Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire

[Tekraen]

Nah, that doesn't really fit. The trailers are not some kind of unresolved mysteries - if what they advertise never came and the trailers would be removed from the archives (and our memories) noone would ever notice something was amiss. There is no great secret involved - only a statement from the producer/Mookie that this or that will appear on the show, and it doesn't.

Some kind of Cancelled in Production trope would fit better, but I don't seem to be able to find such a thing.

Creator Breakdown fits. I thought Executive Meddling might work as well. I'll keep searching the archives.

[sihnfahl]

Is it me or does Mosley look like Sting when he was playing Feyd in Dune?

[Tekraen]

Is it me or does Mosley look like Sting when he was playing Feyd in Dune?

Not just you. And Winterwind:

How about the Claremont Coefficient?

[Myrdhale]

Really... That's Mosly...

Honestly, I strongly doubt Mookie had it in mind since back then. It seems to me more likely he was reading old comics, and saw a plot point he could abuse, having run out of plausible ideas.

Edit: Plausible Ideas??!? what Am I saying! this is DD. I meant GOOD ideas (maybe he's finally starting to realize what he's done in the last few arcs.)

[Winterwind]

Not just you. And Winterwind:

How about the Claremont Coefficient?

Oh yeah, that fits. At least as best as we can get.

Edit: Plausible Ideas??!? what Am I saying! this is DD. I meant GOOD ideas (maybe he's finally starting to realize what he's done in the last few arcs.)

I fail to see how "good" makes more sense than "plausible" in this context.

Although, no, that's not entirely right.
Each of the former arcs, and especially the one we're in currently, could have been a fairly interesting story if handled better. So I think the ideas for the story arcs are not so much a problem as the ideas for their resolutions.

[Oracle_Hunter]

I will get my arc... maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday

It's strange, but finding out that Mosley actually had a mention in the comic makes the whole set-up seem lazy.

I mean, when he first started doing these, I thought it was pretty cool - you know, a neat teaser that, when the named arc started coming up, his regular readers could say "ooo, do you think X is starting up?"

But after the Huk Thak thing never materialized (and the Oracle Hunter, for that matter!), it just seems like he's just throwing stuff together and hoping it works.

Anyhoo, some speculation on this "Mosley"
1) Note his belt - apparently he fights In The Name of the Moon too. Perhaps he and Sailor Milov will fight for the fate of the world!
2) His features are reminiscent of Nielen, perhaps he too is an Elemental Fiend?
3) In the alternative, maybe he's an elf, or some other sub-race who is also Proud and Noble... and hates Callanians soooo much!

[Occasional Sage]

Each of the former arcs, and especially the one we're in currently, could have been a fairly interesting story if handled better. So I think the ideas for the story arcs are not so much a problem as the ideas for their resolutions.

OTOH, the implication of this is that Mookie makes a good DM/GM/Hollyhock God/Storyteller/whatever. Then, the plot resolution comes from the players, and everything becomes good!

Wait, no....

[sihnfahl]

OTOH, the implication of this is that Mookie makes a good DM/GM/Hollyhock God/Storyteller/whatever. Then, the plot resolution comes from the players, and everything becomes good!
Wait, no....

Actually, I think his ex-GF might have helped.
The quality wasn't that bad while he was with her. Since the breakup, though, things are muddled, he has to spend weeks of exposition strips to 'explain' readers point out as making no sense...

[Winterwind]

Anyhoo, some speculation on this "Mosley"
1) Note his belt - apparently he fights In The Name of the Moon too. Perhaps he and Sailor Milov will fight for the fate of the world!
2) His features are reminiscent of Nielen, perhaps he too is an Elemental Fiend?

These two were my first thoughts as well. Interesting that we both thought of Neilen, there isn't much hinting at him, yet somehow, I still felt reminded of him.

OTOH, the implication of this is that Mookie makes a good DM/GM/Hollyhock God/Storyteller/whatever. Then, the plot resolution comes from the players, and everything becomes good!

A good gamemaster should be able to put sensible NPCs and settings together as well. Mookie used to possess the first ability to some degree, but recently, he's been lacking.
Basically, it would be like playing in a world with the Caste system active. A horrifying thought...

[Ganurath]

The origin of Mosly... and naked elf girls. It's only natural, given how much the keenspot fanbase has been waxing nostalgic about the old days of DD. Don't ask what they're doing now that their thirst is being quenched, though.

[Manticorkscrew]

Anyhoo, some speculation on this "Mosley"
1) Note his belt - apparently he fights In The Name of the Moon too. Perhaps he and Sailor Milov will fight for the fate of the world!
2) His features are reminiscent of Nielen, perhaps he too is an Elemental Fiend?
3) In the alternative, maybe he's an elf, or some other sub-race who is also Proud and Noble... and hates Callanians soooo much!

Maybe it's Oswald Mosley, the former leader of the Fascist party in Britain. I bet, in the next strip, we'll see a spellwolf wearing a suspicious moustache and a swastika. It all makes sense!

[Winterwind]

I wonder whether Mosly's coming implies the naked elf girls will arrive, too.

...Of course, they likely are only skeletons now, given the many months/years of delivery time. ("Oh, wait, elf girls require to eat and drink, right?")

Maybe it's Oswald Mosley, the former leader of the Fascist party in Britain. I bet, in the next strip, we'll see a spellwolf wearing a suspicious moustache and a swastika. It all makes sense!

Whoa. I don't even begin to imagine how Mookie, with his subtle and tactful political and moral messages, would depict the Holocaust.
And I don't want to imagine it, either.

[sihnfahl]

Whoa. I don't even begin to imagine how Mookie, with his subtle and tactful political and moral messages, would depict the Holocaust.
And I don't want to imagine it, either.

Good man.

Wanna bet he read 'Maus' and would try to do something on that level?

[Green Bean]

Good man.

Wanna bet he read 'Maus' and would try to do something on that level?

Oh gods, I can almost imagine him trying to do that in his hamfisted way. *shudder*

[Winterwind]

Wanna bet he read 'Maus' and would try to do something on that level?

Hmmm... nah, it doesn't seem like something Mookie would read.
Too tragic, and not enough Mookie saving the world therein.

Oh gods, I can almost imagine him trying to do that in his hamfisted way. *shudder*

Stop right there!
Some things better remain forever unthought.

[Occasional Sage]

Actually, I think his ex-GF might have helped.
The quality wasn't that bad while he was with her. Since the breakup, though, things are muddled, he has to spend weeks of exposition strips to 'explain' readers point out as making no sense...

Ah. I try to ignore the emokrap about his relationships and moves, so it didn't occur to me that there was collaboration.

Makes sense though. Think we can find a way to deed the comic to her? She'd probably be able to draw better, too!

[sihnfahl]

Hmmm... nah, it doesn't seem like something Mookie would read. Too tragic, and not enough Mookie saving the world therein.

Two words. Artistic. License.

Ah. I try to ignore the emokrap about his relationships and moves, so it didn't occur to me that there was collaboration.

Or at least a little 'bounce-off' of ideas.

Did that a lot for a friend, myself. Played Devil's advocate a lot.

[Tekraen]

Are we skirting a Godwin of Dominic Deegan again?

[Winterwind]

Are we skirting a Godwin of Dominic Deegan again?

We? Never! Mookie does! By bringing in a character who clearly is a hint for the Nazis' conquest of the strip! Because the character shares a name with some British fascist leader! Which obviously is conclusive proof!
Conspiracy!

[Nerd-o-rama]

Hmmm... nah, it doesn't seem like something Mookie would read.
Too tragic, and not enough Mookie saving the world therein.

No, clearly it just lacks enough desu, not being manga. Or Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, but I can't mock people for reading Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, seeing as it's awesome.

[Morty]

Just thinking Mookie could decide to do anything associated with Nazis and/or holocaust makes my head hurt.
And this whole desu thing reminds me of how much things in the internet I don't know about, although wheter I'd like to know about them is debatable.

[Occasional Sage]

Just thinking Mookie could decide to do anything associated with Nazis and/or holocaust makes my head hurt.

Seconded, and thirded, and emphatically fourthed.

And this whole Desu thing reminds me about how much things in the internet I don't know about, although wheter I'd like to know about them is debatable.

Yeah, I've been resisting those tantalizing links. I'm not really INTERESTED, just confused and therefore somewhat curious.

[Winterwind]

Now that I think about it, maybe Mosly's coming actually signifies something for the current arc.
Maybe he is some kind of wizard who specialises in the Moon (no, don't ask me what that's supposed to mean), and something will happen in this arc which will require his knowledge - either something related to the Moondance, or to Milov.
Hey - maybe he is a spellwolf himself? Cause Dominic of course has a pen pal within every single race.

[Khosan]

Oh gods, I can almost imagine him trying to do that in his hamfisted way. *shudder*

Calling it 'hamfisted' is an insult to hamfisted artists everywhere.

Mookie's gone and shoved his arm into the innards of a dead pig, completely surpassing any hamfister to date.

[Winterwind]

Mookie's gone and shoved his arm into the innards of a dead pig, completely surpassing any hamfister to date.

Now here's an imaginary image I didn't need.

Hey, he's just a bit anvilicious... kinda to the same degree as old Looney Tunes cartoons. Although in a different sense.

[Turcano]

I thought Executive Meddling might work as well.

No, Executive Meddling entails being beholden to the will of another person. Mookie has no editorial influence, and it shows. Badly.

I wonder whether Mosly's coming implies the naked elf girls will arrive, too.

The way he draws the female body, I sure hope not.

[averagejoe]

Whoa. I don't even begin to imagine how Mookie, with his subtle and tactful political and moral messages, would depict the Holocaust.
And I don't want to imagine it, either.

Milov's cousin was put into a "moon-centration camp" by the "National Moon-Socialist Spellwolf Moon-Worker's" Party.

[Winterwind]

The way he draws the female body, I sure hope not.

So do I, but given the tendency of showing scenes he presumably considers erotic he has developped lately, I wouldn't be surprised if it actually happened.

Milov's cousin was put into a "moon-centration camp" by the "National Moon-Socialist Spellwolf Moon-Worker's" Party.

[Nevrmore]

The question is, why would Mookie wesleyfy Nimmel? After all, another Mary Sue would detract from Dominic, so...

...oh dear gamemaster who rolls dice in heaven and on earth, please no...

Mookie has realised he could have twice as much self-insertion and twice as much stupidly overpowered plot-breaking Deus-Ex-Mary-Sues by bringing it a younger Dominic clone! And it's an opportunity to compensate for Dominic's only weakness (only one school of magic) too - he brings in a carbon copy of Dominic, equipped with full magical variation!

You do know that Mikey plucked the name (possibly the character, I'm not sure) "Nimmel Feenix" from the name of one of his characters from a DnD campaign he was in, right? The self-insertion had been there from the very beginning.

[Winterwind]

You do know that Mikey plucked the name (possibly the character, I'm not sure) "Nimmel Feenix" from the name of one of his characters from a DnD campaign he was in, right? The self-insertion had been there from the very beginning.

*headdesk*

No, I was not aware of this particular bit of trivia, but it hurts.

I would say, let's hope he just had an uncreative phase, couldn't think of a name and thought this one was cool, but somehow, I am not that optimistic...