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Oh, I get it! It's like naming the fairies from Gunnerkrigg Court, but without the social complications that came with it.
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Codependent Poster posted:Did Ink Witch and other guy sleep together? Yeah I'm wondering about that too. If Snout and Corpsemom are sharing a bed, that assumes there's not enough beds for everyone, so... I'm still confused what happened with the whole thing between her and Snout. Corpsemom just straight up replaced her and she seems fine with it.
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Codependent Poster posted:Did Ink Witch and other guy sleep together? No, they were off-panel so they ceased to exist
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Aug 18, 2021 16:37
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super sweet best pal posted:I don't post as often anymore because all I'd post is variations of "I hate this comic"
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Aug 18, 2021 16:44
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Billy Gnosis posted:Mookie forgot about his own lore yet again. Don't overthink it I do find it interesting that he seems to remember ink witches have something to do with names, but wanted to have this moment so badly that he didn’t bother thinking about how this new lore plays with the old one. So Ink Witches simultaneously require members of the coven forsake their names but consider choosing a name a momentous occasion.
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Has there been any Ink Witch lore established beyond this page? This implies Ink Witches are like Rumpelstiltskin and don't tell people their names, but not that they don't have names at all.
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I could kinda understand it if the intended message is that names are so important and hold so much literal power over Ink Witches that they're hiding their true names to protect themselves. All Ink Prime said about Redactor is that "Ink Witches never give their names away". The thing is, if it is some kind of magical or cultural taboo, I can't remember it coming up outside of that infodump. At no point does Ink Witch seem to find it weird that Snout would put his most intimate thoughts and secrets into a book boldly labeled "Snout's Diary" on the cover, or that his library card has a bunch of extraneous personal information on it and that he shows complete strangers this with no hesitation. Names likely do have significance to the Ink Witch, but it's only been brought up twice and in two very different situations. This kind of feels like a shallow throwback to her earlier comment about names, without actually putting any meat into why she and her coven are like this. Maybe Friday's comic will give a satisfactory explanation, or maybe they'll drop the topic and set off on a detour through another week of traced backgrounds. It's a coin flip!
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Ink Witch is obviously happy because now that she knows Corpse Bride's true name, she had power over her and can murder her.
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Robot Style posted:Has there been any Ink Witch lore established beyond this page? I could swear the lore established about the Ink Witch coven is that they all go by semi-formal aliases, not that Redactor was given an informal one by the Ink Witch. Am I crazy? Does anyone else remember that? e; Ok I went back and checked and it's always been like this. Speculating that there was a formalised nickname system was an assumption that does not match the text. YF-23 fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Aug 20, 2021 |
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The whole idea of a group of witches who publicly only go by aliases is at least the kernel of an interesting concept. Like they have ultimate power over non-traditional or unusual branches of magic; “the Redactor” being able to censor reality itself, or “Fierce Friction”, who can do anything from spontaneously starting fires to making it impossible for you to keep a grip on anything (including the ground you’re standing on). But the catch is that they have to protect their true names as a life or death matter, or else they lose their magic (or are otherwise greatly weakened) if anyone else ever figures it out.
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The whole thing makes no sense. Ok, Ink Witches never give their names... So how do they tell each other apart? By... Giving each other nicknames, clearly. Which is a name. So... Why doesn't the primary Ink Witch have one? Isn't that going to get real confusing the second she runs into another ink witch? Do they just not acknowledge the nicknames the other ink witches give them? Coven meetings must be maddening.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:The whole thing makes no sense. Ok, Ink Witches never give their names... So how do they tell each other apart? By... Giving each other nicknames, clearly. Which is a name. Like if the punchline of Rumpelstiltskin was that the Queen decides to nickname Rumpelstiltskin "Bob" and says "Bob" to win I don't think most people would find that a satisfying resolution of the issue.
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But generally in fantasy fiction when there's a true name you want to keep secret, you pick a nickname so that, you know, you can function in society.
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I think the issue is more that they apparently assign her the name "Redactor" on the spot, despite Ink witch having previous encounters. It's not that the Redactor's true name is unknown, its apparently that Ink Witchs just get random nicknames on a spur of the moment situation.
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Admittedly I remember that exposition as saying Ink Witches don't have names, but I still feel like it doesn't really mesh with the new lore. It just seems weird that choosing a name is a big deal for Ink Witches when they also never reveal their names to anyone.With some effort the two ideas could be tied together into something interesting but uh, this is Dominic Deegan.
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Beelzebufo posted:I think the issue is more that they apparently assign her the name "Redactor" on the spot, despite Ink witch having previous encounters. It's not that the Redactor's true name is unknown, its apparently that Ink Witchs just get random nicknames on a spur of the moment situation.
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I mean, yeah, it COULD all make sense if explained in a cohesive way. But as presented it's just slapdash and confusing.
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SubG posted:I enjoy the fact that Dominic Deegan is so comprehensively poorly written that any criticism needs to be carefully qualified to avoid being confused with being a different criticism of some adjacent error. If Mookie had just said, "she goes by" it would literally have been fine. But he had to specify...
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 I'm guessing some sort of orc holocaust memorial Also I know I didn't start my readthrough again, it's been a looooongggg week. It is coming though.
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I like the white-void floor. Really makes those objects that don't lie on the same level pop out really well, y'know?
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lmao that you can draw a circular area and make it look really hosed up
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Aug 20, 2021 08:57
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Sorry no-one returned your high five there buddy, lets go to Maltak's Most Xtreme skate park.
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there's a little podium so you can preach to the tree
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The girls went off together, now Snout has to platonically naked-cuddle the orc guy
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I don't think you have to do a "true name gives power" thing to have an anonymous society; anonymity serves a function outside of that, by masking any background history of the person and making all participants peers of each other. But mookie hasn't thought of that, because then the nicknames would be a persistent thing within the society in order for it to function. Instead of that it becomes another case of the story writing itself around Snout and the events occurring in his immediate vicinity, to the point of a character (now two!) only receiving a name on occasion of being involved with Snout in some fashion. In the same fashion as the Wild Edge having an open air library in the middle of nowhere, a day's travel away from a major city which was hitherto unknown to the protagonist who has lived in the area his whole life. The only worldbuilding that exists outside of Snout's line of sight is whatever is inherited from Dominic Deegan (Dominic Deegan's legacy, if you will).Beelzebufo posted:
I am so looking forward to seeing the grace with which mookie handles a memorial like that.
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Beelzebufo posted:
That's a slide. It's an orc playground.
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it hasn't been said in a while but it deserves to be repeated every so often: i hate snout's deaf tag
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The dream realm is a slow burn mystery done in the worst way. Instead of slowly revealing information to the audience to keep the mystery alive Snout ignores the mystery completely to go to the library or chipmunk action park.
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It's a memorial to all the orcs Siegfried murdered
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Mmm, that's a terrible memorial design. Trees aren't static. They grow. They are living things.  
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RoboRodent posted:Mmm, that's a terrible memorial design. Trees aren't static. They grow. They are living things. This tree has a very satisfied expression.
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So nice of orc guy to take him to the skate park.
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Synthbuttrange posted:lmao that you can draw a circular area and make it look really hosed up I guess we shouldn't wonder why he traces so much...
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Beelzebufo posted:
Hey, I have a name now, let's go to a war memorial!
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Beelzebufo posted:
"To prove yourself among my people, you must do a sick flip"
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How does everyone here come up with names? I just stare at the screen and think of random syllables until something sounds right. Grug... bor. Lord Grugbor. Of... Blade... gyre. Lord Grugbor of Bladegyre! Now there's an Orc king I'd gladly follow into battle.
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RoboRodent posted:Mmm, that's a terrible memorial design. Trees aren't static. They grow. They are living things. Those are badass. But ehhhh, it's a magical setting and the Orcs are supposedly especially good with nature magic. I'd say it's well within the range of acceptable.
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super sweet best pal posted:How does everyone here come up with names? I just stare at the screen and think of random syllables until something sounds right. For my writing? Baby naming sites, mostly.
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super sweet best pal posted:How does everyone here come up with names? I just stare at the screen and think of random syllables until something sounds right. mythology dictionary and/or looking at place names on a map and riffing off those.
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