Alien technology
on October 24, 2014 at 12:01 amChapter: It's...
Characters: Daisy Conrad, David Walkerton, Head Alien, Jason Chesterfield, Joe Rosenthal, Joyce Brown, Mike Warner
Location: Washington D.C.
Also I thought it’d be important that Walky make a declaration of intent of doing the right thing BEFORE he’s suddenly granted magical powers.  That way it’s a little less “hey i’m the hero because the story says so, despite all logic to the contrary” and a little more “i’m the hero because i act like one.”  It’s a close call, because I still kind of have to fit the parameters of the original story, but I tried to massage that angle in there regardless.  Still sort of inelegant, but you go to war with the It’s Walky! you have, not the It’s Walky! you want.
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Walky’s face, last panel. “The Great Faz can control the minds of all his subjects.” Also, I forget, how did Willis cover the Joe issue the first time around?
Sal Kidnaps him and takes him back to College. Later on She Kidnaps him and takes him to SEMME.
Outsmarted by Walky.
Ouch.
Perhaps I’m not paying attention, but if all abductees can control alien technology, why can’t Joyce and Sal?
It’s dramatically-appropriate for Walky to do it. He needs the confidence boost, probably.
Joyce was mindwiped. She didn’t fall unconscious with the others and she’s not a zombie like the others. As Head Alien said, they had to reteach her how to breathe.
And who says Sal’s an abductee? Nothing in the story so far, certainly!
But if Walky wasn’t mindwope, and he did know abductees can control alien tech (since he was able to finish Joyce’s sentence), then why didn’t he put two and two together earlier?
No, he means because Joyce had her entire memory erased instead of just parts.
So if Joyce was mindwiped, are you implying she lost some/all of her abductee powers, or that she doesn’t know enough to use them properly?
it’s like when Kakarotto hit his head as a kid and turned into that goofball Son Goku
http://www.itswalky.com/comic/stronger-than-you-look/ <— second panel
Ah, got it. Thanks for digging that up, I appreciate it!
Heh, the Head Alien still says “Holeee…”.
And you know what’s funny, all this means that if Sal had really killed everyone from Semme then all they’re deaths would have been in vain, just like Tony who seemed like for a moment he was going back to normal…Sucks to be her.
Also, what did he mean not yet when was he supposed to find out ?
I’m pretty sure that the following was supposed to be in response to you:
“Probably after Sal wiped everybody out, then Walky would be told he could’ve saved them.” – Idon’tcarenomore
You’re not yet supposed to find out why Walky was not yet supposed to find out.
This way is so much more awesome than the original.
The last panel kind of lack something. It’s been building up to this point and we don’t get a figurative bang. I liked it better in original, even though it’s not perfect there either.
Probably after Sal wiped everybody out, then Walky would be told he could’ve saved them.
Brainwashed Mike: ready to punch somebody
Unbrainwashed Mike: …still ready to punch somebody
Mike doesn’t really need an excuse to punch somebody!
Yep, nice detail.
Interesting contribution to the debate about Free Will (to punch someone)
This isn’t the It’s Walky the internet needs but it’s the one they deserve.
Or I could be messing that line up.
it’s the Walky the internets needs and deserves.
Since it pretty much still is the beginning of the story, I guess this can’t technically be a deus ex machina. It’s really the hero’s Call to Action. But it seems like such a gaping oversight in what Head Alien assured us was the most brilliant evil plan ever, that he’s now reduced to 80’s Cobra Commander-level competence. Then again, even when he seemed like a threat it was still hard to take him seriously, and we knew he would be defeated somehow.
…For that matter, Joyce could be doing everything that Walky is doing right now, since they are both mindwiped abductees or whatever. But Walky’s Call to Action, yep.
Joyce can’t. Walky was selectively mindwiped of knowledge he’s an abductee. Joyce lost EVERYTHING. She doesn’t fully understand how to work her abductee powers, and comments that even her super-strength took a hit. (presumably due to losing memory and knowledge of how it operates and its limits.) Also, possibly because (Spoilers)
Yea, I like it better this way; preserves walky’s awesomness of the moment but explains it a lot better.
This is great. I’m loving the new pacing for this chapter. It really breathes new life into the story, which felt a little rushed when I first read it.
Also Head Alien is 300% more Head Alien than before, which is always a wonderful thing.
Wait, I’m confused. Where did we learn that abductees can control alien technology? Or am I supposed to be confused? /pleb new reader
Wait, is that Joe?
….
How the hell did he get here?
Well, Head Alien already knew where he was, and he’s an abductee, so…