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Twelve by Pies posted:Oh I know it's going to be much stupider than that, and I'm excited to see how much stupider. Besides as I said before when this plot point was revealed, "Going into a dream to travel back in time" is basically the exact plot of the movie Somewhere In Time. And then Christopher Reeve sees a penny with the year he's from on it and it flings him back to the present. Between the idea Arudak can bring back his girlfriend using dream magic and this new revelation that she wasn’t what he thought, I could see—in an actual story—the idea being that Arudak planned to manifest his literal dream woman. His arc—if he had one—being to learn and accept that his dream woman is only one facet of the real woman he loved, who is better off a memory. But I don’t think even Mookie’s learned this lesson so fat loving chance that happens.
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so this comic has been going for nearly... 3 years? 3 strips a week? what is the overall plot and what has happened so far? how has the protagonist grown in this time? (lol)
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Moola posted:how has the protagonist grown in this time? (lol)
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Moola posted:so this comic has been going for nearly... 3 years? 3 strips a week? his defining trait is curiosity 
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Oct 28, 2021 19:21
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Zereth posted:He's done the opposite. Early on he did things, now he just gets handed things. I can't believe I miss the dumbass Loony Toons adventures of Snout fighting an evil tree just because it was him loving doing something, rather than him sitting around waiting for everyone to tell him he's a good boy and being sad if they don't constantly give him attention. Dalris Othaine posted:his defining trait is curiosity This is why, in his search for the Legacy of Dominic Deegan, when he was at the library and read a poem written by Jacob Deegan, his reaction was to ignore it and ask about some other guy. Because he's so curious, you see.
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Twelve by Pies posted:This is why, in his search for the Legacy of Dominic Deegan, when he was at the library and read a poem written by Jacob Deegan, his reaction was to ignore it and ask about some other guy. He did ask about it. You just didn't see it happen.  I wish I was kidding.
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Twelve by Pies posted:This is why, in his search for the Legacy of Dominic Deegan, when he was at the library and read a poem written by Jacob Deegan, his reaction was to ignore it and ask about some other guy. It's like he's a kid who played a bunch of JRPGs or whatever and noticed that he always goes to a new town and clicks on a bunch of NPCs and then pretty soon he's got a main quest and a bunch of side quests. So when he decides to make his own JPRG his model is exactly that: walk to a new town and talk to random NPCs...as if that is in and of itself doing a quest. It's not even a cargo cult mentality, because a cargo cult actually has a distinct, if misguided, objective in mind. This is like if someone created a pseudo cargo cult just because they liked the aesthetics of WWII-era improvised runways and so started making copies without even making the connection between runways and aircraft at all. Cargo cult without the cargo.
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I just want them to get out of Maltak, it's somehow even hollower in the future than the original Maltak.
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I feel like a finger on a monkey's paw just curled. Up next: The Desert of Eldariat to Die Twice
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for gently caress'S SAKE
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a cold, wet fart
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I mean, I guess it could be a heartfelt moment if Snout were giving literally anything up to stay with his friends, or if, as others had said, this comic had stakes. What happens if Snout fails to find Dominic's legacy? Or conversely, what happens if the Redactor does find it? ...and as far as I know, Arudak is on the same exact quest, so it's not even like Snout is going to stop looking for Asinotaph(?).
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So is the Ink Witch, I think. And Kaianda is also present, she doesn’t even have a quest.
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i appreciate the powerful visual storytelling of snout reaffirming his kindness, not by going over to his suffering friends, but by sitting down and writing in his soggy book
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It is impossible to show things by action in this, a comic with no dialogue.
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Snout's reaction makes perfect sense because the goal of his quest is simply to satisfy his idle curiosity, so there's no problem with delaying. Of course, all this does is highlight that there's nothing at stake. Also my guess is that this person is testing them or something, and if so Snout won't really need to choose between his own needs and his friends at all.
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How noble and kind and sweet and soft and nice and generous and compassionate and caring of Snout to hold off on the quest that he has no power to continue without the help of his friends. Is this what you want Mookie? Can we move on now?
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I won't abandon my friends *sits down to write a journal entry while they weep on the shore* Also just lmao that mookie has to use a memory bubble and a journal entry to say "Snout is loyal*
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yeah actually they will posted:for gently caress'S SAKE
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Snout rushing to write his thought in his diary is just the stupidest thing. Is Snout going to forget what he decided if he doesn't? Was Mookie afraid we wouldn't understand the decision from the thought bubble alone?
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It all makes sense now. Snout has no object permanence. The only way for him to remember anything off-panel is to write it in his journal. That's why he keeps forgetting about the plot.
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"I'll seek Dominic Deegan's legacy later" isn't a status quo change, though. It should basically be the real title. Also, yeah, Snout gives up nothing by staying to help his friends, and I fail to see what he can even do to help. Corpsemom is pretty much with people who can help her better than Snout. Orc guy needs... What from Snout, exactly? Comfort? Compassion? Ink Witch seems to have that handled. And as for Ink Witch... What problems does she need help with, exactly? Is it the rogue witch, who we haven't seen in so long I wouldn't be surprised if Mookie forgot about her, and probably would show up to stop Snout even if he was alone? She doesn't really have any other issues she needs his help with, she's pretty put together that we can tell. Rotten Red Rod fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Oct 29, 2021 |
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Just absolutely averse to any sort of conflict
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Billy Gnosis posted:Snout rushing to write his thought in his diary is just the stupidest thing. Is Snout going to forget what he decided if he doesn't? Was Mookie afraid we wouldn't understand the decision from the thought bubble alone? I misinterpreted it as him writing it down to show that soggy broad his response, but you're right, he actually isn't.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-GaXa8tSBETheHan posted:How noble and kind and sweet and soft and nice and generous and compassionate and caring of Snout to hold off on the quest that he has no power to continue without the help of his friends.
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No, you know what, it's about as expected. A completely boring flatline of a development we all saw coming, Mookie destroying any tension the moment it arises, naturally. BUT, it's not the fortnight/month long soul searching nothingness of rubbish landscape drawings with him flopped across them in increasingly languid, melodramatic poses like a disgusting warty Morrissey. I was dreading that. Well done, Mookie. The very least you could manage. (Next week; somebody looks at Snout funny and he spends the next six months on his back in the middle of a salt flat.) (What am I saying, everybody in this comic looks at Snout funny.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKU0AdOMXLA
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Two things about the thought bubble panel. 1. Snout is wearing a different outfit comforting Kaianda than the other two. Is it copy-pasted from a past comic? 2. Snout is hover-handing Kaianda.
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What would they even need help with?
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Mutant Headcrab posted:Two things about the thought bubble panel. Did you even need to ask RBA Starblade posted:What would they even need help with? Corpsemom needed Snout to randomly happen to have that flower. Orc guy needs... Comfort...? I guess? Ink Witch... 
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Ink Witch... She needed a Sonsband
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the ladies get practically crushed to snout’s chest; the dude gets a hand on his shoulder if I were a less generous person I’d wonder how much of that is latent “not that there’s anything wrong with that, but he’s definitely not even a little bit like that and I absolutely needed to make this crystal clear” but I’m gonna settle for saying what the heck, sometimes dudes need hugs too
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SatansOnion posted:the ladies get practically crushed to snout’s chest; the dude gets a hand on his shoulder You're assuming the hugs are for the benefit of anyone other than Snout. As his journal tells us, his big takeaway from all this is that he likes hugging. Don't forget this is fundamentally a story about Snout getting hugs from mommies.
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Meanwhile, just off panel... Ink Witch: "What the gently caress Arudak you promised us that you'd get your friend to make Snout leave us alone."
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Ink Witch just burying her face in Snout's weird boils
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Mookie made a "tribute" to Moebius.  Also what exactly is this 
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So was the new antagonist's attempt to prove to Snout that she would be the better companion for him, or was she just trying to get him to wander off and die? I say this because this could have been a decent break moment. Arudak's heart is broken, Ink Witch's ship is destroyed (we can pretend it's not easy for her to put it back together if that's the case), and the vine corpse isn't in a position to be there for anybody. Add to that the obvious tension between Ink Witch and Arudak, and this could easily be a party destroying moment. What's Snout's purpose? Well, he's curious and he wants to be friends with everybody. And in this moment, perhaps he could have stepped up and held the group together. In opposition to her offer to join up with her, and leave the squabbling failures behind, he could turn his back on her and refuse to leave, holding the group together in their time of need and ensuring that they'll continue looking for Dominic's Legacy together. I'd be happier if that was the case, because I'll be honest, I have no idea what's going on. I know that she wouldn't have a reason to want to team up with Snout, because he doesn't do much, but still.
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