and he waits till now to check his pockets...
Dan If I knew you wouldn't enjoy it to much I think the girls should beat you to a pulp
Damn hair with built-in PG protection.
Times like these I know why I like short-haired heroines better than long-haired.
The question is, does he have any more for the others?
"Is that a sword in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" ;-]
I wonder what else beside weapons is in that robe ? :3
Quote from: Dard on March 17, 2008, 10:42:01 AM
Damn hair with built-in PG protection.
Times like these I know why I like short-haired heroines better than long-haired.
See also: apparently she lost the top in that fight for good.
Quote from: thegayhare on March 17, 2008, 10:36:24 AM
and he waits till now to check his pockets...
Dan If I knew you wouldn't enjoy it to much I think the girls should beat you to a pulp
Dan would most definitely
not enjoy it at all. First, he does not have his cubi powers yet, second, we are talking about three
amazons. This girls are supposed to know how to inflict lots of pain with only their hands and feet.
Quote from: Dard on March 17, 2008, 10:42:01 AM
Damn hair with built-in PG protection.
Times like these I know why I like short-haired heroines better than long-haired.
And the lizard boobies return! :B
Hallelujah!On the side note, the sword that Dannie took out of his robe looks somewhat like a shovel they use in military. Only an unnaturally long one. I wonder if he will now turn the tables on his captors by caving their heads in with it. I loved to do it to enemy soldiers in "Silent Storm"...
What I'm more surprised is that Dan didn't pull that out earlier.
What would shock me even more is if he didn't have a backup or a backup's backup.
I would love to have that ability.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 17, 2008, 10:47:41 AM
"Is that a sword in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" ;-]
You beat me to it. :<
Cursed box!
... :erk ...The only thing my brain will let me think of without shutting down as to where that sword was up till now is Extradimentional space. Dan must have Moogle blood, as well! Yeah, that must be it... :animesweat
Quote from: Alondro on March 17, 2008, 11:37:38 AM
Cursed box!
Why yes, I am. Frequently. ;-]
Quote from: Aleolus on March 17, 2008, 11:41:16 AM
(ok, that's rediculous. Half a million smileys, and not one sweatdrop one? Somebody fix that, please! Maybe :mowdrop for the command for it.)
:animesweat
You're welcome, although it's been there for ages. Fifth row.
Quote from: Aleolus on March 17, 2008, 11:41:16 AM
(ok, that's rediculous. Half a million smileys, and not one sweatdrop one?
There are at least two.
Tezkat's favourite is :animesweat
But there's also this: :sweatdrop
Anyhow, this strip did make me laugh. Kudos for Dan.
Quote from: Aleolus on March 17, 2008, 11:41:16 AM
... :erk ...The only thing my brain will let me think of without shutting down as to where that sword was up till now is Extradimentional space. Dan must have Moogle blood, as well! Yeah, that must be it... ^_^'
(ok, that's rediculous. Half a million smileys, and not one sweatdrop one? Somebody fix that, please! Maybe :mowdrop for the command for it.)
Have you never played any RPG's? Almost any hero has his own Sub-space pocket to put his stuff in! And since Dan has graduated from the Adventurer school, he's got to have one! :3
Quote from: Tapewolf on March 17, 2008, 11:43:05 AM
Anyhow, this strip did make me laugh. Kudos for Dan.
It could be funnier if Dan had that one sword he showed Abel here (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_689.php). I call such swords "Grand cleavers". Because it is fun to cleave stuff with them! >:3
Also: you beat me to deliver the smileis!
Holy DANG! A broadblade shortsword!
All Dan needs now is an actual megasword or buster sword and Dan will officially own at least one of every class of sword ever imagined! (because if he has something like what he's holding right now, he must have everything else ;))
I approve of Amber's fanfiction-related rant. It brought back memories of an old Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic I read where Serenity and Kaiba frolicked in flower-laden meadows and Tristan attempted to break the lovely non-canon couple to pieces. I hate fanfiction like that.
Also, holy crap, Shanna's still missing her top. XD I thought she'd get it back by this point. Punchline made me giggle, too.
~Keaton the Black Jackal
Another one of Dan's cluelessly utilized magic tricks it seems (like not eating for three years and not realizing)
Quote from: Keaton the Black Jackal on March 17, 2008, 01:01:24 PM
I approve of Amber's fanfiction-related rant.
Until I read the bit about the love interest, I was afeared that it was the hammer of Amber come to punish me for my sins :B
Also in regards to Amber's rant; Noble though it may be, she has, almost word-for-word, touched upon something that is virtually impossible to stop...Hmm...what is it? Oh yes...
Ship (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping)
See also:
Everything Related To Shipping (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShippingTropes)
For good measure:
Other Related Stuff (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanficTropes)
I don't think Amber was against fan pairings (as in ones that are not cannon) as she is making a fan pairing work by turning the Cannon-Love Intrest into a jerk. I got "Its okay to ship two characters, but don't make the love-intrest a jerk just to make it work."
And, apparently Shanna still hasn't put her shirt back on. How could he play cards for so long? And I'm still not sure if they know Dan's a girl or not...
Quote from: Lucheek on March 17, 2008, 01:50:12 PM
I don't think Amber was against fan pairings (as in ones that are not cannon) as she is making a fan pairing work by turning the Cannon-Love Intrest into a jerk. I got "Its okay to ship two characters, but don't make the love-intrest a jerk just to make it work."
That's what the majority of shipping has to do with, a shipper will make two characters get together, even if they have to rewrite the entire universe to do it ;)
Quote from: Lucheek on March 17, 2008, 01:50:12 PM
I don't think Amber was against fan pairings (as in ones that are not cannon) as she is making a fan pairing work by turning the Cannon-Love Intrest into a jerk. I got "Its okay to ship two characters, but don't make the love-intrest a jerk just to make it work."
And, apparently Shanna still hasn't put her shirt back on. How could he play cards for so long? And I'm still not sure if they know Dan's a girl or not...
maybe thats why she kept it off for so long. if he's a girl she has no reason to be embarassed.
you know now that i think about it all the clothes in DMFA are a little impractical. there aren't any pockets anywhere
Clohtes in general are impractical, most people don't live in places where its so cold you need them.
Ah, yes, it's just one of those funny quirks of society.
SO KEEP YER PANTS ON.
Heh, seriously, where does Dan get those? Only possibilities I can think of is that he A. Has a lot of magic swords, B. Has some kind of magic that isn't blocked by that barrier, or C. Something similar to a bag of holding..
On the note of Fanfiction....
http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_102.php
And here I thought hammerspace was a girls-only zone... Meh. Live and learn.
Also, it's clear DP isn't a very experienced villain yet in this timeline if he didn't drill his minions on frisk procedures. But is Hammerspace noticeable during frisks?
As for fanfiction... well, I never actually got any of my work put up on Fanfiction.net, but Amber's right. Oftentimes a poor writer will end up turning one character into (a) a complete clueless moron or (b) a jerky evil snarkbomb. It's a sad thing, but I am hesitant to say it can be stopped...
In regards to hammerspace, there is one thing...
Dan. Doesn't. Use. Hammerspace.
He can only hide things in robes and dresses very well. I think Amber has said this at one point, but I could be very wrong. It is Alexi who has a touch of real hammerspace.
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 03:54:30 PM
Dan. Doesn't. Use. Hammerspace.
Yet. (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_552.php)
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 12:56:34 PM
Holy DANG! A broadblade shortsword!
All Dan needs now is an actual megasword or buster sword and Dan will officially own at least one of every class of sword ever imagined! (because if he has something like what he's holding right now, he must have everything else ;))
is this not a buster sword? http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_689.php
Daniel is not likely to ever use hammerspace. But he is quite likely to use swordspace. Also, as Dan told Abel, one can hide all sorts of cool things in a dress. And, as we all know, his robe equals a dress. Sure there is no way to hide something like this sword without some kind of a sub-space pocket. :3 Or, maybe, this is a spell-sword, and the blade appears only when it is needed. >:3
Quote from: Tapewolf on March 17, 2008, 04:07:47 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 03:54:30 PM
Dan. Doesn't. Use. Hammerspace.
Yet. (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_552.php)
I believe that was origami (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_627.php), not Hammerspace.
Quote from: Jack McSlay on March 17, 2008, 04:23:42 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 12:56:34 PM
Holy DANG! A broadblade shortsword!
All Dan needs now is an actual megasword or buster sword and Dan will officially own at least one of every class of sword ever imagined! (because if he has something like what he's holding right now, he must have everything else ;))
is this not a buster sword? http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_689.php
Hmm, actually, that thing is blurring the line between a broadblade shortsword and a full-fledged megasword; to qualify as a mega, it has to be the same length as, if not very close to, the wielder's body, as well as being close to the same width. Basically, it's gotta be the same size YOU are.
The reason why I said it was blurring the line is because it looks like it was indeed meant to be Cloud's Buster Sword.
I don't even want to know how he hid that, unless it was some kind of magic necklace and he pulled a Dr. Pym (ANT MAN reference)
I think I really gotta feel sorry for Dan, thinking back a few strips back. So, if he had that weapon on him when he was dropped into the box... can you imagine if he had fallen on it?
Bad enough to fall a small distance and land on your keys in your pocket...
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 04:47:18 PM
Hmm, actually, that thing is blurring the line between a broadblade shortsword and a full-fledged megasword; to qualify as a mega, it has to be the same length as, if not very close to, the wielder's body, as well as being close to the same width. Basically, it's gotta be the same size YOU are.
The reason why I said it was blurring the line is because it looks like it was indeed meant to be Cloud's Buster Sword.
I personally think that counts as a buster sword, but not as a megasword. Tho I believe there's several other sword classes not yet seen from dan such as rapiers, scimitars, sabres and zweihanders, so I guess we'll need a closer look ad Dan's collection
Quote from: Tapewolf on March 17, 2008, 04:07:47 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 03:54:30 PM
Dan. Doesn't. Use. Hammerspace.
Yet. (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_552.php)
Dan hasn't used Hammerspace up to now in the main sequence of the story. Since the current arc is a flashback, it takes place entirely before the main sequence, meaning that he won't use Hammerspace in this arc unless he gets retconned or enters some sort of temporal discontinuity.
By the way, Matilda doesn't seem to have much of a hangup about clothes, and she definitely knows that Dan is a boy.
How did Moose do it in the Ranma series?
One other point you all seem to be missing....
Cubi ARE SHAPESHIFTERS!
He may be doing it unconsiously.
QuoteAlexsi's ability to draw her mallet from out of nowhere is similar to Dan's swords.
Dan has access to the bladed variant of Hammerspace.(in BESM version 2, this was still called "hammerspace." I'd have to look up the Version 3 title.)
I love Dan's reaction in panel 3.
Also, I
though it looked like he was averting his eyes last page.
[Addendum]
Quote from: Psaakyrn on March 17, 2008, 10:20:05 PM
One other point you all seem to be missing....
Cubi ARE SHAPESHIFTERS!
He may be doing it unconsiously.
I doubt it. Doesn't it take a significant amount of time and practice to shapeshift things out of your body?(such as removable clothing) Nevermind Abel's comments seem to indicate shapeshifting itself isn't exactly something you do by accident.
But Aary said that shapeshifting takes many years of practice, I don't think you could do it subconscienclessly. And Matilda could also tell that he was a cubi without seeing his headwings or clan-marking, so she has more acute senses. I'm just used to Amazons being hateful of males...
I always imagined Dan would store the swords in his dresses and robes by having them paralell to his body to avoid stabbing. Large ones on the back, thinner ones possible against legs.
And Alexi doesn't really use Hammerspace...her hammer is magical, it can appear-dissapear.
QuoteAlexsi's ability to draw her mallet from out of nowhere is similar to Dan's swords.
I think it's the only magic Dan can really do, he just subconsiously thinks he's hiding it in his robe and/or dress.
Quote from: computer nerd on March 17, 2008, 10:50:14 AM
I wonder what else beside weapons is in that robe ? :3
some loose jello
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 01:12:38 PM
Also in regards to Amber's rant; Noble though it may be, she has, almost word-for-word, touched upon something that is virtually impossible to stop...Hmm...what is it? Oh yes...
Ship (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping)
See also:
Everything Related To Shipping (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShippingTropes)
For good measure:
Other Related Stuff (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanficTropes)
You forgot those who will die for their ship (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieForOurShip).
Quote from: Madd the Sane on March 17, 2008, 11:46:14 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 01:12:38 PM
Also in regards to Amber's rant; Noble though it may be, she has, almost word-for-word, touched upon something that is virtually impossible to stop...Hmm...what is it? Oh yes...
Ship (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping)
See also:
Everything Related To Shipping (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShippingTropes)
For good measure:
Other Related Stuff (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanficTropes)
You forgot those who will die for their ship (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieForOurShip).
Incidentally, I did consider linking that, but didn't in favor of the entire batch of Shipping, rather than one specific one. I figured everyone would find that on their own.
when on and adventure you can hide weapons almost everything and they well never bee seen unless you're in battle or have been searched. and then there they is the 9/10 rule were 9/10'ths of you weapons will be confiscated but you will be left with all you really need to escape if you can use you brain and brawn to pull it off.
Once again, I am amazed by peoples tendency to over analyze *everything*
It's a comic strip. That was funny. Dan likes swords. Explanation enough for me.
...
Mmm. Swords.
I agree, too much over-analysis. I just tell myself that he hides them in there, and then I don't think about it anymore. It hurts less that way.
Its always fun when the protaginist has the upperhand and best always not to think about it
I'm an engineer. I analyze everything. (It drives my wife and daughter crazy.)
There is another possibility for unconscious shape shifting. Perhaps when Dan places the sword behind his back, his back changes shape slightly so that the sword will fit better and not be seen.
while i do over analyze everything it's part of what makes things funny.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 17, 2008, 04:45:40 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on March 17, 2008, 04:07:47 PM
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on March 17, 2008, 03:54:30 PM
Dan. Doesn't. Use. Hammerspace.
Yet. (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_552.php)
I believe that was origami (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_627.php), not Hammerspace.
My favorite quote from the whole series takes place in that strip...
"My tea tastes like joy now... How horrid"
Quote from: ConfusedNewbie on March 18, 2008, 11:30:54 PM
My favorite quote from the whole series takes place in that strip...
"My tea tastes like joy now... How horrid"
Ooooo... I know how to make that doctor's brain explode.. we play the happy happy joy joy song!!!! :p
Quote from: Kuari on March 18, 2008, 11:55:52 PM
Ooooo... I know how to make that doctor's brain explode.. we play the happy happy joy joy song!!!! :p
That won't make his brain explode... That will make him make
our brains explode...
correct. only those with out souls or those that are innocently pure can stand that song for any extend periods of time. Dr. ink and Fa`Lina are special though. then have knowledge and wisdom that makes them exempt form the standard wear and tear of this song.
Quote from: e_voyager on March 19, 2008, 01:40:33 AM
correct. only those with out souls or those that are innocently pure can stand that song for any extend periods of time. Dr. ink and Fa`Lina are special though. then have knowledge and wisdom that makes them exempt form the standard wear and tear of this song.
Fair enough... we get an army of Stimpy clones and play this song, then run like hell hoping the world doesn't implode.