Silence speaks volumes.

I KNEW IT!!! I KNEW IT MIGHT BE IRREVERSIBLE!!! THE SCUMBAG!!!

Oh so instead of running from the creatures, the gang could've just fought BEFORE running into Noa?

I see, so fear that Jenny was going to beat the snot out of her was just the extra boost she needed to get to work. Makes way more sense than expecting a slap to magically snap someone out of a panic, that does not work IRL.

I had a feeling. And oooooh, all of a sudden shes questioning her motives. Its a bit too late for this. That girl is nothing more than a TOOL like the rest of you because as you can see she has no answer for if that poor girl can be reverted after she forced her into it...

Why would she want to come back from this? #KaijuGoals

I’m guessing that’s a no.

Fucking monster of a woman. More a monster than poor Sylvie appears to be.

Spoiler guess, idk. We’ve seen superbeings fall into orbit around Annie. Jenny is a dealmaker devil. “Oh, Jack. You wanna get paranoid and crazy eyes again? I’ll help you!” “Oh, Sylvie, you wanna make yourself monsters? I’ll help you!” “Oh, Noa, you wanna abandon your humanity? I’ll help you!” Maybe it’s cool to have a regular* human ultimate antagonist, but I could also see Jenny getting cornered outright about her nature like Martha did in sleepaway camp. *or, as regular human as Annie, at most.

We already established that you are the bad guys ... the question now is, who is the worst of the group and how much better the next one is.

Who's talking in 6th pannel?

Rosa's expression speaks volumes. I'm glad Jenny is both creating problems and also her own downfall.

"Will she be able to come back from this?" Ma'am she's currently a giant tower of insect bits with a melted face, I don't think that question is worth asking.

Rosa seems pissed. Good.

Rosa is trying to make Jenny look bad in front of Jack because she wants him for herself! Jenny only inspired Sylvie to achieve her dreams and realize her true potential as a repulsive, abominable eldritch horror! Jenny is a good friend!

I don't think she cares, either way.

Turning your friends into piles of rocks, literal monsters, and murders, is what friends are for! Right?

I mean.... who cares how many lives are spent in the pursuit of...... wait? what were our goals again? Protect Zimmy? Well she seems perfectly capable of doing that herself..... What our 'creations' seem to be the biggest threat to her...... well can't be our fault.... must be that dastardly red head!!!!

Incredible work, Tom. This time I was sreiously dreading to view the new page, did not know what's the next monstrocity you would come up with. I didn't like the witches arc for awhile, but they begin to pay off. Thank you for this comic, keep up the good work

Why is Rosa acting so surprised? How is this different from their previous ruthless acts? Does she seriously believe that Jack and Noa were not 'pushed' *even a little* into their respective states? I know she's young but still...

Jenny: "Don't know. Don't care! That's really a her problem!"

See? It's normal and healthy, like being a Yellow or Red Lantern!...

Using fear as the basis for magic seems to be a bad idea. Sylvie went through a very special magical girl transformation. Now ger and Noa really suit each other. And still no understanding how it all works. Also Jack is very lucid. Keeps on reminding me he very deliberately decided to kill Kat. What a lovely bunch of people.

That is NOT AN OKAY PLACE FOR AN ELLIPSIS.

"Remains to be seen?" Tom are you saying that's Sylvie's remains we're seeing in panels 2 and 6? :(

"did you give her a choice?" https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1804

It looks like we are reaching the end point of her villian arc.

Jenny is the scariest one of them- What happened to her that allows this "use other people" method? She's the real monster.

You know, you might want to be a little bit cautious of "Sylvie" now. If she has "taken control" of all the "negative constructs" that Zimmy can't control.. And she uses fear to do it... Frightened people do terrible things... (and if all of this is running via Jack, how is he oblivious to that?)

I'm looking forward to finding out what Jenny's ulterior motive is.

The remains are to be seen? O_O

Can we kill her already?

Rosa seems to be the only reasonable one here. I hope she defects. I also like how she has been seen subtly questioning jack/Jenny since the witches have been introduced. To be honest though I'm still bothered by Renard patting Cvet on the ass. Casual sexual harassment unchallenged in 2026? I know it's not entirely out of character for him, but I suppose I wrote off the very early instances (like what he said to Annie and Kat) as an artifact if its time (and he was also portrayed as more of an antagonist at the time rather than a steady ally to Annie as he's now been for many, many years). I just hope it's some artifact of the illusion. It doesn't seem Annie and co. Have yet remembered why they're there.

The psycho squad ain't as close knit as it seemed huh

I am guessing that Jack is going to kill Jenny as soon as her manipulation of him breaks.

"I am sure it will be fine"

Oh is someone waking up to the fact that if one, uh, two of you are expendable, you're all expendable?

Jenny thinks of herself as the hero of the story, forced to make "tough decisions", where Annie & friends are the villains.

Jenny does not care if she can or cannot.

Poor Sylvie ):

The worst part is finding clothes in her new size.

jenny :"how to say 'I dont care' without sounding like I dont care ?"

I guess that explains why normally cool-as-cucumber Sylvie was suddenly a basket case… Or, y’know, she was genuinely afraid of melting herself into a “negative construct” permanently.

ok, so we have a bunch of morally defective witch's, a mentally compromised 'bystander' and a bunch of shenanigans involving experimental magic, 1 death prophecy, a missing Katarina, and a smorgasbord of monsters. What could go wrong?

Jenny discovered the siphon, but seems to have little power of her own. Is it possible that when she said "I've learned everything I can here; I'm not an apprentice anymore," she was trying to make it sound as if she'd graduated but she'd actually done the equivalent of flunking out?

“the more scared she is, the stronger it gets” is a high light for one of the things i love about gunnerkrigg, which is how often we get new information that wildly recontextualizes past events in a way that makes it fun to go back and reread. also, less important, idk that jenny’s super invested in that.

“I used forever true liquid lipstick in bubblegum buster and Santi burgundy pigments for her eyeliner. I thought about using dark sand but burgundy just makes her eyes pop better, especially when she has a dozen of them… oh, did you mean, ‘what did I do to her’ like, just now?”

At this point, I expect this to be a fake-out where we're supposed to think Rosa is the only good person in the coven, only for her to do something terrible later. (Well, she was already nonchalant about "having to kill [Annie's] friend, Kat" earlier.) The orb is no longer necessary, so Rosa has less leverage now against Jenny. I wonder how much she and Zara are on the same page...

Kind Jenny, always helping people. This is as good a time as any to ask: What's with the dots under Rosa's eyes? Are they makeup, magical tattoos? A fashion statement or just very symmetrical freckles?

you gotta test this stuff in staging instead of deploying straight to prod

Anyone else getting the feeling the rest of the group is starting to realise that she isn't as trustworthy as she seemed to be?

Forgive me if this is obvious to everyone else, but what did this accomplish? Why was this hideous transformation necessary?

Echoing the question of many commenters. Starting to wonder if Jenny’s psychopathy is the weak spot after all.

Very encouraging silence from Jenny there!

Oh, don’t you start trying to get a moral compass now you jerk!

I wonder, if you're prepared to make the same sacrifice, or if you're just the one pushing others into horrifying changes

"..." "What ABOUT my makeup?!"

My shower thought is the blonde is possessed by the spider-thing which invaded Jack once - which is the reason why she is manipulative, and that she has special powers which help her manipulate people.

A bit late to grow a conscience, Rosa, you were more than happy to help kill and remake Noa into a monster in the same way.

"I'm helping!" throws more salt onto wounds

Finally someone calling Jenny out on her monstrous behaviours from somewhere other than out here!

Yea, her remains will be seen all over the place

her own crew starts realizing she has no consideration for their lives whatsoever

I'm starting to dislike Jenny more and more

Uh oh!

Call me crazy, but I think the answer is "no."

Realizing the girl you've been letting lead you might not actually give a crap about any of you there?

Jenny seems like the type of person who would talk a suicidal person into jumping off the bridge if she was going to collect the insurance money.

"We're very definitely the good guys!"

You know, I'm flashing back to that time the witch group was doing karaoke. Was Jenny there? Because it seems like these are not friends to her.

Is panel 6 Rosa or Jenny?

Oooooooh, oh no. Anyway.

Not a concern that Jenny has, Sylvie's return to humanity. Not a component of any value proposition. Not a question that requires a response. Get it?

Remains to be seen!! Ahahaha I see what you did there, and it is awful. Well played, sir.

Jack is looking at Jenny as if he's interested in her answer to Rosa's question. Rosa may be leaving soon?

We'll have to get back to you about this.

I've been reading this comic for over a decade but I've never been so eager to come and read the new panel as I have been in this arc. The witch coven have been so interesting

Despite Jenny's manipulations, I feel no pity for the witches. Noa was a psychopath anyway, and the others have been more than willing to kill Annie (for instance).

Well, that's definitely...an answer.

Alright, we get it. The coven is dysfunctional and full of bitches, particularly Jenny.

"Jenny... are we the baddies?" ^_^

It's honestly a little jarring to see one of these witches suddenly growing a conscience, even on behalf of one of their own.

Is there a 'her' left to go back with? Or is it just a mass of fear with no actual conciousness?

They may be killers, but they aren't all sociopaths. A few might even think they're pursuing the greater good.

Looks like someone's starting to realize Jenny's the real monster here.

Now is the time for someone else to suffer for my cause!

Always Rosa with the sensible questions. I wonder if she'll accept a non-answer again this time (see p.3089)

Are you telling me that Jenny is a reckless, selfish person who doesn't think of her friends beyond how useful they are to her plans? I am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you.

Ngl Jenny do be a total bad a** and I kinda love it. She's a great antagonist I love to hate her.

Jenny (under her breath) " Well....*I* wouldn't want to..."

Lort.

Jenny's really a witch.

So she turned one of her "friends" into a golem, another one into a (most likely mindless) Cronenberg-type monster and she isn't showing any kind of remorse or intention to stop or even slow down... Are they all blind or how many more red flags do they need to see that she is not a "good guy" kind of person?

Rosa: "Three dots is MY thing, Jenny."

Are they starting to think maybe Jenny isn't such a good person after all?