#489 - "So, we gonna make out or what?" - Page 11

blackmage15 · 12-10-2004, 04:48 PM

Personally, I never thought that the BM/WM pairing would ever happen, and I want BM to stay morally bankrupt. He just wouldn't be funny if he wasn't.

12-10-2004, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by blackmage15

Personally, I never thought that the BM/WM pairing would ever happen, and I want BM to stay morally bankrupt. He just wouldn't be funny if he wasn't.

Still, it would have been nice to see BM try to do something not just in his own benefit, but to try to impress somebody. A greater friction between the most moral character of the comic, and the most amoral one.
As I said, WM IS BM's greatest conflict at this time.
He is still undecided about how to use his power (Right now, he is just trying get even more power), and WM was something that kept the balance between his amoral search for benefit and power and the possibility of an alternative kind of pleasure (WM, In any shape or form of a relationship) that doesn't derive from the destruction and pain of others.
Without WM, what's to keep WM from dedicating the rest of his life only to attaining and exploiting power?

Heh. I want to see the new comic already. I had never waited this long just to see the shit hit the fan.

tazz31406 · 12-10-2004, 05:35 PM

I always find myself rooting for Black Mage to get her even though I know it's not gonna happen. I like to call it the Tom & Jerry Effect. Cause didn't you always hope the cat would kill the damn mouse?

Klyco · 12-10-2004, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tazz31406

I always find myself rooting for Black Mage to get her even though I know it's not gonna happen. I like to call it the Tom & Jerry Effect. Cause didn't you always hope the cat would kill the damn mouse?

Off topic: Dont you find it Ironic that parents complain theres too much violence in cartoons and yet when you look at that show, they have a mouse dismembering the cat in almost every episode.

On Topic: I know BM getting with WM wont happen. Unless she got really drunk.

Wetflame · 12-10-2004, 06:07 PM

http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=030531

Actually, this comic sums up everything I've been saying sicne I had my doubts about BM being Chaos.

12-10-2004, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wetflame

http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=030531

Actually, this comic sums up everything I've been saying sicne I had my doubts about BM being Chaos.

Maybe he isn't, but he could become Chaos.
Without WM's influence, would BM ever question or care about the consequencies of his actions?
As I see it, he cares for only three things: Himself, Power and WhiteMage.
If he truly sees no chance of ever being with WM, or if WM finally rejects him as a worthless amoral creature without any chance of redemption... He will only have to things to focus about: Himself, and power.
Do you imagine what that would lead him to?
Other than the inmediate murder of WM, I mean.

evileeyore · 12-10-2004, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sky Warrior KC

For some reason the song 'Behind Blue Eyes' pops vividly to mind. Too bad BM's eyes are yellow, not blue.

Which is why the song should be 'Behind Blue Robes'. Try it, you'll like it.

To the Others (you know who you are),
as follows is IMO, Pedantic, and Wandering:

Black Mage is Evil. He chooses Evil. He does know what he is about, make no mistakes, he is just a tad socially retarded. He however perhaps doesn't understand why other people waste their time being Good. To him the rewards of Evil are obvious (and immediate), and the only impediment is Temporal in nature (the various Authorities that might try to stop him). Whereas those who are Good are generally so because of reasons Spiritual (morals), and the reward is a little less imediate (but very much eternal).

A rare few are 'Good" for temporal concerns, i.e. they aren't smart enough to get away with, and yet are canny enough to know this.

This is the very essence of the BM/WM schism. Temporal vs Spiritual. Immediate vs Eternal.

Black Mage has been to his Final Justice. It is rulership in Hell. White Mage is 'unsure' of her Final Reward, but has it on Good Faith. Surety vs Suposition.

Both are righteous in their actions, Black being Selfish, WM being Selfless.

And yes they really are polar opposites. It is an age old 'truism' that opposites atract. Just look to our mass media throughout the ages.

I'm sure Mr Clevinger has.*

I want you to remember, A love so full it could send us all ways...--EvilE

*I should perhaps add Bombastic to the opening litany.

Hiroshino · 12-11-2004, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kurosen

Actually, the "sicko" comment is just sad to me. Black Mage sees that abusing other people to benefit him is good. Doing it for no reason wouldn't benefit him, so he'd be crazy to bother doing it.

Heh, I actually thought that was funny. Sick? Maybe. Funny? Yes!!

All of what BM has done, like the murder of that orphan's family (way back when the Light Warrior's are telling their side of the story of how they solved the mystery at Crescent Lake or something..), I cracked up so bad.

evileeyore: You probably couldn't have said it better in my opinion.

kam_islash · 12-11-2004, 01:27 AM

I still say WM and BM will end up together in the end......
I mean the irony is just too incredible to pass up.

Or perhaps I love irony too much....

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12-11-2004, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kam_islash

I still say WM and BM will end up together in the end......
I mean the irony is just too incredible to pass up.

Or perhaps I love irony too much....

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Keep dreaming, chief, keep dreaming.
As I have heard, Brian already said that such thing wasn't going to happend.
I can tell you that BM will probably have a miserable or painful ending and/or destruction. You see, I came to the conclusion that while Brian finds BM a funny character, he doesn't intend to give him any kind of lasting pleasure at all. In fact, he may be planning to perpetually punish him for every bad thing he has done.
He may give him chances to change or progress as a character... But he will always keep BM perpetually amoral and uncaring for everything, because the character has no actual resources or bases for a change.
Sure, BM wants to be with WM... But he has no idea or hints about how to do it.

It's like watching a man who ignores what a stair is, trying to reach the roof of a house... Watching in amusement, but never giving the man instructions about how to use a stair.
Sure, it wouldn't be funny if BM stopped killing... But it would be fun to see him struggling wtih hesitation once he gets a reason to not kill. Because, right now, he has no reason to not kill everyone he wants to and exploiting the resources of his world exhept for punishment from the authorities or people more powerful than him.

12-11-2004, 01:27 AM	#109
kam_islash Orangebelt...what? Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 255	I still say WM and BM will end up together in the end...... I mean the irony is just too incredible to pass up. Or perhaps I love irony too much.... /// __________________ *Now for the (un)popular Signature Series: What if Hollywood were more like 8 bit?>* HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS :wmage: We could have been killed! Or worse...EXPELLED! :rmage: That woman has GOT to get her priorities straight.

12-10-2004, 04:48 PM	#101
blackmage15 Goomba Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 12	Personally, I never thought that the BM/WM pairing would ever happen, and I want BM to stay morally bankrupt. He just wouldn't be funny if he wasn't.

12-10-2004, 05:35 PM	#103
tazz31406 Shyguy Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 149	I always find myself rooting for Black Mage to get her even though I know it's not gonna happen. I like to call it the Tom & Jerry Effect. Cause didn't you always hope the cat would kill the damn mouse?