This. This is why Mink is one of my favorite characters. xD
Mink, the path to Uzumaki is one of madness! MADNESS! D:
(A spiral-shaped cookie to anyone who gets the reference? X3)
Quote from: Mischa on January 10, 2014, 05:00:01 AM
Mink, the path to Uzumaki is one of madness! MADNESS! D:
(A spiral-shaped cookie to anyone who gets the reference? X3)
I'm TURNING into a SNAAAAAAIL.....
Quote from: Mischa on January 10, 2014, 05:00:01 AM
Mink, the path to Uzumaki is one of madness! MADNESS! D:
(A spiral-shaped cookie to anyone who gets the reference? X3)
I wish I didn't get the reference. Fortunately, I haven't actually read the work in question, just read
about it. Works of horror are not my forte.
Poor Mink seriously needs a hug.
Quote from: Drakkenmensch on January 10, 2014, 08:33:15 AM
Poor Mink seriously needs a hug.
Looks like Jerry could use one too, actually.
I guess this means Hizell is Ridley?
He's not the only one who's upset about the loss of Owona. ;n;
I curled up a bit too.
Quote from: Mischa on January 10, 2014, 05:00:01 AM
Mink, the path to Uzumaki is one of madness! MADNESS! D:
(A spiral-shaped cookie to anyone who gets the reference? X3)
Uzamaki was horrifying. I like horror/gore as a general rule, but Uzamaki was too much even for me. Seriously. *shudder* So thank you.....if it was not for Samus references outweighing spirals in my mind....*hums Samus's theme song*
And now I am curious....they have more than one representative (as opposed to actual avatar of a leader) so why does Piflik specify Jeremiah reporting to Taun? Did Taun and Owona have a connection? Ok. Just reread the Cubi Leaders bonus. So they do have an unkown connection. I wonder how deep though? Will Taun react like Seme?
Quote from: Zebra Bug on January 10, 2014, 11:14:57 AM
Did Taun and Owona have a connection? Ok. Just reread the Cubi Leaders bonus. So they do have an unkown connection. I wonder how deep though? Will Taun react like Seme?
Amber did a 'Character Questions' thread on FA about six months ago. Taun's biggest regret was "Not killing Owona when she had the chance".
Most of Owona's was blanked out, but what's rather fascinating is that her last thought was "..it is done." Which disturbed me a little at the time since it reminded me of the Crucifixion.
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 10, 2014, 01:32:35 PM
Amber did a 'Character Questions' thread on FA about six months ago. Taun's biggest regret was "Not killing Owona when she had the chance".
Link Please, if you have it? *I'm about to leave for work or I would go digging*
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 10, 2014, 01:32:35 PMMost of Owona's was blanked out, but what's rather fascinating is that her last thought was "..it is done." Which disturbed me a little at the time since it reminded me of the Crucifixion.
Most of Owona's What was blanked out? Her anwer in the same questions thread?
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 10, 2014, 01:32:35 PM
Quote from: Zebra Bug on January 10, 2014, 11:14:57 AM
Did Taun and Owona have a connection? Ok. Just reread the Cubi Leaders bonus. So they do have an unkown connection. I wonder how deep though? Will Taun react like Seme?
Amber did a 'Character Questions' thread on FA about six months ago. Taun's biggest regret was "Not killing Owona when she had the chance".
Most of Owona's was blanked out, but what's rather fascinating is that her last thought was "..it is done." Which disturbed me a little at the time since it reminded me of the Crucifixion.
Maybe she was up to something that was fairly dangerous but needed to be done even at the cost of her own life in her eyes.
Maybe we might have some big gears moving that the bad guys don't know about thanks to what ever she was doing.
Quote from: Aurawyn on January 10, 2014, 02:16:08 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 10, 2014, 01:32:35 PM
Amber did a 'Character Questions' thread on FA about six months ago. Taun's biggest regret was "Not killing Owona when she had the chance".
Link Please, if you have it? *I'm about to leave for work or I would go digging*
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4796612/#cid:34539918
Quote from: Aurawyn on January 10, 2014, 02:16:08 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 10, 2014, 01:32:35 PMMost of Owona's was blanked out, but what's rather fascinating is that her last thought was "..it is done." Which disturbed me a little at the time since it reminded me of the Crucifixion.
Most of Owona's What was blanked out? Her anwer in the same questions thread?
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4796612/#cid:34539476
"Report to Taun"?
So much for my theory that the absent leaders were watching the meeting from their own realms (possibly through their representatives).
I feel kind of sad that we'll never really get to know her.
Things like, "did she just not join in conversation much or did she simply redirected conversations away from subjects that might give up her secrets?" and "If her sneaking up on people was more of an amusing habit or simply a natural occurring habit of hers?".
But considering they still have cubi being hunted by dragons to this day, it is a grim reminder of the problems they face.
Why couldn't they harness the power of spiral energy for good . Dammit Mink now you've unleashed something worse
than the Spiral nemesis .
Quote from: Tuyu on January 10, 2014, 04:54:47 PM
"Report to Taun"?
So much for my theory that the absent leaders were watching the meeting from their own realms (possibly through their representatives).
They can, sort of. As I recall, a clan leader can "see" the memories of their clan members when within a certain proximity to them.
And when I thought Mink couldn't get any more adorable,<PRONOUN ERROR> up and does this. <PRONOUN ERROR> was seeming remarkably stressed and on-edge since before the meeting too... Was <PRONOUN ERROR> seeing this coming? Or is <PRONOUN ERROR> scared of something else? Also,just how often does Mink mollusk up like this? Seems to be frequent,given the response from down the table.
I feel sadly, that things are going to get darker from here on.
Quote from: Tuyu on January 10, 2014, 04:54:47 PM
So much for my theory that the absent leaders were watching the meeting from their own realms (possibly through their representatives).
I imagine he's going to go somewhere quiet and meditate or perform some kind of ritual to communicate with her. It would be kind of interesting to see, but he's a minor character so I doubt the camera will follow him.
Quote from: justacritic on January 11, 2014, 01:36:33 AM
I feel sadly, that things are going to get darker from here on.
Darker than Uzamaki ? :U
I thought this was originally a light hearted comic about cats .
Quote from: meltingface101 on January 11, 2014, 08:36:48 AM
Quote from: justacritic on January 11, 2014, 01:36:33 AM
I feel sadly, that things are going to get darker from here on.
Darker than Uzamaki ? :U
I thought this was originally a light hearted comic about cats .
If DMFA even tries approaching Uzamaki levels of darkness I am SOOO gone.
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 11, 2014, 08:35:16 AM
I imagine he's going to go somewhere quiet and meditate or perform some kind of ritual to communicate with her. It would be kind of interesting to see, but he's a minor character so I doubt the camera will follow him.
It's more that he'll have to temporarily leave the Academy to get in touch with Taun. There's not really a way for folks to direct connect to their leaders while in the Academy. Oddly enough, even the avatars present will not be able to inform the actual real-versions of themselves what happened until they leave, so there is that weird scenario where if something did happen to them that off'd them in the Academy, the actual version would not be aware of the details or what all the avatar had learned while there. Just that the connection to their avatar was severed.
Quote from: Amber Williams on January 11, 2014, 11:37:36 AM
Oddly enough, even the avatars present will not be able to inform the actual real-versions of themselves what happened until they leave, so there is that weird scenario where if something did happen to them that off'd them in the Academy, the actual version would not be aware of the details or what all the avatar had learned while there. Just that the connection to their avatar was severed.
The projections are actually autonomous? That I did not expect.
EDIT: In fact, does that mean Copy-of-Zezzuva would survive the real one's death?
Quote from: Wanderer on January 11, 2014, 09:16:40 AM
If DMFA even tries approaching Uzamaki levels of darkness I am SOOO gone.
I
SERIOUSLY doubt that Amber'd ever try to turn DMFA into a horror comic. We already went there with
Jack (which Mab actually chibified!). The Matilda and Abel backstories are as close, I think, as she'll ever get...and while they're mature (and occasionally very dark) they're Mr. Rogers Neighborhood compared to
Uzumaki.
I think Amber was much more satirizing
Uzumaki (if she had thought of it at all) then anything. Leave it to Mink to turn the Eldritch Abomination spirals into something funny. ^.^
(Edit to correct a major flaw in my argument: the backstory arcs)
*hands out cinnamon swirl cookies to... well, everyone, since quoting people would take far too long*
I kind of doubt Amber was parodying Uzumaki, although now I'm curious if she's ever heard of it. It's more that Uzumaki is one of those things that, after you've heard of it, every reference to spirals makes you think of it... *shudders*
I consider myself fortunate that I haven't actually read Uzumaki... like Wanderer, I've only read about it. Well, I did read the page where the navy showed up to try and help out the village, and then... GIANT WHIRLPOOL. D:
No. If the actual Zezzuva ceases to exist, it would pretty much wipe the copies out as well. A better way to think of them would be the actual clan leader is some central mega computer hub and the avatars act like little mobile apps. They can do stuff, and usually when there is a connection to the main hub they can relay information instantly and directly, but they can also for a time function on their own. However they have a short battery life without a connection and would need to re-connect to the main hub. So you can't have a scenario where an avatar has gone rogue for hundreds of years and became a separate entity or anything like that.
As for Uzumaki, I have read the series. However Mink's curling is not really meant to be a reference to that but more that a few times now when Mink has shown to be distressed, the tentacles always curl up. So the idea that Mink has stressed to the point of mega-curling into oneself made me laugh. Nothing more.
Quote from: Wanderer on January 11, 2014, 09:16:40 AM
If DMFA even tries approaching Uzamaki levels of darkness I am SOOO gone.
considering how it started out with light hearted pop culture references , then progressively got more serious up to the point of hinting at a vast cosmos run by entities that even the Fae avoid .
This is a verse where tentacled horrors could be lurking in the shadows or wearing the skin of your loved ones .Yet the setting has actually gotten more optimistic overall .
Amber have you ever read All Tomorrows , a few of your creatures carry a similar feel in them .
Well Mink does seem to take after some aquatic mytho's and Mink's clan leader does appear like she's a mix between a bunny and an aquatic snake.......It wouldn't be surprising if a the clan has a wide variety of aquatic traits and natural abilities. Despite what one might think, Fa'lina's bust isn't that large in avatar form. But octopuses have been know to fit into rather tight spaces.
Hmmmmmmmmm....Considering the aquatic theme, is it possible that Zezzuva's little surprise this meeting might not have been the first success of breeding with a previously incompatible race?
Quote from: Amber Williams on January 11, 2014, 01:01:40 PM
As for Uzumaki, I have read the series. However Mink's curling is not really meant to be a reference to that but more that a few times now when Mink has shown to be distressed, the tentacles always curl up. So the idea that Mink has stressed to the point of mega-curling into oneself made me laugh. Nothing more.
Really, it was nearly as funny as Abel's little sojourn under the popcorn bowl (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1253.php). Him and Mink could give each other lessons.
Quote from: Tapewolf on January 11, 2014, 08:35:16 AM
Quote from: Tuyu on January 10, 2014, 04:54:47 PM
So much for my theory that the absent leaders were watching the meeting from their own realms (possibly through their representatives).
I imagine he's going to go somewhere quiet and meditate or perform some kind of ritual to communicate with her. It would be kind of interesting to see, but he's a minor character so I doubt the camera will follow him.
If Dan's process is anything to go by, "Taun, Taun, she's our Mom, if she can't do it, no-one can!" or similar?
... include the pompoms and dancing on special occasions.
Quote from: ArchTeryx on January 11, 2014, 05:52:22 PM
Quote from: Amber Williams on January 11, 2014, 01:01:40 PM
As for Uzumaki, I have read the series. However Mink's curling is not really meant to be a reference to that but more that a few times now when Mink has shown to be distressed, the tentacles always curl up. So the idea that Mink has stressed to the point of mega-curling into oneself made me laugh. Nothing more.
Really, it was nearly as funny as Abel's little sojourn under the popcorn bowl (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1253.php). Him and Mink could give each other lessons.
Considering they spent almost 400 years together at the academy, I bet Mink was the one who taught him how to do that in the first place. :3
And back to the subject of Owona... I sincerely doubt that this is the last we'll hear of her. I doubt that Amber would invest so much thought into a character only to scrap it before we see any of it.
Quote from: Raxuno on January 11, 2014, 11:17:37 PM
And back to the subject of Owona... I sincerely doubt that this is the last we'll hear of her. I doubt that Amber would invest so much thought into a character only to scrap it before we see any of it.
I'm not so sure I agree. Ambaargh is known for her world-building. Part of that is knowing when to let go of a character and let them die.
Plus she's sneaky.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on January 12, 2014, 03:57:15 PM
Quote from: Raxuno on January 11, 2014, 11:17:37 PM
And back to the subject of Owona... I sincerely doubt that this is the last we'll hear of her. I doubt that Amber would invest so much thought into a character only to scrap it before we see any of it.
I'm not so sure I agree. Ambaargh is known for her world-building. Part of that is knowing when to let go of a character and let them die.
Plus she's sneaky.
That's what Flashbacks are for!
Also, I enjoyed the Metroid reference, and wouldn't have thought of the other reference, had it not been mentioned.
Quote from: Hariman on January 13, 2014, 05:27:12 PM
Also, I enjoyed the Metroid reference, and wouldn't have thought of the other reference, had it not been mentioned.
Personally, had she not mentioned Samus, I probably would've thought "sushi roll." :)
Quote from: Raxuno on January 13, 2014, 07:29:44 PM
Quote from: Hariman on January 13, 2014, 05:27:12 PM
Also, I enjoyed the Metroid reference, and wouldn't have thought of the other reference, had it not been mentioned.
Personally, had she not mentioned Samus, I probably would've thought "sushi roll." :)
*Chuckles*
I wonder what other things compare to the Mink Ball form.
Armadillos, maybe.
Pillbugs, also maybe.
There are probably a few more, and I'm wondering who else had different first thoughts on what the Mink Ball looks like. ;)
Quote from: Hariman on January 14, 2014, 03:30:07 AM
Quote from: Raxuno on January 13, 2014, 07:29:44 PM
Quote from: Hariman on January 13, 2014, 05:27:12 PM
Also, I enjoyed the Metroid reference, and wouldn't have thought of the other reference, had it not been mentioned.
Personally, had she not mentioned Samus, I probably would've thought "sushi roll." :)
*Chuckles*
I wonder what other things compare to the Mink Ball form.
Armadillos, maybe.
Pillbugs, also maybe.
There are probably a few more, and I'm wondering who else had different first thoughts on what the Mink Ball looks like. ;)
He reminded me initially of the lolipop that Dimanika had when she met Dan.
... I hope she doesn't try to eat Mink. >:3
Quote from: HaDDea on January 14, 2014, 10:11:09 PM
He reminded me initially of the lolipop that Dimanika had when she met Dan.
... I hope she doesn't try to eat Mink. >:3
Maybe lick him to death?
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on January 14, 2014, 11:11:22 PM
Quote from: HaDDea on January 14, 2014, 10:11:09 PM
He reminded me initially of the lolipop that Dimanika had when she met Dan.
... I hope she doesn't try to eat Mink. >:3
Maybe lick him to death?
*Laughs!*
Knowing Dimanika, she'd probably tease Mink about that just for fun.
Or maybe Dimanika would offer Mink to Zezzuva as some sort of new candy to get Mink out of his Minkball form.