#1221: "Witnesses to our victory!" - Page 32

Funka Genocide · 02-25-2010, 06:28 PM

I knew it was going to be anticlimactic but wow.

I didn't even laugh, I'm pretty sure it wasn't even funny, but for some reason there's this sense of rightness to it. I am not disappointed, in fact I don't know how I feel.

I wish it had a campy ending theme song to go along with it.

mad2physicist · 02-25-2010, 08:06 PM

I would have laughed, but I didn't get it at first, because I over-thought it.
See my assumption was 'oh, it was four white mages! Of course! Chaos probably takes damage from heal spells, so four white mages is the logical way to beat him!' Hence I thought it was just the most likely people to have killed him, in retrospect.
THEN I realized that this was a reference to the 7th comic (after seeing Brian's news post) and found it hilarious.
Hopefully Brian will find his 9 year joke worth it to make one person amused, at least, and cause a massive flame war.

Hetsurin · 02-25-2010, 08:40 PM

Does it really matter if it was set up or not? (I personally believe it was, but that's just me.)

This is a comic, there was a joke, laughs were had, bastards were called magnificent, next strip please.

MSperoni · 02-25-2010, 09:48 PM

I agree w/ Hetsurin.

Mondt · 02-26-2010, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The Green Mage

For some reason, this is the hardest I've ever laughed at an 8-Bit Theater strip.

Well-played, Brian. Well-played.

Nothing will ever top wooden stake for me.

Honestly, I've become so used to Brian's anticlimax that I didn't even laugh. Like, this is really funny and i recognize that but I just can't laugh.

My soul.

It's gone.

Damn you, Brian Clevinger.

Meister · 02-26-2010, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by UndrDog

But anyway, this doesn't mean we can stop predicting future releases just because the comic's almost over. Has anyone ever suggested that White Mage may be true Chaos?

Yes it does and you're grasping at straws in the vague hope that you might be right by sheer chance. It's like you're watching Fight Club and a minute before the ending you go "okay listen: maybe Marla is the narrator too!"

UndrDog · 02-26-2010, 03:51 AM

Well yeah, but it's only a matter of time when there will be nothing left to speculate on! Let us cling to something Meister! Let us cling like baby Koalas to their mamas!

Meister · 02-26-2010, 04:13 AM

Never and that analogy is very weird!

Hetsurin · 02-26-2010, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Never and that analogy is very weird!

Not if you live in Australia, to us it's like Morning Breakfast.

Veho · 02-26-2010, 08:20 AM

Do you know who I remembered first when I saw the four White Mages standing there? The Real Light Warriors. They were supposed to save the world, but were foiled every step of the way by the LWs. Getting somewhere only to find someone else had already killed the bad guy, looted the place for any valuables and burned through supplies (sometimes literally). Well this time it happened to the LWs. I don't know what to call it, foreshadowing, telegraphing, irony, but there it is.

I can see how the idea for this ending might have occured to Brian. I mean, there must be several groups on similar quests in the overworld, and for every group that finishes a quest there's bound to be several that arrive minutes/hours too late, only to find an empty lair and a victorious group that beat them to it. It's not a stretch to imagine the main characters getting there too late. And to be beaten to it by the most unlikely group imaginable would be an even greater humiliation for them. And this comic is all about humiliation to the LWs. I can see Brian getting this idea, deciding to end the comic this way, and then setting it aside for years, until the comic reached the conclusion and it was needed. Having BM claim such an ending impossible is in line with a lot of things BM was wrong about.

You could say it was terribly convenient that just when the LWs were supposed to battle Chaos horribly de-levelled and insanely outclassed, another group happened to walk in and defeat him, but one could also say it's pretty convenient for the Real Light Warriors too, because it was their destiny to defeat Chaos, and a day before the battle some utter bastard nicked all their insanely overpowered weapons leaving them quite helpless.

02-25-2010, 09:48 PM	#314
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02-26-2010, 08:20 AM	#320
Veho Shyguy Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 224	Do you know who I remembered first when I saw the four White Mages standing there? The Real Light Warriors. They were supposed to save the world, but were foiled every step of the way by the LWs. Getting somewhere only to find someone else had already killed the bad guy, looted the place for any valuables and burned through supplies (sometimes literally). Well this time it happened to the LWs. I don't know what to call it, foreshadowing, telegraphing, irony, but there it is. I can see how the idea for this ending might have occured to Brian. I mean, there must be several groups on similar quests in the overworld, and for every group that finishes a quest there's bound to be several that arrive minutes/hours too late, only to find an empty lair and a victorious group that beat them to it. It's not a stretch to imagine the main characters getting there too late. And to be beaten to it by the most unlikely group imaginable would be an even greater humiliation for them. And this comic is all about humiliation to the LWs. I can see Brian getting this idea, deciding to end the comic this way, and then setting it aside for years, until the comic reached the conclusion and it was needed. Having BM claim such an ending impossible is in line with a lot of things BM was wrong about. You could say it was terribly convenient that just when the LWs were supposed to battle Chaos horribly de-levelled and insanely outclassed, another group happened to walk in and defeat him, but one could also say it's pretty convenient for the Real Light Warriors too, because it was their destiny to defeat Chaos, and a day before the battle some utter bastard nicked all their insanely overpowered weapons leaving them quite helpless. __________________ You must face the gazebo alone.

02-25-2010, 06:28 PM	#311
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	I knew it was going to be anticlimactic but wow. I didn't even laugh, I'm pretty sure it wasn't even funny, but for some reason there's this sense of rightness to it. I am not disappointed, in fact I don't know how I feel. I wish it had a campy ending theme song to go along with it.

02-25-2010, 08:06 PM	#312
mad2physicist Gaisc�och Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 53	I would have laughed, but I didn't get it at first, because I over-thought it. See my assumption was 'oh, it was four white mages! Of course! Chaos probably takes damage from heal spells, so four white mages is the logical way to beat him!' Hence I thought it was just the most likely people to have killed him, in retrospect. THEN I realized that this was a reference to the 7th comic (after seeing Brian's news post) and found it hilarious. Hopefully Brian will find his 9 year joke worth it to make one person amused, at least, and cause a massive flame war.

02-25-2010, 08:40 PM	#313
Hetsurin Mind crush! Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 46	Does it really matter if it was set up or not? (I personally believe it was, but that's just me.) This is a comic, there was a joke, laughs were had, bastards were called magnificent, next strip please.

02-26-2010, 04:13 AM	#318
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Never and that analogy is very weird!