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He strikes me as more of a Johnny Depp as Sweeny Todd than anything else. Both in terms of his voice and in terms of being the author's favourite character who we're supposed to find dangerous-but-alluring despite being a murderous nihilistic psycho. Only, you know, without the few redeeming qualities Sweeny possesses. Speaking of which, looks like Duane's not going to save Pyradox fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Feb 22, 2013 |
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Feb 22, 2013 06:51
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Haha, how had I never seen the front page of the site before? That's amazing. Case... closed?
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Feb 22, 2013 07:03
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The bird's just as unhappy about it as we are.
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Feb 22, 2013 08:26
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Avshalom posted:The bird's just as unhappy about it as we are. "You know, if you had just let me kill you it would be so much more pleasant for everyone involved"
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Feb 22, 2013 08:50
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Pyradox posted:He strikes me as more of a Johnny Depp as Sweeny Todd than anything else. When a creator puts his or her heart and soul out there for everyone to see, this might include some tastes that don't quite mesh with everyone else's sensibilities. That's more than fine, it's fair. Ms. Cope is writing for herself first and foremost, and if we enjoy the ride all the better. If we get kind of weirded out by some of the attractions along the way, though, that's also fine and fair and entirely within our prerogatives as readers. It's not like we're demanding she change her work to cater to us, we're just not-so-quietly hoping her favorite fetish rapist OP goes away soon so we can go back to morally grey adventure storytime. She's probably have fun with this at any rate. He's her favorite casual villain, and she also gets to watch her not-fangirl readers squirm. "Is Murkoph going to exit stage left? NOPE. How about now? HAHAH.  "If he does stick around, though, that might make for slightly little uncomfortable reading here on out.
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Feb 22, 2013 09:04
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T.G. Xarbala posted:When a creator puts his or her heart and soul out there for everyone to see, this might include some tastes that don't quite mesh with everyone else's sensibilities. That's more than fine, it's fair. Ms. Cope is writing for herself first and foremost, and if we enjoy the ride all the better. I don't begrudge her doing so, but I'm always weary when a character appears to be so clearly the author's favourite that they're (apparently) just ported wholesale from her prior works. If I got the sense she was just messing with us that might not be so bad but as you said, it could still make for some uncomfortable reading.
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Feb 22, 2013 10:07
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I've got to admit, before I started following this thread and learned all about how Unsounded is inspired by a roleplaying game, I didn't really notice so many of these problems. Of course, before that, my biggest problem was that given how Sette managed to pass herself off as a fiance and run into a Brothel with Duane with no trouble, the world of Unsounded doesn't appear to have the same issues with pedophilia that the real one does, which Murkoph has done nothing to alleviate. 
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Feb 22, 2013 15:36
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SlothfulCobra posted:I've got to admit, before I started following this thread and learned all about how Unsounded is inspired by a roleplaying game, I didn't really notice so many of these problems. I remember someone asking about this on her formspring - apparently it varies by city but the one they're in now is pretty much "anything goes and anyone that says otherwise is evil". It's a bit more frowned upon in other parts. Anyway, the fact it's based on an RP doesn't bother me so much because she's already managed to translate it into a compelling story pretty well up until this point. It certainly raises all sorts of questions about "was that seriously in the game?" but it's not in and of itself a a big problem.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Of course, before that, my biggest problem was that given how Sette managed to pass herself off as a fiance and run into a Brothel with Duane with no trouble, the world of Unsounded doesn't appear to have the same issues with pedophilia that the real one does At a certain point, also, money is money. If it means you're going to get paid, you might just end up looking the other way at a morally grey (or even straight-out wrong) situation. The expanse of child prostitution in our own world speaks to that. The fact that Starfish being a pedophile is being played as a villainous trait gives me some hope that it won't sink too much into random depravity and gory torture porn pedophilia, though.
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Pyradox posted:dangerous-but-alluring despite being a murderous nihilistic psycho. Only, you know, without the few redeeming qualities Sweeny possesses. On the upside, her fanart includes Steven Brust and Vagrant Story. The later was a huge fangirl magnet, but also legitimately good (at least on a narrative level).
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Yay, new Unsounded, let's-- ... GodDAMN, this chapter's been an emotional roller coaster.
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Feb 25, 2013 23:10
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Takezio posted:Yay, new Unsounded, let's-- So, I'm a bit slow. What's going on in this update, exactly?
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PleasingFungus posted:So, I'm a bit slow. What's going on in this update, exactly? Someone's getting a peek at somebody's childhood memories, I'm guessing. Note the eye color.
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Feb 26, 2013 14:28
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T.G. Xarbala posted:Someone's getting a peek at somebody's childhood memories, I'm guessing. Note the eye color. Yo, what is the deal with Duane's face anyway? I get that it looks more grotesque when he's not in control for artistic purposes and that, but I just don't know whether he has a nose or not. Did it drop off at some point? Will he ever get his nose back? These are the important questions.
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Megaspel posted:Yo, what is the deal with Duane's face anyway? I get that it looks more grotesque when he's not in control for artistic purposes and that, but I just don't know whether he has a nose or not. Did it drop off at some point? Will he ever get his nose back? These are the important questions. It's not just artistic purposes, he has a glamour or something over himself. So I'd assume that no, he doesn't actually have a nose, you just can't tell most of the time because of his magic.
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Feb 27, 2013 02:15
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Duane's real face is a skull with a few flaky bits of skin, the face we see most of the time is a glamour. Here's a page with an artsy depiction of both faces.
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Feb 27, 2013 02:38
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D'aaawwwww
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Feb 27, 2013 12:01
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I'm going to take my time and enjoy this, before everything goes incredibly loving wrong. Oh God, Dog-face Duane-face EDIT: Oh man, I just remembered that the wiki has a translated Tainish section, and Duane called him Simon bean, then asked where his mama was. Takezio fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 13:52
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Made this in case anyone wanted it.
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Feb 28, 2013 10:13
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It is downright ridiculous how quickly this comic went from horrifying to adorable.
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Feb 28, 2013 10:34
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It'll swerve back to maudlin, since if you recall Duane technically died 6 years ago.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:04
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The only real question is whether his family was killed horribly or mercifully quickly.
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idonotlikepeas posted:The only real question is whether his family was killed horribly or mercifully quickly. Given the tone of much of the comic, I'm going to go with "killed horribly, probably in a gruesome, torturous manner that we will see".
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idonotlikepeas posted:The only real question is whether his family was killed horribly or mercifully quickly. Given his fierce desire to ensure children are not hurt or killed, I'm going to guess pretty horribly.
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Given the track record of children in this comic, I think it's safe to say horrible things will happen. But in the mean time, dang, Duane does not look anything like I expected him to. I thought he was gonna be the dude in the flashback from chapter one. I kinda like his design though, he looks dorky because he is a dork.
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Living Duane looks quite different from his pictures on Ms. Cope's deviantart. Not that I'm complaining.
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Just got my Unsounded book in the mail! I think I made Good Sketch Choices.
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Nerd-haircut and ascot-lookin' thingy aside, Duane could almost be handsome.PleasingFungus posted:Just got my Unsounded book in the mail!
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I will never not love that the dark and brooding undead protagonist is a dork essentially named "Dwayne."
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Crisco Kid posted:I will never not love that the dark and brooding undead protagonist is a dork essentially named "Dwayne." Pedantic point - Duane is the original spelling, and still very popular even if Dwayne has outstripped it slightly.
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So how long until these kids get butchered?
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WAMPA_STOMPA posted:So how long until these kids get butchered? I'm guessing Duane didn't get his massive save-the-children complex from not watching his daughter die gruesomely in front of him, so... give it a week, maybe?
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Of course, they could all still be alive, and Duane is staying away from them because he's a hideous freak of nature. And they think that he's a scumbag dad/husband, when he actually still loves them. What I'm saying is that it's better that they're probably all dead.
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Gabriel Pope posted:I'm guessing Duane didn't get his massive save-the-children complex from not watching his daughter die gruesomely in front of him, so... give it a week, maybe? I'd like to think that Duane not wanting to see kids die is a perfectly reasonable thing that doesn't stem from familicide, but it's this comic so a week sounds about right.
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I got a Duane sketch on my book! He's even smiling  Also I didn't know it was pronounced dwayne hahaha 
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Mar 12, 2013 14:07
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Canon is that with an Aldish accent it's pronounced Doo-ann, but everybody else's accent renders it Dwayne.
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Mar 12, 2013 19:30
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Reminder that the khert sucks up all memories from dead people's souls. Note that this is something that Duane is not witnessing himself, but Sette is seeing it in the khert. Kinda easy to draw some conclusions from that.
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Fabricated posted:Reminder that the khert sucks up all memories from dead people's souls. That poor two-toe lizard is going to die? That's sad.
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