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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

'THAT'S RIGHT, WALK AWAY!'

Chapter 28 – Page 10

on December 30, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 28
└ Tags: Don Gobligno, Goblaurence, Harky
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  1. Salty
    Salty
    December 30, 2013, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    I grow less and less impressed with this Don.

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      December 30, 2013, 12:33 am | # | Reply

      You were impressed?

      • Chantelune
        Chantelune
        December 30, 2013, 3:51 am | # | Reply

        Hey, that’s some wits he’s displaying there. I’m now sure the Don graduated kindergarten.

        • Tsenzei
          Tsenzei
          December 30, 2013, 4:40 am | # | Reply

          At least attended it.

          • Guesticus
            Guesticus
            December 30, 2013, 5:25 am | # | Reply

            Or at least was escorted to the front door by his mother

            • The_Rippy_One
              The_Rippy_One
              December 30, 2013, 11:38 am | # | Reply

              Without too much biting, screaming, and carrying on.

              • cliffmonster
                cliffmonster
                December 31, 2013, 1:51 pm | # | Reply

                I was half expecting Harky to kill him there, and replace him with Globlaurence…

    • Saiyanwolf
      Saiyanwolf
      October 16, 2014, 12:22 am | # | Reply

      He has less props than Dr.Eggman and his props are in the negatives.

  2. Loyal
    Loyal
    December 30, 2013, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    I’d thought Goblins were simply named Gob-something as a racial thing, but perhaps it’s just a family name instead?

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      January 23, 2015, 6:28 am | # | Reply

      The name thing comes across as kinda awkward, to be quite honest.

  3. Locke
    Locke
    December 30, 2013, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    I’m with Harky, I can’t tell what the Don was actually suggesting. Goblino, if you’re trying to be an ass, be a bit clearer about it next time, lest we all think you’re actually TRYING to be a team player here.

    • The Indomitable Eric
      The Indomitable Eric
      December 30, 2013, 12:51 am | # | Reply

      I’m thinking he meant it as a challenge; he seems to be implying that his cousin is too full of himself and produces nothing of value.

      The goblins are mafiosos…not having any friends in the family puts you low on the totem pole.

  4. MonkTHAC0
    MonkTHAC0
    December 30, 2013, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    Ohh he got denied whatever it was he was hoping he was doing!

    • kagato23
      kagato23
      December 30, 2013, 1:23 am | # | Reply

      He was hoping to antagonize Harky with a shitty candidate. Instead he gave him a really good candidate.

      • Tachyon
        Tachyon
        December 30, 2013, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

        This. Goblins are better known for blowing things up than making them work, I think it was?

        Maybe he can make blowing things up work.

  5. QuotableRaven
    QuotableRaven
    December 30, 2013, 1:35 am | # | Reply

    He’s so startled he’s trying to flap away with his ears.

  6. Messenger
    Messenger
    December 30, 2013, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    I’m with the guys trying to figure out how Gobligno was trying to disparage and get Goblaurence into trouble. Was he trying to get him demoted from mechanic to mere foot soldier? ‘Coz saying “efficiency-minded” and “waiting for a chance to earn respect” after what he did is all the more reason to promote the fellow.

    • Thinker
      Thinker
      December 30, 2013, 1:52 am | # | Reply

      The Don is clearly a person who engineers his own destruction… And I’m starting to actually like Harky due to the fact that he seems to understand the kind of …person? The Don is, and is willing to take advice. That will hopefully lead to him not being just another bad guy, which is awesome

    • kagato23
      kagato23
      December 30, 2013, 4:06 am | # | Reply

      Okay, remember how the Don is, and how he thinks. He’s not trying to get Gobligno into trouble, he’s trying to piss off Harky.

      To him, this guy is a troublemaker. Oh, he’s family, so he’s not to hard on him, and he does get stuff done, but he’s a burden. Everybody complains about him, and the Don doesn’t see the actual promise there.

      His cousin is the guy who tells his bosses, loudly, when they are wrong. The Don shakes his head at that but then isn’t really listening when he gives the actual explanation that not only shows yes, they were wrong, but look, here’s the way to do it better.

      So, he’s trying to foist off what he sees as an annoying guy off to Harky, assuming he’ll just continue to be annoying. The “positive spin” he’s putting on it is one part sarcasm, one part “take him off my hands, please” but mostly “okay you want a champion? Herrrreeee you go. Here’s this huge pain in the ass but he has qualifications so you’ll either be a chump and take him and had to swallow your pride or you’ll refuse him and look bad cause you can’t handle him and either way I got one over on you.”

      Harky legit thinking the guy was good and being happy with him wasn’t in the Don’s plans. He likely envisioned that if Harky did take him, he’d be sullen about it. This just spoils all the fun.

      • Phil
        Flo
        December 30, 2013, 10:04 am | # | Reply

        Pretty much!

        The thing about people like Don Gobligno is that they always assume everyone else thinks the same way they do.

      • T Campbell
        T Campbell
        December 30, 2013, 11:00 am | # | Reply

        Yep.

  7. Strongholm
    Strongholm
    December 30, 2013, 2:28 am | # | Reply

    All Hail Goblaurence! King of Efficiency and Master of Deus Ex!

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      December 30, 2013, 3:07 am | # | Reply

      “Shut it with hailing and git back to work!”

  8. Heliantus
    Heliantus
    December 30, 2013, 3:21 am | # | Reply

    Like others commenters, I am a bit unsure of what Don Gobligno wanted, but I tend to read it as Indomitable Erik upthread: Don Gobligno is going on the Starscream path.

    [fridge logic on]
    Actually, maybe we find him confusing because Don Gobligno is confused: on one hand, he is doing some good old nepotism – proposing his “third cousin” for promotion. And in the process, getting rid of his embarrassing un-goblinly relative (a mere mechanic, not a fierce warchief like Don Gobligno).

    On the other hand, he clearly wouldn’t be happier if Harky went to stub his toes, figuratively speaking. Or he was simply hoping to have his “perfectly good candidate” rejected, so he can take offense of it. Either way, he would have have a pretext to gnaw at Harky’s authority.

    I thank you for your service to the rebellion, Don Gobligno, and I shall remember it[…]

    I believe the pecking order just got reasserted.

  9. Sharkie
    Sharkie
    December 30, 2013, 3:22 am | # | Reply

    Well… Your mother!

    • Chris
      Chris
      December 30, 2013, 11:48 am | # | Reply

      Yeah! That thing and all. Shove it!

  10. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    December 30, 2013, 4:13 am | # | Reply

    “That goblin that just demonstrated his competence is my good for nothing, efficiency-minded cousin, who doesn’t give a shit about being popular so long as the work gets done properly. Allow me to, for some reason, assume that none of that sounds appealing to you, and, knowing that I can only suggest ONE Goblin champion, insinuate that I’m going to foist him off on you for the gig. Also, I am an idiot.”

    • Aslandus
      Aslandus
      December 30, 2013, 9:43 am | # | Reply

      “Now watch as I try to fly away with my tiny little wing ears”

  11. Karishi
    Karishi
    December 30, 2013, 4:54 am | # | Reply

    Possibly a little cold, but it’s still one of the most civil firings ever.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      December 30, 2013, 4:56 am | # | Reply

      Contrast it with a termination at Hurricane, for instance.

      • Nethernox
        Nethernox
        December 30, 2013, 4:59 pm | # | Reply

        Dat feel when a (divinely infused) troll warlord has better loyalty rewards than a (supposedly progressive) human CEO.

  12. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    December 30, 2013, 5:18 am | # | Reply

    Oooh, “other combat mechanics” as in “other guys who build or repair machines for combat”, not “other rules for combat in RPGs”. In a story like this, it’s easy to see holes in the fourth wall even where there are none.

    And holy winged earstalks, Don Gobligno really is the Rebellion’s version of Admiral Annunziata.

  13. moirla
    moirla
    December 30, 2013, 5:34 am | # | Reply

    wait… is there a gem in that troll’s tummy? <–probably not news to anyone else.

    • Samuel
      Samuel
      December 30, 2013, 10:55 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I don’t think much of Harky’s backstory has been gone into, but I believe it’s been implied that the gem is bonded to him and is the source of his insane wolverine-level regeneration. Harky is no ordinary troll.

      • Téléphone banane
        Téléphone banane
        December 30, 2013, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

        So snatch the gem out of Harky body, and he’s toast, then. Is that it ?

        • Somelameguy
          Somelameguy
          December 30, 2013, 2:30 pm | # | Reply

          Nah, after that he’s still a troll and just has regular amount of troll regen instead of godly amounts.

          • Loyal
            Loyal
            December 30, 2013, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

            You’d think the hole made by ripping the gem out of his gut would be a good start, though.

  14. Guesticus
    Guesticus
    December 30, 2013, 5:37 am | # | Reply

    Sounds to me like Gobosauce was just promoted into The Don’s position (but probably reading it wrong and he’s just the goblin Champion)

    • Dorje Sylas
      Dorje Sylas
      December 30, 2013, 12:34 pm | # | Reply

      Goblaunce just got offered up as the Goblin “divine” champion, sarcastically. Either Harky is sassing back at the Don or was being serious about his appreciation of pointing out actually vibiale champion matieral. The Don just got lost in his own sarcasm. Actually I don’t think the Don was sarcastic enough, “Says, Sure, Mere.” He needed “friends, he, waiting, divine, deserves, better”. If your going sarcastic you have to go full force. Apply too little and people with the subtly of blunt force trama may think you’re serious.

  15. Ralanr
    Ralanr
    December 30, 2013, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    oh god my insides.

  16. DALEK
    DALEK
    December 30, 2013, 1:53 pm | # | Reply

    I AM PLEASED THAT THE SMALL MINDED GREEN HUMANOID CREATURE HAS BEEN LEFT WITH ONLY THE STANDARD RESPONSE WHEN LEFT SPEECHLESS.

  17. Otaking
    Otaking
    December 31, 2013, 5:02 am | # | Reply

    Just wanted to stop in and comment on the great writing in giving the non-humans real character while keeping their alien culture and savagery intact. I am loving this arc due to that. As this is a difficult writing feat usually you find them written as over civilized funny looking people or irrationally violent cannon fodder instead, especially in your webcomic and pop culture circles. (WoW I’m looking at you.)

  18. TheLivingNick
    TheLivingNick
    May 28, 2015, 10:52 am | # | Reply

    Expecting a fight and not getting one feels a lot like when you expect there to be one more step in the staircase.

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