(If having RSS issues, updated info at bottom of commentary)

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Both eating and having cake

If not Diane, SOMEONE would have stopped Hope from spilling any more beans about Lucy's spell, and I didn't want to prevent that. I feel it's in-character, and Diane not doing it just so we'd get to hear it would be too much cheating.

Hope mumbling with subtitles is the right amount of cheating.

No breaking things!

I mentioned in the previous commentary that I'd been tempted to have Lucy break something of considerable sturdiness in order to hint at this spell.

That “fine control” detail in panel four is why I’m glad I never gave in to that. Given this information, it would imply she intended to cause that damage.

It’s a decision I made because of Pandora’s intent for the spell. Pandora would NOT have given a spell that might accidentally hurt Diane to the person she intended to protect Diane.

I also like the contrast this has with Justin's spell and the intent behind that.

Recharge

I didn't really have anywhere for Ellen to be the last few pages, and this explanation for her not being on-panel amused me. It also felt right for her. She might have more social energy than Elliot, but not that much more. Between guests, the small room, and people she's not used to? Yeah, this adds up.

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RSS Stuff

As mentioned in Monday's commentary, dealing with bots has resulted in some RSS feed readers not working. You can contact me to let me know what feed reader you're using, and I can pass it on to tech in the hope that it can be gotten working.

A temporary alternative RSS option that was pointed out to me is that my Tumblr has an RSS feed, and it can be tailored to be comic specific updates.

Tumblr RSS: Story - EGSNP - Sketchbook

This is imperfect, as the links it provides go to the comic announcements on Tumblr. If simply looking for reminders of the comics updating, however, it is an option.

If notifications in some form is good enough, the comic's Patreon can be subscribed to for free, which should give at least some notifications of updates via mail.

I don't want to sound like "our RSS feeds might be broken, but if you reward me for that," hence the emphasis on free. It might just be EGSNP notifications if free, but that starts up again Thursday next week.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience. It sounds like measures taken against bots are an ongoing issue for RSS readers.