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WEBCOMICS - CROP + LINK (new rules on page 1)

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  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    Dis' wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    oh, racialist hereditary magical aristocracy

    I'm starting to like the Academics even more, however Bolshevik they are

    Could be jus soli rather than jus sanginus?

    it's hereditary, even amongst people who are indisputably nationals

    the peasantry is everywhere the same: everywhere they are not Orphics. Only amongst Orphics is there some magical attachment to territories where they are unfathomably strong and territories where they are no more of a threat than a non-Orphic.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    they're not exactly bolsheviks as much as they are civil society bureaucrats

    it doesn't really seem like their emphasis is on material social equality as much as "magic ought to be used for the good of the people, like a natural resource"

    so it's more of a modern state apparatus vs. feudalistic social structure

    only said modern state apparatus seems to be incongruous with the natural state of the world and is actively harming it

    so the real question here is actually "is nature and natural things inherently good and so we must seek to live in harmony with it and them

    or is nature and natural things cruel and uncaring and we should seek to subsume its control with that of morally guided humans"

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  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited July 2016
    they're not exactly bolsheviks as much as they are civil society bureaucrats

    it doesn't really seem like their emphasis is on material social equality as much as "magic ought to be used for the good of the people, like a natural resource"

    so it's more of a modern state apparatus vs. feudalistic social structure

    only said modern state apparatus seems to be incongruous with the natural state of the world and is actively harming it

    so the real question here is actually "is nature and natural things inherently good and so we must seek to live in harmony with it and them

    or is nature and natural things cruel and uncaring and we should seek to subsume its control with that of morally guided humans"

    wasn't it hinted that the spirits don't give a shit about about anything except what is good for spirits

    they want loyal priests and priestesses to sign blood pacts with them, they don't want a rotating office of civil servants

    ronya on
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  • Dis'Dis' Registered User regular
    ronya wrote: »
    Dis' wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    oh, racialist hereditary magical aristocracy

    I'm starting to like the Academics even more, however Bolshevik they are

    Could be jus soli rather than jus sanginus?

    it's hereditary, even amongst people who are indisputably nationals

    the peasantry is everywhere the same: everywhere they are not Orphics. Only amongst Orphics is there some magical attachment to territories where they are unfathomably strong and territories where they are no more of a threat than a non-Orphic.

    I meant as in a particular Orphics homeland being determined by birth or by blood.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
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  • I'm An Elk; Shoot MeI'm An Elk; Shoot Me It's Fiddler Crab Season! Registered User regular
    Because this is SFP I assume wholeheartedly that her perfect and now apparently super rich white boyfriend who just pulled her away from a conference about dealing with adversity is solely just a wonderful guy with her interests at heart and this isn't about to go downhill at all

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Because this is SFP I assume wholeheartedly that her perfect and now apparently super rich white boyfriend who just pulled her away from a conference about dealing with adversity is solely just a wonderful guy with her interests at heart and this isn't about to go downhill at all

    maybe this is all to teach you an important lesson about using stereotypes against obscenely rich white heterosexual men who inherited their wealth

    who are the real victims here, when you think about it

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited July 2016
    Last time, on the Time Picnickers...

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    Next time, the Time Picnickers get a stern talking to.

    The Nerds of Paradise webpage has nsfw stuff on it, assuming it hasn't been changed in this timeline.

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    Next time, one of the Time Picnickers realizes that math is hard.

    The website for the Time Pickanickers has NSFW content deep within.

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  • I'm An Elk; Shoot MeI'm An Elk; Shoot Me It's Fiddler Crab Season! Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    Because this is SFP I assume wholeheartedly that her perfect and now apparently super rich white boyfriend who just pulled her away from a conference about dealing with adversity is solely just a wonderful guy with her interests at heart and this isn't about to go downhill at all

    maybe this is all to teach you an important lesson about using stereotypes against obscenely rich white heterosexual men who inherited their wealth

    who are the real victims here, when you think about it

    Here's the thing: every single aspect of this particular comic is designed to lead to this dude being a "bad guy" so if they do a 180 on that (ex: oh, he's rich, I guess that's where her project funding is going to come from now) I will be astounded and delighted, but I find it hard to believe that years into developing Alison's character, they're going to make the plot "rich white dude makes her life better."

    The only other twist I could see here is, he's about to reveal he's a shapeshifter or something.

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    Because this is SFP I assume wholeheartedly that her perfect and now apparently super rich white boyfriend who just pulled her away from a conference about dealing with adversity is solely just a wonderful guy with her interests at heart and this isn't about to go downhill at all
    My bet since we went from the horde side conference to this rich kids house where he doesn't know who the help is that all his groundskeepers and stuff will be dynamorphs or whatever and he treats them like sub-people

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  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    ronya wrote: »
    oh, racialist hereditary magical aristocracy

    I'm starting to like the Academics even more, however Bolshevik they are

    Racialist? Because their bloodline is connected to their land?

    And I'm sorry but fuuuck the Academics with a rusty shovel. They pissed away whatever goodwill they had before they even got to the Gravers, and we don't even know 100% what those are yet.

    The Orphics were shitty but the Acedemics are SUUUPER shitty.

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  • KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    Hell, we don't even know how shitty the Orphics were, because all we get is the Academic view of them.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
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    I can't believe I confused Steve for Vortigrex the Lightbringer.
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  • statlerstatler Registered User regular
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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Where's the panel where he dies of malaria

    come on Katie you're losing your touch

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    Where's the panel where he dies of malaria

    come on Katie you're losing your touch

    They're building up to it. Just need a little suspense before the inevitable horrifyingly depressing result.

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    Where's the panel where he dies of malaria

    come on Katie you're losing your touch

    Malaria is out, zika is in

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2016
    Orphane wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    Where's the panel where he dies of malaria

    come on Katie you're losing your touch

    Malaria is out, zika is in

    She could throw a curve ball and go with dengue fever or west nile virus too

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Y'all sleeping on chikungunya

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  • MachwingMachwing It looks like a harmless old computer, doesn't it? Left in this cave to rot ... or to flower!Registered User regular
    edited July 2016
    I find it hard to believe that years into developing Alison's character, they're going to make the plot "rich white dude makes her life better."

    maybe he funds her project, which is then rejected or distrusted by the dynamorphic community because of A) the perceived privilege of having ample funding and organization, and B) Allison's general privilege as both passing as normal and having a useful power

    dis shit be about privilege y'all

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  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    Because this is SFP I assume wholeheartedly that her perfect and now apparently super rich white boyfriend who just pulled her away from a conference about dealing with adversity is solely just a wonderful guy with her interests at heart and this isn't about to go downhill at all

    maybe this is all to teach you an important lesson about using stereotypes against obscenely rich white heterosexual men who inherited their wealth

    who are the real victims here, when you think about it

    Here's the thing: every single aspect of this particular comic is designed to lead to this dude being a "bad guy" so if they do a 180 on that (ex: oh, he's rich, I guess that's where her project funding is going to come from now) I will be astounded and delighted, but I find it hard to believe that years into developing Alison's character, they're going to make the plot "rich white dude makes her life better."

    The only other twist I could see here is, he's about to reveal he's a shapeshifter or something.

    I mean, I feel like it's pretty obvious he's going to be a bad guy. Right before he appeared, Alison literally said she hoped villains would come by the conference. That's some pretty damn heavy foreshadowing.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
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    "A few words of explanation: this ad had been posted in a Polish newspaper and became sort of a small meme a few years ago. I did not forget."

    I... huh... i don't know what to say about making a strip about a meme almost no one heard about.

    And i still have no idea why it's Rod's fault.

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    is it me or is like every other page of namesake the girl looking straight ahead mildly shock while some stuff is behind her

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  • Mr_RoseMr_Rose 83 Blue Ridge Protects the Holy Registered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Orphane wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    Where's the panel where he dies of malaria

    come on Katie you're losing your touch

    Malaria is out, zika is in

    She could throw a curve ball and go with dengue fever or west nile virus too

    Y'all aren't thinking deep enough; that panel is the cold open on the entire camp dying of starvation and turning to cannibalism.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    is it me or is like every other page of namesake the girl looking straight ahead mildly shock while some stuff is behind her

    they're at the big plot revelation or something, I can understand that's why they keep doing that (for what little of the comic I do, I haven't been able to follow it at all since it started getting posted. doesn't help a lot of the characters appear similar, though obviously there's reasons there I guess why that is)

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    klemming wrote: »
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    If you liked it, make sure some big Tumblr re-hosts it until the little website part fades awaaaaaay.

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    http://nedroidcomics.tumblr.com/post/41879001445/the-internet

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    That comic isn't making fun of people who steal art, it's making fun of people who reblog art. Because curation is not creation or something.

  • knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    I was gonna say, that comic has already been made, with fewer panels.

    But maybe that's the joke.

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    There's a new PBF, but it's 1) big and 2) not very interesting.

  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited July 2016
    Gundi was warned for this.
    Oh yeah, people were asking in this thread earlier about Mob Psycho 100 and if it's good. Having watched the first three episodes of it on Crunchyroll... yeah it's good.

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
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  • Panda4YouPanda4You Registered User regular
    Holy shit, totally forgot about Devil's Candy! :( Thanks @Neveron
    Also, it seems the comedic timing in it has become much better? The pages in that last post were just great! :mrgreen:

    And I'm getting the vibe I'm the only one seeing DoA now? :lol: "It's for the best, hur", but really; that was a damn fine feels comic with a little chuckle to it and... just crickets?

    At least Namesake had a really nice poster page tod...
    is it me or is like every other page of namesake the girl looking straight ahead mildly shock while some stuff is behind her
    I'ma fite u! :mad:

  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    Dumbing of Age is bad

    Controversial opinions here

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    doa has not fixed the fact that most of the characters are assholes, need therapy, or are assholes who need therapy so I continue to disregard it

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    There's a new PBF, but it's 1) big and 2) not very interesting.

    Took me a bit to get it, thought it was pretty good myself.
    I mean, it's not top tier PBF, but it's better than Demon.

    Resized it for the forums:
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