02/20/09 [DMFA #974] - vowing

[Cylonis]

I love how we're seeing this whole righteous avenger side of Dan in these comics.    The emotion in panel three with his face and the tears...well its what got me to stop lurking and actually post if that's an indication. =p Kria seems to be letting this play out for now regardless of the property damage.  I look forward to how its going to unfold...tho my mouse is going to get worn out clicking the refresh button near update times. =p

[Hellcat]

Without a doubt she must of killed someone, not just almost killing wildy

[M]

I didn't notice until you mentioned it, but he is crying the third panel. That, along with the dialogue, makes it a really powerful image.

Good job, Amber. I really liked this one.

[Jairus]

Without a doubt she must of killed someone, not just almost killing wildy

12 beings, so yeah.

Dang. Dan is... well... awesome in Vow of Vengeance mode. Scary, but awesome. And it looks like Regina is screwed until Kria steps in, which it looks like she's gonna do.

Kria is, as always, amusing to watch. So, at what point does Lorenda hear all this and come down to see what's going on?

[Cylonis]

Kria is, as always, amusing to watch. So, at what point does Lorenda hear all this and come down to see what's going on?

Whenever the Rule of Drama feels it is most appropriate.

[Pagan]

Oh yeah, he definitely wants to kill her. Dooooo eeeeet, Dan...

[Tipod]

I didn't notice until you mentioned it, but he is crying the third panel

The sissy.

[Janus Whitefurr]

TEARS OF RAGE.

SHOW ME YOUR RAGE!

[Noone]

Kria has a fairly lethargic look to her, and considering how demons view power, I kind of doubt she is going to get involved, at least, if she gets involved it would probably be over property damage and not out of a sense of guardianship over Regina. That might of course change with her life on the line, but I don't really see the two of them as being very close.

[Corgatha Taldorthar]

Kria has an oddly regretful look on her face. I mean, the whole Demon "Might makes right" philosophy doesn't leave a lot of room for self doubt. The strong do what they like, and the weak suffer what they must. One wonders how much Lorenda has an influence in shaping her mother, since we don't really see signs of this earlier, say, when Kria visited Jyrras and his family.

[Sukasa]

Well, at the same time if people aren't vowing to destroy her, then she's obviously doing something wrong.  What good is having tons of power if nobody's interested in getting back at you over it?

Then again, it could be that she simply misses the 'antics' that Regina's involved in now, from her point of view.

EDIT: also, maybe it's just me, but when did Dan learn Regina's name?  It seems they knew each other more than we might have thought (or I totally missed something in the archives)

[Psy-Kosh]

Yikes! I don't think we can really consider "just give her a scare and leave her be" to currently be part of Dan's intentions...

So, new mystery: What was Regina's vow?

[Tyranastrasz]

So, new mystery: What was Regina's vow?

"Sure I vowed to destroy him and all he loved!"

Yikes! I don't think we can really consider "just give her a scare and leave her be" to currently be part of Dan's intentions...

Then again, it could be that she simply misses the 'antics' that Regina's involved in now, from her point of view.

EDIT: also, maybe it's just me, but when did Dan learn Regina's name?  It seems they knew each other more than we might have thought (or I totally missed something in the archives)

She probably still wants to have a fight with him, hehe. Oh, and I think the whole being trusted enough to take advantage of said trust thing requires being on a first-name basis.

[Baal Hadad]

God, Dan's starting to scare me....   

I didn't realize until I saw this particular comic that Dan has his HEAD WINGS out--he even had them out in the last comic!  What does this mean, Dan...?!?!?

And he may be crying, but does anyone else think he looks like ANIZ there...??

I'm probably one of the few who did not laugh once during this comic....

I didn't think I'd say this, but I'm actually starting to feel some sympathy for Regina....

[Tyranastrasz]

I'm probably one of the few who did not laugh once during this comic....

Not even at the fact that Kria seems to think of vows to destroy her like they're love notes?

[Psy-Kosh]

So, new mystery: What was Regina's vow?

"Sure I vowed to destroy him and all he loved!"

Well, that's another mystery solved. Mystery Quest completed.

[Lisky]

i'm not sure if that's a tear, or a shard of broken glass...

[Baal Hadad]

I'm probably one of the few who did not laugh once during this comic....

Not even at the fact that Kria seems to think of vows to destroy her like they're love notes?

Not even.      Too emotionally distraught.

i'm not sure if that's a tear, or a shard of broken glass...

Oh, God, I wish you hadn't said that.... 

[terrycloth]

So he's not really a cubi, he's a nendrai?

[Cylonis]

i'm not sure if that's a tear, or a shard of broken glass...

If you look hard enough you can actually see tears in both eyes, not just the side that has the cut, and one tear rolling down his right cheek. 

[Psy-Kosh]

So he's not really a cubi, he's a nendrai?

What's a nendrai?

If you look hard enough you can actually see tears in both eyes, not just the side that has the cut, and one tear rolling down his right cheek. 

No, that one's blood.

[Cylonis]

So he's not really a cubi, he's a nendrai?

What's a nendrai?

If you look hard enough you can actually see tears in both eyes, not just the side that has the cut, and one tear rolling down his right cheek. 

No, that one's blood.

The blood is on HIS left cheek.  I was refereeing to his RIGHT cheek, which from our viewpoint is on the LEFT.

[inuhanyo]

Without a doubt she must of killed someone, not just almost killing wildy

Twelve beings, by her own account.  And I bet what really eats at Dan about that is, she used him to give her the opportunity.  Making him her unwitting accomplice.

Nearly being killed by her was just a hazard of his occupation,  but using him to murder others, that is unforgivable.

No wonder he's pulling out all the stops.  It makes perfect sense now that he'd use even his Cubi powers, despite his discomfort with being a Cubi.

At this point it will take intervention or luck to save Regina.  Because I don't see Dan stopping himself.  Fi isn't going to talk him out of this. 

And Amber claims she sucks at drama.   You're better than you think, Amber.

Well, at the same time if people aren't vowing to destroy her, then she's obviously doing something wrong.  What good is having tons of power if nobody's interested in getting back at you over it?

Then again, it could be that she simply misses the 'antics' that Regina's involved in now, from her point of view.

I think you've got it with your first statement.

EDIT: also, maybe it's just me, but when did Dan learn Regina's name?  It seems they knew each other more than we might have thought (or I totally missed something in the archives)

She exploited his trust, remember.  That rather implies that they got past the introduction stage.

I notice that Dan's speech bubbles have gone back to normal.

And in the first panel, if you carefully look at the coloring in Regina's eyes, you can finally distinguish pupils.  Looking back in immediately prior strips, I can see the same effect.  Did I simply miss this or has Amber back applied the effect?

[GabrielsThoughts]

*poof*

Nice look of pained anger on danny boy

*bamph*

[Mejui]

I noticed that this is about the first time I've seen Dan display teeth like those of a real-world feline.

And it's awesome.

[Starcat5]

I'm probably one of the few who did not laugh once during this comic....

No laugh from me, ether. Today's Funny got preempted by a cartload of Epic, and I couldn't be happier.

[jeffh4]

One more thing to add to the "first time we've seen this in Dan" behaviour column.

Dan vowed to become the best.  That shows alot more ambition than he's evidenced up to now (excluding his happiness at Abel's sword display).  No doubt he's become an accomplished adventurer, but he doesn't come across as the "practice all day" type. 

[Jack McSlay]

he's ruthlessly damaging columns inside a large mansion. that can't end well.

[Kenji]

I thought Regina had a black eye at first.

[Daymond42]

Is it bad that I started singing in my mind "I wanna be.. the very best. Like no one ever waaaass!"?