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[PA Comic] Friday, December 12, 2014 - Fan Fiction

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edited December 2014 in The Penny Arcade Hub

image[PA Comic] Friday, December 12, 2014 - Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/12/12

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  • ViperFujaxViperFujax Registered User regular
    well, SOMEONE needs to give destiny a story. And I want to see more : )

  • MetaboMetabo Registered User new member
    Wow, more story in one comic strip than in the whole I don't even have time to explain...

  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    This is amaaaziiing, oh my god.

  • DoctorEarsDoctorEars Registered User regular
    FUCKING HELL. In one page of comic you gave Destiny more heart than the game itself has. Bravo, gentlemen. Bravo!

    P.S: I really, really want more of this. This is what Destiny was missing!

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    i honestly thought this comic was going to be a joke making fun of how Destiny is so threadbare with story and puts what story it has in stuff you have to access outside the game

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    It's

    It's

    *twitch*

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited December 2014
    Ohhhh wow, this is proper goosebumps good.

    Damn I could read some more of this. Outstanding comic.

    darleysam on
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  • trb001trb001 Registered User new member
    s/it's/its/g

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Almost makes me want to play Destiny.

    Then I remember it was written by different people.

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    Rhesus Positive wrote: »
    It's

    It's

    *twitch*

    Lets not mention "traveller"

  • FutureDictatorFutureDictator Registered User regular
    This...

    This I like.

    More! I don't even like Destiny and have never played it, but if Gabe can give such life to MMO characters...

    MORE!

  • lovecraftshlovecraftsh Registered User regular
    holy shit!!!!!!!!
    don't play destiny but this was beautiful such a cool surprise!

  • AriWerdAriWerd Registered User regular
    Again, I like the regular weekly comics, but I love this stuff. I don't particularly care about Destiny, but your collective capacity to create immersive bits of story has consistently amazed me. I understand it's got to be a lot more work, but if you're taking votes, I vote for more like this.

    Thanks.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2014
    Having not played Destiny...

    Navi really changed.

    And I don't understand why Link is blue, and female, and has a gun.

    Guardian, Hey, Listen!

    _J_ on
  • GDT1985GDT1985 Registered User regular
    Fantastic comic, it really is too bad that the story isn't conveyed in the game. Because they did write a story. I just don't understand the bare-bones approach. The gameplay is a lot of fun though.

  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    A steak! wrote: »
    Rhesus Positive wrote: »
    It's

    It's

    *twitch*

    Lets not mention "traveller"

    Meh. As a player of the eponymous SF RPG since the days of the little black books, it looks funny to me without that second, British L.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
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  • K.MI.K.C.K.MI.K.C. Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
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    'posessive' though? :P

  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    Yeah, but, despite that, it's an outstanding piece of work.

    I would pay handsomely for either a Mike and Jerry graphic novel about Destiny, or a... word novel.

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  • sandalwoodsandalwood Cartoonist New YorkRegistered User regular
    That was beautiful! I don't play Destiny, but this glimpse into the game's universe was enough to get me thinking...

  • oliverphotooliverphoto Registered User new member
    This is why I come to PA, I enjoy everything else, but this kind of art is just stunning. Amazing work, thank you for this.

  • SkeleVaderSkeleVader Your Friendly Dark Lord of Destruction Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    The idea of Destiny is so good that I just can't bring myself to stop playing, even though Bungie has dropped the ball with the story. This comic really helps to fill that void.

    If PA illustrated & embellished some of the Grimoire cards along this style, that would be absolutely amazing.

    SkeleVader on
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  • SinnixSinnix Registered User regular
    If you guys just wanted to start dedicating all your time to Destiny fanfic... I would be okay with that. This was great.

  • FandeathisFandeathis Registered User regular
    It's amazing that I can get into this without ever having played Destiny at all. Fantastic work!

    You fuck wit' Die Antwoord, you fuck wit' da army.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular

  • scruzerdudescruzerdude Registered User new member
    Gabe this strip is amazing. I haven't posted much, but I just wanted to say that it's been a privilege to watch your journey and this strip to me represents your taking your art and craft to a new level. Beautiful!

  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    the are/is issue in panel 7/8 is giving me a grammar aneurysm (grammuerysm), too

    too bad Destiny is apparently never getting a PC port, it seems fun

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    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • AsharadAsharad Registered User regular
    I also don't play Destiny but this was very moving.

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    I quit playing Destiny at or around level 7. Maybe 8.

    The the primary reason was story. Destiny is about "something something, the darkness" and really it's just Halo with new words. You still have the Covenant and the Flood, but they go by another name.

    And because the "big bad" is called the Darkness, it always calls to mind that D&D parody video in which the elf wizard wants to attack the darkness with magic missile. And since the story of Destiny, which tries to take itself seriously, only serves to call a parody video to mind, I cannot take it seriously.

    Basically every time I set out on a quest in Destiny, I was thinking in my mind "I want to attack the darkness."

    Lucascraft on
  • dmleitchdmleitch Registered User new member
    Please sir could we have some more? Bungee can't give us a story for reasons I don't have time to explain.

  • rahkeesh2000rahkeesh2000 Registered User regular
    So, it's happening?

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/04/20/arent-you-just-hi-goddamn-larious

  • RatherDashing89RatherDashing89 Registered User regular
    It appears The Elucidator is much more savvy than he appears. First off, he recognized that this was about Destiny without it saying (I supposed so, but am not at all familiar with the game). Secondly, he recognized that this was specifically about DLC in Destiny (again, better than I did). But most impressively of all, he did all this while peering into the unknowable beyond that is the future.


    Also, this is a great comic. I would love to see this sort of thing for Borderlands. Or maybe WildStar.

  • plebeianprintplebeianprint Registered User new member
    It is both sad (Bungie) and amazing (Gabe) that this is, easily, the most beautiful and compelling story associated with Destiny so far. It is so personal. It smacks of love.

  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    This is a great comic, and a fantastic pair of news-posts.

    Commander Zoom on
  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    K.MI.K.C. wrote: »
    _J_ wrote: »
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    'posessive' though? :P

    Gah. This is why I should not photoshop things before noon.

    Or ever, really.

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    K.MI.K.C. wrote: »
    _J_ wrote: »
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    'posessive' though? :P

    Gah. This is why I should not photoshop things before noon.

    Or ever, really.

    you know what you must do now:
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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    So according to Jerry's Twitter he is apparently getting a vasectomy today. Insert "My DIIIIIIIIIICK!" panel here.

  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    The placement of Pony's post directly above yours is frightening.

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    Sharp knives near genitals, everyone's favorite scenario.

    "excuse my French
    But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
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