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net cafe scandal
Mar 18, 2011

Ghost of Eazy E posted:

this is poo poo

shut up, idiot bread

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red plastic cup
Apr 25, 2012

Reach WITH IN To your LOCAL cup and you may find A Friend And Boy...
Yo OP, was this all done in ms paint? Looks good + I like the stories.

Corridor
Oct 19, 2006

lol at all the scrubs who never know how hosed up old folk tales are

Axel Serenity
Sep 27, 2002
Tell the one about the British dude who went down there and totally loving owned and led a rebellion and brought unity to the tribes and poo poo

(gently caress yeah, this thread)

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Parallax Scroll posted:



playing this while i wait for op to update

I spent many a day in front of this altar.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
Shame about them Ay-rab nights, Americans could have hated them for their sexual mores instead of their perceived propensity for terrorism

oh the paths not taken

HowSoonIsNow
Nov 9, 2013
OP, have you forsaken us? :ohdear:

Drad_Bert
Jun 26, 2013

by Smythe
Is this like a sierra adventure game?

HarlanHell
Nov 16, 2012

Nevermind that shit here comes Mingo!
I always hated the story of the Arabian Nights because Shahryar never gets any comeuppance. The man is literally a mass murdering, serial killer, yet gets to live happy ever after at the end of the story. BS! The dude rapes and murders thousands of women, and gets a fairy tale ending.

Strict Picnic
Feb 10, 2013

by Ralp

HowSoonIsNow posted:

OP, have you forsaken us? :ohdear:

On vacation, but I'll update when I get back if there is still interest.

I'd really like to hear about other translations if anyone wants to talk more about that. I've been using Burton's, and am curious who much of it he added and is not in the original tales.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
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Strict Picnic posted:

On vacation, but I'll update when I get back if there is still interest.

I'd really like to hear about other translations if anyone wants to talk more about that. I've been using Burton's, and am curious who much of it he added and is not in the original tales.

There is interest

Corridor
Oct 19, 2006

HarlanHell posted:

I always hated the story of the Arabian Nights because Shahryar never gets any comeuppance. The man is literally a mass murdering, serial killer, yet gets to live happy ever after at the end of the story. BS! The dude rapes and murders thousands of women, and gets a fairy tale ending.

folk tales, dude


e. i've got one here where this old lonely woman tries to trick a handsome man into marrying her sight unseen by pretending to be a young hot chick. when he finds out, he has her burned alive in the town square. it's considered a happy ending.

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Corridor posted:

folk tales, dude


e. i've got one here where this old lonely woman tries to trick a handsome man into marrying her sight unseen by pretending to be a young hot chick. when he finds out, he has her burned alive in the town square. it's considered a happy ending.

If this was the plot of that "catfish" show, I'd actually watch it.

Lanky Coconut Tree
Apr 7, 2011

An angry tree.

The angriest tree

Strict Picnic posted:

On vacation, but I'll update when I get back if there is still interest.

I'd really like to hear about other translations if anyone wants to talk more about that. I've been using Burton's, and am curious who much of it he added and is not in the original tales.

this thread isn't gold because there's no interest

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

if op was my wife i would have killed her by now

bollig
Apr 7, 2006

Never Forget.
This is awesome. Take your time OP.

Cal Worthington
Oct 8, 2013

Serious business.
I'm still interested, this is great

bonestructure
Sep 25, 2008

by Ralp

FactsAreUseless posted:

Cucking the Sultan is definitely the best Donald Fagen album.

HowSoonIsNow
Nov 9, 2013

VeggieSmuggler posted:

I'm still interested, this is great

Oldstench
Jun 29, 2007

Let's talk about where you're going.
subbed and voted 6

Mathhole
Jun 2, 2011

rot in hell, wonderbread.
Wait wait wait.

This wacky poo poo is based on a real story?!

CzarChasm
Mar 14, 2009

I don't like it when you're watching me eat.

Mathhole posted:

Wait wait wait.

This wacky poo poo is based on a real story?!

A real story, yes.

A true story, no.

Secks Cauldron
Aug 26, 2006

I thought they closed that place down!
The art is great. Can't wait for the next installment. :)

Strict Picnic
Feb 10, 2013

by Ralp
"You killed my son. Now I must kill you." said the ifrit.



The merchant begged for mercy, explaining that it was an accident, and he had not intended to harm the jinni's son. He pleaded to be allowed to return to his family.



"Yeah, whatever." said the jinni. "Look, I can't have idiot traders running around killing my kids with rocks, okay? When that happens I have to kill the idiot. If you want to go home and settle your affairs, fine. Just come back here in a year and I'll kill you then."

The merchant thanked the ifrit, and returned home. After a year had past, he returned to the appointed place donned in funeral attire. A Shaykh, a very ancient man, with a gazelle approached and inquired why the man was weeping. While the trader conveyed the story of how he came to be waiting in the field, two more Shaykhs appeared, one with two dogs and the other with a she mule.



When the jinni arrived to receive his due, the first Shaykh intercepted.



"O mighty Jinni, crown of the Kings of Jan, it is truly a marvelous tale how I found myself wondering these roads. If I tell you this tale, and you also marvel, would you grant me one third of the trader's blood?"

"I guess."

The First Shaykh's Story

"First, great Jinni, you must understand that this gazelle is not a gazelle, but my cousin. I was wedded to her long ago, and we were happy and built a quite a fortune. The time came when I needed an heir, but she was sadly barren. So I took her handmaid to my bed and produced my heir on her. Oh, what a beautiful child he was! Strong of jaw with a brow that met in the middle to form a straight line.



"As he grew he was such a help and joy to me. Unfortunately, my wife, the daughter of my uncle, did not feel the same towards him. She had studied magic since childhood. While I was away, she cornered and ensorcelled the boy and his mother.





(to be continued)

hailthefish
Oct 24, 2010

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK


HOW DOES THE STORY CONTINUE!?

Cal Worthington
Oct 8, 2013

Serious business.
must have more story

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
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Dammit picnic! Tell us more and we'll let you live another day.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

HarlanHell posted:

I always hated the story of the Arabian Nights because Shahryar never gets any comeuppance. The man is literally a mass murdering, serial killer, yet gets to live happy ever after at the end of the story. BS! The dude rapes and murders thousands of women, and gets a fairy tale ending.

http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/King_Shahryar

This. This is a thing that exists

You have to think of it this way. The king goes all MRA gently caress all bitches but then learns that not all women are bitches. A happy ending for the lucky lady who can change such a man

EllisD
Mar 14, 2004

WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT!?
i depleted my stock last night so i'm shooting blanks right now but i'll cum anyway

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

shaykh just made all that up, really he just likes to gently caress gazelles

Mathhole
Jun 2, 2011

rot in hell, wonderbread.

The light and shadows on the mother's body are amazing

THIS_IS_FINE
May 21, 2001

Slippery Tilde
This poo poo is bananas.

Chump Farts
May 9, 2009

There is no Coordinator but Narduzzi, and Shilique is his Prophet.
good thread and the arabian nights is way more hosed up than i remember

Blue Raider
Sep 2, 2006

Ghost of Eazy E posted:

this is the good poo poo

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
Loving it.

Corridor
Oct 19, 2006

lol, was the 'brow that met to form a straight line' thing in the story? if so that's great

Strict Picnic
Feb 10, 2013

by Ralp

Corridor posted:

lol, was the 'brow that met to form a straight line' thing in the story? if so that's great

Yeah. It's in Burton's translation, anyway.

Back to story:

"When I returned to make sacrifices, my wife had the stable hand bring me the cow that was once my concubine saying, 'This is our fattest and finest cow. She would make the best sacrifice.'





"When I slew her, there was nothing but bone and hide. Perplexed and fearing the wrath of Allah, I wished to stop sacrifices for the day, but my cousin-wife insisted we continue. She had the stable hand bring the calf that was truly my son saying, 'This one! This one next! He is our fattest and finest!'



"After witnessing the weeping calf, I refused to make another sacrifice. I gifted the calf to my stable hand and retired for the evening.

"The next day, my stable hand greeted me with the strangest tale. His daughter, who is a student of magic, exclaimed upon seeing the calf, 'Father! What must you think of me, to bring strange men into the house, while I am improper?' She quickly veiled herself.



"The stable hand's daughter went on to explain that the calf was my son ensorcelled by my wife. I arranged a meeting with the girl and asked if she knew of a way to change him back. She said she did, and she would, on the condition that I wed her to my son. I consented, and she returned my son to his original form. To prevent my wife from causing further harm, the stable hand's daughter bewitched her into the gazelle you see presently.





"The children were wed, and the stable hand's daughter lived with us until she died. At that time my son took to traveling. My cousin, this gazelle, and I have been wandering in search of him, which is how you find us, now. Tell me, Jinni, is that not a marvelous tale? Does it not earn one third of the trader's blood?"

"I suppose. Fine." sighed the ifrit.

The second Shaykh approached.



"Powerful Jinni, my adventures were even more wondrous than his! If I recount them for you, and you agree, might I have a third of the trader's blood"

"Go on."

"Know, O Jinni, that these dogs are not dogs, but my brothers."

(to be continued)

monkeymagic
Aug 10, 2004
He is Trampling the Unrighteous with Hooves of Hot Iron
Can't wait to see how this ends

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

good art

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Jan 4, 2009

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I need more of this.

I bet that jinni horn would make some awesome Viagra.

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