Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXII: Pray he doesn't alter them any further

[Lyesmith]

There's still totally a chance this is some sort of elabourate gambit on the part of Snuggly, and it'll infest this lobster-abomination and burst out from the abdomen as some sort of terrible non-elucidean...thing.

Right?
RIGHT?

Then, y'know, the wedding will have to be cancelled and those plot-trinkets Miranda made would be explained decently and maybe used, but not in such a fashion that the whole fight becomes meaningless. They could even (hope against hope) kill off a Deegan!

Preferably Greg, but, y'know. Probably Jacob as some sort of redemption thing. Or Celesto, even though he's not First Caste, which actually makes him more likely a target.

[Wraith]

Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXIII: Rule#1 Is In Effect

Rule #1 being, of course; "It can always get worse. ALWAYS."

Does this need the new trope name "Chekov's Invisible Gun"? It somehow feels right.

I think "Ass Pull" suffices by all necessary criteria.

[ninja_penguin]

You know, I think I'd actually have been impressed with Destructocrab if he hadn't made the claws so incredibly monotone and therefore looking flat as pancakes.

And then it just reminds me that Mookie tends to be lazy with his art again.

[M84]

I want to like today's comic. I really do.

It has a decently drawn (somewhat) monster that isn't humanized. That's a plus.

Still, it's becoming increasingly difficult to take Snuggly as a serious multiversal threat. There's only so many times you can Punch Out Cthulhu before it starts getting old. Assuming Mookie is even trying to be serious -- I wouldn't be surprised if this was all just a giant joke on the readers.

[Traab]

Buh

The guardians of an entire plane, the nightmare custodians of an immolated eternity, cannot defend their charge without the help of Dominic redword Deegan.
And the unknowable creature from realms beyond dreams and knowledge folds like a cheap card table, as soon as he's discovered.

I still have a tiny flickering candle of hope that this is part of a greater gambit, and Snuggly is exploiting Dominic's arrogance here. Dom sees Snuggly is falling to pieces everywhere he looks, and so he never follows up. Snuggly'll never set foot in Destrucción, thinks our hero, not after such a thorough trouncing!, and so goes back to planning his wedding as Snuggly consumes the entire plane, now free of Dominic's unwelcome scrutiny.

But no, this will never happen, and Snuggly is just going to keep getting kneecapped until his true form, that of a sick and weakly kitten, is revealed.

First of all, id just like to say, "DAMN YOU MOOKIE! I DEFENDED YOU!" Ok, thats out of my system. Heres my personal theory. This thing is still the big bad, its just growing. Wasnt it a hell of alot SMALLER when it first showed up and dominic blasted it? Ok, so first meeting, dom beat the tar out of it in a close fight. This time its bigger, stronger, and armored, so he had to go to the defensive measures of the plane to fight it off. And no, the plane didnt need dominic to save it. Dominic exploited the rules of the plane in order to defeat something he couldnt handle himself. Big difference. As for what this big bad is doing, we may not know for sure, but my theory is it is somehow strengthening itself with some power from each plane. Perhaps thats what he was doing in destruction in the first place? Boosting his defense so he couldnt get mind blasted again?

I forsee the next plane he stumbles across snuggly, summoning a guardian wont work. Dominic will have that smug grin on his face, as he casually, I dunno, burns a flower underneath snuggly in the plane of creation to trigger the defenses of the zone, only to see snuggly block its attack. Then we get to see that wide eyed look of surprise and panic on dominics face we so love and enjoy. At which point he will somehow manage to manifest the boss of the plane to olbiterate snuggly again and dom escapes, knowing that snuggly is getting very VERY strong and they need to stop wandering around looking for him and start looking for ways to beat him permanently.

[SaintRidley]

If it weren't for the fact that this comic manages to throw drama and comedy together in unlikely and inappropriate ways, I would be finding this incredibly hilarious.

If this comic were a simple comedy this strip would probably come across as the best strip in years.

It probably is one of the best in years. It got a chuckle. But come on, Mookie, and learn to do pacing and dramatic comedy right!


Also, for Traab, Mookie's problem with Show Don't Tell is usually that he decides to show us things that are usually better off achieved by telling and tells us everything that a good writer shows.

He's also doing a comic, so the excuse for not showing when appropriate is pretty much nonexistent.

[guttering flame]

My impression was that Mookie et al are going through all the planes and defeating the avatars Snuggly has in each of them. When they finish going through the list of planes they'll go to Elemeca and fix its problem in an ultimate showdown and that garbage plane will disappear along with Snuggly.

There were 8 Planes + CallanPlane I think and they've already defeated the Snuggly avatars in Hell and Destruction. So 6-7 more interludes and Snuggly will be defeated.

[Jahkaivah]

Thread 33- My Little Snuggly: Stupidity is Magic.

My Little Snuggly
My Little Snuggly
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh~
My Little Snuggly

This is more than I can bear to see
My Little Snuggly
Could you end this world along with me?
Lots of filler!
Seers and sues!
Derailing the plot!
Saving orcs too!
Super Greg?
Thats it screw the rules!
Just punch that seer right in the balls!

You have
My Little Snuggly
Do you know you are my very best fiennnnnnd!

[Mr. McGician]

Say, are we going to decide on a name for the next thread, or will it be an amusing race to see who makes it first and gets to name it whatever they want?

I already suggested "Jumping the Mookie Shark," but nobody else seemed too enthusiastic about.

[Traab]

Dominic Deegan WHY HATH MOOKIE FORSAKEN US!

[T-O-E]

I like the art on the insect thing. Dom's face is particularly bad though. I guess Mookie ran out of his art budget.


Also Deegan BallZ is the perfect name are you people insane.

EDIT: How did Akinator get Death (Discworld) when I only answered one answer as 'yes' or 'partially', that question being 'does he stand on two legs.' Everything else was 'no.'

[Kizor]

Yeah

Snark the comic, not the author.

Going too far into ad hominems debases the discussion, not something that a public Internet criticism thread can really afford. By moving the discussion from snark towards hate, it makes it less worth having. People doing things not worth doing is everyone's loss.

So best to keep Mookie out of the title.

[Mr. McGician]

I definitely think that this is not the end of Snuggly. If it were, then it would be, by far, the dumbest thing that's ever happened in this comic. I am mildly disappointed that Dominic didn't defeat Snuggly by predicting the explosions; it makes that one comic where he's acting smug a total waste of time.

[Welf]

There's still totally a chance this is some sort of elabourate gambit on the part of Snuggly, and it'll infest this lobster-abomination and burst out from the abdomen as some sort of terrible non-elucidean...thing.

Right?
RIGHT?

Partly. Snuggly will fuse with the lobster and become The Lobster, the true essence of lobsters with a metaphysical connection to all lobster kind. TIM will make friends with King Faceless (either heads consist only of mouths) and join a day release program. He'll get a job as a waiter at a caterer and work for the Deegan wedding. And there he serves lobster. All guests will be infected by Snuggly. Their only hope are the 5 Lunaeggs who will combine their powers to create Captain Plane.

I plus that that Destroyer thing doesn't look bad, probably the best monster Mookie has drawn in a while. Shame that it make the designated Big Bad of the arc look bad in a bad way.

[Miklus]

Holy crap, the Akinator got Dominic in 30 questions.

[Thanqol]

I definitely think that this is not the end of Snuggly. If it were, then it would be, by far, the dumbest thing that's ever happened in this comic. I am mildly disappointed that Dominic didn't defeat Snuggly by predicting the explosions; it makes that one comic where he's acting smug a total waste of time.

Even if it's not the end of Snuggly, it's an end to any threat he could potentially pose the main characters or the world.

My Little Snuggly

A gentleman and a scholar

[Domochevsky]

Guess no one feels the need to make a new thread either, hm? We really need to declutter the first posts of each. That stuff is a major hassle. >_>

Alright, i'll make a new thread. Hold on to your fancy hats.

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