Topic: Quickly Retrieve Arms from Safe (Read 57591 times)

Brentai · « **Reply #660 on:** July 02, 2011, 03:45:51 PM »

Oh, a massive wave of updates starting with a Flash. Can't wait to see that in 1-infinity weeks.

Dooly · « **Reply #661 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:56:40 PM »

The flash is just this:

And clicking on each picture will take you to one of five pages (1 2 3 4 5) which each go along one of the comic's many ongoing plot threads for a few pages and then link back to the flash page.

teg · « **Reply #662 on:** July 03, 2011, 05:22:09 AM »

That was... actually kind of cool.

Brentai's talking about the ten-minute end-of-act flash coming up, though.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #663 on:** July 09, 2011, 04:49:13 AM »

Oh, hey, check it out, the Denizens are getting mentioned again. Maybe we'll actually get to see them!

Esperath · « **Reply #664 on:** July 17, 2011, 04:26:16 PM »

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fedorafreak: note to self: use spoils to make more hats.

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Bongo Bill · « **Reply #665 on:** July 17, 2011, 06:51:21 PM »

And so, the last man on earth dies on a quest bed (whose?). There is no way this will have any lasting consequences.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #666 on:** July 18, 2011, 02:38:04 AM »

He's not on Earth, he's in the medium. Killed by imps/ogres/basilisks/whateverthefuck. So, how did he get to the medium?

teg · « **Reply #667 on:** July 18, 2011, 08:39:16 AM »

Quote from: Cthulhu-chan on July 18, 2011, 02:38:04 AM

He's not on Earth, he's in the medium. Killed by imps/ogres/basilisks/whateverthefuck. So, how did he get to the medium?

I assume he's in someone else's session.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #668 on:** August 06, 2011, 07:01:34 AM »

Oh, Update!

Wait, why is Gamzee getting Tavros' blood on his lipsOH GOD WHY!?

[spoiler]Oh, and Gamzee also apparently gave John Universe Cancer. And wants to make out with Dave's severed head.[/spoiler]

Brentai · « **Reply #669 on:** August 07, 2011, 08:46:24 PM »

Welp, it happened. Forces have been handled recklessly, and they have nullified the basic ability of intelligent beings in all real and hypothetical planes of existence to give a shit.

Whatever.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #670 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:10:54 AM »

Huh. I had always assumed the Troll Planet had been settled by the players that spawned their universe. Turns out there was another reason why Troll Culture seemed predisposed to the nature of the game.

Also, I guess this is supposed to be where Ophiuchus comes in?

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #671 on:** August 11, 2011, 11:17:44 AM »

There's a fairly good possibility that the upcoming arc is going to end with an interesting revelation about the nature of Sburb.

The problem is that the main characters are not going to be the ones who discover it.

Brentai · « **Reply #672 on:** August 11, 2011, 12:34:02 PM »

What main characters

The reader is as much a protagonist as anyone at this point.

Dooly · « **Reply #673 on:** August 11, 2011, 08:41:00 PM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on August 11, 2011, 09:10:54 AM

Also, I guess this is supposed to be where Ophiuchus comes in?

No, "the Signless" is supposed to refer to the sufferer, Karkat's ancestor.

Brentai · « **Reply #674 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:49:30 PM »

And not at all Troll Jesus.

What the hell am I still reading?

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #675 on:** August 12, 2011, 08:30:34 PM »

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Is the Sufferer actually Troll Jegus?

Terezi mentioned Troll Jegus in a joking exchange with John a while ago. Whether the Sufferer's name is actually Jegus, and whether or not she actually knew anything about this story when she said that, is left to your speculation.

This ancestor interlude is a little religious tale. Over the course of the story sometimes we wander into these silly mini-genres, like "horrorstuck", or erotic historical fiction through Mindfang's journal entries.

The Jesus parallel is pretty blatant, down to the use of the torture device as the symbol for the religious movement (cross, irons). I personally think the explanation of the relevance of Karkat's sign is one of the more interesting aspects about it, just from the perspective of taking existing symbols and adapting them to an evolving mythological framework. Segments like this aren't really just about "Gee, the ancestors sure are cool, let's hear more about them." (Though there's no question there's a certain amount of fan service in play when I do stuff like this.) We learn more about the story and characters and answer questions beyond the limited scope of their biographies, like why Karkat had a sign at all if he had no caste.

We learn more about the troll race, as a once peaceful species and such before kid-ancestors as players scratched their session, though the short term relevance of this is mainly as a preamble to Scratch's religious story. Establishing an Eden-like paradise from which there is some departure through sin is sort of the boilerplate basis for religious lore.

Scratch is a devil figure about as blatant as the Sufferer is a Christ figure. The failed players from peaceful Alternia made a classic "deal with the devil" move by causing the scratch after being given a choice by the mother of all monsters. (Echidna. Hey, she's a big snake!) By doing so they brought Scratch into their universe, and therefore all the things you'd expect that comes with summoning the devil. This resulted not only turning Alternia into a planet full of violent murderers, but it only technically granted them what they wanted with a huge caveat, as is the case with such ill-advised bargains. The players were strong enough to win, but made a terminal universe, were barred from entry, hunted by a demon, and then started killing each other.

"Old Scratch" is actually an old timey nickname for the devil. It's used in some Twain books. The manipulative devil figure pulling the strings was always the basis for his character, and this was probably pretty obvious right away. He's part devil/puppet/cueball, with a dash of the old gambler/gunslinger Doc Holliday in his profile. Doc Holliday is actually my ancestor. He is related to me on my mother's side, who's last name is also Holliday.

Hopefully I won't die at age 36 of tuberculosis though. If there's anything to the karmic fortune-swapping of the trolls and their ancestors, ideally tuberculosis will die of me.

Emphasis added. Perhaps this will help you? Didn't really help me. I'm just pleased it was only three pages and not about Vriska.

Brentai · « **Reply #676 on:** August 12, 2011, 08:54:31 PM »

I suppose if Terezi is actually part of Jegus's super-secret fanclub it would explain her ever contemplating letting Karkat fill her Holy Pail, but this is all beside the point that I haven't been able to read a page of this without shaking my head for a couple months now.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #677 on:** August 13, 2011, 02:20:11 AM »

Wasn't there a main plot at some point?

Norondor · « **Reply #678 on:** August 13, 2011, 02:28:10 AM »

until the end of the first act

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #679 on:** August 21, 2011, 11:08:53 PM »

... welp, Karkat V. Gamzee was probably the single most satisfying moment in the entire comic.

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