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By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


In a very real way Lowtax is everyone's father and we always need to reiterate that Dad gay so what.
Furthermore Richard has shown no inclinations towards masculine love, especially other dads.
Therefore it stands to reason that the only moral choice is to vote for LowtaxBod.
Make a difference, vote Forum's dad gay so what:krust:.

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POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug
I love my dad gay forums. :colbert:

Poll results are on the last page! The first page. The

you know what whatever go back a page.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


Now Pool, I'm not suggesting that you betray the trust of the readers and veto the decision.
That's it, I am definitely not suggesting that.
:agesilaus:

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

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Dads just wanna have fun, Amanda was adopted, Amanda has two dads.

EDIT: I'm slow, hahaha. I'm really looking forward to this LP, I've got friends who really like this game.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Voting for Lowtax dad

KirbyKhan
Mar 20, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 33 minutes!
Soiled Meat
Is Amanda a constant indeterminate brown or does she pallet swap to the built dad skin tone? Love it either way.

I say Lowtax dad, goofy, had a wife, and biodaughter

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

KirbyKhan posted:

Is Amanda a constant indeterminate brown or does she pallet swap to the built dad skin tone? Love it either way.

I say Lowtax dad, goofy, had a wife, and biodaughter

Unless the photo changes as well HUGE DAD'S wife was indeterminate brown so that's probably it

POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug
Aw, I'm sorry guys, voting ended yesterday evening!

Regarding Amanda, her model is pre-determined. She's also very stylish! (Unlike Prester John back there.)

Next update is tomorrow! I need time to clean headshots and grill pizzas.

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

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Yeah I really like Amanda's design. Hopefully the game has a good focus on her, instead of the kids just kinda being there to justify the dadness of it.

EDIT: I just wanted to point out that Amanda's wearing her mom's jacket, and from what I've seen, the picture with the dead(?) dad has him wearing the same jacket.

PetraCore fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Aug 7, 2017

POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug
A taste of what's to come!

BEHOLD: JOHN MANDEVILLE, THREAD DAD.

zxqv8
Oct 21, 2010

Did somebody call about a Ravager problem?
So, whose dream is this daddy, again?

:stare:

POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug

zxqv8 posted:

So, whose dream is this daddy, again?

:stare:

All good dads are beautiful.

:colbert:

Nephrite
Aug 18, 2006
Lipstick Apathy
I suppose no one can truly complain if we're freakin' Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Nephrite posted:

I suppose no one can truly complain if we're freakin' Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Looks more like the long-lost part of the North Korean ruling family to me, but I'm cool with Kim Jon-Dad anyways.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


You cannot stop me from imagining Lowtax, my love is real!

POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug


For the beginning of this update, I'll skip over the parts we've already seen and only highlight choices. This update was getting a little long, so I'll post another update in a couple of days that will be 100% fresh dad territory.

Dad Tip #66: It's okay if you don't come in first, just make sure you have health insurance.



I let my tongue roll out of my mouth and stop breathing.

Amanda shakes me.

"Come on Dad, this hasn't worked on me since I was six."

"I'm sorry Amanda, this is the end for me."

"Dad I swear to god..."

"Amanda, I bequeath to you all of my earthly possessions. Spread my ashes over my recliner."

"Okay well your corpse better get into the moving van, because it's leaving soon."



Snip...



Every good dad is beautiful, even if another dad wore this outfit better.

Another snip...



"No Dad, that was Emma S."



"I also miss my hamster."

"Sir Hammington the Brave."

Snip again.



Amanda's mother is out of the picture for some reason. Death? Abandonment? Imprisonment? The somber way she's discussed makes the former more likely.



She's our biological daughter... annnnd fast-forward!



"So many memories here. Hard to believe your mother and I bought this place almost 20 years ago."

"Hey, remember when I shattered the front window playing catch?"

"You always had very strong arms."

"Hey, remember when I shattered the other front window pretending to be a robot who breaks windows?"

"You've always had a strong imagination."

"Hey, remember when I broke the back window pl--"

"We get it Amanda, you break stuff."

"And there'll be plenty more stuff for me to break in the new place!"

"Memories to make and stuff to break."

"You ready?"

We sit in silence for a moment. I watched my daughter grow up in this house. It will forever hold a place in my heart, but it stings a little bit to leave it behind.

"I'm ready."

The moving van begins to pull away and I get the car into position to follow it. I watch our house—our old house—disappear in the rearview mirror.

"So..."

"So what?"

"So sell me on our cool new pad."

I clear my throat and do my best cheesy announcer voice.



  • Washer and dryer hookups.
  • A two car garage.
  • Multiple places to sleep.

"Not only are there bedrooms for your sleeping pleasure, but couches and floorspace where you can, yes, catch a wink."

"What a deal! I mean, if sleep weren't for the weak."

"You sleep more than anyone I know."

"I admit my faults, Pops. I keep it real."

"Anyway, it's also smaller than our last house."

"Cozier, one might argue."

"Good spin."



"Amanda, you know you're gonna have to learn how to parallel park at some point, right?"

"Not gonna happen, Pops."

"I think someone needs to do a three-point turn on their attitude."

"I don't know how to do that either.

"Have you met the neighbors yet?"

"Not yet, but the neighborhood seems pretty quiet."

"So you won't have to chase any rowdy teens off your lawn?"

"You are the very teen you mock when you say that, honey."

"I'm in my last year of high school. I'm practically dust."

"Yeah, you're a real..."

"Don't you dare."

"...senior..."

"Dad I know where this is going."

"...citizen."



"But I won't forget it.

"So what's item number one on the New House agenda?"

"Well first we'll need to forge a path through the solid wall of boxes that's blocking the living room. I still have to install the washer and dryer, we need to go grocery shopping--"

"Pops, cool your jets. You have to promise me that we're gonna take a break and explore the neighborhood."

"Okay, okay, you're right. We'll get some work done and then check the area out."



"HI-YAH!"



"Nice form, sweet pea."



I'm so proud.

"Man, all that karate chopping tuckered me out. I could really go for a sandwich. An ice cream sandwich."

"Sweetie... it's 10 a.m."

  • We need to unpack first.
  • I need some coffee ASAP.
  • Did you even see all the dogs in the park nearby?

"I gotta get my hands on a nice hot cup of the 'ol bean juice or I'm gonna be useless all day."

"I think we passed a coffee shop on the way here. Maybe we could check that out."

"Let's do it!"



"Man, this is in such convenient walking distance from our place."

"I mean, I guess."

"What's wrong?"

"Why would I go somewhere else and drink coffee on a couch when I could just drink better coffee at home on my own couch and not have to make awkward eye contact with other people?

"At least when I'm home some random guy isn't gonna come up and sit on the recliner next to me and I won't feel, like, a little weird about it because technically he's not sitting at my table but he is very much within my Personal Zone."



"And what's the etiquette when you have a dirty mug? Is there a bin? Do you go set it up on the counter because you don't know where else to put it?"

At least I'm not the only one who sweats this detail.

"Or do you leave it there, and feel your face flush hot with shame as you consider the possibility that there is in fact a bin somewhere just out of sight and now you're That Jerk Who Left Their Mug?"

"Dad... are you just afraid to meet new people?"

"YES AMANDA."

We walk inside.



Next time: Hot Coffee Dad

The "just moved to town" trope is a common one across all fiction genres. It's especially common in works targeted at kids and is especially well-worn in romance.

It's a quick way for the author work in all sorts of exposition that the protagonist won't know, either, and the shared unfamiliarity between the audience and protagonist invites the audience to share his perspective (and thus makes it a little easier to identify with him, too). Unfamiliarity with your environment and separation from your social circle leaves you vulnerable, too -- who hasn't been there?

Consider the "just arrived in town" protagonist as an invitation from the writer for you to step into the main character's shoes for a while.

(To say nothing of this VN being written in the first person, which is the granddaddy of all shortcuts.)

What do you think of our dad so far? He seems a touch... anxious.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


He's the very essence of goon of course he's anxious.
Just waiting for him to half heartedly start something and then quit and stuff himself with junk food instead.
E: all the while posting on the internet what a worthless person he is who deserves nothing in life.

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

I can't blame anyone for not wanting to make contact with people nor for fearing if he's doing things right in a public place. I'd rather drink that coffee at home too.

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things
He's perfect :allears:

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I can't look at Coffee Dad without seeing a middle aged Lucio.

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

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:coffeepal:

It begins.

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
These dad jokes :argh::allears:

Mr. Lobe
Feb 23, 2007

... Dry bones...


That menu has implausibly reasonable prices.

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Slaan posted:

These dad jokes :argh::allears:

We need more dad jokes. MORE POWERFUL dad jokes.

POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug
Here's a musical gift: https://soundcloud.com/jakelionheart/dream-daddy-dream-moving-dayprod-by-thatkidgoran

By the way, have a joke my granddad told me.


Why can't you pee in a potato field?

Too many eyes.

Augus
Mar 9, 2015


Shame that Amanda didn't inherit her dad's good looks.

CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER

Night10194 posted:

We need more dad jokes. MORE POWERFUL dad jokes.

Not emptyquoting. Also, love our Dad's dress sense :smugbert:

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


I dread to see his casual look.

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
He really is extremely challenging to look at it

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


Pity he has no comb-over

Graceful Graveler
May 18, 2009
Boy, the mustache does a great job of pushing our Dad's looks straight into unfortunate territory. :stonk: Although I guess that just means we'll be rooting for him to find love all the more emphatically. Be the entire thread's self-insert, John. We believe in you.

Garbonix
Oct 9, 2012

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

Pity he has no comb-over

He doesn't need to have a comb-over when he looks like one in spirit.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


To pass the time until the next update here are some inspirational People:



OutofSight
May 4, 2017

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

To pass the time until the next update here are some inspirational People:

Reminds me of my last stay in england.
Which makes sense, the english natives wield very powerful dad jokes.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender

Augus posted:

Shame that Amanda didn't inherit her dad's good looks.
But she inherited his spirit. :allears:

King Doom
Dec 1, 2004
I am on the Internet.

Graceful Graveler posted:

Boy, the mustache does a great job of pushing our Dad's looks straight into unfortunate territory.

I thought he had a hare lip till you posted that.

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

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It's the moustache and squint that pushes me over the edge. Luckily our dadsona makes up for it with the suit and sunglasses. What hot barista dad could resist this short glass of water?

Xandor TikRoth
Mar 10, 2012

I can definitely help with that
Dear God it's Kim Jong-Dad!

I'm not typically a fan of VN's, but you're doing an awesome job of presenting this one!

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Xandor TikRoth posted:

Dear God it's Kim Jong-Dad!

Thank the motherland I'm not the only one who sees this.

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POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug
I drank too much sangria to put up tonight's update so uhhh cheers

:beerpal:

And thank you. I'm looking forward to all the dream dads the thread designs.

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