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4 thoughts on “559 – Words To Die By”

  1. Scarsdale

    Ha! I love the “o` lead poisoning” comment, I’ve used it to run kids off there were trying to set our hay bales on fire 😉

    1. Scarsdale

      Never mind that my shotgun had rock salt loads 😀

  2. ConcordBob

    Finally the two female leads are face-to-face! Now if Rosa can swoop in to save Suzie….

    1. Scarsdale

      Oh I have a hunch she was expecting this, and why they robbed the “coffins” for the floating cams first. Everyone is going to be freaked out when the cams go haywire and then the cavalry will show up.

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559 – Words To Die By
Posted on October 28, 2026 by Dawn

In Suzie's defense, it's not like they were going to get out of this by being nice.

What do they know and when do they know it?

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Clint

Writers are kind of like the gods of their creations. We speak sometimes of characters going “off script” and writing themselves against our expectations, but let’s face it, if we really wanted to we could smite that free will right out of them. We are the omniscient beings, looking into all the heads, knowing (mostly) where the paths will lead.

Jeez, that’s a lot of pressure.

No but seriously, I had to pause in the midst of writing this week’s installment of the comic in order to go back through the archives and make sure if Lacey was present or not when Frank gave Chuck and Rosa his dictate that Rosa was never to leave Chuck’s side. Turns out that yes, Lacey was, and that makes a big difference in the subtext of the current scene even if she doesn’t end up bringing it up to Suzie out loud.

If Lacey wasn’t there, then even though I know it and the audience knows it, Lacey would not. She’s not an omniscient being. She and the other characters still have to operate within the bounds of their own limited experience, and the writer has to continually be aware of and manage that.

Omniscience, man. It’s a hell of a job.