Goblins XVIII: Being yourself can be dangerous

[Daywalker1983]

Yea the division between the two feels more like Eli wanted to keep the NSFW stuff in it's own corner more then she was that determined to keep the streams totally separate in general. Also


This sums up everything and all of it.

It's also the case that Elli Herself started the goblins discussion thread, not without mentioning Personal Details like how she is treading water finacially with her Kids on her shoulders.

We also routinely talk about the authors whithin the context of their works. The idea that we shouldn't is wild to me. I cringe at naming elli in the same breath, but can you talk about the Catcher in the rye without talking about Salinger? About Lotr without Tolkien? Sword in the stone and TS White. Martin and Rothfuß not to mention.

[Daywalker1983]

So she is sort of broadcasting it quite literally to the public. I agree with you in general that this is a huge nothingburger of a complaint (since I don't see any actual evidence or implication that Eli is cheating or abusing her wife because if she was that would be totally fair game to at least talk about and discuss) but saying it's a violation of privacy when she really explicitly is not keeping much of anything private feels like a stretch.

Wonder how her Kids feel about that Twitter. I have an online Persona and a Kid, too. And i try to Do nothing which would harm my Kid. This is not about elli personally, but content like hers should be behind age Verifikation. Since it's not and she is putting it out there, it's in no way at all private. You go on Twitter to be talked about. It would not work otherwise. And of course it's relevant to the Comic. Every author ever had his Personal circumstances Analysed with regard to their work.

[Pirate ninja]

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[Draconi Redfir]

With that said, i think I'm going to officially abandon this thread for good. This place has just gotten too hot for me. Best wishes to anyone who remains, but I'm out.

[Vinyadan]

The first page of the year is up. https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-1-2022

[Traab]

That was interesting, ears and minmax should hang out more.

[Radar]

That was interesting, ears and minmax should hang out more.

I got the same thought. :)

[Daywalker1983]

I think the Angel thing is a bit cringy.

[Dragonus45]

I mean, a gargoyle's disembodies soul trapped in a screaming face pried from the flesh of the abomination that devoured it hitting on Big Ears is kind of just part for the course in this comic.

[Anonymouswizard]

I mean, a gargoyle's disembodies soul trapped in a screaming face pried from the flesh of the abomination that devoured it hitting on Big Ears is kind of just part for the course in this comic.

I mean, Big Ears is part angel now, the gargoyle isn't necessarily hitting on him.

Yet. I'm sure it'll be confirmed on a month or two.

[Kantaki]

I mean, even knowing the "angel" thing's entirely literal and Big Ears is just using the gargoyle's name, those two are definitely flirting.

Also, "I literally can't see what you're doing." and "Don't do that." work great together.
Had a hunch indeed. Those two are so a couple...

[Vinyadan]

To be honest, if I ever met a disembodied soul trapped in the ripped scalp of a cursed zombie paladin and it had such a mellifluous tone, I'd immediately assume it's a bad guy in disguise, biding its time to betray us.

I wonder if it's going to be Klik 2.0: not fully human, but unwaveringly loyal and useful. Klik however joined Dies in a moment of extreme tension and saved his life twice the same day. This guy is just starting to be useful, after almost two years since he joined the party.

[Anteros]

To be honest, if I ever met a disembodied soul trapped in the ripped scalp of a cursed zombie paladin and it had such a mellifluous tone, I'd immediately assume it's a bad guy in disguise, biding its time to betray us.

I wonder if it's going to be Klik 2.0: not fully human, but unwaveringly loyal and useful. Klik however joined Dies in a moment of extreme tension and saved his life twice the same day. This guy is just starting to be useful, after almost two years since he joined the party.

Well, it's still the same day though isn't it? It's not the character's fault that the pacing is awful. My personal belief is that this character was inserted into the story with the sole purpose of giving Ears a boyfriend. They're more useful in a characterization sense than a practical one.

I also find the angel thing to be cringe, but people use cringe inducing pet names for each other all the time, and Elli has never been great at writing dialogue anyway.

[Vinyadan]

Well, it's still the same day though isn't it? It's not the character's fault that the pacing is awful. My personal belief is that this character was inserted into the story with the sole purpose of giving Ears a boyfriend. They're more useful in a characterization sense than a practical one.

I just thought of the practical application of a disembodied head as Ears's boyfriend, and I can't stop laughing at the scene.

Add to this the weirdness factor of it being Kore's body.

[Gez]

I just thought of the practical application of a disembodied head as Ears's boyfriend, and I can't stop laughing at the scene.

Add to this the weirdness factor of it being Kore's body.

Are you saying that they shouldn't go ahead with that relationship? That there are a number of troublesome issues they would have to face?

[Vinyadan]

Are you saying that they shouldn't go ahead with that relationship? That there are a number of troublesome issues they would have to face?

I think that, if they went ahead, then Ears would likely have his hands full.

[Gez]

I think that, if they went ahead, then Ears would likely have his hands full.

Are you implying they wouldn't stand on equal footing? Certainly it'd be hard for them to see eyes to eyes.

[tomaO2]

Alright, good thing I didn't bother looking at this thread after making my previous post until now.

If you don't think it's a big deal, then fine. I do. For all my complaints, I've been a consistent reader of this comic since the end of book 1, and even spent some money on it, which I almost never do. I was extremely bothered by the removal of the Tempts Fate comics, and these recent actions leave me soured to the point where I have no interest in reading the new update.

That's new. That is absolutely a new thing for me. After giving this a lot of thought, I've decided to delete Goblins from my reading list. Maybe this will be my last post in this thread as well. Certainly, I have no interest in talking about the comic anymore, so that only leaves me talking about Elli, herself.

I criticize where I feel it's due, but I also am willing to give praise. I've been willing to give praise for the updates every 2 weeks that lasted for much longer than I ever expected. I fully expected the updates to slow down within 3 months, but it kept going for quite awhile. If the mega trailers had been released to the public, I would have also given that some credit as well. I also was willing to defend Elli, and even apologize when I felt I needed to. I made a post back in the day when Elli replied to me in in a previous version of the thread. I don't remember the exact details, but I do recall saying "I don't hate you" at the time, because I didn't.

As for the criticism that the "private" twitter should not be talked about, all I should need to point out that there used to be an update on the comic, asking for a lot of money for face surgery. I was the one that announced it here that the surgery was finished. I found out about this from Elli's trans twitter account. Regardless, you certainly would not be able to find out about what happened on Goblins, because she deleted the post after she got the money she asked for. Thanking people, and telling them how the money was spent, doesn't seem to be her thing anymore.

I am pretty sure that is the incident that got me to start checking her trans profile. Feel free to correct me though. Most of it is not relevant, so I don't talk about it, even though there were a number of things that honestly bothered me.

An example of when I did talk about her tweets is when I learned about Elli attacking Scarlett Johansson for trying to play an LGBT character. Meanwhile, Elli hired a straight actor to play Big Ears for the trailer, and the reason for the entire casting was so that bigger names could help promote it. Which is exactly what why Scarlett was hired for the lead role in the first place, and why the movie was scrubbed when she left the role due to the criticism, because no one wanted to have the lead be played by an unknown.

There is also the fact that the "private" twitter is linked on the comic twitter. Is there any real separation between the two when the profile of each links to each other? Plus, there are occasional trans posts on the comic twitter, so it's not like there is some perfect separation going on. Elli has consistently posted her private life to the public, we had to listen about many personal things, and this is literally the first time I have EVER heard anyone saying that all these things she puts out there on social media isn't fair game. So, to me, it just seems using the argument now is just trying to smother criticism.

Whatever, I'll just complain somewhere else.

[Kish]

As I said once before, toma, you have a habit of mixing and matching legitimate criticisms ("Elli bashed another movie for doing exactly what she did for her own trailer, hypocrisy") with "yeargh this isn't what I think of as normal" (in this case, "She had sex with someone else while being married? That's cheating! No I don't care if her wife thinks so!") complaints.

[Vinyadan]

I couldn't help but think of Forgath talking about rocks when reading this new Lackadaisy minicomic.

http://lackadaisy.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=544

https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11142015-2

[Dragonus45]

I couldn't help but think of Forgath talking about rocks when reading this new Lackadaisy minicomic.

http://lackadaisy.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=544

https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11142015-2

That's a comic I haven't thought about in forever. Did the pace up updates ever pick up?

[Vinyadan]

That's a comic I haven't thought about in forever. Did the pace up updates ever pick up?

Not really, but they're doing...

...*trumpets and fanfare*...

an animated short film! Which I really want to watch.

[Radar]

I couldn't help but think of Forgath talking about rocks when reading this new Lackadaisy minicomic.

http://lackadaisy.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=544

https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11142015-2

Thanks for reminding me of Lackadaisy - almost forgotten about it. :)

[Quild]

New page.

I somehow remember something about MM saying the Magic axe obviously wasn't for Ears since he already broke one

[Keltest]

New page.

I somehow remember something about MM saying the Magic axe obviously wasn't for Ears since he already broke one

Well, Int usually is a safe dump stat for paladins.

[Daywalker1983]

Well, Looks a like all those overpowered magical items are about to be purged. Bad news for magical limbs, too, i guess.

Another artificial hurdle in this dumbgeon.

[Quild]

Well, Looks a like all those overpowered magical items are about to be purged. Bad news for magical limbs, too, i guess.

Another artificial hurdle in this dumbgeon.

Knowing what the trap does, I doubt they will simply walk into it now.
Also I suspect the coloured rectangles on the wall can change what is ffzworped.

[Steven]

I mean, Big Ears is part angel now, the gargoyle isn't necessarily hitting on him.

Yet. I'm sure it'll be confirmed on a month or two.

Spoiler: Gargoyle Spoilers from Twitter

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https://twitter.com/ellipsisgoblins/status/1244384997076688897 We know the gargoyle is going to get a new body because we've already seen it. Also, although I can't find the tweet, I'm pretty sure it was stated that they're A: asexual and b: a love interest for Ears. They're also apparently the first character added to the story since it was all planned out back in the mists of time.

Edit: Also I hate this comic. Ears has never been that bright compared to some of the goblins, but this is MinMax levels of dumb.

[Dragonus45]

There is a real logic to it, using something enchanted and presumably not as easy to just destroy as something normal would be. And ultimately it may have saved more items then it lost since a false positive with the rocks could have destroyed so much more.

[Androgeus]

this is MinMax levels of dumb.

Minmax would have tried to throw his sword through and then got in an argument with his future self for taking his sword again.