21/12/08 [#112] - Queen Adharia the Usurper

[Tapewolf]

Holy God, that was awesome.  I like her.
That's also really not good if Veled is on her side.  Not good for the other teams, anyway...

"This guy is protected from on high by the Prince of Darkness Himself!"
--The Usual Suspects

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Hrm.

I was under the impression that at the end of the game show, there will be one winner, and fifteen corpses. That suggests that some of the people we like will end up dead. Which will be a problem...

... although not for the author. ;-]

[Tapewolf]

I was under the impression that at the end of the game show, there will be one winner, and fifteen corpses.

That may be, but you have to admire her goal.

[techmaster-glitch]

My reaction:

...Wait, what?

These last few pages are suffering from a severe lack of backstory and exposition.

[Tapewolf]

These last few pages are suffering from a severe lack of backstory and exposition.

I have to admit, this is one of the first pages for a while which I could really understand.  I have no idea why it's happened, but two things stand out:
1. Veled and HRH go back a while and are apparently friends.
2. HRH is using the show as a sort of free combat training course, apparently so she can usurp the throne back home.  I think that is really cool, assuming she survives (logically the show should stop when there are only Executioners left alive, but that's just a guess).

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

(logically the show should stop when there are only Executioners left alive, but that's just a guess).

Either that or no Executioners at all.

Both would be unlikely, but hey, could be interesting to run through...

[stiletto]

Woo, I've been elected to do damage control again.

On Last Resort whoever is left alive at the end gets to go free. In theory they could all survive, which is why events in the show are both deadly and there are the executioners. Killing is promoted and good for ratings.

Addy really wouldn't be usurping since she is HRH, but there's currently something standing in her way... you could say that the problem with her is that things are almost too easy

In a final note, I take credit for half of this awesome joke.

[Tapewolf]

Addy really wouldn't be usurping since she is HRH, but there's currently something standing in her way... you could say that the problem with her is that things are almost too easy

If she's princess, that generally means there's someone already on the throne.  Usurpation generally involves getting rid of that someone messily.

[stiletto]

Can I pleeeeaaaase say why Addy is not in charge?

[Jigsaw Forte]

Can I pleeeeaaaase say why Addy is not in charge?

No, because while you only know half the story, I'm jealously guarding that half.

... it'll be more obvious after the episode / when I post Addy's profile, anyway.

And please don't take half the credit for the joke. If you did, I'd feel like a right tit. 

[stiletto]

Bah, you can't resist my charm.

Does that make me the left tit?

[Paladin Sheppard]

No it just makes you a boob

[stiletto]

Cypress wants me.

[Stupid N00bie]

Does that make Cypress a lesbian?

[stiletto]

Jigsaw wishes.

[Jigsaw Forte]

Jigsaw wishes.

What people write in their fanfics is their own business!

... Their own highly entertaining business.

[stiletto]

Doesn't count that way just because you're a fan of your own comic.

[Jigsaw Forte]

Doesn't count that way just because you're a fan of your own comic.

I prefer the term "Creator with passion".