#061 - The Insider
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Clearly the box at the end is some kind of significant reference and I do not get it. Anyone care to explain?
...Ow. Ow my feels... Not sure what's really going on, but that last panel really tugged at my heartstrings...
My best guess is to stick with the Fight Club theory: that everything Rad does is actually stuff that Erin is doing. If both Erin and Rad are asleep, then that would mean her mind is fully asleep. As such, perhaps the box is the little corner of Erin's mind that the Rad personality occupies.NinjaDeathSlap said:
Like I said, that's just a guess though.
What's odd is that he isn't wearing his signature cap, inside the box. This may be foreshadowing for the next "arc" or a delve into Rad's past.RJ 17 said:My best guess is to stick with the Fight Club theory: that everything Rad does is actually stuff that Erin is doing. If both Erin and Rad are asleep, then that would mean her mind is fully asleep. As such, perhaps the box is the little corner of Erin's mind that the Rad personality occupies.NinjaDeathSlap said:
Like I said, that's just a guess though.
EDIT:
The box may also be a reference to him being a 90's era "platformer mascot", like Sonic or Mario. Hence the yellow !, instead of ?
I guess the authors think anti-depressants are like a crutch that stops you from learning to walk again properly.
Erin's obviously been like this for quite some time. She's afraid of the outside world and has very little contact with her family. Those pills are obviously for her psychosis. The game characters are just the newest manifestation of her psychosis and getting rid of the medicine seems like a pretty obvious thing to do. When last did a mentally ill person agree that they need the meds, without anyone else's involvement?warmachine said:
*Annoyingly catchy saturday morning cartoon jingle*xxobot said:
Guuuny and Murderbat. It's Gunny and Murderbat!
They fight crime!(and aliens)
Besides, I think it's obvious that Murderbat is simply biding his time, waiting for the perfect moment to drop on some thugs and begin the rise of his status as MurderBatMan, World's Greatest Bat Detective.
Like in Season One of Heroes! There was a guy who (before Skyler killed him) had the ability to foretell the future through his paintings.Synigma said:
I'm with you. The Fight Club theory is still holding water at this point.RJ 17 said:My best guess is to stick with the Fight Club theory: that everything Rad does is actually stuff that Erin is doing. If both Erin and Rad are asleep, then that would mean her mind is fully asleep. As such, perhaps the box is the little corner of Erin's mind that the Rad personality occupies.NinjaDeathSlap said:
Like I said, that's just a guess though.
Just need a penguin to walk up to Rad in the next comic and tell him to "slide".IceForce said:I'm with you. The Fight Club theory is still holding water at this point.RJ 17 said:My best guess is to stick with the Fight Club theory: that everything Rad does is actually stuff that Erin is doing. If both Erin and Rad are asleep, then that would mean her mind is fully asleep. As such, perhaps the box is the little corner of Erin's mind that the Rad personality occupies.NinjaDeathSlap said:
Like I said, that's just a guess though.
NinjaDeathSlap said:
Actually no I don't think they do, considering some of the earlier comic strips showcasing Erin's batshit craziness. And if it was implying she didn't need them, Rocket wouldn't look so guilty about what he did, and trying to hide it.warmachine said:
Though yeah, what is the box thing? The Fight Club theory doesn't explain a box with an exclamation mark on the side. All I could think was MGS or something. Any game references to having a metal box with a "!" on it that glowed brightly?
When I saw that crate with a '!' on it, I thought it was dropped there by Mother Base after being called by Big Boss. But then I remember '!' boxes from Super Mario 64, the ones that had those special caps, so I'm going with we're going to see the game world Rad came from.
As Rad is from a long forgotten late 80's/early 90's platformer game, the !-box is likely a Mario-esque powerup box. I am thinking his manifestation of his gameworld is a frozen wasteland now that no one remembers/plays anymore and he doesn't want to go back to it. Hence him keeping Erin off her psych-meds and him free to run around and hang out with someone. But that is just a spitball guess, will need to see if they show whats going on in the snowy setting.Happyninja42 said:
Rad is Tyler is Erin.