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Erasure posted:Wouldn't Dave utterly wipe the floor with Karkat since he's not god-tier? Yeah, but it isn't impossible to kill god-tiers:  Though Karkat isn't a blind gambler with a canesword and an unshakable faith in the power of justice so he doesn't get to be a Zatoichi... Does Karkat get strength from romantic comedies? Are there any badasses in romcoms who inspired his character?
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MrBims posted:Yeah, but it isn't impossible to kill god-tiers: It's presumably impossible for Karkat to kill Dave over Terezi as such a death is neither just nor heroic.
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Mar 17, 2012 18:46
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MrBims posted:Yeah, but it isn't impossible to kill god-tiers: Will Smith in Hitch is kind of sort of a badass, and if there is a thing that the character of Karkat is clearly and entirely drawn from, it is Will Smith in Hitch.
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Mar 17, 2012 18:52
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I guess he could channel this, even if it's horrible.
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Mar 17, 2012 19:46
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I think the best thing that could happen right now is a perspective change to WV as he goes about his mayoral duties in Can Town with Terezi.
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Mar 17, 2012 19:46
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This update makes it official, Dave is Batman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnTOqjAFxEw
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Mar 17, 2012 20:14
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Omnomnomnivore posted:This update makes it official, Dave is Batman: Ummm I think you'll find that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg5QBrwKF94
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Zorak posted:Ummm I think you'll find that Baby Dave ate a cartoon pony, Batman ate a cartoon pony. Dave is Batman.
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Erasure posted:Wouldn't Dave utterly wipe the floor with Karkat since he's not god-tier? Possibly. I vaguely remember in one of the millions of Dave/Terezi conversations that despite not being a god-tier, being at the top of one's echeladder is a very close second in terms of power. I doubt both of them would unleash the bloody thing and timey thing at one another. A good ol' fashioned STRIFE! would be great though. I hate to sound like a shipper, but I think that Terezi's going to wind up as an auspistice for Karkat and Dave.
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sitchelin posted:I hate to sound like a shipper, but I think that Terezi's going to wind up as an auspistice for Karkat and Dave. Wow, Karkat really is turning into Eridan. That's the oldest trick in the book. I wouldn't worry about anyone's welfare here. It'll just be a typical middle school style fight with a lot of shoving and grunting and everyone will just end up having to go to the principal's office. VVV I almost said I wouldn't be bothered to decide who the principal in this situation would be, but then I decided it was obvious and didn't. Torgover fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Mar 17, 2012 |
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Olivia42 posted:Wow, Karkat really is turning into Eridan. That's the oldest trick on the book.
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sitchelin posted:I hate to sound like a shipper, but I think that Terezi's going to wind up as an auspistice for Karkat and Dave. Flaw in that argument: Dave literally could not care less in any sense about Karkat.
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Elysiume posted:There's only one authority figure on that rock. And now I'm imagining WV presiding over the dispute like a whimsical Judge Judy. Serenity gets to be the bailiff.
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Cabbit posted:He could not possibly have been thinking that far ahead. Coming from someone who read the entire thing in um just over a month including Problem Sleuth, I am fairly certain he thought of this whole thing ahead of time, there is so much poo poo that just blew my mind and made it hard to keep linear track of things in my head because of how far everything circled back. Jesus this dude is STILL on acid.
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Some things were planned pretty far ahead (he has said that the whole generation swap thing was a very early idea, for example) but a lot of it amounts to actually just throwing a whole lot of poo poo in the air and then sort of reaching up and grabbing something whenever it seemed appropriate. He "knew" barely anything about the trolls when he started introducing them, for one thing. It shouldn't work at all and the fact that it does is part of what's so unusual about this story.
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At the very least, he's gone on record as saying that the idea for the kid-guardian post-Scratch swap was something he came up with during the ectobiology sequence, and that a lot of the foreshadowing in general is retroactive. He peppers the story with little details that are unimportant until he decides they become important. Chekhov's Gun Rack. So while he certainly wasn't thinking of Roxy when he wrote that line, he could say now that she was secretly winnie the poop 2 all along. But lot's of people on the internet make typos, and I'm pretty sure it was joke at the expense of GameFAQs and its lack of quality control. Consider also that many of Roxy's lines are callbacks to SBaHJ; does that mean she's somehow been ghost-writing for Dave all along? (rhetorical)
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Hamiltonian Bicycle posted:Some things were planned pretty far ahead (he has said that the whole generation swap thing was a very early idea, for example) but a lot of it amounts to actually just throwing a whole lot of poo poo in the air and then sort of reaching up and grabbing something whenever it seemed appropriate. He "knew" barely anything about the trolls when he started introducing them, for one thing. It shouldn't work at all and the fact that it does is part of what's so unusual about this story. Now, what is really something to think about -- and I believe this was said on formspring -- when the trolls were introduced, and as early as the very beginning of Act 5.1, the hemospectrum didn't exist. The joke about the Thresh Prince "bluebloods" in Karkat's intro sparked fan speculation and Hussie ran the gently caress home with it. (This is also why Karkat's Land inadvertently reveals his blood color.)
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Walliard posted:At the very least, he's gone on record as saying that the idea for the kid-guardian post-Scratch swap was something he came up with during the ectobiology sequence, and that a lot of the foreshadowing in general is retroactive. He actually said that he came up with the idea when he came up with the ectobiology origins, not during the sequence itself. Which was around Act 3-ish. But yeah, otherwise that's totally correct.
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H.P. Shivcraft posted:Now, what is really something to think about -- and I believe this was said on formspring -- when the trolls were introduced, and as early as the very beginning of Act 5.1, the hemospectrum didn't exist. The joke about the Thresh Prince "bluebloods" in Karkat's intro sparked fan speculation and Hussie ran the gently caress home with it. (This is also why Karkat's Land inadvertently reveals his blood color.) That seems unlikely, since he also mentions right then that the Bluebloods' blood is literally blue.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:That seems unlikely, since he also mentions right then that the Bluebloods' blood is literally blue. He admitted on the formspring (which I don't have the archives for, but anyone can feel free to fact-check me) that this was intended as a one-off alien biology joke, but the fans loved the idea. Again, this is why Karkat's Land has red blood everywhere -- at that point Hussie was working under the assumption all trolls have red blood.
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H.P. Shivcraft posted:Now, what is really something to think about -- and I believe this was said on formspring -- when the trolls were introduced, and as early as the very beginning of Act 5.1, the hemospectrum didn't exist. The joke about the Thresh Prince "bluebloods" in Karkat's intro sparked fan speculation and Hussie ran the gently caress home with it. (This is also why Karkat's Land inadvertently reveals his blood color.) Ammat The Ankh posted:That seems unlikely, since he also mentions right then that the Bluebloods' blood is literally blue. I think he has the story slightly misremembered is all, what I recall hearing was that in the process of making that page was directly when Hussie thought up the hemospectrum, possibly just for the sake of being able to make that joke.
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Midnight Raider posted:I think he has the story slightly misremembered is all, what I recall hearing was that in the process of making that page was directly when Hussie thought up the hemospectrum, possibly just for the sake of being able to make that joke. Context and hindsight also sort of imply that this means that Troll Will Smith is a limeblood. Man, Karkat really IS Hitch.
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Why are people acting like Karkat is acting differently or whatever? Turning into Eridan? What the hell is this, just because his vitriol is directed at Dave who we like? Man this is how Karkat has been from day 1 just this time he's manning up and trying to confront his problems directly for once. And it's still hilarious.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Why are people acting like Karkat is acting differently or whatever? Turning into Eridan? What the hell is this, just because his vitriol is directed at Dave who we like? It's a joke about how Eridan did the same "appearify suddenly, knocking Kanaya off the platform" thing right before fighting Sollux.
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I like to think Kanaya's remark indicates that this has kept happening again and again over the past year.
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Eridan was awesome and Karkat becoming more like him can only be a good thing.  As long as he doesn't lose his relationship juju and start copying Eridan's whiny bitch attitude. Remember, Eridan literally spent half his time in the game successfully taking down Angels (which were hard to kill even though he had his ultimate weapon already). Dude may have had no common sense but was a hell of a fighter.
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Wrist Watch posted:Eridan was awesome and Karkat becoming more like him can only be a good thing. Eridan was good, sure. At being the worst. He was the goodest at being the worst.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Why are people acting like Karkat is acting differently or whatever? Turning into Eridan? What the hell is this, just because his vitriol is directed at Dave who we like? They're mad at him because he insulted the mayor.
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That may be the most beautiful book cover I have ever seen. And Rose is so happy to now have it oh my god. This is amazing is Karkat actually proposing what I think he is? My avatar has never felt more appropriate. ActionZero fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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Oh god. Snapped like a fox, indeed. This is not where I expected Karkat to go with this yesterday.
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I think this is the happiest we have ever seen Rose.
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This is literally the best series of updates I've seen in a long time
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I think this is what we thought it would feel like when it looked like Hussie was going to go deeper into the troll romance details. At least that's how I felt. Also Rose seems incredibly interested in that book. Oh and Karkat being okay with all that made me go "wait, huh what?"
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I'll give Karkat points for creativity. He... definitely spent way too much time thinking that one through. That's sure a plan, Mr. Leader. I think we can all agree with Dave when he says DAVE: oh my god DAVE: why is this happening
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Hmm, is anyone else getting a broken image for the second-last panel, now?
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Is it just me, or is it fantastic that all the in-person dialog is in "Dialoglog" format?
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Oh my loving god this update I can't goddamn breathe. gently caress. Also, after looking at the picture I imagined that Rose snatched the book halfway through Karkat's proposal and he just kept on going, and oh my god it got even funnier.
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YggiDee posted:Hmm, is anyone else getting a broken image for the second-last panel, now? I think possibly he originally forgot the top left guy's horns? I'm not sure because if so he's fixed it now.
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