Saint James Infirmary 150: A Rude Awakening

[Daphne]

Coming Tuesday, January 8th!

[GodWilling]

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[Chettbaker]

Someone finally realized  that studying and attending classes are actually very important when attending college?  That tube of gel Adrian used to brush his teeth wasn't toothpaste?  Raven looked in a mirror and suddenly realized she's been wearing a dog collar for the last six months!?  I like Goodwills first guess.  Lets go with that... And goldilocks hasn't slept with anyone in the three beds yet.

[jmundt29]

What?  Who's this now?  That doesn't look like Cait.  I thought Hitomi roomed with Cait.  Come to think of it, that doesn't look like Hitomi either.  Who are these people?

It is interesting that after the headaches subside, the condition proceeds to arousal..and, maybe fantasy...but I'm stumped as to identities here.  Help!  Daphne?  Octavia?  PK?  GW?  Someone more knowledgeable than me about this comic?

It's quite enticing, but I fail to see how the threads connect.

[Werdna]

re: jumundt29's questions, I think we are seeing Hitomi and Caitlyn going through their morning routines - Caitlyn looks as though she's just out of the shower (hence the hair), Hitomi just awake.

I could be wrong, of course, but that was my immediate assumption.

This issue is really, really hot - I love the idea of the newly induced lust in Hitomi, and how it's so artfully expressed.  Really great job today both on the art and, in particular, on the strip's design.  (I know design is part of the art, but I had to single it out for special praise today.)

Edited to add:

Huge congrats on 150 episodes.  Well done!  In August, after almost two years, you had made it to 100.  Only a few months later, you're already at 150, and that doesn't count the covers and the guest pages.  I look forward to six seasons and a movie.

[jmundt29]

Upon second look when more fully aware--yeah, that does look like Hitomi, I was just thrown by the shade of Cait's hair.

Yes, a beautiful issue with excellent structure.  I'm a little confused on the title

A "rude awakening" usually means something about illusions or erroneous suppositions being exposed.  It could also mean being rudely awakened from slumber, but neither of these fit the current situation.  Unless, has Hitomi ever been attracted to women before?  She didn't react during Marliese's exam...but we know very little about her.  This is her third appearance in the straight continuum, fourth counting bonus flashback issues.

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[laguna85]

What I'm see in this page that the Belltower make everyone to have Sex
 the physical attractiveness and erotic charm that attract members of the opposite sex or same sex.
She have the Wild Sex She Craves
Mind control to Have SEX!

Also that Erin and Jacquelyn in the page 145 was holding hand behide Adrian.
women are also craves for sex.

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[jmundt29]

GW, I think your initial read is closer than laguna's.  It does demonstrate an intimacy that isn't strictly sexual (or even mostly sexual) and it could indicate that the harem is still operating behind Adrian's back (literally and metaphorically).  I share your hopes for Raven, but I think it's more like "Raven Mission reset" than "Raven Mission Accomplished," for the simple fact that if the Raven mission you're hinting at involves the watch--that's just too interesting to not have been drawn and published right after "Who's That Girl?"

On the belltower--the consensus looking at Pat and Miel's story was that it was an experiment with possible breeding implications that could be about mixed gender room mates.  It's possible that it was just set to roommate attraction, but that seems too easy a write-off.  However, it's important to note that even though Wilmot went co-ed as part of whatever the belltower experiment(s) were, it didn't go 50/50 co-ed.  Two decades later, female students still outnumber male students somewhere between 3 and 4 to 1.

Also, where are the faculty of this institution?  Laura's a TA, and Rain might teach music at the college as part of her undercover operation, but we haven't seen any actual professors or administrators at this college.  Zip.  That might be something else to investigate, another layer to mull.

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[jmundt29]

If Raven was inducted, the only thing comparable I could think of with the hint and hold would be Jacqui's first intimate encounter with Adrian hinted at in 81, audio in 87, and then delivered in 92 and 93 (back when we had one issue a week).  This was hinted at...wow, I just tripped over Erin and Raven in 135 WOW!

Anyway, this would be an exceptionally long time to hold such a huge development, particularly since it would finally involve the watch for the first time since The Ring.

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[jmundt29]

The door is open, but it doesn't seem to be open very far.