Originally posted by Fifthchild
OK. Perhaps you should have mentioned them though instead of stating that an empty speech bubble was always used to by Fraction to show someone taking extreme damage ("The empty speech bubble is Fractions way of saying someone just got majorly phucked up."😉 when theres so much contrary evidence. *shrug*OK but this is basically going purely off your own personal opinion.
I hadnt re-looked at that scan and yes he was talking a bit beforehand.
It does become a bit of a stretch though to assume that in all these instances the characters are trying to say something but are in fact drowned out. There are other examples from Fear Itself (and undoubtedly from Fractions run in general) that may give a clearer answer but at any rate it very much weakens the idea that empty speech bubble equals KO IMO.
OK, but this is purely opinion/conjecture with nothing to back it up.
I didn't say always first of all, and second of all typically when a situation where no extreme damage occurs, I think it's logical for someone to use their head and know what obviously the talking standing person is not knocked out. sorry if that wasn't specific enough.
It's based on common sense and previous points.
Not really unless you have some more examples where the sound isn't drowned out?
I backed it up in the same sentence lol. With explanation and everything.
Originally posted by h1a8
IMO, someone with an empty bubble wouldn't be unconscious. Otherwise, what is the purpose of the bubble, to confuse readers?IMO, the empty bubble means you want to say something but you are speechless in what to say.
Exactly...Nul was shocked at what happened...like WTF. That's the reason he had the speech bubble...not because he was koed. Why would someone even put speech bubbles if a character is knock the fuuuuuuuu** out.