Get up, give him a going away punch, and go after Jyrras.
abel needs to see sucker-punchaholics anonymous :mowtongue
Right after he sees how a shoryuken feels.
Hi I'm Abel and Im a punch-aholic.
Hi Abe--*SUCKER PUNCH*
Win.
All I have for now, which irritates me. :/
I guess Dan got pretty much pwned there...heh!
Abel should wear that outfit more often, BTW...it really works on him!
-Seth
True, but there's no holes for his wings. :B
At least it's 3 different people...I suppose it's better than the same person thrice.
Quote from: modelincard on January 07, 2007, 11:25:22 PM
True, but there's no holes for his wings. :B
That doesn't really matter if his clothes aren't real :E
Quote from: sethtriggs on January 07, 2007, 11:19:42 PM
Abel should wear that outfit more often, BTW...it really works on him!
I think the outfit enrages him. First the thought of it made him sucker-punch Pyro. Then there's the other two sucker-punches when he was actually wearing it.
"By gods! Abel is wearing the outfit! Run for your lives!!" :U
So... on the subject of
(1) Abel is a jerk
(2) Abel is using methods of persuasion that, to us, make it seem like he's a jerk but are in fact highly complex psychological techniques
I've gotta go with (1). Sucker punching people is not going to encourage them to seek out your help, and unless you intend to drive a wedge between your patients and all of their emotional supports, it's not going to help them to solve problems on their own.
Plus, in this case, it means that Dan is going to have to confront Jyrras while he's got the heightened stress response going on, which tends to make every problem look like a nail, and every tool you have seem like a crescent wrench.
Alright...What a nice blow to the head...
Quote from: modelincard on January 07, 2007, 11:25:22 PM
True, but there's no holes for his wings. :B
he can make them! >:3
For someone who was chiding Wildy's physical form of dealing with issues, Abel sure isn't much better.
How many people care to place bets on wether or not Dan will return these blows with interest?
Also, for the love of all that is holy, why doesn't some one just drill a hole through Dan's thick skull (and yes, I'm be quite literal)? It doesn't take much thought to explain that "I was pretending to be Alexsi for the interview, now on to the current grudges you may hold against me..." But that'd be my approach and since I am apparently far more enlightened than him (that WAS a shot people), he'll screw up yet again...
Quote from: modelincard on January 07, 2007, 11:25:22 PMTrue, but there's no holes for his wings.
Are we sure about that? The closest that I can find is 710 (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_710.php), and we can't see the back that clearly. It would seem odd that Merlitz wouldn't have holes for his wings just in case he had to perform some magic...
Quote from: Netami on January 07, 2007, 11:51:12 PMFor someone who was chiding Wildy's physical form of dealing with issues, Abel sure isn't much better.
That was Mab (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_694.php). (Remember Mab? It's a song about Mab...)
Education via blunt trauma at work! :3
Oh right, Abel never actually chided Wildy for her physical stuff... Just the writing.
Dirrhurrhurr Try the truth, Dan!
Abel is such a jerk. :D
sometimes you must use surgical precision and timing to cure some one of a mental disease.
In the case of stupidity, you need to RIP IT OUT AS FAST AND BRUTALLY AS POSSIBLE!
Thank you.
Dan isnt really stupid, he just has a bad case of paw-in-mouth disease.
what size shoe does he wear? he looks like he would wear about a size 12 and those would hurt when he puts it in his mouth. taste nasty too.
QuoteYou never cease to amaze me, It is as if you always know the exact wrong thing to say in every situation imagineable.
Quote from: Brunhidden da Muse on January 08, 2007, 01:33:33 AM
Dan isnt really stupid, he just has a bad case of paw-in-mouth disease.
what size shoe does he wear? he looks like he would wear about a size 12 and those would hurt when he puts it in his mouth. taste nasty too.
QuoteYou never cease to amaze me, It is as if you always know the exact wrong thing to say in every situation imagineable.
I think its a common plauge for men like him...Edward must had it too...
Quote from: superluser on January 07, 2007, 11:36:54 PM
So... on the subject of
(1) Abel is a jerk
(2) Abel is using methods of persuasion that, to us, make it seem like he's a jerk but are in fact highly complex psychological techniques
I've gotta go with (1). Sucker punching people is not going to encourage them to seek out your help, and unless you intend to drive a wedge between your patients and all of their emotional supports, it's not going to help them to solve problems on their own.
Plus, in this case, it means that Dan is going to have to confront Jyrras while he's got the heightened stress response going on, which tends to make every problem look like a nail, and every tool you have seem like a crescent wrench.
Honestly? Dan
needed a swift kick in the butt. Abel just aimed a bit higher. And used his hand. >:3
Someone needs anger management classes. Or a sit in the naughty corner. >:3
Those with the thickest skulls learn the best lessons.
I wager Abel is going to suckerpunch the entire cast at some point. Just to balance Mab's list of things to hug. :3
But half the cast would also not let him get away with such behavior (at least Alexsi, Wildy, and possibly Mab won't).
Quote from: Manawolf on January 08, 2007, 02:25:13 AM
But half the cast would also not let him get away with such behavior (at least Alexsi, Wildy, and possibly Mab won't).
lessee, feline with big hammer, Ferret with lots of throwable sharp objects and axes... and... well, Mab..
yep, is able tried to sucker-punch that lot, he'll end up on the short end of the stick.. and potentially in intensive care.. >:3
We've seen how Mab gets when her friends exhibit "disagreements" so what would she do if it came to actual violence?
Quote from: Manawolf on January 08, 2007, 05:09:03 AM
We've seen how Mab gets when her friends exhibit "disagreements" so what would she do if it came to actual violence?
Abel appears to have smacked Mab up pretty well in
#695 (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_695.php)...
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 08, 2007, 05:13:43 AMAbel appears to have smacked Mab up pretty well in #695 (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_695.php)...
Or he just bustled them out the door, and they tripped over the step.
...and for the record, Mab hasn't had the opportunity to confront Abel about that yet. And now she has a voulge.
It's also possible that, given the violence she's seen, Mab might just retreat into herself. Hence why she tries to prevent violence.
Quote from: superluser on January 08, 2007, 05:29:35 AM
...and for the record, Mab hasn't confronted Abel about that yet. And now she has a voulge.
It's also possible that, given the violence she's seen, Mab might just retreat into herself. Hence why she tries to prevent violence.
I think the key difference is one of scale. In the 'disasters' arc, Dan and Aary were trying to
kill each other. This time around, Wildy simply hit Abel in the nuts, and Abel responded by ejecting them all from the inn in true bouncer style.
Since none of them were seriously threatened, there wasn't much need for her to step in. If it was Mab rather than Dan who had interrupted the Abel/Pyroduck fight, that might have been different since the stakes were much, much higher.
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 08, 2007, 05:34:01 AMI think the key difference is one of scale. In the 'disasters' arc, Dan and Aary were trying to kill each other.
Well, I don't think that Dan had any designs on Aary.
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 08, 2007, 05:34:01 AMThis time around, Wildy simply hit Abel in the nuts, and Abel responded by ejecting them all from the inn in true bouncer style.
Since none of them were seriously threatened, there wasn't much need for her to step in. If it was Mab rather than Dan who had interrupted the Abel/Pyroduck fight, that might have been different since the stakes were much, much higher.
The theory's sound.
Quote from: superluser on January 08, 2007, 05:44:22 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 08, 2007, 05:34:01 AMI think the key difference is one of scale. In the 'disasters' arc, Dan and Aary were trying to kill each other.
Well, I don't think that Dan had any designs on Aary.
True, in fact he vowed not to fight 'cubi, although he did later throw swords at her and threaten her with a crossbow.
I was thinking more of 'Dan was trying to kill her in self-defence'...
If forced to, Mab would just give everybody a timeout :)
Pent: Or huggle them untill they stop fighting... She is.. worrisome.. its difficult to tell what goes on in her head.
Aurissa: Oh comeon.. its not that hard!
Pent: Aurissa.. I have trouble figureing out what goes through YOUR head.. and I FIXED yours.
Aurissa: .... jerk.
Quote from: superluser on January 07, 2007, 11:36:54 PM
I've gotta go with (1). Sucker punching people is not going to encourage them to seek out your help, and unless you intend to drive a wedge between your patients and all of their emotional supports, it's not going to help them to solve problems on their own.
Yeah, but I bet Abel feels better.... :-)
Abel needs to rein back his emotions. But I love the sucker punch *YEAHHHHHH* now he needs more training for the Dragon fire sucker punch *SUCKER PUNCH-DOOKEN!!!!!* >:3 >:3.
Abel seems to have a habit of doing that to people who have the potential to retaliate... a dragon, an adventurer, and now an adventurer with wing tentacles...
Ah well, not much else to say, I guess...
Quote from: superluser on January 07, 2007, 11:56:52 PM
Quote from: modelincard on January 07, 2007, 11:25:22 PMTrue, but there's no holes for his wings.
Are we sure about that? The closest that I can find is 710 (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_710.php), and we can't see the back that clearly. It would seem odd that Merlitz wouldn't have holes for his wings just in case he had to perform some magic...
Pretty sure that the robe doesn't have a hole in the back. Otherwise he wouldn't have had to take it off for Fi to see his Clan mark in 697 (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_697.php).
Besides, the flame wings seem to be disconnected from the body (kinda like the wings Jyrras had), so Merlitz didn't need holes in the back (from what I remember), either.
I think Dan did deserve it, what he did was dumb and if Alexi finds out he is likly to be hit with a mallet. I think he's in a bit of trouble here, he will eventually have to tell Jyrras, and that may make him even more angry. although in general he seems like a down to earth guy, so i guess we shall see.
Quote from: Jinni on January 08, 2007, 08:29:42 AM
I think Dan did deserve it, what he did was dumb and if Alexi finds out he is likly to be hit with a mallet.
I think Dan didn't get smacked for fooling Jyrras, but rather for overcomplicating things and being close to to an emo trip or a nervous breakdown. ;)
Quote from: Sid on January 08, 2007, 08:52:00 AM
Quote from: Jinni on January 08, 2007, 08:29:42 AM
I think Dan did deserve it, what he did was dumb and if Alexi finds out he is likly to be hit with a mallet.
I think Dan didn't get smacked for fooling Jyrras, but rather for overcomplicating things and being close to to an emo trip or a nervous breakdown. ;)
not to mention the sucker-punch headed off a potential whinefest ;)
on another note, hope you feel better soon, amber. :)
I kept wondering at what point between real world violence and cartoon violence DMFA is. Dan seems to recover in minute or so from light to medium physical trauma. Perhaps just because its annoying to have him limping and bleeding all the time.
Is it wrong to continuously attack some one like Dan just because he can take it? How many times has he been hit in the head in the last few days of the story? Would there every be a female character who gets beaten up by male characters all the time ? will I ever stop asking questions that have been asked before?
I get the feeling I could be opening old wounds and then pouring salt in them.
Of course I could be wrong...
Quote from: Turnsky on January 08, 2007, 09:50:21 AM
Quote from: Sid on January 08, 2007, 08:52:00 AM
Quote from: Jinni on January 08, 2007, 08:29:42 AM
I think Dan did deserve it, what he did was dumb and if Alexi finds out he is likly to be hit with a mallet.
I think Dan didn't get smacked for fooling Jyrras, but rather for overcomplicating things and being close to to an emo trip or a nervous breakdown. ;)
not to mention the sucker-punch headed off a potential whinefest ;)
on another note, hope you feel better soon, amber. :)
Hmm, I guess Cubi on average have no patience for whining and moaning.
I think this has happened before to Dan for the same reasons, except it was Fa'Lina, with the Cyra Clan picture.
http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_493.php
http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_501.php
Quote from: MT Hazard on January 08, 2007, 10:23:25 AM
I kept wondering at what point between real world violence and cartoon violence DMFA is. Dan seems to recover in minute or so from light to medium physical trauma. Perhaps just because its annoying to have him limping and bleeding all the time.
Is it wrong to continuously attack some one like Dan just because he can take it? How many times has he been hit in the head in the last few days of the story? Would there every be a female character who gets beaten up by male characters all the time ? will I ever stop asking questions that have been asked before?
I get the feeling I could be opening old wounds and then pouring salt in them.
Of course I could be wrong...
it's called being a "pain magnet" >:3
Yes, and it seems that violence to that magnet is all we're going to see here... Damn. Comical violence is in order for this comic, but I can't help but favour the serious kind that instead turns out unexpectedly. Though admittedly, that kind is harder to get right.
Ahh, I don't care how many times the sucker-punch appears, it just never gets old. XD
Quote from: Jinni on January 08, 2007, 08:29:42 AM
I think Dan did deserve it, what he did was dumb and if Alexi finds out he is likly to be hit with a mallet. I think he's in a bit of trouble here, he will eventually have to tell Jyrras, and that may make him even more angry. although in general he seems like a down to earth guy, so i guess we shall see.
Agreed--I DO believe that Dan deserved that little sock to the face after his spiel about Cubi... you'd think he would've learned after his revelation in page 651. (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_651.php) Then again, Abel didn't exactly discourage such thinking.
~Keaton the Black Jackal
But you cna't help but laugh at Dan's expense.
Yes, I very much can, because I know this situation, and certain parts of it I don't find funny. Sure, it's very well done, but some of it I find less than probable.
But most of all it's the part that Abel so eloquently expressed as "Dirrh, I'm dan!" that ticks me off. Of course everyone screws up, but to have the male lead being that much of an idiot isn't funny. The only one who seems to act sensibly at all anymore in fact is Abel, the way I see it.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on January 08, 2007, 06:10:29 AMYeah, but I bet Abel feels better.... :-)
I never said that he didn't, just that he was a jerk. (there had been speculation that Abel wasn't a jerk, but rather that he was doing some higher-level emotional jiggery-pokery)
Quote from: Sid on January 08, 2007, 07:31:57 AMPretty sure that the robe doesn't have a hole in the back. Otherwise he wouldn't have had to take it off for Fi to see his Clan mark in 697 (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_697.php).
Besides, the flame wings seem to be disconnected from the body (kinda like the wings Jyrras had), so Merlitz didn't need holes in the back (from what I remember), either.
Well, it doesn't necessarily have to be a large slice, like Dan's robe. It could be two small slits, like Jyrras' slit for his tail.
If Abel's not careful, he's gonna get carpal punchel syndrome. But he is right about Dan needing to face the music.
Now that I think about it, there could be a certain plot significance to the fact Dan didn't want Abel to change the color of his eyes. There might be a possibility that if he DOES confront Jyrras, he'll be able to identify Dan through the color of his eyes (after all, Alexsi's eyes are blue).
~Keaton the Black Jackal
But that was before any of that happened. He was trying to avoid eyepain.
It wasn't planned ahead of time, no, but Dan might point it out, so that Jyrras doesn't blame Alexei, or Jyrras could twig to it on his own.
Todays strip is brought you by the letter..I and the song Manamana! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4668196322523357460)
... do do, do do do. :-)
In the panel where Abel sucker-punched Dan, makes me think of the "Mortal Kombat" theme being played....
Now I'm imagining Cubi 'finishing moves'.
... Scorpian-cubus? Or Reptile-cubus? Either way, they have finishing moves that seem cubiesque.
Quote from: Boogeyman on January 08, 2007, 07:38:14 PM
... Scorpian-cubus? Or Reptile-cubus? Either way, they have finishing moves that seem cubiesque.
Tentacle slap! *swats boogy with one his wing tentacles*
You know, I think Dan is ignoring the best way to sort this out. He runs off to Jyrras, tells him that Alexsi said that Jyrras had something top-secret to tell him, and asks him what it was. Jyrras tries to change the subject by talking about Dan's shiner, and Dan explains that Abel's a jerk.
Jyrras then explains that he is falling for Abel, and Dan then steers the conversation to other fish in the sea (though the only other man at LL is Pyro), and Jyrras screws up his courage to explain his crush on Dan. At which point, Dan explains that Alexsi was kidnapped earlier today...
I had a whole script for a series of three-panel strips for this, but I chucked it because it was (1) long, and (2) probably encroaching on Amber's space. I will, however, keep this line:
Quote...in a Radio Flyer. And that's why Abel is a bad choice.
It's gonna turn into that overused scene with Dan and Jyrras running through a field of flowers in slow motion. Which will abruptly end when Alexsi, filled in on the situation, somehow gets between them and golf swings Dan with the mallet. o:
It's true, I tell you! :eager
Quote from: MT Hazard on January 08, 2007, 10:23:25 AM
I kept wondering at what point between real world violence and cartoon violence DMFA is. Dan seems to recover in minute or so from light to medium physical trauma. Perhaps just because its annoying to have him limping and bleeding all the time.
Well, there is the whole living off nothing but ale bit! We can only assume that the 'cubi body is a bit more resilient to damage (or at least long term injury) along with all the other perks.
Quote from: Tikki on January 08, 2007, 10:25:41 PM
Quote from: MT Hazard on January 08, 2007, 10:23:25 AM
I kept wondering at what point between real world violence and cartoon violence DMFA is. Dan seems to recover in minute or so from light to medium physical trauma. Perhaps just because its annoying to have him limping and bleeding all the time.
Well, there is the whole living off nothing but ale bit! We can only assume that the 'cubi body is a bit more resilient to damage (or at least long term injury) along with all the other perks.
i still think it was Guinness and not ale that Dan's been living off all these years..
"Guinness, it's the perfect substitute for......food.." - Jack O'neill
Quote from: Turnsky on January 08, 2007, 10:52:57 PMi still think it was Guinness and not ale that Dan's been living off all these years..
"Guinness, it's the perfect substitute for......food.." - Jack O'neill
You need a bit of variety, though. Alternate with Ale Delirium Tremens?
Wasn't there a time when German beers were fortified with vitamins? People weren't eating enough of other things, and so they started putting that stuff in beer? I think the German purity laws either enforced or did away with it.
There was also the Diethylene Glycol scandal in Austria, where sone vintners started putting the stuff in their wine to make it sweeter. They were found out when somebody noticed them listing it on their tax forms.
Quote from: superluser on January 08, 2007, 11:09:19 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on January 08, 2007, 10:52:57 PMi still think it was Guinness and not ale that Dan's been living off all these years..
"Guinness, it's the perfect substitute for......food.." - Jack O'neill
You need a bit of variety, though. Alternate with Ale Delirium Tremens?
Wasn't there a time when German beers were fortified with vitamins? People weren't eating enough of other things, and so they started putting that stuff in beer? I think the German purity laws either enforced or did away with it.
There was also the Diethylene Glycol scandal in Austria, where sone vintners started putting the stuff in their wine to make it sweeter. They were found out when somebody noticed them listing it on their tax forms.
possibly, either way, it makes Dan's statement about Ale (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_305.php) sound that bit more logical. >:3
Yep that is something Dan will say. I wonder if and when he will finally hone in on his powers and master them.
Quote from: Turnsky on January 08, 2007, 10:52:57 PM
"Guinness, it's the perfect substitute for......food.." - Jack O'neill
bit off topic...but you watch Stargate sg-1?
Back on topic...If Dan's head is hard as I think, Abel might have hurt his hand...
Doesn't everyone? (Watch Stargate, that is. Our goal is to complete the entire series before summer in the dorms. We're on season 2 or 3 now...)
And that's probably why he's holding his hand that way :mowtongue
I imagine most 'cubi would heal fairly quickly, being shapeshifters and all...
Well that depends on whether a shapeshifter is able to easily seal up a wound caused by an outside force. It could be that some wounds cause so much trauma to the area that the flesh becomes "inert" as it were, and has to wait till the wound heals naturally as magic and biological energies are returned to that area of the body. That said, it may not be that hard to create weapons made to cause such wounds if they don't already occur naturally.
I expect Dan has a few.
He mentioned them whilst thinking what to do with Fa'Lina when she turned up...
Who knows with Dan if he a fast learner on the new Cubi skills he will have to learn them and quickly if he has a chance to survive anything that is thrown at him. If he pulls this off then he has to accept his Cubi hertiage with open arms. That's why Arryana wanted Dan to be at SAIA in the first place.
Quote from: ShiningShadow on January 10, 2007, 12:41:16 PMIf he pulls this off then he has to accept his Cubi hertiage with open arms.
Not necessarily. Wasn't that the point of Blade?
Quote from: superluser on January 10, 2007, 02:22:21 PM
Quote from: ShiningShadow on January 10, 2007, 12:41:16 PMIf he pulls this off then he has to accept his Cubi hertiage with open arms.
Not necessarily. Wasn't that the point of Blade?
Yeah but in Dan's case he's fighting it not accepting who he really is. Adventurer or Succubi, I always believe if there is a change within you then you have to face it, try to understand it and master it. I know the saying *saying it and doing it is two different things* That's why Dan should stop this resistance of who he is and accept it and try to make it better on himself and those around him.