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TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#101: Sep 26th 2011 at 11:44:37 AM

Why, no, I don't think she wants to walk away from Omelas. tongue

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#102: Sep 27th 2011 at 7:11:45 AM

This basically clears up everything about Didly's motives for me - I was still a little curious after the Magic World arc, but this puts on the line nicely.

And you're right, his philosophy is extraordinarily self-fulfilling, especially since it includes himself.

Rodongmu Since: Jan, 2013
#103: Oct 13th 2011 at 12:40:54 PM

I'm beginning to think Todo's sending out Diddly to look for survivors is a mistake.Judging by our catgirl's reaction to Diddly, they only need to take one glance at the face behind that visor for all hell to break lose.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#104: Oct 13th 2011 at 12:47:15 PM

I am beginning to suspect there are no survivors, and the baddies deliberately mindwiped the last of their people to act as a lure...

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#105: Oct 13th 2011 at 3:26:03 PM

That's why he's wearing the visor, mind you.

Rodongmu Since: Jan, 2013
#106: Oct 14th 2011 at 12:24:02 PM

[up]Lets just hope that visor stays on.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#107: Oct 14th 2011 at 12:36:00 PM

It could be a good way to get the catatonic survivors to flee towards their ship.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Rodongmu Since: Jan, 2013
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Vree Since: Jan, 2001
#111: Nov 29th 2011 at 6:33:07 AM

That could be quite cool actually. Remember how Reality is basically a reconstruction of Mary Suetopia? Doing the same with Villain Sue would be perfectly fitting.

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Lost in Space
#112: Nov 29th 2011 at 6:38:02 AM

I guess your saccharine idealistic heroes need suitably vile villains to fight. But the odds are looking a wee bit too hopeless here. There's a reason we have the trope Only the Author Can Save Them Now.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#113: Nov 29th 2011 at 7:18:10 AM

We did have shots of Stripe conspicuously looking at the Aura stone Danny dropped, so there's still that.

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Lost in Space
#114: Nov 29th 2011 at 7:31:47 AM

Hmm, Heroic Sacrifice from Stripe? She's certainly something of a tragic hero, it would be fitting.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Tropernovan A Peanut Professor Since: Nov, 2010
A Peanut Professor
#115: Dec 7th 2011 at 7:04:18 AM

You know, for a webcomic supposedly on the far Idealistic side of the Sliding Scale, it sure is capable of some of the bleakest situations I've ever seen. You know, the kind that you'd never throw your own characters into unless you knew the only way they could get out of it.

edited 7th Dec '11 7:08:25 AM by Tropernovan

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Lost in Space
#116: Dec 7th 2011 at 7:07:59 AM

Well, based on the latest update, it seems that the Pazcats are not going to just Kill Em All, but they plan an unnecessarily elaborate and cruel torment For the Evulz. This will hopefully give our heroes a chance to turn the tables. I imagine that the ultimate point will be to see if the Realists can maintain their faith in the face of what is essentially an entire race of Complete Monsters.

edited 7th Dec '11 7:08:17 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#117: Dec 7th 2011 at 7:17:04 AM

I wish this comic was more widespread, because I would love to see some comics Follow the Leader with the way it gets laid out. Clicking to go from one panel to the next works really well, especially for a comic like this.

On another note, I expect Big Damn Heroes.

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
Vree Since: Jan, 2001
#118: Dec 7th 2011 at 7:22:54 AM

Hey! That's sexist! >:(
Reality, I am disappoint.
Also, I kinda sorta want it to go back to the whole social commentary thing juuust a little more, that was one thing setting this comic apart from the rest. I can get a rag tag bunch of heroes fighting unlikely villains and surviving deathtraps anywhere.

Tropernovan A Peanut Professor Since: Nov, 2010
A Peanut Professor
#119: Dec 7th 2011 at 7:57:46 AM

[up] TBH, the fact that this comic not only does that but also throw its social commentators into dangerous bleak perils meant to test how much they uphold the ideals they preach gives it a whole niche of its own. It did this back in the Magic World arc, and it did it again with the summit disaster too.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#120: Dec 11th 2011 at 4:43:07 PM

Aaaand another brief scene of the Pazcats winning an already won battle. Riveting.

I will say this, though it's undoubtedly easier on Ian, and gives us content quicker, sometimes the scene-by-scene format makes the story suffer just a bit. This would probably have been a lot better read in one go.

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Lost in Space
#121: Dec 23rd 2011 at 7:50:54 AM

Aha. That's the break we were hoping for. And at least it isn't a Deus ex Machina like I feared.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Tropernovan A Peanut Professor Since: Nov, 2010
A Peanut Professor
#123: Dec 23rd 2011 at 10:43:43 PM

Ah, far less hopeless. Interesting to see how AV's examination before going to Reality was too.

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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#124: Jan 10th 2012 at 7:51:20 PM

New one.

Yeah, really seems like the Paczats are pretty decent towards their own. Nice touch, undermining their Always Chaotic Evil standpoint like that.


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