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Nessus posted:His friendliness with Rod feels natural. It's like a panda bear making friends with a mountain lion. I miss Rod  At least we got to see him during Pat's psychedelic trip and the odd mentions in assetbar pieces
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:I feel like it's an intrinsic part of showbiz's deal that if you presented him with something like a yogurt shop all to himself within 15 minutes everything not nailed down would be stolen and pawned for stereo parts Hence what I said about straightening him out first, he'd still probably be trying to pull off some kind of really dumb side hustle cause the Kazenzakis tree always makes warped wood, but it would be a relatively harmless one Admittedly the specificity of it being a yogurt shop is because I've been working at one for a little over two years now and it's exactly the kind of work environment that would be perfect for the Achewood cast to have shenanigans in(much like Subway had been used in the past)
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Stringent posted:didn't he try to install a camera in beef and molly's shower? Yeah that's why Beef took him to a place where he couldn't resist doing something that would send him to prison for a month
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similarly whenever someone at a party breaks out a bottle of mezcal I immediately think "Dude you don't like Gusano Rojo, what you like is that you're holding something the police will fight you for"
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drrockso20 posted:The sad thing about Showbiz is that yes he's a moron and a selfish jackass but it really wouldn't take all that much for him to turn things around and become a relatively productive member of society  You're not alone.
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Teodor exploring new frontiers in All Time Lows
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Geez, poor Teodor.
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Yeah this utter low is the price we're paying to see the completed Penny arc and his unprecedented high. e: Which reminds me, whatever happened there? It almost concluded on a good note and then randomly showed their future divorce. Scags McDouglas fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jan 19, 2024 |
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Do most rent due notices come with masturbation pro tips?
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Only when Onstad is your landlord.
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Scags McDouglas posted:Yeah this utter low is the price we're paying to see the completed Penny arc and his unprecedented high. that was teodor catastrophizing and then deciding to take a chance on the relationship anyway penny was binned and rightly so, that wasn’t achewood’s worst arc but it might have been its most embarrassing
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What was the worst? To me it’s either Penny or the Thanatos Lash one.
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Zefiel posted:The Chinchilla stuff like when Ray sold his eyes
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T being forced to explore his sexuality in the back of a murder van is probably the low point of the comic if you ask me. Although "pot roast in estrus" is probably Onstad's worst line, and that's in the Penny arc. That whole era Wasn't Great, but it still had some memorable bits here and there among the more dire parts. I just reread the Ramathustra Ron mini-arc and I have to confirm, it feels like Proper Achewood again. At some point I should drop the extra bucks for the non-comic bits as well, the comic-tier Patreon has been well worth it so far.
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RocketMermaid posted:I just reread the Ramathustra Ron mini-arc and I have to confirm, it feels like Proper Achewood again. At some point I should drop the extra bucks for the non-comic bits as well, the comic-tier Patreon has been well worth it so far. The writings from the extra tier have been really good, too. There was a piece on Pat about him dealing with his imminent break up with Rod that was a surprisingly empathetic portrait and still had some funny typical Pat moments. I agree that the Achewood return has felt like real old school Achewood again. There hasn't really been any stinkers like the last time the strip came back for a bit before going dark. Maybe Onstad was able to shake the cobwebs loose after this hiatus or the Patreon and the new schedule has made it easier for him to do the comic.
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The Brain Tape podcasters cooked up a whole elaborate theory that Sondra masterminded the entire GOF arc. As with a lot of their theories, I don't necessarily agree with it and I think it misreads the characters a bit, but it's drat interesting and entertaining.
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SacrificialGoat posted:Speaking of Brain Tape, they drop one episode of a new season and then radio silence for what's it been, a month now? So it goes with them, I think.
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Kazinsal posted:Basically everything from High School and Ray Gets The DTs onwards is pretty much unreadable. that segment includes todd yelling "BALLS" so loud that he autodecapitates and I will defend that pair of strips to the death
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Nessus posted:Do most rent due notices come with masturbation pro tips? *masturbating out the window pro tips
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moot the hopple posted:I agree that the Achewood return has felt like real old school Achewood again. There hasn't really been any stinkers like the last time the strip came back for a bit before going dark. Maybe Onstad was able to shake the cobwebs loose after this hiatus or the Patreon and the new schedule has made it easier for him to do the comic. Onstad 100 percent has his fastball back. classic-era quality "spit once and gently caress romeo" lol
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I'm of the opinion that the high school arc is the last great Achewood before the Patreon. Is it horrifying? Yes. Christ, yes. But that's why it's moving, affecting, and why the silly line art comic about stuffed animals made believers of a generation of the deeply online and probably depressed. Ray gets the DTs, well, as someone who has a capital-R Relationship to alcohol personally and professionally, and the attendant friends and family who have had their own troubles to include those who never came home again, I am not going to judge someone's attempt at catharsis in a difficult reorganization of the self and spirit.
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The High School arc was okay but it flubbed the ending pretty bad IMO. 2016 Achewood at least got us some winners like Ray forgetting his mom's birthday and Ray having to explain abortion to Phillipe. Frankly this one comic handled the entire Ray Quits Drinking character arc better than the entire Ray in Rehab run.
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Youremother posted:Frankly this one comic handled the entire Ray Quits Drinking character arc better than the entire Ray in Rehab run. might be the most solid four panel start to a comic 
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