The Warring States of NPF - View Single Post - When a webcomic updates but you don't want to make a huge deal out of it, what you do

tacticslion · 11-14-2010, 04:00 PM

Erfworld has updated. And it's shaping up to be awesome.

Sizemore is brilliant, if humble. He's wise, he's clever, he's surprisingly powerful (in dirtamancy only). He's usually right (and usually ignored).

One thing that might be slowly brewing: Parson consistently breaking the rules = not a good idea. One projected consequence of this is a) no one will ever trust him, b) he'll stop getting second chances.

My other thought is that perhaps Parson was dropped into Erfworld with the specific purpose to break it. He may very well be something akin to the horsemen of the apocalypse in Revelation for Erfworld: he finds the holes in the world and uses them to destroy everything the world is founded upon.

Parson is, in fact, awesome in cleverness, and I'm very interested to see what he's got planned. But he's ruthless (whether he realizes it or not) and - intentionally or not - cruel. I believe that in rejecting his ruthlessness, he might have somehow embraced it (the magic sparkles fleeing from the sword at the end of chapter one). In his effort to win, he's not just exploiting the rules of the game, he's literally violating their sacred trusts (first parleys, then portals). He has not only joined the bad guys he's behaving in a villainous manner. This is right after he explains he actually thinks of the Erfworld people as actual people. He's leading a charge to kill people (the "good" guys) by violating the principles of a neutral party (other "good guys"). And this is based off of what he is saying.

This may also be the reason so many casters hate that he came into the magic kingdom - they took it as a signamancy (much like King Jetstone) that something very, very wrong was happening.

My final thought/question: do you guys think his plan'll succeed - his last one did (though it had unexpected consequences), and, if it does, do you guys think he'll somehow manage to preserve the king and Trannemis (via her super-decrypting?).

It's fascinating, but also scary.

11-14-2010, 04:00 PM	#35
tacticslion Regulator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,842	Erf Erfworld has updated. And it's shaping up to be awesome. Sizemore is brilliant, if humble. He's wise, he's clever, he's surprisingly powerful (in dirtamancy only). He's usually right (and usually ignored). One thing that might be slowly brewing: Parson consistently breaking the rules = not a good idea. One projected consequence of this is a) no one will ever trust him, b) he'll stop getting second chances. My other thought is that perhaps Parson was dropped into Erfworld with the specific purpose to break it. He may very well be something akin to the horsemen of the apocalypse in Revelation for Erfworld: he finds the holes in the world and uses them to destroy everything the world is founded upon. Parson is, in fact, awesome in cleverness, and I'm very interested to see what he's got planned. But he's ruthless (whether he realizes it or not) and - intentionally or not - cruel. I believe that in rejecting his ruthlessness, he might have somehow embraced it (the magic sparkles fleeing from the sword at the end of chapter one). In his effort to win, he's not just exploiting the rules of the game, he's literally violating their sacred trusts (first parleys, then portals). He has not only joined the bad guys he's behaving in a villainous manner. This is right after he explains he actually thinks of the Erfworld people as actual people. He's leading a charge to kill people (the "good" guys) by violating the principles of a neutral party (other "good guys"). And this is based off of what he is saying. This may also be the reason so many casters hate that he came into the magic kingdom - they took it as a signamancy (much like King Jetstone) that something very, very wrong was happening. My final thought/question: do you guys think his plan'll succeed - his last one did (though it had unexpected consequences), and, if it does, do you guys think he'll somehow manage to preserve the king and Trannemis (via her super-decrypting?). It's fascinating, but also scary. __________________ Make the best decision ever. I look forward to seeing you there! You should watch this trailer! It's awesome! (The rest of the site's really cool, too!) I have a small announcement to make. And another!