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Hope this Murk fellow doesn't stick around. I know Unsounded can get pretty dark at times and deals with unsavory topics but come on*. What is it about freeform RPers (and White Wolfers, for that matter) that compels them to Get Edgy With It? * 
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Pyradox posted:He strikes me as more of a Johnny Depp as Sweeny Todd than anything else. When a creator puts his or her heart and soul out there for everyone to see, this might include some tastes that don't quite mesh with everyone else's sensibilities. That's more than fine, it's fair. Ms. Cope is writing for herself first and foremost, and if we enjoy the ride all the better. If we get kind of weirded out by some of the attractions along the way, though, that's also fine and fair and entirely within our prerogatives as readers. It's not like we're demanding she change her work to cater to us, we're just not-so-quietly hoping her favorite fetish rapist OP goes away soon so we can go back to morally grey adventure storytime. She's probably have fun with this at any rate. He's her favorite casual villain, and she also gets to watch her not-fangirl readers squirm. "Is Murkoph going to exit stage left? NOPE. How about now? HAHAH.  "If he does stick around, though, that might make for slightly little uncomfortable reading here on out.
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Feb 22, 2013 09:04
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PleasingFungus posted:So, I'm a bit slow. What's going on in this update, exactly? Someone's getting a peek at somebody's childhood memories, I'm guessing. Note the eye color.
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Feb 26, 2013 14:28
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Nanomashoes posted:...You'd think they'd start locking up Duane's books or something with how often this has happened. Maybe they do. Maybe the young lady's figured out her way around locks. Like a certain somebody.* *Just a joke, not actionable speculation.
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Mar 18, 2013 09:47
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Roland Jones posted:Your actions crush my SOUL! "Twist?" If there's going to be a twist, it's that the family survives and only Duane bites it in the end. Honestly, politics in Alderode seems a dangerous business and here's this blonde schmuck with a loving family getting promoted into a life of ecclesiastical espionage. I'm just dreading the inevitable dropping of the other shoe here.
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Mar 20, 2013 05:56
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The real reason Duane doesn't want to go to Cresce: He's a bad kisser and this embarrasses him terribly.
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Mar 22, 2013 07:37
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In Cresce, greed is a crime, the idea of which I find rather unsettling. I do wonder if they're anywhere near as bad as Alderode, though, because Alderode is bad. Quigley probably thought they were the lesser of two evils (or at least convenient allies) at one point, before deciding he was better off doing business elsewhere. Nevermind that this landed him in some sickeningly deplorable company that he's only recently cut himself from.
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Apr 6, 2013 09:09
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Tollymain posted:Wonder why a boy that young has a prosthetic limb like that His job requires him to be armed at all times.
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Apr 11, 2013 08:11
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Wow, I'd have done a lot more than just punch the guy. What a knobend.
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Apr 26, 2013 14:43
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This slow-motion shoe-dropping sequence is like the bullet time of preparing to be very, very sad. If Duane's entire family gets killed then Alderode can gently caress right off.
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May 22, 2013 06:57
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Drakyn posted:Honestly, so much characterization being packed in so densely in such a small space makes me MORE nervous. That, and she's been having a great day aside from the woops forgot to remind dad not to punch some man now he's cross thing. I mean Yeah, maybe I'm a natural pessimist, but she's getting so much characterization in such a short time that I can't help but assume it's to make her death as tragic as possible. Which is not a bad thing, and if you have to introduce a character whose tragic death is a major motivator for one of your main characters, you sure as heck better make sure the reader feels it. Also it's not confirmed whether that vision of Mikaila was just a hallucination or not. Expecting the worst, though hoping for the best.
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Jun 10, 2013 13:46
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Black comedy is never not appropriate for Unsounded, even when it's inappropriate. And Ashley Cope is nothing if not a lovely art engine fueled by dark humours. While I mentioned before that some of her sensibilities tended to skew similarly to the "dark and edgy" RPer crowd, we've seen that unlike most of that sort--who would vainly pursue an ideal of "maturity" in the most juvenile and overblown ways possible--Ms. Cope's work combines humor, levity, and a sense of dramatic contrast that shows that she knows how to put her sensibilities to best use. I could call Unsounded a "mature" comic, but that would be doing it a disservice. This is the work of someone who's actually matured to the point where maturity isn't an affectation that must be forced but rather an aspect of the self that is simply understood so as not to interfere with a vivid imagination capable of wit, subtlety, charisma, and startling violence. Ashley Cope is probably an interesting person to hang out with, yes.
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Jun 18, 2013 10:47
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Yeah, Ashley Cope did a good job here. Can't wait for the next update, and I hope she enjoys her break.
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Jun 19, 2013 08:26
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Hey ninja why don't you take off your mask. Oh, you're waiting until Duane can't see you anymore, okay.
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Jun 19, 2013 18:54
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idonotlikepeas posted:Thoughts about this last page: Not only do I agree with everything you said, I'm going to add to the list. 6. gently caress Alderode.
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Jun 27, 2013 11:01
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Yeah, I was iffy at first but I'm more than willing to give Ms. Cope the benefit of the doubt.
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Jun 29, 2013 05:36
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Axiem posted:Jeeze that's subtle. And creepy!
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Oct 8, 2013 04:31
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Or mercantilism. Or physiocracy. Or bothers to explore economics at all. But to be honest most of our modern economic understanding is a relatively recent development so fantasy using systems outwardly similar to capitalism is understandable, even if their business world lacks the philosophical understandings that underpin generally capitalist economies. Cresce's switch to a moneyless, non-credit socialism seems to address perceived symptoms more than any real problems. Meet the new wealth, same as the old wealth. Except with an extra veneer of shaming and a distinct value-vagueness. And you can shame greed all you like, doesn't mean the Queen isn't going to shut your town down for a lack of productivity value. And since there's no money, there's no measure of indication that the town can produce value independent of any mines or such. And even if there's no money, there's still a distinct aristocracy that's divorced from the concerns and values of the common people. Greed manifests itself in more than just a lust for coin, and Cresce demonstrates this in a lot of ways. Neither Cresce nor Alderode are very nice places to be.
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Apr 24, 2014 05:33
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Fabricated posted:also the bottom right corner of today's comic: No, your other right. Stockyard might be a charmingly loathsome monster of a rogue, but his comparison of Cresce to a giant company town feels appropriate. I have to wonder if Duane's talented enough to crack the encryption on everyone's labourcoin wallets. And if the Frummagems already knew that.
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May 7, 2014 12:58
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Well poo poo.
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May 21, 2014 08:22
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Count me among those who found Murkoph's metahumor more groan-inducing than funny, really.
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Aug 7, 2014 12:00
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Somewhat, but it's fine. And also delightfully appropriate for its owner.
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Dec 22, 2014 23:39
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It's been pretty clear there's a major political conspiracy going on and the main cast of characters are just on the ground floor of it all. Wouldn't be surprised if Elan knows more than we do.
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Feb 6, 2015 06:39
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While I'm no expert, when it comes to being stabbed, them organs probably are the most vital and important for survivin', to boot. Positively critical, even.
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Feb 11, 2015 15:32
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PleasingFungus posted:Well, for what it's worth, it's been fairly strongly implied that he's wrong - the first silver is part of a palace conspiracy to kill the Queen and replace her government, not something ordered by the Queen herself. Seems like Elan took what Stockyard told him and leapt to the wrong conclusions. Fair enough, with the hiatus it can be a little hard to keep track. Also how some characters deliberately choose to be obtuse at times.
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Feb 12, 2015 04:45
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Toby got first draw. He's hosed. Rime posted:I like that a mask which is supposed to be imposing agony and torture beyond measure upon Duane, basically just has him doing his job back in shartshane. Not even the dead can know peace from this evil.
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Feb 26, 2015 08:38
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Jackard posted:Sounds like that's what he's saying - toby is hosed 
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Feb 27, 2015 03:07
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Kinda wondering how much of this is memory and how much is just the magic torture mask.
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Mar 18, 2015 07:47
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Most of us who aren't Down With the Murk are still reading and have managed to restrain our distaste to a couple of off-hand jokes as seen above. As you can see, everyone really is giving Cope the benefit of the doubt. In fact, this current line of discussion was mostly brought about by you griping about a long-past multipage derail everyone else had already gotten over.
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Mar 27, 2015 03:07
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I imagine his reaction will be, roughly, "Who are you?" and "Hey get off me." In that order.
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Mar 29, 2015 03:18
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A wire garrote can both choke and cut, and Toby's already bleeding around the neck. His odds are pretty low.
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Apr 8, 2015 11:49
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Bird's had tits this entire time bro
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Apr 15, 2015 09:50
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Just counting the pages till Starfish finally bites it.
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May 22, 2015 06:49
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Hell at this point I'm assuming Murkoph is Ssael and I just don't like him. Not even a love to hate sort of thing, just an overall dislike.
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Jun 9, 2015 07:18
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Right? I got a chuckle out of that.
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Jun 11, 2015 22:19
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Duane might be a wordy-rear end mofo but his eyes say a lot with so little.
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Jul 29, 2015 06:40
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For some reason, completely unsubstantiated of course, I feel like letting Cutter get caught up in the blob would be like giving a Gundam a pilot.
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Aug 5, 2015 13:47
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I think the green-haired girl was one of the nice ones.
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Aug 5, 2015 14:45
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Better not stay that way.
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sameOxxidation posted:THIS GUY loving CALLED IT Congrats to him, though since he posted it I figured everybody assumed he was right.
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