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Post by edzepp on Aug 16, 2010 7:08:05 GMT
Daww.Welp, that's a wrap. We'll see that great idea later.
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Post by Snes on Aug 16, 2010 7:08:40 GMT
Short chapter is short.
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Post by Chemical Rascal on Aug 16, 2010 7:13:05 GMT
Little bots are little.
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Post by legion on Aug 16, 2010 7:34:05 GMT
Dawwww.
Well, that was fast.
So, it's already mid august. Filler chapter, or not?
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Post by GK Sierra on Aug 16, 2010 7:36:33 GMT
I can't wait till the new chassis is finished. Keep yer little fingers crossed for a flying robot.
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Post by judgedeadd on Aug 16, 2010 8:07:44 GMT
So the previous comic was #763 and this one is #760.
D: So messy.
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Post by Tipsy Clurichaun on Aug 16, 2010 8:42:33 GMT
I wouldn't call this a filler chapter, it's quite a turning point for Kat.
She's gone from disengaging herself with the court to actively trying to affect change, even if it does mean dealing with ideas which come from people she doesn't agree with. Kat's quite justified in her distaste of all things Diego, but that doesn't invalidate his work on the court robots (without which the comic would be very different).
What kind of materials could be used in a winged robot?
If it's going to fly like a pigeon it needs an extremely light, very tough endoskeleton; and muscles, lots of super strong muscles (servos would most definitely not be able to provide the needed force.)
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Post by King Mir on Aug 16, 2010 8:59:14 GMT
This length used to be the norm until chapter 12. The shortest chapter was only 11 pages. |
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Post by tyler on Aug 16, 2010 10:59:13 GMT
You know, Kat doesn't need to make a robot with wings, since she's got the whole anti-grav thing going. Well, not lift wings, anyway. Guidance and propulsion wings, sure. Though propulsion could go another way altogether.
Then again, I can see Kat thinking anti-grav being too easy and wanting to do real working wings because she can.
Not going to get into the science of how big the wings would have to be to actually make Robot's current body fly, but I imagine they could be compacted in so many ways when the biological needs aren't present.
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Post by bellerophon on Aug 16, 2010 14:31:30 GMT
Yeah, I'm not interpreting her epiphany as being so specific as flying; rather, something biologically-inspired to do with joints that'll let her make a fantastic body for robot. Especially considering that she couldn't get the arm working at the start of the story.
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Post by gumboy on Aug 16, 2010 14:34:33 GMT
I was just assuming that her inspiration/idea was in regard to the new arm she was building for robot using the wing structure as a blueprint. Not necessarily a robot with wings.
Though that would be really cool.
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Post by aaroncampbell on Aug 16, 2010 14:46:51 GMT
I was just assuming that her inspiration/idea was in regard to the new arm she was building for robot using the wing structure as a blueprint. Not necessarily a robot with wings. Though that would be really cool. I also assumed she was just seeing the design of joint structure. Wings are not that biologically different from arms, excepting lightness and proportions. |
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Post by Per on Aug 16, 2010 16:47:54 GMT
Interesting with a return to the old style chapter where not much seems to happen and then it's over.
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Post by atteSmythe on Aug 16, 2010 19:52:33 GMT
Interesting with a return to the old style chapter where not much seems to happen and then it's over. I'm glad to see a return to this pace, actually. The intense chapters are nice, and necessary, but this one felt a lot like A Handful of Dirt to me. As that's one of my favorite chapters, I approve. |
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Post by tyler on Aug 16, 2010 20:26:19 GMT
A funny thing about the "short" chapters that seem innocuous. There's at least one thing here that's going to get a callback that's going to warrant a "Wow."
I don't know what it is, but that's the trend.
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Post by sgr on Aug 17, 2010 3:02:35 GMT
Interesting with a return to the old style chapter where not much seems to happen and then it's over. It seems to me quite a lot happened: - Initially, Kat rejects Diego's designs because Diego did morally ugly things.
- Initially, Kat rejects City Face because he's physically ugly.
- In the central pivot of the story, a conversation with the compassionate Paz ("peace") makes Kat see she's overlooking some beauty.
- Finally, Kat recognizes the natural beauty in City Face that will grow from his initial ugliness.
- Finally, Kat recognizes the beauty she (as the robot's "Angel") might be able to create from Diego's designs, despite the ugliness of their source.
Hence the title, "A Bad Start": we start out seeing only the ugliness, but things can get better. Kat starts out badly, misperceiving Diego and City Face. Diego's designs start out badly, tainted by his moral failings. City Face starts out badly, as an ugly and abandoned hatchling. Kat, as the "Angel" of this story, makes things better. The story is beautifully structured, essentially as a chiasmus. Very nicely done, Tom! |
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Post by chiparoo on Aug 17, 2010 8:14:34 GMT
So, it's already mid august. Filler chapter, or not? I don't believe in filler chapters. I don't think they exist. |
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Post by cannedbreadmaker on Aug 17, 2010 8:27:15 GMT
Chibi Kat was in the last comic and Giant Kat was in this comic.
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Post by Refugee on Aug 17, 2010 15:55:04 GMT
It's not just small chapters that are important. Sometimes, it's the small details in the small frames that anchor the story.  What have these two little bots been thinking, saying to each other, as they hid from their angel? Have they been weeping oil tears? And that steadying hand.... |
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Post by judgedeadd on Aug 18, 2010 5:31:02 GMT
"So, agreed? Murder her in her sleep?"
"Agreed."
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