Bunny wrote:
bellofthedamned wrote:
Am I misinterpreting something, or is the last shot of Jon bringing Sara's weapon down on Warrel, only to have it blocked?
i think the last six frames are seperated by the side they are on, three for bullet time and warrel, three for sara/jon... only problem is are they on the same timeline?
The left panel sequence has a normal human moving, while the right panel is following the path of a bullet. That, by itself, means the LPS is about two seconds and the RPS is about two microseconds. None the less, the two sequences are going should merge easily on Wednesday, as Jon and Sara are in motion and Warrel has to analyze and choose his next move.
In so-fashion . . .
LHS 1 --- Sare is leaping up high to get above Jon and use that same show-off underhanded slice Warrel favors for butchery, probably to lop off one of Jon's arms. She is using no or very limited time-fugue or she would have succeeded. Note that, in most instances, the time-stop magic is triggered to serve a single combat move. One jump, one block, one dodge. Otherwise, Sara could have killed all the Gewehr she engaged without their being aware they were under attack. So, she jumped to dodge the sodoff, Jon triggers both guns, and here has moved his head to see Sara coming down from above.
LHS 2 -- Somewhere between panels Jon has released both guns to free his hands. They are dropping to the floor below panel two, and both hands are visible, the left above the right, Jon's face to the right of his left hand, partially masked by the crook of his left elbow.
What Jon has done is to violently twist his body forward and down (note how he's left his coat-tail flapping behind him) pulling his left arm and shoulder in so Sara is coming down on him with the haft of her dolan, not that deadly blade. Note that Sara's right leg and knee are out of position, either making contact or about to make contact with Jon's right shoulder.
LHS 3 -- A split second later, Sara is still trying to scythe at Jon, her right hand blade moving down towards Jon's torso, but Jon's hands, coming up from his twist, are making contact with the right half of the haft of her dolan. I don't have a good reading on the depth of the drawing, but Jon will have two hands to one on one end of Sara's weapon, with his body centered under him, while her body is off panel to the left, sliding off Jon's shoulder. Given that, for all her extra training, she probably weighs in at 120-130 lbs to his 160-180 lbs and Jon has all the lever advantage he cold possibly want. Just compare the size of their hands; Sara's in big trouble.
Yeah, Jason Bourne would like this move. Duck, trap, and disarm. Clean and fast.
In the RHS, Warrel is poised to stab down at Sarine (or gloat some more), detects the gun being fired, and does a full body turn to his right and down, pulling the higher, left blade of weapon all the way across his body for the block. Now, if he has time-fugue just for that high-speed intercept, he has to decide whether to engage Jon or turn back to Sarine. That keeps him in real-time for a split second. If Sarine can still move, she can, indeed, "cut him a new one," the angle of attack allowing her to place it right next to the old one. That doofus flava she's wielding is just the tool for the job. I wonder if Elvish dental drills use the same principle?
Isn't the cloth bit to the right of RHS 3 Warrel's sash? Though it could be part of Sarine's costume.