-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
The division of speech snippets between the character is pretty weird. Shouldn't Luna be the one that reads the two clippings after gathering and reading them or better yet paraphrase them since they all know what's in them already? Or maybe Quilt because he caught them. As it is it makes little sense.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
guttering flame
The division of speech snippets between the character is pretty weird. Shouldn't Luna be the one that reads the two clippings after gathering and reading them or better yet paraphrase them since they all know what's in them already? Or maybe Quilt because he caught them. As it is it makes little sense.
What? Have Luna actually say or do something that moves the plot along? What a bizarre concept.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Luna, why on Earth are you disparaging of Quilt's suggestion? You're engaged to a Seer who can project himself through the psychoplane via a dream and into the heads of people who are currently living on a separate continent.
Why wouldn't Celesto - who has been stated as being about as powerful as Dominic (not counting the fact that he has been 'practising' on the run from Battle Mages while Dominic has been sitting around watching his Mother talk to other Wizards) - be able to do something as simple as project himself into two places at once?
Or, as Dominic has proven, scry into the past and reveal himself to someone from the future, which can be done after he's already projected himself from the 'Now', thus appearing in two placing at once via a stable temporal loop?
And since when did Luna know anything about scrying anyway? She's had to ask Quilt for advice to get even this far. QUILT. :smallannoyed:
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Man, I'd completely forgotten about the whole Szark/Celesto thing, so, points to Mookie for that.
I'm not 100% on how legit their relationship was because Luna's sister's shtick was that she was a mind-controlling wizard - she said that she was using Szark, but she was kind of using Celesto too? What feelings are his own? How could he know?
This is why as soon as it becomes feasible in your world that wizards can exert some degree of mind control, you need to either destroy all wizards, or grab them all by the magical junk. I'm kind of veering into fanfiction again, but if I was a wizard tyrant, I'd be kind of terrified of my wizarding thralls. Somebody with designs on the throne wouldn't assassinate me, they'd rule through me. Safer that way, and just as effective.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
last panel should be replaced with hands of salvation
for great justice
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
rocketpony
Man, I'd completely forgotten about the whole Szark/Celesto thing, so, points to Mookie for that.
I'm not 100% on how legit their relationship was because Luna's sister's shtick was that she was a mind-controlling wizard - she said that she was using Szark, but she was kind of using Celesto too? What feelings are his own? How could he know?
I think we can assume that Celesto was in there own his own. He is a seer, and seers seem to be immune or very resistant to mind control.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Welf
I think we can assume that Celesto was in there on his own. He is a seer, and seers seem to be immune or very resistant to mind control.
Also he clearly continued caring about Amelia after she was killed.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Well of course Celesto is going to take a break from searching for a way to defeat a threat to the Universe while on the run from the most powerful wizard and most powerful government in the world to come to his sort-of-ex-boyfriend's sports event or take in an art show.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
This comic's logic seems to run purely on vague associations. First, Quilt could scry on Celesto just because he had a body part from a guy who was distantly connected with him, and now they can find Celesto using newspaper articles on subjects distantly related to him.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
To Sum up the Past week:
Quote:
Should We Do something? We should do something! Should we do something? We should do something!
Thank you Linkara.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
spectralphoenix
Well of course Celesto is going to take a break from searching for a way to defeat a threat to the Universe while on the run from the most powerful wizard and most powerful government in the world to come to his sort-of-ex-boyfriend's sports event or take in an art show.
God, yes. I was going to ask, does this make sense to people? Because it seems like it makes sense to people posting here, but I'm wondering why a dude who knows he's basically being hunted would bother showing up at events featuring former associates of his. Seems like that would be the first place his pursuers would look, magically or otherwise.
I guess both Celesto and Dom and pals are assuming that King DJ is so stupid he would only use one method to search for Celesto. It's probably a safe bet.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ichini_sanshigo
God, yes. I was going to ask, does this make sense to people? Because it seems like it makes sense to people posting here, but I'm wondering why a dude who knows he's basically being hunted would bother showing up at events featuring former associates of his. Seems like that would be the first place his pursuers would look, magically or otherwise.
I guess both Celesto and Dom and pals are assuming that King DJ is so stupid he would only use one method to search for Celesto. It's probably a safe bet.
Of course it doesn't make sense. Nothing has made sense since at least Dom Lobster (the latest inflection point for this comic) and I've long since given up on it ever being sensibly explained.
I mean, how did Celesto know about Gerald, let alone what specific articles were included there? If he recently scried Quilt, why didn't he just tell Quilt where to meet him instead of hoping that the Deegans drew the right conclusions?
Mookie is trying to set up another Batman Gambit like in Snowsong and it is going to make just as much sense when he finally takes a month to explain it.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Oracle_Hunter
Of course it doesn't make sense. Nothing has made sense since at least Dom Lobster (the latest inflection point for this comic) and I've long since given up on it ever being sensibly explained.
I mean, how did Celesto know about Gerald, let alone what specific articles were included there? If he recently scried Quilt, why didn't he just
tell Quilt where to meet him instead of hoping that the Deegans drew the right conclusions?
Mookie is trying to set up another
Batman Gambit like in
Snowsong and it is going to make just as much sense when he finally takes a month to explain it.
Allow me to explain in song, then:
You got a lobster and you got a magnet...
Lobster has antannae but don't you grab it....
Magnet's made of iron.
Lobster made of MEAT!
You got a lobster and you got a magnet...
If a lobster hungry he eat a rabbit...
Rabbit made of steel...
Lobster has a BEAK!
Don't put a lobster on a plate.
He'll use his magnet to escape.
He'll jump right up and claw your ear,
Then he'll bite your EYE!
LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET!
LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET!
LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET!
LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET!
Left claw north,
RICHT CLAW SOUTH!
If that helps any.
I assume Celesto's just trolololing the deegans because it's easy and fun.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
No one can troll the deegans, their patriarch is the trolliest troll to ever troll this side of alternia.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Garland
No one can toll the deegans, their patriarch is the trolliest troll to ever troll this side of alternia.
You say that, but don't you think it's weird that the laws in Callan seem to inconvenience only Deegan and Friends? I bet the king just sits on his throne all day, having the royal seer look at future plots and creating laws just to screw with them.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
I mentioned it in the last thread, but it bears repeating. Scrying is, once applied on a scale of historic lengths, something that will inevitably happen everywhere at all times. A uncountable amount of people scrying in the past, present and future; near, far and beyond for all kinds of reasons. (Studying history, preparing for disasters and so on.)
Or more clearly: Everyone in Dominion is being watched at all times by someone. (Since anti-scrying gear seems to be nonexistant, short of unique pieces of equipment and supposedly wards.) :smallamused:
I wonder what that does to the general populations psychology (assuming actual people, not Dominion apes).
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Me, I wonder how many battlecasters you'd figure there are. Since they watch all second sight.
And now that it occurred to me what all second sight truly entails, I wonder what would happen if Dominic just decided to, for no reason other than making the battlecasters' job harder, scry on this specific point in time, every day, until he dies.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Domochevsky
Or more clearly: Everyone in Dominion is being watched at all times by someone. (Since anti-scrying gear seems to be nonexistant, short of unique pieces of equipment and supposedly wards.) :smallamused:
And who should watch the watchmen but King DJ. I must say, it's getting pretty Nineteen-Eighty-Four all up on Callan, who, appropriately enough, have already instated thought-police. :smalltongue:
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Oracle_Hunter
I mean, how did Celesto know about Gerald, let alone what specific articles were included there? If he recently scried Quilt, why didn't he just tell Quilt where to meet him instead of hoping that the Deegans drew the right conclusions?
Well, obviously Celesto scried on Dominic. You may now ask why this was not detected by the BC or why Celesto didn't messaged Dominic directly, but that is very easy to explain:
Mathematics = Logic
Magic = Mathematics
=> Magic = Logic
Celesto is in the Wild Edge, where magic doesn't work normally. Thus logic doesn't work there.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ichini_sanshigo
God, yes. I was going to ask, does this make sense to people? Because it seems like it makes sense to people posting here, but I'm wondering why a dude who knows he's basically being hunted would bother showing up at events featuring former associates of his. Seems like that would be the first place his pursuers would look, magically or otherwise.
I've given up on anything making any sense in this comic any more. It's now reached the point where every strip doesn't make sense on so many levels it's like untying a Gordian knot. It's clear the only point of the "plot" is to manufacture drama, but it's so artificial because everyone is acting bizarrely stupid.
For example, there is absolutely no reasn for Celesto not to outright tell them where he's going to be. If they're being eavesdropped, guess what? His cover as a battlecaster is blown and he's captured. Now he's got Deegan and pals blundering around to multiple spots drawing attention to themselves. The only reason for this is to provide a spot of solvable tension and to drag in more Deegan pals.
I know DD is like Axe Cop without the charm, but good grief this is bad. The plot is meant to be about how their supposedly mostly-benevolent king has signed up with an eldrich abomination, and now they're re-enacting a bad parody of Silver Age Batman versus Riddler for no reason. Is that the level of conflict the comic is reduced to?
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Nah, Axe Cop has that "intentionally bad" charm, much like Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff (well only Axe Cop has awesome art). The saddest thing about DD is that Mookie honestly thinks it is unironically awesome.
Speaking of SBaHJ, it's sort of sad that it takes more work to do than a strip of Dominic Deegan. Making it look as horrible as it is isn't that easy.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Garland
Nah, Axe Cop has that "intentionally bad" charm, much like Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff (well only Axe Cop has awesome art). The saddest thing about DD is that Mookie honestly thinks it is unironically awesome.
Both Axe Cop and DD run on throwing in whatever the author thinks is awesome at the time. The difference is Axe Cop runs on imagination while DD runs into the ground.
It does lead to some hilariously unintentional moments in DD though. I liked Dominic's sudden decision to take down Gerald. It's obviously there purely for the "joke", but like usual Mookie didn't put any thought into what it says about Dominic as a character. The only justification for Dominic taking the opportunity now Quilt is out of the way to go into his room and mess with the stuff he cares about is that Dominic is a colossal jerk. But we all knew that. :smallwink:
Quote:
Speaking of SBaHJ, it's sort of sad that it takes more work to do than a strip of Dominic Deegan. Making it look as horrible as it is isn't that easy.
I know. In my parodies I think I'm getting the JPEG artifects simulated right, but the colours are quite tricky. And since the latest ones all compound on the errors from the prior ones, it gets harder to get the full amount of stylistic suck.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
The other problems aside, I did laugh at this comic.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
*Looks over the last week*
Yeesh, I sure picked a good time to jump ship.
There are two things I forgot to mention in my farewell post.
Firstly, could someone please PM me when the wedding arc starts? I'm betting that's going to be the final arc, and I'd like to be there when the good ship Deegan finally slips beneath the waves.
Secondly, y'all ruined the word 'save' for me. :smallmad:
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXVI: Save the Last Dance for Gadora
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Oh no! Quilt scheduled a date at the same time as his procotology exam! How will he be in both places at once?
http://imageshack.us/m/3/3057/293px10214.jpg
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
One small thing to Mookie's credit: despite being Friday, this strip didn't end on a transparent "dun dun DUNNN!" moment. Technically speaking, it advanced the plot more than anything else really has this week (I know, I know, don't trip over that bar there). I'm just pleased that we don't have a full-blown Friday Cliffhanger.
The strip's still dumb, of course. As those before me have ably pointed out, Celesto's crypticism makes little sense, we're clearly going off on some kind of sidequest, and the characterization is getting looser by the minute. It's just not a stupid cliffhanger. (It's merely stupid.)
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
He probably accidentally put Wednesday's comic up two days early and decided not to change it.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
T-O-E
He probably accidentally put Wednesday's comic up two days early and decided not to change it.
That would require Mookie to have a script or some of idea of what each comic entails more than 4 hours before he makes it.
-
Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Garland
Speaking of SBaHJ, it's sort of sad that it takes more work to do than a strip of Dominic Deegan. Making it look as horrible as it is isn't that easy.
I've wanted to make a pair of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff ponies, but I have no idea how I'd do that. I don't think .jpgs even artifact quite as hard as they used to.