Enjoying the Joy of Discovery

General GTG Sentinel Comics Lore
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I’ve been dwelling on this for a… uh, while, and thought I’d start a conversation to see where it goes. I thought about hijacking Braithwhite’s Joy of Discovery thread, but decided both would be better served on their own.

I personally love to see how things unfold. I'm not one to poke and prod. I love to see how artists (in this case, the Greater Than Games folks) choose to reveal their secrets. As a game master, et al, I'm very interested in that process. I'm intrigued by the results, but I'm not generally one to want to dig into something (unless there's a personal connection).

(Primarily, it's a matter of time: I consciously prioritize how I spend my time, and other things are usually higher on the list.)

Other folks love to ask, love to investigate. (In my opinion, Braithwhite, you are definitely one of the most insightful and imaginative investigators in this community! :+1: ) To me, their theories and discoveries are entertaining and fun, but I'm generally not someone who's going to promote or contribute to such efforts. I don't think there's anything wrong with them - I just am not that kind of person. :slightly_smiling_face:

How do you all approach the secrets of the Sentinels 'verse? What facets do you enjoy?

 

(Putting this in the Sentinels Comics area, as it's a meta conversation on the conversations we have here.)

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I kind of just sit back and let things unfold. It's very interesting. I'm usually late on the bandwagon for stuff, and most of the time when I get into their things, they're finished. I've been with Sentinels since the core set, and so it's been an interesting experience watching the game grow with the community.

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I'm a research librarian, so I typically go about things in a research-oriented fashion.

My typical process, such as it is, is to obsess about something that I don't have a solid theory on, or that has not been revealed by the GtG folks.  For this specific discovery (the shadow), here are the steps that I took:

1. I've been trying to figure out who Heartbreaker: ![](upload://2cRkZ9vPRf2b7PYZP1Q3qGjk0Ut.jpeg) is, and so I've been spending a lot of time doing color analysis, trying to reconstruct the logo on his chest, and trying to figure out what plot moments could lead to Fixer getting stabbed.  

2. This led me to Daredevil.  This particular pose looks very much like Bullseye being stabbed by Daredevil.    (in retaliation for Bullseye stabbing Elektra with one of her own sai, and its hard to see, but Daredevil is using a sai here.)

3. So I started analyzing the relationships between Fixer, The Chairman, and the Operative in that context.  

4. I did a very close zoom of Heartbreaker's neck (no pic for that one, sorry), and it looks like he's got a something purple around his neck, with a silver pin in it.  Which seemed odd, given his color scheme of grey and maroon. 

5. I thought that it might be a tie, and I wondered what kind of tie the Chairman was wearing- it seemed like a long shot, but why not check?

6. So I looked at the Chairman's small art card, and noticed the shadow.  I couldn't see it super well, so got out the big one (also, the Chairman isn't wearing a purple tie, its grey.  Which may or may not mean anything.)  The big villain card cuts off the bottom of the artwork, which shows the Chairman looking at his pocket watch, but it gives a wider shot, revealing more of the shadow.  Which I noticed was human shaped.  

7. So I started comparing the Shadow to current hero outlines, and it doesn't match any of them.  I have since started to match it against various villain outlines, but so far no matches either.

8. With this knowledge, I've started to go back and think about the Operative/Fixer/Chairman dynamic again.

 

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I lurk on the forum and enjoy every little bits that gets posted and when I introduce new players to the game I complement it with bits of lore, speculations and reference.

I also contribute a little in the theories when I can. Like in this case Braithwhite made me remember how fixer's/chairman mirror's to a degree the Daredevil/Kingpin dynamic. Both turn around a street-level blind superhero martial artists facing a crime lord having great impact on his city.