Yay! First one to make a topic for new comic! (Now for Llearch to come by and tell me I did it wrong...)
Anyway... 'Nuff said on the furby style-stealers, Fluffy. 'Nuff. Said.
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You did it wrong.
-- llearch
For some reason, this Q and A had me on edge.
But when I found out about Quoar and PyroDuck's mom, hoooooboy.
Quote from: RandomMetaphysics on October 05, 2010, 01:44:14 AM
But when I found out about Quoar and PyroDuck's mom, hoooooboy.
Moral of the story: Don't piss off the bard?
Quote from: RandomMetaphysics on October 05, 2010, 01:44:14 AM
But when I found out about Quoar and PyroDuck's mom, hoooooboy.
Killed by the head of the love clan. An impressive way to go.
(Then again, The Prophecy: "What do you love, Gabriel?" "Cracking your skull.")
Also, the undead Tri-wing answer would tend to suggest that it is indeed ascension which prevents them being able to reproduce rather than having a bunch of followers
per se as some have suggested.
What? My first post outside the Haunted Ballroom? Woah!
Anyway, I missed asking cause I caught sick this weekend, but here are a few things I was wondering.
1) According to Dan, he met Dark Pegasus two times before the first time in comic; his first day out of adventuring school, and the infamous deathknight/spork incident. It was later revealed that he did not kill DP the first time, so the one in the comic was his second time. However in strip # 941 Lorenda says "You would think after the first TWO times..." implying that was the third time reviving DP, but the second time Dan killed him. So now I'm wondering... who killed DP the other time and when did it happen with respect to the spork incident?
2) Why the hell was Jyras' lab the Willy Wonka Factory that one time?!?! Is it possibly related to him working together with Mab on the patches?
3) Fa'Lina is a triwing cubi... but she only ever has two sets of wings out when at the academy. Is there a reason for this aside from personal choice? And on a related note... is there anything to stop a cubi from morphing a third set of wings even if they aren't triwing? And does triwing equate to clan leader and vice versa or is that just coincidence?
4) Back in the early days of DMFA, Amber did a list of 'ten things to improve webcomics' since then, everything on that list (if you count her brother's comic for the sprite thing) has happened except the baby thing. Is this on purpose? Coincidence?
Aside from this all of my questions are things that will probably be covered in the comic eventually anyway (What ever happened to those amazons from the first DP encounter? Do all the dragons really want to kill Dan? Even the ones he seems to be friends with like Shanna the amazon or that red dragon he owed money to? Is Regina DP's daughter somehow or does he and Kria have another sibling?) or stuff that's somewhat trivial and probably been asked before (Is there a relation between Queen Nutmeg and Nutmeg the warp aci? Is Abel gay? Is mink a boy or a girl?).
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
1) According to Dan, he met Dark Pegasus two times before the first time in comic; his first day out of adventuring school, and the infamous deathknight/spork incident. It was later revealed that he did not kill DP the first time, so the one in the comic was his second time. However in strip # 941 Lorenda says "You would think after the first TWO times..." implying that was the third time reviving DP, but the second time Dan killed him. So now I'm wondering... who killed DP the other time and when did it happen with respect to the spork incident?
Where did Dan say it was 2 other times, out of interest? I can't find that...
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
2) Why the hell was Jyras' lab the Willy Wonka Factory that one time?!?! Is it possibly related to him working together with Mab on the patches?
I would have to say "Magic", there.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
3) Fa'Lina is a triwing cubi... but she only ever has two sets of wings out when at the academy. Is there a reason for this aside from personal choice? And on a related note... is there anything to stop a cubi from morphing a third set of wings even if they aren't triwing? And does triwing equate to clan leader and vice versa or is that just coincidence?
Personal choice.
Other tri-wings? It's not exactly easy, I'd say. Anyone who can manage that, same as the other signs (e.g., tentacle heads) is probably tough enough that you don't want to mess with them anyway.
Amber has said that there have been a couple of cases where there are two tri-wings in a clan, but it's not common.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
4) Back in the early days of DMFA, Amber did a list of 'ten things to improve webcomics' since then, everything on that list (if you count her brother's comic for the sprite thing) has happened except the baby thing. Is this on purpose? Coincidence?
Coincidence, I think. Either that or Amber has been planning and implementing four-year subtle jokes that nobody but you picked up on. Somehow, I suspect it's coincidence.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
Aside from this all of my questions are things that will probably be covered in the comic eventually anyway (What ever happened to those amazons from the first DP encounter? Do all the dragons really want to kill Dan? Even the ones he seems to be friends with like Shanna the amazon or that red dragon he owed money to? Is Regina DP's daughter somehow or does he and Kria have another sibling?) or stuff that's somewhat trivial and probably been asked before (Is there a relation between Queen Nutmeg and Nutmeg the warp aci? Is Abel gay? Is mink a boy or a girl?).
Don't know, Dan might have met them later, but nothing has been mentioned about Shanna and Anna since then. Hannah, of course, is buried. I did wonder if Dan ever found her fluffy tail...
Probably not, but enough to make it dangerous to assume otherwise.
Maybe. I mean, come on, if you knew Dan, wouldn't you want to kill him sometimes?
According to her cast page: Family: Second Cousin (Lorenda), Second-Uncle (Dark Pegasus), Second-Aunt (Kria)
Queen Nutmeg and Nutmeg the Warp-Aci are unrelated, Amber said at some point. If you look in the wiki, you may even find a link to it.
Abel is unlisted as yet. It's part of the story that nobody knows.
And Mink is a squiggly. So says the Ambaarrgh.
Any other questions?
Wow! Ducky's mom killed by the bard of love of the cubi clan. It seems like such a contradiction and Fa'lina use to be friends with Ducky's dad. Wonder if it would have been a lot less gruesome if her hubby didn't make Fa'lina cry?
It was quite enjoyable. Though I don't know how I feel about the Furbies Stealing Fluffy's thunder.
You have defeated 12 QUESTIONS.
Congratulations Amber. Those have to be either worth a ton of experience points or gold coins.
Also happy birthday to your husband
Alexsi is ticklish?
How does anyone know?
Let me rephrase that. How does anyone living know?
With regards,
Ted
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You did it wrong.
-- llearch
Totally not surprised... (It WAS past 1am for me, afterall...) Thanks for the fix.
Quote from: Ted Schiller on October 05, 2010, 12:32:04 PM
Alexsi is ticklish?
How does anyone know?
Let me rephrase that. How does anyone living know?
Ummmm... Destania and/or Edward?
And I also have a question... Why don't more of the ladies go shirt-*BLAM!* ... *THUD!*
Quote from: Drayco84 on October 05, 2010, 12:44:25 PM
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You did it wrong.
-- llearch
Totally not surprised... (It WAS past 1am for me, afterall...) Thanks for the fix.
Welcome. *grin*
I desire to tickle Alexsi now. Regardless of, or because it would end in my death.
Yay, rapid-fire question answering!
Point of note: Heavy weaponry doesn't exist in Furrae... except in Jyrras' lab. >_> Which... is probably why Mab wants him to keep inventing. Creatures aren't going to have as good of defenses against a machine gun or a laser cannon...
Also, Quoar has just gotten a little more awesome. It's a little sad for Pyroduck, though.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AMDo all the dragons really want to kill Dan? Even the ones he seems to be friends with like Shanna the amazon or that red dragon he owed money to?
Quote from: Fa'LinaI told him "The second any dragon finds out Dan is from Cyra's clan they are going to try to kill him... Except for one dragon. He's nice."
As far as we know, only one dragon so far knows he's Cyra clan, Pyroduck. All the others met him before his clan symbol manifested.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
4) Back in the early days of DMFA, Amber did a list of 'ten things to improve webcomics' since then, everything on that list (if you count her brother's comic for the sprite thing) has happened except the baby thing. Is this on purpose? Coincidence?
Well, the baby thing is going to eventually happen (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_631.php).
But yeah I noticed that too! I do think it's coincidence though haha.
Quote from: Arcblade on October 05, 2010, 02:07:25 PM
Also, Quoar has just gotten a little more awesome. It's a little sad for Pyroduck, though.
My thoughts exactly. Emphasis on the first part, especially from the assumption that it normally takes... well, I have no idea how many 'cubi it normally takes to stand a chance at taking down a dragon, but... I guess the short version, to quote an old debate that involved Optimus Prime, is this: Is there anything about him that ISN'T awesome? (If not, don't tell me.)
Huzzah! Huzzah for these walls of text, and more where they came from!
Are you really sure that strip 299 wasn't the one where the baby appears? I know that it was in a flashback, but I really think that it counts. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_299.php)
Strip 177, which I believe is the one people are referring to, leaves a lot of plot room. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_177.php)
Wait... so did Pyroduck's mom have five heads?
Quote from: lilpuppy23 on October 05, 2010, 05:37:28 PM
Wait... so did Pyroduck's mom have five heads?
That's the obvious implication. Dragons are shapeshifters and for all I know she was in some kind of hydra mode. But she could equally have been a mythos of some kind.
Nah. She just had a really long neck. :3
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
Ahh, I see, no heavy weapons, those things in Jy's lab? They really ARE for mining, I knew he wasn't lying, Lorenda is all suspicious for nothing :D
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
Yes, but your wording is so different to the wording using in the comic that I'm not sure they can be directly compared. What would it imply if you had written "I just cut my thumb off five times?"
Quote from: Amber Williams on October 05, 2010, 05:41:35 PM
Nah. She just had a really long neck. :3
In a way that's kind of disappointing :P
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 05, 2010, 06:11:33 PM
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
Yes, but your wording is so different to the wording using in the comic that I'm not sure they can be directly compared. What would it imply if you had written "I just cut my thumb off five times?"
That I'd just cut off my thumb in five places at the same time.
As in the word "Just" implies it happened within the last few minutes. Or at least a small enough frame of time to make it impossible to surgically reattach and heal, and cut it off again, five times in a row.
Sometimes you have to use common sense, and understand slight bits of slang.
But mostly...Common sense.
Remember, it is a super power. Deadpool says so.
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 05, 2010, 06:11:33 PM
In a way that's kind of disappointing :P
Disappointing? How you think she felt? She was killed by someone who the only thing you can say when losing to is, "CURSES! I've been defeated by the power of looooove *gack*" who then probably proceded to serve some young lass cooked dragon neck steaks later that night :p
At least, that's where my imagination is going.
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 06:15:45 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 05, 2010, 06:11:33 PM
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
Yes, but your wording is so different to the wording using in the comic that I'm not sure they can be directly compared. What would it imply if you had written "I just cut my thumb off five times?"
That I'd just cut off my thumb in five places at the same time.
As in the word "Just" implies it happened within the last few minutes. Or at least a small enough frame of time to make it impossible to surgically reattach and heal, and cut it off again, five times in a row.
Sometimes you have to use common sense, and understand slight bits of slang.
But mostly...Common sense.
Remember, it is a super power. Deadpool says so.
"Snicker" Good old Deadpool said a lot of things. Some that got him smacked around quite a bit. My favorite was when he insulted She Hulk and had his intire head planted into the ground like a plant bulb.
The the five place-one cut method might have been her neck being tied into a not and Quoar cutting the not in half. Lets just leave it as said, that no matter how he did it. It would probably be something that would have demoralized whoever was fighting for her.
Quoar may be a bard and focused on love, but he is STILL the oldest and most powerful Tri-Wing in existence. It stands to reason that he is NOT to be trifled with.
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
To be fair, I thought Pyroduck's mom had five heads too. :c
Reading comprehension for the looooooose.
Quote from: Keaton the Black Jackal on October 05, 2010, 07:54:35 PM
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
To be fair, I thought Pyroduck's mom had five heads too. :c
Reading comprehension for the looooooose.
It wasn't my first reaction, but it could easily be read that way, yeah. o.o "I was just amputated 4 times!" also sounds like I'd have had all my limbs chopped off, not just one chopped repeatedly.
Edit: Drath, the reason yours is easily identifiable as the same arm, is because you use the word "arm," which is singular. Amber did not say "he cut her head off five times in a single swipe" or "sliced her neck through five times in one swipe."
To be honest, I read it that Quoar managed to make that single swipe curve through sheer awesomeness and cut through her one neck (which I assumed to be pretty long) five times that way. Either that or he managed to swing so hard that he bent time causing the universe to replay the instance a couple of times. Her neck being curved did not occur to me however, nor the knot thing. Technically speaking I'm pretty sure you can only decapitate one head once though, after which you're really just cutting pieces off the neck...
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 05, 2010, 08:18:31 AM
Where did Dan say it was 2 other times, out of interest? I can't find that...
Wait... found the source of my confusion. Dark Pegasus said in strip 150 that his plan was the same as the LAST 2 Dan thwarted. However I realize now in retrospect that their first meeting really doesn't count as a thwarting bringing that storyline up to the FOURTH instance they meet rather than just the third.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
I would have to say "Magic", there.
The thing that makes me think it's something more is that in the strip after Jyras said, "I think I know what went wrong" so I'm wondering if it is in fact something more.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
Probably not, but enough to make it dangerous to assume otherwise.
Maybe. I mean, come on, if you knew Dan, wouldn't you want to kill him sometimes?
According to her cast page: Family: Second Cousin (Lorenda), Second-Uncle (Dark Pegasus), Second-Aunt (Kria)
So it's possible there are some dragons that would not want to kill him for some reason, that's good to know.
Also, I suppose a better question about Regina would be to wonder who is in between her and the main group of Kria, Dark Pegasus, and Lorenda. She's not directly related to any of them, so who else is in their family tree? Dan said he didn't recognize any of them, so we probably would either, but I'm still curious. Like I said though, these are questions that are not meant to be answered because they're either irrelevant or spoilers.
Quote from: Kittastrophe on October 05, 2010, 03:37:27 PM
Well, the baby thing is going to eventually happen (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_631.php).
Huh, completely forgot about that. I've always assumed it would have to happen to one of the main cast to count, but that could definitely work.
I guess my only other curiosity is why Wildy in 119 never realized Dan was a Hero who actually did all that stuff he talked about when she knew him not only since before he started adventuring in the first place, (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_876.php) but also in fact since they (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_551.php) were both children? (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_581.php)
You know that statement about picking fights almost has me wondering if the only reason she was picking a fight with Quoar was because of the war. Though that probably goes the same for Quoar killing her.
Though the tech development of Jyras's has me wondering if he ever tried to make himself power armor before?
Fluffy's faces where so awesome this strip. :giggle
Going to sleep now. "ZZzzzzzZZz GiggleZzzzzzZ
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 06:15:45 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 05, 2010, 06:11:33 PM
Quote from: Drathorin on October 05, 2010, 05:48:46 PM
I just broke my arm in five places.
This means I obviously have five arms.
Yes, but your wording is so different to the wording using in the comic that I'm not sure they can be directly compared. What would it imply if you had written "I just cut my thumb off five times?"
That I'd just cut off my thumb in five places at the same time.
As in the word "Just" implies it happened within the last few minutes. Or at least a small enough frame of time to make it impossible to surgically reattach and heal, and cut it off again, five times in a row.
Sometimes you have to use common sense, and understand slight bits of slang.
But mostly...Common sense.
Remember, it is a super power. Deadpool says so.
Common sense... exactly the problem i had mentioned on the IRC.
In our world, sure - you have one neck, a set of four thumbs.... and so does pretty much everyone else. In such a setting the message is made unambiguous simply by imposing reality constraints.
In furrae, however , there are many multi-headed mythos, (Oolong in a sense, the one that chloroformed dan - ie. at least two species) .. heck, even a LCL cubi who got a tentacle cut off can be classed as decapitated by a joke.
The constraint is no longer present, and while i agree that assuming 5 heads overlooks the simplest possibility in a silly way, it isn't stupid, as the alternative is still plausible - after all dragons have enough magical and other power to go toe-to-toe with a triwing - morphing another head should be trivial for them
You know. I'm pretty sure Amber settled this one. Let's move on. To talk about something else.
So, for those of you not following - stop nitpicking on the beheadings.
As Jafar put it so amazingly and hysterically well "Death! By beheading!" (It's really fun to spam this directly from the movie over and over into walkie-talkies while waiting for someone at an amusement park)
Also this answers my question of how exactly the cubi could stand up to the dragons, I wasn't sure if a single cubi could kill a dragon but now I am happy and content to now have this knowledge :3.
Quote from: Spooks on October 05, 2010, 07:58:22 PM
Quote from: Keaton the Black Jackal on October 05, 2010, 07:54:35 PM
To be fair, I thought Pyroduck's mom had five heads too. :c
Reading comprehension for the looooooose.
It wasn't my first reaction, but it could easily be read that way, yeah. o.o "I was just amputated 4 times!" also sounds like I'd have had all my limbs chopped off, not just one chopped repeatedly.
Entertainingly, the image that came to my mind was one swipe of his hand, with 5 fingers, each with a claw on the end.
Of course, this is invalid, because Amber's characters usually have only 3 fingers + thumb... *grin*
I think the level tech makes sense. After all toast and waffles have to taste better then missiles and plasma.
That and the creature council probably arranged accidents for anyone before Jyras who had bright idea's that would even the playing field between creatures and beings.
No ones going to lay a finger on my waffles :shifty
Back to the strip's first question, is this guy an (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_212.php) incubus or demon or what (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_316.php)?
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
4) Back in the early days of DMFA, Amber did a list of 'ten things to improve webcomics'
IIRC, those were things to make the comic
more popular. Note the difference here. It is important one. :mowtongue
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
Do all the dragons really want to kill Dan? Even the ones he seems to be friends with like Shanna the amazon or that red dragon he owed money to?
I thought Shanna is 'were' with her 'big form' being rather wyvern-like.
Quote from: AmigaDragon on October 06, 2010, 02:43:27 PM
Back to the strip's first question, is this guy an (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_212.php) incubus or demon or what (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_316.php)?
I'm gonna say probably an Undead Demon........unless he's an Undead Incubus who has lost his headwings...... :erk
Well at least we know he's Undead! :D
I laughed for five minutes straight over Fluffy giving the double deuce.
Quote from: Naldru on October 05, 2010, 05:20:19 PM
Are you really sure that strip 299 wasn't the one where the baby appears? I know that it was in a flashback, but I really think that it counts. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_299.php)
Strip 177, which I believe is the one people are referring to, leaves a lot of plot room. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_177.php)
Whoa... I'm really late to this one...
And this one... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_181.php)
...And this one... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_186.php)
And finally... Therapy... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_206.php)
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 05, 2010, 08:18:31 AM
Quote from: AmberCross on October 05, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
Is Abel gay?
Abel is unlisted as yet. It's part of the story that nobody knows.
Wildy covered that one in her own QFR session. (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1084.php)
Quote from: Congo Jack on October 06, 2010, 03:54:39 PM
IIRC, those were things to make the comic more popular. Note the difference here. It is important one. :mowtongue
This is a very astute point, and well pointed out. I concede that these things don't make for better webcomics
Quote from: Congo Jack on October 06, 2010, 03:54:39 PM
I thought Shanna is 'were' with her 'big form' being rather wyvern-like.
Is that official? I don't remember if Amber ever actually said...
Quote from: ishidan on October 07, 2010, 01:45:36 AM
I laughed for five minutes straight over Fluffy giving the double deuce.
Indeed, that very much made my day.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 06, 2010, 09:05:06 AM
Entertainingly, the image that came to my mind was one swipe of his hand, with 5 fingers, each with a claw on the end.
Of course, this is invalid, because Amber's characters usually have only 3 fingers + thumb... *grin*
Yeah, that was what I pictured too.
...dangit, Llearch, you're right. Darn your ruination of my awesome mental image. :mowtongue
Hey, I didn't ruin it at all. Quoar has three fingers and a thumb.
... he could have been using both hands, and swiping that way...
And yet, the way he'd have to do it for it to qualify as 'one swipe' just really isn't quite as awesome as the one hand thing. Of course we may be forgetting that cubi have a secret... tis a very special secret... and it is that they can shapeshift. O_o
Seems a little more feasible however, that rather than sharp nails he used sharp wing tips and did the swipe that way. Generally when cubi go badass, they get all sorts of wing limblets going on. It's not hard at all to believe Quoar had five.
Offcourse, a cubi's tentacle wings is not limited to only 3 limbs, so one of his wings could easily have been morphed into 5 very sharp tentacles/scythes.
http://missmab.com/Comics/Abel_99.php
Warning It's gorey.
Also look. 5 pieces :c
Quote from: Drathorin on October 08, 2010, 02:14:58 PM
http://missmab.com/Comics/Abel_99.php
Warning It's gorey.
Also look. 5 pieces :c
I count six from the neck up, eleven altogether assuming her left arm isn't also bisected.
To be fair, two of those eleven are purely hair.
Quote from: AmberCross on October 07, 2010, 09:36:43 PM
Quote from: Congo Jack on October 06, 2010, 03:54:39 PM
I thought Shanna is 'were' with her 'big form' being rather wyvern-like.
Is that official? I don't remember if Amber ever actually said...
Not much official aside from demonology 101 where it's said about were amazon tribes.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 09, 2010, 09:56:47 AM
To be fair, two of those eleven are purely hair.
And to be counter fair, it's a little difficult to say just what is purely 'hair' with her seeing as how her snake heads were hair as a being. It's possible there's something else up with the rest of her hair. It's unlikely.... but you never know.