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FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeatRegistered User regular
edited December 2009 in Social Entropy++
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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    He's stealing the worm spawns!
    He's thieving the deep prawns!

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    Hey Satan!
  • FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    are those clawshrimp claws?

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The flayer is sapping the silk from the spider
    And leaving each Drow as sad as a drider

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    Hey Satan!
  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    His tentacles sniffed and his mandibles snapped
    The bonefruits he ate and the darkwine he lapped

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    Hey Satan!
  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    also he switches from past to present tense at the start of the second stanza

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    buncha poetry fags itt

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Poor dark elves. They just want to celebrate their hideous god :(

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    It appears as though there was a decision made to concede meter so that the line would fill out the image. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Woodroez wrote: »
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    It appears as though there was a decision made to concede meter so that the line would fill out the image. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

    I don't see the break in the meter

    It seems to flow real nice

    If he took out the "no" there'd be a pause and you'd have to linger on the word "keen"

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    "His rage was acuminate - nothing could dull it"

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Butler wrote: »
    "His rage was acuminate - nothing could dull it"

    I'd say that this is probably a bit too crazy a word for the children's book style thing they're going for here

    But I think Jerry would compromise to use a word like that

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  • RAGE.RAGE. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, because so many children have any fucking idea what "ova" are.

    Which, by the way, I'm so pleased to see in this. Good word.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Woodroez wrote: »
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    It appears as though there was a decision made to concede meter so that the line would fill out the image. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

    I don't see the break in the meter

    It seems to flow real nice

    If he took out the "no" there'd be a pause and you'd have to linger on the word "keen"

    Yeah I don't see a break there at all, it flows perfectly.
    12, 12, 12, 12
    10, 11, 10, 11

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Woodroez wrote: »
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    It appears as though there was a decision made to concede meter so that the line would fill out the image. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

    I don't see the break in the meter

    It seems to flow real nice

    If he took out the "no" there'd be a pause and you'd have to linger on the word "keen"

    Perhaps you're right. Breaking the line up with the dash and the comma may have made me misread it initially.


    In any case, I do like where it's going!

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  • scrivenerjonesscrivenerjones Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    those lines go

    u ¯ u u ¯ u u ¯ u u ¯ u / u ¯ u u ¯ u u ¯ u u ¯ u

    so it scans fine

    poetrychat yall. post the most elegiac spondees u got.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    these are cute

    these guys should make a kid's book

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm still waiting for the Lookouts: the book series

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Woodroez wrote: »
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    It appears as though there was a decision made to concede meter so that the line would fill out the image. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

    I can suggest a therapist if you really need to sort out your feelings on the issue.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I really like the art. I'm looking forward to seeing the drow.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    That was excellent, the rhyme moved perfectly for me

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Woodroez wrote: »
    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    is it just me or is the poetry a little bit off in terms of syllable structure

    nope I caught it too. it's the "no nothing could dull it" part. if he took out the no it would fit more

    It appears as though there was a decision made to concede meter so that the line would fill out the image. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

    I don't see the break in the meter

    It seems to flow real nice

    If he took out the "no" there'd be a pause and you'd have to linger on the word "keen"

    Yeah I don't see a break there at all, it flows perfectly.
    12, 12, 12, 12
    10, 11, 10, 11

    I'd be less concerned with number of syllables than placement of stresses, but those seem fine too.

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  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    is this Lovecraft lore?

    I really like it, but I don't know the creature.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Newspost for the first one points to D&D stuff.

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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • McClyMcCly Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    That face on the left is staring into my soul.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    They're heavily influenced by Lovecraft. If I'm right, Captain Cthulhu has an illithid picture as his avatar.

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  • existexist Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    This is some great fucking art

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    it is interesting to me that one arm bends as a noodle would, and the other has a proper elbow.

    it doesn't look bad or anything, and i think the image and writing are both fantastic, i am loving this so far.
    so much.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Belruel wrote: »
    it is interesting to me that one arm bends as a noodle would, and the other has a proper elbow.

    it doesn't look bad or anything, and i think the image and writing are both fantastic, i am loving this so far.
    so much.

    Mike is one of those illustrators that seems to prefer curves to hard angles, but he's pretty good about knowing when to use which. I didn't even notice it in this one, probably because it's a non-human character or something. I don't know. Going back to the art to look it over again has suddenly made me crave sushi. I don't think there are even any sushi places open right now.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Belruel wrote: »
    it is interesting to me that one arm bends as a noodle would, and the other has a proper elbow.

    it doesn't look bad or anything, and i think the image and writing are both fantastic, i am loving this so far.
    so much.

    I think noodle arm is supposed to give the impression it's in motion, or something.

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  • CognisseurCognisseur Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I don't comment on the comics much, but I gotta say: I'm impressed.

    It's all the awesome sentence structure and flow that Tycho tosses into his posts condensed. If this wasn't a nerdy tongue-in-cheek version of the kid's classic, Dr. Seuss would feel pretty fucking threatened right now.

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Poetry nerds up ins.

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  • The InfraThe Infra Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I really want to see what Mandible Mouse look like

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Illithids (Mind Flayers) are horrors from the Far Plane in Dungeons and Dragons. Basically marauding Cthulhu like horrors that have a taste for the brains of sentient creatures.

    In an earlier edition, before the Far Plane was a thing, mind flayers were space-traveling creatures from the future -- essentially, futuristic science fiction aliens invading a medieval fantasy world.

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  • StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2009
    i thought mousse was mouse and was all wha

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  • Hello WaterfaceHello Waterface Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller In the timbers of FennarioRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The head on the left is giving me a Medusa from "Clash of the Titans" vibe.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    What? It's clearly some sort of Arachne deal.

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