TheHan posted:

If on Friday you thought "drat, I really hope he isn't about to throw a bunch of words at us to recap what we just saw." Well...

Who What Now posted:

This wouldn't be nearly so bad if it was updated daily like Mookie said it would be.

Cat Mattress posted:

Jayden went to the Desert of Eldariat-To-Die because she cheated on Milov with Siggy.

Also Jayden Milov, and Siggy were originally the other player characters from the game Mookie got kicked out of because he was too annoying about his own character (Dominic, obviously). Since he got kicked out, he wrote his own stories for them.

super sweet best pal posted:

Storm of Souls is probably the high point of the comic, low of a bar as that is. It'll be all downhill after it's over.

Invisible Clergy posted:

I remembered most of Ecstasy and Evil due to the blatant racism and misogyny, but did forget about Mominic, Popinic, and Karnak's involvement. I remember only the wifebeating from Hello Nurse, so anything else will be a surprise.

"You call that an abuser? This is an abuser!"

Me too!

I feel like at times he really takes advantage of it. The limited color palette and crude art makes the extremely graphic violence a lot more unpredictable, which he definitely steers into.

TheHan posted:

Now I'm wondering, do Dominic and Luna ever...have an argument? Or a disagreement? or even differing opinions? Their relationship seems so completely devoid of conflict in a weird way, they're always on the same wavelength and have all the same preferences. I'm not saying writing a relationship that's healthy into your story is bad, but even healthy relationships have disagreements on something.

Like even Dominic's argument with his mom ended with him going "Yes, I understand. I am wrong here" He was, but it would've been interesting if he didn't think he was. It'd add a new dynamic to the hero's party, with Dominic being unwilling to work with some of his allies due to his own prejudices. Instead he totally agrees and their conflict is forgotten, because Mookie thinks Dominic was bad there so everyone knows he was being bad, including Dominic.

Ague Proof posted:

There's a point later in the comic where he was going to kill off Luna but decided it would be too dark.

Kavak posted:

Was there something real-world that prompted that?

Invisible Clergy posted:

Today's update is hardly unique in this regard, but if a diary is going to be the framing device for Snout's thoughts, then the stuff we se from the diary ought to be restricted to the kinds of things one would write in a diary. Mookie used to be reasonably consistent about this as recently as about six months ago, but like latter-day Garfield strips, he is gradually wearing away the rules. The alleged diary entries now only work as something he's saying writing right at that moment. If that's what Mookie wants, why not just give Snout a slate and chalk on a string or a magic etch-a-sketch? One of his allies is an ink witch and the other a paper wizard. Surely it's within their power to create such a thing. Ah, crap. I think I figured out the next thing Mookie's going to do to continue writing the comic with "no dialogue."

In addition to this, I strongly dislike this one-off instance of anime/manga shorthand with the closely grouped parallel black lines like rain to signify anger/mortification/fear. Not because I have any problem with weeb poo poo, but because when you see this visual shorthand used straight in a panel in a Junji Ito comic when the protagonist sees someone turn into something or humorously in Azumanga Daioh when one of the girls drops her rice ball, you're in a certain mindset ready to receive this visual metaphor. Legacy, despite its roots in z-grade anime, like the original Deegan, does not employ any of these examples of visual shorthand or if it does, it doesn't do so consistently, so when one crops up, it's just really weird. It'd be like if you were reading a Superman comic and Lois said something withering to him, then he had a single, softball sized pearl of sweat materialize on the nape of his neck. It'd be weird as hell and divorced from the normal context you encounter it in, even if you the reader are familiar with the trope, it wouldn't hit the same way.

In short, I hate this comic.

Rotten Red Rod posted:

So Snout's platonic (?) relationship with a necromanic zombie he met less than a week (?) ago reminds Arudak of his dead wife

uh, ok

Why? Is it because she is also dead?

Also who is Snout's actual romantic love interest supposed to be? Ink Witch or Corpsemommy? The comic keeps vacillating between the two. Again, it could be interesting to depict a poly relationship, but Mookie hasn't indicated that's what he's going for. In fact I can't tell at all what he's going for.

Also also, I'm still flabbergasted that Snout has 2 nice new outfits, one of which already has his treasured "HELO I AM BROKEN" patch, and yet he's going back to his lovely, smelly overalls. At least Corposemommy is FINALLY dressed this time.

Also also also, what the gently caress was the point of Snout's "clearing his head" montage? He didn't actually DO any introspection. He just kind of went for a walk and when he came back people were nice to him and had ejected the bad man from the story for being slightly rude to him.

TheHan posted:

But what is there for him to recap?

Bismuth posted:

Wow, even obstacles he/we dont even know about get overcome in seconds with 0 effort. Is there ever going to be conflict in this story that Snout himself has to expend effort to overcome or is it just going to be "oh someone else already took care of this for you have fun"

Hostile V posted:

Anyway, wheel-spinning in case you didn't get the symbolism/metaphors/text.

Powerful Katrinka posted:

I get this icky feeling from how often we're shown Snout stuffing his face. It bothers me that we haven't seen him NOT like anything, but he's always doubtful that he'll like what he's being offered at first. And it just smacks of praising a toddler for trying new foods

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

Rotten Red Rod posted:

are you loving KIDDING ME

YOU JUST SAW HER THREE PAGES AGO

Fister Roboto posted:

He's also not going to bother to ask what her name is.

Rotten Red Rod posted:

Hmm. Maybe he should seek the chandak?

SubG posted:

Samovar posted:

I feel my neurons just... Shrugging at this. Just looking at each other in absolute befuddlement.

a cartoon duck posted:

controversially, i think blog posts should be off limits for the thread before it crosses the webddog threshold, as people are already declaring their hatred for the man for having the wrong opinions on search algorithms and board games