20/02/09 [PF #53] - It didn't really sink in

[Jairus]

Well, Dorcan is still shirtless.

But yay! Backstory! Wee! So... I guess that's Jakob saving his son's life there? In which case I suppose his clan leader is still alive, since his tentacles have heads on the end. Unless you already covered that in an earlier strip and I missed it.

Also, while Joshua is good at the "oh noes!" face, Dorcan seems good at the "puzzled" face.

[Tapewolf]

Well, Dorcan is still shirtless.

So is your avatar     Dorcan is actually shirtless by default, so I think we're going to have this conversation a lot...

But yay! Backstory! Wee! So... I guess that's Jakob saving his son's life there? In which case I suppose his clan leader is still alive, since his tentacles have heads on the end. Unless you already covered that in an earlier strip and I missed it.

There's an interesting story to that.  Normally only clans with tri-wing founders have those unless they fake it themselves.  Daryil managed to fake it for the entire clan.  See his profile in the cast page.

[Amber Williams]

Also, while Joshua is good at the "oh noes!" face, Dorcan seems good at the "puzzled" face.

Thats the price of exposition really. When it comes to a storytelling where you have to let the readers know what is going on...it usually works best if the person telling the exposition is telling another character who is equally in the dark as the readers. 

Yay shirtless Dorcan!

[Ren Gaulen]

Well, Dorcan is still shirtless.

Wait, you want him to put on some shirt? No way!

Yay shirtless Dorcan!

..And it will take a while for him to get some shirt! Well, at least he got some pants (unlike Josh, who was limited only to his underwear at first ).

[Pagan]

Wait, what exactly did Dorc do that was wrong? I thought all they did was flirt and hold hands.

I think what Niall is talking about happened in Chronicles of Jakob Petersohn, which really should be required reading for Project Future fans.

[Jairus]

Well, Dorcan is still shirtless.

So is your avatar     Dorcan is actually shirtless by default, so I think we're going to have this conversation a lot...

Which I'm sure Amber won't mind in the slightest. As for my avatar... that's a mini-robe, like Dan's. Some of us don't want to waste time shapeshifting up a shirt that fits around wings.

Also, while Joshua is good at the "oh noes!" face, Dorcan seems good at the "puzzled" face.

Thats the price of exposition really. When it comes to a storytelling where you have to let the readers know what is going on...it usually works best if the person telling the exposition is telling another character who is equally in the dark as the readers. 

Ah, good point.

Well, Dorcan is still shirtless.

Wait, you want him to put on some shirt? No way!

Never said that. Just making an observation.

Yay shirtless Dorcan!

..And it will take a while for him to get some shirt! Well, at least he got some pants (unlike Josh, who was limited only to his underwear at first ).

Poor Josh. At least he quickly got some clothes to wear.

Wait, what exactly did Dorc do that was wrong? I thought all they did was flirt and hold hands.

... which, given the screwed up legal system in Furrae and the fact that people don't need much of an excuse to take up their torches and pitchforks, is probably all they needed to say he raped her and execute him. Who's gonna step up and defend him, considering they all seem to hate creatures?

I think what Niall is talking about happened in Chronicles of Jakob Petersohn, which really should be required reading for Project Future fans.

Oh, great, you're going to give me more homework?

[Sofox]

Good strip Tape, you seem to have taken my title suggestion more seriously then I did.
*looks something up* Wait a second, "fantabulous" is an actual word?

[Pagan]

Wait, what exactly did Dorc do that was wrong? I thought all they did was flirt and hold hands.

... which, given the screwed up legal system in Furrae and the fact that people don't need much of an excuse to take up their torches and pitchforks, is probably all they needed to say he raped her and execute him. Who's gonna step up and defend him, considering they all seem to hate creatures?

I think what Niall is talking about happened in Chronicles of Jakob Petersohn, which really should be required reading for Project Future fans.

Oh, great, you're going to give me more homework?

Yes, but Niall said that what Dorc did was wrong. How does Niall think that, is what I'm asking. Or is there something that I missed?

And yes, yes I am giving you more homework. Go study!

[Tapewolf]

As for my avatar... that's a mini-robe, like Dan's. Some of us don't want to waste time shapeshifting up a shirt that fits around wings.

So why would Dorcan want to?   

Wait, what exactly did Dorc do that was wrong? I thought all they did was flirt and hold hands.

He was charged with rape.  Niall, being delayed by Joshua's resurrection, arrived too late to abort the execution and was unable to find out exactly what happened or substantiate the claims.  His language is a little elliptical in the strip, but he does think Dorcan was a bit irresponsible  (Which in a way is interesting, because Niall isn't exactly an angel in that department himself).  It's a little unclear now, but it will all be smoothed out by the end of the chapter.

I think what Niall is talking about happened in Chronicles of Jakob Petersohn, which really should be required reading for Project Future fans.

He is indeed.  The executioner was one of approximately twelve people Jakob killed during that series.  As for reading CJP, it's a bit patchy.  There are various mary-sue'isms, inconsistencies with canon and stuff I'm generally not so happy with.  However, it does make a number of things in PF make more sense.

Azrael and Ashley for example tend to be background characters because to some extent PF is following up what happened to them in the original story.  Though it should eventually become a plot point as well.

Good strip Tape, you seem to have taken my title suggestion more seriously then I did.

I was considering thinking up something completely outlandish - you just saved me the effort

[Zedd]

*looks at shirtless Dorcan up and down* Well as I said before..He's cute...

[Jairus]

*looks at shirtless Dorcan up and down* Well as I said before..He's cute...

Well... he is a Cubi, and therefore Bi. So, you never know: you might get lucky, Zedd-boy.

[Zedd]

*looks at shirtless Dorcan up and down* Well as I said before..He's cute...

Well... he is a Cubi, and therefore Bi. So, you never know: you might get lucky, Zedd-boy.

..........

Remind me to send you to Ink after class...*headwing twich*

[Jairus]

*looks at shirtless Dorcan up and down* Well as I said before..He's cute...

Well... he is a Cubi, and therefore Bi. So, you never know: you might get lucky, Zedd-boy.

..........

Remind me to send you to Ink after class...*headwing twich*

Should I be scared/worried? Not being sarcastic or anything, just asking.

[Tapewolf]

Should I be scared/worried? Not being sarcastic or anything, just asking.

Ink always scares me.

Anyway, I've revised the strip if anyone's interested, with a better rendition of Niall on the scaffold, and the highlights on Dorcan's wing in panel 2 now better match the others.  Originally he was facing the other way - I had to redraw the highlights after he was flipped around, and they didn't quite work out.

[Kipiru]

And here we go again with the cyborg 101 lesson for the newly spawned Dorkanator! Unlike Arnold, however, he is only shirtless! 

[Jairus]

Jakob should just make one of those old projector movies they showed in schools long ago, so he can save time explaining things to all of these androids. You know like the ones that talked about drunk driving and puberty and surviving atomic holocausts by ducking under

"Hi, and welcome to So You're An Android Now. Your body has gone through a lot of changes, so let's get started and see what's happened to you!"

[Ren Gaulen]

Jakob should just make one of those old projector movies they showed in schools long ago, so he can save time explaining things to all of these androids. You know like the ones that talked about drunk driving and puberty and surviving atomic holocausts by ducking under

"Hi, and welcome to So You're An Android Now. Your body has gone through a lot of changes, so let's get started and see what's happened to you!"

Somehow that instantly made me think of Fallout. I'm pretty sure that Jakob's film would have been complete with some slightly dark humour too.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

And here we go again with the cyborg 101 lesson for the newly spawned Dorkanator! Unlike Arnold, however, he is only shirtless! 

... and refrigerated?

[Kipiru]

And here we go again with the cyborg 101 lesson for the newly spawned Dorkanator! Unlike Arnold, however, he is only shirtless! 

... and refrigerated?

FRIDGE'D

[Ren Gaulen]

And here we go again with the cyborg 101 lesson for the newly spawned Dorkanator! Unlike Arnold, however, he is only shirtless! 

... and refrigerated?

Precisely.

[Mao]

And here we go again with the cyborg 101 lesson for the newly spawned Dorkanator! Unlike Arnold, however, he is only shirtless! 

... and refrigerated?

Precisely.

...

Cool.

[Tapewolf]

Jakob should just make one of those old projector movies they showed in schools long ago, so he can save time explaining things to all of these androids. You know like the ones that talked about drunk driving and puberty and surviving atomic holocausts by ducking under

They do start to make leaflets eventually.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Jakob should just make one of those old projector movies they showed in schools long ago, so he can save time explaining things to all of these androids. You know like the ones that talked about drunk driving and puberty and surviving atomic holocausts by ducking under

They do start to make leaflets eventually.

"What to do, now that you're dead." ?

[Jairus]

Jakob should just make one of those old projector movies they showed in schools long ago, so he can save time explaining things to all of these androids. You know like the ones that talked about drunk driving and puberty and surviving atomic holocausts by ducking under

They do start to make leaflets eventually.

"What to do, now that you're dead." ?

"Hi, my name is Joshua Oswald, and I'm an android too. And you know what? It's okay to be an android. It doesn't make you any different from anyone else... well, aside from the artificial body, but it's not what's on the outside that counts, but what's on the inside. Like Plutonium. Or a crystal that captures your soul when you die."

[Tapewolf]

He magicked a pamphlet out of thin air and handed it to Lutlakes.  It was titled 'Android Replicas and you'.  "This was intended for our prospective clients," Niall sighed, "But it will give you everything you need to know about your... new self."

* * *

"Oh yes," Niall said, and a supplemental brochure appeared in his hand.  It was titled Additional notes for 'Cubi.  "Not as good as being a real incubus of course, but better than nothing."


**EDIT**
I suppose I should add that they started doing this because I explained the setup several times, and I wanted to avoid it getting too repetitive.

[Jairus]

He magicked a pamphlet out of thin air and handed it to Lutlakes.  It was titled 'Android Replicas and you'.  "This was intended for our prospective clients," Niall sighed, "But it will give you everything you need to know about your... new self."

* * *

"Oh yes," Niall said, and a supplemental brochure appeared in his hand.  It was titled Additional notes for 'Cubi.  "Not as good as being a real incubus of course, but better than nothing."

*snrkroflolhahaahaahaahaa*

Hoo... hoo boy. Awesome. Totally awesome. Thanks for digging that up, Tape.

[Brunhidden]

why do i suddenly imagine dorcan and josh doing 'the robot'?

[Kipiru]

Because you obviously haven't seen Dorkan angry. That guy is scary!

[Tapewolf]

Because you obviously haven't seen Dorkan angry. That guy is scary!

Fortunately, no tentacles.  He'd be pretty pissed if you called him 'Dork', actually - I imagine he was called that a lot as a kid.

Random suggestion: search google for "Dorcan".

[Jairus]

Because you obviously haven't seen Dorkan angry. That guy is scary!

Fortunately, no tentacles.  He'd be pretty pissed if you called him 'Dork', actually - I imagine he was called that a lot as a kid.

Random suggestion: search google for "Dorcan".

"Dorcan Technology College?" Heh. Neat. If that's what his name's a reference too.