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Bobulus posted:For people not on tumblr, the WhatPumpkin store updated. Seems like they're gearing up for some new kinds of merchandise.
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To drudge up the mind control immunity/perfect clone versus genetic slurry bit, keep in mind that Vriska couldn't mind control Aradia, but Arenea just controlled three Damaras.
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lotus circle posted:For a moment I wondered "why do they have a red backpack for Dave but the rest aren't color coded to their text color" but then I realized they're betting Dave's will sell the most so of course they'd spring for a colored one with him. They're right too, it's already listed as sold out on the site. A shame, I'd consider buying a green Jade backpack too. I figured it was because Dave's symbol is mostly black, so they wanted it to stand out more. Having the other backpacks be the same colour as the symbol would make them blend in.
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And yet again, rather than growing as a character, poo poo just HAPPENS to the R-Kids to further their plot along.
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So, this part of Aranea's plan makes sense. And Jake freaking the gently caress out over this is pretty funny. Also I really like the art in those last few panels. Curious to see how Aranea fixing Jake's brain is going to change his character (if at all).
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King of Solomon posted:So, this part of Aranea's plan makes sense. And Jake freaking the gently caress out over this is pretty funny. Maybe, just maybe, he'll stop being so oblivious and terrible.
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So... has Jake actually been brain damaged this whole time? Which of the many concussive events did him in?
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Grrl Anachronism posted:So... has Jake actually been brain damaged this whole time? Which of the many concussive events did him in? Who says it has to be something we saw?
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Grrl Anachronism posted:So... has Jake actually been brain damaged this whole time? Which of the many concussive events did him in? I think its more about him being emotionally damaged than brain damaged.
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Site's down for me. Anyone know of a mirror?quote:Error 503 Service Unavailable EDIT: Okay weird, looks like I can access the new pages via cache: on google. And the images show up, so dunno. Tunicate fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Sep 7, 2013 |
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Aradia's gr8 and all, 8ut I'm going to have to find an avatar of Aranea when she tells Jake there's no alternatives. Haven't seen a Serket that manic since Fresca was hoding Tavros' pants. *hodoring *holding Bell_ fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Sep 7, 2013 |
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KaosMachina posted:And yet again, rather than growing as a character, poo poo just HAPPENS to the R-Kids to further their plot along. Yeah, I'm concerned that this will just magically "fix Jake".  Hopefully we get to go into it in more detail?
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Tunicate posted:Site's down for me. Anyone know of a mirror? Aaand now the site seems to be down completely.
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What the gently caress is happening to mspa's server I'm not going back to check but I think Aranea said "brain" somewhere when she was talking about fixing him, but anyway it sounded like she was talking about brain problems. And really, fixing emotional problems would not require that much of a pyrotechnic display. Really, Jake has not had nearly as much trauma as any of the other characters in the entire comic let alone his circle of friends so I doubt that's whats going on.
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ElMaligno posted:I think its more about him being emotionally damaged than brain damaged. She said physically and emotionally, so there might be some other brain problems going on than that.
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Fucknag posted:Aaand now the site seems to be down completely. I am wondering if the level of meta would ever get high enough that a site outage would be used as a story point. I can at least imagine working it in retroactively.
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Iny posted:Yeah, I'm concerned that this will just magically "fix Jake". Maybe he'll become a Perfectly Generic Character.
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It makes me wonder why she didn't heal Mituna, though odds are Kankri was wearing a Retard Nation T-Shirt and harangued her about shaming the brain-damaged.
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Bell_ posted:It makes me wonder why she didn't heal Mituna, though odds are Kankri was wearing a Retard Nation T-Shirt and harangued her about shaming the brain-damaged.
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Yonic Symbolism posted:Really, Jake has not had nearly as much trauma as any of the other characters in the entire comic let alone his circle of friends so I doubt that's whats going on. But seeing how "great" Terezi turned out after Aranea healed her eyes, I think this is going to turn out horrendously. We are officially in the throes of Vriskatime (Araneatime? Serketime?) and it isn't stopping. 
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King of Solomon posted:So, this part of Aranea's plan makes sense. And Jake freaking the gently caress out over this is pretty funny. I'm half expecting Jake English to somehow become Lord English (despite all the evidence suggesting LE is actually an instantiated Caliborn).
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lotus circle posted:It isn't about his trauma, it's about his power. Aranea is pulling a Trickster 2.0: a quick fix to all the problems that are stopping the development of power because there's no time for the kids to go on a journey of self-discovery and figure out their poo poo. Jake's no good to anyone in his blathering emotionally wrecked state where he's too afraid to do anything. I can't imagine forcibly making someone 'better' is going to stick. That doesn't sound like healing, it sounds like destruction.
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Yonic Symbolism posted:Really, Jake has not had nearly as much trauma as any of the other characters in the entire comic let alone his circle of friends so I doubt that's whats going on. I dunno, he's been through a lot in the past few hours, what with him now believing that everyone in his group hates him and only appreciates him for his body, and with being gut-punched, imprisoned, and verbally abused by Jane.
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Aranea posted:ARANEA: You see, in every hero of hope there dwells a gr8 hidden power, unrivaled 8y that of any other aspect. The power of douchebaggery? Because someone already mastered that one.
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Blackheart posted:The power of douchebaggery? Because someone already mastered that one. The power of Martin Luther King Jr. is one not to be exercised lightly.
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AriadneThread posted:I can't imagine forcibly making someone 'better' is going to stick. That doesn't sound like healing, it sounds like destruction. Just judging from the visuals in the last two panels of this update, there seems to be a considerable amount of overlap between those two concepts. Looking at those images devoid of context, I'd probably guess that Aranea was obliterating Jake outright. It's some pretty scary-lookin' healing, that's for sure.
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Here's to hoping the newly "healed" Jake will show his chops by wishing Aranea into the loving cornfield. Or horse calender, whichever works.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:I'm half expecting Jake English to somehow become Lord English (despite all the evidence suggesting LE is actually an instantiated Caliborn). You mean a hypnotized Spades Slick. Which leaves us with 3 different people that could become Lord English. But it doesn't matter. He's already here.
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Blackheart posted:The power of douchebaggery? Because someone already mastered that one. Well, of course the "Destroyer of Hope" is going to be a massive douchebag.
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Color Printer posted:5 bucks says that this is actually a Thing That Goes Horribly Wrong. I don't want to give you five bucks. Also: site's back up, but really slow.
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Seoinin posted:So if you strip the insufferable dumbshit out of Jake, what are you left with exactly? Ace Dick.
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^^^^^^ that would be magnificent I wonder whether this will be done in a blink of aneye or whether we will see a montage of whatever broke Jake. Except for maybe Rose, the subliminal code kids wrote out was triggered by trauma. Vvvvvv deep, forgot. Maybe Jake's case will be when HIC killed Grandma Jade? Bell_ fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Sep 7, 2013 |
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Bell_ posted:^^^^^^ that would be magnificent
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