‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 331

Storage units that find things for you! (may not be 100% accurate) This is actually tech based on stuff Kleya invented.

Also, now that we're in badly-lit Reality scenes again (YES!), I should be able to handle twice a week updates (bet you all forgot that part, didn't you? But I hate hiatuses, too, so I burned through my buffer to keep it up and thankfully never got sick. Now to build the buffer back up!)

Results from the polling:

Twas a surprising result (for me, at least). I'm still trying to decide on what to do and how the graphic should look, but I'll let you know once I have it ready! Thanks so much for participating!

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Boxes! Once the comic develops an expanded universe, every one of them will receive an elaborate backstory and secret mission, and many of them will become protagonists in their own right! They may even set a precedent for how other boxes are depicted as characters.

I’m just kidding, I think we’ve all learned something in the past thirty years. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if we gave all the boxes their own elaborate backstories. Shipping containers really get around, after all.

Shipping code #896134-0786 sat silently in the darkness, it’s left flap shuddering with anticipation. Soon. Soon his revenge would be complete. Slowly, he slid down the loading ramp toward the sleeping mailman. The rubber matting squeaked and moaned against the cardboard as if trying to warn the postal worker of his impending doom. But it was too late for him. Too late for everyone….

“Twas a surprising result (for me, at least).” You mean that you need to do designs for both poster and T-Shirt?

Yeah, I wasn’t expecting that.

Does the storage searching units use Kleya’s voice to speak, or did someone else ultimately voice them?

The searchable storage units are built on code/a.i. that Kleya invented, but the voice was done by others.

I am really enjoying your comic.

I have noticed that the Bandit/Jake seems to treat AIs as real persons, notice that on this page he say “That’s what you said the last time” and “Yes, thanks”. Also he explained his motives to the kid in the game and told him how not to get hurt. Also he called the AI Angus twins his girls and defended them (page 49). I can see him and Jane not getting along (page 265).

Also does Kleya see code like that (the yellow strings and the handwritten text), or is that something that D overlays on the her vision? I noticed that on page 20, D’s face in on the background of the first panel. I also noticed that often a list of options is present to Kleya as if someone is asking her a question (e.g. page 59); or a single option is given with a question mark. Also on page 207 she mentions something about D’s alert system.

Now for some wild guesses, I am kind of thinking out loud, so no need to answer these if you do not want to: I have a feeling that Kleya’s mother actually survived and became the total opposite of what she originally was and a little bit insane… . Also is Kleya’s father her biological father, or is she some sort of clone of her mother (see page 40)? I hope that the “Reality Again” world is not just another virtual reality, but I will probably read the comic to the end even if it is, because the characters are so captivating. Also does D have an avatar in the game, I know that if I was an AI, I would want to try my hand at pretending to be human.

Does the fact that we are now seeing Jake’s thoughts have any significance plot wise, or is that just because it so difficult to use other methods to show his feelings in the “Reality Again” world. Or is just because you got tired of writing some of the characters monologuing to themselves (in my one attempt at writing, I know that I found it hard to convey feelings without revealing thoughts, that is why I noticed it)? Or does it suggest that Kleya is no longer the only character we should feel “familiar” with?

I have now read some more comments and I see that my wild guesses have been mentioned before. I am reading all the comments from this page backwards, I am now at page 222.

“Also does Kleya see code like that (the yellow strings and the handwritten text), or is that something that D overlays on the her vision?”

The yellow strings and handwritten text is symbolic of the code she’s seeing/reading. She can choose to see it at any time (it’s a focusing trick) but sometimes D pushes it into her focus.

I don’t answer wild guesses, but I do love reading them 😀

Thanks for the compliments! @anewreader, too!

I’ve started reading this comic today and breezed through all the pages. This is such a cool comic and I’m glad that I found it! I’m sooooo curious about whats going to happen next

I have added this comic to The Top Tens List of the Best Webcomics. It is a fairly new list, hence the top item only has about 16 votes, hence it should be easy for this comic to reach the top of the list. I have also added a comment to NAV’s entry on that list, it is waiting to get moderated.

Strat

*pops in out of the ether*
Hallo! *heartsymbol*

I had an idea, maybe; if you want to use both sides (do you?) on a poster, you can include a mirror. XD
I’d totes get a shirt, I like custom shirts. ^^ (And I had a sudden lulz of wearing the Nice special on a pink shirt)

Yay for dimly lit Reality! Hehe. I love how you draw Reality pages. Also… salty porridge? Eww. Maybe it preserves better I guess… but still.

It could just be salty from MSG or whatever.

Also because salt is the most “neutral” taste that everyone can taste.

Sweet doesn’t appeal to everyone(mostly if you have cavities or are very old and/or diabetic)
Most people dislike bitter(usually a sign of poison, in nature)
Sour is acidic, and like bitter, possibly a sign of poison(acidic, vs alkaline for bitter).
Salt is just…salty. As long as it’s in moderate quantities, the worst thing that happens is you will get rather thirsty.

Salt can give you high blood pressure.

True, but a lack of salt in your diet causes several other health complications.

Love it! 🙂
I cant tell if they just love similar things because of built relationships, or if thats all how food is? I would imagine he went searching for it specifically because it reminds him or her.

Great update as always!

Weird, I pop-in to check the comic, it appears to have a new page (it seemed to be the one that will follow this one), but I couldn’t leave a comment. In the process of figuring out what was wrong the page suddenly disappears and now I can’t find it. I’ve hit some wonky errors before (I admit it, I’m gremlin infected, thus why I attempt to learn how to fix all of my own problems), but the code misreading the date for a few minutes causing the next update to be displayed pre-maturely is definitely a new one for me.

Wow, that is the ugliest guy I have ever seen.

Not A Villain Webcomic

Webcomic of a semi- reformed hacker trying to redeem herself in a post- apocalyptic world she may have created.

‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 331