SR: Reassuring or Disturbing? You decide!

[Silverraptor]

Ok. So after being hounded by both many of my friends and random pm's from people, I've decided to put this thread up concerning this half-celestial picture of Belkar. It's in my signature so the results will be below.

Reassuring or Disturbing?
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/576/belkargood.png
You Decide!
*Made by Holammer*

Results so far and who put them.

Reassuring:13
CapedLuigiYoshi; factotum; The_Dark_Fiddle; enarch3t; WarriorTribble; Johnny Blade; Blackbird97; [TS] Shadow; Sequinox; Assassin89; Teddy; Blue Ghost; Nekomata

Disturbing:12
Logalmier; Selene; Haven; theburningfield; Aaron; Nenec; Mewtarthio; TheFallenOne; Salty; SandyCaesar; SuperGwindor; liooil2000

Mixed:4
NamonakiRei; Kroy; sysice; Axl_Rose

Neither:10
Warren Dew; Animefunkmaster; mockingbyrd7; HamsterOfTheGod; SoD; raven-gm; Tempest Fennac; Occasional Sage; dps; MadScientistMat

[GSFB]

Isn't there some rule against using the character images like this?

[Silverraptor]

Isn't there some rule against using the character images like this?

Well, I've had this pic in my signature for a while... so I don't know if this thread would be banned.

[Selene]

I think the rule is about copying or altering any of Rich's actual artwork. If it's drawn and used as fan art, it may be ok. Don't go selling Belkar T-shirts, though.

Also, I'd have to vote disturbing.

[Kroy]

Mixed. I mean disturbing, but overly.

[Silverraptor]

I think the rule is about copying or altering any of Rich's actual artwork. If it's drawn and used as fan art, it may be ok. Don't go selling Belkar T-shirts, though.


Oh I wasn't intending too. This is 100% fan art vote.

[Warren Dew]

Neither. But then, my threshold for "disturbing" got adjusted recently when I happened to click through to the "Belkar love interest" thread.

[Silverraptor]

Neither. But then, my threshold for "disturbing" got adjusted recently when I happened to click through to the "Belkar love interest" thread.

Hmmm... it would seem that you just opened up the neither vote option.

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

Reassuring! Now that column has a vote!

@V: That's just "Luigi" to you, bub!

[Haven]

I was going to say mixed, but with Mama Luigi's vote there I feel I have to say "disturbing".

[Animefunkmaster]

The image invokes no emotional reaction from me, so neither I guess. Otherwise between the choice of reassuring or disturbing, I feel less disturbed than reassured.

[Mystic Muse]

WHAT?!?!?!?! HOW COULD YOU DRAW ME LIKE THIS!!!!! I"M GOING TO TRACK YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU!

I kind of find this disturbing. if Belkar's an angel roy's a demon. which might be a possibility

[mockingbyrd7]

Neither. It's Belkar as a guardian angel. This does not disturb nor reassure me.

[HamsterOfTheGod]

An Epic Half Celestial Belkar with Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting and Wield Oversized Weapon dual wielding Greatswords is Awesome!

Unfortunately there's no such category. So I guess I fall into Neither.

[SoD]

Neither. I find it amusing, seeing an alternate version of him, but neither reasuring nor disturbing.

[raven-gm]

Reassuring or Disturbing?

Yes. Yes it is.

[factotum]

Well, we only have your word that it's Belkar as a half-celestial--could be any old random halfling, so not really disturbing at all from that point of view. (Not even wearing the same clothes as Belkar, after all).

[Laughing Dragon]

If it's Belkar after he has changed alignment and become good, then it's reassuring.

If it's just plain old Belkar, then it's more toward the disturbing side.

[Silverraptor]

Yes. Yes it is.


If it's Belkar after he has changed alignment and become good, then it's reassuring.

If it's just plain old Belkar, then it's more toward the disturbing side.

Guys, these aren't really votes because I don't know what your going with.:smallannoyed:

[Aaron]

Disturbing, very disturbing. Belkar... as a Half-Celestial:smalleek:... its just not... not possible... its not possible!!!:smalleek::smalleek: It defies everything I know about bloodthirsty (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0435.html) halflings!!! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)

[The Dark Fiddler]

Reassuring, definitely.

It's very nice to see him not being murderous.

[raven-gm]

Guys, these aren't really votes because I don't know what your going with.:smallannoyed:

Sorry, my auto-response to most x or y questions is "yes".
But here I think I have to say neither, really. Amusing is more like it.

[Nenec]

Disturbing, really

[Mewtarthio]

Disturbing, definately. Surely the gods have gone mad...

[enarch3t]

Completely awesome. He would really be the Sexy Shoeless God of War!

[Tempest Fennac]

I say neither due to not really having thoughts on it beyond it being a good drawing.

[WarriorTribble]

It's just cute really.

[Johnny Blade]

I say reassuring, because it implies that you can become an actual angel just by pretending not to be a psychotic maniac. That's very, well, reassuring to me.

[Occasional Sage]

Decisively, overwhelmingly neither.

[TheFallenOne]

[X] Awesomely disturbing

Your call where to put my vote

[sysice]

It's both disturbing and reassuring.
That is, it's so disturbing that it's reassuring that this will never happen.

[The Blackbird]

Reassuring, though if he really was good, I would miss all his hilarious comments.

[Salty]

Definitely disturbing. Every time I saw it in your sig, I was disoriented for several minutes. Great detail though!

[Axl_Rose]

Mixed. I can't decide without contexual information.

If he's in heaven... well I take it those swords are for massacre'ing purposes.

[Dagren]

I say reassuring, because it implies that you can become an actual angel just by pretending not to be a psychotic maniac. That's very, well, reassuring to me.No comment on the picture, but that comment was disturbing. :smalltongue:

[Silverraptor]

Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay on updating the current votes but my computer went to crap. I kept logging in and it said "Thank you for logging in, even though your not logged in." So while I watched you all continue voting, I was saying, "Connect, Darn You, CONNECT!!!" Then it started working and I was all happy. I decided to return a pm message to one of my friends. Then I clicked the link to this thread annnnnddd... "Hello, the forum is now closed due to the fact of the not story related comic that's out." (:smallfurious:Cussing in the background:smallfurious:)

Soooooo. Anyways, it's updated now.

[SandyCaesar]

Somewhat disturbing...that definitely ain't the Belkar I know.

[[TS] Shadow]

Put my vote in "reassuring." Belkar actually looks semi-adorable in this picture!

[Sequinox]

Reassuring, if anything. And 'nothing' is another valid choice. I guess I'm half and half.

[Assassin89]

The picture is quite reassuring if Belkar reads a tome of understanding.

[dps]

I found it just plain stupid, so neither.

[Teddy]

Reassuring. Those +4 Wisdom from the half-celestial template seems to have affected him the same way Vaarsuvus's Owls wisdom does in comic 58 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0058.html).

[MadScientistMat]

Neither - I would say I'm a bit nonplussed, but not disturbed. I kind of tend to get annoyed at cute, harmless portrayals of angelic beings, so it's nice to see one with an edge... in either the literal or metaphorical sense.

[Supergwindor]

I'm going to go with... disturbing.

[liooil2000]

at first sight, I thought that it was some sort of angel, but now that I know it's Belkar, it's DEFINITELY disturbing. Come on , what do you think will happen if you give a a crazy, bloodthirsty halfling two GREATSWORDS?

[Blue Ghost]

Reassuring. It's nice to know that even Belkar has a good side.

[warrl]

Come on , what do you think will happen if you give a a crazy, bloodthirsty halfling two GREATSWORDS?

He laboriously loads them into a cart, takes them to market, and trades them in for weapons that don't seriously overbalance him (or perhaps he can't even lift).

[Nekomata]

It's kind of cool.
I instantly came up with a back story:
Belkar dies. Since he's the shoeless sexy god of war, the various powers recognize his potential, and hire him. As mercenary he fights the blood wars for whoever pays the best.
But then a Lawfull Good deity with penchant for wings and halos gave a better offer, and now he dispenses divine justice. It's a bit odd being the dog of the law... but as long as he gets to kill things, it's all good fine.

[Silverraptor]

It's kind of cool.
I instantly came up with a back story:
Belkar dies. Since he's the shoeless sexy god of war, the various powers recognize his potential, and hire him. As mercenary he fights the blood wars for whoever pays the best.
But then a Lawfull Good deity with penchant for wings and halos gave a better offer, and now he dispenses divine justice. It's a bit odd being the dog of the law... but as long as he gets to kill things, it's all good fine.

I guess I'll mark this under reassuring then.