10. Lace Doilies "Death Time" (Un-Iverse #67)

Rating: R. Strong bloody violence and adult themes, and some language. As well as some disturbing political theme. 

































Author's Note for Lace Doilies #10 "Death Time" (Un-Iverse #67) 

If the last scene has the reader say "Hold up,", believe they misremembered something, and then go back to the Gilda And Meek "Groundwork" Table Of Contents to check for sure, that's the reaction I want. I don't want anger or sadness. I want confusion. I want you to say, "Hold up." 

It's the WRONG ending. Not just because it's a shitty way to end the last issue of Lace Doilies. But because it doesn't fit the promised canon. Or does it? I'd check that Table of Contents again if I were you. And marvel that this was planned all the way back in the first issue of Gilda And Meek. 

"I was told there would be monkey butlers," is the stupidest thing Bernadette ever said. It's deliberately stupid, and she's sort of snarking but it's still super dumb. I love that this is the franchise that actually pays it off! Because I am insane. 

I did strongly considering using this exact joke at the end of "Open Season" (where Bernadette suggests there should be monkey butlers) but I declined because it was one of my favorite random nonsensical jokes in the saga EVER, and putting it into reality at the end of that issue is letting all the air out of the tires. 

But doing it issues later in the series finale? It's a perfect callback. Instead of diminishing the line as it would have at the end of that issue, the pay-off gives it added weight and is funny in its own right. And it takes nothing from the quip that would have been taken if the scene had occurred in the same issue. I am very happy with this. 

What is "Death Time"? Believe it or not, back in the day, when Otterman was a straight up bad guy, "It's Death Time!" was his catchphrase. Knowing this issue was coming I still made sure he used it in two previous issues, namely during the flashback in "The Village", and when he briefly became Ottermammoth in "The Otterman Cometh Back". And the words will be said again, although I won't spoil the upcoming context there. The title is essentially Otterman's wiseacre threat coming back to haunt him. That's what the title boils down to. 

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