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Wait there's a gay character? I missed that presumably because it had nothing to do with the story.
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I don't really think about V's gender. I'll default to "he" as habit but honestly Varsuuvius's gender has such little bearing on the rest of their character's arc that I don't care to analyze it. That being said I hope V is a big gay.
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Feb 29, 2016 04:36
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Len posted:Wait there's a gay character? I missed that presumably because it had nothing to do with the story. Bandana, the new captain of the airship.
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Feb 29, 2016 04:48
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W.T. Fits posted:Didn't the coloring book have a page about V that asks kids, "Do you think V is a man or a woman? Why do you think that? Ask your parents if they think V is a man or a woman, then ask them why they think that"? I probably have this posted way back in the thread somewhere:  
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Feb 29, 2016 06:22
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Len posted:Wait there's a gay character? I missed that presumably because it had nothing to do with the story. This. Nothing of value was gained and nothing of value was lost. I wish the guy who Rich tweeted to just jumped of a bridge. It´s nothing to care about. Where does this sudden confirmation come from?
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Feb 29, 2016 08:42
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Kajeesus posted:Do you think Rich is dropping subtle hints that when we finally see the Monster in the Dark, it'll be alongside an equally mind blowing reveal that Vaarsuvius has a penis?
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My Lovely Horse posted:Thanks for preemptively ruining the MitD reveal, it can't possibly live up to the mental image I have now. What if the MitD is V's long lost penis?
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Feb 29, 2016 09:25
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Cliff Racer posted:V was originally drawn in a robe that hid all curves, making him less "midpoint" and more "not applicable." The thing people are saying, that some of you seem to miss, is that its thought that V was originally created as male, and the "we're not going to say one way or another" thing came later, not that he is currently being depicted as male just with Rich being coy and dropping hints. Comic #6, Roy refers to Varsuuvius as "V-Man", so yep. Checks out.
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Feb 29, 2016 14:07
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I remember reading that Rich decided to start making V ambiguous really early on. Like, strips 2-5 early.
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Feb 29, 2016 14:13
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Colonial Air Force posted:Comic #6, Roy refers to Varsuuvius as "V-Man", so yep. Checks out. This just means that Roy sees V as male.
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Feb 29, 2016 14:19
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I don't think anyone really cares about Vs gender, except for the part of people's brains that are annoyed by anything being indeterminate. Like what is Cia hiding, why won't Mr. Wilson show his face? (actually he always shows the upper half and she only shows the bottom half, coincidence?), what does Maris look like? What did Bill Murray say to ScarJo!?
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Colonial Air Force posted:Comic #6, Roy refers to Varsuuvius as "V-Man", so yep. Checks out. Apparently that was in response to a poll claiming that most readers thought of V as female.
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Feb 29, 2016 14:25
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Feb 29, 2016 15:30
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Poor Belkar, always the comic relief.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:33
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In the next comic he trips over a stone and dies, fulfilling the prophecy.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:45
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I'm not sure but, I feel like I'm ping ponging every strip between being worried about Belkar and not worried about Belkar; I feel like the Prophecy is doing a lot to ramp up the tension.
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Feb 29, 2016 16:19
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Raenir Salazar posted:I'm not sure but, I feel like I'm ping ponging every strip between being worried about Belkar and not worried about Belkar; I feel like the Prophecy is doing a lot to ramp up the tension. Working as intended.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:13
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jng2058 posted:Bandana, the new captain of the airship. I remember Rich's tweet with the picture of Bandana-and-Girlfriend celebrating the legalization of gay marriage, but was it also featured in the strip?
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Feb 29, 2016 18:41
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Parahexavoctal posted:I remember Rich's tweet with the picture of Bandana-and-Girlfriend celebrating the legalization of gay marriage, but was it also featured in the strip? Bandana just mentions her ex girlfriend, really offhandedly, once to Haley. That's what had this dude making GBS threads himself.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:50
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Parahexavoctal posted:I remember Rich's tweet with the picture of Bandana-and-Girlfriend celebrating the legalization of gay marriage, but was it also featured in the strip? Bandana gives Haley some clothes and mentions they belonged to an ex-girlfriend. I think she says one or two other things about her outside of that in the same comic or the one after. It's incredibly minor.
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Feb 29, 2016 19:38
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Rich is totally trolling with the Belkar prophecy and I love every minute of it.
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We all know that prophecies aren't allowed to not have an ironic result. I'm just looking forward to how Rich is going to cheat it.
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I appreciate how Roy was very frank with the "You were right I was wrong." He didn't tiptoe around it and he said it in a manner that almost welcomed some "I told you so" as long as Belkar hurried up. And that pissed Belkar off because he couldn't even make Roy feel bad and gloat about it.
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I know we don't usually get to see thought bubbles during a fight, but that seemed like a lot of thinking, considering what character this is. I try to picture what early Belkar would do if he was forced to fight without weapons, and other than setting things on fire, I'm drawing a blank. More of that fake character development of his at work? He's really become one of my favorite characters now, when he used to be in last place. V, too. Love how casual and matter of fact roasting that that vampire was, you know he wouldn't have been able to resist having something to say about it before, especially with it being Belkar there. And I can't get over how fantastic Roy's magic sword powers look, the art upgrade was worth it for those alone. This whole strip was great.
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Mar 1, 2016 00:08
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Belkar's the best PC? Belkar's the best PC.
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Zoe posted:More of that fake character development of his at work? He's really become one of my favorite characters now, when he used to be in last place. Now keep in mind; that third dimension is still shallow as a pool that would be safe for Elan but he has a lot more going on upstairs these days.
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Parahexavoctal posted:I remember Rich's tweet with the picture of Bandana-and-Girlfriend celebrating the legalization of gay marriage, but was it also featured in the strip? This one:  ...which was not in the strip, but is pretty nifty regardless.
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Mar 1, 2016 03:17
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V and V's partner are homophobes, trying to knock that gay couple unconscious for kissing.
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greatn posted:V and V's partner are homophobes, trying to knock that gay couple unconscious for kissing.
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Zoe posted:And I can't get over how fantastic Roy's magic sword powers look, the art upgrade was worth it for those alone. This whole strip was great. Yeah. I love the green fire.
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greatn posted:V and V's partner are homophobes, trying to knock that gay couple unconscious for kissing. No that's color spray. Prismatic spray means she's trying to set them on fire, melt them with acid, fry them with electricity, poison them, turn them to stone, drive them insane, or banish them to another plane. Or, you know, blow a 7th level spell slot in celebration. Could be that too. 
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jng2058 posted:Or, you know, blow a 7th level spell slot in celebration. Could be that too. Hmmmm I don't think that's supported by any rulebook I know of....
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Zoe posted:I know we don't usually get to see thought bubbles during a fight, but that seemed like a lot of thinking, considering what character this is. I try to picture what early Belkar would do if he was forced to fight without weapons, and other than setting things on fire, I'm drawing a blank. More of that fake character development of his at work? He's really become one of my favorite characters now, when he used to be in last place. It's just turning into words the usual instinct and muscle memory. Setting up a " piss him off and then trip him down a mountain" wouldn't take that long as a mental process.
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Zoe posted:I know we don't usually get to see thought bubbles during a fight, but that seemed like a lot of thinking, considering what character this is. I try to picture what early Belkar would do if he was forced to fight without weapons, and other than setting things on fire, I'm drawing a blank. More of that fake character development of his at work? He's really become one of my favorite characters now, when he used to be in last place. WSHHCNCT
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Captain Oblivious posted:Hmmmm I don't think that's supported by any rulebook I know of.... Sure it is. Cast Prismatic Spray. Miss. There, you've done all you need to and blown a 7th level spell slot in rainbowy celebration. 
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sebmojo posted:WSHHCNCT Translation?
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jng2058 posted:Sure it is. Cast Prismatic Spray. Miss. There, you've done all you need to and blown a 7th level spell slot in rainbowy celebration. I didn't think spells could miss?
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Len posted:I didn't think spells could miss? Prismatic Spray is a cone-shaped burst. It doesn't take any special skill or luck to aim a burst, so it doesn't "miss" under the traditional definition, but you can deliberately not hit anything with it by aiming it in a direction that doesn't have anyone in it.
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Len posted:I didn't think spells could miss? Different spells work in some ways. Buffing spells are pretty much all automatic and can't miss In terms of damaging spells it varies. Some automatically hit but then the person almost always gets a save to ignore it or reduce the effect, which isn't always the case for other spells. This type of attack is often how spells which don't cause physical damage work like hold person, power words, etc. Magic Missile is a rare example of an attack which automatically hits and does damage with no saving throw or possibility to avoid damage. It's also how AoE attacks tend to work, you automatically hit but the targets can save to resist the effect. Others, usually those which cause damage direct damage to a single target, require an attack roll which can miss. These are usually touch attacks so you need to hit the person but their armour isn't a factor in it because all you need to do is tap them, not penetrate their armour. Big bulky fighters will often have little defence. These can be melee (having to literally touch a person) or ranged (shoot a magical beam which disintergrates someone if they don't pass their save).
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