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BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#73

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BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#74

Gordian knot: cut.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.

Carrasco posted:

"Is my hair presentable?"

Also, hope Lyndon told Audrey exactly how this spell works at some point offscreen because if not she has a huge incentive to get Lyndon to kill someone/something so it turns back. Or maybe just beat one of those linguists to death with the box.

Huh. Missed #64. My gears started turning before I read it, and if Audrey's as mistaken as I was, she'd have to try to get him to kill someone with the spell. Beating someone to death with the box might not work since the box was bashtastic to begin with. But anyone beating someone to death with something SOFT that Lyndon had turned to candy might make him lose the spell.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.

Carrasco posted:

Huh. I wonder if this is just him having a vision, or if the staff only grants "visions" in the sense that it immediately gets you killed for touching it. (Either way, we're probably not being shown him having the vision and then dying, because then he probably would've reacted some other way than "Guess we should go home".)

This was my guess too. This could potentially be explained with alternate universe communication, kind of like in Transdimensional Brain Chip.

User touches gem. User recieves full sensory experience of alternate universe created upon touch in which gem does not function, showing how user dies in that universe. The only difference between user's own universe and shown universe is knowledge of shown universe. Knowing is half of battle.

Initially, I thought maybe it showed an alternate universe in which the gem was not touched, but judging by the characters' facial expressions, that doesn't seem to be the case. Although the 'alternate non-functioning gem timeline' thing risks contamination - what if you'd figured out that's how it worked, touched the gem and ended up in the death timeline?

BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Jun 18, 2016

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
Ooh, looks like the death crystal has tactical applications. It's like setting a restore point so you'll know what to do if you get yourself killed!

* Determination.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
I wonder if the gem 'fast-forwards' your vision to the point in the alternate no-vision timeline where you die, or if you have to live through it all Butterfly Effect style. We don't know yet because Lyndon's death was imminent.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#81

Prediction: Klara has learned to lie quick-smart. She didn't have a vision, and has realized that she IS the vision - the version of Klara whose death another Klara will see.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
So we know it skips to the the big finale. Good. No time abysses here.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
Looks like the gem is better designed than I thought. It skips to the good stuff (avoiding the psychological trauma of a long life lost - but as we've seen, details are important). And it may be showing timelines where they didn't touch the gem (rather than touch it and get no vision), so my theory about vision tainting is shot. THAT theory, anyway.

I've just realized - all this paranoia is going to taint the HELL out the gem's visions. Think about this scenario - A touches the scepter and sees themselves being killed by a shapeshifter they don't know about in B's form. B touches the scepter and sees themselves being killed by A for obvious reasons.

BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Jul 13, 2016

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#88
#89
#90

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#92
#93

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#94
#95

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#96
#97

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#98

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#99

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.

Carrasco posted:

Well, the person who said there was is now raising a cleaver behind Audrey's back...

#100

Looks like you're dead on. You too, Whybird.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#101

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#102

Ding ding ding.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
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BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
108

Apocron posted:

I hope every arc ends with him killing someone.

Two for two. At LEAST two for two.

BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Oct 8, 2016

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
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BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#111

Mission 2: Farces of Death complete! And with less bloodshed than Mission 1: Pokin' Monsters, though that's a tough one to top.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
How gross would it be to lick a castle wall? Because that's how gross Audrey is being right now.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#118

Furry detected! But don't worry, she won't last long. Who's gonna be the new candidate? I hope it's Off-Brand Red Sonja.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#120
#121

Prediction: Hjurmi is the only member of his species currently in Diabolica and the party is planning to throw him under the bus. I wonder how many vice presidents they're going to burn through.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#122

The ballots on election day are going to be an entertaining read.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
Killsy Willsy Spider is loving adorable is what he is.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
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126

Thorsby's underlying message in the political storyline is certainly a lot less contentious than Accidental Space Spy's 'biotruths'. The message here is that politics are a very big, very stupid game of chess.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
128

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
129

Prediction: the VP will be the first or second person to avoid being the target of anger but he'll die anyway.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#132

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#135

Uh-oh. Maybe Lyndon will get the idea that ratting on Trixie will allow him to dodge being convicted of being her accomplice.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
First Oyvind Wilde, now Edgar Allan Thorsby.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
IT CONTINUES

146

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#153

The Telltale Farce.

BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Mar 16, 2017

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.

HBar posted:

Hank should have just kept Eliza-ing. I'm starting to wonder if Hank will die too (maybe while trying to bluff his way through snake-handling), and then they have to deal with an investigation into Julius' death while still trying to hide the real Julius' death.

I'm amazed Thorsby managed to have a character have trouble with something fantastical during the act of bullshitting, not merely with something like "But don't they have eyes all over their bodies?" but with the very concept of made-up fantasy words.

BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 11:05 on Mar 18, 2017

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#155

Holy poo poo that's eerie. I was JUST talking about the old farce chestnut, "But isn't/doesn't (thing bullshitter just talked about) (fact about thing that contradicts what bullshitter just said about it)", and it happens. And Hank NAILS the save.

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#162

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
#165

Desperate times call for additional farce.

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BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
Actual #165, that was #164

Cuh-lassic ploy.

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