Oh Zedwig, you sly boy. Who do you think you're fooling? In a brighter note, Bactine now looks like Rogue.

Panel five looks fantastic by the way.

Hmm……Intriguing page. I'll keep my speculations to myself for the moment, though, just in case.

Anyways, the slightly aged Bactine and tragic-looking Zedwig have got to be one of my all-time favorite panels in this comic. =D

O_O *shockness*

I knew it.

oh whatever, you're all thinking she's not really dead. but she so IS. she's so dead!

just kidding. i don't think she's really dead either. it must be a ploy to get fang off the balcony.

anyway, i wonder if she was able to help zedwig any. she seemed to be clinging to him for dear life at some point – now i know it's because she's trying to save his life and risking hers, but i'd just like to point out that she recently got snuggly with al'bert and sang and now zedwig. so if we all live vicariously through bactine, that's a lot of manjoyment. or elfjoyment!

Bactine may look like death, but I'm happy because Zedwig looks all pretty and young again.

Prettifulness! <^_^>

ROGUE!

This is beautiful.
The last three panels in particular are amazing and convey lots of emotion (not to mention, just look at the LIGHT in the 5th panel!) And I'm quite fond of the last panel, where you have aged, exhausted looking (still living?) Bactine, held by the remorseful, hoping-against-hope, and caring Zedwig, with the angry (and anxious and vengeful) Fangline in the background. I also love Zed's face in the 2nd to last, and the fourth panel, and… GAH. So beautiful.

Hahaha, one of the funniest posts ever.

Don't forget she just got into a very physical fight with Fang, so all she needs is a good wrestle with Geeves and she'll have made it all around!

T_T
why Colby? why?

andf yeah.. she looks like Rogue sort of in the Gone with the Wind kinda escene from the last panel

ok , yeah .. she is not dead, we all already know that, geez

Oh! Oh! I think she is sleeping, for one. Aaanddd, she healed him! Note the fact that Zedwig doesn't have bags under his eyes in the last two panels.

Right?

and through all of this sanguine is laying there bleeding? did bactine absorb his damage? Hmm questions questions.

Yep, I sure do like the detail of the gray hair streak.

Pretty Zedwig looks young! I want more pretty Zedwig! Weeee. ^^

(do I sound like I care for Bactine? Nope. I just want me Zedwig!)

Here here!

(I think I can honestly say that Zedwig is the first character I've ever seriously 'fangirled' over. [Bad Colby for reducing me to such a state!] I cannot help it. More pretty Zedwigs! <^_^>)

I propose that this post of Colby's is proof that Bactine is not dead. I mean, who kills off a main character and then makes a flippant joke about her in the same day??

My own opinion…I know that this meshes with Bactine's character and the story line, but, I still rather thing Bactine should have put Zedwig out of his misery and not risked this. Well, I hope that whatever trust she put in Zedwig was not in vain.

he's kidding!!

ooooh~! and she got a pretty white streak in her hair.

Oops. At first I thought that the line “Trust me if you can” was on quotation marks… It threw me off track.
It seemed as though Zedwig said it mockingly as he held on to her arms… I thought it meant something like “ok, goody-two-shoes, take this trust you're so fond of… and shove it!”

I was still thinking about how strangely he behaved as my eyes continued reading.
And then everything happened so quickly! And yes, I did feel shocked at the last panel!

But then I went back to investigate those quotes only to find them being stars.
I guess it meant a whisper? It wasn't really clear…

I think I'm more used to whispers being indicated by a dotted outline of the speech bubble.

But I AM kind of thankful for the OHMYGODOHMYGOD reaction this inadvertently caused.
The world flipped upside down!… and rearranged itself back again as I understood the original meaning of the sentence.

Still a big Derf fan, myself.. :3

The magicky special effects look great.
NOOOH Bactine can't be dead! I do think she healed him thogh, because, as noted, Zedwig does not have the bags under his eyes – but she does! I wonder if this is 'Zedwig feel better, Zedwig smash' time. (Oh I have no idea why he became a barbarian).

Yeah, she and Al'bert kind of match now.

Gorgeous, gorgeous page – they just keep getting better and better! I am completely confident that Zedwig's got something big up his sleeve & Bactine will be okay, but I have just one question:

What about Sangwine??? I mean, last we saw, he was still bleeding out on the floor. Somebody call EMS!

I think I may agree! It's gorgeous.

“But grandpa, you don't mean dead! [Bactine's] just faking it, right?”

…Because yes, a modified version of a Princess Bride quote was seriously the first thing I thought of. And in that story everything turned out alright! Now where's the Miracle Man?! “We [fans] have never taken defeat easily!”

I do love how Zedwig looks like a young, strong man again in the last two panels whereas Bactine looks aged. Hmm… if she did live and did age, then her and Sangwine have even less time together (which is better than none…)

And, of course, Sangwine gets to play the oh-so-wonderful role of the dying man everyone has seemingly forgotten about lying on the floor. Poor Sang…. (though obviously no one has forgotten about him)

So, where be Xylic? (and Derf, and Stump, …and Sum'melph, and…)

Rogu… I mean Bactine is pretty with a streak of white, yes?

Love the layout, love the lighting, love the drama, love the piercing sorrow, love the impatience. Love love love. Bactine's frailty in the last panel breaks my heart. Looking forward to see whatever trick is up that fancy-pants magic-boy's sleeves.

Thing is…thing is… Zedwig's hands are glowing, as well as Bactines. Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but I'm thinking that Bactines still alive.
Or he's -moving- her healing magic somewhere. Like…to Sangwine?

It would fit if she was dead, remember that soothsayer.

Hmmn. I love this. If I'm remembering correctly, healers take on the injuries of the people in need of healing (right? Right?!.. I felt like spewing useless facts that everyone here already knows, okay?) and even though every other healer who has attempted to heal Zedwig there died, I think it's safe to say that Bactine is alive and almost-well, despite the massive injuries Zedwig has had >_>.. -gasp- Zedwig is up to something. That sly rascal. He looks so pretty now!.. And yes, I'm just regurgitating what everyone above me has said but I felt like posting anyway ..

OR IS SHE???????

(I hope not…)

I'm wondering, though, how the forturne-teller's prediction of Bactine's death will play out. What, no one forgot about that, did they?

The fortune teller incident leads me to believe that Bactine is indeed dead. The context of this strip, though, suggests that she may not be permanently dead – the general flow of the storyline just doesn't feel like it's leading that way.
Also, was that even Bactine's spell? It kind of looked like the whole thing took her by surprise… either that or she made a snap decision between panels 3 and 4.

I noticed that too!

Yes, no one told me that Bactine is the cure for dark under-eye circles!

Zedwig, I don't think Fang wants to know how *Bactine* is doing, okay?

Lol, I think I'm the only non Zedwig fangirl here.
*runs from the rabid Zedwig fangirls*

All I keep repeating to myself now is , “Zedwig said to trust him, Zedwig said to trust him, Zedwig said to trust him….”

dang, you beat me to it!

*Zedwig fangirls follow*

Just had to add that. Anyway, love the pretty Zedwig, poor Bactine looks like Al'ice did after healing Zedwig and I think what surprised her so much was how much it HURTS to heal Zedwig. I mean, HE survived those wounds, so she should… right?

It appears that doing magic momentarily makes Bactine's breasts perkier ;0)

I'm going with Zedwig putting a spell on Bactine to make her look/appear dead. Which could lead us into a romeo and juliet style twist…. only Sangwine is already on his way out… drat.

You're not the *only* non-Zedwig-fangirl. I miss Xylic!
And, yeah, whatever Zedwig has up his sleeve had better be good…

The suspense is killing me…What does Zedwig have up his sleeve? I thought that his thoughts and feelings were linked to Fang. How could he scheme without Fang knowing?

does it make me a bad person if i want Zedwig nut it, turn to the darkside, and be victorious and ruler of the world?…8D! *rubs hands together*

Whaaa…No It can't be!….PS> love the last panel and the white streak in the hair.

hehehe…I fan them all. Me loves the purty elves! Hmmm…looks like Zedwig won't need my home cooking after all…

I spent a lot of time trying to forget the soothsayer, personally.

no… Bactine… Sangwine… They aren't really dead, are they?

The soothsayer also said that Sangwine would give up his life in the end.

i would like to point out that Bactine's breasts are not perkier, they are merely being thrust upward along with her hair, cloak, and physical person in that panel.

ooh, look she turned into a girly-Al and he's soooooo much more prettier!!! oh wait… is there a heaven? are they both gonna get there? ANSWER ME!!! (last time i only got to the white noise and yada yada whatever… so idk if she lives or not)

Nooooo!!! Nooo! *cry* Hehe Al'bert + Bactine = Same hair! = Perfect Match! If she wasn't dead ;o

I never even noticed the hair!

I never even noticed the hair!

Totally agree.

Yeah Zedwig! I sense a cunning plan…