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Would "Kachunk" and "clank clank clank" be onomatopoeia to describe the moving of the blood cauldron, rather than the bird sound? Or, given that the sounds are shown in the same manner as the rest of the bird noises, could this be the birds deliberately mimicking the sound that moving a cauldron could make?  Or am I just reading in far too much into this, there is no hidden meaning, and I really need to get out more? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.107.150|141.101.107.150]] 11:17, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 
Would "Kachunk" and "clank clank clank" be onomatopoeia to describe the moving of the blood cauldron, rather than the bird sound? Or, given that the sounds are shown in the same manner as the rest of the bird noises, could this be the birds deliberately mimicking the sound that moving a cauldron could make?  Or am I just reading in far too much into this, there is no hidden meaning, and I really need to get out more? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.107.150|141.101.107.150]] 11:17, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 
:I think they are preparing weapons. [[User:Chrullrich|Chrullrich]] ([[User talk:Chrullrich|talk]]) 04:53, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 
:I think they are preparing weapons. [[User:Chrullrich|Chrullrich]] ([[User talk:Chrullrich|talk]]) 04:53, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
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::Onomatopoeia is words that sound like the thing/action/whatever they describe, for example knock. Since Kachunk and clank are not words, but only sounds [citation needed] it is not onomatopoeia. But yes, it is not a word, but I think it is the sound of either the blood cauldron or from any device to get the blood out of megan. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.11|198.41.242.11]] Lupo
 
  
 
Why are the "time is upon us" and "blood cauldron" lines labelled as coming from birds? I assumed they were just hysterical people talking from off-panel. --[[User:Flicky|Flicky]] ([[User talk:Flicky|talk]]) 12:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 
Why are the "time is upon us" and "blood cauldron" lines labelled as coming from birds? I assumed they were just hysterical people talking from off-panel. --[[User:Flicky|Flicky]] ([[User talk:Flicky|talk]]) 12:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

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