AAAAAAAAAAAA Pepper down the stairs Pepper down the stairs Pepper down the stairs :peachy-aaa::peachy-aaa::peachy-aaa:
I need this, please please please make Pepper and Ares meet
Also I’ve been thinking these last few updates, and my new theory is that Claire creates the layers but Chloe destroys them somehow, maybe not intentionally, but I’m really starting to believe that once Chloe is *done* something happens to the layer and Claire has to start again
And if that’s the case, maybe the reason Claire is so afraid of Pepper’s steps towards the Stairs is because she doesn’t want *Chloe* to know, maybe she’s afraid Pepper would tell Chloe about the layers and that would make Chloe destroy yet another layer and Claire would have to start again and lose everything again :clair-sad: That would explain why Claire was so panicked and unsure of what to do when she went to Pepper’s place after she saw his paw prints towards the Stairs, I don’t think she would harm him or make him disappear if he told her he knows about the Stairs, I think she just really doesn’t want him to tell Chloe
kinda dialogue that makes me nervous what issue #500 will be:clair-surprise: (it’s getting surprisingly closer feels like it was just #400:clair-what2:)
I could totally see him finally building up the courage to go to Ares and then bump into Clair on the way out. With like a weeks worth of supplies on his back lol
I feel like at that point shed have to start talking about SOMETHING. I dont think he would get the full story regardless of who he talks to about it first though. It seems ares is biased against clair and might not even know the full reason why clair does what she does. Clair seems like the type to omit important details to keep things convenient. She’s definitely trying to shoulder some herculean task by herself and I dont think shes planning to change that any time soon.
:clair-surprise: :pepper-surprise:
your literal own steps. your steppies. your diagonal walking surfaces. your upwards-going house planks. and don’t forget you have to come back down them again.
whereas achilles just fucked off and went, I feel like pepper is going to concoct an elaborate plan to cover his absence. perhaps involving many gay innuendos. :steak:
although I personally wish he would just go (after conquering his fears) and not worry about the consequences. I almost feel like that would be better. I mean, I think clair would have to go find him then I guess. she already suspected he found the stairs, if he suddenly disappears I think she’d put it together. but that would still give him a huge head start. and how would she leave without causing a huge stir among the aminals? besides leaving halo head in achilles’ care for some excuse. but that could also potentially involve achilles lying. and I dunno, what would pepper be expecting to come back to anyway? would he be expecting to salvage some sort of normalcy after his adventure? how can you predict the aftermath of whatever kind of knowledge he is bound to learn? I kind of hope he just throws planning to the wind, since the outcome seems like it would be pretty unpredictable.
I can’t fucking WAIT for him and ares to meet. I can only imagine the info that could get dumped
I reread the last few pages and I gotta say, I really like that, after the end of the sequence with Pepper and Chloe and before the beginning of this dream sequence, we got that brief scene with Achilles and Clair, for a couple reasons:
1.) It adds a bit more mystery to the beginning of this dream because from that initial panel alone, the dream could conceivably be Chloe’s, Pepper’s, or even Clair’s. It’s not until the subsequent panels that we figure out whose dream it is.
2.) It creates some really interesting parallels between Clair and Pepper. Both characters are asleep (or in Clair’s case, barely awake), and both characters are telling someone else about their fears (Clair’s fear of failing and Pepper’s fear of those stairs). In a way, both of them are being a bit more vulnerable, and that’s especially clear here with Pepper’s unusually timid body language.
something i think is real interesting about these dreams is that as far as we know, pepper’s never actually SEEN bestie ares. and yet here she is appearing just as achilles saw. and it makes sense, since theyre all creations of clair, arent they?
this might sound like an insane stretch, but i NEED to throw it out there in case i’m right. a lot of people, myself included, already theorize that halo head takes place within the headspace of a system, meaning this all takes place within one brain. with that in mind… what if this is actually ares?
like. it’s not entirely, fully ares, and she wouldn’t have any memory of this, but considering that this may be a system, it’s not out of the realm of possibility this is genuinely a fragment of ares speaking directly to pepper, in both dreams. it’s not just his stress dream’s version of her, it’s genuinely the overall system’s mind allowing a piece of her to talk to him.
this isn’t even super unprecedented, as achillies’ extremely literal metaphor carried conversation with him too. There’s a chance that something sorta similar happened there, only with a fragment of achillies speaking to. well. achillies.
slight amendment to my own theory – upon rereading the achilles extremely literal metaphor, i’m actually more confident in this thought, because the personality of the extremely literal metaphor is completely different from achilles himself. it’s likely someone else speaking through a fragment of achilles, or maybe it’s a fragment of achilles mixed up with a few other stray fragments here and there. who knows. either way, there’s definitely some common thread here between the achilles extremely literal metaphor and stress dream ares.
“Your own steps” UPSTAIRS ROOM REVEAL INCOMING???
OH GOD
This shit is about to get fucked
Hi i’m This shit, pleased to meet you
Dude what if his upstairs has like. Idk pics of other family or smth. And now he knows it’s all false memories
idk throwing ideas at the wall ~
I assumed the “Pepper going down the layers” arc would come much later but I’m down for it happening whenever
AAAAAAAAAAAA Pepper down the stairs Pepper down the stairs Pepper down the stairs :peachy-aaa::peachy-aaa::peachy-aaa:
I need this, please please please make Pepper and Ares meet
aaaaaa i want him to go down the stairs so bad!!!!
Also I’ve been thinking these last few updates, and my new theory is that Claire creates the layers but Chloe destroys them somehow, maybe not intentionally, but I’m really starting to believe that once Chloe is *done* something happens to the layer and Claire has to start again
And if that’s the case, maybe the reason Claire is so afraid of Pepper’s steps towards the Stairs is because she doesn’t want *Chloe* to know, maybe she’s afraid Pepper would tell Chloe about the layers and that would make Chloe destroy yet another layer and Claire would have to start again and lose everything again :clair-sad: That would explain why Claire was so panicked and unsure of what to do when she went to Pepper’s place after she saw his paw prints towards the Stairs, I don’t think she would harm him or make him disappear if he told her he knows about the Stairs, I think she just really doesn’t want him to tell Chloe
Train to go down stairs by going up them first. The pepper room reveal is coming soon I can feel it. :pepper-scruffy:
steps huh like stairs huh take them HUH c’mon let’s go
kinda dialogue that makes me nervous what issue #500 will be:clair-surprise: (it’s getting surprisingly closer feels like it was just #400:clair-what2:)
I could totally see him finally building up the courage to go to Ares and then bump into Clair on the way out. With like a weeks worth of supplies on his back lol
I feel like at that point shed have to start talking about SOMETHING. I dont think he would get the full story regardless of who he talks to about it first though. It seems ares is biased against clair and might not even know the full reason why clair does what she does. Clair seems like the type to omit important details to keep things convenient. She’s definitely trying to shoulder some herculean task by herself and I dont think shes planning to change that any time soon.
:clair-surprise: :pepper-surprise:
I completely forgot that he just doesn’t go upstairs anymore
it’s strange seeing Pepper this sheepish.. finally letting down the facade for the stress dream
I was gonna say the same thing! usually he is so cool and put together. I bet his tail is inbetween his legs
It’s time for the therapy doggo to face his own fears!
your literal own steps. your steppies. your diagonal walking surfaces. your upwards-going house planks. and don’t forget you have to come back down them again.
whereas achilles just fucked off and went, I feel like pepper is going to concoct an elaborate plan to cover his absence. perhaps involving many gay innuendos. :steak:
although I personally wish he would just go (after conquering his fears) and not worry about the consequences. I almost feel like that would be better. I mean, I think clair would have to go find him then I guess. she already suspected he found the stairs, if he suddenly disappears I think she’d put it together. but that would still give him a huge head start. and how would she leave without causing a huge stir among the aminals? besides leaving halo head in achilles’ care for some excuse. but that could also potentially involve achilles lying. and I dunno, what would pepper be expecting to come back to anyway? would he be expecting to salvage some sort of normalcy after his adventure? how can you predict the aftermath of whatever kind of knowledge he is bound to learn? I kind of hope he just throws planning to the wind, since the outcome seems like it would be pretty unpredictable.
I can’t fucking WAIT for him and ares to meet. I can only imagine the info that could get dumped
i really wanna see the mysterious room of peppers house
Yes, some very literal steps please yes I want my two favorite characters to really meet.
I reread the last few pages and I gotta say, I really like that, after the end of the sequence with Pepper and Chloe and before the beginning of this dream sequence, we got that brief scene with Achilles and Clair, for a couple reasons:
1.) It adds a bit more mystery to the beginning of this dream because from that initial panel alone, the dream could conceivably be Chloe’s, Pepper’s, or even Clair’s. It’s not until the subsequent panels that we figure out whose dream it is.
2.) It creates some really interesting parallels between Clair and Pepper. Both characters are asleep (or in Clair’s case, barely awake), and both characters are telling someone else about their fears (Clair’s fear of failing and Pepper’s fear of those stairs). In a way, both of them are being a bit more vulnerable, and that’s especially clear here with Pepper’s unusually timid body language.
something i think is real interesting about these dreams is that as far as we know, pepper’s never actually SEEN bestie ares. and yet here she is appearing just as achilles saw. and it makes sense, since theyre all creations of clair, arent they?
Ares said find my pages :mors:
this might sound like an insane stretch, but i NEED to throw it out there in case i’m right. a lot of people, myself included, already theorize that halo head takes place within the headspace of a system, meaning this all takes place within one brain. with that in mind… what if this is actually ares?
like. it’s not entirely, fully ares, and she wouldn’t have any memory of this, but considering that this may be a system, it’s not out of the realm of possibility this is genuinely a fragment of ares speaking directly to pepper, in both dreams. it’s not just his stress dream’s version of her, it’s genuinely the overall system’s mind allowing a piece of her to talk to him.
this isn’t even super unprecedented, as achillies’ extremely literal metaphor carried conversation with him too. There’s a chance that something sorta similar happened there, only with a fragment of achillies speaking to. well. achillies.
slight amendment to my own theory – upon rereading the achilles extremely literal metaphor, i’m actually more confident in this thought, because the personality of the extremely literal metaphor is completely different from achilles himself. it’s likely someone else speaking through a fragment of achilles, or maybe it’s a fragment of achilles mixed up with a few other stray fragments here and there. who knows. either way, there’s definitely some common thread here between the achilles extremely literal metaphor and stress dream ares.
I-I Just EFF-ing realised that Ares has a notch taken out of her ear, does that coincide with the sicssors cutting pages from the book perhaps?