Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, MK XVIII - At the Mountains of Madness

[T-O-E]

Or mine, either.

EDIT: Hehehe.
http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-11-01

[Frogwarrior]

Yeah, well... I didn't understand yours.

[Morty]

Originally Posted by Trazoi

The suspense is killing me.

I bet that the battle will go badly for Everyone Else Team at first before some dramatic twist(read: a random DBZ-esque powerup) allows them to win, though.

[Tackyhillbillu]

T-O-E, Frogwarrior...

I hate you guys. I'm sorry, but it is true.

[AgentPaper]

Originally Posted by Tackyhillbillu

T-O-E, Frogwarrior...

I hate you guys. I'm sorry, but it is true.

Me too. I especially hate one of their avatars. You know which you are.

[averagejoe]

Originally Posted by Frogwarrior

Geez, AverageJoe, you're sounding like an old dude

Heh, well technologically I've been a few years behind the times for most of my life.

[Domochevsky]

Averagejoe, you may also want to search for the term "Chief Outrage", as that's what he was called at first.

[Jen0608]

Me too I mean I haven't tried the game myself.

[Whoracle]

Originally Posted by Jen0608

Me too I mean I haven't tried the game myself.

Wait... what?

[VanIsleKnight]

So, like everyone else that dies, Jacob is only mostly dead. As is the Chief's son. Rendering that touching sacrifice to mean nothing at all.

Doesn't Mookie wait a few comics before he does that?

[zvbxrpl]

Originally Posted by VanIsleKnight

So, like everyone else that dies, Jacob is only mostly dead. As is the Chief's son. Rendering that touching sacrifice to mean nothing at all.

Doesn't Mookie wait a few comics before he does that?

This is the guy who brought us "You guys are going to be just fine" (link).

I don't think so.

[Johnny Blade]

Well, I do find it hilarious how shamelessly it's done.

There's not even any kind of explanation given. They're just not really dead.

[Neoriceisgood]

Originally Posted by zvbxrpl

This is the guy who brought us "You guys are going to be just fine" (link).

I don't think so.

I'll have to add though, that's one of the few DD pages I actually found kinda funny.

Right now it's not funny, just ... weird.

[Fawkes]

Originally Posted by Neoriceisgood

I'll have to add though, that's one of the few DD pages I actually found kinda funny.

Right now it's not funny, just ... weird.

I agree with Neo, I liked that twist. Especially how it forced Stunt to live with everyone knowing he's a big ol' softie on the inside.

[HamHam]

Oh god none of the dead orcs are actually dead and they are all going to come back to life by the end of this arc aren't they?

[Domochevsky]

Y'know, there was this one webcomic called "minus" who had a main character that was essentially God.
Someone walked up to her and wished for everyone and everything ever to be brought back from the dead.

So she did.

Everyone died due to being crushed by the suddenly appearing fantastillions of people/animals filling up the entire earth. They stayed dead after that.

In light of this my hopes for this arc have risen.

The same webcomic also brought us this.

[Lord Seth]

Originally Posted by Domochevsky

Y'know, there was this one webcomic called "minus" who had a main character that was essentially God.
Someone walked up to her and wished for everyone and everything ever to be brought back from the dead.

So she did.

Everyone died due to being crushed by the suddenly appearing fantastillions of people/animals filling up the entire earth. They stayed dead after that.

In light of this my hopes for this arc have risen.

Don't get your hopes up. If Mookie does do the "bring everyone back to life" bit, it'll be more like what Kishimoto pulled in Naruto, where everyone comes back and negates every single interesting thing about the previous arc.

[Trazoi]

Originally Posted by Morty

I bet that the battle will go badly for Everyone Else Team at first before some dramatic twist(read: a random DBZ-esque powerup) allows them to win, though.

That's what I would have expected, earlier in the arc. The unknown element is exactly what the Bikta Chief can do, since we haven't seen him do anything save magically trap women. One of the biggest flaws in this arc is that we haven't actually seen the antagonists do that much, so we've got no idea of their threat level.

When it looked like it was going to be Stonewater's rag-tag bunch plus the Rhazgala versus the Bikta, I thought the Bikta Chief would be roughly on par with regular Luna on spellcasting ability; that seemed about balanced, and would be plausible from what I've seen the Bikta do. Once the Doma got involved, the Bikta Chief needed to be stupidly powerful to present a even match-up. And now the Shintula are added in, he's got to be a match for the rest of Maltak combined. And yet... somehow the Bikta have one piddly little village instead of ruling Maltak or the rest of the world.

However now the arc is nearing the end, I've got a feeling the battle will be rushed. I'm giving fair odds it will be over in two weeks or less. It's a minuscule amount of time for a full scale battle, but I don't think the arc pacing will allow it to dwell on any one plot point for that long.

My guess is that a battle might square up, but it will quickly go into talking heads between the named characters leading to a duel between the Bikta Spirit Father. My gut feeling is relatively quick one-on-one duel between Bikta Chief and Outrage Chief. I'll put a side bet on Etnu finally realising Bikta Chief is evil and switching sides as a pivotal moment.

[Johnny Blade]

My current prediction would be that Adrak Bulgak, brother of Bulgak Adrak, will play some important role in the battle.
First, it's been mentioned right before he died (But not really!) that he's stronger than he looks.
Second, he's apparently part of the Dominus' plan.
Third, he's a good guy, so he simply can't stay that ugly forever. Which leads me to believe he'll get rid of his accumulated afflictions and receive some magical power-up, possibly simply as a direct result. Considering what he did to himself all these years and where he is right now, this actually could make some sense, unless Mookie really screws it up. (I have faith in him.)

[Neoriceisgood]

Originally Posted by Domochevsky

Y'know, there was this one webcomic called "minus" who had a main character that was essentially God.
Someone walked up to her and wished for everyone and everything ever to be brought back from the dead.

So she did.

Everyone died due to being crushed by the suddenly appearing fantastillions of people/animals filling up the entire earth. They stayed dead after that.

In light of this my hopes for this arc have risen.

The same webcomic also brought us this.

Thanks for linking that comic, it's really beautiful.

[zvbxrpl]

You have faith in Mookie? Maybe it's because until the first truly bad arc (Snowsong, as opposed to flawed ones like the Battle for Barthis or Ecstasy and Evil), I genuinely liked this comic, but, I really think he has taken a left turn into crapville and gotten stuck.

[Johnny Blade]

When I say I have faith in Mookie, it generally means I expect failure. This is, after all, what I read the comic for.

[Oracle_Hunter]

Outrage Chief earned his name by virtue of this inexplicably hilarious panel and the fact that his canon name had not yet been given.

Later, when it was revealed to be Theun Gar, it was universally acclaimed that "Outrage Chief" was a far better name

In re: Friday
Really? Everyone's just going to come back from the dead?

Nah, too easy. Adrak is going to super-die in order to bring Jacob back from the "dead" - because there aren't currently enough Deegans in the fight to take out The Bad Guys. Later, Dominic & Jacob will have an awkward person-to-person interaction, at which point Jacob will say "screw you guys, I'm going home." And then he will.

Note that Jacob is going to kow-tow to Dominic before this Arc is over. Just like Celesto in the last one.

[Trazoi]

Adrak? Heaven help us if it turns out Team Everyone-Else needs further bolstering from the Legions of the Dead.

Honestly, I'd feel a lot better about this battle if I actually knew why everyone is so worried about the Bikta Chief. He's done barely anything. As far as I can tell, a single Rhazgala archer could take him down. At least in the DBZ arcs they would start by having the main villain casually destroy a city or some such thing to establish their dangerousness.

[lord_khaine]

Note that Jacob is going to kow-tow to Dominic before this Arc is over. Just like Celesto in the last one.

I claim he wont, lets see who got the biggest Crystal ball.

Honestly, I'd feel a lot better about this battle if I actually knew why everyone is so worried about the Bikta Chief. He's done barely anything. As far as I can tell, a single Rhazgala archer could take him down. At least in the DBZ arcs they would start by having the main villain casually destroy a city or some such thing to establish their dangerousness.

We have been told he is about as powerful as OC, meaning a singel archer would proberly only annoy him.

[T-O-E]

Originally Posted by Johnny Blade

My current prediction would be that Adrak Bulgak, brother of Bulgak Adrak, will play some important role in the battle.
First, it's been mentioned right before he died (But not really!) that he's stronger than he looks.
Second, he's apparently part of the Dominus' plan.
Third, he's a good guy, so he simply can't stay that ugly forever. Which leads me to believe he'll get rid of his accumulated afflictions and receive some magical power-up, possibly simply as a direct result. Considering what he did to himself all these years and where he is right now, this actually could make some sense, unless Mookie really screws it up. (I have faith in him.)

He could transfer his afflictionson Bikta Chief AND absorb his power.
Two birds, one stone.

EDIT: ^ Suyan said that he may be as powerful as a Shintula nakta elite.

[YeahThatGuy]

Originally Posted by Trazoi

Adrak? Heaven help us if it turns out Team Everyone-Else needs further bolstering from the Legions of the Dead.

Honestly, I'd feel a lot better about this battle if I actually knew why everyone is so worried about the Bikta Chief. He's done barely anything. As far as I can tell, a single Rhazgala archer could take him down. At least in the DBZ arcs they would start by having the main villain casually destroy a city or some such thing to establish their dangerousness.

He was prejudice against uncleaned Orcs. That's worse.

EDIT: Not to mention trapping Luna was like killing Krillin. The Crone Cave is now allowing Dominic to go Super Saiyan.

EDIT 2: Which means that this arc will be over in FIVE MINUTES.

[Morty]

Originally Posted by Trazoi

However now the arc is nearing the end, I've got a feeling the battle will be rushed. I'm giving fair odds it will be over in two weeks or less. It's a minuscule amount of time for a full scale battle, but I don't think the arc pacing will allow it to dwell on any one plot point for that long.

My guess is that a battle might square up, but it will quickly go into talking heads between the named characters leading to a duel between the Bikta Spirit Father. My gut feeling is relatively quick one-on-one duel between Bikta Chief and Outrage Chief. I'll put a side bet on Etnu finally realising Bikta Chief is evil and switching sides as a pivotal moment.

Yeah, that's how the battle will probably go. I expect a comic or two filled with orcs striking poses that are supposed to represent the battle - lots of lines will appear - and then we'll switch to a show-down between Bikta Chief and someone else.

[Webox]

Originally Posted by lord_khaine

We have been told he is about as powerful as OC, meaning a singel archer would proberly only annoy him.

That's somewhat the problem, though. We were only told, but not really shown. I mean; he kinda defeated Luna, but thats not really great feat there.
Maybe if any of the orcs that were "impure" fought back, only to be curb-stomped, that would've seen at least a little better for team Bikta.

Originally Posted by YeahThatGuy

Which means that this arc will be over in FIVE MINUTES.

Gods help us all...

[Gez]

Originally Posted by YeahThatGuy

EDIT 2: Which means that this arc will be over in FIVE MINUTES.

Followed by over nine thousand panels of talking heads...