You made me start laughing when I was supposed to be doing homework, thus attracting parental attention. That was a very mean thing you did, Amber. :U
Well, Dan seems to be having a good couple of weeks for awesome expressions. So, any guesses as to what's up with the spiders?
HEE! Dan can't help himself!
Now of course we gotta ask whether next update will continue with this mess or switch over to Jyrras Crush Number 2: Ride 'em Cowgirl
:mowwink
Oh my God, did I ever laugh at this one XD
Curse my blurry CRT monitor! D: Someone mind typing out what the spider's saying?
For HaZxMaT, the spider is saying "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now how abhorred in my imagination it is!"
Oh, I SO needed this laugh, Amber. I was in such a poor mood before. XD You are my hero.
I assume that all the spiders in the basement have all somehow been completely bloated on random Shakespearean quotes, or are all just amazingly eloquent in general. Dang. What the heck's in that stuff they've been eating? I wish that the spiders in my house would do that, it would make me think twice about squishing them. I can already see myself holding up a big tarantula to my Mom and going "Can we keep it? It says The Taming of the Shrew quotes!"
~Keaton the Black Jackal
EDIT to the Spider-Quotes: Oh yeah, and what MaskedRetriever said.
Quote from: Boogeyman on March 01, 2007, 08:58:24 PM
You made me start laughing when I was supposed to be doing homework...
Me too. :3
How come all the spiders in the basement quote Shakespeare? (Or possibly Shakesbear, given that they're in Furrae.)
I love how the bit where he's talking to Abel is "Here hung these lips I have kissed--"
The lot of the arachnids, they have such exquisite taste.
Ah, thanks, Keaton!
YES! Yes, yes, yes, yesss...! It's a confirmation! The spiders are in da house, literally!
Thank you, Amber. I think you've made us all very happy with this. Also, note Dan's face in the third panel. Kind of reminds me of myself...
Point the first. Dan's expression in panel 3 is the best. Ever.
Seriously, Amber. Hang it up, you'll never top that one. Or, if you can top that one, you might want to check with customs before sending something so addictive across the border.
Point the second. It looks like that's yet another spider. Is there one for each Shakespeare play (and a separate one for the sonnets)? It might pay off to send the Titus Andronicus one back to Abel's Story.
Point the third. Can we get the Henry IV Part I spider? I want some Prince Hal action.
Oh, and point the fourth: what if these spiders are like the bookworms in The Eyre Affair? If Amber reads Fforde, I have a whole new respect for her.
(Of course, Fforde's writing does often leave much to be desired.)
Now thats how you wake someone up!
The Arachspearians are due to get a Demonology 101 article soon, so I'll let a few tidbits slip.
Firstly, despite their use of words, they aren't sentient. For some reason their language sounds exactly like various Shakespeare works. Maybe it was due to some magic tinkering, maybe its just coincidence, who's to say. However they are still only about as bright as a goldfish.
The different colours seem to reflect which type of work they tend to recite. And in actuality they can only recite a certain amount of lines at most. So sometimes you end up with one who quotes a really obscure verse. (For comic reasons, I chose particularly well-known verses)
The only other unique thing about them is their bites cause completly random reactions. Sometimes it does nothing, sometimes it causes ilness, sometimes it causes one to learn ice-magic or for their nose to turn magenta. Some like to play a game similar to russian roulette with a pet Arachspearian. Not recommended though.
Thats about all I'll say for now. Demonology 101 will likely cover any major details.
It must be an epidemic of some sort. They haven't started popping up til now.
In other news... Matilda-counter has fuzzy dice?
Absolutely brilliant. I can't say anything else about it, really.
Now, does this mean that if well-prepared, one could actually attempt to use Arachspearians to "learn" or "earn" certain unusual traits? That does sound like a new method that some colleges might try out.
I can see the course descriptions already! "the Arachspearian Bite Programme; smile and hope for the best!"
bwahahahaah
Spider... to the face!
Quote from: Aridas Soulfire on March 01, 2007, 09:28:38 PM
In other news... Matilda-counter has fuzzy dice?
I was about to say 'those are not fuzzy dice' but then I looked at her tail. *^.^*
Arachspearian..If I were in DMFA, would I be part Arachspearian?
'Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt'
Quote from: Stygian on March 01, 2007, 09:37:39 PM
Now, does this mean that if well-prepared, one could actually attempt to use Arachspearians to "learn" or "earn" certain unusual traits? That does sound like a new method that some colleges might try out.
I wouldn't say well-prepared so much as desparate or foolish. 10-1 the odds are you are going to have a negative reaction (even insta-death) before you get anything remotely good. And odds are the only good thing you'd get is the ability to see in the dark. There isn't any real way one can "prepare" themselves.
Really the only saving feature is Arachspearians are pretty docile and usually need to be provoked before they will bite.
wait was that Dan inspiring terror? wow. *marks his jerk progress card. Dan gets a silver star*
Oiyoiyoiyoiyoi! A gigantic spider who thinks he's Hamlet? What more could go on? And more over, how did Dan know that Abel is creeped out by bugs, I wonder?
:giggle quite the devlish expression on dan's face there .. there can only be evil thoughts within.
And Arachspearians spiders now, are we looking for excuses to smush them :mowtongue
Quote from: Aleolus on March 01, 2007, 10:06:39 PM
Oiyoiyoiyoiyoi! A gigantic spider who thinks he's Hamlet? What more could go on? And more over, how did Dan know that Abel is creeped out by bugs, I wonder?
It could've just been by taking the general idea that most people find spiders = ICKY and tormenting. So he might've not known, he probably just followed the fact that NOBODY would be happy to find a big, Shakespeare-quoting spider hanging over your head.
~Keaton the Black Jackal
(Is STILL snicker-laughing.) Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Dan's face is just priceless.
Also, fascinating info on the Arachspearians. Quite a creative critter, if not beautifully humorous. If a spider could recite poetry, I daresay I probably wouldn't mind one that size hanging around. :P
Quote from: Aridas Soulfire on March 01, 2007, 09:28:38 PMIn other news... Matilda-counter has fuzzy dice?
I don't care about angst or pathos
'Long as I got my Plastic Mythos
Riding on the dashboard of my car.
Through my trials and educations
And my travels through the nations
With my Plastic Mythos I'll go far.
Plastic Mythos! Plastic Mythos,
Riding on the dashboard of my car
I'm afraid she'll have to go.
Her breath has melted all my snow
And if I break a pot she'll leave a scar.
(Do you know how hard it is to find a rhyme for Mythos? Pathos technically doesn't even rhyme.)
Having just been in a production of Much Ado about Nothing, I would pay an obscene amount of money for a pet Dogberry Arachspearian in a cage. "O villain! Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this." "Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanderers; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and to conclude, they are lying knaves."
*Charline :< * What Dan did was NOT FUNNY! It was mean! Putting a horrid giant spider on Abel. Meanie. :<
*Charles snerks and whispers to Akoshida about what time Charline goes to sleep* You can wrap her all up! I can't wait to hear the shriek when she wakes up! >:3
Quote from: Toric on March 01, 2007, 10:22:20 PM
Having just been in a production of Much Ado about Nothing, I would pay an obscene amount of money for a pet Dogberry Arachspearian in a cage. "O villain! Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this." "Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanderers; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and to conclude, they are lying knaves."
See now, I'd just want one on general principles. It's a spider whose bite has random effects and quotes Shakespear! That trumps any other awesome pet since anything, ever.
Late to the party, but I agree that Dan's expression in panel 3 was the best I've seen on him. Cracked me up good!
Ahh, Spiders, Shakespeare(Shakesbeare?) and Electric Six. I have to agree with everyone that Dan in panel 3 is priceless.
-Nar
In praise for the third panel I'd like to say "Best. Expression. :evar."
Buuuuut I just can't seem to make up my mind. It is indeed the greatest one Dan has ever had, but... there is some real competition with Mab in panel 3 of comic #409. :mwaha
Awsome job Amber now go get some nice rest.
... I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to' this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
How I do love Shakespeare, I do hope I got the rest of that right... my memory is not what it used to be.
I will say this about Amber, that is bloody freaking awesome... the "language" is interpreted as Shakespeare, all I can say is amazing.
Quote from: Aleolus on March 01, 2007, 10:06:39 PMOiyoiyoiyoiyoi! A gigantic spider who thinks he's Hamlet? What more could go on? And more over, how did Dan know that Abel is creeped out by bugs, I wonder?
Well, Abel did complain about the spider-filled room (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_601.php).
Quote from: Narethlian on March 01, 2007, 10:55:26 PMShakespeare(Shakesbeare?)
There are actually 16 different ways to spell his name (yours is not one of them). I recall that a public library demanded that an artist change a mosaic she made for the library with the name spelt `Shakespere.' Interestingly, this was the spelling that the bard used when signing his name. Doesn't explain the bit about ``(Albert) Eistein'' and ``(Vincent) Van Gough,'' though.
a scare like that's definitely better than coffee :U
man are spiders intertaining...
http://www.glumbert.com/media/spiders,
So good for a laugh
Oh Dan, my respect for you has gone up a thousandfold. :mowhappy
Oh NO! DAN HAS BECOME A VAMPIRE!!!
Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch thee...
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still! Art thou not fatal vision as sensible to feeling as to sight?
Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat oppressed brain!?
</used to recite the whole soliloquy by heart, and scared the rest of his highschool English class when we did Shakespeare by doing so.>
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on March 01, 2007, 11:51:11 PM
Oh NO! DAN HAS BECOME A VAMPIRE!!!
Good. The world need some new ones. Now Dan can create a vampire army to battle the cubi!
Or not.
hmm, so hypotheticly, if one was to capture enough of the spiders, one could have the entire works of Shakespear? That would be awesome!
*a lot of spider traps and looks up at the various stares*
Well, I've gotta catch 'em all...
*throws self down some stairs for the bad reference*
Quote from: Valynth on March 02, 2007, 01:00:47 AM
hmm, so hypotheticly, if one was to capture enough of the spiders, one could have the entire works of Shakespear? That would be awesome!
*a lot of spider traps and looks up at the various stares*
Well, I've gotta catch 'em all...
*throws self down some stairs for the bad reference*
Freakiest altlier fanfic EVER.
I can just hear it now...
"Creee~eepy Crawlers!" With Dan wiggling the spider around like the generic "gross little boy" on the commercials. With Abel playing the part of the "squeamish sister", of course.
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on March 01, 2007, 11:51:11 PM
Oh NO! DAN HAS BECOME A VAMPIRE!!!
No, no! No need for concern! It might not look it, but that's me doing a stand-in with special effects. Like a butt-double. Dan couldn't quite make the ears, so a replacement was needed. [
he snickers at his own joke]
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws...
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on March 01, 2007, 11:51:11 PM
Oh NO! DAN HAS BECOME A VAMPIRE!!!
*Charles sighs* No no, he's not a vampire. He's an Exorcist and the teeth are just his Innocence. ;)
So much for the other foot. Either that, or Dan's fresh start with Abel is turning out pretty much like the last time. And I don't care if it quotes Shakespeare, smells like peaches, or chauffers my car. Waking up to a giant hairy spider like that is never a good thing.
*smokes from a chocolate ciggaritte* So your saying you dont the big hair bugs on yourself? *the huskie looked at the racoon with a smirk*
Quote from: Valynth on March 02, 2007, 01:00:47 AMhmm, so hypotheticly, if one was to capture enough of the spiders, one could have the entire works of Shakespear?
Yes, but (insert pro forma reference to the infinite monkey theorem here)?
*Me and ace are seen rolling on the floor laughing from Abel's reaction and Doraion sighs* 'Ok They are out of commission from laughter. Also that isn't mean Charline, those spiders are docile.'
hehehe this one is great Dan is the most evil person atm =3 tobad we couldn't see Abel's face when he saw the spider
Leave that to imagination Xp
"Course I think it's the usual reaction to seeing one like that when you wake up."
Arachspearians are not sentient so they just don't know the truth.
Arachspearian is best IN THE ORIGINAL KLINGON! :)
Quote from: superluser on March 01, 2007, 11:24:42 PM
Quote from: Narethlian on March 01, 2007, 10:55:26 PMShakespeare(Shakesbeare?)
There are actually 16 different ways to spell his name (yours is not one of them). I recall that a public library demanded that an artist change a mosaic she made for the library with the name spelt `Shakespere.' Interestingly, this was the spelling that the bard used when signing his name. Doesn't explain the bit about ``(Albert) Eistein'' and ``(Vincent) Van Gough,'' though.
I'm told the bard himself signed his name in multiple different ways....
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 02, 2007, 02:42:47 AM
I'm told the bard himself signed his name in multiple different ways....
I blame the fact that there are several different pronunciations that use the same alphabet. Changeing the phonics of the letters, but leaving the letters intact, with a bit of repositioning.
Wasn't all that back in the days nobody cared how you spelled something as long as it could be read properly?
Quote from: Aridas Soulfire on March 02, 2007, 02:46:46 AM
Wasn't all that back in the days nobody cared how you spelled something as long as it could be read properly?
Yup, just go back into the Arthurian legends, the signs will have all sorts of wierd spellings.
Honestly, written english is the ***** of the phonic languages.
(the asterisk censor, protecting PG Ratings where ever he goes!)
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 01, 2007, 09:25:45 PM
The Arachspearians are due to get a Demonology 101 article soon, so I'll let a few tidbits slip.
Schweet... do I sense recurring characters? Those little guys are hilarious... :mowhappy
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 02, 2007, 02:42:47 AM
Quote from: superluser on March 01, 2007, 11:24:42 PM
Quote from: Narethlian on March 01, 2007, 10:55:26 PMShakespeare(Shakesbeare?)
There are actually 16 different ways to spell his name (yours is not one of them). I recall that a public library demanded that an artist change a mosaic she made for the library with the name spelt `Shakespere.' Interestingly, this was the spelling that the bard used when signing his name. Doesn't explain the bit about ``(Albert) Eistein'' and ``(Vincent) Van Gough,'' though.
I'm told the bard himself signed his name in multiple different ways....
Yup. There were definitely more than 16 variants, as well, though the general consensus is that they were all pronounced the same way. For linguistics and accent buffs like myself, historical spelling and rhymes give us a fascinating insight into the times... :kittycool
*cautious peek about*
I just had to reregister to congradulate on that award-winning expression. And the Arachspearians, of course.
*shifty eyes* *skitter skitter*
At first I thought the Arachspearians were just normal Arachnids who, for completely comedic purposes, were extremely big and happened to quote Shakespeare. I didn't know that they were a unique species. Now that I know I actually like them. A lot. I have to ask, Amber - what do the colors mean, exactly? You mentioned the colors went along with the particular kind of poetry the critter liked to quote.
That was pretty funny, but I guess I would have preferred to see Abel and Dan come to some kind of agreement.
(Maybe the 'clean slate' starts from 9am and Dan is getting back at him while he still can...)
XDDDDDDDDD Amber, you just won the Internet. And Arachspearians have earned a warm, fuzzy place in my heart... :love3
Quote from: Janus Whitefurr on March 02, 2007, 12:07:54 AM
Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch thee...
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still! Art thou not fatal vision as sensible to feeling as to sight?
Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat oppressed brain!?
</used to recite the whole soliloquy by heart, and scared the rest of his highschool English class when we did Shakespeare by doing so.>
No fair! I was gonna suggest Macbeth next! (annoyed a noisy freshman by telling him what he said was "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing")
(thinks) Ooh! Here's one I think no-one suggested!
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Hee hee... God, how badly would Abel freak to have Romeo and Juliet quoted at him?
Eeeee,is awesomes. I Giggled X3
Thanks for clearing the spiders up there Amber, i was thinking they were smert for a while!
However, i too can see a lot of silly people trying to use them as a 'get-quick way of learning magic/getting some various power'. Only have to look outside at the various silly people out there to understand why!
Hehe.. they're still scary x_x
Dans expression is a classic though..! Is like.. rawr, i'm a Lion. X3
Quote from: Boogeyman on March 01, 2007, 10:28:13 PM
See now, I'd just want one on general principles. It's a spider whose bite has random effects and quotes Shakespear! That trumps any other awesome pet since anything, ever.
A Pet of Many Things!
Quote from: Azraelle on March 02, 2007, 01:49:13 AM
So much for the other foot. Either that, or Dan's fresh start with Abel is turning out pretty much like the last time.
I wouldn't say so.. it seems Dan has started following the old adage "Don't get mad, get even."
Quote from: Tezkat on March 02, 2007, 03:01:32 AM
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 01, 2007, 09:25:45 PM
The Arachspearians are due to get a Demonology 101 article soon, so I'll let a few tidbits slip.
Schweet... do I sense recurring characters? Those little guys are hilarious... :mowhappy
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 02, 2007, 02:42:47 AM
Quote from: superluser on March 01, 2007, 11:24:42 PM
Quote from: Narethlian on March 01, 2007, 10:55:26 PMShakespeare(Shakesbeare?)
There are actually 16 different ways to spell his name (yours is not one of them). I recall that a public library demanded that an artist change a mosaic she made for the library with the name spelt `Shakespere.' Interestingly, this was the spelling that the bard used when signing his name. Doesn't explain the bit about ``(Albert) Eistein'' and ``(Vincent) Van Gough,'' though.
I'm told the bard himself signed his name in multiple different ways....
Yup. There were definitely more than 16 variants, as well, though the general consensus is that they were all pronounced the same way. For linguistics and accent buffs like myself, historical spelling and rhymes give us a fascinating insight into the times... :kittycool
Well, I'm citing the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica:
The name Shakespeare is extremely widespread, and is spelt in an astonishing variety of ways. That of John Shakespeare occurs 166 times in the Council Book of the Stratford corporation, and appears to take 16 different forms. The verdict, not altogether unanimous, of competent palaeographers is to the effect that Shakespeare himself, in the extant examples of his signature, always wrote " Shakspere."
In addition, there are only 16 variants that appear more than once (http://shakespeareauthorship.com/name1.html).
I do apologize for the diversion.
Back a little closer to the topic, are there Pope or Butler spiders? And will Arachspearians ever quote from the bad quartos?
``To be, or not to be, I there's the point, To Die, to sleepe, is that all? I all: No, to sleepe, to dreame, I mary there it goes,''
Since everybody's suggesting monologues, I'll suggest this one:
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums chang'd to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
(mainly because I hate people quoting the first line without the second)
They are too dang cute! I mean, who would not want a spider the size of your fist that quotes the works of great writers AND scares the fur off your friends? :D
Quote from: Akisohida on March 02, 2007, 08:13:19 AM
They are too dang cute! I mean, who would not want a spider the size of your fist that quotes the works of great writers AND scares the fur off your friends? :D
Oh, come on. They're bigger than that....
I figure around 2-3 feet across. Who's a cute liddle spider, den...?
the evolutionary path to get something like this must be very similar to how we got the counting pine...not the best self defense but its a good shot, after all who would crush something that reproduces classic theater?
the limerick scorpion and the knock knock slug fared less well, and are now extinct.
QuoteYou have just discovered completely untapped reservoirs of grade A weird just now.
Quote from: Zedd on March 02, 2007, 01:53:43 AM
*smokes from a chocolate ciggaritte* So your saying you dont the big hair bugs on yourself? *the huskie looked at the racoon with a smirk*
*tightens her grip on her shovel* that's right, just go ahead and try something. I know 324 ways to use this shovel for pain. 325 if the method involves digging. We'll see how long that smirk lasts.
If Abel does sleep in the nude, I think Dan is about to get a view he doesn't want to see. Adding more proof that the universe hates his eyes. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_690.php)
Quote from: Azraelle on March 02, 2007, 09:19:57 AM
*tightens her grip on her shovel* that's right, just go ahead and try something. I know 324 ways to use this shovel for pain. 325 if the method involves digging. We'll see how long that smirk lasts.
Speaking of which...
"Get spade" strikes me as a much better catch-phrase than "Time to take out the trash". Failing that, you could always try "Your name is Doug!" or one of the classics - "You hold him down, I'll hit him with the shovel!"....
... and that's just with 5 minutes thought. :-)
I hate spiders! :erk
Now, Dan's expression is priceless, brilliant, fantastic, so eeeeebil! Love it! XD
Yay for ebil Dan, I wonder if this count as somrthing Abel did not expect.
As for the Arachspearians, I wonder if parents would complain less about their kids collecting spiders if the spiders quote classic literature?
Does the venom effect alway the same with one spider or are do they vary with every bite/
Vary with every bite, I think Amber was trying to say.
Bite, now you're a fish, bite, that one does nothing, bite, now you're dead, bite, now you're alive....
Quote from: Xss on March 02, 2007, 10:26:16 AM
I hate spiders! :erk
Now, Dan's expression is priceless, brilliant, fantastic, so eeeeebil! Love it! XD
the 'demon horns' look of dan's ear's was a nice touch, i agree.
Quote from: Turnsky on March 02, 2007, 11:37:47 AM
the 'demon horns' look of dan's ear's was a nice touch, i agree.
That and his fangs. :-)
Worry miss...I wont put nothing on lady...Unless the lady is charline that is...I may be a cubi and evil...But I am not cruel to women..At times....
That is the coolest, species, ever. :boogie You earn a million cookies, Amber. :mowcookie
Also, much agreement to the love of Dan's expression.
Dan you evil, evil boy you you got a gold star for that trick. I think Dan is hanging out too long with Mabs. >:3
Some curiosity about the species still, and some speculation. I can only assume that Arachspearians aren't very common, because neither Dan nor Abel seems to have ever seen one before (or at least, they never spoke before). So how did they get in the basement to begin with? Abel mentions spiders in the basement as early as #607... do they accumulate around magic creatures?
They could be pets of the MTV rat...
That could be a logical conclusion on the rats having pet spiders. If those spiders where messed around with some kind of magic my question is why? What purpose those spiders quoting Shakespear they have no other kind of offensive spells like ice, fire etc. But I like if they are bitten by those spiders you get those spells cool i like that. Anyway I like how Amber drew those big spiders kind of a reminder of that movie 8 legged freaks.
Actually, I was thinking it'd be likely a twitchy kid like that might have a tarantula or a dozen, give or take, as pets.
Spiders are mentioned even earlier in http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_274.php (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_274.php)
Quote from: Turnsky on March 02, 2007, 11:37:47 AM
Quote from: Xss on March 02, 2007, 10:26:16 AM
I hate spiders! :erk
Now, Dan's expression is priceless, brilliant, fantastic, so eeeeebil! Love it! XD
the 'demon horns' look of dan's ear's was a nice touch, i agree.
Of course with Dan, we don't really know if his ears are "artistic rendition" or if he's using his cubi capabilities (consciously or subconsciously) to make his ears look like that. 8)
Quote from: Shadowcatcher on March 02, 2007, 03:55:38 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on March 02, 2007, 11:37:47 AM
Quote from: Xss on March 02, 2007, 10:26:16 AM
I hate spiders! :erk
Now, Dan's expression is priceless, brilliant, fantastic, so eeeeebil! Love it! XD
the 'demon horns' look of dan's ear's was a nice touch, i agree.
Of course with Dan, we don't really know if his ears are "artistic rendition" or if he's using his cubi capabilities (consciously or subconsciously) to make his ears look like that. 8)
I think he just semiphored them in on eachother to make it :)
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Love the ears. and the teeth. and the spiders.
they recite shakespeare, seriously, how can you not love that?
okay, seriously, can the leet. I was hoping it was a phase, but since it seems to not be, I suggest you go read the rules.
Pwnage.
Glorious, glorious pwnage.
That is all.
Quote from: Brunhidden da Muse on March 02, 2007, 08:41:01 AMthe evolutionary path to get something like this must be very similar to how we got the counting pine...not the best self defense but its a good shot, after all who would crush something that reproduces classic theater?
There's a species of crab native to Japan known (in English) as the Samurai Crab. It is called this because it has the likeness of the face of a Samurai warrior on its shell (http://homepage2.nifty.com/oriku/heikegani.jpg).
Why does it have the likeness of a Samurai warrior on its shell? Because crab fishermen were more likely to toss crabs back that had shells like that. Those crabs were the ones that survived, and bred more Samurai crabs.
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 01, 2007, 09:51:37 PM
I wouldn't say well-prepared so much as desparate or foolish. 10-1 the odds are you are going to have a negative reaction (even insta-death) before you get anything remotely good. And odds are the only good thing you'd get is the ability to see in the dark. There isn't any real way one can "prepare" themselves.
So, it's like a deck of many things, the bane of adventuring groups everywhere. I've yet to see a group all agree to just let it be and not draw cards... and of course once one person gets something good, everyone is doomed. :mowmeep
If the creatures were smart, they'd just breed arachnaspearians and release them into adventuring halls all over furrae. Adventurers would be extinct in a week.
Quote from: terrycloth on March 02, 2007, 08:10:17 PM
If the cubi were smart, they'd just breed arachnaspearians and release them into dragons' lairs all over furrae. Dragons would be extinct in a week.
Fixed.
I can't help but look at the title bar and think... Fire in the disco! Fire in the Taco Bell. Fire in the disco! Fire in the.. gates of hell!
Dont'cha wanna know why we keep starting fires. It's my desire! It's my desire!
Quote from: Black_angel on March 02, 2007, 03:02:46 PM
Some curiosity about the species still, and some speculation. I can only assume that Arachspearians aren't very common, because neither Dan nor Abel seems to have ever seen one before (or at least, they never spoke before). So how did they get in the basement to begin with? Abel mentions spiders in the basement as early as #607... do they accumulate around magic creatures?
See now, I'm thinking Fa'lina slipped them into Abel's luggage. After all, she's willing to kick him out of SAIA to make him get over his fear of the world. Adding arachnaphobia to the list of things he needs to take care of wouldn't be too great a streach.
People have been thinking that Abel sleeps nude.
Dan just scared Abel with the huge spider.
Likelihood that Dan finds out if Abel sleeps nude are high. :mowsmile
"Uhhh, there arn't mutant ones that are hostile are there? I swore I heard a spider twice my size quote a midsummer night's dream one time on a tresure hunt."
While a little late, the spider bite reminds me of a PG version of Warp Touch.
Quote from: Tikki on March 02, 2007, 08:32:06 PM
I can't help but look at the title bar and think... Fire in the disco! Fire in the Taco Bell. Fire in the disco! Fire in the.. gates of hell!
Dont'cha wanna know why we keep starting fires. It's my desire! It's my desire!
WOO! Another
weirdo person who's listened to Electric Six!
Quote from: superluser on March 01, 2007, 11:24:42 PMQuote from: Narethlian on March 01, 2007, 10:55:26 PMShakespeare(Shakesbeare?)
There are actually 16 different ways to spell his name (yours is not one of them). I recall that a public library demanded that an artist change a mosaic she made for the library with the name spelt `Shakespere.' Interestingly, this was the spelling that the bard used when signing his name. Doesn't explain the bit about ``(Albert) Eistein'' and ``(Vincent) Van Gough,'' though.
:aack
Overanalyzing my earlier post aren't we?
*Mutters to self, "Explain your idea there, and potentially cause a big argument, or just drop it?"*
I'll just drop it.
-Nar
Kind of nice to see Dan get a little of his own back for once. Maybe he's related to his sister after all. :)
Quote from: terrycloth on March 02, 2007, 08:10:17 PM
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 01, 2007, 09:51:37 PM
I wouldn't say well-prepared so much as desparate or foolish. 10-1 the odds are you are going to have a negative reaction (even insta-death) before you get anything remotely good. And odds are the only good thing you'd get is the ability to see in the dark. There isn't any real way one can "prepare" themselves.
So, it's like a deck of many things, the bane of adventuring groups everywhere. I've yet to see a group all agree to just let it be and not draw cards... and of course once one person gets something good, everyone is doomed. :mowmeep
If the creatures were smart, they'd just breed arachnaspearians and release them into adventuring halls all over furrae. Adventurers would be extinct in a week.
The deck of many things... Ooooh boy did THAT one screw up one of my friend's parties so bad... You'd think people would learn that it's just not worth the risk, but...
No, it's much more like Warp Touch, since it's a disease that causes all manner of random effects to the body, instead of random thing happening to you like sudden wealth or random person in the world growing to hate you.
Why?! Why must it speak in Shakespear?! *Tugs at hair*
Dan's face is classic, btw. It makes that entire page. :boogie
Quote from: Goatmon on March 04, 2007, 02:06:23 AMWhy?! Why must it speak in Shakespear?! *Tugs at hair*
Dan's face is classic, btw. It makes that entire page. :boogie
You want that thread (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=2337.0). This one is for this strip (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_74.php).
Or, y'know, keep posting here. This thread could use some messages that are at least tangentially related to DMFA.
I might also say that this isn't the first time I've accidently stumbled onto the wrong thread. It'd be nice if the subjects for these things were required to have the name of the ****ing comic in it. Heaven Forbid cause that's a monumental request. -_-
*clicky-clicky*
No need to thank me. :-)
I might also say that this isn't the first time I've accidently stumbled onto the wrong thread. It'd be nice if the subjects for these things were required to have the name of the ****ing comic in it. Heaven Forbid cause that's a monumental request. -_-
Which name? The number, or the comment under the comic, or the title of the page? On the front page, all three differ...
Perhaps we should include the strip number, rather than the date? Although, of course, since there are many folk who post the threads, it'd have to be a group decision...
As it is the only indicator here is the date, which is only present on the front page. If someone happens to catch a comic once it's moved off of the front page (Which is extremely possible since Amber updates often) there's no indication of what day the comic was put up, hence it's not always blatantly obvious.
A simple "DMFA" or "Abel", and the date in the title isn't all that difficult, really.
You have a point. I'll be sure to recommend it to everyone posting threads.
After all, there's only 240 or so of them that are on every week... :-)
And since all of them are created solely for the discussion of the newest comic, I'm sure that's quite a task.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 04, 2007, 07:04:17 AMPerhaps we should include the strip number, rather than the date? Although, of course, since there are many folk who post the threads, it'd have to be a group decision...
I had thought that the date part was an Amber request, but I think I got it exactly wrong (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=1569.msg62552#msg62552). Unless there are objections, I'll start putting strip numbers in it--I actually prefer that idea.
P.S. Every once in a while, the back button on the DMFA front page takes you back two pages. I'm not sure if it's because the latest strip hasn't been added to the index, or if it's a problem with the script, but since the strip number is not immediately visible on the front page, people might hit the back button and add one, winding up repeating the strip number from the last update.
Numbers are fine, I just like knowing which ****ing comic the thread's about. A date doesn't tell me that, and it's annoying to have to back and forth on the page checking for the date. Which, I might add, is impossible if the thread has been bumped as late as a ouple of days at which point the next comic will have changed and it becomes will be impossible to tell from the archive which page was added.
Titling a thread "DMFA, February 24th" tells me it was a DMFA comic from a few weeks ago, at which point all I have to do is compare commentary to the comics that took place 6-8 strips ago. Meh, whatever. I probably sound like a grumpy old man.
Quote from: Goatmon on March 04, 2007, 11:48:36 AMTitling a thread "DMFA, February 24th" tells me it was a DMFA comic from a few weeks ago, at which point all I have to do is compare commentary to the comics that took place 6-8 strips ago.
I actually usually do add something like (Abel) when I make Abel threads, but I forgot to that time. Sorry. Please accept this cookie as an apology.
Quote from: superluser on March 04, 2007, 11:29:17 AM
P.S. Every once in a while, the back button on the DMFA front page takes you back two pages. I'm not sure if it's because the latest strip hasn't been added to the index, or if it's a problem with the script, but since the strip number is not immediately visible on the front page, people might hit the back button and add one, winding up repeating the strip number from the last update.
I understand, or at least guess, that the code isn't really script as such, so the reason it jumps back two is that Amber forgot to update that one little segment.
Since there's four or five different places she needs to update, this isn't a big deal, and isn't something we're really jumping up and down over. OTOH, I have some sneaky plans with Darkmoon that may help resolve this... If we can get in without her noticing, etc etc... :-)
Uh... Amber, if you're reading this, disregard all the above posts. No, really. There's nothing important in them at all...
Mmmmh... curious things this arachspearians...
* Searching for others quoting-vermins, like scorpoes and lovecrabs *
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 04, 2007, 07:04:17 AM
Which name? The number, or the comment under the comic, or the title of the page? On the front page, all three differ...
Perhaps we should include the strip number, rather than the date? Although, of course, since there are many folk who post the threads, it'd have to be a group decision...
How about having the "Official" thread for a give thread be posted by Amber herself? I read other Web comics, and that is what they do on them. They also give a little wright up about the page itself..
*shrugs*
Just an Idea
That requires more work on Amber's part. The idea is, we harness the efforts of some of the rest of us lazy folks, and give her a break.
After all, if she's spending ~7 hours/day drawing the comic, minimum, isn't it only fair that she gets some time off?
On the El Goonish Shive forum, it's become a custom to provide a link to the strip in the first post of the thread.
Just a suggestion...
The problem with that is that it's not immediately obvious what the link needs to be - you have to go back one day, and then forwards one day...
Having a "here's the permanent link for this strip" is something else we could add to the page, I guess...
Right-clicking the comic image and choosing Properties shows me what the strip number is, no matter where it is.
My point was, whilst you can do that, and I can do that, and we can extrapolate from there...
... it's a bit on the nose to ask everyone to do so, every time, no? After all, it's not always the same...
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 05, 2007, 10:27:31 AM
My point was, whilst you can do that, and I can do that, and we can extrapolate from there...
... it's a bit on the nose to ask everyone to do so, every time, no? After all, it's not always the same...
we could do that when starting these threads so the numbers are there when we right click the strip. Cool I will keep that in my brain.
I wonder how this phobia about spiders combines with his one of blood ...
We do not need to open a thread that has not been posted in since the fifth of March to ask a poorly phrased question.
If you had come up with a paragraph or two of insightful comments, I might have let it slide, but you are being bapped.
Pay attention to red letters on the screen, and don't do it again. This is your final warning before a ban. I would suggest reading the RULES (http://www.clockworkmansion.com/main.php?page=rules)