#1086: "This is an alarming trend." [Archive]

bluestarultor

01-24-2009, 12:40 AM

Am I the only one who thinks they're somehow just going to manage to find their ways back? I mean, the OWs have been to the moon, for crying out loud. They have travel abilities on par with Black Belt in some cases.

waw

01-24-2009, 12:42 AM

Cleric's gone! Woot! Dance Party! Celebrate! That lil non-believing pact making doucharetic is flippin outta here!!!!!!

Hoorah!!!

Why do I detest what white robed scunp so much? I probably do because I'm supposed, i think he's hilarious and all... but he's gone woot!!!

And Rogue... the pointless flapoff who spoiled all of thief's elfishness. (Heard this one before? Thief puts the elfishness in Selfishness?)

Somehow though... I think that Ranger's arrow might simple pierce through Sarda's god like mind warping, reality swabbing doohiklestick magic.

Die you Other bastards die!!!!!!!!

Zeth

01-24-2009, 12:48 AM

Aw, nuts. I was the world's only Rogue fan and now he's gone. Damn his weak faith.

KingDekar

01-24-2009, 12:52 AM

I'd like to think something different will happen next strip, but I'm just going to accept that Ranger goes *blip* and that's that. No reverse psychology here, just subdued acceptance.

Armake21truth

01-24-2009, 01:05 AM

LMAO at "Fine, enjoy your evidence" and "people who aren't us"

Lord Setheris

01-24-2009, 01:15 AM

This entire comic page is made of nothing but pure win.

Solid Snake

01-24-2009, 01:35 AM

I have to admit, I'm enjoying watching the Other Warriors die.

Megatrauma

01-24-2009, 01:46 AM

More Sarda appearance make me a happy Megatrauma. (And I longed for more Sarda episodes oh so long!)

To those who say that the OWs are dying, I do firmly believe that there was never an indication or hint given that they actually have passed away. As far as I look at it, they're simply mis-placed in time and space. Or in some ugly ass parallel universe, also known as a better place.

Not like the beach, or the moon, or the other place.

Whitewater

01-24-2009, 01:48 AM

Ranger (what do you call him here?) DOES have an exceptionally good point about that making sense... And although I don't want to sound like I signed up just to say this, (even though I did!) but I think this is a way of reducing the amount of characters he has to write for. DON'T KILL ME!
Although I am liking how they are getting wiped out/sent elsewhere, a place like the beach, but definitely NOT the moon, even though I liked them.
And I have the strangest feeling Ranger will win...

WVI

01-24-2009, 01:59 AM

drcossack

01-24-2009, 02:12 AM

Gamer8585

01-24-2009, 02:14 AM

This is kind of like Link vs. Ganon.

If Ganon was all powerful.

And Link was 4 years old.

Ggolbez

01-24-2009, 02:20 AM

Is this a crack on atheism? Because atheism is right.

Armake21truth

01-24-2009, 02:42 AM

Brian is atheist, I'm fairly certain that if he's slamming atheism he's doing so because he has a sense of humor and doesn't mind having it be at his own expense.

Link_991

01-24-2009, 02:49 AM

not just a bow and arrow.
an ordinary bow and arrow

Si Civa

01-24-2009, 03:03 AM

Teleporting the best warrior group somewhere where they can't do anything is evil deed indeed. Damn you Sard.. Brian!

So I want Ranger to win just this one time. If Ranger wins, I may cheer all of them.

Fiye

01-24-2009, 05:28 AM

I laughed.

Hard.

Neni

01-24-2009, 05:49 AM

You know what?
I never liked the other warriors anyway. They were such flat characters.
I'm glad, they're gone.

If their some form of dead now, they're probably playing Poker with Black Belt and the fiends right now. I hope that Black Belt wins.

Xshu

01-24-2009, 05:57 AM

Every time Sarda is threatened, I hope it'll finally be the time he dies.

He won't. He never will. I really need to accept this.

Si Civa

01-24-2009, 06:01 AM

You know what?
I never liked the other warriors anyway. They were such flat characters.
I'm glad, they're gone.

I'm so glad that we have seen Other warriors more recently than that killjoy Whitemage.

Because Other Warriors are awesome.

Deck Knight

01-24-2009, 06:32 AM

Given Sarda's penchant for lying, I would say Ranger is the only one to die.

For you see, I believe Berserker is at a place NOT like the beach, such as THE MOON.

Who else is on the moon? Dragoon!

Sorry Chum(p) Half-elf, You just got supplanted!

Hanuman

01-24-2009, 07:54 AM

I rather liked this one.

Nuklear Waste

01-24-2009, 09:19 AM

Is it just me, or does Rogue's teleportation look particularly painful? Like his existence is being erased or something.

Also, if Ranger uses that five arrows at once technique, it would be fitting if Sarda made it so that he hits himself or they are teleported around the world and hit characters like the "real" Light Warriors or the Messenger. If Ranger wins and is the only Other Warrior left, I will be a little sad as he was the only 1 of the four I didn't really like.

If their some form of dead now, they're probably playing Poker with Black Belt and the fiends right now. I hope that Black Belt wins.
Why would Black Belt and, of all people, the Other Warriors be in the same level of afterlife with the Fiends? Okay, Black Belt might have gotten lost or something, Ranger might be a mass murderer, Berserker is sometimes horrible, Cleric might be denied into Heaven on account of not having faith, and Rogue is sort of a Lite Thief/Akbar/Jeff -1, but still, they couldn't comprehend the idea of kidnapping on account of being too nice (and stupid).

Lightnix

01-24-2009, 10:31 AM

You know what?
I never liked the other warriors anyway. They were such flat characters.
I'm glad, they're gone.

Yeah, I'll say. They were completely two dimensional!

pohatufan1

01-24-2009, 10:40 AM

Cleric's gone! Woot! Dance Party! Celebrate! That lil non-believing pact making doucharetic is flippin outta here!!!!!!
I don't like you.

And Rogue... the pointless flapoff
Oh wait, actually, it seems that I like you.

Vault Of Thrones

01-24-2009, 11:01 AM

I guess that I'm the only one curious about what the six verb tenses that I can't process are.

Kurosen

01-24-2009, 11:20 AM

Is this a crack on atheism? Because atheism is right.
It's making fun of both. Cleric's demand for a rational explanation of events gets him killed. Rogue's faith that he'll be okay has no impact on the reality of the situation.

Giever

01-24-2009, 11:56 AM

I'd have to add that in this 8-bit universe we've seen the devil, someone become the devil (essentially), etc.

I imagine it's easy to make those jokes when everyone uses magic.

gaffit

01-24-2009, 12:50 PM

It's making fun of both. Cleric's demand for a rational explanation of events gets him killed. Rogue's faith that he'll be okay has no impact on the reality of the situation.

Curse you confirmation!

Always crushing my hopes and dreams...

Mirai Gen

01-24-2009, 12:50 PM

Man, I'm going to miss those guys.

Kepor

01-24-2009, 02:22 PM

Empiricism is a cruel mistress.

GrandMasterPlanetEater

01-24-2009, 02:56 PM

If Berserker is orbiting a point three seconds to the left of the future, there's obviously room three seconds to the right, above, and below the future for the other 3.

bobfish

01-24-2009, 03:02 PM

*slap*

Mirai Gen

01-24-2009, 03:11 PM

Actually that's exactly where I figured Sarda was sending them anyway.

"They probably would want to be together.
Only they're not."

Marelo

01-24-2009, 04:24 PM

Does Rogue have (did rogue have, rather) an earring? Whenever he faces left, I see a little dot in his ear.

Si Civa

01-24-2009, 04:32 PM

I looked it and I would say it's more of background than any piercing. There's empty space in Rogue's sprite near the ear and shoulder if I looked it right.

But in other news, Ranger is the Fighter of Other warriors.

Zeth

01-24-2009, 05:28 PM

Is it just me, or does Rogue's teleportation look particularly painful? Like his existence is being erased or something.

I think that's what being unmade before you were born looks like.

It would be humorous if now I'd go back through old comics and find Rogue absent from all of them.

bobfish

01-24-2009, 05:45 PM

But in other news, Ranger is the Fighter of Other warriors.
How is that exactly?

Neni

01-24-2009, 05:52 PM

How is that exactly?

probably because he likes Fighting. I couldn't explain this conslucsion otherwise...
I mean, ranger at least SEEMS to have brains. Mostly.

Ogremindes

01-24-2009, 08:18 PM

Hmm... on the one hand Sarda is all powerful, so can't loose, but on the other, he's the Onion Kid's guardian so he has to die.

Orestes

01-24-2009, 09:55 PM

Well, everyone who becomes the Onion Kid's guardian must die.

Yet no one can kill (or really even meaningfully fight) Sarda.

Except, possibly ...

Sarda.

So my prediction is that, somehow, Sarda will manage to kill Sarda.

TDK

01-24-2009, 10:14 PM

So who else thinks Ranger will kill Sarda?

Just seems like the perfect set up for that somehow happening. Or at least someone else coming in and killing him while Ranger has him distracted.

Topsummoner

01-24-2009, 11:20 PM

So who else thinks Ranger will kill Sarda?

Just seems like the perfect set up for that somehow happening. Or at least someone else coming in and killing him while Ranger has him distracted.

That's perfect! Whilst distracted by Ranger, Onion Kid could kill Sarda.

Nuklear Waste

01-24-2009, 11:24 PM

Sarda is apparently filled with nothing but hatred after billions of years alone.
Black Mage's Hadoken is fueled by love.
Black Mage has poor aim.

Think about that, and then you will realize the only way Sarda can die.

Verwind

01-24-2009, 11:33 PM

That's perfect! Whilst distracted by Ranger, Onion Kid could kill Sarda.

I was thinking that a stalactite would just fall on Sarda or something...

Thadius

01-24-2009, 11:38 PM

I have every faith that Sarda will not only kill Ranger (Or, rather, send him to a place LIKE the beach, but NOT the moon), Sarda will also likely UNMAKE Onion Kid before he was ever born.

Or it could be that Sarda will do a dramatic reveal to Onion Kid. "Onion Kid, I am...YOU! I'm going to teach you to hate everything now."

guyy

01-24-2009, 11:44 PM

That's perfect! Whilst distracted by Ranger, Onion Kid could kill Sarda.

Onion kid is unarmed, and has never even tried to kill anyone.

So, of course, you must be right, by 8bit logic.

GrandMasterPlanetEater

01-25-2009, 12:03 AM

I think that's what being unmade before you were born looks like.

It would be humorous if now I'd go back through old comics and find Rogue absent from all of them

Heh. Kind of like all those hilarious bits with Bard that don't exist anymore.

What, you don't remember them?

Lord Setheris

01-25-2009, 01:05 AM

I want to see black mage calmly walk up to Chaos, and say, "Only one thing could defeat this monster... the power... of love..." then look into Chaos' eyes shyly, smile, and hadoken him in the crotch.

Kerensky287

01-25-2009, 01:10 AM

Or it could be that Sarda will do a dramatic reveal to Onion Kid. "Onion Kid, I am...YOU! I'm going to teach you to hate everything now."

YES, THIS.

Dauntasa

01-25-2009, 01:48 AM

There's only one way for Ranger to kill Sarda. The way I see it, Sarda isn't invincable,but he can control reality, so when you attack him he'll just erase you from existance or somehow prevent you from doing anything. But he can only do this if he is conscious of your attack. However, being all-knowing like he is, he is always conscious of everything all of the time. So the only way Ranger can beat Sarda is to mention Drownball, temporarily unhinging him, and then shoot him in the face.

Hiroshino

01-25-2009, 03:49 AM

Black Mage's Hadoken is fueled by love.

No, actually it siphons the love out of the universe and increases the divorce rate.

Does anyone ever read the comic anymore?

Mirai Gen

01-25-2009, 04:19 AM

Of course not.

It's over.

TheSparrow

01-25-2009, 04:49 AM

No, actually it siphons the love out of the universe and increases the divorce rate.

Does anyone ever read the comic anymore?

No, it is fueled by love, in that love is the fuel that is forced into a coherent beam of destruction, and thereby burned off.

Thats like saying cars arent fueled by gasoline because because you put gasonline in them and it disappears.

Mirai Gen

01-25-2009, 04:50 AM

Being fair, Sparrow, "Fueled by love" makes it sound much happier and nicer than it really is.

Hiroshino

01-25-2009, 07:33 AM

Of course not.

It's over.

Yeah, all the vultures siphoned out the humor with their endless theories.

It was great while it lasted.

PurpleMage

01-25-2009, 08:56 AM

Ahh dammit. Out of all the Other Warriors I wanted to see live the longest it surely wasn't Ranger. For me I'll only be happy when Berserker comes back from the other dimension with an axe right onto Rangers face. =]

pohatufan1

01-25-2009, 05:09 PM

Heh. Kind of like all those hilarious bits with Bard that don't exist anymore.

What, you don't remember them?

Man, I was so upset when he did that. Bard was my favorite character. At least Black Belt fans can still go back to the old strips and relive those wacky Black Belt hijinx.

TheSparrow

01-26-2009, 01:11 AM

Man, I was so upset when he did that. Bard was my favorite character. At least Black Belt fans can still go back to the old strips and relive those wacky Black Belt hijinx.

You...you think there was one a character named Bard? Youre completely insane....everyone, please ignore him.

Also, pohatufan, please stay where you are for a while...not for any specific reason...don't worry about the chronocops coming for you or anything like that.

Silverwalker

01-26-2009, 09:51 AM

This entire comic page is made of nothing but pure win.

I concur. First, "six of the verb tenses" - funny, but also something that most people would never come up with. Then a calm "This is an alarming trend." to the disappearance of half their team right before their eyes. Then the fantastic explanation of it as a satisfying pattern! That must have been the best of all.

The dry "That's a shame." - so short, but still so funny. And then confidently picking up a bow and an arrow, after witnessing this awesome show of force. Very funny! Oh, and also practically every other sentence on the page. Brian is hilarious. :D

voodooKobra

01-26-2009, 01:07 PM

By any chance is the title of this comic a reference to MS Paint Adventures (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000509)?

Eldezar

01-26-2009, 04:12 PM

Man, I was so upset when he did that. Bard was my favorite character. At least Black Belt fans can still go back to the old strips and relive those wacky Black Belt hijinx.

Mine too. Hey, you remember when Bard tried to use Inspire Courage with the jaw harp? I laughed clear until the next comic update.

Kurosen

01-26-2009, 04:59 PM

By any chance is the title of this comic a reference to MS Paint Adventures (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000509)?
Nope, it's a reference to Hot Fuzz's reference to Bad Boys II.

Marelo

01-26-2009, 05:38 PM

Nope, it's a reference to Hot Fuzz's reference to Bad Boys II.

Which, of course, is also being referenced by MS Paint Adventures.

Topsummoner

01-26-2009, 07:48 PM

Mine too. Hey, you remember when Bard tried to use Inspire Courage with the jaw harp? I laughed clear until the next comic update.

Yeah, that one was an instant classic.

Also, it was amazing when Bard's harp's strings broke, and he just went into a big mental lockdown for like, ten+ comics?

voodooKobra

01-26-2009, 07:56 PM

Nope, it's a reference to Hot Fuzz's reference to Bad Boys II.
Oh. I see.

WVI

01-28-2009, 04:08 AM

[Aaaand wrong topic.]

pohatufan1

01-28-2009, 11:40 PM

Mine too. Hey, you remember when Bard tried to use Inspire Courage with the jaw harp? I laughed clear until the next comic update.

He was a funny guy, yeah, but he also had his badass moments. The way he finally managed to slay Kraken after that whole one-on-one battle arc... It was brilliant. It brought tears to my eyes.

Then Brian realized he had to clean up that plot hole when Bard got unmade, so he had to come up with some stupid contrived blather about Red Mage performing an auto-Ceasarian section or something, man, I don't remember, I'm so depressed just thinking about it that I can't be bothered to check.