Penny Arcade - Comic - Fauna

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Fauna

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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Psyra

We have made a habit of calling for Exterminatus whenever the deer are anywhere within a mile radius for this very reason.

LieutenantDan

One of my favorite strips. Still laughing minutes later. It's so true.

Lucascraft

I've been playing Valheim and I'm not quite sure what phenomenon they're mocking here. I've never had a scared deer run up and lick me in the face.

dennis

Lucascraft wrote: »

I've been playing Valheim and I'm not quite sure what phenomenon they're mocking here. I've never had a scared deer run up and lick me in the face.

I don't read it as that. Just as an asshole deer ruining the moment making asshole deer noises.

(Edit: On fourth read, maybe you're making a joke. In which case, bravo. Though I might have said "scared Great Dane".)

Thawmus

Yeah the deer are just super goddamn noisy

Lucascraft

dennis wrote: »

Lucascraft wrote: »

I've been playing Valheim and I'm not quite sure what phenomenon they're mocking here. I've never had a scared deer run up and lick me in the face.

I don't read it as that. Just as an asshole deer ruining the moment making asshole deer noises.

(Edit: On fourth read, maybe you're making a joke. In which case, bravo. Though I might have said "scared Great Dane".)

It wasn't a joke. I think the third panel is what threw me off. I definitely understand the loud deer reference, but somehow the deer licking his face in panel 3 just pushed all of that out of my brain and confused me since I've never had anything remotely similar to that specific thing happening in the game. Too much focus on panel 3, not enough focus on the rest of the strip. That's my problem.

Darkewolfe

It's not licking his face, it's in the foreground making a derpy face to go with the noise. The deer being in the foreground and blocking part of the monologue is part of the gag, the deer is breaking the beauty immersion of his experience.

palidine40

Deer do make noise, but not normally that noise (but they can) and not nearly that often. They also don't fucking run around like a family circus map drawing either.

Incenjucar

The deer remind me of having neighbors with barking dogs.

Giant Sloar

Living in the midwest I've had many quiet walks interr-HUUUURMP. As I was saying, the noises are always somewhere behind me as if the deer are saying "GTFO Human!"

RatherDashing

In Pennsylvania we have the majestic Rocky Mountain Elk (long story) and their glorious call: https://youtu.be/wxfQw80zL0A

dennis

RatherDashing89 wrote: »

In Pennsylvania we have the majestic Rocky Mountain Elk (long story) and their glorious call

I swear that horny bastard shows up on half of our conference calls. Audio only.