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Shale Since: Jan, 2001
#176: Jul 8th 2010 at 8:36:16 AM

You should be on principle, but I can't think of anything related to them in that comic. Wanda's completely certain that the will of the Titans will protect her even if she completely neglects basic defenses, and Parson is getting around that as best he can. What's to miss?

Cestrian Since: Jul, 2012
#177: Jul 8th 2010 at 8:55:07 AM

Yeah, I mean nothing happens in this one apart from some (rather good) banter and a bit of foreshadowing. I don't see what's confusing you.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#178: Jul 8th 2010 at 9:52:49 AM

I meant the last panel.

Fight smart, not fair.
Shale Since: Jan, 2001
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#180: Jul 8th 2010 at 10:06:33 AM

Did he just say that Parson switched sides?

Fight smart, not fair.
Cestrian Since: Jul, 2012
#181: Jul 8th 2010 at 10:09:23 AM

You mean the punchline?

Nobody knows what Parson means by 'food fight' though it's likely something horrible. Jack's line abour having defected swiftly is because he said earlier in the comic that Parson was, as a sane man, horribly outnumbered by the crazy and should defect. So he's just joking about how insane that food fight line sounded.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#183: Jul 9th 2010 at 5:17:49 AM

Great line,all the same.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Bioelectricclam BEC is my copilot from under the sea Since: Feb, 2010
BEC is my copilot
#184: Jul 12th 2010 at 11:02:18 AM

You know, for such a ridiculous setting, it's a very good story. The strategy discussion is exciting and educational, the characters' backstories and philosophical disputes/issues are both deep and meaningful, and it's got quite a few crowning moments of awesome and heartwarming. I love the idea of a tabletop games geek thrown into a crazy world like Erfworld, and at first thinking it all just some silly game and ridiculous, but eventually it dawns on him that it not only are lives at stake, but that he is the one who decides who lives and who ends up as cannon boulder-throwing cloth golem fodder, and he takes responsibility for it and accepts his charge. I mean, the scene where Bogroll dies in the line of duty alone was just amazingly handled. And I love the fact that Bogroll's death isn't just fixed the next turn with a uncroaking or something, so that Lord Hamster has to deal with the consequences of sending his men to die.

Fear is our ally. The gasoline will be ours. A Honey Badger does not kill you to eat you. It tears off your testicles.
Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#185: Jul 12th 2010 at 11:37:56 AM

Agreed.

We haven't gotten to see much of Parson so far this book, but I'm really looking forward to seeing what the hell he's up to. My guess is that this is where the Chekhov's Gun about how gravity works in Erfworld gets fired, and "food fight" means dropping rations on the enemy while they parley or something.

Interesting contrast between Stanley and Wanda's ideas of fate, though. Stanley buys into the Fate stuff, obviously, but he recognizes that you have to use what you've been given to achieve that fate. Wanda really doesn't: if it's not her Fate to perish her, she should realize that taking a veil is how that comes about.

Much of the enjoyment of this story is wondering whose idea of Fate, and the nature of the world, is vindicated.

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#186: Jul 17th 2010 at 7:08:05 AM

Text update

Backstory dump! So there's an heir of Faq out there? The changing of Zhopa's name is a nice idea,but doesn't work.

edited 17th Jul '10 7:11:02 AM by AckSed

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#187: Jul 17th 2010 at 8:56:45 AM

That's Jillian. Remember that Stanley doesn't have a clue who she really is - if he did, he'd have had her croaked in GK's dungeon rather than letting Wanda play with her.

edited 17th Jul '10 8:57:14 AM by Fighteer

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AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
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#188: Aug 5th 2010 at 9:39:19 AM

"You are the most emo optimist I've ever met."

Interesting.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#189: Aug 26th 2010 at 8:51:22 AM

And now we have Ace Hardware. The list of cultural references in Erfworld is as long as the comic itself.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Treblain Not An Avatar Since: Nov, 2012
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#190: Aug 26th 2010 at 3:46:59 PM

Ace does not agree with the caster stereotypes. NOT DOLLS! ACTION FIGURES!

I'd love to see a Hippiemancer following the model of Ace. NO MORE FLOWERS AND RAINBOWS! I USE HEMP TO MAKE ROPES TO STRANGLE PEOPLE AND THEN I MELT THEIR BRAIN WITH LSD!

We're not just men of science, we're men of TROPE!
Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#191: Sep 1st 2010 at 11:30:47 PM

Yay, an update!

IIRC, Charlie hasn't been supporting the royalists (as far as we know), right? In fact, he was doing the opposite—secretly propping up Jillian to oppose them.

Also, looks like boop's gettin real for Parson. I bet he's going to regret this.

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
Cestrian Since: Jul, 2012
#192: Sep 2nd 2010 at 3:06:50 AM

No Jilian fought for the Royalists, as did Sammy (Charlies other pawn). Trem's spot on here. Charlie has very clearly chosen the Royals over the Tools.

LullTheConqueror Love Freak from eternal loli Hell Since: Jan, 2001
#193: Sep 2nd 2010 at 3:48:28 AM

Titans' testes, I think every strip (and text update) he's in makes me like Charlie more. "Well now that's simply slander."

edited 2nd Sep '10 3:48:57 AM by LullTheConqueror

the dice are loaded, the deck is stacked, the game itself will hold you back
AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#194: Sep 2nd 2010 at 10:35:27 AM

Tramennis and Charlie - working together. This could be the beginning of a beautiful,snarky friendship.smile

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
ALMSIVI
#195: Sep 13th 2010 at 4:52:37 PM

Okay, so, I don't like the texts. Like, at all. They interrupt the flow of the comic, for me.

Is it okay for me to skip them? Would I still be able to understand the story fine?

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#197: Sep 13th 2010 at 6:17:32 PM

My instinct is always to skip em—I don't think they provide that much context, except for the summer ones, and even those can be skipped (I think). The tl;dr of the latest one is "Sizemore got laid, but was still Eeyore anyway, and then got recalled from the Magic Kingdom by Parson".

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#198: Sep 13th 2010 at 6:34:20 PM

I think the text updates have outlived their usefulness. For a while they were a cool way of getting further into the main characters' heads, but now they're just telling scenes that we really should be seeing instead, and breaking up the flow. Though of course they're still filling the purpose of speeding up the updates.

Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#199: Sep 16th 2010 at 1:52:33 AM

New comic. That was an interesting bit of verbal sparring. I had to read it twice before I caught when his armor started changing, though.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this changes the situation for the Royals.

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#200: Sep 16th 2010 at 4:34:59 AM

Courtesy link.

Charlie's actually feeling threatened? Wow.

Tramennis is pretty good at this - he made Charlie pause.

And does this mean he can spy on anyone using the eyebook,or on anyone using a thinkagram?

edited 16th Sep '10 4:35:48 AM by AckSed

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

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