But then again I love everything about QC in the last few years
I would not mind spookybot but spookybot is such like a clear, clear reference that it's hard to take the character seriously.
It'd be like if someone riffing on darth vader just suddenly popped up. Like sure I like Darth Vader but it'd be kind of hard to take a character explicitly riffing on darth vader seriously.
But in general yeah JJ's writing mostly just seems to gradually improve over time.
What are they a reference to?
They are a reference to 'The Endless' of the graphic novel series Sandman, and specifically with their aesthetic and personality they are very much just Desire from said series.
They may both look a bit similar, but Desire is the most purely evil character in that series and spookybot has shown themselves to have a strong sense of ethics and actual personality.
I wouldn't call Desire evil, personally. The most antagonistic character in the series? Sure. But evil? nah. That's like calling a hurricane evil. I consider lots of other characters, Morpheus included, to actually be on morally shakier ground than Desire.
I thought of posting last night: depicting and/or describing Desire as evil is, in one sense, a weirdly/wonderfully Buddhist take.
I've never understood liking something ironically. Either like it or don't, no need to try and play it off.
Ever since I was introduced to the concept, I've understood it to mean "stuff that you enjoy but that you wouldn't go to bat for". Like me and the Commissars in Warhammer 40 000. Or just... 40K in general. Stuff that you appreciate from an emotional distance.
The other case I've felt enjoying something ironically is "this thing I used to like has become so bad that it's entertaining watching how bad it's become and while I openly recognize the new stuff is trash, I can mentally allow myself to enjoy the trainwreck so I can justify still liking the early stuff."
But then again I love everything about QC in the last few years
I would not mind spookybot but spookybot is such like a clear, clear reference that it's hard to take the character seriously.
It'd be like if someone riffing on darth vader just suddenly popped up. Like sure I like Darth Vader but it'd be kind of hard to take a character explicitly riffing on darth vader seriously.
But in general yeah JJ's writing mostly just seems to gradually improve over time.
What are they a reference to?
They are a reference to 'The Endless' of the graphic novel series Sandman, and specifically with their aesthetic and personality they are very much just Desire from said series.
They may both look a bit similar, but Desire is the most purely evil character in that series and spookybot has shown themselves to have a strong sense of ethics and actual personality.
I wouldn't call Desire evil, personally. The most antagonistic character in the series? Sure. But evil? nah. That's like calling a hurricane evil. I consider lots of other characters, Morpheus included, to actually be on morally shakier ground than Desire.
I thought of posting last night: depicting and/or describing Desire as evil is, in one sense, a weirdly/wonderfully Buddhist take.
Good thought. I also think the seven have some wiggle room to depart from what they represent. Desire is evil not because it must be but because this incarnation of it is. See Destruction and how the current one opted out there and how Dream isn't the same as Dream.
i feel like his earlier style (not the first comics, obviously. 2007ish?) had a bit more personality to it even if it wasn't as crisp.
i remember when i first started coming here and QC was only posted ironically. not sure if people were only faking it being ironic or his writing improved. though i think a turning point began once people realized JJ actually seemed like a good dude.
You can only post something ironically for so long before it starts being something you sincerely enjoy
I wish we could have stopped you from posting Day by Day before you crossed that line.
While I greatly miss DbD I also don't miss DbD. Is this what it means to like something ironicly?
I would say its similar to how alcohol kills brain cells in large enough amounts, and that sometimes you dive into the rancid stuff and crawl your way out the other side
i feel like his earlier style (not the first comics, obviously. 2007ish?) had a bit more personality to it even if it wasn't as crisp.
i remember when i first started coming here and QC was only posted ironically. not sure if people were only faking it being ironic or his writing improved. though i think a turning point began once people realized JJ actually seemed like a good dude.
You can only post something ironically for so long before it starts being something you sincerely enjoy
I wish we could have stopped you from posting Day by Day before you crossed that line.
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I've never understood liking something ironically. Either like it or don't, no need to try and play it off.
Ever since I was introduced to the concept, I've understood it to mean "stuff that you enjoy but that you wouldn't go to bat for". Like me and the Commissars in Warhammer 40 000. Or just... 40K in general. Stuff that you appreciate from an emotional distance.
The other case I've felt enjoying something ironically is "this thing I used to like has become so bad that it's entertaining watching how bad it's become and while I openly recognize the new stuff is trash, I can mentally allow myself to enjoy the trainwreck so I can justify still liking the early stuff."
Poster child for this is Bleach.
I find the wiki more entertaining than the show
I'm amused/surprised by the speed with which halos covered fenics transition. Pills, breasts, bam, moving on.
Novelty stimulates the senses. Since we have more access to classically well made art than ever before thanks to the internet, bold incompetence is one way to catch our eye
see:
harkovast
I genuinely honestly really like Harkovast.
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If that K6BD has been posted whole here in the thread (as in the days of yore) I definitely would've clicked through to make sure that's what the original said.
Probability its one of her dorm sisters wandering the street alone. No wait, probably going to find all of them freshly kidnapped and sitting outside a slaver base, confused......that would have been a good fallout 3 quest
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Well, the story of k6bd as a UST-driven comic was short but sweet.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I literally googled 'what does ust stand for' and the airport was my first result lol
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I thought of posting last night: depicting and/or describing Desire as evil is, in one sense, a weirdly/wonderfully Buddhist take.
Steam, Warframe: Megajoule
The other case I've felt enjoying something ironically is "this thing I used to like has become so bad that it's entertaining watching how bad it's become and while I openly recognize the new stuff is trash, I can mentally allow myself to enjoy the trainwreck so I can justify still liking the early stuff."
Poster child for this is Bleach.
Good thought. I also think the seven have some wiggle room to depart from what they represent. Desire is evil not because it must be but because this incarnation of it is. See Destruction and how the current one opted out there and how Dream isn't the same as Dream.
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http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
I wish we could have stopped you from posting Day by Day before you crossed that line.
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I would say its similar to how alcohol kills brain cells in large enough amounts, and that sometimes you dive into the rancid stuff and crawl your way out the other side
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
It got real bad there for a while
I still check in from time to time
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Guilty pleasure but you want people to think you're cool.
What if you are enjoying something primarily for how much irony was in the story?
Then that's a sincere enjoyment of irony?
Steam, Warframe: Megajoule
Now ironically ironically enjoying irony on the other hand...
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I find the wiki more entertaining than the show
I'm amused/surprised by the speed with which halos covered fenics transition. Pills, breasts, bam, moving on.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
I keep seeing this as an evil Todd Chavez.
I genuinely honestly really like Harkovast.
I see Abbadon is doing the ol’ Bait and fuck with this comic and the previous one.
Swords
Honestly, internet fans can be a tiny bit entitled and need a good punch in the teeth every now and then
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
I believe we have been double, possibly triple japed
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
And yet, somehow, I feel like I've gotten exactly what I wanted.
I'm confused.
Is this a quadruple japing?
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Darths & Droids should really give up on ever trying to have rails.
Dumbing of Age
Probability its one of her dorm sisters wandering the street alone. No wait, probably going to find all of them freshly kidnapped and sitting outside a slaver base, confused......that would have been a good fallout 3 quest
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Now we get to the real ‘training’ montage.
Well, the story of k6bd as a UST-driven comic was short but sweet.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST)?
I literally googled 'what does ust stand for' and the airport was my first result lol
Oh sweet summer child with a google history as clean as sparkling white snow.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden