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By: Rob W

Rob W — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:22:30 +0000

So far, at least, you’ve been striking a good balance, Cameron — I’m not a TV watcher, but I know the plotting errors the other posters are talking about, and I think you’re avoiding them. If there are too many loose ends to keep track of, we’ll get frustrated by the poor effort/payoff balance and lose interest. If there are too few mysteries, we’ll get bored and lose interest.

I’ll save my personal theories on where you’re headed (particularly since there’s an update tomorrow), but suffice it to say it’s all pretty amorphous for now, I’ve got a decent grasp on the current loose ends, and I’m trusting you!

@Roo: sometimes it’s worth it to revisit some of those dreary novels you slogged through so painfully in high school. The literature itself doesn’t change, but you do, and I’ve been startled at how much the 17-year-old me totally missed.

By: bird

bird — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:25:50 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding!

By: Roo

Roo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:28:41 +0000

I’d just like to say: Dickens?! *shudder*

By: Adso

Adso — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:44:25 +0000

My one big guess as far as theories go is that Vacek is in fact his grandfather and that Wesley and the woman are part of a secret organization that helps people fake their deaths and move on to some second life.

By: bird

bird — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:03:54 +0000

his chapters* excuse moi.

By: bird

bird — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:03:29 +0000

As far as the Lost debate goes, in some cases sensationalism and cliff-hangers don’t always have to be bad. Look at Dickens, his stories always end on cliff-hangers and even though he manages to weave everything together, sometimes there are just amazing loopholes that take some suspension of disbelief, and I looove Dickens.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:58:38 +0000

I’m really enjoying this webcomic. I found it through Transmission X, because I read a number of others linked there, and when I gave this one it’s chance, I took the entire thing in in about a day, reading back to the beginning. I haven’t done that with many webcomics, but this one was worth the effort.

I can’t say I fully understand what is going on, but I have ideas. To me, the woman in black is Death, the ultimate character in black. Aside from Johnny Cash. Her initial is “D”, she is seen at the graveyard, and when the main character’s grandfather only wanted to die, he was the happiest he had been in a long time once they met.

The memories, room #3, I have fewer assumptions on, but they would all have to link back to the woman being Death itself. Perhaps she is collecting their memories so they will never be lost. Wesley could be her agent, or another side of her, the crueller side of death, if you will.

Even if I am way off the base, I still love the comic.

By: Roo

Roo — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:30:18 +0000

Well, it’s working. I’m hooked; every week I come back for more, knowing that it’ll just frustrate me, wanting it to come faster. Some webcomics I read (Sam Logan’s Sam and Fuzzy for example) I can just put down for a month or two, wait till the story’s progressed, then go catch up, archive binging. Every week, I say I’m going to bookmark this, and let it sit for a few weeks, and every week, I come back.

Remember how room #3 didn’t have a video camera at the point where it should have? I think that’s a clue that the whole thing’s taking place in his head. Wesley, the woman in black, the memories, they might be real, but it’s all in his head. They can muck with reality not because they’re angels, daemons, or aliens, but because they’re in his brain, screwing with him. For the purpose of… the purpose of… well, screwing with him. We’ll get to that later.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:07:35 +0000

He’s his own grandfather!
He’s his own grandfather!

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:44:22 +0000

I don’t have any real theories so far, but I’m hoping that it’s not going to turn out to be a sci fi or fantasy story. What I really like about Sin Titulo is the gritty realism — I mean, it starts out with a guy who didn’t know his grandfather had died until a month after the fact. The story feels very much like a psychological film noir to me, and I’m hoping it’ll continue in that vein. The scene in Room 3 especially seemed like a psychotherapy session.

I guess we’ll see, which is the best part! You’re doing well keeping up the suspense without making it feel like cliffhangerer after cliffhanger for no reason, though, so good job there.