I'm not quite sure if that's a spell or a sound effect...
Oh yeah, and I love the expressions.
I think it's a smart move... if the Amazons lost.
It's not a given...
Something tells me that they hopped out and bumped either in Dark P himself, but then the sound effect would have been a bit different, or in one of his magically capable henchmen, who just zapped them with some Thunder-based paralyzing spell.
Uh-oh.
the diffrence between a smart move, a bad move and a lucky move can be as thin as a hair.
I think Dan's luck held out and he made a lucky, bad but smart move.
Poor amazons so cute yet they got zappideyed.
Quote from: Madmann135 on March 19, 2008, 08:49:10 AM
Poor amazons so cute yet they got zappideyed.
Well, since they weren't dead when they got put in the box, it's likely that they're needed alive. If only so DP can sacrifice them or somesuch...
Quote from: Tapewolf on March 19, 2008, 08:52:46 AM
Quote from: Madmann135 on March 19, 2008, 08:49:10 AM
Poor amazons so cute yet they got zappideyed.
Well, since they weren't dead when they got put in the box, it's likely that they're needed alive. If only so DP can sacrifice them or somesuch...
A mild example of Zappideyed (http://www.cyantian.net/csafari/archive.php?day=20010404).
I know they should still be alive but when it comes to kidnapping amazons and Dan... well things become difficult for the kidnappers
I'd say it was more of a stupid move... considering he IS the on with the magically protection enhanced dress. :mowtongue
Anyone but me want to see Amber pull a Prince of Persia? You know, how in all three games, the Prince is supposed to be narrating. When you hit pause, his voice says 'I can wait'.
Well, if you die (since he is narrating, therefor everything you do already happened), he says 'Wait..it did not happen like that.' I kinda want to see DP (if it is him) win and then Dan go 'Wait a tic...I got that all wrong!'
Yeah, I am odd.
I'm going with the smart option. Getting zapped aside, can you imagine what Wildy would have done to him? Well, no, we don't have to imagine since we found out at SAIA.
Quote from: Akisohida on March 19, 2008, 10:15:32 AM
Anyone but me want to see Amber pull a Prince of Persia? You know, how in all three games, the Prince is supposed to be narrating. When you hit pause, his voice says 'I can wait'.
Well, if you die (since he is narrating, therefor everything you do already happened), he says 'Wait..it did not happen like that.' I kinda want to see DP (if it is him) win and then Dan go 'Wait a tic...I got that all wrong!'
Yeah, I am odd.
You are not alone. I have drawn a picture of Dan as the Prince of Persia. It's somewhere in the Tower of Art now. (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php/topic,4158.msg179134.html#msg179134)
As for whether Dannie was lucky or not when he did not follow the amazons, I would say that it was a mixed blessing. From the way it sounds, all of the amazons were subdued in an instant, so whatever hit them, it hit hard. This way Dan is lucky not to get hit by the same thing. On the other hand, he is wearing an anti-magic robe, and it could have been able to repel whatever spell was used against the amazons. It could even have prevented the amazons from being zapped at all, should Dan be at the spearhead of the assault. But now he will have to face his captors alone. While he may be protected against magic, he will probably be outnumbered. There should be at least two mythi (what is the plural form of "mythos"?), and that "naga" fellow looked rather strong. And since the box was opened, they have probably reached their destination. Which, in turn, means that there might be the boss waiting outside - either Dark P himself, or maybe one of his lieutenants (naga fellow and two-headed one are just small fries). All of this mean that Dan is pretty much out of luck.
Hmm, if the Amazons got fried, Dan will be very angry as he was planning on shaggin' the lot o' em that evening! ;)
Quote from: Alondro on March 19, 2008, 11:58:11 AM
Hmm, if the Amazons got fried, Dan will be very angry as he was planning on shaggin' the lot o' em that evening! ;)
Well, as Tapewolf has said above, Dark P needed the girls alive to sacrifice them, so they are not dead.
Yet. If Regina will show up in this flashback, there is a
slight possibility that she will eviscerate the amazons.
Only a slight possibility... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_388.php) As for Dan getting angry, it is his very first adventure, so he probably lacks any real combat experience, and it is not DBZ, so he won't be able to transform into some Super Form (tm) powered by anger and unleash some serious ownage onto his enemies all of a sudden. :< But that would have been fun.. :B
I have a feeling when the Amazons wake up they might be a little annoyed at Dan not attacking....
but, Dan's survival in mind, I think that was a Good (Sofar) move.
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on March 19, 2008, 11:48:20 AM
On the other hand, he is wearing an anti-magic robe, and it could have been able to repel whatever spell was used against the amazons. It could even have prevented the amazons from being zapped at all, should Dan be at the spearhead of the assault.
Then again, there's the possibility that there's absolutely nothing at all magical about the robe, that Wildy was just messing with him. The snag could have been just random luck keeping him out of the attack.
But in the end the question is: Will Dannie be able to vanquish his enemies with his superb swordsmanship, or will he be felled in an uneven battle between good and evil? D:<
... >:[
I sound like some narrator from "DBZ" or something... :[
waaaah I get the message that the site is not found
Huston, we have a problem (missmab.com server not responding)
Send a Net Sphere engineer, ASAP!
Quote from: Talashar on March 19, 2008, 01:48:18 PM
Huston, we have a problem (missmab.com server not responding)
It's XepherNet, since Last Resort is down too.
Odd, I can ping and tracert the site, but I get the same timeout if I try using the IP numbers instead of the name. Could the server have crashed?
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on March 19, 2008, 12:12:32 PM
As for Dan getting angry, it is his very first adventure, so he probably lacks any real combat experience, and it is not DBZ, so he won't be able to transform into some Super Form (tm) powered by anger and unleash some serious ownage onto his enemies all of a sudden. :< But that would have been fun.. :B
Nah, this is a flashback. Nobody ever has powers in a flashback. If anything, flashbacks are the place where you see everyone getting pwnd and full of angst at their failure, which then sets up their aquisition of massive powers in the 'present' to have revenge on all the wrongs done to them. :3
*Charles notes that his flashback would be very very long in that case* All the torture from years at Charline's mercilessness... and I'd still have no powers. :<
Quote from: Alondro on March 19, 2008, 03:26:46 PM
Nah, this is a flashback. Nobody ever has powers in a flashback. If anything, flashbacks are the place where you see everyone getting pwnd and full of angst at their failure, which then sets up their aquisition of massive powers in the 'present' to have revenge on all the wrongs done to them. :3
You are right. I've forgotten that rule of the flashbacks. But in this case Daniel seemed a wee bit too enthusiastic about telling this story. I don't think he would have been so enthusiastic about telling a story full of angst and pain...
Quote from: Alondro on March 19, 2008, 03:26:46 PM
*Charles notes that his flashback would be very very long in that case* All the torture from years at Charline's mercilessness... and I'd still have no powers. :<
*Ren smirks* I have to quote Itachi Uchiha: "...Because you lack
anger." (I know that the quote is incorrect)
Quote from: Alondro on March 19, 2008, 03:26:46 PM
... and I'd still have no powers. :<
a smile, a kiss, a strategically placed bite... there are many powers...
(don't mind me, it's midnight here & I have no idea what I'm talking about)
It has just occurred to me, what if the amazons just got sacrificed?
I'm quite sure they're dead. I just need to find out how to justify it to the story.
wrath of the amazon, forging head long into a forcefield... I wouldn't call it either, If dan had torn the Robe Wildy would have shown up and rescued the whole party...minus Dan's mutilated body, immediately.
I'm thinking it's a "smart" move for the moment. Long run, who knows? This is Amber we're talking about.
By the way, Ren, that actually might be a good reason why Regina was covered in blood, but that doesn't really explain why Regina wants Dan so much.
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on March 19, 2008, 01:16:35 PM
But in the end the question is: Will Dannie be able to vanquish his enemies with his superb swordsmanship, or will he be felled in an uneven battle between good and evil? D:<
... >:[
I sound like some narrator from "DBZ" or something... :[
Indeed you do.
Dan always gets out of nasty situations SOMEHOW, so he's gonna be aw'right xD
Of course he will! It's a flashback! :P
Its one of those..."Ask a stupid question...Get a crazy answer" Moments
Dan may not get out of this okay!
What if he fails to remember his past correctly and thinks he died?! Do you realize what would happen if a comic character imagines themselves dying in a flashback? It'd be a paradox of "Infinite Universes" proportions! :U
And while we're judging things on the smart/stupid scale...
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on March 19, 2008, 01:16:35 PM
But in the end the question is: Will Dannie be able to vanquish his enemies with his superb swordsmanship, or will he be felled in an uneven battle between good and evil? D:<
Swordsmanship? Perhaps not, I didn't see his sword in this strip, maybe the amazons took it between this and the previous one. Maybe he'll vanquish his enemies with his superb sporkmanship. :sword
... I don't see why the Amazons would be dead... makes no sense to capture them only to kill right off the bat? That's like... uber stupid..
Quote from: Pagan on March 19, 2008, 11:56:14 PM
And while we're judging things on the smart/stupid scale...
*snerk*
Quote from: Pagan on March 19, 2008, 11:56:14 PM
And while we're judging things on the smart/stupid scale...
Mock me all you want! Don't come crying to me when the whole fabric of the universe unravels!
All it takes is one bad flashback, and POOF! We're history! :O
Quote from: Alondro on March 20, 2008, 08:44:18 AM
Quote from: Pagan on March 19, 2008, 11:56:14 PM
And while we're judging things on the smart/stupid scale...
Mock me all you want! Don't come crying to me when the whole fabric of the universe unravels!
All it takes is one bad flashback, and POOF! We're history! :O
But isn't the flashback the history, wouldn't we be present? Heck, if the whole universe is unraveling perhaps we're the future!
"People asume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a nonlinear nonsubjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timie-whimy.... stuff."
That statement will settle your arguments over spacetime. Still confusing though.
"It got away from me, yeah."
Damn easter egg doesn't know how to stay on pause.
Every time someone travels to the past and alters it, a new branch of the timeline is created. But, unless the alterations were too great, this branch will soon vanish back into the primary timeline. Also, it is impossible to alter the past in such a way that it will change your present, since the time moves with a constant speed within one timeline; so, when you travel back to your time, your history remains unchanged. One can change present only while one is in the "present". Therefore, timetravel is not very useful, neither it is really dangerous. And it is still very confusing. But then again, there is such a thing as "chrono-bomb"... But it is even more confusing.
Actually, this is just the system that I use in the "Shades of Grey".
is it me or is Dan looking more and more like a girl per minute. i measn just look at the way he's posing.
perhaps he's just trying to keep the pretext of a girl
:paranoid
maybe not
p.s how can this place have so many smileys???
Quote from: zopey on March 20, 2008, 02:05:26 PM
is it me or is Dan looking more and more like a girl per minute. i measn just look at the way he's posing.
perhaps he's just trying to keep the pretext of a girl
:paranoid
maybe not
His pose in the second panel does look a bit "girly"; it also looks rather out of place. As for the rest of this strip, Dannie just looks really scared. It's his first real battle situation, after all. :)
Quote from: zopey on March 20, 2008, 02:05:26 PM
p.s how can this place have so many smileys???
Because it is awesome like that! :trooper
(http://24.106.113.210/otown/Vol888cr.jpg)
Anyone else besides me notice how that "kchZZZAP!" in that frame is about as good as you can get as far as illustrating a sound? You really get a good idea of what Dan's hearing.
Amber really does a great job with such things.
Quote from: Rafe on March 20, 2008, 06:22:41 PM
Anyone else besides me notice how that "kchZZZAP!" in that frame is about as good as you can get as far as illustrating a sound? You really get a good idea of what Dan's hearing.
Amber really does a great job with such things.
I completely agree with you. I, for once, never mastered the art of making good sound effects in comics.
Also, I like Dannie's expression in this panel. A perfect "What the..?" face.
Quote from: Gamma on March 20, 2008, 01:40:31 PM
"People asume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a nonlinear nonsubjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timie-whimy.... stuff."
That statement will settle your arguments over spacetime. Still confusing though.
"It got away from me, yeah."
Damn easter egg doesn't know how to stay on pause.
...Doctor Who, the Weeping Angels episode? XD
You know, wildy might kill dan if he ends up dead.
^
Smart/Stupid scale hits again.
Yes it was from the third series of Doctor Who, episode title Blink (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIMGkR2BkkI).
Oh what a wonder thing, to fly around time and space chasing after Daleks and the like. :analprobe