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Published: 2016-06-04 06:00:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2790; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 5
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Early release! So ends Aqualus vs Crystal, poor kid. So we get to see the final use of Crystal's arm gadget (there's actually one other use we haven't seen, but it's minor, so it doesn't matter to much) and that being the ability to relocate her team mates wherever she wants any time she wants, even if they are already out. The gadget also stores her other five Pokemon, so she can send them out anywhere she wants as well and do the same thing with them too, utilizing the speed of the return system while doing so. This is an ability she will be using frequently (if you're curious why she didn't do that earlier, it's because she didn't think it was necessary).Hope you enjoy, more coming soon!
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This is sad. Aqualis tried to save Tyler then Crystal killed him. He's not dead yet, but he'll die soon.
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It hurt but it take more than that to kill him.
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Sorry...hate to be that guy but...this is an example of deliberate setup. There are a few too many critical flaws with this comic page to be anything other than a deliberate setup. Take it as you will...but this is the way I see it.
Aqualus is 100% right. The ending here is not in any slight way "fair".
So let's start here on panel 3. Aqualus is dodging to the right to dodge the pokeball thrown. Simple and only about a foot off the ground to dodge. Makes sense. Next panel we have Crystal finishing the dodge she made to the right. So the lines spoken take about 3 seconds to to be spoken. By this point, Aqualus would already be on the ground again if gravity plays its roll correctly...5 seconds at the max for the dodge he made. So let's move on to the next two panels. The beam hits Aydrean and brings him back into the "ball" (this takes approximately 3-4 seconds, even with "priority") which would leave plenty of time for Aqualus to already be on the ground and readying another attack at Crystal. Next panel we have Aydrean being "relocated".
Now we come to the part where the page screams "deliberate!".
How...in the heck is Aqualus 5-6 feet off the ground suddenly if the dodge that he performed to evade the pokeball wasn't more than a foot or so off the ground? (look at the distance between his paws and the grass and his shadow to see what I mean)
And to add to this point, in the time that words are spoken in the next panels, Aqualus would already be on the ground and dodge again even if he leaped 5 feet in the air to dodge the pokeball. The issue here is inconsistency and really...lack of gravity?
Sorry for having to be that guy but...yeah...I'm that guy. This page isn't plausible no matter how you slice it. That's what I see and that's why I bring it up. I'm not putting down the comic...I'm just pointing out that the end result of this page is illogical to gravity and time flow itself.
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Well I thank you for mentioning your concerns, but I do have some rebuttals though.
1) When Crystal dodges Aqualus she says "Aydrean, relocate." That does not take three seconds to do, especially when giving a quick command. She could easily say that in one.
2) Aydrean was never returned. Crystal used a specific method called relocate. Relocating for Cyrstal means she points the gadget at Aydrean, it minimizes him and then she points the beam itself in a new spot and places him there. He was never actually returned to her. That's why we never see that happen. So she could literally move him over as fast as you could point a laser pointer. Aqualus wouldn't even be at the peak of his jump by the time she did that. The only question would be could he shrink down and raise back up in time. Well in the games, the switching system takes priority over literally everything, including protect, so she should have no problem performing this feat in no time at all.
3) Keep in mind also a small piece of Dialogue. When she says, Aydrean relocate, Aydrean responds, “Ok.” He is not confused or needs any time at all to understand what that means. That means that they have practiced this technique numerous times, so much so that all she has to say is, relocate, and he knows exactly what to do. Thus minimizing the reaction time on his part too. Ergo not only can Crystal herself do this incredibly fast, but Aydrean can too.
4) Aqualus is never 5 or 6 feet off the ground. I think you are confused because Vaporeon's average height is 3'3'', which would mean he'd about 5 or 6 feet or so in the panels right before he gets shot. However Aqualus is not 3'3'', he's not even close. As stated earlier in this comic by Crystal "He's not fully grown." and also earlier by Tyler, "Aqualus!? He's just a kid!" Aqualus is not fully grown (that is proven more so when Tyler and Harvest run up to him, as even though Eevee is only about a foot tall, he‘s not towering over them by comparison). His exact height is given in a character profile, it's 2'03'', making him a full foot shorter than an adult. Using his fore limb as reference (treating it as about 2 feet), we can see how high he is off the ground, and he's never even close to 6 feet. In the third pane, his shoulder is about three feet off the ground. In the sixth panel, he's about 4.5 feet off the ground. In the seventh panel he's about 4 feet off the ground (making 4.5 the peak of his jump, though if we measure form his hips instead of his shoulder, than he‘s about four feet in that panel too). Take Aqulaus’s height out of that, his feet are never more than 2 feet off the ground, which for a cat like creature, is a pretty small vertical leap.
So no, I don’t see the issues with the time or the way it’s presented. I think it’s fairly correct. I do think I should have angled him more sharply in the third panel to make this stuff clearer but other than that I think it’s sound.
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Points 1, 2, and 3 I can respect and understand after you've explained it.
Point 4 though... Unless everything was all happening in mere seconds, I could understand it. The problem as you said is that the angle of the dodge is more of a side hop than a leap up into the air from the perspective given. But still...does this account for gravity? In the time it's taking for charge beam to be released, I would still see time for Aqualus to have already landed.
Even if the return system has priority in the games that logic really doesn't fit into a comic that operates in real time events...in my honest opinion. I mean..other wise...you pretty much are removing gravity from the equation of this sequence.
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Everything does happen in mere seconds. It doesn't take him long at all to fire off Charge beam. You can see how fast he can charge it and fire it earlier in the fight if you want a reference. In Aqualus vs Cyrstal part 1, she tells him to take him out and in that panel he doesn't have charge beam in his mouth, not even charging. Aqualus is on all fours there. In Aqualus vs Crystal part2, the first panel, he's got it charged, ready to fire and all Aqualus has gotten to do was prepare a jump. That's all Aqualus could do before Charge beam was ready to fire. In the second panel, he's leaping over it, the beam has completely fired off and hit the ground by that time. So he can charge it and fire it nearly instantaneously and like mentioned before, he knew exactly what to do when she ordered relocate, so he should have no problem doing that either.
As for priority. Like I said, she should be able to do it as fast as you can point a laser pointer 45 degrees to the left, so she should have no problem putting him there long before Aqualus could do anything, literally all he has time to do is say, "Wha? That's not fair!" and as Aydrean shoots him, he comments "nobody said anything about playing fair boy!" That happens as he fires it, you can tell by two things. One, the shot where he's being hit, Aqualus' shoulder is about six feet off the ground, two feet higher than he was in the previous, so he has been sent back some in that shot and two, Aydrean is closer to Aqualus in the shot he's shooting him than he was when he was falling towards him. Meaning Aqualus fell towards him and was shot. Aydrean is also planted on the ground and is bent over more in that panel too.
Like I said, I do appreciate the points, but I think it's more sound than suggested.
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In concept yes, it's very sound. In execution it was hard to see. Now since you fully explain it... It all makes sense.
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YES! I'm glad someone else thought of such 'relocating' Pokemon while battling....!
Man, I love your comics now even more~!
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Yeah, figured that be a pretty useful thing to have, especially considering the return thing has priority too.
Glad you enjoy em!
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Oh no, and that burn looks like it hurts bad. D:
Run, Tyler, run!
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Was super effective from Hydreigon, so yeah probably does.
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Yeah, I just feel sorry for him. ;w;
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