Comments (17)

• Fairportfan 8 years ago archived

  eek

• Sturzkampf 8 years ago archived

  Mr Thackerey is going to be so embarrassed by this picture.

• Heylir 8 years ago archived

  Well, it captures all the angsty part of that canon moment all right.

  
  

  Now I wonder how that moment would look if one draws it with accenting the triumph part, maybe, with an imaginary fiery spear Ben breaks the mirror with. :))

• Velgar 8 years ago archived

  Well. Never thought I'd regocnize myself in him. After all, he's so hardworking, always willing to try his darnest and wants to keep others trying their darnest as well. Those are not bad qualities to have.

• Ocean Burning. 8 years ago archived

  TFW the picky boss or manager who no one likes turns out to also be a human being with actual emotions

• billydaking 8 years ago archived

  Makes me realize how much I miss Ben's Derelict comic. He's amazing with speechless storytelling.

  • Disloyal Subject 8 years ago archived

    I had a hard time getting past the beginning. Should I give it another shot? I might have stopped prematurely; I was pretty disappointed in the discontinuation of Parallel Dementia, and Derelict seemed to be a very different story.

    I'm just glad that I finally listened to the friend trying to talk me into reading Sword Interval. I made some pretty undignified noises of delight at some of the characters recycled from PD.

    • billydaking 8 years ago archived

      I never read Parallel Dementia outside of a small dip in, so I can't compare.

      
      

      But Derelict is a slow burn that reveals more and more of the world and its characters as it goes, and the next thing you know, it's ablaze.

      
      

      The first part of the comic was complete; Ben stopped near the beginning of the second part, when Sword Interval started up.

      • Darkening 8 years ago archived

        Really, he abandoned another story? That's disappointing, I liked the early parts of Derelict, keep meaning to get caught back up on it :/

        • billydaking 8 years ago archived

          At last word, he was rethinking the story. I think trying to do two comics at the same time overwhelmed him a bit, and the second book of Derelict suffered from it. Plus, the Derelict site was hacked, which is why the pages are now on a Tumblr site. Last September, he wrote this: [https://derelictcomic.tumbl...](https://derelictcomic.tumblr.com/page/2 "https://derelictcomic.tumblr.com/page/2")

          
          

          EDIT: Also, check out his April 2017 post before that one. It explains pretty much why everything went off the rails and why Sword Interval became the priority for now.

    • Euodiachloris 8 years ago archived

      Derelict is still worth a looksee, even with it now being stuck as a shaggy dog. If only because of the ideas and the really gorgeous misty curilcues it has going on. :)

• non_canon 8 years ago archived

  I am utterly convinced that Mal and Wolfe will hear about, and address, everything that happened in this scene. There's no way that you can convince me that neither Sid nor any of the multiple people imprisoned in that hall are going to keep it under wraps forever, even if it's only mentioned in passing within hearing.

  • Heylir 8 years ago archived

    At some moment I actually wondered how much full and detailed account of their adventures general public (and future generations) would get. :))

    
    

    I easily can see Harry saying (for herself and for Mal, too) "We bound and desummoned [the list of the Deadlies], and that is that", though there will be questions about Lux and the island, certainly.

    
    

    But team B is a different matter. Still, somehow I doubt that they will tell everything about everything. :) Though the detailed account would provide very useful info for the case of that happens again.

    • non_canon 8 years ago archived

      I wonder too. The thing is that this particular part of it was rather public, although it would be interesting to see how people perceived it in canon.

  • Emily 8 years ago archived

    And with reassurances from them on top of Vee's "How dare you talk that way about my favourite cousin?", I think the emotional damage Ben inflicted on himself in that scene will be almost completely healed.

• ailruby 8 years ago archived

  So glad I could catch up and see the end of this series as it updated. I missed a few updates and forgot to check it. I think I started in around the Gluttony's arc. It was fun engaging and well thought out. I really look forward to what you are going to do next.

• Moe Lane 8 years ago archived

  Ben's webcomic Sword Interval is great, by the way. I recommend his Patreon: [https://www.patreon.com/der...](https://www.patreon.com/derelict/posts "https://www.patreon.com/derelict/posts"). ...And, yes, obviously Kate's, too: [https://www.patreon.com/Wid...](https://www.patreon.com/Widdershins/overview "https://www.patreon.com/Widdershins/overview"). I subscribe to both, happily.