It takes a lot of will to admit that you were a badguy and doing evil. Power to him to admitting that to himself and thanking his item for getting unbounded.
Yeah, part of any Twelve Step program is admitting your errors and making some level of restitution. Sounds like he’s been through Supervillain Anonymous.
Personally, I don’t care what Belkar’s real reasoning is. If he’s consistently doing the right things for the team, I don’t mind him being on the team.
More relevant to this story, if Lester acts more like a hero than Tyler’s parents, as little as it would take to do that, it’s an overall win. I’m expecting Lester will fly over that hurdle without even noticing it like the buried rod that it is.
It’s also about what his new actions do to him. “People don’t just change who they are inside in an instant. It doesn’t work like that. It takes time, so you don’t even know you’re changing. Until one day, you’re just a little different than you used to be and you can’t even tell what happened.” (Also Belkar.. paraphrased for language just in case).
“Starwand”? The implication when we first met Lester was that the Revenant (“gadget nut in a cape”) was responsible for him losing the Manacle — using wits, not magic.
Incidentally, “Starwand” could be a play on DC’s Starman, his son who became Starman II, and the current wielder of their source of power Star. They got their powers from a high-tech staff. That technically qualifies them all as “gadget nuts”, especially where Star also wears the Cosmic Converter Belt.
Or maybe Starwand just has one gadget from the stars, but has found that a bunch of Earth gadgets could be useful in some of the corners of the wand’s limitations. And, as it happens, a core feature of the wand assists with juggling all of the different gadgets. Note: Starwand’s gadgets tend to be a bit more magical than the Revenant’s.
I like it. The ratio of batman vs anyone else cosplayers is what, 99 to 1? Why would the revenant be the only caped gadget guy? It’s cool that not everything in the world revolves around the revenant too.
Alternatively, getting fire from Olympus does not seem to be within the revenant’s skillset, so hiring some magical helper isn’t really far fetched.
“Right. Right. Fine. We were bad for each other. Yes…. Anyway, not that it’s any of my business anymore, but… Well, I saw you with the Hammer of Hephaestus over there… How’s that going?”
It takes a lot of will to admit that you were a badguy and doing evil. Power to him to admitting that to himself and thanking his item for getting unbounded.
Yeah, part of any Twelve Step program is admitting your errors and making some level of restitution. Sounds like he’s been through Supervillain Anonymous.
Either that or he is playing the chain’s emotions to get it to help him from the rubble. Yes I’m a cynic
Personally, I don’t care what Belkar’s real reasoning is. If he’s consistently doing the right things for the team, I don’t mind him being on the team.
More relevant to this story, if Lester acts more like a hero than Tyler’s parents, as little as it would take to do that, it’s an overall win. I’m expecting Lester will fly over that hurdle without even noticing it like the buried rod that it is.
My dog acts more like a hero than Tyler’s parents and I don’t have a pet.
It’s also about what his new actions do to him. “People don’t just change who they are inside in an instant. It doesn’t work like that. It takes time, so you don’t even know you’re changing. Until one day, you’re just a little different than you used to be and you can’t even tell what happened.” (Also Belkar.. paraphrased for language just in case).
(Still Lester is doing good as a hero here, the others are just super-heroes.)
Or he’s sulking again.
Zaglabor astragard! Hootrimansion Bambria~a~ar…
“Starwand”? The implication when we first met Lester was that the Revenant (“gadget nut in a cape”) was responsible for him losing the Manacle — using wits, not magic.
Yes. That was my guess too.
It’s possible it was a tandem effort between the Revenant and Starwand.
If it was just Starwand, it implies Starwand is a gadget nut rather than a magical superhero or someone with innate powers.
Is this a possible in-story ret-con by Aaron? He intended it to be The Revenant but changed his mind as the story progressed?
Incidentally, “Starwand” could be a play on DC’s Starman, his son who became Starman II, and the current wielder of their source of power Star. They got their powers from a high-tech staff. That technically qualifies them all as “gadget nuts”, especially where Star also wears the Cosmic Converter Belt.
Or maybe Starwand just has one gadget from the stars, but has found that a bunch of Earth gadgets could be useful in some of the corners of the wand’s limitations. And, as it happens, a core feature of the wand assists with juggling all of the different gadgets. Note: Starwand’s gadgets tend to be a bit more magical than the Revenant’s.
I like it. The ratio of batman vs anyone else cosplayers is what, 99 to 1? Why would the revenant be the only caped gadget guy? It’s cool that not everything in the world revolves around the revenant too.
Alternatively, getting fire from Olympus does not seem to be within the revenant’s skillset, so hiring some magical helper isn’t really far fetched.
“Right. Right. Fine. We were bad for each other. Yes…. Anyway, not that it’s any of my business anymore, but… Well, I saw you with the Hammer of Hephaestus over there… How’s that going?”
That, too. 😆
I think Lester sort of blamed the chain last page.