Star Power V: The Final Yawntier

[Welf]

Hey, former Deeganites. Haven't been keeping up with this because I honestly got bored pretty early and it was barely worth the energy of the snark. Has it gotten better for snarking?

Anyway, I just wanted to drop by because while I was reading Sluggy Freelance today I was reminded of the horrible, horrible cheekmouth in Mookie's art. I think today's Sluggy might have just made Dominic Deegan's cheekmouth look like high art. Last panel, in case you're like me and didn't even recognize what was going on at first.

Let me know if there's enough going on with this that snark is worthwhile - I might add it back into my rotation and rejoin the thread.

Hi, nice to see an familiar face again.
In regards of snark Starpower is to Dominic Deegan what coffee is to crack cocaine. It's okay, but won't give to the same high. The new format forces Mookie to a more condensed story telling, and it seems having a second person to work with improved the editing. Not really good, but solid.

Also: huh. That comic you linked brought back a character that was set up 18 years ago. Sluggy Freelance has some serious pacing issues.

[mwchase]

Sluggy Freelance has some serious pacing issues.

I semi-recently attempted to reread Sluggy Freelance from the beginning. Pete Abrams does not have a deft hand with topical humor. I forget if I stopped reading, period, at the Punyverse arc, because I knew it would have no long-term ramifications, but I did skip it for that reason.

I forget when, exactly, but around that time, I noticed that the plotting has this weird "bubble" structure, in which a few characters enter a plot, the action expands, and at the conclusion, things contract back down to the characters, who then, optionally swapping other characters in, enter a completely unrelated plot bubble.

Any given bubble has totally different genre conventions in play. (Except the puns. Puns never change.) They'll lurch from a zombie apocalypse to some light-hearted Ikea jokes to delving into a pyramid. (I don't think it happened in exactly that order.)

RSS: Literally the Only Reason I Still Read Sluggy Freelance™

Anyway, I was going to try to turn that into a jab at Star Power, but then I realized they don't do the character-shuffle thing, probably on account of, this Struggle for the Fate of the Galaxy seems to have, like, a dozen people at its core.

Counterpoint: That's kind of how these comic-book stories function.

Yeah, I guess, in the end, Garth has kind of buoyed this enterprise up into the territory of "Eh, could be better."

By the way, how do I see goals besides the next one on the Patreon? I want to know how many thousands of dollars they need a month to make The Legacy of Dominic Deegan happen.

[Psychonaut]

By the way, how do I see goals besides the next one on the Patreon? I want to know how many thousands of dollars they need a month to make The Legacy of Dominic Deegan happen.

Patreon has apparently removed the ability to view past or future goals, which is... an odd decision on their part, but Mookie recently posted that the milestone to reach for TLoDD is $3000 a month.

[random11]

Update

Ever since Superman helped a kitten down from a tree, we haven't seen such an important use of powers!

[Traab]

See, this is stupid. Is she dancing on danicas ARM?! Make her a gorram platform of light to dance on you freaking weirdo! Its a cool idea, to kind of help make up for the crap her and grex pulled, I just think the execution was lame.

[Kato]

See, this is stupid. Is she dancing on danicas ARM?! Make her a gorram platform of light to dance on you freaking weirdo! Its a cool idea, to kind of help make up for the crap her and grex pulled, I just think the execution was lame.

I think it's pretty bad, not because they made up but because this "dancing on her arm" idea raises a whole lot of problems. With very few benefits as far as I can tell...

[halfeye]

I think it's pretty bad, not because they made up but because this "dancing on her arm" idea raises a whole lot of problems. With very few benefits as far as I can tell...

They're about to get shot at. That's not a benefit?

[random11]

They're about to get shot at. That's not a benefit?

You were saying?

[halfeye]

You were saying?

It's a guess, and the night is still young, it might still happen.

[random11]

There, you did something, you are a real part of the team.
Happy now?!
(And no Beena, you are still not in the Comic "About" page)

So whose turn is it so shine his knowledge and skills (or just be around) in the next planet?

[Neoriceisgood]

I'm really zoning out on this comic, but am I correct in understanding that making amends with her highness starpower has granted Beena the ability to be correct about things again?

[random11]

Update

I honestly don't know why I bother anymore, it's more a force of habit than actual interest.

[guttering flame]

This treasure hunt is getting very boring. What did she even get from this one?

[Oracle_Hunter]

This treasure hunt is getting very boring. What did she even get from this one?

Keys Collected : 3 / 5

Keys Unlock : Location of Mysterious Source of Star Power

Pages Covered : 67

Arc Started : 08/24/2015

[guttering flame]

Keys Collected : 3 / 5

Keys Unlock : Location of Mysterious Source of Star Power

Pages Covered : 67

Arc Started : 08/24/2015

It's not all bad. The art for the water-world was nice.

[Welf]

So far we got:
Key of Bravery
Key of Humility
Key of Friendship

I hope the next key will be they Key of Stuff Happening and the Key of Payoff.

[random11]

So far we got:
Key of Bravery
Key of Humility
Key of Friendship

I hope the next key will be they Key of Stuff Happening and the Key of Payoff.

I'd say the last one was more key of knowledge than friendship.
According to the logic so far, "key of friendship" will require something like pressing three buttons at the same time to prove that people like you.

Update: Once again, this is the only pub in the area.
Also, it's nice that the characters are self aware, and know that all they have to do is wait and something will happen around them.

[Welf]

okay, I didn't expect that. PTSD meets Stockholm Syndrome?

[Kato]

Is the story now starts to become a romantic comedy... it might get better. Because it would be really hard to make it worse

[random11]

Just like I said: Do nothing, plan for nothing, and the plot will just happen around you.
Kind of zen when you think about it.

[Oracle_Hunter]

Just like I said: Do nothing, plan for nothing, and the plot will just happen around you.
Kind of zen when you think about it.

That was the lesson of Dominic Deegan -- people who try make plans are evil. Good people just hang out and react to whatever happens.

Unless you're First Caste -- then you are the plot!

EDIT: Also, while I like the composition of the scene, it's setting up to Shooting Superman since Danica can power-up instantaneously and is proven immune to much more powerful weapons.

[Spojaz]

Also, while I like the composition of the scene, it's setting up to Shooting Superman since Danica can power-up instantaneously and is proven immune to much more powerful weapons.

But, they've got a gun on Jimmy Olsen too!

[Zaq]

Hi, nice to see an familiar face again.
In regards of snark Starpower is to Dominic Deegan what coffee is to crack cocaine. It's okay, but won't give to the same high.

Too true. Too true . . .

But, they've got a gun on Jimmy Olsen too!

And he called Jimmy Olson a term which is presumably racist! Go to the Fourth Caste! Go directly to the Fourth Caste! Do not pass Go; do not collect 200 strips of standing around talking!

[Gez]

Shoot already!

Why aren't you shooting? Why aren't you pressing that trigger frantically instead of gloating? Are you just trying to give her enough time to recover from her surprise, power-up, and trounce you effortlessly once again?

Are you actually a masochist, who gets off from the humiliation of defeat?

Is that what's happening? I think that's what is happening.

[guttering flame]

Shoot already!

Why aren't you shooting? Why aren't you pressing that trigger frantically instead of gloating? Are you just trying to give her enough time to recover from her surprise, power-up, and trounce you effortlessly once again?

Are you actually a masochist, who gets off from the humiliation of defeat?

Is that what's happening? I think that's what is happening.

He is an angry alien. His motivations are fathomless to us readers.

[random11]

update

Where the audience need someone to spell the situation to them.

[Cavelcade]

Well hey, they've already chopped off half her leg, so they clearly mean business!

[Kato]

Well hey, they've already chopped off half her leg, so they clearly mean business!

Oh no that is... actually quite a cheap complaint because while she stands very weirdly you can clearly see it to the right.

Eh, yeah, it is a pretty cheap and empty update but... I am curious what exactly his plan is. "Allow us to shoot you and we will let her go"? "be our slave"? "????"

[random11]

Oh no that is... actually quite a cheap complaint because while she stands very weirdly you can clearly see it to the right.

Eh, yeah, it is a pretty cheap and empty update but... I am curious what exactly his plan is. "Allow us to shoot you and we will let her go"? "be our slave"? "????"

Plan? PLAN?!! We don't use the "P word" in this comic!

Seriously though, since this encounter was not planned, I think their best option is just "We're going, don't follow us or we kill the hostage"

[Vinyadan]

We will be swarmed by red pandas!