Wow, now that's a clan. Kidnapping kids for a living? Amazing.
... Fo is scary if he/she is angry
Yeah, something tells me you don't want to anger a creature that can instantaneously warp you anywhere. Like into the mouth of an erupting volcano...
So, we've got Fi, and we've got Fo...
Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking? >:3
Also, Aniz seems rather normal when not in a homicidal rage. Hm.
Quote from: Cogidubnus on February 10, 2008, 04:03:29 AM
Also, Aniz seems rather normal when not in a homicidal rage. Hm.
Well, he did manage to be Abel's father for 18 odd years without anyone noticing, didn't he?
Quote from: Cogidubnus on February 10, 2008, 04:03:29 AM
So, we've got Fi, and we've got Fo...
Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking? >:3
I don't have a queue! :)
Hmm, a clan that kidnaps children for a living?
Well, kidnapping doesn't necessarily imply abuse!
It's good to know that Aniz is considered the lowest of the lowest, even by any Cubi standards!
What exactly is implied by "kidnapping children for a living", I wonder? Does that clan, like, kidnap children to sell them later? :B Just kidding. Those que'tnars probably kidnap the children from the other clans and then raise them as their own. Or, maybe, they kidnap cubi children from the families which don't belong to any (major) clan. That would be safer than risking getting in trouble with other clans, anyway.
But the real question is what is that "mocholio treatment"? What kind of "anti-magic illness" is Fo talking about? Is Dr. Ink the one doing the vaccination?
Quote from: VSMIT on February 10, 2008, 03:42:03 AM
Yeah, something tells me you don't want to anger a creature that can instantaneously warp you anywhere. Like into the mouth of an erupting volcano...
Apparently warp-aci work by slicing open the dimensional boundaries, like the 'subtle knife' in the
His Dark Materials series. I imagine they can cut other things too.
As for the Clan, we don't know if it's Being or 'Cubi children they kidnap. If it's 'Cubi children, it might well be to increase their own number by adoption and somehow re-binding them to the new clan as an act of desperation if they can't reproduce properly for some reason. If it's Being children, well I don't think I need to say more :U
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 06:07:24 AM
Quote from: VSMIT on February 10, 2008, 03:42:03 AM
Yeah, something tells me you don't want to anger a creature that can instantaneously warp you anywhere. Like into the mouth of an erupting volcano...
Apparently warp-aci work by slicing open the dimensional boundaries, like the 'subtle knife' in the His Dark Materials series. I imagine they can cut other things too.
As for the Clan, we don't know if it's Being or 'Cubi children they kidnap. If it's 'Cubi children, it might well be to increase their own number by adoption and somehow re-binding them to the new clan as an act of desperation if they can't reproduce properly for some reason. If it's Being children, well I don't think I need to say more :U
8) Sounds as if it's as subtle as an axe ...
Quote from: Cogidubnus on February 10, 2008, 04:03:29 AM
So, we've got Fi, and we've got Fo...
Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking? >:3
She's also got a Fu.
Sadly, that rules out the giants. Sorry. ;-]
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 06:07:24 AM
Quote from: VSMIT on February 10, 2008, 03:42:03 AM
Yeah, something tells me you don't want to anger a creature that can instantaneously warp you anywhere. Like into the mouth of an erupting volcano...
Apparently warp-aci work by slicing open the dimensional boundaries, like the 'subtle knife' in the His Dark Materials series. I imagine they can cut other things too.
Also like Kuwabara's second sword, the Jigen-to (Dimension Blade) in the latter part of Yu Yu Hakusho. D=
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 06:07:24 AM
Quote from: VSMIT on February 10, 2008, 03:42:03 AM
Yeah, something tells me you don't want to anger a creature that can instantaneously warp you anywhere. Like into the mouth of an erupting volcano...
Apparently warp-aci work by slicing open the dimensional boundaries, like the 'subtle knife' in the His Dark Materials series. I imagine they can cut other things too.
As for the Clan, we don't know if it's Being or 'Cubi children they kidnap. If it's 'Cubi children, it might well be to increase their own number by adoption and somehow re-binding them to the new clan as an act of desperation if they can't reproduce properly for some reason. If it's Being children, well I don't think I need to say more :U
If you are right about the Warp-Aci, then their abilities would make them extremely dangerous living weapons. They probably could teleport something only partially... Like, teleport someone's head off one's shoulders... >:3 But I strongly doubt that any Warp-Aci would do that, unless their master would give them a direct order.
As for the kidnapping clan, I was talking about cubi children, not Being children. I think there might be a way to "re-bind" the cubi child to the other clan before his or her clan marking appears.
This whole thing with Aniz is really starting to confuse the hell out of me. I mean one minute he's the loving father of Abel, the next he's destroying Abel's whole life right before his eyes, then he's back to being loving father more or less?
Quote from: Netrogo on February 10, 2008, 08:21:55 AM
...one minute he's the loving father of Abel, the next he's destroying Abel's whole life right before his eyes, then he's back to being loving father more or less?
Maybe he gets a 'Cubi kick out of humiliating people.
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on February 10, 2008, 05:51:34 AM
What exactly is implied by "kidnapping children for a living", I wonder? Does that clan, like, kidnap children to sell them later? :B Just kidding. Those que'tnars probably kidnap the children from the other clans and then raise them as their own. Or, maybe, they kidnap cubi children from the families which don't belong to any (major) clan. That would be safer than risking getting in trouble with other clans, anyway.
I don't see a problem with reading sinister intent in that statement. The DMFA universe is full of evil. Like how Destania wanted to use little kids in her torture demonstrations. Wasn't that funny? Guess you had to be there... >:]
As far as the Que'Tnar are concerned they probably kidnap being children.
If they were the type to soak up emotions like love and happiness yet want to do it in a seriously messed up way; they would probably kidnap a child then make it happy for a few years or so.
Then probably hand it over to a clan which likes pain and suffering. But that would kinda go against Fo's view of them.
Also the kidnappings could be your old fashioned ones for a ransom or something. They may have just chosen to take a liking to the life style and take good care of the victims until they are done with them.
Man, Aniz is all kinds of low. If someone selectively ignored me I would...gah. Doesn't seem like he has much shame in doing what he did to Abel, or probably just a lot of indifference.
Regardless, Fo is quite cute. Maybe I should turn my curiosity from seeing who's at Abel's door to seeing what the Aci does. >:3
Quote from: Aisha deCabre on February 10, 2008, 10:42:13 AM
Man, Aniz is all kinds of low. If someone selectively ignored me I would...
...slap Aniz across the face? ;) Because he deserves it.
I am all for Fo giving Aniz some sort of zap. :> Though, chalk me down as another individual who is interested in hearing more about the Que'tnar clan. That is relevant to my interests.
As is Aniz's psychology. He's being surprisingly, er, avoidant. Though in a more casual and indifferent manner than what that adjective suggests. I wonder if that Warp-Aci is going to trigger a mercurial outburst.
~Keaton the Black Jackal
Aniz's moodswings does appear to be a little... unstable even for a cubi. Not that I expect us to get much of an answer why any time soon, but looking back on the point where he killed Hennya, I almost wonder if something was literally wrong with him. Even he was upset after the act itself.
In any case, the only thing that makes me think twice about the Que'tnar clan is something Amber said once. How almost all types of creatures have a way to increase their ranks from beings, and there was at least one Cubi clan that did so regularly in practice. Mind you, regularly for a creature that lives a thousand years is probably different from regularly to us. Not to mention I can't think of how such an action could be considered 'for a living', as Fu put it. So it's probably nothing.
In any case, whatever is wrong with Aniz, we can be fairly sure that Fa'Lina knows about it. At least now that he's in the walls of Saia she knows, anyway. Might be part of the reason he's in such a rush to leave.
I totally read that first panel as "YOU HEAR ME NAZI!?". :<
Quote from: Kenji on February 10, 2008, 11:50:43 AM
I totally read that first panel as "YOU HEAR ME NAZI!?". :<
Thats just you...Or the drugs talkin
Oh no, never a good idea to upset someone who's vomit is potentially poisonous! Aniz, pay attention, for goodness sake!
The quill - that's one of Fa'Lina's feathers, isn't it?
good grief i hope not.
Quote from: e_voyager on February 10, 2008, 01:14:56 PM
good grief i hope not.
Well, I can only imagine that she removed/shed it herself if it is. Someone plucking her without consent is almost unthinkable.
Wow, the warp-aci can fuzz itself up like a cat! :U
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 01:21:44 PM
Quote from: e_voyager on February 10, 2008, 01:14:56 PM
good grief i hope not.
Well, I can only imagine that she removed/shed it herself if it is. Someone plucking her without consent is almost unthinkable.
you never know how many people have death wishes until they try to fulfill them. i for one might try to pluck a feather form her but then i have no soul and am used to dying. (Then again i graduated form ran's school of dying (http://www.bobandgeorge.com/comics/Cataclysm/EpisodeTwo.html). not just a hobby but a art form)
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 01:04:44 PM
The quill - that's one of Fa'Lina's feathers, isn't it?
The colour is all wrong. Fa'Lina's feathers are white and pink. The quill is lavender. Unless she dyed it to match her Warp-Aci. :3
Quote from: Tezkat on October 23, 1973, 07:28:41 PM
The colour is all wrong. Fa'Lina's feathers are white and pink. The quill is lavender.
I was thinking it was one of the pink ones, but yes, it's definitely the wrong shade.
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 01:21:44 PM
Quote from: e_voyager on February 10, 2008, 01:14:56 PM
good grief i hope not.
Well, I can only imagine that she removed/shed it herself if it is. Someone plucking her without consent is almost unthinkable.
Oh, too true. XD
On a related note, I still think that the Librarian is using one of Abel's feathers as a quill in her wallpaper debut. I thought that was a brilliant touch.
~Keaton the Black Jackal
Quote from: Tapewolf on February 10, 2008, 01:21:44 PM
Quote from: e_voyager on February 10, 2008, 01:14:56 PM
good grief i hope not.
Well, I can only imagine that she removed/shed it herself if it is. Someone plucking her without consent is almost unthinkable.
Ohh who knows it could be something of a school legend
"dare you to pluck one of the head mistress's feather"
something along the lines of a school prank
I could see the offender reciving a scolding, maybe even a vicous beathing but they would survive
Quote from: thegayhare on February 10, 2008, 02:49:31 PM
Ohh who knows it could be something of a school legend
"dare you to pluck one of the head mistress's feather"
Indeed, although as Tezkat points out, it's not quite the right colour. Anyway, if it was, Abel himself - once adopted by Fa'Lina - is one of the few people I could see doing it.
It just occurred to me who is likely to be giving Abel his vaccinations.
>:3
Majin Fo angry! Majin Fo eat you now!
:giggle
Quote from: Cogidubnus on February 10, 2008, 04:28:47 PM
It just occurred to me who is likely to be giving Abel his vaccinations.
>:3
Yeah! Can't wait to see the good docktor once again! However, that would make Abel's traumatic experience even more traumatic...
Quote from: Alondro on February 10, 2008, 06:34:49 PM
Majin Fo angry! Majin Fo eat you now!
:giggle
Will majin Fo turn into the likeness of Aniz after absorbing him?
Amber did say that there were clans that spread mainly by turning beings. She also said that turning even a willing adult is more problematic than turning a child. Draw your own conclusions.
P.S.: I know why Aniz killed Hennya. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_670.php)
Quote from: !KCA on February 11, 2008, 09:28:02 AM
Amber did say that there were clans that spread mainly by turning beings. She also said that turning even a willing adult is more problematic than turning a child. Draw your own conclusions.
P.S.: I know why Aniz killed Hennya. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_670.php)
If you are referring to the fact that he was copying Hennya's lethal feelings (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_98.php), I think that that has been mentioned before.
As for turning beings, I wonder what goes into the process of it... *speculates*
Also, another thing I'm wondering is how exactly are warp-aci named? Maybe its only warp-aci summoned by Fa'lina that have one syllable names that start with F for whatever reason.
Quote from: Dracora on February 11, 2008, 10:05:28 PM
As for turning beings, I wonder what goes into the process of it... *speculates*
Sadistic doctors with large needles? >:] Not that that's strictly canon...
Quote
Also, another thing I'm wondering is how exactly are warp-aci named? Maybe its only warp-aci summoned by Fa'lina that have one syllable names that start with F for whatever reason.
Warp-Aci can have whatever names their summoners give them. We saw one named Nutmeg at SAIA. Maybe Fa'Lina's just a
Jack and the Beanstock fan. :3
Quote from: Dracora on February 11, 2008, 10:05:28 PM
Also, another thing I'm wondering is how exactly are warp-aci named? Maybe its only warp-aci summoned by Fa'lina that have one syllable names that start with F for whatever reason.
Wouldn't that naming scheme become rather problematic after a short while though? I mean, there are only so many vowels in the alphabet and Terry Pratchett already showed how nasty things can get if one runs out of theme names...
What, you mean Glod Glodsson?
I think he means Cheery Littlebottom
Quote from: thegayhare on February 12, 2008, 10:02:07 AM
I think he means Cheery Littlebottom
I always had the feeling that that meant something slightly more specific in British slang than it does in American slang.
Not quite.
Divide the word up into three parts, and you get, effectively, happy short-arse...
... which fits in with Happy, Dopey, Grumpy, etc...
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on February 12, 2008, 02:39:59 PM
Not quite.
Divide the word up into three parts, and you get, effectively, happy short-arse...
... which fits in with Happy, Dopey, Grumpy, etc...
He could mean Beastiality Carter
The Que'tnar is a case of a clan having two vastly different emotions that give them the most power. Many clans have emotional affinities that mesh well together...however some have two emotions that are polar opposites. In the Que'tnar clans case...those emotions are despair and gratitude.
The more moralistic members of this clan have found that working in child services, where they specialize in removing children from broken homes into the arms of loving parents, can often be rewarding since it gives them access to both sides.
However the majority just bypass the law and prefer to work blackmarket...targeting a naive and usually young being and snatching the infant from them....only to give it to a family who has been desperately wanting a child. In both cases, the clan takes a very hypocritical moral standard and tends to view being children and infants as simply a means to entice emotions from adults.
Partially because of this, they often leave their own children in the care of nannies and other clans and tend to be distant without much interest in their own offspring outside of their general health. For them, children are simply a necessity that must be had.
Yikes,
Their actual motives are a bit creepier then I would have imagined.
Dangit Amber!
Speculation is so much better than the truth! >:O
Quote from: VSMIT on February 12, 2008, 07:32:35 PM
Dangit Amber!
Speculation is so much better than the truth! >:O
I don't know. In this case the truth seems pretty interesting. Besides, last I checked Amber didn't like speculation for some reason.
Mind you, last time I checked was over a year ago on the Nice forum. And it certainly doesn't mean we shouldn't speculate. After all, speculation is over half the fun of talking on a forum.
She doesn't like RAMPANT speculation.
Speculating is all well and good. Going completely fanboi over it and massively explaining your huge, involved idea of why the third character in the background of panel 7 of strip 327 is related to the character in the background of panel 3 of strip 814, and how your theory of their entire history works out... is probably going a bit too far. ;-]
Keep it within reasonable bounds, and you probably won't even hear her whining about how bad her art is... ;-]
im just waiting for this to happen to someones brain: :microwave
So in theory, a clan can have any two emotions as their emotional affinity? Interesting.
What now strikes me is that Aaryanna filled out all this to get Dan into SAIA...
Quote from: Naldru on February 11, 2008, 11:42:24 AMIf you are referring to the fact that he was copying Hennya's lethal feelings (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_98.php), I think that that has been mentioned before.
I checked and it wasn't mentioned in any of the posts concerning Abel #94-99. Perhaps later?
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on February 12, 2008, 10:04:17 PM
She doesn't like RAMPANT speculation.
Speculating is all well and good. Going completely fanboi over it and massively explaining your huge, involved idea of why the third character in the background of panel 7 of strip 327 is related to the character in the background of panel 3 of strip 814, and how your theory of their entire history works out... is probably going a bit too far. ;-]
Keep it within reasonable bounds, and you probably won't even hear her whining about how bad her art is... ;-]
I'm not entirely sure if that applies to my theory that Dan might be Abel's great-grandfather.
EDIT: How many emotions
can a clan have an affinity to? (Individual cubi seem to have a broad scope, if Dan is any indication.)
Man, I liked the comic better without the explanation. It's better when stuff is left to the imagination.
Way to go, guys.