Murphy's Law 7: ...Maybe?

[Alagaesian]

On another note, I think writing this fanfic is the third time I've managed to cry while writing something. Usually, as an author, I've found it easy to take a step back and look at the story objectively, removing a lot of my emotional attachment to the characters and effectively ending whatever emotion is was that was going to make me cry in the first place. I guess it's somewhat harder to do for a fanfiction in a story that isn't finished yet. For all I know, the sad backstory I've crafted for one of the two characters is completely true.

Right now, my fanfic is approximately...*counts up pages of scrawled writing accumulated through bus trips and boring lectures*...2800 words. And I'm still a decent ways from being done. And then I have to type it all up, second-drafting it while doing so, then edit it...All in all, it's going to be a while. But when it's done, it's probably going to be long and dialogue-oriented.

[CoffeeIncluded]

So now everybody's debating Lexi's race. Huh.

New comic some time this weekend, I hope.

[Symmys]

Lexington is a half-elf with a snaggletooth. Coffee even said so when he was first introduced.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall her ever saying what his other half is... Just making an observation.

[Lix Lorn]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall her ever saying what his other half is... Just making an observation.

There's no such thing as a half-elf template.

[Maquise]

There's no such thing as a half-elf template.

I believe you mean the half-elf template isn't core. I'm certain if you looked hard enough you could find one.

[Lix Lorn]

Probably homebrew somewhere, yeah.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Two stick figure comics on a Monday morning! I would have updated last night, but it was the Super Bowl and I'm from New York.

#175: Loose Lips Sink Ships

[Rising Phoenix]

Two stick figure comics on a Monday morning! I would have updated last night, but it was the Super Bowl and I'm from New York.

#175: Loose Lips Sink Ships

Way to get the fanfiction going I guess?

[Eleanor_Rigby]

A cheery one for a Monday morn to be sure, Coffee.

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The skip to Kago makes good narrative sense though. And it's nice to see Lexington again... Nice apart from the whole "aw man, that guy's in danger of being killed soon, isn't he?" thing this update kind of has going for it... Murphle

[t209]

One of the dead guys got what he deserved for wiping out a drow village.

[Eleanor_Rigby]

One of the dead guys got what he deserved for wiping out a drow village.

Checking ethics at the door for a moment, it should probably still be noted that
a) Coffee uses templates
b) The Kagoan Militia has a regimental hairstyle
and
c) Black is by far the most common hair colour amongst the Kagoan people, if my memory of Murphy's Law related facts is the case.

Are you sure one of those specific dead guys actually wiped out a drow village in the comic? The human on our left with the pony tail and the brown boots does look like a Kagoan we've seen before, but really - can that be confirmed or denied on the basis of boots that I think are just like Lloyd's, a Kagoan breast plate and a regimental hair style?

Judging by Mr Blue Boots in the second panel though, I'm sorta tempted to agree that this'll turn out to have been one of Lloyd's contemporaries - maybe the one from his village? If it is though - have we actually seen him since the massacre? I don't know that we saw him killing any more drow than we saw Lloyd kill. It was a mob that attacked the village, not one guy.

If you meant the pale green guy or the mage, then I guess my recognition skills need scratching up. I got the impression from the dialogue though that the guys had been strung up for being Plaavan sympathists. Which rather would imply that ...Geoffrey? Didn't deserve that fate much more than Lloyd does. Not that I've seen you say that Lloyd doesn't deserve this fate; I'm making assumptions there, I guess.

ETA: Looking back through the first Kago arc it would seem that Mr Dead Guy Brown Boots wasn't present at the scene. Mr Living Guy Blue Boots, on the other hand, was. I don't know if we saw Geoffrey after he went off to join the army or not (having been enlisted as per The Abridged Edition).

[SamBurke]

Depressing comic...
BUT STORY!

[CoffeeIncluded]

None of the executed characters are ones you've seen before. I should have modified the templates more. (Heh, it seems that the main characters are the ones I give the most attention too.)

[McDouggal]

Whee! New Comic!

*actually reads*

And the Plot thickens. Ugh. This is not good.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Not good how? Any speculation?

...I just realized I've been doing this comic for over two years.

[SamBurke]

Not good how? Any speculation?

...I just realized I've been doing this comic for over two years.

Congratz, dude.

[Hiro Protagonest]

Congratz, dude.

Coffee's a girl.

[SamBurke]

Coffee's a girl.

I happen to be well aware of this.

Perhaps "bro" would work better?

[leakingpen]

Not good how? Any speculation?

...I just realized I've been doing this comic for over two years.

Rust is clearing out anyone who questions the way things are, in order to bring in his own "people" and further narrow the singlemindness aim of the kingdom.

[Alagaesian]

Parts of my speculation are included in my fanfic. I've finished the first draft, by the way. Unfortunately, that first draft is all on paper, so I'll need to type it out. Even more unfortunately, my computer is sick, so it's going to be a while until I can get it typed. But once I do, it's gonna be awesome...hopefully...and pretty weird in places.

I have the sneaking suspicion that someone whose name we know is going to end up hanged by the end of this mini-arc. Also, we might see that "ambassador" coming back to Kago to give his news.

My troper sense tells me something very, very bad is going to occur in Trassix soon after this mini-arc to counterbalance all the good and peaceful things that have happened there. My pet theory for this is that Rust is going to see the refusal of the "ambassador" as an act of war and arrange for Riley to be assassinated at his coronation, giving Kago the perfect opportunity to storm Trassix with ten thousand troops...

I have an active imagination, alright?

[Marnath]

Coffee's a girl.

Dude is gender neutral.

[Kumon]

Coffee, your comic is the reason I made an account. Thank you for making it, and I hope it grows to become a long-running thing. Also, congratz on two years!

On another note: Your comic has a Tvtropes page. But, I'm guessing you already knew that.

[Alagaesian]

Hey Coffee, I've got a question that concerns my fanfic. The answer shouldn't affect the fanfic very much (if at all) but I'm a little curious - roughly how far is Kago's capital city away from the place where Janine grew up? I figured since you have all of Aequar mapped out in geographically-accurate detail that you'd be able to give me an answer without too much effort.

[Asta Kask]

Coffee, your comic is the reason I made an account. Thank you for making it, and I hope it grows to become a long-running thing. Also, congratz on two years!

On another note: Your comic has a Tvtropes page. But, I'm guessing you already knew that.

She has, blushingly, directed us to it on a few occasions.

[Applejack]Ah guess she's just a silly little filly.[/Applejack]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Hey Coffee, I've got a question that concerns my fanfic. The answer shouldn't affect the fanfic very much (if at all) but I'm a little curious - roughly how far is Kago's capital city away from the place where Janine grew up? I figured since you have all of Aequar mapped out in geographically-accurate detail that you'd be able to give me an answer without too much effort.

Really far away, half a continent away. Janine grew up in northern Laria.

[McDouggal]

Not good how? Any speculation?

I don't do speculation (much), since I'm never ever right. However, I'd say that the mages are about to rebel, not realizing the true power that Rust has over the Kagoan army and Rust's true nature.

They'll be crushed.

[t209]

Just one question..
Suppose Radec got prenant with Matthew's child. What would the kids look like if Radec went into labor in Dire Bear form? I am not familiar with D&D Druids rules (other than nature based magic).

[HalfTangible]

Just one question..
Suppose Radec got prenant with Matthew's child. What would the kids look like if Radec went into labor in Dire Bear form? I am not familiar with D&D Druids rules (other than nature based magic).

A) Why is Radic shapeshifting - or fighting for that matter - in the last month or so of her pregnancy?!
B) I seem to recall coffee saying that fetuses are put into a demi-plane or something until she shapeshifts back. Or Shapeshifts with the mother and back, i don't remember =/

[CoffeeIncluded]

A) Why is Radic shapeshifting - or fighting for that matter - in the last month or so of her pregnancy?!
B) I seem to recall coffee saying that fetuses are put into a demi-plane or something until she shapeshifts back. Or Shapeshifts with the mother and back, i don't remember =/

I said that wild-shaping while pregnant is incredibly dangerous and most druids don't do it unless they absolutely have to.

And I agree with HalfTangible, Radic would never wildshape or fight in the last month or so of her pregnancy unless she absolutely had to.

[TheBossBoy]

I love this comic... I'm already up to strip 127.
*Matt walks through the detector*
Guard: "Uh... Where did you get a tunic of holding, and how much did it cost?
*Tinder walks through the detector*
-ZAP-
Guard: "MERCIFUL ASTRID!!!!"