The Story of a Dragon

[Lord Raziere]

and comic 8- sorry for the delay- is up.

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I know what you are going to ask: "who is beating up Narrator Zarakkan in panel 5?" well since its outside Zarakkan's narrative there is a definitive answer!

only I'm not gonna tell you it, because you already have all the information in comic you need to figure it out, if you are confused, check back to comic 6 and compare it with the information here

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Might wanna update the first post there champ

[Lord Raziere]

that is done now.

[super dark33]

i would ask: if age 1360 why isnt he giant?
but then i answeard myself: he shapeshifted to half dragon

[Lord Raziere]

i would ask: if age 1360 why isnt he giant?
but then i answeard myself: he shapeshifted to half dragon

ok super dark, to you, just repeat the MST3K Mantra to yourself, unless you suddenly start accepting that ZARAKKAN IS NOT A DND DRAGON, HE IS A ZARAKKAN DRAGON.

DnDesque world + magic wielding dragon =/= DnD

[super dark33]

then i wont see a scene of him protecting a city from anouter huge dragon?

[Mad Mask]

then i wont see a scene of him protecting a city from anouter huge dragon?

What do you mean by that?

Could you please work on your grammar and coherency?

[Mina Kobold]

What do you mean by that?

Could you please work on your grammar and coherency?

He want an epic battle between giant dragons and he won't get one because they don't get so big.

I agree, grammar and coherency needs work. Try a spell-checker too

[Lord Raziere]

sorry for the slowness, I'll be getting comic 9 up soon.

[Lord Raziere]

a healthy helping o' comic 9 comin' right up me mateys.

just so ya now: that there is an actual SoDverse bird. Its called an AwkBird, it goes "Awk!" at everything.

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[Mina Kobold]

Like how our little snarker labels these types 'New elf' when he know the dragons did the same thing before them

Hypocritical much?

[Lord Raziere]

Like how our little snarker labels these types 'New elf' when he know the dragons did the same thing before them

Hypocritical much?

He knows its hypocritical, he is explicitly pointing out the fact fantasy type worlds have a tendency to spawn racial empires and making a history of them falling at the same time, he is just observing the pattern of history- he knows that there was probably an "Old Dragon" before there were dragons, so in a sense, Elves are the "New Dragons"......just like how someday humans will be the "New Elves"....its kind of cyclical.

[HalfTangible]

It's a very interesting story. I love dragons and i'm looking forward to future pages of this.

[super dark33]

i dont like your humor. i didnt see anything funny in it.

[Lord Raziere]

I don't like your humor. I don't see anything funny in it.

not my problem. not meant to be a "joke" webcomic like the others. its meant to tell a story and it will only try to be funny when I feel its the right moment, not try to force a joke into every comic.

you don't like it, don't read it.

[Maximum Zersk]

Oh you silly people and your need for humour in every comic.

Well, this comic looks good, I'll keep reading then.

[CWater]

I actually find it funny. In a cynical/sarcastic way. I like it.

[Lord Raziere]

I actually find it funny. In a cynical/sarcastic way. I like it.

That was my intention.

[Lord Raziere]

aaaaannd a great serving of comic 10, up!

first milestone achieved.

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[Maximum Zersk]

Did he... glomp that person to death?

Also, I can't help but ask. Are you going to deconstruct any fantasy tropes and cliches? Because it feels like you're about to.

[Lord Raziere]

Did he... glomp that person to death?

Also, I can't help but ask. Are you going to deconstruct any fantasy tropes and cliches? Because it feels like you're about to.

No, see the claw at the throat? he slit the guys neck, he was too short to reach it so he jumped up and slit it in a split second.

as for deconstructing yes, yes I will. In fact that is probably going to be like most of the comic, starting with the first villain. We are going to be seeing the second one soon.

[Mina Kobold]

Did he... glomp that person to death?

Also, I can't help but ask. Are you going to deconstruct any fantasy tropes and cliches? Because it feels like you're about to.

Of course he did, have you never heard of the Dragon-hug? It's a widely forbidden technique in yongkwondo

Everybody is deconstructing these days, I think I'll surprise everybody by not doing so when I make my comic!

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You didn't hear that.

[Lord Raziere]

Of course he did, have you never heard of the Dragon-hug? It's a widely forbidden technique in yongkwondo

Everybody is deconstructing these days, I think I'll surprise everybody by not doing so when I make my comic!

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You didn't hear that.

you can always reconstruct, that's the opposite, I even have a comic idea that is a reconstruction, cause after a deconstruction you have to reconstruct it so that its better see? its a cycle but a good one.

[John Cribati]

Deconstruction is basically playing out the genre as it normally would be played out, but in such a way as to point out logical flaws in the way the genre is normally played out. Reconstructing it would be making it so that these flaws are accounted for.

[HalfTangible]

Deconstruction is basically playing out the genre as it normally would be played out, but in such a way as to point out logical flaws in the way the genre is normally played out. Reconstructing it would be making it so that these flaws are accounted for.

Isn't that called 'parodying'?

[John Cribati]

Isn't that called 'parodying'?

It depends. Take Spider-Man trying to rescue a person falling from a building. Normally, he just shoots his web at the person an catches him/her mid-fall.

In one issue that I don't quite remember the number of, it played out like that, except that when he pulled the person up (He was standing at the top of the building, you see), the force of the "catch" broke her neck. That's a Deconstruction of Superheroes generally defying the laws of physics.

From then on, he would always jump, catch the person, then shoot the web to the top of the building, slowing the both of them down and leaving the person unharmed. That's a Reconstruction based on the previous Deconstruction.

[Lord Raziere]

Isn't that called 'parodying'?

parodying is just deconstruction by making jokes.

for example, if Watchmen had Dr.Manhattan be an over-the-top parody of a superman character who gone around fixing a every single little problem of society with his powers while Rorshach was just a a guy who suspected conspiracy everywhere and gone around to people going "Have YOU been naughty?" in a santa costume while the police were incompetent slackers who just complained about the superheroes being annoying all day, THAT would've been a parody.

[Maximum Zersk]

parodying is just deconstruction by making jokes.

Close. A Parody is when you just make fun of the series and how ridiculous it can be, or at the plot and characters. A deconstruction is showing how certain things in the genre or something are bad and couldn't work. A deconstructive parody is when you mix both of those things together. And then a Reconstruction is as you said before.

For Example: Bokurano and Neon Genesis Evangelion are deconstructions. Bobobo-bo Bobobo is a Parody. Don Quixote is a Deconstructive Parody.

[Lord Raziere]

I heard bokurano is just a NGE ripoff -_- that is even worse than its predecessor.

bobobo? I've watched that. wanted to apply fire to my brain afterwards, what was it even parodying? it was so random.

[John Cribati]

I heard bokurano is just a NGE ripoff -_- that is even worse than its predecessor.

bobobo? I've watched that. wanted to apply fire to my brain afterwards, what was it even parodying? it was so random.

Guys with ridiculous hair? Scientifically implausible martial arts? Random crap? I'd say it's parodying 90% of Shonen anime.