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Post by nickademus on Jan 26, 2007 22:42:07 GMT
And i was immediately impressed. Artwork of this caliber does not come about instantly, and that makes me wonder if you have previous web comics unrelated to this one.
Also,, what was the "abomination" that Zimmy made during the Science Fair?
Pleased to meet you all, by the way.
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Post by Yin on Jan 27, 2007 0:38:50 GMT
I got the impression that whatever her science project was, it was too abominable to be shown. That or Tom wanted us to exercise our imaginations.
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Post by todd on Jan 27, 2007 1:24:51 GMT
Yes, I think that it's far more effective to simply say that it was so dreadful that even Reynardine was scared of it.
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Jan 27, 2007 2:13:14 GMT
Stephen King once wrote a peice of short non-fiction describing horror writing, and in it he noted that 'No matter how bad the thing behind the door is, what your readers have imagined will always be worse." This is my take on her science experiment, that Tom couldn't see a need to actually show us, as it's very apparent that we all think it's creepy enough, Thank you very much. ^^
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Post by missushow on Jan 27, 2007 4:57:48 GMT
I can't even imagine something so horrible that even Reinardine wouldn't touch it...he's supposed to be like...bad!
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Post by La Poire on Jan 27, 2007 9:56:59 GMT
And i was immediately impressed. Artwork of this caliber does not come about instantly, and that makes me wonder if you have previous web comics unrelated to this one. Also,, what was the "abomination" that Zimmy made during the Science Fair? Pleased to meet you all, by the way. Don't think Tom has done any big comics before this, but here's some mini-ones (if you haven't already noticed – took me long enough, though): www.digitalhills.com/comics.htm The slug one has extraordinary degrees of awesomeness packed in three pages. |
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Post by aoeniac on Jan 27, 2007 10:07:01 GMT
And i was immediately impressed. Artwork of this caliber does not come about instantly, and that makes me wonder if you have previous web comics unrelated to this one. Also,, what was the "abomination" that Zimmy made during the Science Fair? Pleased to meet you all, by the way. Don't think Tom has done any big comics before this, but here's some mini-ones (if you haven't already noticed – took me long enough, though): www.digitalhills.com/comics.htm The slug one has extraordinary degrees of awesomeness packed in three pages. And i was immediately impressed. Artwork of this caliber does not come about instantly, and that makes me wonder if you have previous web comics unrelated to this one. Also,, what was the "abomination" that Zimmy made during the Science Fair? Pleased to meet you all, by the way. Don't think Tom has done any big comics before this, but here's some mini-ones (if you haven't already noticed – took me long enough, though): www.digitalhills.com/comics.htm The slug one has extraordinary degrees of awesomeness packed in three pages. Har! www.digitalhills.com/comics/jsrf2_4.jpg That was the funniest Jet Set/Grind Radio thing I've ever seen. It's because of RoBoy! |
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Post by nyanko on Jan 28, 2007 4:06:50 GMT
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Post by alexthegreater on Jan 28, 2007 14:58:37 GMT
Not really. It was just a one shot gag.
A MacGuffin serves to motivate the characters and advance the plot.
The experiment was really just to show how creepy zimmy is.
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Post by mrw on Jan 28, 2007 16:53:54 GMT
It doesn't seem to be motivating the characters.
It DOES seem to be motivating US.
It has served its purpose well.
(aside: Nice avatar, nyanko!)
Edit: My point is it's not relevant (at least to me) whether or not it is a MacGuffin.
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Post by alexthegreater on Jan 28, 2007 18:54:49 GMT
But a macguffin has to motivate the characters and advance the plot. The Readers are not impotent and it doesn't matter what we think.
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Post by La Poire on Jan 28, 2007 19:33:41 GMT
The Readers are not impotent In truth we aren't! Very potent indeed. |
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Jan 28, 2007 21:33:42 GMT
The readers are important, as well. Unless you're doing something solely for your own enjoyment, then you have to keep your readers interested.
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Post by nyanko on Jan 28, 2007 21:49:10 GMT
I think the science fair project did move the plot somewhat. It served to make Annie interested in Zimmy and Gamma and made Kat suspicious of them. It also provides interesting characterization. I think it does qualify as a MacGuffin.
Thanks for the compliment mrw.
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Post by alexthegreater on Jan 29, 2007 2:51:09 GMT
Reguardless its not A MacGufin. A MacGufin is something like the one ring or the suitcase from pulp fiction.
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Jan 29, 2007 4:01:10 GMT
The PLOT moved along the story, but what her actual 'project' can safely be considered a MacGuffin as described above.
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Post by Shunpike on Feb 22, 2008 14:41:15 GMT
And i was immediately impressed. Artwork of this caliber does not come about instantly, and that makes me wonder if you have previous web comics unrelated to this one. Also,, what was the "abomination" that Zimmy made during the Science Fair? Pleased to meet you all, by the way. Don't think Tom has done any big comics before this, but here's some mini-ones (if you haven't already noticed – took me long enough, though): www.digitalhills.com/comics.htm The slug one has extraordinary degrees of awesomeness packed in three pages. Hey, that's Tea!!! He's drawn them in GKC style as well. www.gunnerkrigg.com/art/meantea.jpg(I mean the girl/woman from Slug Dub.) |
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