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2012-04-10, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2012-04-10, 06:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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With Open Eyes
A terribly formatted, unfinished site containing a bad comic.
Oh and I also have a dA account.
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2012-04-10, 06:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
That, at least, has some precedent.
As a bonus fun happy note, look at this comic. Look at the third panel, and how Dominic just straight up admits that he handled this situation poorly. Gaze upon it. Let it seep into you.Who makes fabulous avatars? MEMNARCH makes fabulous avatars!
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2012-04-10, 09:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
Same with me and Dominikudigan. When a Deegan says something long and stupid I need to see that via Translation Party.
Edit: Speaking of which...
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The first panel is an instant favourite.
Unfortunately I seem to remember Milov was under the impression Siggy had been dragged into hell via Karnak's influence at that stage, when actually the new canon is Siggy is the worst monster to ever walk the earth (which makes Milov and Jayden total idiots for hanging around with him and never suspecting, but I doubt Mookie thought that far). Dom's merely apologising for sparing Milov's feelings by keeping him in the dark, because Dom is always right and the greatest person ever (along with Luna, Greg and Nimmel).Last edited by Trazoi; 2012-04-10 at 09:31 PM.
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2012-04-11, 12:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
Sneaky Gate
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Milov really needs to stop shoving it in Katya's face. This is actually pretty mean."Sanity is not statistical."
- George Orwell, 1984
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2012-04-11, 12:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 12:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 01:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was Suck: A Guide to Truenamers
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2012-04-11, 04:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
Leaving aside today's comic's content, just from a technical perspective, among y'all who draw comics, would you have done the gradually zooming out shot for the bottom panels? I'd have figured the three at the left would have been a zoom in, to mirror the growing intensity of her emotions (which themselves are mirrored by the growing beastliness of her appearance). The last panel's zoomed out frame would therefore be jarring, instead of a natural camera progression, matching the dogleg in the monologue.
Bonus: the loss of background as you zoomed in could be used as a scene transition, instead of now where the background is left deliberately abstract.Who makes fabulous avatars? MEMNARCH makes fabulous avatars!
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2012-04-11, 04:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 04:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
My theory, which I hold to make the comic bearable, is that the absence of background is a sign that Snuggly the Beast is devouring this comic's reality. Kind of like in the Neverending Story, with the Nothing erasing everything to replace it with a blank void.
And the protagonists are completely oblivious to it, hopefully right until it's their own turn to be erased.Hark! An avatar drawn by Kate Beaton!
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2012-04-11, 08:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 09:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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I can see linking back when it adds useful context or important information to the current scene, like an editors note. For instance;
This is a good link because it establishes an important plot fact that is currently relevant withouth needing the characters to repeat the information in comic (something Mookie has done far to many times).
The Nimmel links aren't useful though. This is literally someone saying to a main protagonist "You've been through alot" and then linking back to EVERYTHING THAT CHARACTER HAS EVER BEEN THROUGH to show he's up to the task.
Imagine if everytime Batman fought a villain, the editor added a note about all the other times Batman has fought villain, just to make sure we knew he did.
I could see linking to one or 2 things, maybe. For a new comer to the comic who may have his doubts about 'The Pheonix'.
But 6 seperate links, featuring threats that range from legitimate evil superpowers to a bunch of furry fratboys?
The Newspost to me is part of the comic, the Author communicating directly with the reader. It's a place to get information out that wouldn't fit in the story, or just talk to your fans about what's going on and what they should expect. All these links just show me how much he adores his Sue self-insert and how he wants us to see how awesome he is so we do to.
yes, I can be petty!If Ignorance is bliss, I'll take suffering any day.
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2012-04-11, 10:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Actually, I'm pretty sure he did that entire thing just so he could end on "college werewolves." You see, it's funny because all those things increasingly dark and evil, so you expect the last thing on the list to be the most terrifying of all, but it's actually the least terrifying. This is because Mookie was initially going for the old trope of gradually raising the stakes throughout the story, but in recent years he's kind of forgotten about that and had years upon years of filler.
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2012-04-11, 05:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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"College werewolves" you say? More evidence for the "Dominic Deegan is just crappy Dresden Files" hypothesis. It's pretty damning.
-Both main characters are wizards
-They're both nerds
-They both live in a setting where magic serves some of the roles that technology does in our world
-They both make terrible jokes and references. Especially to things that do not fit with the setting, either flintstones with magic for Deegan or Harry-makes-internet-references-but-cannot-use-the-internet for the Dresden Files
-They're both kind of annoying. The difference is that Harry is a likeable and strong character even if his jokes are meme quality
-They're both "nice guys." The difference is that this is a recognised flaw of Harry's and he tries to improve on this
-They both have cats
-Harry could easily be an overpowered Mary Sue but he also has plenty of weaknesses, shortcomings and (intended) personal flaws. Mookie tried this but, well, I'm sure you can guess the result
-They're both snarky and deride their villains. Dominic is much more smug when he does it
-Again, college werewolves
I'm sure there are more. Can anyone think of any? Maybe how both series handle gay characters (badly) and how the authors' fetishes seem to crop up in disturbing ways?
No, Dominic was thrown off a cruise ship on holiday and the comic is his oxygen-deprived hallucination. The comic will end with a shot of a beach and a washed up corpse... With a fish on its head.Last edited by T-O-E; 2012-04-11 at 05:47 PM.
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2012-04-11, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
So I searched "Dresden Files Dominic Deegan" and got this furry forum thread. Some similarities stolen from that guy:
-Third eye
-Doing magical things for money. Both sort of moved away from this as time went on
-Butcher put out a collection called "Wizard for Hire"
-The Bob/Spark dynamic
I'm not saying Deegan is a plagiarism of Dresden (it plagiarised other stuff) but that the latter is the same thing but better in every conceivable way.
Originally Posted by TheSpiffMan
Originally Posted by Some dude, 2008Last edited by T-O-E; 2012-04-11 at 06:44 PM.
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2012-04-11, 08:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 09:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Do they? I mean, Harry's world is pretty much our own as far as the muggles are concerned, and it's not like he's using magical computers to keep up with his friends or anything.
Maybe how both series handle gay characters (badly)When in doubt, light something on fire.
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2012-04-11, 10:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-11, 11:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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In Thomas's case, I felt the books made a point that he was deliberately playing into a stereotype which the White Court were at least partially responsible for. I'll leave aside questions of how tasteful that was, but I feel it's a far cry from Mookie making a point of having his oh-so-realistic gay man who is gay to show how progressive he is.
I mean really, besides the werewolves thing, I think interpreting most of the items on T-O-E's list broadly enough to put Dresden Files and DD under the same roof would result in half the SFF section at the bookstore being Dominic Deegan ripoffs.When in doubt, light something on fire.
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2012-04-11, 11:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
Harry got a salary from a different source at some point, which definitely counts as using his magic for money.
Also, there are time skips between books and it is told that Harry works in the usual job during that time. So while the story moves away from doing magic for money, the character itself doesn't.
Both Harry and Thomas intentionally went for the gay stereotypes, it was pretty clear in the books that it was not seen by them as "the way gays behave"
It can work, but considering the amount of references, it feels more like an excuse than a reason.
As a fan, I usually just accept that as a known flaw of the book.
A flaw that is mostly harmless since it doesn't affect the plot, and was done for a specific character.Last edited by random11; 2012-04-11 at 11:53 PM.
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2012-04-12, 02:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
Not even sneaky.
I'm not sure what's up with Mookie's recent obsession with peppering each newspost with links about Nimmel's past. Has he just discovered the archive function or something? If I believed for one second it would improve his memory and help forestall Mookie Forgot, I'd almost be happy about it.
Anyway, this comic makes me sad, just because it's really obvious to me how a better writer could make this actually something decent. That's often the case, but it really seems obvious here for some reason. Not sure why.
EDIT: You know what else this strip really underscores for me? The fact that Mookie's never bothered to actually explain why werewolves would choose to be in one form over another at any given moment. One would expect them to have a reason to want to change back and forth, or else they'd simply be in one form or the other all the time, right? (That, or it'd be involuntary or semi-involuntary, but that doesn't seem to be the case.) But we get none of that. We have no idea about why werewolves would want to be in either form. So lazy.Last edited by Zaq; 2012-04-12 at 02:41 AM.
In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was Suck: A Guide to Truenamers
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2012-04-12, 03:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Holy mackerel you guys, I JUST discovered the Dresden Files like last week, how are you guys suddenly talking about it, what the heck.
Anyway... have we ever seen indication that Katya can sort-of-but-not-quite transform before? I thought she couldn't transform; maybe she just gets a bit fuzzy when she's really mad?
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2012-04-12, 03:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-12, 03:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-12, 04:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XLIV: Stunt Bro and Hella Jayden
Who is he looking at? Who is he looking at?!?!
Do they? I mean, Harry's world is pretty much our own as far as the muggles are concerned, and it's not like he's using magical computers to keep up with his friends or anything.
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2012-04-12, 05:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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I haven't read all the books but isn't there a thing called the Paranet which is basically just a magical internet?thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2012-04-12, 05:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-12, 05:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Square root of 912.04 is 30.2. It all seemed harmless. Square root of 912.04 is 30.2. It all seemed harmless. Square root of 912.04 is 30.2..."
"It all seemed harmless..."
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