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Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



when Aisha is first introduced, she says a lot of stupid poo poo, so it's a nice reversal of expectations that she is so far the least dumb person in the comic

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Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

idk the salmon seemed pretty with it

Vagabong
Mar 2, 2019
My one complaint about 10 earth shattering blows is that due to the art style it can be unclear how injured somebody is. Some dudes take hits like a champ and others die like chumps and its not always clear which is which until someone states it.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007


Lizard-captain is extremely hungover.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Vagabong posted:

My one complaint about 10 earth shattering blows is that due to the art style it can be unclear how injured somebody is. Some dudes take hits like a champ and others die like chumps and its not always clear which is which until someone states it.

im trying so hard to remember media where this is not true

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

Carthag Tuek posted:

im trying so hard to remember media where this is not true

Kurosawa movies.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



The Lone Badger posted:

Kurosawa movies.

p sure ive seen at least one kurosawa movie where a dude takes a fatal hit and doesnt die until after someone tells him

Vagabong
Mar 2, 2019
Some level of gore or blood spray usually helps, but 10EB is surprisingly tame in that manner, considering the style and subject matter.

Like the catapulted knight dude is probably either dead or unconscious, but he's not really bruised or injured, so it just looks like he's along for the ride.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Vagabong posted:

Some level of gore or blood spray usually helps, but 10EB is surprisingly tame in that manner, considering the style and subject matter.

Like the catapulted knight dude is probably either dead or unconscious, but he's not really bruised or injured, so it just looks like he's along for the ride.

it looked a lot like he broke his back there

rydiafan
Mar 17, 2009


Carthag Tuek posted:

it looked a lot like he broke his back there

I think they mean prior to being catapulted.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



rydiafan posted:

I think they mean prior to being catapulted.

oh yeah. i just figured he was too old for this poo poo. he thought this would be an easy escort mission with the lil missy but ugh now its a whole thing and he decided to just sit down. thats whats his expression + mustache tells me

Who What Now
Sep 10, 2006

by Azathoth

rydiafan posted:

I think they mean prior to being catapulted.

Trebucheted

Shageletic
Jul 25, 2007

I think the most weirdly off-putting comic posted I've seen here is the one about the kid who doesn't care about his planet blowing up. Goddamn that poo poo was off.

Pigsfeet on Rye
Oct 22, 2008

I'm meat on the hoof

Carthag Tuek posted:

oh yeah. i just figured he was too old for this poo poo. he thought this would be an easy escort mission with the lil missy but ugh now its a whole thing and he decided to just sit down. thats whats his expression + mustache tells me

he got the poo poo knocked out of him with a spear haft or quarterstaff
https://tenearthshatteringblows.com/archives/comic/1x18

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Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

he got the poo poo knocked out of him with a spear haft or quarterstaff
https://tenearthshatteringblows.com/archives/comic/1x18

well yeah that was the "whole thing" i alluded to. he's done with this poo poo

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos

Shageletic posted:

I think the most weirdly off-putting comic posted I've seen here is the one about the kid who doesn't care about his planet blowing up. Goddamn that poo poo was off.

I get that one though, when I started my comic I wanted it to be gritty wacky hijinks comedy like It's Always Sunny but in a fantasy setting, and then I realized that I had given everyone extremely traumatizing traits as a way to get them on the adventure, now I have to decide how to get these people act believably. Technically Spider GF has known my main character for a total of 18 hours (or maybe a few days depending because I kept the passage of time vague.) So I have to temper "I want to do fun couple things with the spider girlfriend" with "How do I have someone completely isolate themselves from any friends or relatives for someone who seems like a good top, and not have it seem extremely creepy because of the power dynamic."

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
e: quote not edit.

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Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos

Boba Pearl posted:

Or with Taylor where it's like "I want them to be buddy partner types with a straight logical person, and a funny psychopath," but also "I want Marie to try and recreate what her and her father had with Taylor as a mentor, but was never given the tools to be a mentor." but I had them meet a week ago, and now it makes no sense for them to care about each other so much.

The solution I came up with was "Assign the Main Characters with different Cluster B personality types and then let them make the world miserable with their dysfunctional family dynamic."

Except I want to have it both ways where they're Megg Mogg and Owl, but also Tredlocity's Val and Isaac, the more I write and do the harder it is to push those two ideas together. It's really easy to fall into a trap because writing individual scenes is both easier and more fun then editting your work before release to the point where everything is copacetic with each other.

BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

Shageletic posted:

I think the most weirdly off-putting comic posted I've seen here is the one about the kid who doesn't care about his planet blowing up. Goddamn that poo poo was off.

I think the consensus was she had PTSD and towards the end was learning how to deal with that.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:

I think the consensus was she had PTSD and towards the end was learning how to deal with that.

it's true, ptsd can cause everyone's faces to be identical for eternity

the holy poopacy
May 16, 2009

hey! check this out
Fun Shoe

the holy poopacy posted:

Ten Earth Shattering Blows







A bittersweet reunion with an old friend, and also Landabella's escort from Chapter 1 is here. NSFW







Joy seems to be speaking from experience here :smith:

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...




Another solid reaction panel to have on hand

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe
Ranking of Kings


Chapter 9









You don't learn about this revelation about King Bosse until waaaay later in the anime, lol.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang




no nose guy putting on a nose :discourse:

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


Gotta look your best on what may be your final fight.

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos

Carthag Tuek posted:

it's true, ptsd can cause everyone's faces to be identical for eternity

It's true, ever since I was in a bad car accident I've looked exactly like Fran Drescher.

Sometimes poo poo just works out in your favor.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007


And the award for 'loving this poo poo' this episode goes to: the leaping lizards.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Boba Pearl posted:

It's true, ever since I was in a bad car accident I've looked exactly like Fran Drescher.

Sometimes poo poo just works out in your favor.

hell yea but can you do the voice tho

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



readingatwork posted:

Ranking of Kings

Chapter 9


You don't learn about this revelation about King Bosse until waaaay later in the anime, lol.

lol yeah what the poo poo. i just binged the whole thing and this revelation was a massive gut punch, i'm surprised it's just laid out in the open so early in the manga but i assume it's due to the web manga format

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos

Carthag Tuek posted:

hell yea but can you do the voice tho

That's the voice I go for with my speech coach (only a little bit a joke I tend to get real nasally when I try and talk girl.)

in this house we stan this woman

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Boba Pearl posted:

That's the voice I go for with my speech coach (only a little bit a joke I tend to get real nasally when I try and talk girl.)

in this house we stan this woman



<3

Lurk Ethic
Jul 25, 2007

Lurk More
The Property of Hate



CzarChasm
Mar 14, 2009

I don't like it when you're watching me eat.
I like Property of Hate, but it feels like it's written in a language I don't fully understand. It looks cool and has some neat ideas, but I have no idea what the story is.

Anyway, here's a fat anxious guy







Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys

Shageletic posted:

I think the most weirdly off-putting comic posted I've seen here is the one about the kid who doesn't care about his planet blowing up. Goddamn that poo poo was off.

Yeah, there was something real unpleasant bubbling away there.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




rydiafan posted:

I think they mean prior to being catapulted.

Last time we saw him he was collapsing after being hit in the head with a stick, so I don't think he was all there afterwards.

Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
I'm honestly slowly falling out of love with Property of Hate, I need something to be explained, and not just like, a tiny bit of the weird dreamscape they're in, but what are even the basic rules of this universe? Which sounds crazy because show don't tell, but I can't even tell if there's a society. We have no idea what the color juicing was for, and we're learning that Radio Man is the protagonist and the kid is the audience insert. I need it to get somewhere, anywhere.

Then again, I like the comics where everyone talks about their feelings and trauma dump on each other.

Or if the kid is a hero of some sort, can we see them do something? Anything?

Boba Pearl has a new favorite as of 04:45 on Apr 15, 2022

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe

CzarChasm posted:

I like Property of Hate, but it feels like it's written in a language I don't fully understand. It looks cool and has some neat ideas, but I have no idea what the story is.

I like that it's holding back on what's happening in a literal sense and is instead choosing to run on dream logic. It makes for a unique experience imo.


Boba Pearl posted:

I'm honestly slowly falling out of love with Property of Hate, I need something to be explained, and not just like, a tiny bit of the weird dreamscape they're in, but what are even the basic rules of this universe? Which sounds crazy because show don't tell, but I can't even tell if there's a society. We have no idea what the color juicing was for, and we're learning that Radio Man is the protagonist and the kid is the audience insert. I need it to get somewhere, anywhere.

Then again, I like the comics where everyone talks about their feelings and trauma dump on each other.

Or if the kid is a hero of some sort, can we see them do something? Anything?

It's still pretty early so I think it's a bit too soon to be expecting explanations about too many things. Especially a comic like this that is largely metaphors and dream logic. My guess though would be that we're seeing a person coping with some adverse life event but expressed through characters which represent different aspects of their personality. Kind of like that twitter comic with the submissive cat everybody hates.

That said, I *do* think TPOH would benefit from more solidly explaining where they're going, what TV guy ostensibly hopes to accomplish, what's at stake, and a general sense of what they can expect to encounter along the way. You need to understand the decisions people are making in order to invested in them.

BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

Boba Pearl posted:

I'm honestly slowly falling out of love with Property of Hate, I need something to be explained, and not just like, a tiny bit of the weird dreamscape they're in, but what are even the basic rules of this universe? Which sounds crazy because show don't tell, but I can't even tell if there's a society. We have no idea what the color juicing was for, and we're learning that Radio Man is the protagonist and the kid is the audience insert. I need it to get somewhere, anywhere.

Then again, I like the comics where everyone talks about their feelings and trauma dump on each other.

Or if the kid is a hero of some sort, can we see them do something? Anything?

It reminds me of the movie Inside Out. A bunch of troublesome emotions personified.

Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva
A Lesson is Learned is one of my all-time favorite webcomics. Looking forward to seeing people's thoughts.

And yeah, I'll agree that Ten Earth Shattering Blows is kinda off-putting to look at. For me I think it's the faces, they're all just kinda off and very often at the extremes of emotion.

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CrocodileKingSaysNO
Jul 25, 2007

Just over one third of the way through hitmen for destiny we were all the way through the boat hilarity. I guess hfd is a much longer comic than brainchip but man so far compared to hfd I just feel like nothing significant has happened. I've been waiting for the thorsby shoe to drop but so far it's been slow and boring.

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