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

[AgentofOdd]

The Blight is imbalanced white magic? Imbalanced with WHAT, exactly? What does that even mean? It's like a fortune cookie . . . it almost sounds like something, but then you think about it for two seconds, and you realize that it's nonsensical.

Mookie seems to be using imbalance the same way one might say a person is unbalanced. Basically the Blight is white magic acting in an abnormal manner and Jacob is going to fix it... somehow. I wonder how Greg is gonna feel when Jacob out white magics him. Seriously, you'd think a kid who spent his entire life trying to cure himself of the Blight would've had Jacob's epiphany a long time ago.

[Welf]

Mookie seems to be using imbalance the same way one might say a person is unbalanced. Basically the Blight is white magic acting in an abnormal manner and Jacob is going to fix it... somehow. I wonder how Greg is gonna feel when Jacob out white magics him. Seriously, you'd think a kid who spent his entire life trying to cure himself of the Blight would've had Jacob's epiphany a long time ago.

Well, he should have asked some orc. Also, Greg was never the sharpest knife in the kitchen.

[Zaq]

Wait. Wasn't 't there something about how Greg's white magic made the Blight recede, or at least that it held the Blight at bay?

This keeps getting dumber.

[random11]

Wait. Wasn't 't there something about how Greg's white magic made the Blight recede, or at least that it held the Blight at bay?

This keeps getting dumber.

Perhaps he used too much white magic, so he didn't break the imbalance.
All Greg had to do is to give up, then automatically he'd use less magic, create balance and get rid of the blight.

It works because giving up and doing nothing is a moral we see often in DD.

[T-O-E]

I bet Rillian had no idea what the Blight was.

Mookie is saying that Rilian was a foolish misguided man who unleashed a horrific abomination unto the world by perverting the very powers of life... This offends me. What has Rilian ever done to you Mookie?

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if every major character in DD is based on a real life person, considering the the ones we already know about*. Maybe a fat guy called Brian sneezed on Mookie a few days ago or something.

*Characters Mookie played in a game, Mookie in a costume or characters who are clearly Mookie. Also cameos, Jayden and Dominic's student whose only personality trait is sex. I'm sure there are more.

[Traab]

Wait. Wasn't 't there something about how Greg's white magic made the Blight recede, or at least that it held the Blight at bay?

This keeps getting dumber.

Well yeah, but remember greg had super special white magic. He has WHITE FIRE!

[Johnny Blade]

I bet Rillian had no idea what the Blight was.

So I looked at the only strip I remember that deals with Rilian's discovery of necromancy, and...well, just look at it.

It's most likely just a weird coincidence, but I really hope Mookie actually planned this 4 years ago and is going to add another stupid subplot to this trainwreck.


EDIT: Also, looks like a good time to start thinking of ideas for the next (and possibly last) thread's title.

[T-O-E]

So I looked at the only strip I remember that deals with Rilian's discovery of necromancy, and...well, just look at it.

It's most likely just a weird coincidence, but I really hope Mookie actually planned this 4 years ago and is going to add another stupid subplot to this trainwreck.

Killyoudead, huh? Wow, what a noble and altruistic magic that's been misunderstood and corruped from Rilian's original intentions.

EDIT: Also, looks like a good time to start thinking of ideas for the next (and possibly last) thread's title.

Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Free at last
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: The Grand Whimper
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Creative Difficulties
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Writer-Artist disconnect
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: The Dark before the Dawn
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: The Snark before the Yawn

EDIT:
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Worst Song, Played on Ugliest Guitar
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: So Metal Alchemist
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: F**k you, I'm a turd
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: If you fail to prepare then-

[Valencia]

Sure Jacob... whatever you say. Yup.

I like "Snark before the Dawn" best, since I ought to have a little more substance to this post. <3

[Mr. McGician]

Wait, he's connecting the blight with undeath? But isn't the point of the blight bomb to kill everything, not make everything undead? Wouldn't that make it death out of balance, not life out of balance? And how exactly is white magic the opposite of necromancy? They're both ways to give life to something, it's just that necromancy gives zombie life or something. Wouldn't the opposite of them be a killing spell or something?

[MReav]

Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Endshame.

[AgentofOdd]

Well, he should have asked some orc. Also, Greg was never the sharpest knife in the kitchen.

But Miranda should have taken him to an Orc healer just in case.. Hmm, could it be even our dear Archmage is secretly racist?

"Oh good heavens no, I'm not letting a Orc doctor see to my son!" - Miranda

[EvilRoeSlade]

Getting out of my comfort zone was the goal of my upcoming webcomic project. For ten years I've been calling the shots with this comic. Now, after a decade, to enter into a collaboration where my ideas are challenged, changed, and ultimately become something new is both intimidating and exhilarating.

How many days do you give him?

[Humbug]

Who knows, Starpower might be a good thing for Mookie. I don't expect it to be a masterpiece because let's face it, early Dominic Deegan was just passable. It'll prolly be pretty meh at best. But if he keeps challenging himself and actually has someone to help with his ideas, he could get better.

[Traab]

Im hopeful it will be snarkable for an entire NEW list of reasons. I mean, sure, making fun of vanishing limbs and snout faces is fun, but I want to have new stuff to mock dammit!

[Morty]

If anything has a chance to make Mookie into a somewhat good - or at least not awful - writer, it's definetly having someone else he has to run his ideas through. He never had to answer to anyone when making Dominic Deegan, so he was free to throw in whatever he felt like, with no regard for the flow of the story or, well, making it make any sense.

[Welf]

How many days do you give him?

I'd like to think positive. He finishes DD and moves on to a new project to develop as artist. And since he's a nice guy, I hope for the best.

Im hopeful it will be snarkable for an entire NEW list of reasons. I mean, sure, making fun of vanishing limbs and snout faces is fun, but I want to have new stuff to mock dammit!

Hear hear! Ignore what I said above about hoping.

[Traab]

I'd like to think positive. He finishes DD and moves on to a new project to develop as artist. And since he's a nice guy, I hope for the best.



Hear hear! Ignore what I said above about hoping.

Ideally, and this is reaching for the moon here, but ideally I would like it to be both worth reading, and worth mocking. I want to be able to say, "While this this and this was silly, this this and this was pretty cool." It would be nice for there to be a balance, as in this thread it is way too easy to get carried away with attacking everything to do with the comic, even when it isnt that bad.

[Trazoi]

Ending DD and moving to a collaborative project is the best artistic decision Mookie has done since forever. I'm hoping Mookie improves as a writer through this, and if he does and avoids any Stonewater debacles then I'll be applauding his progress regardless of how entertaining Star Power is to read.

If he still manages to stagnate, then we'll be here in Star Power Mk. MMI: A Face Oddity

[AgentofOdd]

It would be an interesting thing to watch. On one hand, Mookie is a genuine nice guy who can get along with many types of people. On the other hand, much of his flaws as a writer can be summed up as Mookie stubbornly doing what he wants, not what's good for the story or the audience. I do wonder how much Mr. "I want everyone to be happy and metal" will bend to an artist who'll inevitably have a different vision.

[Welf]

Ending DD and moving to a collaborative project is the best artistic decision Mookie has done since forever. I'm hoping Mookie improves as a writer through this, and if he does and avoids any Stonewater debacles then I'll be applauding his progress regardless of how entertaining Star Power is to read.

If he still manages to stagnate, then we'll be here in Star Power Mk. MMI: A Face Oddity

That sounds reasonable.

Title suggestion: Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Snärkerdämmerüng

[SlyGuyMcFly]

That sounds reasonable.

Indeed.

Title suggestion: Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Snärkerdämmerüng

This title gets a thumbs up from me. It's the appropriate thing.

[Morty]

Title suggestion: Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Snärkerdämmerüng

I support this title.

[Doompuppy]

Putting this up from an earlier thread, it always tends to be applicable:
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Bland and White Morality

[TheLaughingMan]

Putting this up from an earlier thread, it always tends to be applicable:
Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: Bland and White Morality

This one get my vote as well, unless it's already been used.

[SaintRidley]

In light of the recent, shall I say incoherence? I think I shall, of Jacob's revelations, I'm proposing, just to have it out there, Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Incoherence?
What order do the speech bubbles even GO in. It doesn't make sense no matter what I do.

[Bobikus]

Incoherence?
What order do the speech bubbles even GO in. It doesn't make sense no matter what I do.

Dominic Deegan, Mk. XLVIII: It doesn't make sense no matter what I do

[random11]

Speaking of incoherency:

Sneaky

Future


And regarding the thread name, didn't we get an early suggestion about stock writing?
I say we should save the names about the ending. With the speed the plot moves compares to the speed these threads fill, I say we have at least 1-2 threads, plus a full one for epilogue and votes for worst/best strip ever.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Wouldn't it be ironic if at the end of this, all that's left of Jacob is that blackened skeleton? But like, he was still alive but just a blackened skeleton? Well, you didn't die, but you certainly zombied. Death is not zombies. Zombie Alive, etc etc.