Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables

[BlackDragonKing]

This is really just a "HEY GUYS, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?" thing.

I have no idea how it could actually be healthy relationship though if they way he writes females and the way he writes how his characters interact with females are any sort of reflection of his own personality.

Judging how someone does something by how they write something is asking for disappointment. It really pisses me off when people assume the artist/writer's behavior will in some way mirror the way their characters act or the way they're written just because. People that can't write a relationship or strong female characters very well are perfectly capable of having a healthy relationship

[Garland]

Wait, they PAY for art like that in the USA?

I'm moving there.

[Castel]

Eeehh... iunno, the filler is good enough for what it is. Decent art, if a bit sappy. It's just the subject matter that makes it odd.

If he commissioned it for himself, let him be happy with it. We're here for Mookie's work, not for that of others.

That seems hardly fair. I, for one, shall stay an equal-opportunity snarker, snarking on indiscriminately.

... as long as it's snarkable, that is.

[Domochevsky]

Talking about unrelated things...

I am pondering opening up for commissions as well. You know what i can do, so what's the general opinion on that thought?

[TheLaughingMan]

Talking about unrelated things...

I am pondering opening up for commissions as well. You know what i can do, so what's the general opinion on that thought?

Smug!Greg, wearing the Supergreg outfit, metal-ing out with Stonewater, Nimmel, and Goddess!Luna, surrounded by hummus and tofu, all wearing glasses and/or dressed as superheroes.

Oh wait, for Gengame? I dunno then.

[Domochevsky]

Smug!Greg, wearing the Supergreg outfit, metal-ing out with Stonewater, Nimmel, and Goddess!Luna, surrounded by hummus and tofu, all wearing glasses and/or dressed as superheroes.

Oh wait, for Gengame? I dunno then.

I meant "in general". GenGame isn't the only thing i can do, even though it's pretty key.

Also, if you can pay for it you get your smugGreg.

[Bobikus]

Judging how someone does something by how they write something is asking for disappointment. It really pisses me off when people assume the artist/writer's behavior will in some way mirror the way their characters act or the way they're written just because. People that can't write a relationship or strong female characters very well are perfectly capable of having a healthy relationship

Except most of the Deegan characters are shown to heavily be self-inserts when it comes to their views, and between his writing and news posts, he sounds like someone who's never grown out of that "nice guy" mentality that 'nerds' tend to develop in high school.

[Welf]

Except most of the Deegan characters are shown to heavily be self-inserts when it comes to their views, and between his writing and news posts, he sounds like someone who's never grown out of that "nice guy" mentality that 'nerds' tend to develop in high school.

I don't think we can judge Mookie by what he writes on the internet. We know Mookie the writer and publisher, not Mookie the friend and fiancé. There is always way more to a person. I already made my experience with that.

[mwchase]

I don't think we can judge Mookie by what he writes on the internet. We know Mookie the writer and publisher, not Mookie the friend and fiancé. There is always way more to a person. I already made my experience with that.

Your sig-thing about thinking whatever you said is funny right now is always more memorable when you've just said something serious and levelheaded.

Ennywai, huh. I just had a look at a few pages of Squid Salad, and is it just me, or is this picture actually more SD and ridiculous than her apparent typical style? I can come up with very little to say about that, so I guess I'll just say it was nice that Alyssa was able to commission something that she evidently wanted? Yay, capitalism. Hooray for the invisible hand. *noisemaker*

[BlackDragonKing]

Except most of the Deegan characters are shown to heavily be self-inserts when it comes to their views, and between his writing and news posts, he sounds like someone who's never grown out of that "nice guy" mentality that 'nerds' tend to develop in high school.

Plenty of people write grating, horrible self-inserts without being horrible people, y'know. You can read unfortunate implications into how some relationships are written in Dominic Deegan, but it's stupid and insulting to try and judge someone's personal life using their job/hobby as a measuring stick. Stephanie Meyer's work is an abomination unto literacy and her novels are filled to the brim with nightmarish implications, but she appears to be happily married.

Besides, from what I've seen of him in person at cons, Mookie's a really friendly, fun guy. Even if you don't think he's a good writer, that's no reason to assume his personal life's going to be messed up because Dominic and Luna aren't as great as he thinks they are.

[Fawkes]

Stephanie Meyer's work is an abomination unto literacy and her novels are filled to the brim with nightmarish implications, but she appears to be happily married to a vampire.

:O

But seriously, I think the only real judgment we can make on Mookie's character is that he doesn't know what optimism is.

[Ghill]

This is really RETARDED. I blame everyone for this. Binging this thread is awesome, but TERRIBLE.

Rock on. [/troll]

[TheLaughingMan]

Found this on Tv Tropes:

The clearest example of Nakama, however, is Lord Milov's "pack" of himself, Jayden, and Siegfried.

I can't believe there was a time where this was actually true. Hell, it's hard to believe that relationships extending beyond the Deegans even exist anymore.

[Kris Strife]

Hell, it's hard to believe that relationships extending beyond the Deegans even exist anymore.

Name one.

[mwchase]

Name one.

Well, there's... no, one of them died. Would... no, he died, and she fake-died, and then broke up or something? Maybe. Does grudging respect count? Wait, there's... no, he renounced her forever. Well, there's always... no, they broke up, after giving us those lovely panels. Thanks, you two. Well, it was important that those other two... wait, no, nobody even remembers what's happened to him, and she's a seriously minor character. Well, the two should-have-been protagonists had something... that happened mostly off-screen.

Bort and Bortette! Done.

Anyway, is it just me, or is the impending marriage actively sucking love from its surroundings to fuel its terrible engine?

(Play a game, and see how many of those you can guess without checking the spoiler. Bonus points for every name I misremembered.)

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Alseltio, Siggy, Jayden, Stunt and Vazkes, Nico-what's-his-name and Prejutits, Greg and Pam, Dex and Danika(?), Stonewater and Grench.

[Kris Strife]

$10 says we'll find out one or both of them is dead or they broke up since WtWE.

Also, are you saying the wedding is a Hadoken?

[Fawkes]

Don't forget - oh wait, they each disappeared into the horizon at the end of Maltak.

[mwchase]

Also, are you saying the wedding is a Hadoken?

That's the obvious interpretation. I'm leaning a bit towards "the universe is setting them up, and to keep their relationship stable, has to strip love from nearby relationships to maintain it through their fight-sexings."

Don't forget - oh wait, they each disappeared into the horizon at the end of Maltak.

Geez, you're right. That was careless of me.

Why does anyone even bother with the relationship mechanics? They're buggy as hell. It seems like they only exist for a few min-maxed builds to reap even greater advantages.

You're just failing to appreciate the depth they bring to the adaptation. It's like how every feature in Dwarf Fortress is based off something that happened in a story the creator's brother wrote.

Did someone say... DWARVES? =D

Would you stop kibozing the boards for any mention of your overpowered and under-mannered race? It's preposterously boorish.

[Trazoi]

Anyway, is it just me, or is the impending marriage actively sucking love from its surroundings to fuel its terrible engine

It's not just you - I'm sure I made a slay about exactly that years ago. I'm surprised Stonewater and Grench are still together; I was sure Dominic and Luna, Mama and Papa Deegan were the only two allowable couples.

And yup, just checked my slay directory, here it is:

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(Man, there's some weird stuff in this directory. Can anyone remind me - why the heck did I made this?

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[mwchase]

No idea, but poking around found

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Dominic dreams of his girlfriend becoming an eldritch abomination, then making out with him. Finally, something I can empathize with.

[SiuiS]

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting Luna vibes from that drawing of Mookie's girlfriend?

Ach. Now I can't unsee it, thanks.
Let's hit the uisce.

I find the filler absolutely creepy. Making my last post in this thread only more screamingly scary. On the other hand my boyfriend thought it was a drawing of two girls so I guess I'm cheered up with that joke at least a bit. It sure is more funny then the filler itself.

Wait that's not two girls? o_O

man, if that is too girls, then I have the least manly sideburns I've ever seen. My one claim to fame, gone! *sob*

Hrm. Is this filler snarkable enough, or should we just go back to discussing ponies again?

Ponies!
and hope that some plot happens tomorrow.

Eeehh... iunno, the filler is good enough for what it is. Decent art, if a bit sappy. It's just the subject matter that makes it odd.

If he commissioned it for himself, let him be happy with it. We're here for Mookie's work, not for that of others.

That's the problem. Mookie said "I'm busy, to stare at a scrap for a while. But it doesn't matter that it's a scrap piece, because it has value to me." and he said it at work. When you call in sick, you don't tell yor boss 'just deal with me being bored and taking the day off'.

I understand your position, but considering Mookie does this to survive, it's kind of a slap. Though I've just talked myself around to seeing how I'm in the wrong. So yeah, I'll let it be.

Except most of the Deegan characters are shown to heavily be self-inserts when it comes to their views, and between his writing and news posts, he sounds like someone who's never grown out of that "nice guy" mentality that 'nerds' tend to develop in high school.

Eh, Mookie has improved. He writes and draws better than this, but he is sticking with consistency over advancement. Granted, his pacing is still atrocious but that's because he's working off an old-style script. Leastways, that's what I've been led to believe. I'm sure if he moved on, he'd do better with his next project.

And it is vitally important to have fun drawing a comic. So he gets leeway for "this is dumb, but I enjoy it so I'll do it anyway". It's just... Maddening when its constant but not acknowledged by the artist.

[Trazoi]

Sneaky Gate
Future Link

The explanation of choosing Quilt isn't that bad by DD standards, although true to DD fashion it both is something they've never used before and makes little sense when you think about it. If Celesto is scryable then the King would have found him by now.

Plus a callback to one of the rare DD jokes I liked, and one that didn't ruin it. So, hooray!

And it is vitally important to have fun drawing a comic. So he gets leeway for "this is dumb, but I enjoy it so I'll do it anyway". It's just... Maddening when its constant but not acknowledged by the artist.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind so much if Mookie flat out stated he was doing DD purely for his own enjoyment so quality be damned. The issue I have is this strong vibe that Mookie would love to be a professional comic writer (like one day working for Marvel) but he doesn't see the point in putting in more effort into his own webcomic. You never get there if you don't put in the work.

[BlackDragonKing]

Oh, I guess that makes sense.

LUNA, NOOOOOOOOO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

YOU'VE BROKEN UP BARTHIS'S GREATEST TEAM! QUILT'S LOST WITHOUT GERALD!

[Oracle_Hunter]

And yup, just checked my slay directory, here it is:

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I am pleased and amused that you have a "slay directory"

Also: I think the "title card" slay was for one of our proposed DD spinoff. Some sort of CSI-style show, IIRC.

Sneaky Gate
Future Link

The explanation of choosing Quilt isn't that bad by DD standards, although true to DD fashion it both is something they've never used before and makes little sense when you think about it. If Celesto is scryable then the King would have found him by now.

Luna's explanation is head-tiltingly bizarre. Quilt is such a bad Seer that his scries will be undetectable? This is like saying that a novice assassin will be so bad at his job that the Mark will never see him coming!

Additionally, Magibabble comes to the rescue. Apparently Visions don't leave a sufficient mental impression be detectable by a mental "extraction" which examines the subject's memories and experiences. That's a very specific level of extraction, if you ask me

[AgentofOdd]

His scry is patchwork? What on earth could that even mean? His second sight is like an internet connection that keeps fritzing out?

And of course, data obtained during scrying is in Dominic's memory, so that's some terrible logic.

[Fawkes]

I think Gerald might be my favorite character. He's a loose collection of paper, but he's a damn good cop.

Also, I'm adding "Howlin' Mad" Quilt back into the spin-off A-Team. Which, for those of you keeping score, also features Donovan "Hannibal" Smith, Hansi "Faceman" Reinholdt, Thuen "O.C." Goracus, and Dex "also Howlin' Mad and kinda Faceman" Garrit.

[Seerow]

I think Gerald might be my favorite character. He's a loose collection of paper, but he's a damn good cop.

Also, I'm adding "Howlin' Mad" Quilt back into the spin-off A-Team. Which, for those of you keeping score, also features Donovan "Hannibal" Smith, Hansi "Faceman" Reinholdt, Thuen "O.C." Goracus, and Dex "also Howlin' Mad and kinda Faceman" Garrit.

I think Gerald deserves a spot on that team as well. He's managed to successfully escape the derailment that most minor characters face when the spotlight is suddenly shifted onto them by Mookie, and maintains likely the most consistently developed character in the comic remaining.

[M84]

Okay I like Gerald. Not really sure why Quilt bothered to change his expression, but it's a funny visual gag.

With the token compliment out of the way...what does "patchwork" scrying even mean? Is his scrying so bad that no one will think to monitor it while he's looking for Celesto? Or is it the second sight equivalent of Insane Troll Logic that somehow leads to the right conclusion anyway? Why does every explanation Mookie present in the comic lead to more questions?

It is nice to see that Mookie remembered that Quilt has basic scrying knowledge though.

[Trazoi]

Luna's explanation is head-tiltingly bizarre. Quilt is such a bad Seer that his scries will be undetectable? This is like saying that a novice assassin will be so bad at his job that the Mark will never see him coming!

Have we ever been told that Quilt's scrying abilities work that way? Or is this yet another ability that has been made up to solve a problem?

Also: why the heck was Quilt already compiling articles on Celesto?

[Zaq]

Also: why the heck was Quilt already compiling articles on Celesto?

He's obviously (****ing) birdwatching.