I wonder how long it'll be before someone notices that erfworld's archons are Problematic
I mean its not like they are in there haphazardly. The fact that most units and especially units created by the tools lack any sort of agency or free will and that this is incredibly disturbing to the main character is a big theme.
Also Charlie is kind of a huge jerk who might even be the true antagonist of the series.
I wonder how long it'll be before someone notices that erfworld's archons are Problematic
I mean its not like they are in there haphazardly. The fact that most units and especially units created by the tools lack any sort of agency or free will and that this is incredibly disturbing to the main character is a big theme.
Also Charlie is kind of a huge jerk who might even be the true antagonist of the series.
Oh he definitely is.
To those curious, prior to Parson's arrival Erfworld did things in a very orderly fashion. They followed the rules to the letter and never even thought about breaking them. Royals were rulers because of Titan mandate and they were literally their kingdom. If a kingdom fell, or a ruler fell without an heir, the entire thing would literally just vanish into nothing or instantly change to the side that conquered it. So for an undetermined number of years these Royals did whatever they did, building up their side or getting conquered etc.
Then Parson arrived. Parson the Powergamer. He took one look at Erfworld's rules and said, "I wonder what would happen if," and everything went to hell for Erfworld. He abused the rules so completely that a coalition of over five kingdoms were reduced to ash by the end of their battle with him, along with most of a mountain. Parson played dirty, used tricks, and followed the rules to the letter while ignoring the spirit. He staged what-if scenarios to further figure out the exact workings of each unit and their specialties, something no one else in Erfworld aside from maybe Charlie had ever done. This let him exploit everyone who expected battles to be fought a particular way in order to crush them.
It's a pretty good comic, massive hiatus notwithstanding. Lots of "according to keikaku" but it has a bit more impact when you consider that for Parson, if he doesn't pull something out of a hat he's never going home and will quite likely be killed on the spot as a monstrosity.
I wonder how long it'll be before someone notices that erfworld's archons are Problematic
I mean its not like they are in there haphazardly. The fact that most units and especially units created by the tools lack any sort of agency or free will and that this is incredibly disturbing to the main character is a big theme.
Also Charlie is kind of a huge jerk who might even be the true antagonist of the series.
they do have a sense of self, Phoebe's internal conflict was in an earlier text update
Wrigley was a Stabber, Unaroyal Infantry. Some stabbers had swords, but Wrigley was a Spearman. He was never without his spear. It had popped with him.
But they took it away from him. Somehow, that was all he could think about.
That, and how he'd never stabbed anything, Not ever. Only in practice. All those turns of practice stabbing an enemy unit, and he had never stabbed one. It wasn't right.
Back when they took this city, Wrigley had been there. From the grand city of Unaroyal where he had long served, they'd first marched him to powerful Unabrow, then to a smaller, uglier town called Unatard. Unatard had just been reclaimed from Gobwin Knob, and the growing Coalition had Lord Stanley's forces on the run, falling back every turn. Not long after that, they had ordered his regiment to a frequently-conquered border outpost called Bohica. From there, they had promised him some real action at Warchalking.
But the Marbits did most of the work at Warchalking.
The city fell, repelled a counterattack, and Wrigley took up yet another stretch of duty patrolling yet another city wall.
He had been so bored, all his life. Each turn had passed so slowly. Why did they all seem so brief now?
He was on his knees in the mud. His hands were held with the shackles that popped on his wrists the moment Warchalking's Garrison fell.
They had come in so fast, the attackers. Like the gate wasn't even there. The city had no warlord, and his orders were to stand fast, so he did. But Stanley's men were stabbing for the heart, and he was a toe. The Garrison was wiped out almost before he could turn around.
The Chief Warlord? A high-level Caster? Twelve stacks of heavies, knights, dwagons and Archons? For this dumpy town?
It wasn't fair.
He wanted his spear.
The other infantrymen knelt in the mud in a line to either side of him. They were forbidden to speak or raise their heads. But he stole a glance or two, and he had ears. He knew what was coming.
The Chief Warlord of Gobwin Knob was following the Caster, down the line of prisoners. With them was a knight with a broadsword. They were about three men away from him now.
It was funny. In all of those dull hours, all of that time for thinking, he had never much thought about what his life might mean. He had always assumed he would do great deeds some turn in the future, and that would give his life meaning. But he was out of future. And all he felt about it was something like idle curiosity.
It was said that the Titans took pity on those like him. He would not see the City of Heroes, no. But no man was a failure who had served dutifully, they told him. He heard the man beside him cry out with the blow of a broadsword, and saw him fall forward.
He heard the squelch of footsteps in the mud behind him. He found he didn't much care what was going to happen to him now.
He only wanted to know what would happen to his spear.
re: Erfworld units and how living in a turn based universe isn't much fun
I wonder how long it'll be before someone notices that erfworld's archons are Problematic
I mean its not like they are in there haphazardly. The fact that most units and especially units created by the tools lack any sort of agency or free will and that this is incredibly disturbing to the main character is a big theme.
Also Charlie is kind of a huge jerk who might even be the true antagonist of the series.
Oh he definitely is.
To those curious, prior to Parson's arrival Erfworld did things in a very orderly fashion. They followed the rules to the letter and never even thought about breaking them. Royals were rulers because of Titan mandate and they were literally their kingdom. If a kingdom fell, or a ruler fell without an heir, the entire thing would literally just vanish into nothing or instantly change to the side that conquered it. So for an undetermined number of years these Royals did whatever they did, building up their side or getting conquered etc.
Then Parson arrived. Parson the Powergamer. He took one look at Erfworld's rules and said, "I wonder what would happen if," and everything went to hell for Erfworld. He abused the rules so completely that a coalition of over five kingdoms were reduced to ash by the end of their battle with him, along with most of a mountain. Parson played dirty, used tricks, and followed the rules to the letter while ignoring the spirit. He staged what-if scenarios to further figure out the exact workings of each unit and their specialties, something no one else in Erfworld aside from maybe Charlie had ever done. This let him exploit everyone who expected battles to be fought a particular way in order to crush them.
It's a pretty good comic, massive hiatus notwithstanding. Lots of "according to keikaku" but it has a bit more impact when you consider that for Parson, if he doesn't pull something out of a hat he's never going home and will quite likely be killed on the spot as a monstrosity.
it's canon that the game is tuned so that sides are unstable, being forced to attack neighbours to obtain the level of gold sufficient to maintain upkeep for an army large enough for defense
charlie is hinted to be a metagaming outsider in the same way parson is, too
Sure, but once you get down to the stratum granulosum you start to get blood vessels and that means some bleeding unless her power is impenetrable capillaries.
This is funny, and a source of giggles for my ex when I these.
e_book in spoiler
The thing that's always made me wonder about Naruto, Street Fighter, X-Men, and much of those other series of extra normal humans is what happens when someone sleepwalks. I've run around the top floor of the house paranoid about fires I never set, Naruto ever wake up to see himself cooking ramen, Wolverine find himself brushing his teeth, Nighcrawler suddenly find himself in the middle of the street with a slushie and a hotdog at 3 am in the morning?
is it the idea that you could eliminate all crime in the world just by doing enough murders, at which point you would, presumably, never have to do a murder again
or is it the cartoon hitler
wait. wait i've figured it out. it's the cartoon hitler
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Poppy tries to get some use out of her eyes' strange ability to change size and shape.
Note that every avian in Chicadino's operation has the same kind of facial scar.
is it the idea that you could eliminate all crime in the world just by doing enough murders, at which point you would, presumably, never have to do a murder again
or is it the cartoon hitler
wait. wait i've figured it out. it's the cartoon hitler
I'm starting to think that one panel is the raison d'etre of Demon.
is it the idea that you could eliminate all crime in the world just by doing enough murders, at which point you would, presumably, never have to do a murder again
or is it the cartoon hitler
wait. wait i've figured it out. it's the cartoon hitler
I'm starting to think that one panel is the raison d'etre of Demon.
All of this was an elaborate plot to get us to see a winking hitler?
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Harpy Gee!
I would not think this would happen after Cucumber Quest but here we are
THIS MADNESS MUST END
http://www.scarygoround.com/
who the what now?
I mean its not like they are in there haphazardly. The fact that most units and especially units created by the tools lack any sort of agency or free will and that this is incredibly disturbing to the main character is a big theme.
Also Charlie is kind of a huge jerk who might even be the true antagonist of the series.
what are you, a robot liker?
Oh he definitely is.
To those curious, prior to Parson's arrival Erfworld did things in a very orderly fashion. They followed the rules to the letter and never even thought about breaking them. Royals were rulers because of Titan mandate and they were literally their kingdom. If a kingdom fell, or a ruler fell without an heir, the entire thing would literally just vanish into nothing or instantly change to the side that conquered it. So for an undetermined number of years these Royals did whatever they did, building up their side or getting conquered etc.
Then Parson arrived. Parson the Powergamer. He took one look at Erfworld's rules and said, "I wonder what would happen if," and everything went to hell for Erfworld. He abused the rules so completely that a coalition of over five kingdoms were reduced to ash by the end of their battle with him, along with most of a mountain. Parson played dirty, used tricks, and followed the rules to the letter while ignoring the spirit. He staged what-if scenarios to further figure out the exact workings of each unit and their specialties, something no one else in Erfworld aside from maybe Charlie had ever done. This let him exploit everyone who expected battles to be fought a particular way in order to crush them.
It's a pretty good comic, massive hiatus notwithstanding. Lots of "according to keikaku" but it has a bit more impact when you consider that for Parson, if he doesn't pull something out of a hat he's never going home and will quite likely be killed on the spot as a monstrosity.
Vibe is about a bunch of things
Steam // Secret Satan
they do have a sense of self, Phoebe's internal conflict was in an earlier text update
re: Erfworld units and how living in a turn based universe isn't much fun
No need to get into the spoilers just yet
it's canon that the game is tuned so that sides are unstable, being forced to attack neighbours to obtain the level of gold sufficient to maintain upkeep for an army large enough for defense
charlie is hinted to be a metagaming outsider in the same way parson is, too
I wonder if being able to cut her hair at all is due to hair being essentially dead cells and such have lost most of heir "superpowerness"?
You can't think too hard about this stuff.
Demon is the hot new NSFW webcomic that all the kids are talking about
We need a lot of knives though, and that's where you...come in."
This is funny, and a source of giggles for my ex when I these.
e_book in spoiler
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
is it the idea that you could eliminate all crime in the world just by doing enough murders, at which point you would, presumably, never have to do a murder again
or is it the cartoon hitler
wait. wait i've figured it out. it's the cartoon hitler
Note that every avian in Chicadino's operation has the same kind of facial scar.
I'm starting to think that one panel is the raison d'etre of Demon.
All of this was an elaborate plot to get us to see a winking hitler?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
O ho ho I got a better comment about that name!
One Punch Man (1 NSFW page) is a Japanese webcomic where someone has revealed their final form.
if you're curious about the phantom roman bathers thing, Bearsden is a suburb of Glasgow where the remains of a roman bathhouse was found
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bearsden/romanbaths/
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