Good for Devin! I must admit I'm starting to like him. I'd never thought I would.
On another note, congratulations to Amber on managing to post 6 updates in 6 days!
Thattaboy, Devvy! :mwaha Kill him! Avenge your boyfriend! Mwahahahah!
:3
Quote from: Dakata on December 08, 2006, 08:58:32 PM
Thattaboy, Devvy! :mwaha Kill him! Avenge your boyfriend! Mwahahahah!
:3
I agree. This especially violent reaction from Devin utterly confirms the boyfriend hypothesis. And that ice magic is worthy of Kopaka.
****ing sniper gets what he deserves.
Where's your laughter now, you bastard?
Nothing says "Take out the Trash" Like an Ice Blast! :)
Crushed ice, or crushing ice?
Oh. Hell. Yes.
Couldn't have done it better myself :mwaha
Pwnt.
For some reason when I saw the comic this popped into my head.
QuoteSome say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
"Fire and Ice" by: Robert Frost
Hrm..... Maybe beings like Merlitz using magic wasn't so rare in the past...
...think something huge changed in that time?
Still haven't seen Abel use any magic yet.
Quote from: Alan Garou on December 08, 2006, 09:07:09 PM
Quote from: Dakata on December 08, 2006, 08:58:32 PM
Thattaboy, Devvy! :mwaha Kill him! Avenge your boyfriend! Mwahahahah!
:3
I agree. This especially violent reaction from Devin utterly confirms the boyfriend hypothesis. And that ice magic is worthy of Kopaka.
Eh? Confirms nothing. A good friend dies right in front of someone, if they DON'T have a powerful reaction I'd be worried.
whatever's up in that tower is either dead or wishin he/she/it was. If it was up there in the first place, of course.
Does anyone else have this going through their heads?
Ice ice, baby, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun
ice ice, baby, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun
....
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 08, 2006, 09:43:31 PM
Ice ice, baby, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun
ice ice, baby, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun
....
...well, I do
now.
Acursed Queen ripoff.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 08, 2006, 09:43:31 PM
Does anyone else have this going through their heads?
Ice ice, baby, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun
ice ice, baby, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun
....
I don’t know which is scarier…
the fact that you said that or the fact that I nearly posted up the same thing.
Devin casts ICE at unknown opponent
Devin's spell causes a CRITICAL HIT and does extra damage!
Unfortunately for Devin, the opponent had used a 'Red Essence'. :/
Quote from: Manawolf on December 08, 2006, 09:11:08 PM
****ing sniper gets what he deserves.
Where's your laughter now, you bastard?
Careful. I've seen enough anime to know the first super attack that should kill the villain almost never kills the villain.
Quote from: Caswin on December 08, 2006, 09:47:23 PM
...well, I do now.
Acursed Queen ripoff.
*smirk*
Quote from: Joat on December 08, 2006, 09:48:33 PM
I don't know which is scarier...
the fact that you said that or the fact that I nearly posted up the same thing.
*even bigger smirk*
o/~ I used to say things, and do things, and .....
.. and nobody else seems to know that song. Or even that singer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darcy_Clay). Awwww...
Even if he's not dead, he's still under several feet of magical ice. It'll take him a while to melt through it.
QuoteThere will be a time to mourn. This is not that time...
Seems like it ought'a be from a war flic, or something like that.
I threw him into the fricken sun with his own planet destroying attack...and still he comes back!
Sounds like DBZ. :B
camper got pwned. I wish I could do that in FPS games >:3
just hope Glory's job isn't to capture him allive
Quote from: Wanderer on December 08, 2006, 09:30:37 PM
Quote from: Alan Garou on December 08, 2006, 09:07:09 PM
Quote from: Dakata on December 08, 2006, 08:58:32 PM
Thattaboy, Devvy! :mwaha Kill him! Avenge your boyfriend! Mwahahahah!
:3
I agree. This especially violent reaction from Devin utterly confirms the boyfriend hypothesis. And that ice magic is worthy of Kopaka.
Eh? Confirms nothing. A good friend dies right in front of someone, if they DON'T have a powerful reaction I'd be worried.
Agreed. If anyone so much as lays a violent hand on my friends, they have to deal with me at full furocity.
In other news, Devin never strook me as the mage type! I was thinking Rogue...
The guy doing the shooting is a sniper and a sniper's best friend is misdirection. In my opinion I wouldn't be surprised if that vantage point that was turned into a freezer was nothing more than a decoy.
Hell with a transmitting camera, a few servo's, a couple of motors, a reciving monitor, transmitter and reciever I can make a platform that is able to move and pivit, mounting a firearm in it will not be so difficult and I can in essence sniper someone from 2 or more places at once.
Also... me personally I think that was just the start of the sniper.
Anyways... anyone who went through the trouble of circling around to get the drop on his foes and waiting that long would not go down so easily.
Did you just use 'sniper' as a verb? :/ You don't sniper someone, you snipe them.
Quote from: Madmann135 on December 08, 2006, 10:29:00 PMThe guy doing the shooting is a sniper and a sniper's best friend is misdirection. In my opinion I wouldn't be surprised if that vantage point that was turned into a freezer was nothing more than a decoy.
Hell with a transmitting camera, a few servo's, a couple of motors, a reciving monitor, transmitter and reciever I can make a platform that is able to move and pivit, mounting a firearm in it will not be so difficult and I can in essence sniper someone from 2 or more places at once.
Also... me personally I think that was just the start of the sniper.
Anyways... anyone who went through the trouble of circling around to get the drop on his foes and waiting that long would not go down so easily.
that's like, 20X more technology they'd have on +- 380 years on the DMFA past.
if there is someting it would be more like a magical item in which the user can shoot fireballs through
Mm...Spikey Chilly Doom.
Now THAT is an ice spell!
If he's still in there, he ain't happy!
Quote from: Alan Garou on December 08, 2006, 09:07:09 PMI agree. This especially violent reaction from Devin utterly confirms the boyfriend hypothesis.
The violent reaction doesn't. The muttering about times to mourn does. Which goes to show that they did have a Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf type relationship.
I wonder if I can come up with an appropriate eulogy for this situation...
He did just give away his location, though.
Also, I wonder if Abel learned the Litany against Fear from Devin...
Quote from: modelincard on December 08, 2006, 10:04:49 PMEven if he's not dead, he's still under several feet of magical ice. It'll take him a while to melt through it.
``Ooh, thank God I left this on Jamaican!''
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, unless Amber doth decide that the Creature be dead, there shalt be more casting of the fireballs, and that a full-out mage battle wilt then ensue.
Anyways, someone mentioned Queen?
Now once upon a time an old man told me a fable,
Where the Piper is gone and the soup is cold on the table,
And when the black crow flies to find a new destination,
That is the sign!
:mwaha
-Nar
I was beginning to wonder where Devin's weapon was especially with the 'plink him' in the last comic .. wondering if I missed the dagger holder, or it was in the infamous RPG inventory (or I guess in DMFA the Sword-Hammer zone) .. I guess this clears that up nicely :)
:eager and great ice effects too! :eager
Yes! THAT is what an Ice spell should do. Devin just earned some coolness points from me. :boogie
Devins suposed to be a being right? I thought that beings didn't have this kind of magical power! I know Banell* created spells for beings but being able to turn a watch tower into a spikey ice grave seems a bit much don't it?
(* the "notable figure" from the Phoenix (B) entry in Demo 101)
Yes he snapped and I dont blame him
Quote from: Drake Manaweilder on December 09, 2006, 12:49:42 AM
Devins suposed to be a being right? I thought that beings didn't have this kind of magical power! I know Banell* created spells for beings but being able to turn a watch tower into a spikey ice grave seems a bit much don't it?
(* the "notable figure" from the Phoenix (B) entry in Demo 101)
If this world is anything like DnD then beings can do alot more than that with the proper experience.
Niiiiiiice.
I would have pegged Abel as the first to use magic, but there ya go :)
He still knows it, but at this point I bet he's just too scared. I mean, the kid hasn't really seen any battle in his life before this.
Good for him though! I hate snipers....
BF2, I had a guy snipe me 3 times in a row last night. In a pretty protected area too. Dedicated the rest of the round to finding him. Got him good though :)
Quote from: Elader Arkon on December 09, 2006, 12:31:16 AM
Yes! THAT is what an Ice spell should do. Devin just earned some coolness points from me. :boogie
*Pent and aurissa unaminousely* "Ouch the pun! it burns!"
Quote from: Grenn on December 09, 2006, 02:15:15 AM
He still knows it, but at this point I bet he's just too scared. I mean, the kid hasn't really seen any battle in his life before this.
Exactly
Abel may know magic but he's not a warrior here he's a libriarian, thats not a carreer that prepares one for a pitched magical battle.
Speaking as a sniper (battle feild: Galactic conquest gotta love those deployable holo blinds) You may call it cheap but it's a perfectly legitimate combat tactic, Snipers are usualy lightly armored and armed with a highpowered but slow weapon so if we are caught in the open we're toast. Ever try and pull off a hipshot with a sniper rifle unless you get lucky on that first shot your dead.
Besides this guy isn't a sniper. This is an ambush yes but he's no sniper, he seems to be operating the magical equivilent of a machine gun nest. He's pumping out alot of fire but it's wild an inaccurate. If he was a true sniper these folks only warning would have come when one of them dropped deadas is Xander had enough warning to draw an arrow, and Glory had a sheild going. If he's a sniper he's an ambarassment to us all.
Xander on te other hand, that boy was a good sniper. Abel didn't know what hit him
Quote from: superluser on December 08, 2006, 10:50:15 PMI wonder if I can come up with an appropriate eulogy for this situation...
Hmmm...
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Quote from: thegayhare on December 09, 2006, 02:38:54 AM
Quote from: Grenn on December 09, 2006, 02:15:15 AM
He still knows it, but at this point I bet he's just too scared. I mean, the kid hasn't really seen any battle in his life before this.
Exactly
Abel may know magic but he's not a warrior here he's a libriarian, thats not a carreer that prepares one for a pitched magical battle.
Speaking as a sniper (battle feild: Galactic conquest gotta love those deployable holo blinds) You may call it cheap but it's a perfectly legitimate combat tactic, Snipers are usualy lightly armored and armed with a highpowered but slow weapon so if we are caught in the open we're toast. Ever try and pull off a hipshot with a sniper rifle unless you get lucky on that first shot your dead.
Besides this guy isn't a sniper. This is an ambush yes but he's no sniper, he seems to be operating the magical equivilent of a machine gun nest. He's pumping out alot of fire but it's wild an inaccurate. If he was a true sniper these folks only warning would have come when one of them dropped deadas is Xander had enough warning to draw an arrow, and Glory had a sheild going. If he's a sniper he's an ambarassment to us all.
Xander on te other hand, that boy was a good sniper. Abel didn't know what hit him
Well, for one, bullets are a lot faster than balls of fire (I'm assuming, since Glory had time to see it coming and defend against it.) Also, they're much less noticable, I'm sure. So There's a big difference between a huge flaming ball of glowing-ness that you can obviously see coming, and a bullet travelling probably at least a mile in seconds.
Quote from: Zorro on December 08, 2006, 09:12:23 PM
Nothing says "Take out the Trash" Like an Ice Blast! :)
that is some serious power that Devin used there..
personally i loved this quote here it is what Kira told may when there were talking about teaching able magic.. i don't remember what page it's one though
Quote from: Pentawolf on December 09, 2006, 02:16:58 AM
Quote from: Elader Arkon on December 09, 2006, 12:31:16 AM
Yes! THAT is what an Ice spell should do. Devin just earned some coolness points from me. :boogie
*Pent and aurissa unaminousely* "Ouch the pun! it burns!"
Must be a freezer burn... :P
Definitely a serious attack there. Nothing like a few fast growing giant ice crystals to ruin your day...
On a minor note.. I think Amber needs a quick lesson in perspective. I think it's the "exit sign" syndrome again, except more obvious..
*hides before the lynch mob forms*
Xander: "Eeeuh, you rotten swine... you have deaded me again! I shan't play this rotten game no more, yehe!"
[to audience:] "Exits stage left, sulking."
Oh dear, looks like Xander bought it. Of course this leaves the intriguing question of why there is a present-day dalmation 'cubi with exactly the same colouring and spot configuration, but there you go.
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 04:39:07 AM
Of course this leaves the intriguing question of why there is a present-day dalmation 'cubi with exactly the same colouring and spot configuration, but there you go.
I honestly didn't want to say anything cause you guys seemed to be having such a jolly fun time speculating.
But the simple truth was I completly forgot I had that character in the background as most of them were simply filler or cameos. I am fond of the marking over eye gimmick...and red is a colour that goes well with black/white combos in my opinion. So really, the two of them looking similar are pure coincidence and have nothing to do with eachother. I feel kind of bad that the whole thing was nothing more than a red-herring so to speak. :confused
WHOOT! GO DEVIN! VENGEEAAANCE WILL BE OURS!!!
Devin's gone up in my rating now.
B-but.... that must mean.... Xander's really dead? *sob*
:cry
Quote from: e_voyager on December 09, 2006, 02:51:46 AM
Quote from: Zorro on December 08, 2006, 09:12:23 PM
Nothing says "Take out the Trash" Like an Ice Blast! :)
that is some serious power that Devin used there..
personally i loved this quote here it is what Kira told may when there were talking about teaching able magic.. i don't remember what page it's one though
It was page 24 (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_26.php). And thanks. :)
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:56:12 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 04:39:07 AM
Of course this leaves the intriguing question of why there is a present-day dalmation 'cubi with exactly the same colouring and spot configuration, but there you go.
I honestly didn't want to say anything cause you guys seemed to be having such a jolly fun time speculating.
But the simple truth was I completly forgot I had that character in the background as most of them were simply filler or cameos. I am fond of the marking over eye gimmick...and red is a colour that goes well with black/white combos in my opinion. So really, the two of them looking similar are pure coincidence and have nothing to do with eachother. I feel kind of bad that the whole thing was nothing more than a red-herring so to speak. :confused
I see nothing wrong with that. Speculation can be fun but it's no more than that; it doesn't
have to lead anywhere. That, and there
are people in the real world who look similar, so why couldn't there be similar-looking characters in the DMFA world?
I really like the themed speech bubbles and sound effect words, they work wonders for the overall effect.
That and death by ice crystals, ouch. If you bleed there's a chance you freeze to the ice impaling you.
On comparing the attacks to existing weapons,I'd say the fire balls are more like grenades. Dev's attack is one of those 'not going to do one of those again anytime soon' attacks. He'll probably need to lie down for a bit.
Oh and can people stop saying 'dev's shown a bit of emotion towards a guy, he must be gay' its getting very repetitive and annoying.
Quote from: MT Hazard on December 09, 2006, 05:20:19 AM
Oh and can people stop saying 'dev's shown a bit of emotion towards a guy, he must be gay' its getting very repetitive and annoying.
You can do what I do: just ignore them. That doesn't encourage them to continue.
That seemed too easy. A creature that puts out a trap and ambushes two groups of adventurers must be good enough to handle these kind of things. Maybe the fireball spitter is just a distraction?
Sorry if it has been brought up before.
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:56:12 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 04:39:07 AM
Of course this leaves the intriguing question of why there is a present-day dalmation 'cubi with exactly the same colouring and spot configuration, but there you go.
I feel kind of bad that the whole thing was nothing more than a red-herring so to speak. :confused
Heh. It might have been better if you'd said 'no' in the first place. This sort of thing has happened before, and that fact that you didn't deny it outright was actually one of the main reasons I figured I was on to a winner. (http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/icon_twisted.gif)
Ah well, one for the Wiki entry on Xander, I suppose.
*refuses to believe that Xander is dead* *sniffle-sob* :cry
I find it quite interesting that so far, Beings have displayed greater magical skill than most Creatures. Only Mab and her parents have actually shown magic on the same level as Devin or Glory. Abel did display some nice tricks, but nothing as devastating as the Ice spell (or Mab's nuke spell). I'd even put Merlitz above Abel when it comes to display intensity (though Abel has shown greater diversity).
(For the log, I'm not counting personal or racial traits like enhanced strength or wing tentacles as magic in this sense.)
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 07:06:07 AM
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:56:12 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 04:39:07 AM
Of course this leaves the intriguing question of why there is a present-day dalmation 'cubi with exactly the same colouring and spot configuration, but there you go.
I feel kind of bad that the whole thing was nothing more than a red-herring so to speak. :confused
Heh. It might have been better if you'd said 'no' in the first place. This sort of thing has happened before, and that fact that you didn't deny it outright was actually one of the main reasons I figured I was on to a winner. (http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/icon_twisted.gif)
Aw, but where's the fun in that? ;)
Perhaps magic is tied into the spirit and feelings of the person casting it? When a person flips out physically, he can hit harder and such because of his emotions. Perhaps Devins rage, dispite the fact that he forced it down, cause he spell to be a wee bit more powerful than usual?
Oh! And I now know what that ice spell reminds me of! One of the fun, yet worst games, I ever played; Mystic Heros. I had an attack almost exactly like that, if I remember right.
Quote from: HaZ×MaT on December 09, 2006, 02:44:00 AM
Well, for one, bullets are a lot faster than balls of fire (I'm assuming, since Glory had time to see it coming and defend against it.) Also, they're much less noticable, I'm sure. So There's a big difference between a huge flaming ball of glowing-ness that you can obviously see coming, and a bullet travelling probably at least a mile in seconds.
Which is anouther strike against calling him a sniper. His choice of of attack is not a snipers attack. It's too slow, I'd say lightning would have been a beter choice for a magical sniper.
Hell even the fireballs would be okay if he seemd to attack with any accuracy.
Like I said this isn't a sniper, it's an ambush. He's blasting away and hopping he hits
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:56:12 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 04:39:07 AM
Of course this leaves the intriguing question of why there is a present-day dalmation 'cubi with exactly the same colouring and spot configuration, but there you go.
I honestly didn't want to say anything cause you guys seemed to be having such a jolly fun time speculating.
But the simple truth was I completly forgot I had that character in the background as most of them were simply filler or cameos. I am fond of the marking over eye gimmick...and red is a colour that goes well with black/white combos in my opinion. So really, the two of them looking similar are pure coincidence and have nothing to do with eachother. I feel kind of bad that the whole thing was nothing more than a red-herring so to speak. :confused
I swear you've already explained that once before...
Quote from: Akisohida on December 09, 2006, 07:57:16 AMPerhaps magic is tied into the spirit and feelings of the person casting it? When a person flips out physically, he can hit harder and such because of his emotions. Perhaps Devins rage, dispite the fact that he forced it down, cause he spell to be a wee bit more powerful than usual?
Trance!
Someone needs to do a Devin trance shot. Unfortunately, I can't find a FFIX trance screenshot, so I can't.
My guess, just in keeping with the 'tragic' storyline developing so far:
Xander went to the tower to send a message, but got knocked out by the monster (or maybe the monster just thought it had killed him). Monster leaves Xander in the tower, goes back to Devin and Abel, and tries to leave (I'm guessing he's trying to throw Glory, or anybody else, off his trail- he does specify they need to hurry when he meets up with them at the lake). Glory shows up and stops them from leaving, which gives Xander enough time to come to. Xander sees Devin and Abel surrounded by himself (who he knows is the monster) and three other creatures (he probably can't tell who they are from the watchtower; just that they're with the monster and have his friends cornered). Seeing his party members in trouble, he does the only thing an adventuring hero can do- he attacks.
I get this impression because of three things:
The fort wasn't actually burned down when it was attacked; Devin said it just looked like somebody knocked over a lantern. If fireballs were getting thrown around, that probably wouldn't be the case.
Xander got pretty upset when Glory showed up- "Oh shi-!"
Devin said that the attacker was concentrating on Glory's team. Granted, Devin and Abel had jumped out of sight while Glory and the others were standing and fighting, but it still supports the theory that Xander is... errr... was... up in the tower trying to save Devin and Abel.
Plus, I love how the talk bubble looks like a snowflake when Devin attacked. (Not really important, just thought it was a nice touch. ^^)
I dunno. Devin was also not too pleased about Glory showing up...
Quote from: Gabi on December 09, 2006, 05:23:16 AM
Quote from: MT Hazard on December 09, 2006, 05:20:19 AM
Oh and can people stop saying 'dev's shown a bit of emotion towards a guy, he must be gay' its getting very repetitive and annoying.
You can do what I do: just ignore them. That doesn't encourage them to continue.
It doesn't seem to discourage them at all, either. :/
That speech balloon is pure dope. :D
For some reason, I never really liked Xander all that much. I mean, he seemed like an alright fellow, but he was very much shadowed by Devin's personality. Regardless, I
do hope that he's not dead. Unlikely, but there you go.
i agree with the theory that emotions can affect magic. chances are that Devin crammed almost all of this energy into that attack.
Why? The first few panels were Devin getting control of himself. I would understand the thought if it weren't for those panels, but I don't think Devin would do anything that would leave him too weak to defend himself of follow up. It doesn't make sense to me, to send all your power into a single attack.
Just my opinion, of course. Devin may not have gotten as much control over himself as he thought, or something.
Quote from: DigitalMan on December 08, 2006, 09:18:12 PM
Oh. Hell. Yes.
Couldn't have done it better myself :mwaha
I dunno, I woulda gone for a grenade myself. Nothing quite like hearing 'em shout something obscene before they get blown to pieces.
Wait, that's Combine Snipers*. Darn.
(*Their phrases go from "Grenade!", "Take Cover!" and "Uhoh!" right over to a very hasty and muffled "S**T!" :D)
~~
Quote from: Eibbor_N on December 09, 2006, 02:12:40 PM
Why? The first few panels were Devin getting control of himself. I would understand the thought if it weren't for those panels, but I don't think Devin would do anything that would leave him too weak to defend himself of follow up. It doesn't make sense to me, to send all your power into a single attack.
Just my opinion, of course. Devin may not have gotten as much control over himself as he thought, or something.
You haven't met Kyros from Irregular Webcomic (http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/comic.php?current=183&theme=2&dir=next5), have you? :P
Quote from: Alablast on December 09, 2006, 11:26:00 AM
My guess, just in keeping with the 'tragic' storyline developing so far:
Xander went to the tower to send a message, but got knocked out by the monster (or maybe the monster just thought it had killed him). Monster leaves Xander in the tower, goes back to Devin and Abel, and tries to leave (I'm guessing he's trying to throw Glory, or anybody else, off his trail- he does specify they need to hurry when he meets up with them at the lake). Glory shows up and stops them from leaving, which gives Xander enough time to come to. Xander sees Devin and Abel surrounded by himself (who he knows is the monster) and three other creatures (he probably can't tell who they are from the watchtower; just that they're with the monster and have his friends cornered). Seeing his party members in trouble, he does the only thing an adventuring hero can do- he attacks.
I get this impression because of three things:
The fort wasn't actually burned down when it was attacked; Devin said it just looked like somebody knocked over a lantern. If fireballs were getting thrown around, that probably wouldn't be the case.
Xander got pretty upset when Glory showed up- "Oh shi-!"
Devin said that the attacker was concentrating on Glory's team. Granted, Devin and Abel had jumped out of sight while Glory and the others were standing and fighting, but it still supports the theory that Xander is... errr... was... up in the tower trying to save Devin and Abel.
Plus, I love how the talk bubble looks like a snowflake when Devin attacked. (Not really important, just thought it was a nice touch. ^^)
I di dnot put in alot of the same examples as you but I pretty much said that theory and another like it in my thread of last Abel Story. :)
*Charles gasps!* Stuff is happening! Stuff! :U
*Charline queries!* Does this stuff involve... things?
*Charles nods!* The stuff does involve things!
*Charline oooooo!* Stuff involving things! Keen!
>> This is one of those places in the comic where I feel it's just best to sit back and wait for what happens next. :3
Quote from: Akisohida on December 09, 2006, 03:14:53 PM
I di dnot put in alot of the same examples as you but I pretty much said that theory and another like it in my thread of last Abel Story. :)
Gah, I knew I should have read through all the pages on that one. x_x
Quote from: Alondro on December 09, 2006, 03:33:17 PM
*Charles gasps!* Stuff is happening! Stuff! :U
*Charline queries!* Does this stuff involve... things?
*Charles nods!* The stuff does involve things!
*Charline oooooo!* Stuff involving things! Keen!
>> This is one of those places in the comic where I feel it's just best to sit back and wait for what happens next. :3
* The doctor proceeds to lead both into a dark alley with no witnesses.
"Honestly, I enjoyed the show. Tactical use of magic."
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 09, 2006, 07:06:07 AM
Heh. It might have been better if you'd said 'no' in the first place. This sort of thing has happened before, and that fact that you didn't deny it outright was actually one of the main reasons I figured I was on to a winner.
It's always a struggle having to decide what is simple speculation fluff, and what is something that I should step into. Obviously if I tried to donk out every speculation there wouldn't be much a story to tell...and it would ruin some of the suprise of the character. Sometimes the speculation just solves itself if I hold off even.
Looking at the story outline of Abel's Story...this wasn't the case though. If people didn't shake the belief now, it wasnt going to get any better since I had/have no intention of bringing little background Cubi into the story at any point.(who btw was a female) And I'd feel bad if people kept holding onto the hope or belief.
You guys hit a really big coincidence...but it was nothing more than a coincidence. Sometimes you peeps give me way too much credit.
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:00:35 PM
Looking at the story outline of Abel's Story...this wasn't the case though. If people didn't shake the belief now, it wasnt going to get any better since I had/have no intention of bringing little background Cubi into the story at any point.(who btw was a female) And I'd feel bad if people kept holding onto the hope or belief.
...so people have gone from mistaking your male characters for female ones to... mistaking your female characters for male ones. Am I the only one who finds that a bit ironic? *oblivious to the looming Cloud of Admin Smite* :)
Quote from: Sid on December 09, 2006, 04:15:51 PM
...so people have gone from mistaking your male characters for female ones to... mistaking your female characters for male ones. Am I the only one who finds that a bit ironic? *oblivious to the looming Cloud of Admin Smite* :)
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!
*edges away just in case*
*closes on Llearch from behind, a wicked, scythe-like thing in his hand...
Stop - filling - these - threads - with - spam...!
On another note, how the Hell do they build those villages and places? I'm just curious, since just getting an idea of the layout and construction techniques would be very helpful to determine what just happened, why, and what would be best for Devin and company to do next. And what's with the walls of that place? Is it just me, or is the level of development of the society shifting a bit back and forth?
Gee, why would anyone ever miss label genders on her characters? There is so much effeminate aspects and latent energy that the male readership is becoming effeminate >:3. There is only a handful of us manly men still clinging to our testosterone... *flexes* Of course me flexing is sort of like bending stringbeans...
*Leaps into his TA and revs the V-8 engine* Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire.
displays like that make me glade i'm housing myself inside of a machine instead of an organic body. now it's mambo time.
Quote from: e_voyager on December 09, 2006, 09:49:21 PM
displays like that make me glade i'm housing myself inside of a machine instead of an organic body. now it's mambo time.
You pale in comparison to Blues.
Quote from: Eibbor_N on December 09, 2006, 01:59:58 PM
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Quote from: MT Hazard on December 09, 2006, 05:20:19 AM
Oh and can people stop saying 'dev's shown a bit of emotion towards a guy, he must be gay' its getting very repetitive and annoying.
You can do what I do: just ignore them. That doesn't encourage them to continue.
It doesn't seem to discourage them at all, either. :/
If people can ask others to stop it about the boyfriend theory, I can ask others to stop it with the completely RIDICULOUS speculation some of you people come up with. This post is brought to you by the Society Against Completely Ridiculous Speculation In These Threads.
Quote from: Azlan on December 09, 2006, 09:25:07 PM
Gee, why would anyone ever miss label genders on her characters? There is so much effeminate aspects and latent energy that the male readership is becoming effeminate >:3. There is only a handful of us manly men still clinging to our testosterone... *flexes* Of course me flexing is sort of like bending stringbeans...
*Leaps into his TA and revs the V-8 engine* Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire.
Hello. *paints Azlan's TA a bright and neon-inspired pink* Goodbye.
Quote from: Janus Whitefurr on December 09, 2006, 09:59:57 PM
Hello. *paints Azlan's TA a bright and neon-inspired pink* Goodbye.
How the freaking heck am I supposed to look manly in a
pink muscle car? Darn you and your pinkness!
Quote from: Azlan on December 09, 2006, 10:02:12 PM
Quote from: Janus Whitefurr on December 09, 2006, 09:59:57 PM
Hello. *paints Azlan's TA a bright and neon-inspired pink* Goodbye.
How the freaking heck am I supposed to look manly in a pink muscle car? Darn you and your pinkness!
hey it takes a real man to wear pink
You could always paint it like this...
(http://www.maniadecarrinhos.com.br/MI062326.jpg)
Quote from: Azlan on December 09, 2006, 09:59:24 PM
You pale in comparison to Blues.
i have a copy of his body as well but he is too self consumed for me to enjoy my time in that form. good fighter thought more skill then power.
Quote from: Alablast on December 09, 2006, 11:26:00 AM
My guess, just in keeping with the 'tragic' storyline developing so far:
Xander went to the tower to send a message, but got knocked out by the monster (or maybe the monster just thought it had killed him). Monster leaves Xander in the tower, goes back to Devin and Abel, and tries to leave (I'm guessing he's trying to throw Glory, or anybody else, off his trail- he does specify they need to hurry when he meets up with them at the lake). Glory shows up and stops them from leaving, which gives Xander enough time to come to. Xander sees Devin and Abel surrounded by himself (who he knows is the monster) and three other creatures (he probably can't tell who they are from the watchtower; just that they're with the monster and have his friends cornered). Seeing his party members in trouble, he does the only thing an adventuring hero can do- he attacks.
I get this impression because of three things:
The fort wasn't actually burned down when it was attacked; Devin said it just looked like somebody knocked over a lantern. If fireballs were getting thrown around, that probably wouldn't be the case.
Xander got pretty upset when Glory showed up- "Oh shi-!"
Devin said that the attacker was concentrating on Glory's team. Granted, Devin and Abel had jumped out of sight while Glory and the others were standing and fighting, but it still supports the theory that Xander is... errr... was... up in the tower trying to save Devin and Abel.
Plus, I love how the talk bubble looks like a snowflake when Devin attacked. (Not really important, just thought it was a nice touch. ^^)
But Xander knew Devin's name when coming back from the tower.
Quote from: Sid on December 09, 2006, 04:15:51 PM
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:00:35 PM
Looking at the story outline of Abel's Story...this wasn't the case though. If people didn't shake the belief now, it wasnt going to get any better since I had/have no intention of bringing little background Cubi into the story at any point.(who btw was a female) And I'd feel bad if people kept holding onto the hope or belief.
...so people have gone from mistaking your male characters for female ones to... mistaking your female characters for male ones. Am I the only one who finds that a bit ironic? *oblivious to the looming Cloud of Admin Smite* :)
Well take in mind it's a crowded environment in the shot in which our mystery random dalmatian-succubi everyone's talking about, so pretty much all you can see of some people in the way of bodily features is their head. Hard as it is to believe, there are probably some out there that don't use illusions or shapeshifting to... shall we say... 'augment' themselves. :B
*adds to list of Ice Magic users*
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Miaka
(NEW) Devin
Quote from: Amber Panyko on December 09, 2006, 04:00:35 PMlittle background Cubi into the story at any point.(who btw was a female)
Yay!
Toldja she was a woman.
One word.. owned.. unless its like many other things I've seen, this is only the start or that guy in the tower survived cause of tactics, if not, BLAM! SPIKED!
POOR XANDER! :< I LUVED HIM SO! :) He was so cools :3
Good ice wave Amber. Hehehe.
HALO 2: Hehe.. I played Halo 2 yesterday with 15 other people on Headlong, a bit city like map, well, the level had sniper weapon set, so, being the sniper I was, I took it, and went to a spot my friend taught me, I climbed up a ladder, and once your up in this gate with the color set I had, your invisible basically, I went through the whole game sniping, got to 44 kills by snipers only, when my friend finnaly saw me and killed me. What happened was I dropped his shields but he hid, I shot others, he zoomed with rockets (starting weapons were random) and watched, he said he was like "Hey, that spot seems different, AND ITS SHOOTING!" So he shot a rocket and killed me, but, I continued sniping the rest of the game and won, 50 sniping kills, I was the victor with a 44 kill killing spree, and a killtacular. IT WAS FUN THOUGH! Especially when people ran by me and didn't notice me. :3
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Quote from: Azlan on December 09, 2006, 10:02:12 PM
Quote from: Janus Whitefurr on December 09, 2006, 09:59:57 PM
Hello. *paints Azlan's TA a bright and neon-inspired pink* Goodbye.
How the freaking heck am I supposed to look manly in a pink muscle car? Darn you and your pinkness!
hey it takes a real man to wear pink
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/HuskieBoi666/Huskie%20stuff/ToughGuysWearPink.jpg) Does this count?
oh now another Vegeta fan! run! " to or away form him? " does it matter?
Quote from: Zedd on December 10, 2006, 03:33:27 AM
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/HuskieBoi666/Huskie%20stuff/ToughGuysWearPink.jpg) Does this count?
Nah, that's just freakingly cute. :animesweat :D
Real Men don't wear pink, they wear NOTHING (other than a pair of pants)!
Or a furry loincloth.
But mana! I thought you hated man-nips! D:
Well, when you have fur, they should aleady be covered. Until then, maybe some sort of lether strap thing. I'm still working out what my half-giant is going to wear before he goes werepanther. When you have that much chest and muscle, it gets tricky trying to cover it all.
Edit: plus you'll need some protective armor. A bare chest just makes it a bullseye.
I also see a real man as someone who slays enemy hordes along with anything that gets in his way, so he can really wear whatever he likes cause he doesn't take **** from anyone. He will need a cup and steel toed boots, to protect those "tender" areas.
Then that hardly is nothing. D:
Man, real men. Way to be pussies. :<
Well then what do real women wear?
sorry ignore me
Real clothes. :3
I am proud that I resisted making a cheap shot. Pat on the back for me. *patpat*
A man needs nothing more than what he is comfortable wearing. In fact that half-giant is going to need a new pair of pants after the transformation.
I stick to boxers. They help to breath while laying about the house.
Quote from: Manawolf on December 10, 2006, 03:52:53 PM
A man needs nothing more than what he is comfortable wearing.
And if that includes exposing a mans nipples? :o
I don't know, maybe that nipple clamp of pain or something.
Do what the comics do and put an X of tape across em. :B
Putting only comfy and usefulness over aesthetics works well if you are a hermit...but if you are in a social environment, odds are your outfits will conform slightly to the demands of those around you. Which is why fashion exists in the first place.
A real man or woman knows how to wear an outfit that can manage both aspects of usefulness and aesthetic.
Crazy time over, the funniness will end here...for now.
Finally! I was waiting for mod approval for days...
I can't believe she killed off Xander.... :tired
but For the real reason I wanted to post about this comic.
THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL GETTING OWNED!!! :megagroove
:shifty Zina kinks to Peter Griffin.... ;)
Quote from: Zedd on December 10, 2006, 05:26:19 PM
:shifty Zina kinks to Peter Griffin.... ;)
....what?
Peter: "Hey, hey everybody! Look what Chris' father Peter Griffin is doing!"
::Licks own nipple::
Gross....Anyhow I was just messin with you Zina...
That would suck if they had any hostages/food. Blue balls just decided to ruin everyone's crap in that room.
...and we're all just confused as to what we're actually talking about anymore.
Now, why Mana has anything to say about what manly men wear, I don't know. Nor do I know why or completely believe that Zina licks Peter Griffin. All I know for sure, is that it's true that real men don't really care, or have to care what we're wearing. Interpret that as you wish. But it doesn't mean you can't have a sense of style as a man though. That's not what I'm saying.
...and goodness gracious, blue balls of ice!
"...I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!"
But yeah, men do tend not to care what you think, that's why we'll go aroudn wearing shirts with stains and holes in them. Most men work with a more logical way of thinking (or at least less emotional), doing things only if they know it will provide some benefit to them ("Oh, it's cold, I better put on a sweatshirt." ::grabs random one from closet::). The idea of fashion is more deeply rooted with women, which is why they're willing to spend so much on clothes and jewelry (though it seems like everything we wear costs too much these days).
you all lost me on the last page. still mama commit reminds me of that girls team in the dental floss and postage stamp outfields. the badger girl really seemed to enjoy the ideal.
Quote from: e_voyager on December 10, 2006, 07:49:46 PMyou all lost me on the last page. still mama commit reminds me of that girls team in the dental floss and postage stamp outfields. the badger girl really seemed to enjoy the ideal.
Goo goo goo joob!
OK. I get the point. Let's get back on topic.
Following up on Stygian's quote, does the watchtower look like Brutalist architecture to anyone else? That's kinda out of place for this era, and the low-cost, utilitarian feel doesn't exactly fit with the fantasy setting.
Economises are necessary even in fantasy as every thing has some cost with or without money. Not even all the power of the universe is unlimited take it form a twink that would know.
Quote from: e_voyager on December 10, 2006, 09:55:16 PMEconomises are necessary even in fantasy as every thing has some cost with or without money. Not even all the power of the universe is unlimited take it form a twink that would know.
The problem with that is that the economics only work with mass production and assembly lines and cheap transportation.
It's far cheaper to make an outpost with irregular logs and stones and such.
Unless you have a giant factory where you can process hundreds of trees per day, turning them into presorted beams and oriented strand board in useful sizes for preordained applications. And then only if you have the means of transporting them cheaply from the forest to wherever you need them.
Then again, you get a good spellcaster to build the whole place for you. Then again he'd probably cost as much if not more than a contractor. Spellcasters think they're so high and mighty with their spells that warp the very fabric of reality.
Quote from: Manawolf on December 10, 2006, 11:40:19 PMThen again, you get a good spellcaster to build the whole place for you.
True.
Quote from: Manawolf on December 10, 2006, 11:40:19 PMThen again he'd probably cost as much if not more than a contractor. Spellcasters think they're so high and mighty with their spells that warp the very fabric of reality.
One of the benefits of being a feudal lord is that you can get labor for practically nothing. And also, you have virtually limitless resources. So, given that and the gratuitous economics lecture (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_652.php), I declare that Amber is right and has created a wonderful feature of Furrae, and everything else based off of Die Nibelungen is wrong!
Go Amber!
Indeed that was something to take into account. so maybe it was built manually and all by royal labor but still. you have to wonder how much has changed in a few hundred years.
Quote from: e_voyager on December 11, 2006, 12:04:48 AMIndeed that was something to take into account. so maybe it was built manually and all by royal labor but still. you have to wonder how much has changed in a few hundred years.
Well, with the end of manorialism, wizard serfs could be employed anywhere.
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Crushed ice, or crushing ice?
Looks like Crystals.
Today we have substituted the Ice Blast for Folgers Crystals... Lets see if anybody notices...
Quote from: Taross on December 11, 2006, 02:14:59 AM
Quote from: Zorro on December 08, 2006, 09:13:57 PM
Quote from: Manawolf on December 08, 2006, 09:13:28 PM
Crushed ice, or crushing ice?
Looks like Crystals.
Today we have substituted the Ice Blast for Folgers Crystals... Lets see if anybody notices...
The best part of wakeing up...Is satan in your cup :3
how many time to i have to tell you i'm not collecting souls? i don't want them not leave before i put another geis on your home! no were did my tea get warped to? with out a cup of mint and wolfs bane i'm likely to be irritable
All right Dev Ice attack cool. Anyway I'm glad to finally figure out that Abel is a female thanks Amber for that nugget. But I have a feeling that sniper is not dead if he or she or it has anticipated the ice attack then the enemy will teleport at that moment. We shall see what will happens next.
Quote from: ShiningShadow on December 11, 2006, 07:47:33 AM
All right Dev Ice attack cool. Anyway I'm glad to finally figure out that Abel is a female thanks Amber for that nugget. But I have a feeling that sniper is not dead if he or she or it has anticipated the ice attack then the enemy will teleport at that moment. We shall see what will happens next.
Uh. Abel is male.
The random dalmation in the crowd scene who happens to resemble Xander is female.
Perhaps you've been confused there somewhere? :-)
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 11, 2006, 10:12:13 AMUh. Abel is male.
Just because I can: #428 (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_428.php).
P.S. `Androgyny.'
SORRY. My bad I was cast a confusion spell when I wrote that. Anywho what is androgyny anyway?
Androgyny is when it's hard to immediately tell if someone is a guy or girl.
Androgeny:
an·drog·y·nous Pronunciation (n-drj-ns)
adj.
1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
[From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gun, woman; see -gynous.]
an·drogy·nous·ly adv.
an·drogy·ny n.
See both Dan and Abel.
l that's a good one though i doubt that Dan would agree. he prefers to be considered masculine not that it shows when he does not has a sword in hand.
Quote from: e_voyager on December 11, 2006, 02:14:49 PM
l that's a good one though i doubt that Dan would agree. he prefers to be considered masculine not that it shows when he does not has a sword in hand.
.. or even sometimes when he -does- have a sword in his hand...
I'm thinking #384, but looking at it, he's not too bad there.... I'll have a hunt and see if I can find something to defend my ideas :-)
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Quote from: Grenn on December 09, 2006, 02:15:15 AM
He still knows it, but at this point I bet he's just too scared. I mean, the kid hasn't really seen any battle in his life before this.
Exactly
Abel may know magic but he's not a warrior here he's a librarian, that's not a career that prepares one for a pitched magical battle.
Speaking as a sniper (battlefield: Galactic conquest gotta love those deployable holo blinds) You may call it cheap but it's a perfectly legitimate combat tactic, Snipers are usually lightly armored and armed with a high-powered but slow weapon so if we are caught in the open we're toast. Ever try and pull off a hip shot with a sniper rifle unless you get lucky on that first shot your dead.
Besides this guy isn't a sniper. This is an ambush yes but he's no sniper, he seems to be operating the magical equivalent of a machine gun nest. He's pumping out a lot of fire but it's wild an inaccurate. If he was a true sniper these folks only warning would have come when one of them dropped dead as is Xander had enough warning to draw an arrow, and Glory had a shield going. If he's a sniper he's an embarrassment to us all.
Xander on the other hand, that boy was a good sniper. Abel didn't know what hit him
Well, for one, bullets are a lot faster than balls of fire (I'm assuming, since Glory had time to see it coming and defend against it.) Also, they're much less noticeable, I'm sure. So There's a big difference between a huge flaming ball of glowing-ness that you can obviously see coming, and a bullet travelling probably at least a mile in seconds.
Most RIFLE bullets travel at about 2800 Feet Per Second (30-06 150 grain bullet.) Even a 5.56 MM NATO round is at 3250 FPS not that much faster. That is 3/4 of a Mile a second.