Poor Idle.
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http://goblinscomic.com/comic/page-8-2018 wrote:sketches of panel 1, panel 2, last row► Show Spoiler
http://goblinscomic.com/comic/page-8-2018 wrote:sketches of panel 1, panel 2, last row► Show Spoiler
It looks like Kore is falling inside the caverns of the dungeon, while Idle and Forgath are out in the open air.Bapuvitttssf wrote:Well, maybe the transition won't be too long if Kore happens to be falling around here.
I don't think so. I think it's the world collapsing into the netherworld because of the destruction of the axe.Krulle wrote:It looks like Kore is falling inside the caverns of the dungeon, while Idle and Forgath are out in the open air.Bapuvitttssf wrote:Well, maybe the transition won't be too long if Kore happens to be falling around here.
Emphasis mine.Idle wrote:I gotta die exactly once per day.
Maybe, for one reason or another, he -won't- kill her.WearsHats wrote:The thing about Bowst is that bowstrings break. They're unreliable.
Actual Junior, right? Not the current mutated Klik that they're tracking?WearsHats wrote:Unfortunately, I don't think it's powerful enough to help against Junior.
It's exposition basically.Hjerne wrote:I'm going against the general opinion but I intensely disliked this one. The flashback was completely unnecessary and I didn't think it was funny. It takes long enough between updates that I really want the story to keep going as much as possible. Not turn into Walking Dead with three quarters of each year just being filler. What we just saw was Rick saying "Let's attack the Saviors." followed by the rest of the episode being Carl eating pudding.
I agree with you, it was pointless filler. This is mostly all stuff we were already well aware of or didn't need to know. The new dues ex power aside,this wasn't informative nor did it move the story along. It's fine though. With such a busy schedule he probably just needed a break and this was just to keep people from waiting.Hjerne wrote:I'm going against the general opinion but I intensely disliked this one. The flashback was completely unnecessary and I didn't think it was funny. It takes long enough between updates that I really want the story to keep going as much as possible. Not turn into Walking Dead with three quarters of each year just being filler. What we just saw was Rick saying "Let's attack the Saviors." followed by the rest of the episode being Carl eating pudding.
Er, are you seriously complaining that the details of a known power are being further established in the story (these details will likely become relevant later)? This isn't Deus Ex Machina at all, more of a Chekhov's Rifle. To use a power without establishing it (or at least hinting at it) certainly would be considered bad story telling. I suppose Thunt could have had Idle pulled down with the mud monster and reappeared up above after she died, as a way of establishing the extent of the curse. I suspect he wants the pace of the comic to be such that another day doesn't have to pass until the point where the death curse is used to solve a story critical problem.Xavier78 wrote:I agree with you, it was pointless filler. This is mostly all stuff we were already well aware of or didn't need to know. The new dues ex power aside,this wasn't informative nor did it move the story along. It's fine though. With such a busy schedule he probably just needed a break and this was just to keep people from waiting.Hjerne wrote:I'm going against the general opinion but I intensely disliked this one. The flashback was completely unnecessary and I didn't think it was funny. It takes long enough between updates that I really want the story to keep going as much as possible. Not turn into Walking Dead with three quarters of each year just being filler. What we just saw was Rick saying "Let's attack the Saviors." followed by the rest of the episode being Carl eating pudding.
Yes I am seriously complaining because this page wasn't Chekhov's rifle and wasn't exposition about the details of her power. The first two panels were. The rest could have been taken up by Bowst showing stress and signs he's getting close to breaking or any number of other bits of exposition which might need to be stuck in.MinesData wrote:Er, are you seriously complaining that the details of a known power are being further established in the story (these details will likely become relevant later)? This isn't Deus Ex Machina at all, more of a Chekhov's Rifle. To use a power without establishing it (or at least hinting at it) certainly would be considered bad story telling. I suppose Thunt could have had Idle pulled down with the mud monster and reappeared up above after she died, as a way of establishing the extent of the curse. I suspect he wants the pace of the comic to be such that another day doesn't have to pass until the point where the death curse is used to solve a story critical problem.Xavier78 wrote:I agree with you, it was pointless filler. This is mostly all stuff we were already well aware of or didn't need to know. The new dues ex power aside,this wasn't informative nor did it move the story along. It's fine though. With such a busy schedule he probably just needed a break and this was just to keep people from waiting.Hjerne wrote:I'm going against the general opinion but I intensely disliked this one. The flashback was completely unnecessary and I didn't think it was funny. It takes long enough between updates that I really want the story to keep going as much as possible. Not turn into Walking Dead with three quarters of each year just being filler. What we just saw was Rick saying "Let's attack the Saviors." followed by the rest of the episode being Carl eating pudding.
Also I think the criticism of this page as filler is more than a little harsh. It's simply establishing a scene change rather that immediately jumping to a new scene in media res (Which can work but shouldn't be overused).
So now it's down to just not liking less than half a page, I think just like the term "Deus Ex Machina", the term "Filler" is getting way overused. If we saw ten pages of meaningless conversations before jumping back to another group then the term filler might be applicable. Here it was more of a case of "Part of this page was a joke I didn't like". I think for an accusation of "filler" to be valid it has to comprise of a significant period of the story. Saying "Great episode but I hated that 1 minute 20 of filler in the middle of it" would be taking the term filler to ridiculous extremes.Hjerne wrote: Yes I am seriously complaining because this page wasn't Chekhov's rifle and wasn't exposition about the details of her power. The first two panels were. The rest could have been taken up by Bowst showing stress and signs he's getting close to breaking or any number of other bits of exposition which might need to be stuck in.
An example of exposition that works well is back when Max and Fumbles were role playing. The entire page could have been completely pointless filler but the rest of the group in the background were discussing why a chief was needed and how a chief was made. You got a bit of humor on the page but you also got story advancement.