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

[zvbxrpl]

That's what deegansnark does. Words get ruined. 'Save' the last 'dance,' indeed.

[Oracle_Hunter]

Man, Mookie loves having a character call Dominic out on being a jerk, and then Dominic responding by, well, being a jerk

Political Sidenote: Putting something in your Internet Sig is equivalent to putting a bumper sticker on your car.

TV Tropes Sidenote: I just stay away from the examples on any of the Subjective Tropes pages - though I freely cite the Tropes proper. Although not any of the Crowning Moments pages - that's needless fanboyism.

Anyhoo, Mookie still can't write dialogue or a believable plot, and the Arc is still going on. So, nothing new to say

[AgentPaper]

I'm actually hoping that "dance" is being used as "dance of death" aka mortal combat aka fighting. I'm also hoping "shadow of the last mountain" isn't used literally as well, but don't really know what else it could be, without some big stretches in believability.

[Rappy]

And lo, we bury Thuen Gor's outrage toward Dominic in an unmarked grave beside Stunt's dignity and Jacob's villain cred pants.

It will be missed.

[tonberrian]

From the Ghosts of Guest Strips Past: Link

I can't tell if that's Luna or Donovan - and frankly, I'm not sure which is more disturbing. I didn't remember this strip from my archive trawl, I must've repressed it.

Hopefully I'll be able to do so again...

[Domochevsky]

Actually i found that guest strip pretty funny. It's a reminder of better times, sadly. Times where actual effort went into the whole thing.

[tonberrian]

I dunno - the resemblance (panel 8) is uncanny. I guess my issue is less the writing, more Mookie's inability to distinguish between characters.

Also, it seems almost Out of Character. I mean, this is exactly what you'd expect from BM, except that if it were a Clevinger strip, the universe itself would contrive some way of making him suffer - like instead of Fighter, we have WM holding a hammer rapidly descending upon BM's skull. Also, I wanna say Fighter is OOC, but that just might be the Flanderization talking.

[Cracklord]

Originally Posted by T-O-E

The only gay character in Dominic Deegan is a mentally unstable, stereotypical, depraved, homosexual, pervert played for laughs...

Really, Mookie, think about that for a second.

You know what I hate about Szark? He's a psychopath who for years had to kill people to get it up. That's a pretty serious perversion, right there. And anyone who holds this against him his homophobic.
What the hell?
I am fine with gays. I have friends who are gays. But I am not fine with the idea of someone so hedonistic they get of on murder.
But, according to Mookie, making this plain is not allowed if the person is also gay. He is so perverted, the fact that he likes other men should be incidental. He kills for fun. For no reason, other then he enjoys it in a sexual way. But he's gay, so it's OK.
Double standard much?

[lord_khaine]

You know what I hate about Szark? He's a psychopath who for years had to kill people to get it up. That's a pretty serious perversion, right there. And anyone who holds this against him his homophobic.
What the hell?
I am fine with gays. I have friends who are gays. But I am not fine with the idea of someone so hedonistic they get of on murder.
But, according to Mookie, making this plain is not allowed if the person is also gay. He is so perverted, the fact that he likes other men should be incidental. He kills for fun. For no reason, other then he enjoys it in a sexual way. But he's gay, so it's OK.
Double standard much?

The excuse was more that he had been taintet by a deamon lord.

[Death Dragon]

Originally Posted by AgentPaper

I'm actually hoping that "dance" is being used as "dance of death" aka mortal combat aka fighting. I'm also hoping "shadow of the last mountain" isn't used literally as well, but don't really know what else it could be, without some big stretches in believability.

So, that's actually pretty likely, isn't it?

Anyway, I actually liked this strip (well, more than most others, so I dunno how much it counts for). My only real problem with it besides Dominic being an idiot in the third panel is that Outrage Chief is carrying his mortally wounded son. Is that really a good idea? Shouldn't he have, like, a litter or something? OC can't carry him forever, and it's gotta be pretty painful being jostled around like that . . .

[Oracle_Hunter]

Originally Posted by tonberrian

From the Ghosts of Guest Strips Past: Link

I can't tell if that's Luna or Donovan - and frankly, I'm not sure which is more disturbing. I didn't remember this strip from my archive trawl, I must've repressed it.

Hmm? Oh yeah, Mookie has done some great guest strips. I mean, look at the effort he put into BM's outfit - actual shading!

If we're picking character designs, White Mage looks a lot like Pam, while Fighter reminds me of Early Bumper.

[The Linker]

I'd say his Fighter looks like broken-finger guy.

[Johnny Blade]

Originally Posted by Oracle_Hunter

If we're picking character designs, White Mage looks a lot like Pam, while Fighter reminds me of Early Bumper.

Well, I was reminded of Chuck and Jayden. At least I think they had those hair cuts early on.

Black Mage clearly is the scorched merman that pulled a prank on Luna.

Originally Posted by Oracle_Hunter

Political Sidenote: Putting something in your Internet Sig is equivalent to putting a bumper sticker on your car.

Yeah, that's another reason why I never did it.
Too subtle.

Originally Posted by Cracklord

You know what I hate about Szark? He's a psychopath who for years had to kill people to get it up. That's a pretty serious perversion, right there. And anyone who holds this against him his homophobic.
What the hell?

Well, Greg said he still found Szark creepy while also acknowledging that being corrupted by a demon lord is a pretty good excuse. That was actually a lot more realistic than how...other cases were treated by the characters.

What I always found disturbing was that Szark was bisexual when he filled his days with ****ing around and killing people and only realized he's gay after the demonic influence was gone. I mean, maybe that was intended to be about him coming to terms with his own self, but the whole depraved hedonistic bisexual thing is a stereotype I'd rather avoid either way, yet Mookie walked right into it. And Celesto doesn't help here, either.





On a completely different note, what do you all think are the odds that Dominic is actually helping the Crone RUIN EVERYTHING! by telling Outrage Chief to let his son die and whatever he'll do next?
I mean, it would be inconsistent with the usual seer power of sensing any demonic presence, and it would require the main Sue to be duped, but I somehow expect a twist.
Of course, I also think that I should know better, seeing how this arc is an endless string of anticlimaxes connected by random crap and exposition.

[lord_khaine]

Anyway, I actually liked this strip (well, more than most others, so I dunno how much it counts for). My only real problem with it besides Dominic being an idiot in the third panel is that Outrage Chief is carrying his mortally wounded son. Is that really a good idea? Shouldn't he have, like, a litter or something? OC can't carry him forever, and it's gotta be pretty painful being jostled around like that . . .

Well, he is keeping his son alive with the Nakta, that requires some degree of physical contact.

[Trazoi]

Originally Posted by Johnny Blade

On a completely different note, what do you all think are the odds that Dominic is actually helping the Crone RUIN EVERYTHING! by telling Outrage Chief to let his son die and whatever he'll do next?

Highly unlikely. I think we're in the final stretch. Dominic's working his way down the checklist of hanging plot hooks as fast as possible in an effort to wrap this thing up before the New Year.

Because of this, I'm betting that the Big Bikta Battle is going to be extremely underwhelming. There's not enough time to do a big fight against the Bikta and Neilen, not if all the other plot elements need to be brushed upon as well. Admittedly it does seem that he story is geared up for a big Dragonball Z style fight, with multiple parties closing in to get clobbered by the Big Bad until the designated Goku/Gohan steps up to finish him off. But I suspect it's going to be a week of talking heads before someone (Outrage Chief? Stonewater?) just punches the Spirit Father's head clean off.

[Fawkes]

Originally Posted by Porthos

<Digression>

I think his point was that people aren't discriminated here, on this site, so telling us, specifically, to support LBGT would be preaching to the choir.

Also, why don't YOU have an LGBT support badge in your sig?

[Death Dragon]

I've gotta say I agree with Mookie on the outcome of Maine's vote, but saying any more would be transgressing on forum rules.

Originally Posted by Trazoi

Highly unlikely. I think we're in the final stretch. Dominic's working his way down the checklist of hanging plot hooks as fast as possible in an effort to wrap this thing up before the New Year.

True. I bet we'll see the worst pacing yet as Mookie rushes to finish before his holiday break and then suddenly slows down as he realizes he's going to finish too soon, then speeding up, slowing down . . . it's going to be great.

Also, as a side note, I named the main villain in the story I'm writing (for NaNoWriMo) Dominik. I'm still not entirely sure what to do with him though.

[Cracklord]

And in a story I'm writing, Sir Sandor Damaske, an extremist knight Templar who believes the ends justify the means..

And he's in character.

[Porthos]

Originally Posted by Fawkes

Also, why don't YOU have an LGBT support badge in your sig?

Hey, I was just explaining why other people might do it.

Me? I try to leave my social-political commentary (including bumper-sticker stuff ) to other boards.* I find that if I go down that road on this board I might get in trouble by speaking my mind.

* Emphasis on the word "try". Every so often there is a thread over in the OotS section of the board that is just begging for people to devote 'attention' to it.

[Cracklord]

So, did anyone else notice Mookie's self confessed affiliation with the Church of Satan?

[Drakyn]

Goodness gracious. Did they infect him with the swears?

[Cracklord]

Maybe he'll go all Terry Goodkind on us and alter his work to preach his chosen morals.

Only Satanic. Instead of An Raynd.

Yeah.

I'd read it.

[Drakyn]

Originally Posted by Cracklord

Maybe he'll go all Terry Goodkind on us and alter his work to preach his chosen morals.

Only Satanic. Instead of An Raynd.

Yeah.

I'd read it.

But he already HAS altered his work to preach his chosen morals. Can you change the moral and retain the preachiness? Goodkind stuck to his hand-picked ranting guns most firmly indeed - switching streams midnutso would be a sign of COLLECTIVISIM or something. Maybe it'd work for Mookie, since his chosen morals are more bendy and squishy...but then again, he certainly doesn't show a lot of give in them, does he?

[Lord Seth]

Originally Posted by Cracklord

So, did anyone else notice Mookie's self confessed affiliation with the Church of Satan?

Where was this?

[Cracklord]

Livejournal

Incidentally, new comic where Outrage Chief expresses all the emotion of a stump. I see him speaking these words in a dry, bored tone, while wondering whether he left the cave door open.

[Trazoi]

The tragedy of the act of Outrage Chief having to let his son die is slightly diminished by the knowledge that the aftermath will involve Jacob and Adrak standing in the Nakta awkwardly trying to avoid eye contact.

[Face Of Evil]

Update.

I don't know what the hell is going on with Outrage Chief's head in the last panel.

Still, somewhat sad. I can feel some sympathy for Outrage Chief, as he's now lost both of his sons.

[Turcano]

Originally Posted by Cracklord

Maybe he'll go all Terry Goodkind on us and alter his work to preach his chosen morals.

Only Satanic. Instead of An Raynd.

There's a difference?

[Cracklord]

Sure. Satanism has a basic honesty and purity of purpose that is in some small way endearing.

[lord_khaine]

Still, somewhat sad. I can feel some sympathy for Outrage Chief, as he's now lost both of his sons.

Yeah, and its proberly not making it any more fun to have 1 of them die in your arms.

Still, i suspect he will get though this alive in the end, if nothing else then because i dont think its time for Jacob to die, and i suspect he made a deal with Dominic to pick his soul up on the way out.