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2019-10-18, 05:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-18, 05:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
I like how even the book he is reading, not magical at all, highlights the important part for us. And >>>>>>> INKS!!!!!!!! <<<<<<<<<
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2019-10-18, 09:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
I've been really surprised at low little I've liked this series, as I was a big fan of Dominic Deegan and even at the end didn't get how others thought it was going poorly. I stopped reading this a bit ago. But today I read through what had been posted up to now and, taken as a lump, it's a tolerable read with some enjoyment. Like, I feel it's worth the time to enjoy it and, with this reveal today, some plot that I kinda care about is starting.
The above is meant as complimentary, at least in contrast to original opinions.
I also found that a bit... something negative.
However, perhaps whoever wrote the book was really happy about being able to write a good book that had some inherent neutralizing effects to the area, lest his book become damaged. At least, that's some really thin theory that could justify it.
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2019-10-18, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-18, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
I usually try not just to be angry but to explain WHY something doesn't work, but guessing the worst case scenario a single update before it was confirmed took me by surprise, so here we go...
A plot point like that has a chance of working in a SF environment, or in a well established/recognized magic system which DD obviously doesn't have.
In Star Power, Mitch tried to pretend he is a recorder message.
Because both the readers and the characters know what "recorder message" means, as well as what it is and what it isn't, it was easy to recognize Mitch is lying, opening potential tension to the question of "why is Mitch trying to withhold information".
Well, it led nowhere in Star Power because Mookie, but at least it has a potential to lead somewhere.
Now let's look at this version of basically the same event: Ditch (Itch? Splich? Any better name to use for now?) introduced itself as a page finder spell.
Neither the readers nor Snout knew what it means, so we just assumed that's what it's supposed to do and the only variant in the ink sneezes. Why shouldn't we?
So the entire question of "why" is so pointless it's almost painful.
Ditch could simply say at the start "I'm a spell designed to look for the pages", boom, all problems solved.
Why bother pretending he is an obscure spell when it was obvious that Snout (or the readers) can't tell the difference anyway?
What things were prevented from Snout before, and now he knows they are possible?
This entire "twist" is pointless like it was in Star Power, a twist for the sake of telling you had one even if there was no narrative or character motivation for it.
Here it's worse because it's the second time in two different comics the same shtick is played after failing to recognize it didn't work the first time, and because it never had a chance to work here anyway.
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2019-10-18, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-18, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
I hereby dub his written companion... Steve Inks, Stinks for short. Somehow it feels.... fitting.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2019-10-21, 11:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Update
Let's count the ways why this is dumb, just in case someone thinks it still has standards.
- Why does Snout thinks the page is a communication spell and not a variation of a finder spell?
Everything in Stink's "behavior" suggests it's a different entity.
Probably CREATED by the ink witch, but we already figured that out because... ink.
- Why did the witch think Snout wouldn't help her (the woman he already rescued from death), but will help a random spell telling him to do stuff?
Because keeping secrets happens in stories, so it happens here too.
Kind of like the CW approach.
- How is glue supposed to add missing words that were torn out.
Screw that, magic.
- You know, we would probably be more tense from the deadly tree if the last "scary place" didn't end in one of the worst slapstick sequences I've ever witnessed.
Also, his face looks more annoyed than scared.
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2019-10-21, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-22, 05:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-22, 09:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-22, 11:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-23, 01:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Update
Good idea, take the only good joke and just repeat it.
That won't get boring fast.
I do feel something in my stomach, not sure if it's ink though.
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2019-10-23, 09:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Huh. Looking at this page, I'm getting the most bizarre sense of deja vu. Weird.
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2019-10-23, 10:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
I know practice makes perfect, but this isn't what that means.
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2019-10-24, 02:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
What separates a master from a novice is ten thousand mistakes.
In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2019-10-24, 03:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
So I guess all those signs were placed by the same guy.
Because there's no way two people were that dumb."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2019-10-24, 03:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
If it was the same guy, he has to be pretty smart, since he survived to plant post signs on yet another deadly threat. Also, he is doing a vital community service, which is commendable.
From more general comments, having a deaf main character was a great opportunity to strive for "show, not tell", which would be a great learning experience for Mookie. Regretfully, the "spell everything out in words anyway" angle is dominating the narrative. A shame really.In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2019-10-24, 05:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Not smart, just lucky.*
And only one time so far.
For all we know the monster was the last time they (yet again)
put up so many warning signs near something dangerous that the danger could take a bite.
Or they're a massive troll, made the signs look like that and are actually perfectly fine.
Or those „signs” are actually a native lifeform that lures people into certain death to feed on what's left of them afterwards."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2019-10-24, 05:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Bets for the next updates:
He will try something semi-smart like building an air-glider out of giant leafs since the roots feel the motion.
It will fail in the middle of the attempt.
A lighting will strike the tree, giving Snout exactly what he needs.
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2019-10-24, 06:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-24, 06:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-24, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-24, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-24, 10:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
or a hand-glider made of an animal, like in this classic movie
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2019-10-24, 12:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2019-10-24, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-24, 12:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Given that this was the only dog in the Deeganverse, I can't say I'm surprised
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2019-10-25, 01:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Legacy of Dominic Deegan: The Unending Snark
Update
Okay, so Snout is NOT going to try something semi-smart and we're jumping right to failure with the expected lucky result next update.
Meanwhile, it's a threat, really, it is!
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2019-10-28, 12:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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