Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVII: A Flat World From Recycled Scrap

[Oracle_Hunter]

Sneaky Gate
Future Link

There is much confusion in me.

It's pretty simple really.

Rillian had used up all his Corruption firing ICBMs.
TIM's job is to hang out by Rillian and fill him up whenever he gets low.
TIM was just taking a bathroom break when Stunt et al showed up. I'm sure DJ Callan would be all up in his business if DJ were (a) a Seer (b) competent.

[Kirindal]

Hmm, I don't think you sound quite apathetic enough, Jacob...

[guttering flame]

Wow. How bad can this get?

1st panel: embarrassing typo.
2nd panel: Donovan is a monster-magic expert. Go figure.
3rd panel: stance and expression are all wrong. Back to the drawing table with you, Mookie.
4th panel: What's TIM doing with his hand? Why tentacle going at right angel?
5th panel: Well OK, I guess this one gets a pass even if there's no ground.
5th panel: Oh no!!!!! That blob is not going to destroy one of the other nations (and eradicate one of the intelligent races of this world), it's going to destroy Brathis!!!! fakefake
6th panel: I'm thinking Mookie's trying for funnie. I guess now that Jacob all prettied up he has to talk like a super-dumb blond?

[random11]

So all the magic users in the group went to storm the castle, and they left Jacob behind?

"Hey Jacob, I know the enemy uses necromancy as fuel and only another necromancer can stop him, but you'd better stay here, just in case the king will try to send necromantic based magic specifically for this town."

[Rhapsh]

So. Each of those blight bombs was suppose to be able to destroy a "country". From that scale, how is lazer beam with tentacles worse?

This is all so confusing and incomprehensible.

[ichini_sanshigo]

Sneaky Gate
Future Link

There is much confusion in me.

Okay, now I know Mookie is ****ing with us. He's given up on treating the comic seriously and he's trying to pull a SBHJ,albeit with considerably less panache.

[T-O-E]

"I can sense that from here".

'That'? Why is he saying 'that'? It implies that he sensed the other blight bombs , but then why should it be a surprise that he can sense it? Did one already hit Barthis?

A small thing but it bothered me.

[Johnny Blade]

Now, I know this comic's magic system is a steaming pile of crap at the best of times, but...

"Oh, hey, that necromancer we've been using to power up our beast magic is all out of juice. Better use some beast magic to power him up."


That's dumb even by this comic's own special standards. And here it happened.

[rocketpony]

I want to just throw some things (fanfictions I guess) out here, because for better or ill I always guess wrong.

• We don't know that the bomb is going to Barthis. It could be flying right into Miranda's terrible face! That'd make sense, since Tim hates her, and the king is in love with (but terrified of) her. And it's not like THE BEAST couldn't wait five more minutes if it meant that the one actual threat to the plan was taken out of the picture. The weird cutaway was because we needed the word of Jacob to explain that of the ICBMs, this is the ICBMeist. Although I'm not 100% on how far Barthis is from the capitol, so I'm not sure how impressive this whole thing is.
• Alternately, the blight bomb that is currently en route to Barthis has been empowered by beast magic through TIM, specifically through Tim 's GLOVE, specifically Tim 's glove that is made out of MAGIC, specifically white magic that was stolen from GREG, specifically Greg who lives in BARTHIS, which is where the bomb is currently en route to.
  Would it be too Deegan, insufficiently Deegan, or just Deegan enough, if Jacob was able to strip the necromancy out of the bomb (and gain some powerup for himself, natch, so he can heal the town of their blight trubbles), leaving only the glove's magic, to be re-absorbed and re-awakened in Gregory as he tries to shield people with his body?

[random11]

According to the news post:
"A shortened week of comics to start 2013, but we'll have a full batch of updates next week as Jacob gets a second chance to take on Rilian's necromancy."

So first option is down, but second is unfortunately possible.
That is, assuming Mookie remembers Greg once had magic.

[Traab]

Now, I know this comic's magic system is a steaming pile of crap at the best of times, but...

"Oh, hey, that necromancer we've been using to power up our beast magic is all out of juice. Better use some beast magic to power him up."


That's dumb even by this comic's own special standards. And here it happened.

I dont think thats the case, it looks like TIM added Snuggly juice to this bigass blight bomb just to make it extra nasty. Not sure how that works as the blight should be obliterating everything, but meh. I have this mental image of the planet turning into snuggly creep like a zerg base. Just blight and tentacles everywhere. And for gods sake people, this time rebuild barthis a few miles down the road!

[AgentofOdd]

It's pretty simple really.

Rillian had used up all his Corruption firing ICBMs.
TIM's job is to hang out by Rillian and fill him up whenever he gets low.
TIM was just taking a bathroom break when Stunt et al showed up. I'm sure DJ Callan would be all up in his business if DJ were (a) a Seer (b) competent.

Certainly makes more sense than my theory that TIM is acting like yet another scenery chewing villain who's so unconcerned about his opponents he's wasting time acting like an backup battery source for the big weapon of kaboom instead of killing them off. Course this assumes TIM is a short tempered psychopath.

[T-O-E]

I don't think he has enough characterisation to be a short tempered psychopath.

[AgentofOdd]

I guess that is true. He's cruel, but so far TIM only acts when his interests are on the line.

[Johnny Blade]

I dont think thats the case, it looks like TIM added Snuggly juice to this bigass blight bomb just to make it extra nasty. Not sure how that works as the blight should be obliterating everything, but meh.

Yeah, I didn't see those tentacles in the 5th panel earlier, so I only had Donovan's observation that TIM is empowering Rilian to go on.

This still makes absolutely no sense, though. I mean, why didn't the king do it? Or just Snuggly?

Also, why do it now? The blight bombs are already on their way, and it's not like they have any kind of effect on the battle that's going on.
And, of course, TIM only appeared to stop Donovan's B-Team anyway.


But, no matter what's actually going on here, I must say it sure is saying something about Mookie's writing skills that he starts the comic's last year, the final battle currently ongoing, with a DBZ-like power-up contest.

EDIT: Oh, wow, the newspost...

The last time someone (or some-demon, in this case) tried to cut the Infernomancer's arm-harpoon, it didn't end well for anyone.

(All the slaughtered demons were based on old co-workers of mine, who had been asking me to put them in my comic. So I did, and I promptly them killed off, thus beginning the tradition of killing characters with real-life counterparts.)

Just look at those demons. Especially the way they're dressed.

[Nightpenguin]

How can Mookie not separate his knowledge from each character's knowledge? How??
Why is this such an issue for an adult human being? Seriously, "I can sense that from here."???

I mean - Why- How- Aaaargraaaarerggrrgbllblblblebllarblgblbbl!!

[AgentofOdd]

Best I can figure is Donovan and Miranda have some short of idealized relationship where the two parties know absolutely everything about each other. Even the sound of your significant other going into a magical overdrive. Also possible Miranda showed it to him beforehand cause it's cool and it made her randy.

[Acanous]

9 years later, he's still not actually done.

heh.

[Traab]

9 years later, he's still not actually done.

heh.

That was honestly one of my favorite comics. It was an awesome line from dom, and the perfect response from stunt.

[Acanous]

That was honestly one of my favorite comics. It was an awesome line from dom, and the perfect response from stunt.

My favorite is actually Celesto's face in the last panel of This strip.

He actually looks like a person, and pretty badass at that. No snout, no bird, explosion in the background.

[Welf]

EDIT: Oh, wow, the newspost...

Just look at those demons. Especially the way they're dressed.

Does anyone know where Mookie worked back then? Looks like a fun place.

[Gez]

Does anyone know where Mookie worked back then? Looks like a fun place.

He was a waiter.

Now we all are the waiters, in that we are waiting for him to end this horrible comic.

[Traab]

My favorite is actually Celesto's face in the last panel of This strip.

He actually looks like a person, and pretty badass at that. No snout, no bird, explosion in the background.

Yep, following the trope. Cool guys dont look at explosions.

[Mr. McGician]

Donovan is the Deeganest of the characters present, so he has temporarily become a Mookinsertion so that he can conveniently explain to us what's going on. Once they encounter someone with higher levels of Deegan than Donovan, the Mookinsertion will latch on to that character instead and Donovan will resume being ignorant.

[random11]

One for Barthis

And one for Maltak

I'm confused, wasn't there only one super charged blight bomb?
Are there two, or is the one going for both locations?

[Friv]

One for Barthis

And one for Maltak

I'm confused, wasn't there only one super charged blight bomb?
Are there two, or is the one going for both locations?

Apparently Barthis is exactly midway between Callan's capitol and Maltak.

[Mr. McGician]

How tiny is this world that they can tell which country the bomb is headed for just by its general direction? Or did he do some superfast magical trajectory calculations?

[AgentofOdd]

One for Barthis

And one for Maltak

I'm confused, wasn't there only one super charged blight bomb?
Are there two, or is the one going for both locations?

Wonder when Mookie will explain why Jacob was left behind.

[T-O-E]

Don't remind us, Jacob. That was embarrassing for everybody.

[Wraith]

Jacob: "Time to test what I really learned about death in Maltak."

*Flashback panel: Death is not zombies.*

*A huge ball of swirling dark energy, screaming with the torture of the dozens of souls that power it along with the ever-present whipping of tentacles and gnashing of unholy maws, streaks over head.*

Jacob: "....Yep. Definitely not a zombie. So; lunch, anyone?"

Thanks for that, Jacob. Thanks a lot.