PetraCore posted:

There was a character like this in Worm where his power was everyone saw him as harmless and friendly no matter what he did. Extremely OP.

corn in the bible posted:

PetraCore posted:

My take is that Patrick is pissed that his soft buttered pasta dad enabled the poo poo his mom did to him because he was too blinded by watered down alfredo sauce and a pinch of salt. He doesn't just want to kill his dad, he wants his dad to die knowing that he married a monster and that he didn't notice because he's a loving idiot.

However, that would be if this was competently written. either this is all going to be skipped over and ignored because motive what motive or Patrick is going to sadly relate to Allison how sad he is about his abuse, abuse which makes people sad. There's never going to be a realistic psychological depiction of trauma in this comic, and nobody is ever going to point out how Clevin and Allison mirror Patrick's parents.

Joe Slowboat posted:

It's meant to be a memory, this all happened at some point.

Who What Now posted:

He didn't kill his father, his mom did. I know the actions are poorly conveyed but come on.

Serene Dragon posted:

lmao if you really think Patrick didn't know exactly what his mother would do when handed a knife and that ultimatum.

Breetai posted:

Uuuuugh


uuuugh

He's going to read her mind, realize that she is immensely proud of his super-villainy, and the notion that such a sick and twisted psychopath would approve of his actions will be the breaking point that turns him into a 'good' guy.

pospysyl posted:

This old man is NOT sitting right with me. Notice how he hasn't dignified Patrick with a proper name anymore. He's just "the psychic." Like how sometimes Lex Luthor called Superman "the alien."

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

I don't know why people keep popping in to declare Molly Ostertag is a talented person with good taste enslaved in some kind of bizarre genie pact to make bad comics by the evil man solely responsible for everything bad about them, including the art

Brought To You By posted:

Why they speak.

In such way.

Short phrases.

Such a pain.

Brought To You By posted:

Nah, the suit man was just using full sentences one page ago. Having them suddenly start speaking in this clipped speech makes no sense and comes across as dumb. This sounds better.

Brought To You By posted:

Why have them speak english at all and not their native language? Why not have the page filled with some eldritch speech with a single english phrase "the trickster" in english since their language has no comparable phrase and just leave us to wonder what is being said and create a more intriguing atmosphere?

Brought To You By posted:

My favorite iteration of the Kamen Rider franchise is the 2000 series 'Kuuga'. In it, a group of ancient monsters awaken to slaughter humanity and prepare the way for their leaders revival. They are suit monsters, but also have the ability to shapeshift into humans and they do so to infiltrate society and blend into the masses. They speak both fluent japanese as well as their native language Grongi. Grongi itself is a cipher of the japanese language meaning you swap out letters or in this case syllables since that's how the Japanese language works. So on top of it being a japanese dubbed show that I an using english scripts to understand, now there is a new language that isn't recognizable to me.

There are entire scenes where these creatures will gather and speak among each other in full Grongi or shout at the main character and while there is a grongi script available with the current iteration of subtitles, my first and second watch of the series didn't benefit from it. It was always a mystery as to what exactly was being said. Meaning there are numerous scenes where I can only discern meaning based on the context of the episode itself, and the actions of the creatures as they converse with each other. And recently when I did finally use the grongi scripts I was surprised to find that my impression of what was being said was accurate across many of the conversations presented. Obviously I missed fine details but the meaning carried through.

My point is the reader not speaking a language isn't an excuse because it works. And unlike say, the Cone heads, at least the guy in the suit has a complete command of the english language and grammar structure so him suddenly dropping that just makes it sound awkward. And if they did try and do what I'm suggesting and use some fake language, it would require more involved staging and composition which is something this series isn't known for anymore as people can't just stand and talk at each other when the reader doesn't understand the language.

According to them this room is shielded from telepathic interference and it's presumably a location they have set up. Who could be bugging them or spying on them? Maybe they were lying about psychic shielding but we have no way of knowing.

Do I get the possible intention? Sure. Does it sound good? Not to me, no.
I'm saying it reads as awkward and stilted and not in a way that makes them properly ominous. I will admit there is a lot we don't know as to the groups dynamic. Maybe the suit guy is the only one who has a complete grasp of human language. Maybe this is a one-off scene and they will never speak like this again. Maybe the writer just thought this line delivery would sound cool. It didn't work for me and knowing the series, the answer we will eventually get will not be worth giving them my good graces.

your suggestion posted:

"A fool?"
"No...a believer"

bald guy enters. Steps gingerly over a small scrap of shredded clothes.

"so it turned into a meal then?"
"and the trail is still cold."

Bald guy looks at suit guy

"what next then?"

"We need the trickster"

FactsAreUseless posted:

Check out this idea I had: Clevin and Hobbes