Haha, I had an inkling that that was going to happen, since his ‘world’ was quite hammer shaped :p
OK, so my first guess was right. But I was wondering why that yellow radiance around Malkit looked so familiar in the last panel. Well, now I know.
Good going, Trickster.
Malkit’s face in the last panel is absolutely PRICELESS XD
Yea, I love that look as well
But the question remains (at least for me) : how Malkit was trapped? How come he never could break free? Is it because Hoswald trapped him inside the link he made with the mallet? My guess is so. Th e divine energyu that powers the mallet is probably too strong.
My other guess is that Oswald is just much more powerful than Malkit. The only reasons that could motive the use of a simulacrum would be :
1. to make a fool of Malkit;
2. because Malkit’s offensive power is really a force to be reckoned with.
Ya know, in the last few pages, I think Malkit’s more of a troubled child than a real villain, ya know.. pluh. lol
One wonders how many of history’s villians were troubled children at heart, but equipped with monstrous power.
It’s not necessarily a question of who’s more powerful, but a question of skill, talent and power.
Oswald suspected Malkit was drawing on the power of the mallet to fuel his spells and so Oswald naturally considered him a real threat so he decided to use a double. My rational is this even if you can take the bullet why stand in front of the gun if you don’t have to.
As for why he couldn’t break out of the spell, that’s where the skill plays in, I know I don’t go into it in the story, but Malkit just isn’t as skilled at sorcery as Oswald, he may have more knowledge but not more skill. Put on top of that the amount of power Oswald has at his disposal and you have one really pain in the butt mouse to deal with, lol. I’m probably going to translate this story into a prose piece soon and n that format I’ll have the room to really get into the different disciplines of magic Oswald and Malkit are bandying about so effortlessly.
It’s actually because of Oswald’s ability to power out of most situations that most of my stories have an emotional bend to them or are just about someone else altogether and Oswald is just the cipher they’re using to tell the tale. It can be difficult at times but always worth while, it forces me to dig deep to pull something out of myself as a writer that I never thought I was capable of.
I hope this helps.
If you have anymore questions please feel free to ask.
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Haha, I had an inkling that that was going to happen, since his ‘world’ was quite hammer shaped :p
OK, so my first guess was right. But I was wondering why that yellow radiance around Malkit looked so familiar in the last panel. Well, now I know.
Good going, Trickster.
Malkit’s face in the last panel is absolutely PRICELESS XD
Yea, I love that look as well
But the question remains (at least for me) : how Malkit was trapped? How come he never could break free? Is it because Hoswald trapped him inside the link he made with the mallet? My guess is so. Th e divine energyu that powers the mallet is probably too strong.
My other guess is that Oswald is just much more powerful than Malkit. The only reasons that could motive the use of a simulacrum would be :
1. to make a fool of Malkit;
2. because Malkit’s offensive power is really a force to be reckoned with.
Ya know, in the last few pages, I think Malkit’s more of a troubled child than a real villain, ya know.. pluh. lol
One wonders how many of history’s villians were troubled children at heart, but equipped with monstrous power.
It’s not necessarily a question of who’s more powerful, but a question of skill, talent and power.
Oswald suspected Malkit was drawing on the power of the mallet to fuel his spells and so Oswald naturally considered him a real threat so he decided to use a double. My rational is this even if you can take the bullet why stand in front of the gun if you don’t have to.
As for why he couldn’t break out of the spell, that’s where the skill plays in, I know I don’t go into it in the story, but Malkit just isn’t as skilled at sorcery as Oswald, he may have more knowledge but not more skill. Put on top of that the amount of power Oswald has at his disposal and you have one really pain in the butt mouse to deal with, lol. I’m probably going to translate this story into a prose piece soon and n that format I’ll have the room to really get into the different disciplines of magic Oswald and Malkit are bandying about so effortlessly.
It’s actually because of Oswald’s ability to power out of most situations that most of my stories have an emotional bend to them or are just about someone else altogether and Oswald is just the cipher they’re using to tell the tale. It can be difficult at times but always worth while, it forces me to dig deep to pull something out of myself as a writer that I never thought I was capable of.
I hope this helps.
If you have anymore questions please feel free to ask.
Thanks.
Best
JD
Next sound will be “squish” I bet.