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scans_dailyFulfilling my final request post for 2010.
Last time, we saw the fight between Frau Totenkinder and Baba Yaga (in disguise as Red Riding Hood). After being thoroughly trounced, Baba Yaga was imprisoned deep within the Woodlands Main Office, a large, dungeon-esque tesseract.
And there she stayed for quite awhile, until the recent events of Mr. Dark being unleashed, which led to all of Fabletown being demolished. This had the side-effect of cutting off the Office from its portal back to the Mundy world.
Now, Bufkin the Flying Monkey Librarian, Frankie the Monster Head, the Magic Mirror, and dozens of severed Wooden Soldier heads are all that stands between hundreds of imprisoned evils (including Baba Yaga) and freedom.
What's gonna happen? (WARNING: NSFW nekkid boobies, ahoy. Both young and old)
So, the Witch is lose. Bufkin and the others are most afraid of being locked inside the office permanently, unaware of what's locked up with them.
Whether it's no longer needing that fetching young glamor, or a result of feeding on icky spiders, Baba Yaga's true form is revealed.
Bufkin tries to rally his and Frankie's spirits with some scrounged weaponry and the hopeful thought that nothing they might run across is to much for their experienced minds to handle.
Uh oh.
Bufkin and Frankie try and figure out how they're going to take care of all the other miscreant beings crawling through the tunnels, but someone is already taking care of that for them...
Yeah, Baba Yaga just killed everything else inhabiting the Office and proceeds to eat them all for power. Except for the original Djinn that Aladdin's personal Evil Vizier brought from the Arabian Homelands. The two agree to a détente, as neither really has a legitimate beef, and really would rather just focus on their own goals than bothering the other. Bufkin cuts in with his own perspective.
They walk away. Bufkin and his chums regroup to decide what to do against these terribly powerful foes. Meanwhile...
Ah, crap.
That's right, Bufkin's started using the magical Barleycorn seeds to build himself an army of tiny, Amazonian hotties. Pretty ingenious, as we'll later see.
The other significant parts of this issue have already been posted by one of my esteemed colleagues.
Skipping ahead...
Half-truths are fun.
(It's nice when you think the mirror is doing this to attack Baba Yaga on a psychological front)
So the Wicked ol' Witch continues to bum around with her undead knights to try and suss out this "Bufkin" fellow and find a way into the wider world. But despite never finding Bufkin or his hideouts, they don't go completely unwatched.
After narrowly dodging an effort to drop a Big Fucking Sword on her head, Baba Yaga declares she'll just draw a circle and spread Death Fog everywhere to root out the pests. Bufkin decides to enact Plans B-Z simultaneously, or as we all know it, Operation: Throw Everything At 'Em At Once And Hope They Die.
"Death From Above" meets the Three Stooges.
Frankie helps Bufkin give the final charge, with our intrepid general balancing the Vorpal sword in attempt to throw the greatest Caber Toss in all of literature.
(I love antiquated phrases, so the "huzzah!" really does it for me)
Bufkin's wings are burned off for his troubles, but everyone that should be alive and well, still is. The evils of the Home Office have all been dealt with, though everyone wonders if the witch won't just magically return as they always do. But Bufkin assures them he'll just rally the troops once again because, "no one messes with my people in our house."
To date, these characters are still locked away inside of the Office, but that may be undone after the defeat of Mr. Dark. I can only imagine what the influx of all those new Barleycorn girls to Littletown will do (since their beauty is supposed to be legendary).
Dial-up warning. 1 page from Fables #78, 4 pages from #87, 3 from #88, 3 from #89, 3 from #90, and 3 from #91.
Last time, we saw the fight between Frau Totenkinder and Baba Yaga (in disguise as Red Riding Hood). After being thoroughly trounced, Baba Yaga was imprisoned deep within the Woodlands Main Office, a large, dungeon-esque tesseract.
And there she stayed for quite awhile, until the recent events of Mr. Dark being unleashed, which led to all of Fabletown being demolished. This had the side-effect of cutting off the Office from its portal back to the Mundy world.
Now, Bufkin the Flying Monkey Librarian, Frankie the Monster Head, the Magic Mirror, and dozens of severed Wooden Soldier heads are all that stands between hundreds of imprisoned evils (including Baba Yaga) and freedom.
What's gonna happen? (WARNING: NSFW nekkid boobies, ahoy. Both young and old)
So, the Witch is lose. Bufkin and the others are most afraid of being locked inside the office permanently, unaware of what's locked up with them.
Whether it's no longer needing that fetching young glamor, or a result of feeding on icky spiders, Baba Yaga's true form is revealed.
Bufkin tries to rally his and Frankie's spirits with some scrounged weaponry and the hopeful thought that nothing they might run across is to much for their experienced minds to handle.
Uh oh.
Bufkin and Frankie try and figure out how they're going to take care of all the other miscreant beings crawling through the tunnels, but someone is already taking care of that for them...
Yeah, Baba Yaga just killed everything else inhabiting the Office and proceeds to eat them all for power. Except for the original Djinn that Aladdin's personal Evil Vizier brought from the Arabian Homelands. The two agree to a détente, as neither really has a legitimate beef, and really would rather just focus on their own goals than bothering the other. Bufkin cuts in with his own perspective.
They walk away. Bufkin and his chums regroup to decide what to do against these terribly powerful foes. Meanwhile...
Ah, crap.
That's right, Bufkin's started using the magical Barleycorn seeds to build himself an army of tiny, Amazonian hotties. Pretty ingenious, as we'll later see.
The other significant parts of this issue have already been posted by one of my esteemed colleagues.
Skipping ahead...
Half-truths are fun.
(It's nice when you think the mirror is doing this to attack Baba Yaga on a psychological front)
So the Wicked ol' Witch continues to bum around with her undead knights to try and suss out this "Bufkin" fellow and find a way into the wider world. But despite never finding Bufkin or his hideouts, they don't go completely unwatched.
After narrowly dodging an effort to drop a Big Fucking Sword on her head, Baba Yaga declares she'll just draw a circle and spread Death Fog everywhere to root out the pests. Bufkin decides to enact Plans B-Z simultaneously, or as we all know it, Operation: Throw Everything At 'Em At Once And Hope They Die.
"Death From Above" meets the Three Stooges.
Frankie helps Bufkin give the final charge, with our intrepid general balancing the Vorpal sword in attempt to throw the greatest Caber Toss in all of literature.
(I love antiquated phrases, so the "huzzah!" really does it for me)
Bufkin's wings are burned off for his troubles, but everyone that should be alive and well, still is. The evils of the Home Office have all been dealt with, though everyone wonders if the witch won't just magically return as they always do. But Bufkin assures them he'll just rally the troops once again because, "no one messes with my people in our house."
To date, these characters are still locked away inside of the Office, but that may be undone after the defeat of Mr. Dark. I can only imagine what the influx of all those new Barleycorn girls to Littletown will do (since their beauty is supposed to be legendary).
Dial-up warning. 1 page from Fables #78, 4 pages from #87, 3 from #88, 3 from #89, 3 from #90, and 3 from #91.
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Date: 2010-12-13 04:53 am (UTC)I just re-read this arc when the trade came out the other week, and I didn't remember the falling Wooden Heads all exclaiming "Ow!" as they fell. :)
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Date: 2010-12-13 06:28 am (UTC)Just.
Wow.
Bufkin. It's like every silly Fable in the story has EFFINGAWESOMEBACKGROUND. Boy Blue being the first case in point.
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Date: 2010-12-13 07:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-13 11:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-13 11:52 am (UTC)fucking gold
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Date: 2010-12-13 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-13 09:31 pm (UTC)This is one of those times.
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Date: 2010-12-13 02:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-13 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-14 12:45 am (UTC)I love all the details in this, Baba Yaga's ragged, drooping clothes when she first gets free, her spider-like crawl back to power, the "Yes, Ma'am" of one of her knights, the little splashes of kerosene, all the heads saying "Ow!" and the "Snicker-snack!"
Quick question: if Baba Yaga had her flying broomstick, why does she need a mortar and pestle? Is it for crushing the bones of bad children or something?
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Date: 2010-12-14 01:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-14 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-14 03:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-14 04:12 am (UTC)Well, I try :)
These soldiers were the surviving heads from the Fabletown battle seen in the last post. They've been isolated from their master for quite some time, with only Bufkin and Frankie as people to talk to. In addition to being friendly, they're also at risk of being destroyed by Baba Yaga as they serve no further use to her (they're just heads).