Comic for February 10th, 2012

[Elo]

I had a feeling Mike was going to pull the Black Basitin card out. Now, there are several ways this can pan out (at least from my perspective)...

1.) Natani convinces Mike and Kat to keep this secret to themselves, since they are both understand it is an awkward predicament. Keith gets blamed.

2.) The rest of the gang come in and see Natani. Keith gets blamed. But Natani can't stand it anymore and tells everyone the truth.

3.) Same as two. However, Keith decides to take the blame.

Whatever the case, Keith gets blamed for Natani's situation. If that happens Natani will either feel guilty and tell everyone (whether if or not Keith takes the blame). However, Keith could take the blame and Natani keeps here secret (which I would think would be rather selfish of her).

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Well, that was a nice desecration on the part of the author, but that still doesn't change the fact that the last comic was a poorly thought out PSA that never should have happened, or that dramatically speaking we should really be focusing on Evals and the drama top side -- seriously, this is like cutting to Jar Jar Binks and C-3P0 juggling whompas right in the middle of Darth Maul swinging at Obi-Wan.

'Desecration' of his own creation? Something of his, which is ultimately determined by what he wants to do with it? I mean, be unhappy with how he's going with it if you want but the word 'desecration' doesn't really fit. If it was a fan author abusing the canon of a story or something horribly, yeah, but not when referring to how someone goes about his original work.

. . . I mean to say "Distraction." Sorry about the confusion.

[Shiru]

If Natani's smart, she'll try to get out of here on the grounds that Keith has been acting funny, so she's going to talk to him about it... Run off, re-apply magical boob-concealing bandages, then come back and say that they worked everything out and she's a good and proper man again!

...Of course I can't remember the last time Natani handled herself properly in a situation like this.

[I Love Twokinds]

This just keeps getting better and better. Awesome!

[Alvin-Earthworm]

What? NOW you're playing the Basitin Black Magic card AFTER that whole transgender speech?

[inhales deeply] SIIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Gee. I wonder what's happening with Eric and Evals right now? Or perhaps Trace and Flora. Heck, I'm beginning to wonder what's going on with [Database Error] and the others. I don't care. Just cut to something else already!!!

[Divenity]

What? NOW you're playing the Basitin Black Magic card AFTER that whole transgender speech?

[inhales deeply] SIIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Gee. I wonder what's happening with Eric and Evals right now? Or perhaps Trace and Flora. Heck, I'm beginning to wonder what's going on with [Database Error] and the others. I don't care. Just cut to something else already!!!

I agree, this whole thing seems a bit stretched, and there are more important things needing to be addressed >.>

[Alvin-Earthworm]

I agree, this whole thing seems a bit stretched, and there are more important things needing to be addressed >.>

Indeed. I find this video highly appropriate for this scene. http://youtu.be/2bKEpt-LwSo

[AlfaWskyDlta]

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I hope the first explanation is the one that sticks. Natani's secret really needs to be out at this point, even just to make this all worth while.

[Divenity]

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I hope the first explanation is the one that sticks. Natani's secret really needs to be out at this point, even just to make this all worth while.

I agree that, at least, it needs to come out, else this was all just a big waste of... a lot of strips.

[Schrodinger]

I agree, this whole thing seems a bit stretched, and there are more important things needing to be addressed >.>

Indeed. I find this video highly appropriate for this scene. http://youtu.be/2bKEpt-LwSo

I think this one works better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtm_Q2LK9g

[Gradivus]

Ah gee, guys, I'm sure we can get at least twenty more strips with interminable discussions of Natani's sex and gender, close calls of nearly having her sex revealed to the other characters, and then explaining it away in a dozen different ways. That's what's been going on since July of last year, with little else happening. So why stop now, when it can keep going on like this for more months to come!

Or... maybe someone could just push old dog-face overboard, and we could get on with the main story!

[Alvin-Earthworm]

Ah gee, guys, I'm sure we can get at least twenty more strips with interminable discussions of Natani's sex and gender, close calls of nearly having her sex revealed to the other characters, and then explaining it away in a dozen different ways. That's what's been going on since July of last year, with little else happening. So why stop now, when it can keep going on like this for more months to come!

Or... maybe someone could just push old dog-face overboard, and we could get on with the main story!

I'm in favor of the pushing overboard scenario. I like the character, but now I'm just getting incredibly bored of her gender confusion issues.

[BadFoMo]

Though why is Mike suddenly British? Those are Queen's English turns of phrase.

That’s what I said a while ago. Mike has used the word ‘Oy’ the way the stereotypical British would, twice and I believe the word ‘Daft’ is another stereotypical British term. Which once again makes me ask if Wreathwood (the place they left when they first started for the Basitin Island) is that world’s version of England, if that is where Mike was born in captivity.

[avwolf]

Wow, I think I totally overlooked at least one of those times, though now that you mention it, I do remember you bringing it up at least once before. Chalk me down for membership in your "Wreathwood == England" club then.

[Twokinds poster]

Does anyone else have a suspicion that Keith may have killed himself? Man, imagine that