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'Nobody Mookie likes dies' should be circled, since Ink Witch and Arudak disappeared for a year and then we found out they're perfectly fine and didn't even get hurt by Redactrix and Master Palms.maltesh posted:Who is the nameless best character? Ship? The Blood Horror? The Skori Tree? Potion Vendor? Redactor? The tree, for trying to save us from this trainwreck by killing Snout and then flipping him off. Edit: gently caress, what a terrible page snipe.
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Kavak posted:It reminds me less of white people or liberalism and more evangelical Christianity. Repentance is everything, there's no need to make amends because forgiveness is God's purview. Bob is repenting for his sin of molesting all those boys on the track team, they and their families should forgive them already. it's not even so much repentance but the idea that good intentions are followed by good actions and bad intentions are followed by bad actions. it's an extremely reductive model of morality that doesn't allow for nuances like exploring systemic injustices, which is also extremely convenient when your protagonists are supposed to be morally upright, but also hold positions of nobility and prestige within a political system that constantly and openly endorses genocide
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Zereth posted:Were there ones that could talk? I thought they were just animals but As others have pointed out you're right, I was just being pedantic about sentient/sapient.  But it's still pretty hosed up because even with that distinction they're essentially saying "Sorry we didn't give a poo poo about your pain until you could talk."
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Samovar posted:Finally got round to reading Trixie Slaughteraxe. I do wonder if someone would be willing to redesign it the way that one Japanese writer who couldn't draw got his story re-done with an effective artist that then became really famous. One-Punch Man?
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Of all the interesting things I've learned about in this thread, Thorsby's work is probably the top of the list.
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Regalingualius posted:One-Punch Man? Yes!
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I sort of feel like the crudeness of Thorsby's work is what gives it its charm, especially with the odd English. The characters saying those same things with actually detailed art would be a bit off-putting I think, not to mention I don't think Thorsby's monster designs (which are absolutely amazing) would translate well to better art.
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Mordja posted:Lmao I may be misremembering, but isn't "sentient plant people who suddenly appeared after a huge, magical reckoning" straight out of Guild Wars 2? Yeah maltesh posted:Who is the nameless best character? Ship? The Blood Horror? The Skori Tree? Potion Vendor? Redactor? Gotta be the Tree. It hates Snout almost as much as we do.
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Samovar posted:Finally got round to reading Trixie Slaughteraxe. I do wonder if someone would be willing to redesign it the way that one Japanese writer who couldn't draw got his story re-done with an effective artist that then became really famous. Oh yeah, sorry to go back about TSFP, but was there earlier hints re. the stars disappearing before the reveal that I missed?
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The biggest hint and the one I think that led to people on this site theorizing about it was the very first time Lyndon touched the scepter, he said it must not be working and then was killed, ending the vision. When he touched it in the embassy he once again said that it wasn't working, which clued people in "This is a vision" and they started theorizing why the stars might start disappearing in a vision. The fact the stars disappeared at a consistent number of days (I think 512?) as the date moved forward served to further support it.
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No dialogue will at least spare us from Mookie's pure, unfiltered thoughts as to what's going on with this spats wearing character.
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What does this orc supremacist/plant-people racism poo poo have to do with Dominic's legacy again? Why isn't he just reading Dominic's autobiography or something? You can't tell me Dominic's family wouldn't pay to make a book singing his praises to all these peasants.
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amigolupus posted:What does this orc supremacist/plant-people racism poo poo have to do with Dominic's legacy again? Why isn't he just reading Dominic's autobiography or something? You can't tell me Dominic's family wouldn't pay to make a book singing his praises to all these peasants. A reminder that Snout's whole reason for coming to the "Maltak Union Library" was to get Lucid Dreaming for Dummies by Dominic Deegan. He has so far failed to do so despite it being his reason for setting off on the journey in the first place.
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This isn’t the Maltak public library, is it? I’m pretty sure this is Arudak’s library.
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Mors Rattus posted:This isn’t the Maltak public library, is it? I’m pretty sure this is Arudak’s library. I mean, who can tell, but the narrative seems to communicate that the library he's going to "tomorrow" is the Maltak Union Library. 
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Beelzebufo posted:I mean, who can tell, but the narrative seems to communicate that the library he's going to "tomorrow" is the Maltak Union Library. But then when he gets up Arudak and IWP were both exhausted and Arudak tells him that he's free to explore the tower and use "the library". Then the two of them leave snout alone, followed by a smash cut to snout in front of books. So presumably this must be a library within the tower given that Snout doesn't know where anything is and can't read the language to follow signs. But then again, we now have these two entirely unexplained people inside what is presumably Arudak's home. Also, it's more than a little weird that Arudak would keep a book on how to learn his native language in his own personal library. Once again, Arudak's tower seems to be this strange cross between private residence and random facilities.
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oriongates posted:Once again, Arudak's tower seems to be this strange cross between private residence and random facilities. Wait, doesn't EVERYONE have a sign in their dining room that says "Please wait to be served"? Mine is in Esperanto instead of English.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Wait, doesn't EVERYONE have a sign in their dining room that says "Please wait to be served"? Mine is in Esperanto instead of English. It's an important enough cultural taboo that Arudak's maid (arguably) assaulted Snout for breaking it, but not important enough to, y'know, actually mention to his dinner guests.
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Beelzebufo posted:A reminder that Snout's whole reason for coming to the "Maltak Union Library" was to get Lucid Dreaming for Dummies by Dominic Deegan. I know there's an IRL "[X] For Dummies" book series, but it would be completely in-character for Dominic's smug rear end to think anyone who doesn't know how to already do lucid dreaming is an idiot.
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Oh poo poo!! His current outfit doesn't have a "deaf" patch on it! Everything is about to fall apart!
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Riot Bus posted:Oh poo poo!! His current outfit doesn't have a "deaf" patch on it! Everything is about to fall apart! We're definitely going to get a week of them trying to talk to Snout
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There's no possible way a deaf person could ever convey their disability without a label sewn into their clothes
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Rotten Red Rod posted:There's no possible way a deaf person could ever convey their disability without a label sewn into their clothes Funny how Snout doesn't really use hand gestures that could communicate these things. It's pausing to write a letter or nothing.
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Why does Snout's library card list that he's deaf and mute? Why would that be a thing that goes on a library card? Where does the library get photographs? Actually, generally, where does this setting get photographs? Why would Snout think in specifically things he's already seen written down, rather than having his own train of thought? Why do I even bother posing these questions, however rhetorically?
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Wait...wait...! Snout can form thought bubbles?! Is this literally the first thought he's had? What do you want to bet that they never establish that snout ever gets his card back from this guy? oriongates fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Apr 5, 2021 |
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The way Mookie handles Snout's disability is so upsetting (which isn't a surprise, considering Greg was the butt of ableist poo poo in DD). Mookie is so lazy that he can't even do the bare minimum research on how to write people with hearing disabilities despite using them as a pretext to write a dialogue-less ( ) comic. Now every time a new character gets introduced, Snout will just whip out his DEAF tag so they instantly know to communicate with him via writing. Sign language? What's that?Also, Thelonius introducing himself as a handsome man already feels like a huge red flag that Mookie will use the 'POC character is a sensual lover' stereotype. Really hoping this isn't leading up to him and Corpsemomwife being paired together.
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amigolupus posted:Also, Thelonius introducing himself as a handsome man already feels like a huge red flag that Mookie will use the 'POC character is a sensual lover' stereotype. Really hoping this isn't leading up to him and Corpsemomwife being paired together. Nope. You see, the plant dude is being subservient to the other guy hence the other guy snatching the card away from it, because you don't address servants, nor do you allow them to speak. And we already know that the plant people are oppressed. Mookie's Forrest-Gump-esque 'charming' idiot who has already taught a black-coded character how to do her hair is going to explain to a POC that servitude is wrong.
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This is extremely petty, but I don't like the way sunflower has what is clearly a stalk, but it's translated as a ponytail and doesn't connect to the body. Especially since the petals are also serving as a hair stand-in.
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I hate the plant guy's design in general. There's so many things off about it that's it's almost pointless to list them all. It's an ugly and off putting design, and not ugly in a creative or interesting way. And now if he's a regular character we're going to have to look at him more, at least for a while. Ick.
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I will say, the library card and business card trade is maybe the only time Mookie’s effectively written a dialogue less scene. Yeah it’s a cliche bit but it’s at least close to an action you’d expect from real people.
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Plant guy is, as was said earlier, just El Seed from the Tick but terrible. So the design is doubly infuriating since it's both terrible on its own, and also terrible because it reminds you of when the exact same idea was executed better.
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