talker said:
Imp Emissary said:
talker said:
Pffff. Gunlord can't die! He's the protagonist!
...right?
Actually I think that would be the players (Erin and Rad).
In the context of the comic, yes, But considering the game they're playing is a mix 'n match of Halo and Warhammer 40K and FPS games in general, it's safe to say Gunny is the protagonist marine/space soldier within the game. Erin and Rad are, at best, his plucky sidekicks.
Not garantueed - it is possible, but incredible rare, that the player-character and the main protagonist aren't the same person and you DO play the sidekick. But considering this game is probably a high budget game - parody or not - it's most likely not as that's something very experimental indie games try, if even they do it.
So, I came up with a few ideas of what happens next.
1 - the mentioned, unlikely "Gunny is not the Player Character" results in us just moving on as if nothing happened in terms of gameplay.
2 - He IS the player character and we see what happens in a playthrough if the player character dies and doesn't reload the last checkpoint
3 - Gunny respawns in an unknown timeframe
4 - A previous Checkpoint reloads with Gunny, Erin and Rad being aware of it
5 - A previous Checkpoint reloads with Erin and Rad being aware about it but Gunny is not
On a purely comedic look, 5 is the best option, closely followed by 4. On a more dramatic view, it's 2, folloed by 1. 3 can go either.
If we go with 5, Gunnys character development of the past three pages may or may not be undone.
Of course, there is a sixth and final option:
Gunny ain't dead! He somehow survived it in one way or another just barely - probably going to claim it's nothing, a fleshwound or something along those lines.
(I can see Cory and Grey already rolling a dice to decide, which of these six options it is going to be.
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