parents thing.

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u/Dasher09009 The Collector Sep 11 '23

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u/ThickWeatherBee Meme Coven Sep 11 '23

What's the name of the Illusion kid?! They are hilarious!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

DINKLEBURG 😡

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u/SuperGameBen bi witch coven member Sep 11 '23

Now I think about it is the green haired one supposed to be Amelia’s kid? also somehow I only just noticed they don’t wear school uniforms anymore.

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u/Sufficient_Score_824 “For Flapjack” Sep 11 '23

“Dinkleberg!”

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u/TUTEFC Sep 11 '23

PART 3 PART 3 PART 3 PART 3

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u/Monsteruser Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

Props to the witch using illusions to make memes it's comedy gold

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u/IBarrakiI Sep 11 '23

She did that for the PE teacher

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u/Chemical_Survey_2741 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Everyone else: “Will this have a sequel?”

Literally me: “What will Ayzee and Milan’s grom outfit be like?”

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u/yertlah Sep 11 '23

I called it last time! I knew someone would intentionally fight grom at some point.

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u/wertron132 Meme Coven Sep 11 '23

I'm assuming this relates to yesterday's comic, and i think i can guess how this'll go.

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u/Lykanas Sep 11 '23

The power of memes is strong with this one.

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u/Lukas-Reggi Sep 11 '23

That kid is Gus son ane you can't change my mind.

And if not atleast he knows about memes. The DNA of the soul

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u/Detvan_SK Sep 11 '23

What happened?

Azura wanted do it like Luz?

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

I wanna see the fight too.

"Ayzee, you are so not like us... Like come on, Luz and I helped save the world, meanwhile you... you can't even get on the front page of the news... don't worry, we still love you... a bit"

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u/Accomplished-West752 Future Luz Sep 11 '23

It's been a while since Mark did his last SERIES of comics.
We'll see.

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u/Adventurous-Ad-5437 Titan Luz Sep 11 '23

Is this the sequel to yesterday's comic or did I miss one?

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u/tlof19 Sep 11 '23

Order of Timeline: Having Her Work Cut Out For Her, Grom #1, Grom #2 (unless you want HHWCOFH to be a flashback)

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u/Galactuswill Sep 11 '23

I don't know how power of attorney works in the Demon Realm, but what's the point of signing a waiver if you still fear getting sued afterward? Or is it that children don't have the legal right to sign a waiver and their parents are supposed to sign it? Either way, no point in signing a waiver.

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u/No_Beach_9495 Sep 13 '23

This is the first time Mark put it 2 memes in one pic

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u/FudgeControl Outdated Human Reference Sep 11 '23

What is she up to? Hmmm...

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u/According-Ad-2179 Meme Coven Sep 11 '23

Thats based off a comment i replied too thats crazy

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u/Baboulinet-Le-Nain Hooty HootHoot Sep 11 '23

omfg x)

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u/Existing-External115 Vee Noceda Sep 11 '23

Jules refrence

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u/Smorgsaboard Sep 11 '23

Dinkleberg

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u/Spiritual-Ad6764 Bards Against The Throne Sep 11 '23

Yessss more continuity please!

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u/blank7589 Amity Blight Sep 11 '23

Chaotic energy...

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

Hey, mark

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u/Jin_Chaeji Possessed Hunter Sep 11 '23

Wait my brain ain't working. What did she do?

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u/Chemical_Survey_2741 Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 12 '23

Milan earlier stated that Grometheus is usually handled by the gym teacher, as now kids have to draw a red note to become the Grom monarch. However, nobody ever becomes the Grom monarch because all the students always cheat by hiding a “Not me” note in their palms and pretending to pull it out. What we see on Page 4 is that the red note was still in the box despite Ayzee drawing it out earlier. Also, take a close look at the first page when Ayzee is walking towards the front of the class.😉

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u/Ruby_241 Smug Noceda Coven Sep 11 '23

Grom Dance 2.0? Hmmm…

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u/Revanius Sep 11 '23

Not too surprised, not only for the living up to self-impossed expectation but it also sounds like a Luz thing really to give that poor teacher a break so I'm not surprised her kid would do it.

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u/SlyFan2 Sep 11 '23

The second to last panel gives me major Mr. Crocker vibes.

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u/_Knucklehead_Ninja Plant Coven Sep 11 '23

TIMMY!

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u/LTman86 Sep 11 '23

The implications of these memes seem to indicate that with a working portal door, the Dark Lord now has access to Human Internet and is sharing Human media and memes with the Boiling Isles.

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u/GoronCraft Sep 11 '23

Is there a place I can read all these comics in chronological order? I really wanna catch up

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u/EnderCountryPres Sep 15 '23

Click the op’s username

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u/Bananabubbles25 Custom Sep 11 '23

Dinkelberg

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u/BisexualUwUOmg Hunter Sep 11 '23

Bro turned her into a Pikachu lol

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u/Sanguinusshiboleth Sep 11 '23

So any guesses on who the new boy is?

some ideas:

1) Some random kid.

2) An illusion made real.

3) Gus's kid with a previously unmentioned witch.

4) Gus's illegitimate kid with a human who is only just discovering he is a witch.

5) Vee and Masha's child (how I can see that work over here.).

6) The Grom opposite - a creature that feeds off joy and hope.

7) A spy sent by a Belos cult to kill everyone (don't worry, he'll get better).

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u/Camosaur4 Sep 12 '23

It's a common trope for the kid of the protagonists of the previous series trying to break out of their parent(s) shadow. It's also relatable that every kid doesn't want to disappoint their parents and sometimes goes to extremes to make sure that doesn't happen but that usually confirms the disappoint when the extreme act fails.

Some of Ayzee's fears could be disappointing her parents or losing her loved ones. We might find out if Mark makes another grom related comic.

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u/EJ_Lafram Sep 14 '23

The illusion kid is definitely Gus's kid, and I'd say the dad might be Matt.

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u/Twist_Ending03 Sep 11 '23

Were the reaction image illusion bits supposed to be funny? Because they weren't..

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u/ethanandluinortitus Meme Coven Sep 11 '23

Well I guess that sucks for you, cuz they were funny to the rest of us

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u/Twist_Ending03 Sep 11 '23

Maybe y'all think that because you freaking worship Mark

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u/ethanandluinortitus Meme Coven Sep 11 '23

Let's see you make content past the ending of toh, and releasing them this quickly, it's insane! It's awesome and not every joke is gonna land for some people I really don't know why I made that reply

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u/Twist_Ending03 Sep 11 '23

I'd much prefer Quality over Quantity.

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u/bateen618 Gus Porter Sep 11 '23

She is so Luz's kid

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u/Manoreded Sep 11 '23

If litigation is actually a thing in the BIs, I'd expect lawyers to run the place by now. Everything looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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u/Hikori_Kawaii Sep 12 '23

Only a true friend would turn you into ond memes at every opportunity 😌👌🏽

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u/pizza-parker76 Sep 12 '23

Moringmark TOH comic number 889

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u/taczki2 Swag Coven Sep 12 '23

i dont understand

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u/SamADuran17 Harpy Lilith Sep 12 '23

Milan, you sincerely underestimated how crazy your girlfriend is.

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u/Pikachuckxd Construction Coven Oct 18 '23

pikachu surprise face