The Young Protectors: Double-Cross Chapter One—Pages 56 and 57

August 20, 2019 Alex Woolfson 42 Comments

POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP!

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ANNIVERSARY PATRON THANK YOUS

It’s my great pleasure to send out another, very special Woolfpack anniversary “thank you!” to the superheroes of this comic who have been supporting our work month after month!

First let me thank a pack member who has been supporting our work for the last 12 months as of this week (Aug 18-24):

LeahLiddell

(You totally rock, LeahLiddell!)

I’d like to send out a big thank you to members of the Woolfpack who have been supporting our work for 24 months of this week (Aug 18-24):

Adam, Shannon B., Shawn C., Buck D., Chris D., David G., Steven H., Alexandros I., Alexandra K., Mark L., Lisa M., Peter M., Brayon N., Ian R., and Meg S.

(Two years of support! Thank you so much, Adam, Shannon, Shawn, Buck, Chris, David, Steven, Alexandros, Alexandra, Mark, Lisa, Peter, Brayon, Ian, and Meg!)

And let me also send out my biggest howl to those members of the Woolfpack who have been supporting this comic and our work from the very beginning!

These are the awesome readers who have been supporting me and this comic for 48 months (4 years!) as of this week (Aug 18-24):

Arkenian, Jen H., and Kirk S.

Thank you so much, Arkenian, Jen, and Kirk! Y’all are so awesome!

Thank you all so much for your amazing, ongoing support! It’s the consistent support that is what really allows me to continue making this comic. You all truly are superheroes!

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SO

So! It looks like cracking the artifact generated some kind of shock wave. That I expected. But what are all those things popping into existence? And what will they do to our heroes?

Tune in this Saturday to find out! Hope to see you there! 😀

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Comments From The Young Protectors Community

bronakopdin says:
August 17, 2019
Nate says:
August 17, 2019
As the old song goes: Once you pop…
w_period_r_period_cl says:
August 17, 2019
Massive heartfelt groan.
alexwoolfson says:
August 20, 2019
Ha! That’s a fun image. Glad you’re looking forward to what’s next!
alexwoolfson says:
August 20, 2019
Nate:
As the old song goes: Once you pop…
I suppose they could all be Pringles…
w_period_r_period_cl:
Massive heartfelt groan.
What do you think is going on, William?
dswxyz says:
August 21, 2019
Well, as usual, I failed to predict this. I have no idea what this is. Yes, it’s a sphere, so there’s a slight chance that this is the Sphere Celestiale that Spooky wants to find (first mention: https://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ2/spooky-jones-past-sins-page-64/), but it would be a heck of a coincidence. Those Tic Tac sprinkles don’t look like representations of stars to me.
I really don’t know. Maybe those things are portals as someone else suggested. Could be the eyes of a thousand angels about to see who’s disturbed their slumber. Maybe they’re Tholian ships about to weave a web around our heroes, trapping them inside. Maybe this is Purgatory’s idea of an IKEA catalogue and we’re all gonna get bombarded with ads for the latest fjords. Maybe this is a large astral teabagging. We just gotta wait ‘n’ see.
Also, you have to wonder how many of the kids back at the car are using cell phones to upload to Instagram, etc. pictures or videos of what they’re seeing. ExSec is gonna love this.
w_period_r_period_cl says:
August 21, 2019
It’s that punchline, “once you pop, you just can’t stop”. Great pain! Arghhhhh! As to what’s going on? The blood magic may well have opened the portal(s) for a form of “para-demons” to come to the aid of PP and friends to help open a larger door for someone like Kyle’s daddy. Really hope not!
JujYFru1T says:
August 21, 2019
welp. puffs on pipe there are too many holes to plug in this here boat
aaaa but this is REALLY BAD. Instead of just one portal to who knows where, now there’s…? whatever, one was bad enough!!! what if they’re ALL space vacuums?! Or each one is a portal other worlds, or various levels of hell??? anguished flailing
alexwoolfson says:
August 27, 2019
dswxyz:
I really don’t know. Maybe those things are portals as someone else suggested. Could be the eyes of a thousand angels about to see who’s disturbed their slumber. Maybe they’re Tholian ships about to weave a web around our heroes, trapping them inside. Maybe this is Purgatory’s idea of an IKEA catalogue and we’re all gonna get bombarded with ads for the latest fjords. Maybe this is a large astral teabagging. We just gotta wait ‘n’ see.
Still loving your speculation, David. My favorite is the Tholian web.
dswxyz:
Also, you have to wonder how many of the kids back at the car are using cell phones to upload to Instagram, etc. pictures or videos of what they’re seeing. ExSec is gonna love this.
The Platinum Priestess’s plan was to take them from their beds. Of course, it’s quite possible one of them snuck a cell phone under the covers that night.
w_period_r_period_cl:
The blood magic may well have opened the portal(s) for a form of “para-demons” to come to the aid of PP and friends to help open a larger door for someone like Kyle’s daddy. Really hope not!
Oo. I like that speculation too.
JujYFru1T:
one was bad enough!!! what if they’re ALL space vacuums?! Or each one is a portal other worlds, or various levels of hell??? anguished flailing
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Demon popcorn

Great page! It really lets us get the layout of what is going on where.

I swear if there are Krackles next, Imma going into hiding.

Poltergeist callback: “What’s happening?!!”

Thiiis can’t be good *starts counting mini portal*

Oh look, people by the car

Chances that they’re friendly i’m Guessing are not high

it’s the saved kids most likely… chances that they’re unfriendly might be excsssively lower x’D

Is that where Mitch was taking the kids, perhaps?

my thoughts exactly, it was even said he should take them to the car.

Delete me.

Celestial Sphere …
Everything in it is going to hell, literally.

And That reveals the name of the Story…
“Double Cross”
Platinum Priestess tricked into thinking it was a portal
To finish what she started.

Instead gets dragged to hell.

Or it could be that kanya who sold it the shard to Spooky,
Because him getting the shard was a necessary ingredient of veliok dragging them to hell.

What, no snaps?

One is enough, if it is the right snap.

Are those… Tiny little portals…? Like, instead of one huge one, here’s a hundred itsy bits of Aw Hell.

This is probably going to be a big PitA, but I can’t help thinking: Someone’s having fun with a giant bubble wrap

At first glance I thought “Why is the force field creating supernatural energy rice?”

Then I wondered “Why am I asking that question?”

Okay, in addition to not understanding the giant sphere of bubble wrap, two major players are just missing from this image. On the far left we see the rescued kids by the car. Over toward the left-most edge of the bubble we see a startled (I guess that’s what the gold flash is) Spooky (based on the color of his coat). We see Mitchell flying from near Spooky toward the flaring artifact. So where is Cory, and where’s the PPrincess? Wasn’t she lashed to a tree near Spooky?

Cory is on the ground near the start of the golden-yellow arc that Flyboy (Mitch) is leaving headed toward the very last child still tied to a tree. If you look right next to the left-most of the three spires of blue-white light bursting upwards, you can see there is one child sacrifice left.
There is a triangle of devastated ground (From Cory’s telekinetic blast) with its point at Cory and its wide end near the artifact.
The Church and Car with the rescued children is on the left about a 1/4 mile from the artifact.
Spooky and the Platinum Priestess are off frame towards the upper right, you can see the path of flattened trees that she crashed through pointing the way.

The one you ID as Cory looks more like Spooky to my. Both have hoods, but Spooky is the only one in a tan coat, and the sleeves of that little meepul looks tan. Otherwise, your description sounds right.

I checked the script from Alex… Cory is standing near the tomb bent over from the effort of the telekinetic blast he just put out. It’s not Spooky.

I’ve got to admit, ‘giant sphere of bubble wrap’ makes as much sense as a description of what we’re seeing here as anything else I’ve been able to think up (as well as making a greak pun). It’ll definitely be interesting to get a closer view of what’s going on when the next page or so gets posted.

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That’s quite a bit of damage between Spooky and Cory there…!

I hope they have insurance!

I keep wondering….

What if “the Kids” …. arent ?

Weasels!

Hello Campers,
What is going on with that artifact? Are those “pops” good or bad? And what is the caretaker going to say about the graveyard?

Nothing good.

Probably Bad.

“Not again… *sigh*’

It wouldn’t be interesting if it were all Ren and Stimpy singing “happy, happy, joy, joy.”

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