#918: "Beyond ourselves, I assume." - Page 2

Lord Setheris · 11-10-2007, 04:55 AM

Actually, now that I think about it... a REALLY good ending to the story would be if, for some reason, the orbs are destroyed or somehow loose their power, and 4 crystals are created and infused with the powers of existence to replace them, but as a result the world is more or less torn apart.

BOOM instant FF2-5.
Crystals, ever-changing landscape...

PRAY it doesn't go into the plot of FF2... otherwise brian might be tempted to include the FF2 stat building system, which unfortunately would inevitably make both fighter and red mage exceptionally intelligent, considering that they constantly try (more or less) to use what little brain power they have.

Also, Red Mage might accidently discover Ice 10 under the ff2 spell progression system... and do ANY of us really want Black Mage to discover Hadokens 2 through 11?

Art of Hilt · 11-10-2007, 05:20 AM

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"Muffin's a DRAGON?"
Black Mage's reaction made the whole thing simply priceless.

Lotus · 11-10-2007, 06:13 AM

Muffin seemed to be a very friendly dragon first. Which of course is a great way to avoid suspicions I guess.
Poor Dragoon. He seems so disappointed over the fact that his little pet is an evil dragon.
(Is it Tuesday yet?) =)

BetaRuler · 11-10-2007, 07:37 AM

I also figured it'd eventually end because Brian might age...

heheh, I'm enjoying Red Mages stance lately, looking around and realizing things that have been happening since this began, it's seemed like none of the others have been bothering to notice this before, even when people have told them so, like remember when Thief's father was saying "coincidences stop being coincidences" :p.

Sky Warrior Bob · 11-10-2007, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Particleman

Fighter's being unusually quiet. He must have found a sandwich. Or something shiny.

You know, I've got a funny feeling that Fighter's absence has something to do w/ Red Mage's reappearance. Like there's some cosmic RPG rule that the 5th member of the party can't be an active member.

Of not, but Brian did call attention to the fact that RM was able to mime Dragoon, and typically we haven't seen all 5 of them in the same frame since they entered the tower. (BM kept getting squashed whenever Dragoon was on-screen, RM getting booted off-screen, and Fighter's inexplicable absence.)

There could be a shot of all 5 of them, but for the moment I'm too lazy to check. So I'll stick with the flawed opinion that there might be some meaning to that. (Either that, or Brian's figured out that 5 characters in one frame cuts down on the amount of frames he can fit into a comic, and thus tends to avoid it. But that would be too logical.)

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Originally Posted by Lord Setheris

PRAY it doesn't go into the plot of FF2... otherwise brian might be tempted to include the FF2 stat building system, which unfortunately would inevitably make both fighter and red mage exceptionally intelligent, considering that they constantly try (more or less) to use what little brain power they have.

Also, Red Mage might accidently discover Ice 10 under the ff2 spell progression system... and do ANY of us really want Black Mage to discover Hadokens 2 through 11?

Uh-huh, personally I doubt that Brian would ever attempt to base a comic on the rules of FF2j. Heck, I beat the NES title, and I STILL don't understand what I did. But while Brian has stated he doesn't intend to do FF2j, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS A BAD THING!

SWB

Esoto · 11-10-2007, 08:09 AM

Well, I don't think we have any good reason to think the comic is going to end very soon.

See, "The heroes will take action to save the world on the end / The heroes are taking action to save the world now / This is the end" is invalid, as we may very well have the heroes taking action to save the world on the end and also now! Thus this argument per se is not much.

Judging by the plot, I wouldn't say the end is now, since they don't even have the orbs and the battle is against the evil dragons and not something like Chaos (which they were supposed to fight since the beginning). There is still much that can happen. You know, Brian just likes making many parallel stories.

Darkurai · 11-10-2007, 09:30 AM

I'd say the comic is coming to a close. Maybe Brian will end it at #1000. Kinda like how Red vs. Blue ended on its 100th episode.

Meister · 11-10-2007, 09:35 AM

... there's no question about this, you know, Brian said in a Connecticon interview the comic had (at the point) covered about 80-85% of the game and would end when the game's story was complete. That's pretty straightforward.

bluestarultor · 11-10-2007, 11:38 AM

Nothing gold can stay. :J

Frankly, I doubt Brian would live long enough to pull it all the way through the 3D era, much less have the time. Some of the games are VERY long-winded. I mean, FF1 has been running for how long? 918 comics / 3 comics a week = 306 weeks / 52 weeks a year = almost 6 years. (6 * 52 = 312).

Truce · 11-10-2007, 11:49 AM

That's a nice calculation, blue.

Of course, all you would have had to do is look at the date of the first comic.

http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=010302

In the url, all the comics have the days set, and if you actually click on the link, it reads Friday March 2nd, 2001 in the upper right hand corner.

So, more than six years, actually.

11-10-2007, 04:55 AM	#11
Lord Setheris A Guardian Angel Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,311	Actually, now that I think about it... a REALLY good ending to the story would be if, for some reason, the orbs are destroyed or somehow loose their power, and 4 crystals are created and infused with the powers of existence to replace them, but as a result the world is more or less torn apart. BOOM instant FF2-5. Crystals, ever-changing landscape... PRAY it doesn't go into the plot of FF2... otherwise brian might be tempted to include the FF2 stat building system, which unfortunately would inevitably make both fighter and red mage exceptionally intelligent, considering that they constantly try (more or less) to use what little brain power they have. Also, Red Mage might accidently discover Ice 10 under the ff2 spell progression system... and do ANY of us really want Black Mage to discover Hadokens 2 through 11? __________________ As a 21 year old virgin, I'm strongly opposed to anything that reminds me that people are having sex in high school.

11-10-2007, 05:20 AM	#12
Art of Hilt tamp tamp tamp Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,270	: D : D : D "Muffin's a DRAGON?" Black Mage's reaction made the whole thing simply priceless. __________________ Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin'. Tossed salad and scrambled eggs Oh My! Mercy! And maybe I seem a bit confused, yeah maybe, but I got you pegged! But I don�t know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs. They're calling again.

11-10-2007, 07:37 AM	#14
BetaRuler Cloud walker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Brighton UK Posts: 366	I also figured it'd eventually end because Brian might age... heheh, I'm enjoying Red Mages stance lately, looking around and realizing things that have been happening since this began, it's seemed like none of the others have been bothering to notice this before, even when people have told them so, like remember when Thief's father was saying "coincidences stop being coincidences" :p. __________________ www.freewebs.com/betarandomtales Home of my sprite tales and RPG tales, try sometime?

11-10-2007, 08:09 AM	#16
Esoto Prophet Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9	Well, I don't think we have any good reason to think the comic is going to end very soon. See, "The heroes will take action to save the world on the end / The heroes are taking action to save the world now / This is the end" is invalid, as we may very well have the heroes taking action to save the world on the end and also now! Thus this argument per se is not much. Judging by the plot, I wouldn't say the end is now, since they don't even have the orbs and the battle is against the evil dragons and not something like Chaos (which they were supposed to fight since the beginning). There is still much that can happen. You know, Brian just likes making many parallel stories. Last edited by Esoto; 11-10-2007 at 08:12 AM.

11-10-2007, 09:30 AM	#17
Darkurai http://luigiiii.deviantart.com/ Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8	I'd say the comic is coming to a close. Maybe Brian will end it at #1000. Kinda like how Red vs. Blue ended on its 100th episode. __________________ Step Into the Darkness.

11-10-2007, 06:13 AM	#13
Lotus =) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 19	Muffin seemed to be a very friendly dragon first. Which of course is a great way to avoid suspicions I guess. Poor Dragoon. He seems so disappointed over the fact that his little pet is an evil dragon. (Is it Tuesday yet?) =)

11-10-2007, 09:35 AM	#18
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	... there's no question about this, you know, Brian said in a Connecticon interview the comic had (at the point) covered about 80-85% of the game and would end when the game's story was complete. That's pretty straightforward.

11-10-2007, 11:49 AM	#20
Truce Lakitu Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,856	That's a nice calculation, blue. Of course, all you would have had to do is look at the date of the first comic. http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=010302 In the url, all the comics have the days set, and if you actually click on the link, it reads Friday March 2nd, 2001 in the upper right hand corner. So, more than six years, actually.