The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark

[Celestia]

I guess Jerk Orc is no longer a jerk thanks to the power of friendship.



But now what will we call him?

[Gez]

I guess Jerk Orc is no longer a jerk thanks to the power of friendship.



But now what will we call him?

No, don't worry, Jerk Orc (Jork) is still a jerk. It's his long-suffering assistant Veth who's not a jerk.

https://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/april-28-2021/
https://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/june-30-2021/
https://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/july-21-2021/

Fun fact: Jork is apparently Melna's great-great-grandson or something.

Fun fact bis: "Daxethar Durnaks", that's another DD name. No wonder he's such a jerk, he's jealous that despite having the same alliteration, people don't give him the same fawning adoration they instinctively, automatically, unerringly have towards Dominic Deegan.

[Celestia]

No, don't worry, Jerk Orc (Jork) is still a jerk. It's his long-suffering assistant Veth who's not a jerk.

https://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/april-28-2021/
https://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/june-30-2021/
https://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/july-21-2021/

Fun fact: Jork is apparently Melna's great-great-grandson or something.

Fun fact bis: "Daxethar Durnaks", that's another DD name. No wonder he's such a jerk, he's jealous that despite having the same alliteration, people don't give him the same fawning adoration they instinctively, automatically, unerringly have towards Dominic Deegan.

I legitimately didn't remember that there were two orcs. Mookie sure makes great characters.

[Shogo]

Oh. Well. Being descended from Melna does a lot to explain why he's such a jerk if we decide to follow genetic determinism.

[Celestia]

If Vine Lady gets named Dominique, I will literally c**.

[Vinyadan]

Is the Melna relationship just a hunch? Or is it in the comic?

By the way, I find it a bit hard not to consider the two a couple, when they're sharing a bed and she's naked.

[Gez]

Is the Melna relationship just a hunch? Or is it in the comic?

Melna's full name was Melsheena Durnaks, his name is Daxethar Durnaks.

Melna was an only child when she was orphaned, so there presumably aren't a lot of other Durnakses roaming around.

[Kantaki]

New comic

That looks like a kind of uncomfortable sleeping position.

[Welf]

New comic

Nice floating magic uterus. I guess she just got pregnant? Poor Snout. Probably has to pay alimony and didn't even have his 10 seconds of fun.

[Vinyadan]

We have seen it before across a few pages during the teleport https://www.dominic-deegan.com/chapt...guage-barrier/ It definitely reminds me of an uterus with its tubes.

I think a pregnancy would add quite a bit to the comic, if handled right. It's probably not what's going on, however; just a reminder that it's an important symbol.

[Celestia]

Why is Vine Lady huge? Is this a perspective thing, or is she actually bigger? I genuinely can't tell from the s*** art, and the distinction is important because of dream symbolism.

[Gez]

Why is Vine Lady huge? Is this a perspective thing, or is she actually bigger? I genuinely can't tell from the s*** art, and the distinction is important because of dream symbolism.

It was a perspective thing

[Welf]

New comic

Looks a bit rape-y. I interpret this as someone or something trying to use Vine Woman's body for something, probably her uterus. If so, that would be indeed a step forward for Mookie as a artist.

[Traab]

I look at it as, her being a plant lady means she is bound to the world while snout is able to move onwards. Or something to that effect.

[Gez]

Plant Woman is trapped by her nature as a plant woman, and Snout doesn't know how to help her. But maybe Snout's friend the Companion Cube has a solution?

[Celestia]

Didn't we get exposition a while ago that the Ink Witches reject names and personal identification? So, why would they be thrilled about someone choosing a name? That seems very contradictory.

[Kantaki]

Didn't we get exposition a while ago that the Ink Witches reject names and personal identification? So, why would they be thrilled about someone choosing a name? That seems very contradictory.

No, they have names.
They just don't give them away to anyone.

Which doesn't make this less silly.
"I've picked a name for myself."
"Hurray! What is it?"
"No telling."
"Right. We're ink witches. Anyway, time to party!"

[Kantaki]

New comic


No! Bad Abracadabra! No changing the past!
That kinda thing only will end with those Moat Sect guys winning.
With your wife leading them or something equally stupid probably.

[Gez]

I hope he names her Dominique

[Vinyadan]

I wonder, will they all end up snuggling naked together, since they're all good friends?

[Silly Name]

Do you think it's intentional that most characters give Snout that flirty look? Ink Witch in this page looks less like she asked him a deeply personal question and more like she told him to slip into something more comfortable and meet her in her room.

[Traab]

Do you think it's intentional that most characters give Snout that flirty look? Ink Witch in this page looks less like she asked him a deeply personal question and more like she told him to slip into something more comfortable and meet her in her room.

Clearly she and plant lady spent the day deciding to form a harem around snout and ink witch wants snout to come up with a cute pet name for her.

[Vinyadan]

Do you think it's intentional that most characters give Snout that flirty look? Ink Witch in this page looks less like she asked him a deeply personal question and more like she told him to slip into something more comfortable and meet her in her room.

I am really not sure about how to read this last page, and I think the first panel was just badly drawn. Arudak's attitude when he gave the book from above was paternal, but Snout has been threading an odd "looks nice, feels nice" line with female companions. So he gets naked snuggles with them, but they are more like "total acceptance friendship snuggles". Which means no exclusivity. Also, since it's all about looking and feeling nice, he doesn't get naked snuggles with Arudak, who is a man, and so nowhere near as attractive as a naked chick. Which suggests that there actually is a sexual component in all of this, as others have noticed before me.

[Celestia]

Either those are some really tiny buildings, or those are some massive docks.

[Gez]

Lakes can be pretty big. The Caspian Sea, for example, is the world's largest lake. Though you can also look at it as the world's smallest ocean.

[Celestia]

Snout shouldn't be allowed to name a dog much less a person. How is Inky legitimately the "best" name on his list?

[Silly Name]

Snout shouldn't be allowed to name a dog much less a person. How is Inky legitimately the "best" name on his list?

I'm partly to "Splat" or "Squish". Very good names, very good names indeed.

[Gez]

Snout shouldn't be allowed to name a dog much less a person. How is Inky legitimately the "best" name on his list?

Reminds me of this page from a better webcomic.

[Kantaki]

Snout shouldn't be allowed to name a dog much less a person. How is Inky legitimately the "best" name on his list?

A dog?
I wouldn't let him name a rock.
And I'm not talking some important landmark kind of rock or something here. Just some random stone dug up in the garden.
Snout wouldn't get to name it.

On the other hand he's called Snout.
What'd he know about good names?

Oh well, he has other qualities.
Good listener, eloquent speaker, well educated scholar...
Are not it, but I'm sure there's something?
Good looking? That would explain why everyone keeps jumping into his bed.

[Traab]

A dog?
I wouldn't let him name a rock.
And I'm not talking some important landmark kind of rock or something here. Just some random stone dug up in the garden.
Snout wouldn't get to name it.

On the other hand he's called Snout.
What'd he know about good names?

Oh well, he has other qualities.
Good listener, eloquent speaker, well educated scholar...
Are not it, but I'm sure there's something?
Good looking? That would explain why everyone keeps jumping into his bed.

He is kind, caring, hard working, eager to help, and a quick learning student of the scholarly fields. Im still not convinced that he hasnt been, to steal a phrase from buffy the vampire slayer, kept "fray adjacent" with his current mission in the library, but he is doing good work in general. But yes, his naming sense is not his strong suit. Most of those wouldnt even count as a decent pet name for someone. Some are terrible, others are terribly unimaginative. Like if arduak was overweight, calling him slim. Wow, that must have taken a long time to come up with!