12/12/2010 [DMFA# 1176] Return of the Sucker punch!

[Lego3400]

Actually I'm not quite sure what happened in panels 2 and 3... (then again I'm half alseep)

[Madd the Sane]

What spell did Abel use? Something gassy by the looks of it.

[Tapewolf]

Hah!  He did the sword trick again!  Nice one.

[Raskahn]

unholy cow!

[Congo Jack]

I hope the visual effect of Abel's spell isn't a big slapping hand? 

[Jasonrevall]

I think Abel just quick buffed his wings and bashed Lorenda with them into the kitchen. I wonder how jumpy Able would be if he played Silent Hill XD.

[joshofspam]

Mmmmmmmmm. Lime flavored.

What?

[Drayco84]

Actually I'm not quite sure what happened in panels 2 and 3... (then again I'm half alseep)

Probably the equivalent of ye olde Magic Missile, but that's just my educated guess.

[hartree]

Abel Rewanz: Cowpuncher.

He better watch that he doesn't get branded for this. 

[D'ymkarra]

Abel Rewanz: Cowpuncher.

He better watch that he doesn't get branded for this.  

If Lorenda wasn't such a good sport (and it wasn't her fault for scaring him in the first place), she'd likely have already 'branded' his face with her hoof  

[Evilkritter]

I see that some people are confused by the nuances of the (magical) SUCKERPUNCH! Allow me to explain in traditional DMFA fashion, with a diagram!



Now, you see, this particular attack is so sneaky that it is hard to see at all! So, I guess Abel did take some combat classes.

[Tapewolf]

I see that some people are confused by the nuances of the (magical) SUCKERPUNCH! Allow me to explain in traditional DMFA fashion, with a diagram!

Cute, but it kind of broke the thread naming convention.

[MT Hazard]

Prediction of next comic:

Jy: What the hell Abel! we don't punch friends into another room!

Abel: I'm sorry! I think I'm going mad! I saw a floating bubblegum bunny girl!

Jy: Oh, you met Debbs?

Abel: You... know her?

Jy: I should think so, I'm her father.

Abel:........ (feeds on his own confusion until he gets a massive headache)

Of course, now I've said this its wrong....

edit: -5, I annoyed that many people?

[Captain]

Oh that sword trick it's been so long since I saw it.

Btw, Jyrras was spooked too. Question is, who was spooked more. If Jyrras knew magic or took combat classes would he sucker punch lorenda too or almost do it?

[Madd the Sane]

When Lorenda sees Abel: "You're Abel, but where are your... assets?" then Abel pulls down his pants.

[nicoreon the tyrannical]

When Lorenda sees Abel: "You're Abel, but where are your... assets?" then Abel pulls down his pants.

Reread their meeting she covered the gender thing, be it with the squirt bottle of punishment.

note thou it is hard to see female (looking), changing, male. Of coerce more resonantly she would have to be blind not to have noticed hear!

[Unsilenced]

I see that some people are confused by the nuances of the (magical) SUCKERPUNCH! Allow me to explain in traditional DMFA fashion, with a diagram!



Now, you see, this particular attack is so sneaky that it is hard to see at all! So, I guess Abel did take some combat classes.

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You put too much time/thought into this.

[Captain]

When Lorenda sees Abel: "You're Abel, but where are your... assets?" then Abel pulls down his pants.

oh that wouldn't happen.

But neither shall female Abel come back  

[Madd the Sane]

When Lorenda sees Abel: "You're Abel, but where are your... assets?" then Abel pulls down his pants.

Reread their meeting she covered the gender thing, be it with the squirt bottle of punishment.

note thou it is hard to see female (looking), changing, male. Of coerce more resonantly she would have to be blind not to have noticed hear!

Ugh, forgot about that

[Infranscia]

Hmm...  I noticed the spell in the second panel, though I didn't look much at details.  Actually, to me, that 'arc' near Abel's hand looks like a ring or 'disc' of magic around his hand (not too different from the shields or Abel's ward), except you can only see part of the edge.

...Anyway...

Abel's tail is fluffed again.  I like seeing the flufftail.  It kinda reminds me of my own cats.  It's straight too.  And his wings are also fluffed.  Fluffyyyy~

...And now I'm wondering what Abel would look like if all his fur was standing on end, and I mean ALL of it.  

I also just noticed the '(magical) SUCKERPUNCH!' between panels two and three.  Or is that new?  I'm pretty much just wondering whether the thread was named for it, or if it was put there because of the thread.

EDIT: Also, looking at the bubble tails;  Amber, if you continue with this for awhile, may I give a little suggestion?  When someone's shouting or screaming or suchlike, in addition to the little 'explosions' (or whatever you'd like to call it), try making the bubble tail straight, narrow, and pointy, possibly even with motion lines nearby as if to suggest that the tail is 'snapping taught.'  It should help give what the character says/shouts more 'punch.'  

[Alondro]

At least it wasn't FALCON PUNCH!!!

Maybe more like Haiwaian Punch.   

[Starcat5]

I see that some people are confused by the nuances of the (magical) SUCKERPUNCH! Allow me to explain in traditional DMFA fashion, with a diagram!



Now, you see, this particular attack is so sneaky that it is hard to see at all! So, I guess Abel did take some combat classes.

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You put too much time/thought into this.

Yes he did, and he STILL screwed it up. That is one of his swords/daggers being ported in. The Sucker Punch Spell came from his wings.

[Anker Steadfast]

Jy: What the hell Abel! we don't punch friends into another room!
Abel: I'm sorry! I think I'm going mad! I saw a floating bubblegum bunny girl!
Jy: Oh, you met Debbs?
Abel: You... know her?
Jy: I should think so, I'm her father.
Abel:........ (feeds on his own confusion until he gets a massive headache)

Ha ha, I could easily see something like this happen.
Abels brain getting broken .. again.

[Naldru]

This could also be where he finds out who Lorenda's mother and uncle are, as well as the fact that the uncle is still moving around.

[Vanvidum]

You put too much time/thought into this.

No he didn't!

For example, he didn't at all detail the apparent relevance of appendage inertia to magical bursts!

[That_wolf]

Awww, Abel needs a hug. Really badly, by how his day(?) has been going. Has it been one day since he gryphon-flew?

[Evilkritter]

What is this? My theory is not universally accepted by my fellow forum goers? Such madness! This requires more diagramming.

(Evilkritter's amazing, yet space filling diagram!)

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You put too much time/thought into this.

Yes he did, and he STILL screwed it up. That is one of his swords/daggers being ported in. The Sucker Punch Spell came from his wings.

(A) Able would have to twist his hand to hold the knife if that was the way it was forming, or else he would drop it. (B)  I was going to make the case that the gas matches the color of the magic, but I can't find a matching Point of Reference. (C) I guess the gas spell could have come from the wings.

Basically though, I think the implication of the hand in panel two was that Abel jumped with the (magical) SUCKERPUNCH as soon as Lorenda jumped out; thus she was cut off mid sentence when the gas-spell hit. Otherwise Abel would have had to panic-react to punch her, but still have taken long enough so that Lorenda could start talking to Jyrras. The more likely scenario (in my opinion) is that he reflexively threw the gas spell and readied all weapons before his brain kicked in.

You put too much time/thought into this.

No he didn't!

For example, he didn't at all detail the apparent relevance of appendage inertia to magical bursts!

If I understand you right, that is a valid interpretation. I though the arc was an arc of motion, but it makes more sense as spell bloom. So I hereby adopt Still Hands Theory!

[Unsilenced]

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Losers.

Losers everywhere.


Also: Am I the only one who thought Able punched her with his wing/tentacle things? I mean... that's totally what it looks like happened.

No, I don't have a diagram to prove it.

[Tapewolf]

Actually for the first few seconds, I though Lorenda had burped or something.  There was all this weird green gas in the last panel.  I only saw the spell in the middle panel afterwards...

[Evilkritter]

Unsilenced, I have no doubt that other people at some point thought that Abel punched Lorenda, but now none of them will admit to it for fear of the crazies.