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What about "don't hurt the hegemonizing swarm's feelings" don't people understand?
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This is so well done. It's perfectly in character for both Mottom and Gog, to the point it was even predictable, but the stakes are so high that part of you just couldn't believe it would happen. And then it did. The Demiurges really are The Worst.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:18
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Begemot posted:I loved that even Jagganoth is shocked. Giant demon skull like "what did she say???" obviously it’s hard to read expressions with the current shape and status of his ugly mug but if anything i would think it’s more of a “ah yes this is the opportunity that always comes” and less “oh wow i can’t believe she just blew it”
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Aug 6, 2021 22:21
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Welp, she really did gently caress that one up didn't she. The rest of the demiurges are going to get a couple of seconds to hurl insults at each other before Jags chaos dunks the lot of them.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:22
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Turn that ol'e *however high* cubit spear at mottom. Yall already lost, might as well go full tilted
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Aug 6, 2021 22:24
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I shouted at my computer like an ape and fell out of my chair when Gog just left the fight. Very happy that the demiurges absolutely could have pulled through on this one but will fail completely because they couldn't stop being themselves for one drat minute.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:37
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The only Chekhov's Gun left to use against Jag that I can think of is Salami Dave busting out a 10-finger technique, but that would be a kinda anticlimactic as an ending.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:38
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Yeah there was no way it was going to be anyone other than Mottom screwing that up. Insulting people is basically a lifestyle for her.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:39
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If it wasn't Mottom being overtly insulting it would have been Dave being subtly insulting, imo. Also I should have mentioned this before but I love Incubus's reactions these last couple pages, dude has ridden the highest highs and lowest lows in the span of like 15 seconds.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:42
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Gog took her ball (of writhing, infinite, endless worms) and went home.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:43
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I really think Gog would have done that no matter what everyone else said or didn't say. That bridge is already burned to ash before this whole thing even started, all this does is make it feel like Mottom's fault. Kind of like a Gygaxian DM who wants to punish the party with a wraith or something, but they put something fun and stupid in front of the players so if they decide to have fun for the next 3 hours instead of resisting the urge to get on Twitter, getting TPKed is their fault rather than DM railroading.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:50
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sirtommygunn posted:If it wasn't Mottom being overtly insulting it would have been Dave being subtly insulting, imo. a few people preemptively threw the j'accuse at solomon and it never sat right with me because davey is literally the one who got gog to join in the fight by begging her to honor the pact. it'd be a pretty wild and uncharacteristic 180 if he then said "oh no actually we didn't need you i was just yelling at you to help, as a joke"
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Aug 6, 2021 22:51
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Yeah, as boneheaded as this was, from the moment we met Mottom (if not Juggs, or Zoss!) it's been constantly beating into our heads that the demiurges are all trapped in a cage of their own making and they will suck forever because they can't stop being themselves. This is just the logical culmination. but you do make a good point about soldave being willing to concede the point
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Aug 6, 2021 22:53
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TwoQuestions posted:I really think Gog would have done that no matter what everyone else said or didn't say. That bridge is already burned to ash before this whole thing even started, all this does is make it feel like Mottom's fault. Gog was and is still willing to be Your Pal, you just have to let her into your heart*
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Aug 6, 2021 22:54
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Incubus is making GBS threads a brick right there. My god Mottom being Mottom just got at least half of them all killed.
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Aug 6, 2021 22:58
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Okay. Let me get this out of the way now. I love this update as a callback to 4-76: In getting over her fear of Jagganoth, Mottom damned the universe because she didn't change. She became the person she once was, yes, but that person fundamentally was not able to bring the change that the multiverse needs. Still a tyrant. One little crack. That's all it took. Cowcaster posted:a few people preemptively threw the j'accuse at solomon and it never sat right with me because davey is literally the one who got gog to join in the fight by begging her to honor the pact. it'd be a pretty wild and uncharacteristic 180 if he then said "oh no actually we didn't need you i was just yelling at you to help, as a joke" Ten Point, Ten Finger Rhetorical Technique: Sike!!
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Aug 6, 2021 22:58
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Yeah, as boneheaded as this was, from the moment we met Mottom (if not Juggs, or Zoss!) it's been constantly beating into our heads that the demiurges are all trapped in a cage of their own making and they will suck forever because they can't stop being themselves. This is just the logical culmination. yeah, and just me thinking about it a little bit more there was a lot of (at that point justified) expectations that david was going to disqualify white chain's hit based on a technicality or gog's needling or just being pissed off out of his mind and it was very gratifying that he straight up didn't. would kind of slam dunk that bit of character growth right in the toilet if he pulled it here
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Aug 6, 2021 22:59
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Perish.
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Aug 6, 2021 23:02
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Here it is! The thing we all hate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuofaDxa6Oo
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Aug 6, 2021 23:06
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TwoQuestions posted:I really think Gog would have done that no matter what everyone else said or didn't say. That bridge is already burned to ash before this whole thing even started, all this does is make it feel like Mottom's fault. I think if somebody else had managed to blurt out "Your help was invaluable, thank you" before Mottom did a Mottom, Gog would have actually stuck with them for at least long enough to finish this fight. Out of surprise and delight. It was never gonna happen though and even Gog probably knew that deep down.
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Aug 6, 2021 23:16
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I think this is less "Who's fault is it?" and more "The pettiness of Kings will ultimately snatch defeat from the jaws of victory" EDIT: Basically, something was going to give eventually. This happened to be it. Unlucky7 fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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Aug 6, 2021 23:19
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Grouchio posted:Here it is! The thing we all hate. But on the contrary! I love it. It would be far too trite a hero's journey for this to end with all the demiurges teaming up to beat the Invincible Bad Guy. This needs to get way weirder before the end. We're breaking infinity here!
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Aug 6, 2021 23:39
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ConfusedUs posted:This is so well done. It's perfectly in character for both Mottom and Gog, to the point it was even predictable, but the stakes are so high that part of you just couldn't believe it would happen. 
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Aug 6, 2021 23:43
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lol that fisheye kubrick stare was good
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Aug 7, 2021 00:01
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shirts and skins posted:But on the contrary! I love it. It would be far too trite a hero's journey for this to end with all the demiurges teaming up to beat the Invincible Bad Guy. This needs to get way weirder before the end. We're breaking infinity here! Yeah if they had all teamed up properly and actually killed him, it wouldn't make much sense at all in the context of the story.
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Aug 7, 2021 00:03
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Seizon posted:lol that fisheye kubrick stare was good Yeah, I really liked that bit. It kind of reminds me of something...anime-ish? Damned if I can remember what though.
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Aug 7, 2021 00:05
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Mottom still worst Demiurge what if Gog actually survived the previous iterations tho
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Aug 7, 2021 00:11
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YaketySass posted:what if Gog actually survived the previous iterations tho
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edit: wrong thread
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Aug 7, 2021 00:17
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Idk it seems like what happens is gog has been for real defeated by the new baby king before the babby inevitably wipes trying to take on jagganoth, then zoss gets grumpy and hits reset on the cosmic nes and reloads with a different code on the game genie
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Aug 7, 2021 00:19
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YaketySass posted:Mottom still worst Demiurge I mean, Incubus might be one of the previous heirs that sort of remembered things after the loop reset.
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Aug 7, 2021 00:22
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"If you wanted Gog to help you should have been prepared to compliment her on the spot with every last ounce of your might."
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Aug 7, 2021 00:28
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Daktar posted:Yeah, I really liked that bit. It kind of reminds me of something...anime-ish? Damned if I can remember what though. It shows up a couple of times in Evangelion when certain characters are absolutely losing their poo poo. Ditch posted:The only Chekhov's Gun left to use against Jag that I can think of is Salami Dave busting out a 10-finger technique, but that would be a kinda anticlimactic as an ending. I mean, it's not like that would kill Jagganoth, so I'd be fine with him using it just so the recoil can blow him and the other demiurges back to Rayuba before they run out of oxygen.
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Aug 7, 2021 00:30
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Aug 7, 2021 00:35
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YaketySass posted:Mottom still worst Demiurge Nah, Gog is dumb as hell. She thinks she'll survive this because she's thinking "dumb idiot has to kill everything in the universe to kill me" when that is explicitly the Red God's plan.
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Aug 7, 2021 00:56
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Yeah but if she dies last she also gets the last laugh so win win
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Aug 7, 2021 01:03
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Darth Walrus posted:It shows up a couple of times in Evangelion when certain characters are absolutely losing their poo poo. A very stupid version also shows up in the first Patlabor movie  Garbage movie, a 90 minute slideshow of all of Kill Six Billion Demons's pages would be a better movie.
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Aug 7, 2021 01:06
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A.o.D. posted:Nah, Gog is dumb as hell. She thinks she'll survive this because she's thinking "dumb idiot has to kill everything in the universe to kill me" when that is explicitly the Red God's plan. I agree with this, Gog is King Idiot here. Gog being Gog she might've done the heel turn even if they'd praised her.
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Aug 7, 2021 01:10
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Count Uvula posted:A very stupid version also shows up in the first Patlabor movie
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ChaseSP posted:Yeah but if she dies last she also gets the last laugh so win win She'll have literally no one to gloat over, and her executioner won't care.
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