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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Qwertystop
I think it's more likely that there's just two different wands with the same physical design.
But doesn't Punisher Pumice take place in Sky Kingdom? And isn't wand cleaning quick? Why would the actress have left her wand all the way over there?
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
I thought it was the same wand bouncing and that it was showing motion, but the idea that there are two wands makes the confusion of the cleaner more logical. Did the wand turn into two wands or did they forget to remove one from the machine once it was clean? And if so how did the owner not notice that they left without it?
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
JavaScribe
But doesn't Punisher Pumice take place in Sky Kingdom? And isn't wand cleaning quick? Why would the actress have left her wand all the way over there?
A fan made a copy, maybe?
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
I never expected to see that spell again.:smallbiggrin:
I hope it works.:smallamused: Just to see the look on everyones face.
Especially Besty’s.:smalltongue:
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
JavaScribe
But doesn't Punisher Pumice take place in Sky Kingdom? And isn't wand cleaning quick? Why would the actress have left her wand all the way over there?
Crystal Kingdom, actually.
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Man, this is one of the best comics ever made. I love it so much.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Celestia
Regardless, I think it was more likely she saw the "Property of" label than there being multiple wands, else it probably would have been brought up.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
JavaScribe
Regardless, I think it was more likely she saw the "Property of" label than there being multiple wands, else it probably would have been brought up.
If it had been brought up, then the transformation would have been less of a surprise since we'd have been expecting something to go wrong.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
The most recent page is great. I especially enjoyed "Shh, you're Pumice now. Accept it," and then Cordelia and Nautilus trying to figure out the cell phone in the background.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Okay, I'm starting to think that Cordelia and Peridot actually didn't have a plan to conquer anything.:smallbiggrin:
Things just played out that way and they started to pretend because everyone expected them to.
Peridot already had some hints of this and now Cordelia starts to act the same way.
Nightmare Knight seems to be tired of being a villain- if he ever really was one -and only plays a role as well.
I think the only remotely villainous characters are those salad-themed palace guards and maybe the thief-princess and Bromley.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Arrg! My heart! I can't take that much adorbs!
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Kantaki
Okay, I'm starting to think that Cordelia and Peridot actually didn't have a plan to conquer anything.:smallbiggrin:
Things just played out that way and they started to pretend because everyone expected them to.
Peridot already had some hints of this and now Cordelia starts to act the same way.
Nightmare Knight seems to be tired of being a villain- if he ever really was one -and only plays a role as well.
I think the only remotely villainous characters are those salad-themed palace guards and maybe the thief-princess and Bromley.
Personally, I suspect the Dream Oracle that hands this quest to hero after hero to have some nasty (for this comic) objective as to why she helps keep this cycle going.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Oh yeah. I'll bet everything that the Oracle ends up being the Big Bad of the comic.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
I'm not sure when exactly it was, or what started it, but I began suspecting the Oracle may be a villain pretty early on. Although back then, I also suspected she was in on it with the Nightmare Knight, but that turned out to be pretty unlikely.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
AdmiralCheez
I'm not sure when exactly it was, or what started it, but I began suspecting the Oracle may be a villain pretty early on. Although back then, I also suspected she was in on it with the Nightmare Knight, but that turned out to be pretty unlikely.
Ditto here. I started suspecting right away when they first went to go meet her at her home. Her flippant attitude and her apathy about the theft of the sword definitely painted a picture that, at the very least, she didn't care if Cucumber and gang succeeded. At that point, I figured her being evil was a long shot, but time has shown that as being more likely.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
danelsan
Personally, I suspect the Dream Oracle that hands this quest to hero after hero to have some nasty (for this comic) objective as to why she helps keep this cycle going.
Right. The Oracle. I had kinda forgotten about her*.
Yes, she's most likely the big bad.
*That proves it. Only a devastatingly clever villain would manage that.:smalltongue:
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Yuki Akuma
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One of the most importent revalations of this comic, i think.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Huh. Well, that happened.
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Relative of the Nightmare Knight? Alternate version of him from the past? Just a weird coincidence?
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Good looks like besty stays in the comic despite his attempts to get sealed. Also: Huh that is gonna be a big reveal.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
it seems... significant to me that this "Steve" has a mouth but no eyes, and the Nightmare Knight has eyes but no mouth. Two parts of the same being, maybe, one supposedly sealed off forever? I wonder what the two parts would represent...
...And now I'm wondering if there's a third one out there with Nightmare Knight's nose... :smallbiggrin:
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Illogictree
it seems... significant to me that this "Steve" has a mouth but no eyes, and the Nightmare Knight has eyes but no mouth. Two parts of the same being, maybe, one supposedly sealed off forever? I wonder what the two parts would represent...
...And now I'm wondering if there's a third one out there with Nightmare Knight's nose... :smallbiggrin:
Don't forget the arms/legs.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Illogictree
it seems... significant to me that this "Steve" has a mouth but no eyes, and the Nightmare Knight has eyes but no mouth. Two parts of the same being, maybe, one supposedly sealed off forever? I wonder what the two parts would represent...
...And now I'm wondering if there's a third one out there with Nightmare Knight's nose... :smallbiggrin:
Maybe it's a play on the three wise monkeys.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Just blitzed the entire archive, so I'm kind of on a high of "dear gods what is this/this is the best ever." So.. speculation:
Steve is the part Nightmare Knight cast off in that first go round, the part he had to surrender in order to become the fearsome conquerer. He (NK) misses him (Steve), and if he ever got a Legendary Hero who was actually willing to consider peace, Nightmare would ask for help getting reunited with Steve. And if that was achieved, probably remember why he did it in the first place and who/what the actual villain of this world is (conservation of detail suggests Dream Oracle, although we may have to go through Glitchmaster rebelling and trying to enforce the actual Evil Apocalypse first.) Extended theory: NK never intended to be the Ancient Evil Being. He was *trying* to be the Legendary Hero, and felt that he had to become NK in order to gain enough power to defeat whatever the actual big villain of this story will turn out to be. He probably won.. but in an Ironic Twist of Fate, the process separated him from the part of him that wanted to be a hero to start with, leaving behind nothing but the rampaging power. After that first cycle of sealing, NK started to remember what he used to be and what he lost.
Thebestmaster is not a failure. He's just forgotten his full name and purpose - he's Thebestfriendmaster. Steve made him, at some point before he was split into Steve and Nightmare Knight. After that split, Nightmare Knight attempted to turn his powers to Evil Level Boss-ing, but couldn't get Bestmaster to overcome his basic nature. Unwilling to destroy him, NK instead sealed him.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
Well that is remarkably interesting.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Qwertystop
Don't forget the arms/legs.
And with all 5 pieces together we can summon Exodia and defeat the Oracle.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
I'm loving how the plot of the comic is jumping the track from the railroad plot that seemed logically set up from the start. Evil threat, bosses in each kingdom, wacky antics in each kingdom, eventually face the final villain. Considering how lovable all the characters are it looked like a great ride. Then we were introduced to Glitchmaster and saw the potential treachery and in-fighting among Team Villain, and it looked like the path to the finale would be a little more zigzagged than expected. But now? We're threatening to toss everything out the window. "Steve" seems like he's putting on a goofy show and just like the looming, ominous Nightmare Knight turned out to have a heart of gold I'm waiting for the penny to drop and Steve to be revealed as the true villain of the series. Can't wait, because I really don't know what's going to happen next.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
I really appreciate how much actual use the story has gotten out of the plug-drain spell. Drain a cove so the warrior can kill the kraken, open a permanent portal to the infinite nether, release goofy-evil, all sorts a good stuff.
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Rhapsh
I really appreciate how much actual use the story has gotten out of the plug-drain spell. Drain a cove so the warrior can kill the kraken, open a permanent portal to the infinite nether, release goofy-evil, all sorts a good stuff.
I feel like there's some sort of life lesson hidden in here, but I can't find it. :smalltongue:
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
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Originally Posted by
Celestia
I feel like there's some sort of life lesson hidden in here, but I can't find it. :smalltongue:
Would you say it went down the drain ?
I think it's confirmed Steve is bad news. Common people when have in comic books, people with constant manic grins ever been a good sign ?
I suspect that if Steve is indeed a part of the nighmare knight, it is his 'drive'. His love to go forward and win, (and i suspect a good part of his sense of humous, a dark mischevious a,nd malicious sense of humour and mayhem) which explains why the big guy is almost alway glumm and so okay to be locked into this long circle and seems so harmless despiter all his power compared to the Knight of legend that was conquering and rampaging as he used to be according to Rosemaster.
The one thing I wonder, should I be right, is: Has he changed enough by now that he may not want that part of him back ?
(... Also does that mean a 'complete' Nightmare knight alway has a goofy grin plastered on his face ? because that'd be hilarious.)
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Re: Cucumber Quest: Basically if Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door was a comic
You never know with this comic. At this point I wouldn't be really surprised if the revenge turned out to be playing a prank or something like that. It also wouldn't be surprising if this goofy dude turned out to be really evil, though, and that is part of the magic of CQ.
