Marx doesn’t appear to be too happy with Jackrabbit. The question is why did he help him? Who is going to come to the forefront as a result of this turn of events. Most likely it will not be jackrabbit, even if he did set things in motion.
He acts like Jake has someone special to him as pressue to help . I wonder how many of the gooonies know and support, the feeling I get is they are just hanging around to see what they will win as the prize of acting like jokers.it still makes me ill. Is they chopped Jake and boiled him and I were starving….. woops Under the influence to a lovely sleeping pill. Good NightBlessed Be
Maybe in some roundabout way, Marx did it for Linda Kowalsky. Remember, when he tried to get her out of the cell first. She seemed a high priority (even higher than helping Flask at the time.)
I think Marx does/did believe that the plans of someone like jackrabbit would be good for Endtown in the long run. in the short run, however, the cost is far, FAR, too much for Marx to ‘celebrate’.
Knowing Aaron Neathery, this is not the end. Not by a long shot.As I said before, the unique beauty of Endtown is that Neathery experiments with new ways of telling complex stories. He’s proven himself to be very good at it. His track record satisfies me. Admittedly, by the nature of experiments, some things won’t work, and he’ll get it wrong. But he’s never gotten it wrong by much, and no writer can want for much a better hit rate than that. So, if the story seems to have come to a pointless, unsatisfying end, that either means a seasoned writer with a vision spanning years has suddenly gone lame, or that there’s more of the tale to tell, and that it will go on to acknowledging injustice, addressing anguish and examining inconsistencies.Endtown is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea. The world’s a big enough place to give a home to this awesome epic for those people keen to follow it.I’m addicted. There’s much more to come.
What is all the smoky, ditto-y stuff in the background? Is Marx interdimensional? Is this still a possible scenario? Guess we still have lots to find out.
Just in case anyone is still interested in my opinion, I’m going to guess that the point of this is far more long-term, as Jenner believes.
I think that the Oracle allowed Marx to see that this crisis would occur regardless and if left unchecked, it would destroy Endtown.
I think that Marx has intervened to engineer a situation where Jake would be able to “win”, but only temporarily. I think that this situation will lead to Jake’s eventual downfall and the people of Endtown realising that they’ve been played for fools.
The result will be a generation of Endtowners who will adopt a system of democracy which will endure for a long time. Whether that’s the High Council system or something else remains to be seen.
OR my alternative explanation: Jake’s influence is needed in Endtown for some particular reason and once he’s no longer needed, he’s going to be discarded like a used paper bag.
This is the new status quo for Endtown?-I don’t think there is actually anything new about it. I refer you to Oct 23, 2012. Read that side by side with today’s strip. We’ve all pegged AM as this all-powerful, do-whatever-I-want deus ex machina character. I don’t think that is necessarily true. Marx refers to “duties to perform”. He seemed to sincerely care about Flask, yet engineered her death, then brought her back, calmed her soul, and gave her a new life with someone else. He is obviously not happy about that. The implication of the “oracle toast” is that he has more “duties to perform” and he is no more thrilled about them as he was about the ones he just accomplished. AM is not his own master, and his actions are not spontaneous, but part of a much bigger plan that we have only glimpsed the faintest shadow of. Today, he is apparently disgusted by his latest “duty”; he did what he was required to do, but didn’t like it one bit. “To the greater good” implies the bypassing of some lesser good, perhaps even the endurance of sacrifice and suffering, to achieve it. This is far from over….
Monday’s “Ends of beginnings” and “Beginnings of ends”. Would seem to indicate we were just about done with Jacob’s part of the story and today’s strip seems a good endpoint. But Allgood’s lynching maybe be the beginning of Endtown having to deal with what they’ve become. They’ve got blood on their hands now.
Jenner has it exactly right when he says Endtown is a marathon, not a sprint. That knowledge has kept me reading here a long time and this story is not over by a long shot. In some ways the Endtown strip is like those old serials from the 30’s and 40’s.This scene has captured my interest in this storyline, again, though.
I can’t see where this is going at the moment, but I’m reminded of the situation where The Dutchess and her 2nd, who is or resembles Marx, commissioned the construction of Endtown. There appears to be the ability to move among time and space…they were ‘recent’, and ‘at the conception’. Does this mean they are tied to the existence of Endtown and will again make an appearance as The Dutchess/Flask for the stabilization and controlled continuation of Endtown?.*TO BE CONTINUED!*
Jacob was the lesser of two evils. Now Jacob is the only evil left. Marx had to support someone and this was the best of two bad choices. This is what Marx had to do for the greater good overall but not a joyous feeling when the deed was done. Jacob is reveling in his victory but ignores the blood of all those who died and he does not even give a moment of silence to their memory. Jacob won which was all he cared. Marx is not a happy camper. It was a very hard choice.I will add a new saying.“The enemy of my enemy is my friend but he is still my enemy.”
" I think he’s created such a twisted train wreck with his plot that no matter how perfect his ending is, it will never satisfy even most of his readers). I don’t want to see Endtown start to become that, either."Don’t worry, it won’t. Or, if it is, it’ll be the greatest train wreck ever!
What exactly did Jake want? Was it control of Endtown or simply to get rid of the HC? There are references to Mussolini, but as I recall, in Italy the Fascist party was in control, not Mussolini. That’s how they were able to dispose of him and surrender without the total destruction of Italy itself. In Germany, on the other hand, Hitler WAS the Nazi party.Jake has misunderstood the reason for Aaron’s help. Jake is naturally suspicious and I’m surprised he didn’t ask why Aaron was willing to help him before making a deal. Maybe he will now.Either way, Aaron seems done with him now and now we wait to see the consequences of his actions.BTW, in the announcement we didn’t see I would guess that Jake “freed” the milk 3 already. Their happy reunion to Endtown isn’t important to the story at the moment. It could be a Friday installment.
WabbitWho benefits? Needs to be seen. If we assume that Marx did this because he believed it was the least of all evils then in the long run the community gains something that makes up for the deaths in the riots and turning Endtown over to a dishonest tyrant. It could just be an issue of mutant food products. The nearby food resources are running out, the Topsider satellite makes foraging risky and Endtown’s agricultural experiments have not yet born fruit. Encouraging the consumption of mutant produced milk, eggs and other products could supplement the stocks they already have and buy Endtown some needed time. The thing is I can’t help believing that there would have to be a better way to handle this issue — one that didn’t require a riot and so many deaths. It may be that Marx & the Oracle see something else coming from Jacob’s government or that they imagine his rule spurring somebody else to do something. We shall see.
for practical reasons things are working out ok, with the milk and egg taboo lifted the citizens are closer to being self sustaining and won’t need to scavenge at the surface as much, the mutants can accept what they are instead of clinging to old beliefs, and for now I HOPE the human and non-anthro mutant population isn’t being discriminated against. But the WAY they did it was expensive, dozens of innocent people DIED, the police force was made to look like fools, the rats are pariahs, and a seriously BAD GUY thinks he’s some kind of hero
Just looking at the beginning of the storyline again…there are a lot of characters whose we saw briefly and whose stories we haven’t gotten. There’s those two people who released Linda into Endtown—-not, I presume, part of the High Council, not after what we’ve seen, but what were they? The lizard / newt woman in the Security uniform—-where has she been while all this was going on? Even the guys playing cards in Maude Hefner’s rooming house—-what became of them?
I believe Alun & Jenner are right; there is still alot of this arc to tell. Remember, Marx knows the future probability lines of this dimension. Sometimes a person must perform actions that are personally distasteful to him/her in order to bring about “the greater good”…
The lesser of two evils still ends up with an evil ruling. But Marx can see the future after all, and what is best, even giving an evil Napoleon complex bunny his due, will lead to a better future.
Ida No almost 11 years ago
Jake: “Ok, ok. Then, for my next wish, It, I want…”
Erwin Schwartz Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Marx doesn’t appear to be too happy with Jackrabbit. The question is why did he help him? Who is going to come to the forefront as a result of this turn of events. Most likely it will not be jackrabbit, even if he did set things in motion.
Any guesses out there?
dirtyoldlady1 almost 11 years ago
He acts like Jake has someone special to him as pressue to help . I wonder how many of the gooonies know and support, the feeling I get is they are just hanging around to see what they will win as the prize of acting like jokers.it still makes me ill. Is they chopped Jake and boiled him and I were starving….. woops Under the influence to a lovely sleeping pill. Good NightBlessed Be
boreas2 almost 11 years ago
woah now i understand why jack wasnt surprised when marx showed up
is he blackmailing him somehow?
boreas2 almost 11 years ago
woah now i understand why jack wasnt surprised when marx showed up
is he blackmailing him somehow?
Purdey almost 11 years ago
Maybe in some roundabout way, Marx did it for Linda Kowalsky. Remember, when he tried to get her out of the cell first. She seemed a high priority (even higher than helping Flask at the time.)
WelshRat Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I think Marx does/did believe that the plans of someone like jackrabbit would be good for Endtown in the long run. in the short run, however, the cost is far, FAR, too much for Marx to ‘celebrate’.
Jenner Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Knowing Aaron Neathery, this is not the end. Not by a long shot.As I said before, the unique beauty of Endtown is that Neathery experiments with new ways of telling complex stories. He’s proven himself to be very good at it. His track record satisfies me. Admittedly, by the nature of experiments, some things won’t work, and he’ll get it wrong. But he’s never gotten it wrong by much, and no writer can want for much a better hit rate than that. So, if the story seems to have come to a pointless, unsatisfying end, that either means a seasoned writer with a vision spanning years has suddenly gone lame, or that there’s more of the tale to tell, and that it will go on to acknowledging injustice, addressing anguish and examining inconsistencies.Endtown is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea. The world’s a big enough place to give a home to this awesome epic for those people keen to follow it.I’m addicted. There’s much more to come.
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I guess “not too happy” is an understatement…
Jenner Premium Member almost 11 years ago
It reads like the acquitted criminal and the defence lawyer.
Jerry Beck Premium Member almost 11 years ago
What is all the smoky, ditto-y stuff in the background? Is Marx interdimensional? Is this still a possible scenario? Guess we still have lots to find out.
Melkior almost 11 years ago
Just in case anyone is still interested in my opinion, I’m going to guess that the point of this is far more long-term, as Jenner believes.
I think that the Oracle allowed Marx to see that this crisis would occur regardless and if left unchecked, it would destroy Endtown.
I think that Marx has intervened to engineer a situation where Jake would be able to “win”, but only temporarily. I think that this situation will lead to Jake’s eventual downfall and the people of Endtown realising that they’ve been played for fools.
The result will be a generation of Endtowners who will adopt a system of democracy which will endure for a long time. Whether that’s the High Council system or something else remains to be seen.
OR my alternative explanation: Jake’s influence is needed in Endtown for some particular reason and once he’s no longer needed, he’s going to be discarded like a used paper bag.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Don’t push it, Jacob, or you’ll be a Marxed man.
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Just noticed: I almost got a snatch of today’s dialog right in yesterday’s comments…
crookedwolf Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Marx may be re-thinking his choice of residence..
DADOF3 almost 11 years ago
This is the new status quo for Endtown?-I don’t think there is actually anything new about it. I refer you to Oct 23, 2012. Read that side by side with today’s strip. We’ve all pegged AM as this all-powerful, do-whatever-I-want deus ex machina character. I don’t think that is necessarily true. Marx refers to “duties to perform”. He seemed to sincerely care about Flask, yet engineered her death, then brought her back, calmed her soul, and gave her a new life with someone else. He is obviously not happy about that. The implication of the “oracle toast” is that he has more “duties to perform” and he is no more thrilled about them as he was about the ones he just accomplished. AM is not his own master, and his actions are not spontaneous, but part of a much bigger plan that we have only glimpsed the faintest shadow of. Today, he is apparently disgusted by his latest “duty”; he did what he was required to do, but didn’t like it one bit. “To the greater good” implies the bypassing of some lesser good, perhaps even the endurance of sacrifice and suffering, to achieve it. This is far from over….
Francis362003 almost 11 years ago
There maybe a problem coming.
finder10030 almost 11 years ago
Monday’s “Ends of beginnings” and “Beginnings of ends”. Would seem to indicate we were just about done with Jacob’s part of the story and today’s strip seems a good endpoint. But Allgood’s lynching maybe be the beginning of Endtown having to deal with what they’ve become. They’ve got blood on their hands now.
finder10030 almost 11 years ago
Still not sure about how the Oracle fit into all this.
Herb Thiel Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Jenner has it exactly right when he says Endtown is a marathon, not a sprint. That knowledge has kept me reading here a long time and this story is not over by a long shot. In some ways the Endtown strip is like those old serials from the 30’s and 40’s.This scene has captured my interest in this storyline, again, though.
Kaeto almost 11 years ago
I don’t think Jacob has really thought out what the consequences of his idea for a mutant society means.
Taken to it’s logical conclusion it would mean that mutants like Jacob (the herbivores) would be on the menu of the carnivores.
Radical-Knight almost 11 years ago
I can’t see where this is going at the moment, but I’m reminded of the situation where The Dutchess and her 2nd, who is or resembles Marx, commissioned the construction of Endtown. There appears to be the ability to move among time and space…they were ‘recent’, and ‘at the conception’. Does this mean they are tied to the existence of Endtown and will again make an appearance as The Dutchess/Flask for the stabilization and controlled continuation of Endtown?.*TO BE CONTINUED!*
gary wolner almost 11 years ago
Hmmmm, one of those “smoky back room” deals.
Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Jacob was the lesser of two evils. Now Jacob is the only evil left. Marx had to support someone and this was the best of two bad choices. This is what Marx had to do for the greater good overall but not a joyous feeling when the deed was done. Jacob is reveling in his victory but ignores the blood of all those who died and he does not even give a moment of silence to their memory. Jacob won which was all he cared. Marx is not a happy camper. It was a very hard choice.I will add a new saying.“The enemy of my enemy is my friend but he is still my enemy.”
GoodDoctor almost 11 years ago
All hail Bruno Mussolini, I mean Jake Jackrabbit, once reporters and now head of state!
Ida No almost 11 years ago
" I think he’s created such a twisted train wreck with his plot that no matter how perfect his ending is, it will never satisfy even most of his readers). I don’t want to see Endtown start to become that, either."Don’t worry, it won’t. Or, if it is, it’ll be the greatest train wreck ever!
the other ghost girl almost 11 years ago
Aaah brooding in a darkened room, the actions of someone who knows what he’s done is wrong but does have any choice in the matter
mr_sherman Premium Member almost 11 years ago
What exactly did Jake want? Was it control of Endtown or simply to get rid of the HC? There are references to Mussolini, but as I recall, in Italy the Fascist party was in control, not Mussolini. That’s how they were able to dispose of him and surrender without the total destruction of Italy itself. In Germany, on the other hand, Hitler WAS the Nazi party.Jake has misunderstood the reason for Aaron’s help. Jake is naturally suspicious and I’m surprised he didn’t ask why Aaron was willing to help him before making a deal. Maybe he will now.Either way, Aaron seems done with him now and now we wait to see the consequences of his actions.BTW, in the announcement we didn’t see I would guess that Jake “freed” the milk 3 already. Their happy reunion to Endtown isn’t important to the story at the moment. It could be a Friday installment.
Darwinskeeper almost 11 years ago
WabbitWho benefits? Needs to be seen. If we assume that Marx did this because he believed it was the least of all evils then in the long run the community gains something that makes up for the deaths in the riots and turning Endtown over to a dishonest tyrant. It could just be an issue of mutant food products. The nearby food resources are running out, the Topsider satellite makes foraging risky and Endtown’s agricultural experiments have not yet born fruit. Encouraging the consumption of mutant produced milk, eggs and other products could supplement the stocks they already have and buy Endtown some needed time. The thing is I can’t help believing that there would have to be a better way to handle this issue — one that didn’t require a riot and so many deaths. It may be that Marx & the Oracle see something else coming from Jacob’s government or that they imagine his rule spurring somebody else to do something. We shall see.
yangeldf almost 11 years ago
for practical reasons things are working out ok, with the milk and egg taboo lifted the citizens are closer to being self sustaining and won’t need to scavenge at the surface as much, the mutants can accept what they are instead of clinging to old beliefs, and for now I HOPE the human and non-anthro mutant population isn’t being discriminated against. But the WAY they did it was expensive, dozens of innocent people DIED, the police force was made to look like fools, the rats are pariahs, and a seriously BAD GUY thinks he’s some kind of hero
Stephen Gilberg almost 11 years ago
Error: “I gave you want you wanted…”
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Just looking at the beginning of the storyline again…there are a lot of characters whose we saw briefly and whose stories we haven’t gotten. There’s those two people who released Linda into Endtown—-not, I presume, part of the High Council, not after what we’ve seen, but what were they? The lizard / newt woman in the Security uniform—-where has she been while all this was going on? Even the guys playing cards in Maude Hefner’s rooming house—-what became of them?
craigwestlake almost 11 years ago
I believe Alun & Jenner are right; there is still alot of this arc to tell. Remember, Marx knows the future probability lines of this dimension. Sometimes a person must perform actions that are personally distasteful to him/her in order to bring about “the greater good”…
Coyoty Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Sometimes it’s the genie who regrets the wish.
Michelle Morris almost 11 years ago
What if… Hitler stayed in art school… Castro continued playing baseball… Reagan continued acting…
Aconite almost 11 years ago
The lesser of two evils still ends up with an evil ruling. But Marx can see the future after all, and what is best, even giving an evil Napoleon complex bunny his due, will lead to a better future.