Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire

[16bitperformanc]

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

And then the spelltroopers came in and shot the survivors. Then their leader went on to take over half of europe i ur mean some place in the Mookie-verse.
Then the Callians fought the spell wolves in a war which lasted several years where some other non conqured country in the Mookie-verse came in at the last second and claimed they saved the day whilst they built some stupid giant sky scraper as the Callians were slowly being bombed to death and sending half of the population into the trenches whilst the the country in the Mookie-verse went over to Callian (is that the place) and shot the last few spell wolves and then went around stuck up their own arses going on about how they saved the Callians whilst the leader of the spellwolves was already about to go shoot himself.
Damn other country in the Mookie-verse

[Winterwind]

Um... 16bitperformance, are you sure it's wise to post that in a so far friendly thread attended mostly by Americans? Not to mention politics is a taboo subject by forum rules anyway...

Also, in your analogy, the last few times when you mentioned Callan, it should have been the Winter Archipelago.

[Occasional Sage]

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

That'd be moonarific!

Pfft.

[Occasional Sage]

Um... 16bitperformance, are you sure it's wise to post that in a so far friendly thread attended mostly by Americans? Not to mention politics is a taboo subject by forum rules anyway...

Also, in your analogy, the last few times when you mentioned Callan, it should have been the Winter Archipelago.

I can't speak for "wise," but I'm a non-offended North American.

Not that that has anything to do with forum rules....

[Elhana]

Mosly...eh...

When I first saw the picture posted today I read the text as "Hey Dominic, it's me...your old pal mostly."

Suffice to say, I was a little confused. Then again, even knowing that was supposed to be the dude's name, it still would have confused me.

I didn't realize Dominic had any friends.

Anyway, this thread has really helped me understand the picture. I would never have found the comic where his is first mentioned, nor would I have realized there was anything special about his name other than I think it sounds strange.

[Occasional Sage]

Anyway, this thread has really helped me understand the picture. I would never have found the comic where his is first mentioned, nor would I have realized there was anything special about his name other than I think it sounds strange.

Mostly strange, but not entirely

Is it just me, or is there something hostile, or maybe... mailcious? about the eyes?

Lord Dominic, save us from a second cheesy friend-turned-antagonist-needing-redemption plot! We your humble subjects beseech you to

No wait, he likes this kind of thing. Right.

[16bitperformanc]

Um... 16bitperformance, are you sure it's wise to post that in a so far friendly thread attended mostly by Americans? Not to mention politics is a taboo subject by forum rules anyway...

Also, in your analogy, the last few times when you mentioned Callan, it should have been the Winter Archipelago.

but it isn't real, it is all made up and stuff. Besides most of it is true

[sihnfahl]

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

Well, he did do a 'fun' path already. Don't count him out.

For reference, see: Orcs, Maltak, Callanian Nobles, Callanian Infernomancers.

[rubakhin]

Frankly, I've been waiting for a gulag motif since I found out Milov came from someplace called the Winter Archipelago.

(Funny, I got into a discussion just today about Solzhenitsyn ...)

[averagejoe]

And then the spelltroopers came in and shot the survivors. Then their leader went on to take over half of europe i ur mean some place in the Mookie-verse.
Then the Callians fought the spell wolves in a war which lasted several years where some other non conqured country in the Mookie-verse came in at the last second and claimed they saved the day whilst they built some stupid giant sky scraper as the Callians were slowly being bombed to death and sending half of the population into the trenches whilst the the country in the Mookie-verse went over to Callian (is that the place) and shot the last few spell wolves and then went around stuck up their own arses going on about how they saved the Callians whilst the leader of the spellwolves was already about to go shoot himself.
Damn other country in the Mookie-verse

Hey don't hate us 'cause we have style. You Brits should try it.

[ElfLad]

I didn't realize Dominic had any friends.

Sure he does! Remember that one guy who got aroused by killing people and the other guy who raped the orphan to save her life?

Dominic has wonderful friends.

[Manticorkscrew]

Hey don't hate us 'cause we have style. You Brits should try it.

You sound like an All American Face.

Well, the Americans may have saved the free world twice in the last century, but they were very late on both occasions. The Germans, on the other hand, were always jolly punctual. I like that in a country.

Anyway, I'm amazed that Mookie thinks he can con us into believing that DD has an ongoing plot. From a certain skewed point of view, it sometimes seems that all the earlier story arcs are adding up to something big, like a great jigsaw puzzle plot. But, no, really, Mookie's just pulling this stuff out of his ass.

Sure he does! Remember that one guy who got aroused by killing people and the other guy who raped the orphan to save her life?

Dominic has wonderful friends.

Put like that...



Why are we still reading this webcomic? It's a horrible, horrible train wreck, and yet I can't look away, or stop snarking about it.

[Elhana]

Sure he does! Remember that one guy who got aroused by killing people and the other guy who raped the orphan to save her life?

Dominic has wonderful friends.

Oh yes....how could I forget about them.

Now I'm almost curious to see how much worse this new guy could possibly be. No, wait...it passed, I'm no longer curious.

[Turcano]

Why are we still reading this webcomic. It's a horrible, horrible train wreck, and yet I can't look away, or stop snarking about it.

"The beauty of it is, each parking space is a mere one foot narrower -- indistinguishable to the naked eye! But therein lies the game."
"I fear to watch, yet I cannot turn away."

[averagejoe]

You sound like an All American Face.

Got that right! In America!

Well, the Americans may have saved the free world twice in the last century, but they were very late on both occasions. The Germans, on the other hand, were always jolly punctual. I like that in a country.

The last minute of this is totally and completely true.

[Turcano]

"Brains... Must... devour... Dominic's delicious brains..."

[Winterwind]

Why are we still reading this webcomic? It's a horrible, horrible train wreck, and yet I can't look away, or stop snarking about it.

In former times, I would have been disgusted by such a stance, but nowadays I find myself more and more swayed to what some other poster, Occasional Sage I believe, described: It's so much more fun to mock the comic than the comic could ever provide fun itself even if it returned to the glory of the Long Long Ago, that I am not even sure anymore whether I want it to improve.
MST3King is awesome!

As for today's strip:

"There's been an accident at the lab...

...and now we're going all Half-Life!"

Or, in the same vein as averagejoe's last comment:

Spoiler

Show

[Oracle_Hunter]

My god... Domthulu!

Anyhow, looks like we're in heading towards a "Mad Science Horrorshow" arc.

Pfft, if I wanted something like that, I'd read this. Oh wait, I do anyways

For Science!

PS - Finally, I got an appropriate avatar. Marvel at its niftiness! Or not, as you will, though *I* think it's pretty darn nifty

[averagejoe]

One would think I'd be more excited about Runcible Spoon summoning Cthulu. I mean, it's one of those things that's really awsome in theory. Who doesn't like combining mad scientists with wierd names and incomprehensable horrors from beyond reality?

[Winterwind]

My god... Domthulu!

I think that's supposed to be Runcible Spoon, not Dominic.

Anyway, *points to last editted post of himself*, that's what I think of it.

PS - Finally, I got an appropriate avatar. Marvel at its niftiness! Or not, as you will, though *I* think it's pretty darn nifty

Congrats.

(I wish somebody had noticed when I got a custom avatar myself. I'm feeling so neglected. Forum, why don't you love me? )

[Captain van der Decken]

Yeaaah, that's probably Runcible Spoon.

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Is it too much to ask that you stop linking to TV Tropes? I intended to just scan this thread, I ended up browsing that god damn site for two hours before I could pull myself away.

[Green Bean]

Huh. Did that comic remind anyone else of a certain 'psionic danger'?

[Oracle_Hunter]

Huh. Did that comic remind anyone else of a certain 'psionic danger'?

Oh, you mean the squidly-thing

Yeah, I know it was Runcible Spoon but does that sound nearly as good?
Runthulu? Spoonthulu?

See, it's just not as good. I appeal to the Rule of Funny.

And Domthulu.

PS - You see Winterwind, it's easier to get attention from the forum if you shout it from the virtual rooftops and club people over the head with it.

Hooray for shameless self-promotion!

EDIT: Screw the rules, I have spellwolves!

[Winterwind]

Oh, you mean the squidly-thing

Yeah, I know it was Runcible Spoon but does that sound nearly as good?
Runthulu? Spoonthulu?

Ironically, I'm about to run a Call of Cthulhu game in 3 1/2 hours.
Say, does anyone happen to have a good idea what, exactly, could happen to a history professor stranded after a long and sanity-draining journey in the midst of India, together with a NPC magician about whom the professor's player still wonders how the hell that person can cast spells without ruining his sanity (I wonder how long until she realises the truth: He does ruin his sanity, or more specifically, did so already centuries ago )?
I know, generally, where I want to take the plot to, but I'm always open for new inspirations, and I improvise 90% of the time anyway.

PS - You see Winterwind, it's easier to get attention from the forum if you shout it from the virtual rooftops and club people over the head with it.

Yeah - one would think a guy with a sledgehammer and a flintlock pistol would draw more attention than that.
Sheesh, how brutal has this world become, that people don't even notice weapons anymore?

EDIT: Screw the rules, I have spellwolves!

MIND RAPE!

[Turcano]

Huh. Did that comic remind anyone else of a certain 'psionic danger'?

Yes. (See my previous post.)

Also:

[Khosan]

That mind flayer is spelling out 'lol' with his mouth-tentaces...Almost.

It's more ldl at the moment. If that tentacle in the back were gone, it'd be perfectly upside-down.

[Myrdhale]

God, There's never anything close to unique in Mookie's mind, is there. Honestly, Face tentacles?

"It's been done" *drives off in his limo. With his Brownies*

[Khosan]

I'm a big supporter of stomach tentacles. Easily concealed and useful to boot!

[Winterwind]

"It's been done" *drives off in his limo. With his Brownies*

Ah, but did the Simpsons do it?

No?

It's free game, then!

I'm a big supporter of stomach tentacles. Easily concealed and useful to boot!

I don't wanna know.

[sihnfahl]

Frankly, I've been waiting for a gulag motif since I found out Milov came from someplace called the Winter Archipelago. (Funny, I got into a discussion just today about Solzhenitsyn ...)

Yes, that might be interesting. However, there's just one tiny flaw in your idea.

To Mookie, 'foreign' countries are always more noble and honorable than his US Stand-In (Callan). If they have prejudices, it's for a good reason; usually, within the first week, he explains the prejudice in a way that makes it seem All Too Clear (at least, to Mookie). Otherwise, they're enlightened and perfect societies!