History Awesome / DominicDeegan

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-08-21 Pam not putting up with Deegan's Omniscient Morality Licence.]]

** He has another, arguably greater one, [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-10-03 here]] (warning before clicking it, you'll only get the full effect if you've read the entire Battle for Barthis arc).

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-07-19 Jacob Deegan's]] [[TheReveal original entrance]] would have qualified in and of itself- an unexpected plot twist that was a great example of TheChessmaster in action. But then he followed it up with a series of [[SerialEscalation continually escalating]] lessons in {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry, six times a week, ''for over a month''. During which he:

* Bumper and Stunt get their own awesome moments as well. Coincidentally, both come in the form of killing a MagnificentBastard. First, Bumper gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-03-18 this comic]], then much later on, Stunt pulls a badass stunt of his own (no pun intended) in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-11-27 this one]].

* Donovan's first meeting with Serk Brakkis, where in Serk insults his friend's son, both [[WhatAnIdiot within earshot of Donovan AND while he has his sword readily available]].

* Early on, Dominic is facing a powerful sorceress who has cursed him to have fish fall on his head whenever he smokes. Attempting to cure himself, he sneaks into her castle and discovers her plan to make her daughter [[spoiler:Luna]] commit suicide in order to receive compensation from a visiting knight. She gives a speech basically telling him that he can't stop her, at which point Dominic takes a puff on his pipe, catches his ImprovisedWeapon before it lands on his head, and smacks her out WITH A FISH. Simple, but oh so satisfying. A SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, as well.

* Bumper and Stunt get their own awesome moments as well. Coincidentally, both come in the form of [[spoiler:killing a MagnificentBastard]]. First, Bumper gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-03-18 this comic]], then much later on, Stunt pulls a badass stunt of his own (no pun intended) in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-11-27 this one]].

** The awesome is made even greater to this troper because you find out the truth: [[spoiler:the 'disguise' is actually the real ''him.'' It's a subtle form of awesome, but still.]]
** Not only that, but [[spoiler:the master plan involved [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-07-09 punching Dominic in the balls]]]], which [[HateDom the Snarkdom]] consider awesome, at least.

** And Celesto topped himself when he [[spoiler: did [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-04-19 the]] [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-04-20 same]] [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-04-21 thing]] to Bret's SmugSnake boss Serk Brakkis right when he's about to pull a KarmaHoudini]].
* Dex Garrit is cool enough normally , but after [[spoiler:getting back up after sustaining what everyone thought were lethal injuries]] pushes him into complete Badass territory.

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-12-16 Spark and Kiya get one here]] against [[spoiler: Neilen]] where Spark's "DeathFromAbove" joke attack is turned outright ''[[EyeScream nasty]]'', and Kiya decides not to be a NeutralFemale. [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-12-17 Kiya follows through her attack]] against [[spoiler: Neilen]] by ''smashing him to bits''.
* Donovan Deegan [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-01-12 reveals]] that he [[spoiler: has been able to speak fluent Orcish for two decades]]. Strips that have him mangling the Orc language are a helluva lot funnier when you realize that [[spoiler: he knows exactly what he's saying]].

** Also, [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-06-10 the fact that]] [[spoiler: "My white magic might be gone, but I can still heal those around me.]] Go Greg.

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2012-10-12 Miranda Deegan]] gives [[spoiler: the king]] [[DeathGlare the evil eye]] from two panels away (or a dimension, which, in this comic, can be the exact same thing). What makes it awesome is the fact that he can feel it, even from that distance. If it had been point blank, [[YourHeadASplode his head would probably have exploded.]]

* He wrote a song about, now he's about to kick evil's ass with it: [[spoiler: [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2013-02-13 The Sword of Centuries.]]]]

** Miranda tricking [[spoiler:the king]] with her illusion, allowing Donovan to stab him InTheBack, followed by Stunt (in {{Revenge}} for Bumper) delivering an OffWithHisHead. (And then when they're fleeing the Sanctum, impaling said detached BodyHorror head by [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwing the sword at it]].)

** Dominic stabbing the [[spoiler:corrupted-Dominic-clone]] Beast with its own fang.
** [[spoiler:Celesto's HeroicSacrifice when the Beast invokes TakingYouWithMe.]]

* The understated introduction of the alterist's {{Transgender}} status was a minor one for the strip as a whole. The world needs more portrayals of trans people of all varieties whose gender status is not their biggest defining characteristic. She's not a major character, but still.

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-07-28 Gregory's]] subversion of the SadisticChoice. Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* The understated introduction of the alterist's {{Transsexual}} status was a minor one for the strip as a whole. The world needs more portrayals of trans people of all varieties whose gender status is not their biggest defining characteristic. She's not a major character, but still.

* Early on, Dominic is facing a powerful sorceress who has cursed him to have fish fall on his head whenever he smokes. Attempting to cure himself, he sneaks into her castle and discovers her plan to make her daughter commit suicide in order to receive compensation from a visiting knight. She gives a speech basically telling him that he can't stop her, at which point Dominic takes a puff on his pipe, catches his ImprovisedWeapon before it lands on his head, and smacks her out WITH A FISH. Simple but oh so satisfying. A SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, as well.
* Greg Deegan, at the end of the Battle For Barthis story arc/fund raising concert. When he declares that nothing could make him happier given how well the concert went, his nurse-turned-newly-appointed-mayor of a girlfriend strips down before him, intent on giving him a "proper reward" for his efforts. The last panel of said strip is simply his hand thrust into the air, giving The Horns.

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-07-19 Jacob Deegan's]] [[TheReveal original entrance]] would have qualified in and of itself- an unexpected plot twist that was a great example of TheChessmaster in action. But then he followed it up with a series of [[SerialEscalation continually escalating]] lessons in [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastardry]], six times a week, ''for over a month''. During which he:

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2012-10-12 Miranda Deegan]] gives [[spoiler: the king]] [[DeathGlare the evil eye]] from two panels away (or a dimension, which, in this comic, can be the exact same thing). What makes it awesome is the fact that he can feel it, even from that distance. If it had been point blank, [[YourHeadAsplode his head would probably have exploded.]]

* He wrote a song about, now he's about to kick evil's ass with it: [[spoiler: [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2013-02-13 The Sword Of Centuries.]]]]

* Early on, Dominic is facing a powerful sorceress who has cursed him to have fish fall on his head whenever he smokes. Attempting to cure himself, he sneaks into her castle and discovers her plan to make her daughter commit suicide in order to receive compensation from a visiting knight. She gives a speech basically telling him that he can't stop her, at which point Dominic takes a puff on his pipe, [[strike:reaches off panel]] catches his ImprovisedWeapon before it lands on his head, and smacks her out WITH A FISH. Simple but oh so satisfying. A SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, as well.

* Early on, Dominic is facing a powerful sorceress who has cursed him to have fish fall on his head whenever he smokes. Attempting to cure himself, he sneaks into her castle and discovers her plan to make her daughter commit suicide in order to receive compensation from a visiting knight. She gives a speech basically telling him that he can't stop her, at which point Dominic takes a puff on his pipe, [[strike:reaches off panel]] catches his ImprovisedWeapon before it lands on his head, and smacks her out WITH A FISH. Simple but oh so satisfying.
** A CrowningMomentOfFunny, as well.

** I do not care what anyone says about recent arcs. The climax of the 'Battle for Barthis' arc was as ''epic'' as ThePowerOfROCK can be on the page
** He gets one much, much earlier than this, though, when, after the Blight is ripped from his body, [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-08-14 he shows Jacob what he can really do.]]
* Szark gets his own moment a while before that: "''Toupee!''"
** And another [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-01-06 here]] where he disarms someone. FROM BEHIND. Yeah, he's just that awesome.

** He has another, arguably greater one, [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-10-03 here]](warning before clicking it, you'll only get the full effect if you've read the entire Battle for Barthis arc).

* Bumper and Stunt get their own awesome moments as well. Coincidentally, both come in the form of [[spoiler:killing a MagnificentBastard]]. First, Bumper gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-03-18 this comic]], then much later on, Stunt pulls a badass stunt of his own (no pun intended) in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-11-27 this one]].

* Jacob Deegan's [[TheReveal original entrance]][[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-07-19]] would have qualified in and of itself- an unexpected plot twist that was a great example of TheChessmaster in action. But then he followed it up with a series of [[SerialEscalation continually escalating]] lessons in [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastardry]], six times a week, ''for over a month''. During which he:

* While Jacob is impressive, another necromancer has an even better series of moments starting [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-05-29 here]]. If this is the first time you're reading this arc, read it through to the most recent strip. Wait for the revelations to sink in, and then read the whole arc a second time for the full effect. What's really impressive is that this necromancer achieves a series of [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]] ''without getting involved in any fights or killing anybody or even using any necromancy whatsoever''. Is there a trope called Crowning Montage of Awesome yet?

* Dex Garrit is cool enough normally , but after [[spoiler:Getting back up after sustaining what everyone thought were lethal injuries]] pushes him into complete Badass territory.

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-12-16 Spark and Kiya get one here]] against [[spoiler: Neilen]] where Spark's "DeathFromAbove" joke attack is turned outright ''[[EyeScream nasty]]'', and Kiya decides not to be a NeutralFemale.
** [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-12-17 Kiya follows through her attack]] against [[spoiler: Neilen]] by ''smashing him to bits''.

* Karnkak. A horde of the damned strike at him. What does he do? Why, he [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-12-03 throws a supernova of a soul at them]], of course. Epic.

* Miranda Deegan is not an [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-04-12 Archmage]] for nothing. See MamaBear for what else can happen when she is angry.
** This is made even more epic when, as you keep reading, you come to realize that all this time something has been [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-12-16 holding]] her [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-12-17 magic]] [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-12-21 back]].

* Nimmel would like to tell some bullies that he has been [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-01-20 accepted to Coldfire Academy on the Winter Archipelago]]

** Also, since the comic's tapered off into mediocrity, it almost hasn't been worth reading. And yet, somehow, it spawned [[http://dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-07-09 this]]. Go Luna.

* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-10-07 Melsheena gets one]], giving the Doma chief a BreakingSpeech. She follows up by [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-10-09 knocking his head clean off]] with [[TheMightyThor a lightning charged hammer]].

** Dominic exploding the Beast by throwing his mindbreak into the Lost Treasure of Luana [[JustEatTheMacGuffin while it's in its mouth]].

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* [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-10-07 Melsheena gets one]], giving the Doma chief an epic HannibalLecture.
** And then she follows up by [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-10-09 knocking his head clean off]] with [[TheMightyThor a lightning charged hammer]].

** Also, [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-06-10 the fact that]] "My white magic might be gone, but I can still heal those around me.]] Go Greg.