The Warring States of NPF - episode 429: Several Birds, One Hadoken

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Wow, yeah, piss and moan does seem to be the theme of the day.
However, I have a definitive answer to all your questions.
Why does Black Mage know a White spell?
Why did he bring Thief along for the ride?

Because this comic has a *storyline*
Check that out.
For further plot developement to ensue, the circumstances must be set acording to Brian's needs.
Simple, eh?

Feather Fall isn't White Magic, it's an Arcane spell from D&D. Arcane Spells are often considered to be Black Magic, at least by the FF terms, so it would make sense for BM to be able to cast it....this also explains why there were so many D&D spells in that one magic shop at the beginning of the comic.

He brought Thief along for two reasons:
1. to witness the destruction
2. to die on reentry

I like the new effect being added to the hadoken in the last pannel. And doesn't it seem like BM is taking longer to charge it up than usual? Perhaps this is a stronger hadoken?

I see one great big glaring flaw in BM's plan: he told his plan to Thief. But he can hardly be blamed for that; as a Bad Guy, he's contractually obligated to blurt out his plan while there is still time to foil it.

I can see this pyrotechnic display Black Mage has planned annoying a certain Fiend, who might come out to see what the hell is going on out there...

You know what's going to happen. Sarda is going to reset reality after Black Mage destroys everyone (I suggest a kerplunk sound effect as a reference to Excel Saga) or Sarda is going to do SOMETHING to keep everyone from dying.

And yes, Black Mage has barely a shred of humanity remaining in him. He runs on pure rage, anger, and lust (his feelings toward White Mage are lust, not love, he desires her for her body, if she wasn't hot, he wouldn't want anything to do with her).

As we know from the other comics, the light warriors are klutzy and their plans often fail. Because a large part of comedy is unpredictability, my guess is that BM will finally succeed.

Or else, maybe, instead of killing his friends, the hadoken will be absorbed into Kary and they'll have a new fight on their hands. Of course, RM and Fighter will still die because it'll be 2 vs. Fiend, and Thief will die because he'll have stabbed BM to death.
Unless he runs away, making room for Deus Ex BB.

That's my theory on the serious version which I'm always wrong about because I am in no way funny. (I am boring though! So I got something going for me!)

Edit: Black Mage has no humanity. The only reason he preserved Thief is for the sake of creativity. He doesn't want to be with Fighter or RM in their last hours, but he doesn't want to suffer himself to kill his friend s all the same way. It'd be too sneaky, and his actual superiority would be at stake. No, it's better that Thief dies a new and extra malicious way, and BM will achieve more satisfaction, not to mention respect from other evil parties, for it.

Because WM is the third LW. BM is Garland. (Oops! Didn't mean to give that away!)

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Originally Posted by fifthfiend

I would grant that this might possibly be the case.

That is to say, possible in a reality in which I were not infused with such limitless superiosity that only fools and madmen could possibly imagine that my words are not the ultimate beacon of goodness and truth.

However, as this is in fact the case in this reality, it is thus that yours was in fact not better, and, in fact, was actually, on the whole, less good.

But take heart -- as I do in fact agree with you on this point, which should, having allowed you to somehow associate yourself with the limitless font of goodness that is me, help to validate your existence in some small way.

You know, it does just get harder and harder to believe, doesn't it?

Wait a second? *pulls off Fifthfiend mask* :bmage: BM we told you not to visit the forum anymore. Last time you did we found a pile of noobie corpses in the introdution thread.

Any ways there are 3 reasons Thief is with him.
1) BM will use Thief as a human ( :rmage: elven) elven heat shield so that way he can caste feather fall later and shorten his fall time.
2) BM needed to take some one with him so that way RM, Thief, and Fighter wouldn't wonder where BM is and go looking for him.
3) It was just a reason for BM to add extra funny and give BM someone to explain his plan to.

there are 3 possible reasons the Hadoken is taking so long to charge and looks more powerful:
1. it's being shown in slow motion, and looks more powerful because we can see it build
2. it is more powerful, BM is pouring more MP into the spell to make it even stronger...but that means it takes longer to charge.
3. both of the above

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I'd hafta agree with Slackbot on the Thief topic; but I have another way of looking at it. He wants RM and Fighter dead because of their behavior. So he melts them in lava/Haddoken back-wash. Now Fighter, being and elf, (:rmage: and we all know how BM loves Elves.) he might enjoy watching him die from a front row 'seat'. Either way, the last thing you want behind you while you get your Haddoken on is: an Elf, a Thief, or a backstabber. Seems Thief fits all three of these. Uh oh.

I think Brian had to have BM explain the plan to someone, for exposition's sake. But you know the more BM works at something, the less likely it is to work.