Just so we’re on the same page here, the databeast has not scrambled the bytes of your two favorite characters and merged them into a chimaeric mutant known as GRAVEDUST DESERTHAMMERHEAD.
Considering that the group just literally ran in to save the day, despite their differences with Magdas friends I’d say that this could very well be the start of a general switching of sides. Maybe even a “Fuck those two sides in particular, let’s create our own side” moment. I always thought more MMOs should have a three faction system. :p
Look, the two party system works just fine. If you add another side, you weaken the two parties in place and threaten to destabilize the entire structure. The Republican and Democratic parties are entirely capable of providing for the needs of all potential constituents and there’s no need to go around trying to…wait, what were we talking about?
“No need” . . . that’s a weird way to spell “no ability.”
As long as we’ve got plurality voting to force strategic voting, we’re stuck with a two-party system. If you don’t like it, agitate for a constitutional amendment.
Keep in mind, the whole reason for Magda becoming a Champion was that she wanted to help her people survive. She may not like what this war is doing, but just sitting back and protesting it or fighting against her own people isn’t going to accomplish that. Part of the reason Gravedust is so torn quite often.
On the other hand, though, this might still be the crack that can lead to a genuine peacemaking. Magda primarily wants to help her people survive, and I don’t think she’s alone among the Champions in that regard. If an honorable peace could be achieved, they probably would consider that preferable to war… the question is whether they’d trust any offer that Gastonia puts on the table.
Oh, and if he can somehow ignore that Iver tried to… You know what. Never mind. It’s not likely that Gravey would switch sides to join the World’s Rebellion.
I’m guessing, given how Harky once referred to him as “the Savasi betrayer,” that the line given to everyone was that he killed the other mystics. Including her uncle.
Why do they need to have a personal relationship? See it from Magdas perspective. She and her fellow people have been told that the Mystics, their spiritual leaders, had died out. Their whole religious system was essentially shattered, which is most likely the reason why she went and started praying to tectonicus – to fill that spiritual hole inside her. She is a rather spiritual person after all, from what we’ve seen.
And now she discovers that all that was a giant lie and one of those Mystics isn’t so dead after all. Of course this has an impact on her.
I’m not going to check the archives myself, but I think that when Harky was selecting people for his champions, the sequence that introduced her said that…
The big bohunk mystic (the one that caused Frigg to say “Yeah that’s what I’m talking about”), the arch lichen/moss cooker is…
Her very own Uncle.
I’d love to hear Frigg make some off color comments to her: “Baldy was your uncle? Why if he was still kicking, I’d #$%^ him so hard that &^%& would come out of his ears!”
Of course I could be wrong. But conservation of characters require that we have links between introduced characters. It is some kind of narrative law.
Chapter 28, Page 13.
Her uncle looks like the one who appears to Frigg in her drug induced dream… someone else search for that particular bit in the archives, please.
I’m far more concerned about the spirit arrow made out of that random farmer. He had backstory. The no-shirts who were killed off are just typical cannon fodder, the fact that someone with history was destroyed is much more meaningful.
Gravedust Deserthammer? How … Why… WHAT GIVES??!! You’re male, and yet I’m dressed way more masculine than you! I got enuff trouble attracting Penk without him thinking I’m butch-y!
Was sort of meant as a Pokemon Reference. You know, no matter how drag out, smack down the fight is, if that Wild Entei runs off, you get no experience for it.
This is why it’s just plain handy to know what your fake name will be should it ever matter. I’ve made sure I can say mine comfortably without stuttering or anything.
I wondered that too, and went back to take a look. Check page 15.
WAV’s music opened up holes in the darker green areas that give the bad touches. Gravedust was trying to fire through one of those holes to hit the eye. But the Beast saw it coming and put some dark green between its eye and the arrow, which caught and destroyed the soul-arrow.
So he believes if he’d been a little faster, he could have got the shot off clean through the hole, and hit the central eye (which *was* vulnerable enough for the Beast to defend).
I still don’t recall him having to rhyme for 3 panels before getting a shot off in previous fights, but I guess that’s the webcomic equivalent of an action movie’s slow-mo sequence…
That isn’t his name.
His name is GRAVEDUST DESERTHAMMER.
All caps. That’s important.
Read carefully, it’s all caps already.
The entire comic is in all caps, so if it were all-caps in-universe, it would be bolded.
Just so we’re on the same page here, the databeast has not scrambled the bytes of your two favorite characters and merged them into a chimaeric mutant known as GRAVEDUST DESERTHAMMERHEAD.
…Yet.
His name is Tombdirt.
His name is Robert Paulson.
I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY.
Your random avatar fits your message perfectly.
SQUEEE!
All of these avatars work.
You seem surprised by the powers of Gravatar.
I don’t know… I’ll have to think about that one.
I am skeptical of the powers of avatar.
wait…
Are you sure?
Avatars cannot tell a lie!
If I have feelings on this conversation you have no way of knowing
Figures, as we can’t see through that helmet.
Gravatars…….
I am going to steal your happiness!
HUH?
I’m Zero!
i am relatively unmoved by this conversation.
These meta-avatar conversations make me ANGRY!
I don’t remember my avatar!
I find this to be quite humorous. Probably for the wrong reasons at the time of this avatar.
*squeeee*
“If you’re in the mood to talk, I can’t help but express curiosity. Why did everyone take the mass murder of the mystics in stride?”
“The mass what now?”
They were just NPCs.
Called it!
I do hope this lays the seeds for her to switch sides. He is the last Mystic, and can tell her what happened to the people she wanted to be
Considering that the group just literally ran in to save the day, despite their differences with Magdas friends I’d say that this could very well be the start of a general switching of sides. Maybe even a “Fuck those two sides in particular, let’s create our own side” moment. I always thought more MMOs should have a three faction system. :p
Look, the two party system works just fine. If you add another side, you weaken the two parties in place and threaten to destabilize the entire structure. The Republican and Democratic parties are entirely capable of providing for the needs of all potential constituents and there’s no need to go around trying to…wait, what were we talking about?
Oh, Lordy. That comparison is uncanny.
I very much hope both sides crumble. 2 party system is bust
“No need” . . . that’s a weird way to spell “no ability.”
As long as we’ve got plurality voting to force strategic voting, we’re stuck with a two-party system. If you don’t like it, agitate for a constitutional amendment.
Keep in mind, the whole reason for Magda becoming a Champion was that she wanted to help her people survive. She may not like what this war is doing, but just sitting back and protesting it or fighting against her own people isn’t going to accomplish that. Part of the reason Gravedust is so torn quite often.
On the other hand, though, this might still be the crack that can lead to a genuine peacemaking. Magda primarily wants to help her people survive, and I don’t think she’s alone among the Champions in that regard. If an honorable peace could be achieved, they probably would consider that preferable to war… the question is whether they’d trust any offer that Gastonia puts on the table.
Actually, considering how the Gastonians sometimes treat Gravey, I can see him switching sides to join Mytic’s team.
That is, if he isn’t traumatized by unintentionally dooming a soul to oblivion.
Oh, and if he can somehow ignore that Iver tried to… You know what. Never mind. It’s not likely that Gravey would switch sides to join the World’s Rebellion.
If he was working directly for Gastonia, maybe. But I don’t think he considers himself doing that now. His loyalty is to the Guild and his friends.
I’m guessing, given how Harky once referred to him as “the Savasi betrayer,” that the line given to everyone was that he killed the other mystics. Including her uncle.
I thought that the mystics weren’t too appreciated among the Savasi (compare chapter 28, page 13) so this doesn’t work out so well.
Yes Magda, he is your…mystic.
No, it’s spelled F A T H E R.
I could get behind GD being Magda’s daddy.
Gravedaddy Desertfather
Because he can’t very well call himself The Mastic any more…
I don’t recall him being masticated…
THAT IS NOW FRIGG’S CATCHPHRASE AND WARCRY.
I thought it was a drawn out cry of “HOOOOoooooooo!” Works both on the battlefield and at the nightclub.
It better be her warcry now.
Eloquent as always.
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Cradleslab Glaciersickle.
Tombstone Mountainsledge.
Sepulchresoilparticles Lowrainfallregionmallet
Cryptsediment Subtropicalhatchet
Dirtrubble Droughtwhacker
ITT: legitimate names from Dwarf Fortress.
Coffindirt Aridgavel
rocky.
just rocky.
“Janet!”
“Brad!”
“Janet?”
“Doctor Scott!”
“Rocky!”
Bullwinkle!
Gravy’s antithesis and arch nemesis!
Well caught.
Hmm, the beast looks to have wisely left the field rather than try to ingest Frigg.
Frigg had a strong firewall up against the virus.
The Code is strong with this one.
Magda: I’m your daughter! Gravedust: NOOOOOOOOOOOO! either that or Magda is his lover/wife.
Why do they need to have a personal relationship? See it from Magdas perspective. She and her fellow people have been told that the Mystics, their spiritual leaders, had died out. Their whole religious system was essentially shattered, which is most likely the reason why she went and started praying to tectonicus – to fill that spiritual hole inside her. She is a rather spiritual person after all, from what we’ve seen.
And now she discovers that all that was a giant lie and one of those Mystics isn’t so dead after all. Of course this has an impact on her.
In addtion, her uncle was a Mystic. Chances are she might have actually known him to some extent, even if just that he was a coworker of her uncle.
To bring things back (and because I’m too lazy to archive-dive to double-check)… do we know WHICH Mystic was her uncle?
I’m not going to check the archives myself, but I think that when Harky was selecting people for his champions, the sequence that introduced her said that…
The big bohunk mystic (the one that caused Frigg to say “Yeah that’s what I’m talking about”), the arch lichen/moss cooker is…
Her very own Uncle.
I’d love to hear Frigg make some off color comments to her: “Baldy was your uncle? Why if he was still kicking, I’d #$%^ him so hard that &^%& would come out of his ears!”
Of course I could be wrong. But conservation of characters require that we have links between introduced characters. It is some kind of narrative law.
Chapter 28, Page 13.
Her uncle looks like the one who appears to Frigg in her drug induced dream… someone else search for that particular bit in the archives, please.
Its not gravedust, or else she wouldn’t have used his name I don’t think
she’d most likely have called him uncle
At least everyone’s still alive…so far.
Did you miss the unnamed mooks a couple pages ago?
I’m far more concerned about the spirit arrow made out of that random farmer. He had backstory. The no-shirts who were killed off are just typical cannon fodder, the fact that someone with history was destroyed is much more meaningful.
Everyone who matters.
Those who don’t matter aren’t even composed of matter any more…
Gravedust Deserthammer? How … Why… WHAT GIVES??!! You’re male, and yet I’m dressed way more masculine than you! I got enuff trouble attracting Penk without him thinking I’m butch-y!
On the ground, it says, NO KILL I.
And Gravedust mumbles, “I’m a
doctormystic, not a bricklayer!”HR is going to be so disappointed.
That glowy thing is totally cheating btw.
Not really. this thing eats SOULS, and it gets stronger with each one. Now they gotta chase it. As distractions go, it’s a doozy.
Unknowable Horror Ran Away!
Gain 0 XP.
Awww, c’mon! They deserve at least a few XP for good roleplaying…
+1 xp for roleplaying
-1 xp for squandering divine intervention
Was sort of meant as a Pokemon Reference. You know, no matter how drag out, smack down the fight is, if that Wild Entei runs off, you get no experience for it.
This is why it’s just plain handy to know what your fake name will be should it ever matter. I’ve made sure I can say mine comfortably without stuttering or anything.
Why does Gravy think firing a soul-imbued arrow at the soul-eating monster earlier would have made any difference?
And if he does, couldn’t he have skipped the silly little pre-shot recitation?
I wondered that too, and went back to take a look. Check page 15.
WAV’s music opened up holes in the darker green areas that give the bad touches. Gravedust was trying to fire through one of those holes to hit the eye. But the Beast saw it coming and put some dark green between its eye and the arrow, which caught and destroyed the soul-arrow.
So he believes if he’d been a little faster, he could have got the shot off clean through the hole, and hit the central eye (which *was* vulnerable enough for the Beast to defend).
Ah. Makes sense I guess, thanks.
I still don’t recall him having to rhyme for 3 panels before getting a shot off in previous fights, but I guess that’s the webcomic equivalent of an action movie’s slow-mo sequence…
Gravedust must have very dirty feet.
Hey, gravatar buddy !
Magdust Magmahammer, you mean.
Wow, it took me all that time to notice the ressemblance between the two !
8D Of course Magda and Gravedust know each other but I’m really excited to see what happens now that they’ve met again 8D
“H-hey, d-did anyone happen get the license number of that eighteen feeler that just ran over me?”