Endtown by Aaron Neathery for October 19, 2016

Terrific

Uh oh, are we back in Holly’s house? Post-delivery?

Looks like we’re back in the apartment….

Looks like they may get to use the Jacuzzi, after all.

We’re not starting over are we?! Or is Holly still in that house?!

Here we go again.

Hmmm…looks like Holly’s place was in her home. The question was whether she was given a slice of heaven or hell?

“Oh no, not THIS neo-mid-century modern nightmare again!”

We’re in the “present” but Holly is now her human self again?

The Hollister living room?

Welcome to the hotel Holly Holllister, you can check out any time you want but you can never leave.

This was a surprise to say the least. From here it’s anyone’s guess!

Worse than pulling her out of some unending hell, would be a heaven. Because they would have to decide to ruin her fantasy. Take her out of the dream life she could have had without the war happening.

A woman’s home is her castle. This serves as Holly’s mind palace, and all we’ve seen have been protective barriers to distract them and keep them out of her mind’s fortress. The Lyn construct was the final obstacle. They’ll find Holly inside, and she’ll be mad because Wally bashed his way in instead of using a key that he always had.

Once more… this time with feelings.

Well, this seems a bit of an anticlimax. All that suffering, uncertainty and angst to land back in a living room? Will we ever get back to Endtown?

Hmmm, this may be the place of choice for Lyn-computer, not Holly. Lyn’s last happy moments with Holly were here

Wally really should just absorb the rampant dittos.

Hmm… As others have implied, it looks very much like the computer-Lyn has decided to give Holly a nice, comforting environment.So, do they decide to haul her outside, even kicking and screaming, for her own good? After all, the evidence shows that sooner or later, she’ll die of starvation if they leave her.

As soon as this portion of the story arc began, I imagined Wally and crew eventually finding Holly in an imaginary world set right; Healthy baby, Loving husband, happy home. What’s the moral thing to do in that circumstance? Leave her be, or rip her out; back into a place of trauma and uncertainty? Does she get a say in how things unfold?

It’s the Cleavers!

This isn’t the home with the big, black monolith in it, though. Perhaps this is the last “safe” place in Holly’s mind, and the Edmund lets her rest there before making her suffer again.

Peeling back the layers!

Holy deja vu, Batman! ;-)

If Lyn comes stumbling down the stairs… RUN! ;-)

Panel 3: Wally. Like a Boss!

OH for cryin’ out loud…

If this guy thinks he’s Lyn…maybe he’s being nice to Holly. Not feeding on her emotions…being nice…recreating her happy life. Maybe in this, she even had The Baby…

Maybe the ship’s computer was luring them back here?

anyone else imagining the sound effect of going through the wormhole from sliders?

The big question is whether the AI’s Lyn thing has any relation to the real Lyn or just a faint to harvest more emotions. For Wally, Lyn is a rival and a reminder that the parts of his beloved’s life that she never told him about. For Holly, he could be a past love or a reminder of the dreams she lost and her part in losing them. If the fate of others in ditto cocoons is any indication, the computer does not care about the long term survival of its guests.

While we’re waiting for Friday’s Endtown to post, want to read the interview with Jenner (Doc Rat)?

https://webcomicsinterviews.com/2016/10/20/jenner-interview/

ho boy…here we go again!