01/14/08 [DMFA #865] - Woot! Revolving doors rawk!

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Bweeheehee.

"And now, the award for the shortest attention span goes to ooo! Shiny thing!"


And yeah, I think this counts as stupid and dangerous...

[Caswin]

I'd almost forgotten why I liked Fi so much.

Oh, Fi...

[WhiteFire]

I'm so jealous of Amber's ability to draw nice paws-hands.

[techmaster-glitch]

Holy dang! Biggs is back!

[Naldru]

It will be interesting to see his mother's reaction given her feelings towards having Dan come visit her.  And if there is a meeting, it will be interesting to see whether Destania appears as a gazelle or a cubi.

[Kayriel]

Well, Dan hasn't seen her since he was a kid, right? And she's obviously been keeping tabs on him, somewhat, so she's likely trying to distance herself from him. Why that would be should be interesting to find out. Onwards! D=

[Pagan]

Yay, Biggs!

How did Dan know Biggs knows where his Mom is? And why does Dan suddenly want to find his Mom?

My guesses are that Alexsi told Dan about Destania being in the twink territories and that Dan wants to know if his mom was as cold, cruel, and generally heartless as Abel claims (not to mention the whole cubi thing, parental guidance could be useful to Dan right now).

And judging from Jyrras's question in the first panel, I think Dan might've forgotten that handy teleport skill that Fi has.

oh yeah...
Yay for Fi!

[Zedd]

Oh my...Revolving doors eh?

[e_voyager]

Dan has been talking about his mom for the past few days and not that he's dealing with the whole cubi thing he may want to know more about her as a figure other in then as  his mom. as a teacher what can she teach him and as a mother why didn't she come back when she found out where dad was? did she find dad? what has see been up too she he last saw her in twink territories? and why do my wings look like the head of the drake i hate more then hate it's? you know  that kind of thing.

[kaskar]

    Ah, when will poor confused Dan finally work himself out ...

[Hellcat]

I think that the comic is straying further away from the Dark Pegasus issue

[kaskar]

I think that the comic is straying further away from the Dark Pegasus issue

    All we had was a stolen body, a hole, and a note.  Was that really a Dead Pegasus issue ?

[e_voyager]

agreed my understanding is that DP is a reoccurring consent in furrea  he'll be around to Ha Ann when he comes and what not.

[rabid_fox]

Side point - I watched my father get lost in revolving doors once. It was hilarious.

(To explain this, for some reason, the innards of the revolving doors were nearly all mirrors, so it was pretty disorienting to go through.)

[Tapewolf]

Ah, this made me chuckle.

How did Dan know Biggs knows where his Mom is? And why does Dan suddenly want to find his Mom?

My guesses are that Alexsi told Dan about Destania being in the twink territories and that Dan wants to know if his mom was as cold, cruel, and generally heartless as Abel claims (not to mention the whole cubi thing, parental guidance could be useful to Dan right now).

I think it's something along those lines, although bear in mind that Dan actually saw his mother briefly the last time he was in Twink Territories.

And judging from Jyrras's question in the first panel, I think Dan might've forgotten that handy teleport skill that Fi has.

It seems reasonable (both in terms of realism and also to prevent them being too powerful in story terms) that a Warp-Aci can only travel to somewhere it knows.  After all, Fi's probably never heard of the "Twink Territories", has it?  Fi could probably take him back, though.

I agree with your reasoning, though.  It's probably because he wants to find out how evil she was (or 'is'?  We still don't know...)
Poor Dan, he might not like the answer 

[Kayriel]

Well, Tapewolf, Fi was Fa'Lina's Warp-Aci originally, and I'm fairly sure she commands an intimate knowledge of just about everywhere in Furrae. He'd likely have been quite a few places with her.

[Reaver225]

And something totally random!

Is... Abel sharpening his claws?

[Poofyspikes]

I think it's something along those lines, although bear in mind that Dan actually saw his mother briefly the last time he was in Twink Territories.

It seemed more like a throwaway joke to me, though. That, and it's been 'bout ... six or seven years since then. Of course, Amber could just be incorporating that circumstance into the plot to avoid plotholes and obsessive forumites who'd point out those holes for much lawlz and e-penis-enhancement.

Unless she's had this entire thing planned out well over half a decade in advance. You never know.

I think that the comic is straying further away from the Dark Pegasus issue

Do you honestly expect that everything will be resolved as soon as it's introduced?

Is... Abel sharpening his claws?

BUT ANYWAYS, back to the more pressing topic of revolving doors. The hypothetical revolving door could have been used to lower air conditioning costs for the Twink Territories - after all, they've probably got enough computers in there to cover the heating in the winter months, so A/C's pretty crucial.

[Tapewolf]

It seemed more like a throwaway joke to me, though. That, and it's been 'bout ... six or seven years since then.

What about the kidnapping Alexsi-in-the-belief-she-was-Dan thing?  That was from the same time period.

[e_voyager]

planning shows intelligence. planning for everything shows paranoia.

this is your brain . this is your brain on dmfa . any questions?

[Zedd]

And something totally random!

Is... Abel sharpening his claws?

Why yes...Yes he is...Alot people do it now and then

[Poofyspikes]

You mean the "Get me to the Church" arc? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough in what I meant by "six or seven years." I meant that comic 78 was drawn in 2001, and anything new involving us actually seeing Destania didn't happen until 2006. So that's our time, not DMFA time.

Back then, DMFA's humor was more gag-driven (cheap lawlz!) than character-driven (after all, the meeting was preceded by "What would my mother say if she saw me in a place like this?" - the answer obviously being "Hi Danny!"), so I figured that a throwaway joke like that wouldn't really have that much of an impact on the plot, and I don't know how seriously we can take #78 as legitimate backstory aside from Amber incorporating some of the circumstances from said gag to avoid forum impeachment for retconning.

[NDDR]

chuck norris can slam a revolving door. chuck norris will kill dan if he attmepts to copy him.

[e_voyager]

comic 78 was about a year ago dmfa time i believe. but then who can say but amber and be sure. it was when Biggs stole the famed hammer and it was mentioned in the get me to the church arc but i don't remember if they said exactly when  it happened

[Alondro]

Dan ended his sentence with a preposition!   

*English teachers around the world demand a boycott of DMFA in protest of the grammatical faux pas!* 

[Angel]

Somehow, I get the feeling that Fi needed to catch up with Dan after spinning around in the door going "WHEEEeeeEEEeeeEEEeee" etc.

chuck norris can slam a revolving door. chuck norris will kill dan if he attmepts to copy him.

Oh boy. Chuck Norris. Someone get the baseball bat!

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

I think that the comic is straying further away from the Dark Pegasus issue

Do you honestly expect that everythinganything will be resolved as soon as it's introduced?

Fixed your quote, there. ;-]

[Sid]

The age-old comic about Dan seeing his mother had been widely considered non-canon until the "Get me to the Church" arc, where Amber picked up that old idea again. At least if I remember correctly.

About Warp-Aci... I think it depends on the Cubi where the Warp-Aci can teleport to. Fi had to be mailed to Lost Lake the first time around, but later, Fa'Lina used her new Warp-Aci (Fu?) to teleport there and commented on how this was the area she had lost Fi's signal in, so to speak.

So I guess this means that a Cubi can go to any destination the Cubi or a linked Warp-Aci has ever been to.

However, Dan is primarily an adventurer and still has issues with the whole Cubi thing. So it's likely that, given the choice, he'll do things the adventurer way, and that means hacking and slashing his way through a forest to get to his destination. Besides, it's good workout and gets the blood pumping for the confrontation with Biggs.

[rabid_fox]

Dan ended his sentence with a preposition!   

*English teachers around the world demand a boycott of DMFA in protest of the grammatical faux pas!* 

Actually, a preposition is a perfectly acceptable thing to end a sentence with.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Actually, a preposition is a perfectly acceptable thing to end a sentence with.

*snerk*