Find Your Way 2013-10-15

[Yamara]

Dante, we're not in St Paul anymore.

[Atomic]

Oh dear -- Georgette and her demons (Guidance, at least) are in fugue, and Monica is trying to hold things together. But is she off the deep end, too?

[Fairportfan]

Yeee.

and also

Hah.

[Dave]

Hmmm. It feels as if all of those present (Monica, Georgette, and whichever demons are present) are not entirely coherent... they're in an altered state of some sort.

Possibly Quintana Roo.

[ChattaStarhawk]

There's also a bit of a time-slip here as well, since it has been quite a while for any one of these being at Amanda's studio... Will need a bit more data to piece it together.

[Opus the Poet]

I see several different characters in this one. M naturally, Jet, a demon that resembles Guidance, and a specter. All are either sad or severely confused or a bit of both. Seeing this resolved will be quite the treat.

[zachariah]

Interesting. It looks like Monica sees Jet as a ghostly shape in CSpace, and this has to be back in Jet's CSpace. It is time for Monica to guide Jet to meet with Guidance and her other internal Demons. I expect the demons will apologize for failing in their duty. Then Jet get's an explanation about demons and their role in her life. Also the story of what happened about the TAR.

The Monica we see is the guide form of the Jaguar Girl. I suspect Monica is supplying the definition of appearance for CSpace here. She is the strongest presence there and this makes it neutral ground for both Jet and her demons. I notice that Guidance is not looking forward to this meeting but will do it for the well being of their person.

[zachariah]

I think this dates the point in time where the TAR invaded Jet. All the memories after the time when Jet first met Monica are either gone, or suppressed. This is why Jet is hesitant about recognizing Monica. Time for a bit of history about the TAR and what happened during the time it was among Jet's demons. Will it be a story of flashback?

[jeffepp]

So, how do you like your memories? Scrambled it is!

[NOTDilbert]

There's also a bit of a time-slip here as well, since it has been quite a while for any one of these being at Amanda's studio... Will need a bit more data to piece it together.

"I think you found a clue, Scooby!"

[TheDOCTOR]

There's also a bit of a time-slip here as well, since it has been quite a while for any one of these being at Amanda's studio... Will need a bit more data to piece it together.

Yeah, I caught that too. So Georgette has no memories AFTER the Photo shoot at Amandas, so whatever occured and traumatized Jet happened after that shoot. OMG! I hope theres no sinister "Force" hiding In Amanda. Monica may have to take her for a little Exorcise.

[Dave]

OMG! I hope theres no sinister "Force" hiding In Amanda. Monica may have to take her for a little Exorcise.

Amanda has had a full baptism since then, hasn't she?

[Fairportfan]

There's also a bit of a time-slip here as well, since it has been quite a while for any one of these being at Amanda's studio... Will need a bit more data to piece it together.

Yeah, I caught that too. So Georgette has no memories AFTER the Photo shoot at Amandas, so whatever occured and traumatized Jet happened after that shoot. OMG! I hope theres no sinister "Force" hiding In Amanda. Monica may have to take her for a little Exorcise.

No, she's losing the memories.

Yesterday she remembered going out to get sushi (which was not part of the photo shoot sequence).

In Panels One/Two, she remembers the photo shoot, which must have been before the sushi run.

In Panel Three, she's lost that memory and has no idea who Monica is.

It wouldn't surprise me to find that she's slipping all the way back to the plane crash...

[Fairportfan]

I think this is, for want of a better term, J-Space - the realm where the Jaguar Girl reigns supreme.

[Prester Fred]

I notice that Guidance is not looking forward to this meeting but will do it for the well being of their person.

I think you're misreading her expression. That's the look of someone who's had to repress their fear and pain and just survive, but has finally come to a place where they feel safe enough to let it out. Monica's face and body language in that panel matches perfectly -- open but undemanding, offering the shelter of her arms but respecting G's space at the same time.

Of course, it's possible that isn't Guidance at all; given Georgette's likely state of mind right now, it makes sense that the strip feels a little disjointed. But whoever it is, I stand by my interpretation.

[Prester Fred]

It wouldn't surprise me to find that she's slipping all the way back to the plane crash...

And since the plane crash is one of our suspects for when the Tar got into her...she may be about to blow the lid off of a very traumatic, repressed memory. Hence, the way Monica keeps telling her she's safe -- she's getting Jet braced for the storm. And going by that expression in the last panel, it's gonna be a "Perfect" one.

[Fairportfan]

...also the progression of visuals, from spectral form, to Georgette to Guidance...

[Fairportfan]

"Poor baby - are you lost?"

[zachariah]

I notice that Guidance is not looking forward to this meeting but will do it for the well being of their person.

I think you're misreading her expression. That's the look of someone who's had to repress their fear and pain and just survive, but has finally come to a place where they feel safe enough to let it out. Monica's face and body language in that panel matches perfectly -- open but undemanding, offering the shelter of her arms but respecting G's space at the same time.

Of course, it's possible that isn't Guidance at all; given Georgette's likely state of mind right now, it makes sense that the strip feels a little disjointed. But whoever it is, I stand by my interpretation.

Maybe but I've seen that expression on my kids faces lot's of times. Usually accompanied by the words, 'Gee do I have to?'. Or in facing a plate full of veggies they don't like, or facing the dreaded aunt who likes to pinch their cheeks and give a big kiss to them.

[Timotheus]

I think in some ways this is being over thought. The spectral form is the ghost of Georgette past, the last solid reference memory she has of being with Monica for a solid length of time, including the lunch run after. The next is the ghost of Georgette present, confused, lost, and unsure of what is going on. And the third is the ghost of Georgette yet to come, incomplete and still trying to get herself together.