Guest Comic Annotations – Phil Kahn
Let’s be honest: this isn’t Frigg talking. I mean, of course the dialogue sounds about right, because Phil wrote it, but this is really just Phil, straight-up venting about tanking in WoW. Even though she’s a little less dedicated to punching everything in the face forever, Frigg is not going to tell a story that might imply she’s not tough or brave enough to do something.
I forgot to mention that one reason these guest features were so rushed is that Phil and I had originally planned to do one together (without John). I took too long to script it and Phil wasn’t happy with the result, so we ended up doing our independent things for this feature. That was no big deal in itself, but it foreshadowed a separated approach to our writing partnership that would develop further.
The format seems remarkably like Spider Jerusalem explaining voting in Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan.
Or possibly both are references to something else because my cultural knowledge involves a lot of sequential art.
No, you were right the first time, it’s clearly a spoof on Spider Jerusalem’s famous monologue.
(Which, in turn, I’m pretty sure was original.)
But damn it, you don’t have the right gravatar to make that comment! Unlike some people.
I once played a character that, due to the low levels of all the players, ended up being the tank. It was a surprise to me, as she didn’t use weapons or wear armor, but when you’re a Level One ninja nun, Flurry of Blows is almost better than anyone else’s sword or ax at the same level.
And yeah, it did start to feel a bit as if I had to march in first, derringing the doo.
The phrase “magical doohickey” has stuck with me, although I’m not 100% sure it was from this source.
I’m disappointed that J.K. Rowling never used “Harry Potter and the Magical Doohickey” as a title. It seems such an obvious winner!