This is reminding me very much of Spring Heeled part 2 Red's teeth even look Zimmy-esque in the last panel

The esoteric, subtle nuances of fairy culture

Red and Zimmy are a lot alike, aren't they?

Red, that is the most insecure thing you could have done and could *create* trouble with Aliyu that didn't exist before. Coyote would laugh about 'just as I foresaw' but he'd be lying, as always.

Damn... C'mon Red, we can talk this over...

I really don't like her that much lol

She's seeing Red!

Red could be close to losing her drivers license. Or is this her role here, to be disruptive?

Buried in the role because it's her favorite fantasy.

Don't worry, this is just the distortion's self defense kicking into gear. You know, actually, do worry.

watch out, here comes greased lightnin

Ugh Red looks like she's covered in bite marks! • Poor Annie's getting a sample of how Eglamore thinks of Tony (Surma: *climbs into Tony's lap*; Eglamore: How could you steal my girlfriend Carver!?!). The worst part is this is likely an accident: when Ayilu wanted everyone's attention back from Annie in Ch. 36 she stopped and made a plan; here she's totally focused on Parley and the weird things going on, not making Red jealous.

Oh no, Red has been replaced by a Mysteron Agent! :o ...Oh, wait, wrong story. :|

Are things going to begin to unravel? Where is Kat? Are we to stay tuned?

I love Red.

Confirmed: red will be a pain in the everywhere until the very last moment

ahaha, the answer was "now-ish"

Real Noa causin' problems.

"I bought her at the shop, and I got an ownership license!"

Oooh magawd now I get it, the rune is loose, detached from Noa... and it's sticking with this ball of rage that is Red, because she desires strength here? Wonder if Noa's personality is with the rune, or if it's weirdly stuck to the part of her that can interact in a human way. *chews fingernails and checks if it's Monday already*

If anything, it was Blue creeping on Annie, but Red has issues, as we've seen before. Still, what are these circles? Emotional manipulation from within? By Zimmy, or Coyote? I hoped for Kat, but she wouldn't hurt Annie deliberately even via proxy. We'll see. Damn, poor Annie getting the beating again just for trying to do the right thing while severely struggling herself. That just never ends in this story, I see. I hoped that trend faded.

Completely infected with Strength. Oh dear...

Also, if it's Zimmy's personality that messes with Red - geez, Gamma really better get her brains right and run from Zeta when she gets the chance. I'm sure Tom considers their relationship appropriately loving, judging by certain chapters, but in real world you don't want this kind of partner, and frankly trying to glorify Zims and Gamma's "love" is incredibly reckless and irresponsible move by the writer. It's possessiveness, not love, and no, two don't coexist successfully in such a manner. Something has to leave eventually.

she's getting circled! also jeez can someone please find the brain cell and share it with the crew?

Man, Red sucks.

Is this related to Zimmy’s everpresent circle somehow?

Even in the distortion, Red is still a d**k. But why did she have circles on her face??

Hehehah, she's got a point! But I mean, it's Ieluu's fault.

The hell, Red.

Oh, those is CIRCLE circles

Damn Annie! Stop stealing other people girlfriends!

zimmy's gay energies are infecting the other gays and filling them with jealousy

I’ve been wondering if there is a relationship between the circles we have seen on Zimmy’s clothes (since page 72) and the more recent circles. Zim circles were fairly static wrt location & not necessarily perfect in form. These newer ones are certainly mobile & flocking! How are Red’s chicles related to Zimmy or Noa? — Is Red about to have a bit of a psychotic break here? Parley would not be happy about that!

the illusion pushes towards normalcy. is noa the circle glyph the thing underneath that has changed things?

Red needs a Snickers.

Can someone just punch Red already?

Pshh. I know it (I hope red doesn’t explode into bubbles!)

Uh oh, she got the circle pox. At least it has not made the hair un-uppy but sure did give her a case of the crazy eye.

Ah shit, here we go "again".

Ok zimmy!

Those circles can't be good...

I feel like I'm playing Where's Waldo, trying to count all the circles on Red. It's really cool.

RED THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT YOUR BEST FRIEND!

Dammit Red, if she didn't Annie there, she'd move. Talk to your friend rather than random violence.

THE CIRCLES MAN WHAT ARE THE CIRCLES, IT’S EVEN ON HER SHIRT

She gets all circular

CIRCLES... y'know, I think I've seen people in other comments associating other appearances of circles with Noa's glyph, but I think it's actually related to the circle that's been on Zimmy's shirt (and I remember Tom saying somewhere in an AMA, I think, that that circle was important!)

I'm getting concerned about all the circles drawn on Red. Also, super aggro!

Idk man it seems like your girl is awful touchy with Annie, not the other way around. Reminds me of when Zimmy was Annie in her hell world and got jealous when Gamma clung to the fake Zimmy.

What are the circles! I need to understand them. Is the strength symbol running free? Is this a Zimmy force? What effect does it have on the people it inhabits?

Honestly there's no way to tell if Red is being influenced by anything since this seems like something she'd do normally.

Honestly there's no way to tell if Red is being influenced by anything since this seems like something she'd do normally.

Jealous much? Careful, going to make firehead girl get all fiery.

Oh, Red.....

Does anyone else notice that Parley and Noa are sitting on a set of stairs that go absolutely nowhere? This illusion really seems to encourage the characters to just not notice the inconsistencies.

Well that's a LOT of circles

Ayilu definitely doing that on purpose

Hmmm... This circles...