Yeah... I see no difference either.
Well.... there is slightly more fruit in her clothing than normal. :mowwink
... I don't think there would be a difference when you put those two on catnip.
Especially Mab.
...Though she is wearing more primary colors and white.
Ooooh... poor Alexsi. :U
I thought it was heel,step,heel heel,step...
Quote from: OminousShadow on May 30, 2009, 01:08:08 AM
Yeah... I see no difference either.
Remember, folks, we didn't get to see her big dance number.
That might have helped us to tell a difference...or at least have a really good time trying to spot one. I'm having some serious Carmen Miranda flashbacks here, and I can definitely picture Mab doing some version of one of those manic boom-chica-chicky-chicky-boom routines.
Why would Mab need a free ride home? Oh, wait, catnip.
Also, hope that you get to read your favorite comics soon, Amber! A happy Amber is a productive Amber!
Friends don't let friends drive home catnipped.
Quote from: Shachza on May 30, 2009, 01:27:05 AM
Friends don't let friends drive home catnipped.
The prospect of Mab in a car terrifies me for some reason.
Quote from: Jairus on May 30, 2009, 01:28:30 AM
Quote from: Shachza on May 30, 2009, 01:27:05 AM
Friends don't let friends drive home catnipped.
The prospect of Mab in a car terrifies me for some reason.
How bought Fa'Lina? I smell road rage
Quote from: Jairus on May 30, 2009, 01:28:30 AM
The prospect of Mab in a car terrifies me for some reason.
Mab is bad for technology.
Well, that explains why Mab hasn't been involved in this chapter, until now.
Ah, how to break it to her gently that Dan went out, got in a fight, and was brought back injured.
And if Dan's dream was correct on this detail, Mab was involved in the fracas with Regina six years ago.
...and then they made me their chief.
chiquita mabnana and she's here to say
mabnanas are good for you in every way
mabnanas like it better in the tropical equaitor
so never put mabnanas in the refridgerator
nononono
:kirby
Really, there's no difference other then the hat...
...Where did she get that swanky hat anyways? Or do I really want to know the answer to that question? I need some crazy hats myself though.
I feel for you Amber I lost my collection of comics to a flood and I had them in a Rubbermaid container, but when a basement gets flooded water gets into everything
I thought Mab's ears were different for a second thar, but I think it's just that her hair is in the hat or something. Is cute, though.
Mab on catnip doesn't really seem any different to usual....... Dan, maybe just more chilled out, if that's possible
........what'd happen if it were the other feline members of the cast? Like Alexsi? or Merlitz? or, possibly most disturbingly, Abel?
I think what hapend was she got catnip and had a "trip" as in it wasn't real it was all in her head and she just came out of it.
I did have to wonder if Dan got hold of the catnip... and dosed Mab with it?
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on May 30, 2009, 04:02:54 AM
I did have to wonder if Dan got hold of the catnip... and dosed Mab with it?
three words: yarn ball pit
Huh?
I Don't get it...Or maybe I don't want to.
Or maybe I'm pretending I don't want to in an effort to disguise the fact I didn't get it.
Or maybe that is just a guise too and there is every possible chance I'm making these long sentences to confuse and disorient you.
My brain hurts.
I was just thinking of the Amber book by Zelazny where one of the characters was given a hallucinogen. Unfortunately, what the lords of Amber hallucinated became real. So it doesn't matter if Mab went on a trip and it doesn't matter what Mab looks like. What matters is what the island looks like at the moment.
Quote from: Turnsky on May 30, 2009, 06:20:22 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on May 30, 2009, 04:02:54 AM
I did have to wonder if Dan got hold of the catnip... and dosed Mab with it?
three words: yarn ball pit
ROFL That be the efect only the balls she'd playing with wouldent be yarn. LOL (some on had to say it)
Quote from: GundamDragon on May 30, 2009, 08:24:26 AM
Quote from: Turnsky on May 30, 2009, 06:20:22 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on May 30, 2009, 04:02:54 AM
I did have to wonder if Dan got hold of the catnip... and dosed Mab with it?
three words: yarn ball pit
ROFL That be the efect only the balls she'd playing with wouldent be yarn. LOL (some on had to say it)
. . . What?
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3470/abelbudd.gif)
Who the Hell let Abel get into that catnip?!? (http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3470/abelbudd.gif)
@icarus
Dan can potentially shapeshift right? are we so sure thats Mab?
Alexsi's expression is priceless there. Any chance someone can wallpaper it? Maybe with a caption of "Why did I ask that again?"
Quote from: Kafzeil on May 30, 2009, 03:04:42 AM
Really, there's no difference other then the hat...
...Where did she get that swanky hat anyways? Or do I really want to know the answer to that question? I need some crazy hats myself though.
This is Mab we're talking about here, she-who-conjures-birthday-presents-out-of-thin-air, remember (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_431.php)?
Quote from: Zedd on May 30, 2009, 01:20:02 AM
I thought it was heel,step,heel heel,step...
Are you
TRYING to piss off the volcano? >:[
Oh god I love this thread and the comic so much. I'm not joking. But I also second Cogidubnus's remark about Mab's ears; I actually didn't recognize that was her until I noticed her wings. She should wear fruit more often.
Mab does Carmen Miranda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYKzez97lA) proud! CHICA CHICA BOOM CHIC!
I fúcking love DMFA. I think a QFTR strip is as good a time as any to say it, but for longer than a determined fat man's diet this webcomic has been bringing me a near-daily injection of enjoyment (the first strip I read was the Dr. Ink At SAIA 'push your buttons one'). Somewhat awkwardly, then, that means that DMFA holds a better record than masturbation.
Eee! Chaquita Bannana Lady costume! xD Mab looks great in it!
I barely recognized Mab at first. XD This is just the silliest, funniest thing ever.
They call me Cuban Pete
I'm the King of the rumba beat.
When I play the maracas I go
chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom.
Quote from: inuhanyo on May 30, 2009, 11:00:03 AM
Quote from: Kafzeil on May 30, 2009, 03:04:42 AM
Really, there's no difference other then the hat...
...Where did she get that swanky hat anyways? Or do I really want to know the answer to that question? I need some crazy hats myself though.
This is Mab we're talking about here, she-who-conjures-birthday-presents-out-of-thin-air, remember (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_431.php)?
Ah, right. You must admit it's an awesome hat though.
You know, recently from using the DMFA dialogue searcher (http://www.littlelevers.com/dmfa/dmfasearch.php), I discovered that Amber appears in close to 1 in every 5 DMFA comics. When I noticed this soon after the 1000th comic, she had popped up in 190 comics. I figured we were about due for another appearance.
I remember the TMNT comic books. :) My favorite was when one of the turtles rolled a drunk to pay for a drink. ::sigh:: Oh, the nostalgia. O:)
With regards,
Ted
Quote from: Marmonstein on May 30, 2009, 11:52:32 AM
I barely recognized Mab at first. XD This is just the silliest, funniest thing ever.
They call me Cuban Pete
I'm the King of the rumba beat.
When I play the maracas I go
chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom.
Looks like I'm not the onlyone who thoght of The Mask when chicka boom was mentioned. The Cuban pete bit from the movie is very much what I think a fey on nip would be like, having a grand time and their fantisy spilling out onto other people, whom I'm sure arnt complaining much
so that's who got into my catnip stash!
Quote from: Sofox on May 30, 2009, 12:25:12 PM
You know, recently from using the DMFA dialogue searcher (http://www.littlelevers.com/dmfa/dmfasearch.php), I discovered that Amber appears in close to 1 in every 5 DMFA comics. When I noticed this soon after the 1000th comic, she had popped up in 190 comics. I figured we were about due for another appearance.
I think it counts lines, not comics. The total would be about 90 if you counted comics. Still, definitely due for one. And we get Chaquita Mab. :P
Funniest joke clip in a long time (well actually, it's not so long ago). I taught I would have had to cut my head of just to stop laughing.
Quote from: Waschbaer on May 30, 2009, 02:45:31 PM
Quote from: Sofox on May 30, 2009, 12:25:12 PM
You know, recently from using the DMFA dialogue searcher (http://www.littlelevers.com/dmfa/dmfasearch.php), I discovered that Amber appears in close to 1 in every 5 DMFA comics. When I noticed this soon after the 1000th comic, she had popped up in 190 comics. I figured we were about due for another appearance.
I think it counts lines, not comics. The total would be about 90 if you counted comics. Still, definitely due for one. And we get Chaquita Mab. :P
Huh, you seem to be right.
There's at least 2 comics, including this one, where Amber appears but doesn't say anything, though my interpretation of the results count definitely skewed the results.
Me thinks Alexsi's facial expression eludes to the stress of figuring out how to tell Mab about Dan without fae madness ensuing..
.. not that I have any problem with fae madness ensuing, mind you. :>
Quote from: Ted Schiller on May 30, 2009, 01:29:21 PM
I remember the TMNT comic books. :) My favorite was when one of the turtles rolled a drunk to pay for a drink. ::sigh:: Oh, the nostalgia. O:)
With regards,
Ted
how....
how does one ROLL a drunk to pay for a drink?
i'm just trying to get this mental image to make sense in my head, it's not working...
it's a euphemistical way of saying he beat the drunk up and stole the poor guy's wallet.
Quote from: Tycoon on May 30, 2009, 09:21:13 AM
*Creepy Image*
:aack
Quote from: John Roh on May 30, 2009, 09:28:22 AM
Dan can potentially shapeshift right? are we so sure thats Mab?
Again: :aack
Quote from: Ghostwish on May 30, 2009, 04:13:53 PM
Me thinks Alexsi's facial expression eludes to the stress of figuring out how to tell Mab about Dan without fae madness ensuing..
.. not that I have any problem with fae madness ensuing, mind you. :>
I wonder what Mab will do when she finds out? Help Dan? Get Revenge? Bake Cookies?
In any case, this QftR made me laugh out loud.
Quote from: Sofox on May 30, 2009, 04:00:28 PM
There's at least 2 comics, including this one, where Amber appears but doesn't say anything, though my interpretation of the results count definitely skewed the results.
I imagine her brain is under fire constantly. Look at the freaking emails she gets people, no person can take that amount of . . whatever the hell her fanbase gives her on a regular basis :B
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on May 30, 2009, 05:32:59 PM
it's a euphemistical way of saying he beat the drunk up and stole the poor guy's wallet.
great, now i'm picturing "a clockwork ninja turtles"
Quote from: Ted Schiller on May 30, 2009, 01:29:21 PM
I remember the TMNT comic books. :) My favorite was when one of the turtles rolled a drunk to pay for a drink. ::sigh:: Oh, the nostalgia. O:)
Apropos of nothing (don't mean to threadjack), but this post made me revisit my own comic collection and dig out the original TMNT books. While that was a fun bit of nostalgia, it fired another lightbulb in the cobwebbed recesses of my brain, which sent me to another bookshelf, and ... I can't believe I actually kept it.
Anybody else remember this (http://www.panicepisode.com/gallery/tmnt_rpg.png)? Seven pages of dice rolls just to determine what kind of horrible mutant freak you are, and page 42 has an Eastman/Laird drawing of a machine-gun toting mutant possum. I can't decide if the book is an embarassing reminder of misspent youth or one of the coolest things I own.
Oh Mabbers, you are the silliest and most awesome. :)
It occurs to me I haven't seen any mows in some time now...
Quote from: Toast on May 30, 2009, 11:54:26 PM
Oh Mabbers, you are the silliest and most awesome. :)
It occurs to me I haven't seen any mows in some time now...
The are in hiding. Planning, plotting, scheming for the day they will DESTROY US ALL!
Quote from: OminousShadow on May 30, 2009, 11:59:25 PM
The are in hiding. Planning, plotting, scheming for the day they will DESTROY US ALL!
Any day now... any day now...
-
curls up on the ground in terror.-
Quote from: Naldru on May 30, 2009, 08:02:43 AM
I was just thinking of the Amber book by Zelazny where one of the characters was given a hallucinogen. Unfortunately, what the lords of Amber hallucinated became real. So it doesn't matter if Mab went on a trip and it doesn't matter what Mab looks like. What matters is what the island looks like at the moment.
Oddly, the Amber books were the first thing I thought of too, considering Mab is basically a being of pure magic -- if a Fey has any real limits, nobody has ever been brave/stupid enough to really want to find them (unless one could manage to be at least a couple of universes away at the time).
Quote from: Toast on May 30, 2009, 11:54:26 PM
Oh Mabbers, you are the silliest and most awesome. :)
It occurs to me I haven't seen any mows in some time now...
Obviously, they've migrated south for the winter.
I could have swore they migrated North to more sparsely populated areas...
As you can see, Dan on catnip just takes his high-heel needs to a whole nother level. If you notice, the inquirer asked about Mab and Dan. We 'see' Mab and Alexsi. Either Dan turned into Alexsi, or, Mab turned into Alexsi and Dan turned into Mab, which makes sense cause Dan should be the only one who needs help getting home(Fi met some Mab brownies).
Quote from: Mao Laoren on May 31, 2009, 06:39:21 AM
I could have swore they migrated North to more sparsely populated areas...
Many. . .Many coming across the strait!
Help! Can't. . . Repell. . . so many
*Transmission cuts out*
Does anybody else remember the episode Sneeze the Day on the Disney Alladin television show. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(TV_series)) The genie was ill and every time he sneezed, something happened. This included Princess Jasmine undergoing some strange changes.
Quote from: John Roh on May 30, 2009, 09:28:22 AM
Dan can potentially shapeshift right? are we so sure thats Mab?
Other than reshaping and hiding headwings, we haven't seen much evidence of him shapeshifting yet.
Quote from: Caph Abash on May 30, 2009, 06:16:12 PM
In any case, this QftR made me laugh out loud.
I think my favourite one is still this one (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_170.php).
Quote from: AmigaDragon on June 01, 2009, 03:20:12 AM
Quote from: John Roh on May 30, 2009, 09:28:22 AM
Dan can potentially shapeshift right? are we so sure thats Mab?
Other than reshaping and hiding headwings, we haven't seen much evidence of him shapeshifting yet.
Yeah, but he's under the influence of mind altering substances. Who knows, he might even be the bar table.
Quote from: Deebs' giraffe on June 01, 2009, 06:12:52 PM
Yeah, but he's under the influence of mind altering substances. Who knows, he might even be the bar table.
I imagine it would become less potent as 'Cubi become less biological...
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 02, 2009, 04:19:06 AM
Quote from: Deebs' giraffe on June 01, 2009, 06:12:52 PM
Yeah, but he's under the influence of mind altering substances. Who knows, he might even be the bar table.
I imagine it would become less potent as 'Cubi become less biological...
I imagine then he couldn't die from things like a drug overdose then? :U
Quote from: Drathorin on June 02, 2009, 07:38:46 AM
I imagine then he couldn't die from things like a drug overdose then? :U
Difficult to say. Drugs for 'Cubi might need more magical ingredients than drugs for Beings.
If they're not really biological, how can something like a mundane sword kill them then?
After all, swords pierce/slash/smash bone and -organs- which handle biological functions.
If that's the case, Aniz wouldn't have bled when suckerpunched, and Dan wouldn't be almost dead from dark pegasus kind of . . . using claws on chest :3
Quote from: Drathorin on June 02, 2009, 07:44:25 AM
If they're not really biological, how can something like a mundane sword kill them then?
After all, swords pierce/slash/smash bone and -organs- which handle biological functions.
I don't know. But someone of Destania's age doesn't need to breathe, let alone eat or drink, so she's clearly not running on normal organic principles. It therefore stands to reason that toxins which affect organic lifeforms are likely to have a reduced effect.
Think of 'Cubi as being hybrid organic/magical.
QuoteIf that's the case, Aniz wouldn't have bled when suckerpunched, and Dan wouldn't be almost dead from dark pegasus kind of . . . using claws on chest :3
Most Cubi can die from normal means unless they are a certain power level.--Demonology 101, 'Cubi
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 02, 2009, 08:00:54 AM
I don't know. But someone of Destania's age doesn't need to breathe, let alone eat or drink, so she's clearly not running on normal organic principles. It therefore stands to reason that toxins which affect organic lifeforms are likely to have a reduced effect.
Think of 'Cubi as being hybrid organic/magical.
You're going by our normal biological rules, Cubi would operate on a completely different level, all in all Cubi would convert what they feed on to what they need to survive.
Quote
Most Cubi can die from normal means unless they are a certain power level.
--Demonology 101, 'Cubi
That level has never been stated, and the first person to shout
"9000" will be murdered.
Quote from: Turnsky on June 02, 2009, 08:05:58 AM
You're going by our normal biological rules, Cubi would operate on a completely different level, all in all Cubi would convert what they feed on to what they need to survive.
That may be how it works. Either way, Amber has stated that 'Cubi transition from biology to magic. Whether that means that someone of Destania's age is able to get drunk/high/dead from organic toxins is something only Amber knows. Like I say, my guess is that they lose effectiveness over the centuries. (If so, Dee may need to empty the cupboard in order to get tipsy).
QuoteThat level has never been stated, and the first person to shout "9000" will be murdered.
Indeed. My money's on ascendence, personally.
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 02, 2009, 08:15:01 AM
QuoteThat level has never been stated, and the first person to shout "9000" will be murdered.
Indeed. My money's on ascendence, personally.
And yet Siar bit the dust, which means that they still can snuff it under the right conditions.
Quote from: Turnsky on June 02, 2009, 08:22:10 AM
And yet Siar bit the dust, which means that they still can snuff it under the right conditions.
I very much doubt that she died by 'normal means', given that a dragon was involved.
Well, fire, and claws/teeth.
Both of those are fairly mundane on their own, but maybe not 'supercharged' with dragon power of over 9000 :U
Quote from: Drathorin on June 02, 2009, 08:49:04 AM
Well, fire, and claws/teeth.
Both of those are fairly mundane on their own, but maybe not 'supercharged' with dragon power of over 9000 :U
brute strength. don't forget, Dragons are oft larger than cubi.
Quote from: Drathorin on June 02, 2009, 08:49:04 AM
Well, fire, and claws/teeth.
Both of those are fairly mundane on their own, but maybe not 'supercharged' with dragon power of over 9000 :U
The claws and teeth are assuming that they haven't been enhanced (which given the age and power of dragons seems unlikely), the breath weapon may or may not be magical in nature (the Demonology 101 entry (http://www.missmab.com/Demo/dragon.php) implies that at least some are), and dragons have a lot of magic of their own along with tens or hundreds of millenia (57,822 is very young for a dragon) of practice using it. All in all I would say that at least for the more powerful dragons (eg Hizell) their attacks don't count as "normal means".
Quote from: Kirishala on June 02, 2009, 11:37:28 AM
Quote from: Drathorin on June 02, 2009, 08:49:04 AM
Well, fire, and claws/teeth.
Both of those are fairly mundane on their own, but maybe not 'supercharged' with dragon power of over 9000 :U
The claws and teeth are assuming that they haven't been enhanced (which given the age and power of dragons seems unlikely), the breath weapon may or may not be magical in nature (the Demonology 101 entry (http://www.missmab.com/Demo/dragon.php) implies that at least some are), and dragons have a lot of magic of their own along with tens or hundreds of millenia (57,822 is very young for a dragon) of practice using it. All in all I would say that at least for the more powerful dragons (eg Hizell) their attacks don't count as "normal means".
*eyes glitter*
My god. . . a post that has reasonable thinking behind it!
. . . Can.. . Can I keep this?
Quote from: Turnsky on June 02, 2009, 08:05:58 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 02, 2009, 08:00:54 AM
I don't know. But someone of Destania's age doesn't need to breathe, let alone eat or drink, so she's clearly not running on normal organic principles. It therefore stands to reason that toxins which affect organic lifeforms are likely to have a reduced effect.
Think of 'Cubi as being hybrid organic/magical.
You're going by our normal biological rules, Cubi would operate on a completely different level, all in all Cubi would convert what they feed on to what they need to survive.
Quote
Most Cubi can die from normal means unless they are a certain power level.
--Demonology 101, 'Cubi
That level has never been stated, and the first person to shout "9000" will be murdered.
Cyra's Power Level is over..... 9000!
*Runs for dear life*
Quote from: OminousShadow on June 05, 2009, 03:37:04 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on June 02, 2009, 08:05:58 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 02, 2009, 08:00:54 AM
I don't know. But someone of Destania's age doesn't need to breathe, let alone eat or drink, so she's clearly not running on normal organic principles. It therefore stands to reason that toxins which affect organic lifeforms are likely to have a reduced effect.
Think of 'Cubi as being hybrid organic/magical.
You're going by our normal biological rules, Cubi would operate on a completely different level, all in all Cubi would convert what they feed on to what they need to survive.
Quote
Most Cubi can die from normal means unless they are a certain power level.
--Demonology 101, 'Cubi
That level has never been stated, and the first person to shout "9000" will be murdered.
Cyra's Power Level is over..... 9000!
*Runs for dear life*
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/Drathorin/lol%20internet/fzero-falconfacepalm.jpg)
Quote from: proeliator bradypodidae on May 30, 2009, 11:22:29 AM
Mab does Carmen Miranda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYKzez97lA) proud! CHICA CHICA BOOM CHIC!
I realize that this is somewhat off-topic related to the current discussion on 'Cubi biology, lack thereof, and mortality, but...
Help, please. Ever since watching the Miranda Montage (and the Cuban Pete scene mentioned later on) I've been randomly erupting in "chica chica BOOM," as if the samba, as presented by the Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat, has wormed its way deep into my consciousness and is attempting to take over by overwriting my behavior patterns one by one!
Quote from: Kabbalist on June 06, 2009, 12:51:19 PM
Quote from: proeliator bradypodidae on May 30, 2009, 11:22:29 AM
Mab does Carmen Miranda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYKzez97lA) proud! CHICA CHICA BOOM CHIC!
I realize that this is somewhat off-topic related to the current discussion on 'Cubi biology, lack thereof, and mortality, but...
Help, please. Ever since watching the Miranda Montage (and the Cuban Pete scene mentioned later on) I've been randomly erupting in "chica chica BOOM," as if the samba, as presented by the Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat, has wormed its way deep into my consciousness and is attempting to take over by overwriting my behavior patterns one by one!
Ah, so it's working? Good.