Let’s admit it, folks. We always find it at least a bit surprising, when Ethan kicks ass like that. We just keep forgetting, that he’s a trained fighter who’s clearly at least decent at it. It’s not like he’s facing professional warriors, but still. They may be surprised out of their wits, but they have experience fighting. Delivering a kick to one head AND a thrown object to another head, before they can even react, takes skill. I think his constant antics and attitude, plus the memory of Ethan 1.0 most of us still carry, are something Tim exploits pretty… Read more »
Hey… if he can’t stay dead, as mentioned in a previous comic, that just means that he’s effectively Dark Soul’d his way into ‘getting gud’ when it comes to fighting.
Makes me wish for Tim to show us more of his early training. Because, in many ways, his “can’t stay dead” power would lead him to make a whole new kind of silly and funny mistakes when learning. Just as it may enable him to train in ways that others can’t, and even develop some “signature moves” that rely on his power.
Plus he has the advantage of being able to practice real world applications of his techniques without worrying. Anyone else would practice and practice but never get an opportunity to do it for real without risking their life. Ethan on the other hand can try out different moves and ‘survive’ to learn which ones are a bad idea.
Edit: I somehow missed the entire post below me saying the same thing in far few words.
Last edited 2 years ago by Kaogen
Acher4
2 years ago
With these powers, Ethan could have easily been the villain in a horror movie. 😛
Oh, oh! How about a Winter-Een-Mas themed villain?
Maybe some unique circumstances when he respawned, created a clone that he’s unaware of and turned evil for some reason. Like Savitar in the Flash TV series.
Both ideas work. Yours is simpler, yet it still creates a link between our heroes and the villain.
On that… We’re yet to see what happens with the troll. That looked kinda like the most popular origin story for DC’s Joker. And just like that story further justifies the Joker’s fixation with Batman, we can totally expect the troll to obsess over Ethan (and maybe Lucas).
There actually is a villain in a Kamen Rider series from a few years back whom did do it, but he was limited to 99 lives. The guy was an absolute mad man.
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, only available through *ahem* fansub torrents…
We seriously need to phase out all escapism from human culture.
GUNnibal
2 years ago
I have a bit of a confession to make. It took me today number of pages of this comic to realize that even the buckle of Ethan’s utility belt is controller-shaped.
And yes, I fully realize that I’m talking about a buckle in a comic created by Tim Buckley.
Never underestimate the subtle details of Tim. Keep a close eye on background details in a lot of his different comics. One such example is the Starcaster comics; ever noticed that every single Starcaster has a different unique design? I’m more impressed that he doesn’t mix them up on occasion.
lol – I just asked a similar question, clearly I should have read the comments more carefully first… 🙂
Dodgy
2 years ago
I just noticed something… not just Ethan’s body but also his clothes etc. respawn. Even his hairdo!
So… “Gyah! I spilled soup on my favorite shirt!”, solution: Suicide & Respawn!
“Gyah! The wind messed up my hair!”, solution: Suicide & Respawn!
“Gyah! That pickpocket just rolled my favorite watch!”, solution: Suicide & Respawn!
So basically, if you don’t succeed at first: Suicide & Respawn!
The only thing might be timing, you need to suicide right away or the save state you wish for might have already been overwritten…
Ethan’s power is respawning not save scumming. For all we know the power only brings him back to his last healthy state, not a “save state”.
So suiciding because your shirt got messed up might just respawn you with the messed up shirt, cause you were healthy, just healthy and a little messy.
duderruder
2 years ago
you love to see it
Tracker
2 years ago
Ethan’s crouch kicking like right out of a street fighter game lol.
Love the change from bumbling idiot to competent fighter, reminds you that despite everything he’s been practising and training this sort of thing, ties in nicely with his power literally being ‘if at first you dont’ suceed, die, try again’
I think this was established when Zeke and the Master had kidnapped Ethan. He tried to kill himself in order to respawn outside of the cage they had him in.
volcarthe
2 years ago
Is Ethan smart enough to have a cyanide tooth for emergencies?
I mean sure, whatever you want, but logically the only person that punishes is me, not him. I mean, I feel like if you are okay with the idea of ads in general as a way to provide passive support to my website, and you see an ad for something you don’t support, just let them pay for the impression with no hope of turning it into a sale, no? Their ten cents (or whatever) becomes my ten cents, and the only thing it costs you is an eyeroll at their chintzy garbage. We don’t choose the ads, they come… Read more »
Sorry I was trying to be funny, and wasn’t thinking of how you would interpret that. I leave my ad filter off on this website and I’m both a patreon of this and Starcaster. I just really hate that ridiculous traitor and wanted to snark.
No worries, it did read a bit straight-talk, but I understand the sentiment.
Crestlinger
2 years ago
Yeah come to think of it, he really doesn’t have to worry about breaking any bones hitting someone as, apart from the pain and such, he just has to respawn and all good.
Hit em with the wet end! Traumatize Them!
Last edited 2 years ago by Crestlinger
Number51x
2 years ago
He only annoyed that second biker. He’s going to get shot again, and this time it might be non-lethal on purpose.
Ethan definitely has reservations about killing people, and he’s not going to shoot them, though he probably should.
HarvestDude™
2 years ago
Great video game reference! Throw a stone those who didn’t die a couple times when facing a game boss. Atta boy, Ethan!
Charles Gollmar
2 years ago
“Ow!” doesn’t really fill one with confidence that that was a debilitating blow. Will Ethan follow up with another move or get shot again?
Smith
2 years ago
You know, this begs the question. Does he have any control over where he respawns? Cause him being on the table kinda makes me think he has some sort of overview of the immediate area and can decide ‘Ok, spawn here in this position’.
Yakumo
2 years ago
I just realized. Reasonably so, but clearly, Misfits did air in the universe, or at least Ethan never saw it. Otherwise he should belted out Sheehan’s line “A list Baby!” (I might have that off, but that’s how I remember it when he was dug up having gone a whole season metaphorically dying to find out because he had to literally do so.
Joejoe
2 years ago
The body disappears? Pretty sure we had a comic in the past where Ethan was harvesting his own blood, so how’s that work?
24
Smooth. Oddly smooth for Ethan. Only took 2 tries.
Third time’s the charm?
Let’s admit it, folks. We always find it at least a bit surprising, when Ethan kicks ass like that. We just keep forgetting, that he’s a trained fighter who’s clearly at least decent at it. It’s not like he’s facing professional warriors, but still. They may be surprised out of their wits, but they have experience fighting. Delivering a kick to one head AND a thrown object to another head, before they can even react, takes skill. I think his constant antics and attitude, plus the memory of Ethan 1.0 most of us still carry, are something Tim exploits pretty… Read more »
Hey… if he can’t stay dead, as mentioned in a previous comic, that just means that he’s effectively Dark Soul’d his way into ‘getting gud’ when it comes to fighting.
Makes me wish for Tim to show us more of his early training. Because, in many ways, his “can’t stay dead” power would lead him to make a whole new kind of silly and funny mistakes when learning. Just as it may enable him to train in ways that others can’t, and even develop some “signature moves” that rely on his power.
It’d just look like a Edge of Tomorrow training montage thou, in a lot of ways.
Never watched it, so I guess the idea may look more interesting to me? Who knows.
Plus he has the advantage of being able to practice real world applications of his techniques without worrying. Anyone else would practice and practice but never get an opportunity to do it for real without risking their life. Ethan on the other hand can try out different moves and ‘survive’ to learn which ones are a bad idea.
Edit: I somehow missed the entire post below me saying the same thing in far few words.
With these powers, Ethan could have easily been the villain in a horror movie. 😛
Hallowethan
Ooh. Scary. Similar to “It follows”.
Ohh, like the unbelievably slow spoon killer!
Oh, oh! How about a Winter-Een-Mas themed villain?
Maybe some unique circumstances when he respawned, created a clone that he’s unaware of and turned evil for some reason. Like Savitar in the Flash TV series.
Ummmmm… Not necessarily a clone, but what if someone became like, a Winter-Een-Mas zealot? The holiday they created spawns their arch nemesis.
Both ideas work. Yours is simpler, yet it still creates a link between our heroes and the villain.
On that… We’re yet to see what happens with the troll. That looked kinda like the most popular origin story for DC’s Joker. And just like that story further justifies the Joker’s fixation with Batman, we can totally expect the troll to obsess over Ethan (and maybe Lucas).
There actually is a villain in a Kamen Rider series from a few years back whom did do it, but he was limited to 99 lives. The guy was an absolute mad man.
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, only available through *ahem* fansub torrents…
We seriously need to phase out all escapism from human culture.
I have a bit of a confession to make. It took me today number of pages of this comic to realize that even the buckle of Ethan’s utility belt is controller-shaped.
And yes, I fully realize that I’m talking about a buckle in a comic created by Tim Buckley.
Never underestimate the subtle details of Tim. Keep a close eye on background details in a lot of his different comics. One such example is the Starcaster comics; ever noticed that every single Starcaster has a different unique design? I’m more impressed that he doesn’t mix them up on occasion.
I imagine the folder structure for the art assets on Tim’s computer is…elaborate.
whaddayamean?
Everything is neatly organized in the folder “D:\ART\stuff”
I wonder if Ethan has some control over where he respawns or if he’s just gotten really good at reacting to it.
lol – I just asked a similar question, clearly I should have read the comments more carefully first… 🙂
I just noticed something… not just Ethan’s body but also his clothes etc. respawn. Even his hairdo!
So… “Gyah! I spilled soup on my favorite shirt!”, solution: Suicide & Respawn!
“Gyah! The wind messed up my hair!”, solution: Suicide & Respawn!
“Gyah! That pickpocket just rolled my favorite watch!”, solution: Suicide & Respawn!
So basically, if you don’t succeed at first: Suicide & Respawn!
The only thing might be timing, you need to suicide right away or the save state you wish for might have already been overwritten…
(Kids, don’t try this at home!)
Ethan’s power is respawning not save scumming. For all we know the power only brings him back to his last healthy state, not a “save state”.
So suiciding because your shirt got messed up might just respawn you with the messed up shirt, cause you were healthy, just healthy and a little messy.
you love to see it
Ethan’s crouch kicking like right out of a street fighter game lol.
Love the change from bumbling idiot to competent fighter, reminds you that despite everything he’s been practising and training this sort of thing, ties in nicely with his power literally being ‘if at first you dont’ suceed, die, try again’
That’s a really interesting view on his power and very empowering.
Hahaha nice. It just clicked for me: these guys are the Sun Devils
The guys Cort had to deliver stuff to in order to pay for ship repairs and not become a new host for a worm colony were also the Sun Devils
Persistent little bunch of hoodlums.
He can control where he respawns? Somehow I missed this.
So, he has some control over where and in what position he respawns. Parameters such as distance are unknown.
I think this was established when Zeke and the Master had kidnapped Ethan. He tried to kill himself in order to respawn outside of the cage they had him in.
Is Ethan smart enough to have a cyanide tooth for emergencies?
…And would the tooth respawn?
Nope. He tried killing himself back when the Master had him locked in a cell, and was unable to.
True, but this is a while after that. He might’ve learned from that experience and taken extra measures since.
He’d accidentally bite it several times a day. “Oh, a walnut, I can open it with my teeth”
…makes me wonder if he gets to somehow choose where he respawns. Obviously not right at his body… wonder what the range is?
I’m trying to imagine the mess he’d have if his dead body didn’t disappear when he respawned.
Like the motel room in Preacher with the angels?
Ok if Donald Trump silver(?) coins are going to be all over my screen the ad filter is going back on…
I mean sure, whatever you want, but logically the only person that punishes is me, not him. I mean, I feel like if you are okay with the idea of ads in general as a way to provide passive support to my website, and you see an ad for something you don’t support, just let them pay for the impression with no hope of turning it into a sale, no? Their ten cents (or whatever) becomes my ten cents, and the only thing it costs you is an eyeroll at their chintzy garbage. We don’t choose the ads, they come… Read more »
Sorry I was trying to be funny, and wasn’t thinking of how you would interpret that. I leave my ad filter off on this website and I’m both a patreon of this and Starcaster. I just really hate that ridiculous traitor and wanted to snark.
No worries, it did read a bit straight-talk, but I understand the sentiment.
Yeah come to think of it, he really doesn’t have to worry about breaking any bones hitting someone as, apart from the pain and such, he just has to respawn and all good.
Hit em with the wet end! Traumatize Them!
He only annoyed that second biker. He’s going to get shot again, and this time it might be non-lethal on purpose.
They don‘t know he can only respawn when he dies. So far they might as well assume that his powers can be triggered at will.
How do you set a pistol to stun?
Ethan definitely has reservations about killing people, and he’s not going to shoot them, though he probably should.
Great video game reference! Throw a stone those who didn’t die a couple times when facing a game boss. Atta boy, Ethan!
“Ow!” doesn’t really fill one with confidence that that was a debilitating blow. Will Ethan follow up with another move or get shot again?
You know, this begs the question. Does he have any control over where he respawns? Cause him being on the table kinda makes me think he has some sort of overview of the immediate area and can decide ‘Ok, spawn here in this position’.
I just realized. Reasonably so, but clearly, Misfits did air in the universe, or at least Ethan never saw it. Otherwise he should belted out Sheehan’s line “A list Baby!” (I might have that off, but that’s how I remember it when he was dug up having gone a whole season metaphorically dying to find out because he had to literally do so.
The body disappears? Pretty sure we had a comic in the past where Ethan was harvesting his own blood, so how’s that work?