Re: Arc 51: Show Business
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:10 am
Not enough people go into my bedroom for me to consider that "out in the open." (I am the sole occupant.)
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I have stranger things laying around my room,RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:I'd at least find some way to not have a golden statue of a nine-tailed fox with the words "or was it?" out in the open.
or maybe he just locks his room?Kitch wrote:It's probably enchanted to prevent such from happening.
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How else do you expect a dog to get money? His 'owner' vanished, he lives with a bunch of rich ferrets who have likely turned him down for his request and he has a girlfriend who lives miles away who he would like to talk to more then once a year.RootsofOrigin wrote:King is a sellout.Radio Blue Heart wrote:It's a paying gig. But is it really worth it, King? She does not love you.
Why do you people keep thinking that?Sleet wrote:Who said he's be paid with money?
Threatening to hurt King would do nothing at all to pull him towards her cause. She's a show dog who is used to getting her way, threats are very uncouth to say the least and would also result in King stabbing her in the back the moment he got a chance. King has -never- responded well to force.KJOokami wrote:Duchess doesn't really seem like the type to be stingy with her money if it means getting her way. If she didn't intend to actually give him money, she would be just as well threatening him with bodily harm (via Boris) to get him to compete, rather than offering compensation at all.
Personally I think The Cosmic Nerds are a lot simpler then everyone is making them out to be they are just a bunch of Nerds playing a cosmic version of D&D. I doubt there is anything more to it then that. Really I wonder why Pete wanted Grape more then anything and Dragon went out of her way to stop him, that seems more odd to me.PhoenixAsper wrote:You know, there IS still something that tells me that there might have been an ulterior motive behind all of Pete's actions, but until I see that motive, he's nothing but a maniacal, power abusive, wicked mythical creature to me.
In other news, anyone think that Bailey shows up and drama ensues?
I'm not that big a fan of plots that revolve around a simple misunderstanding; while the previous arc had that within its framing device, it was resolved in exactly one step (explaining the situation). If Bailey is to somehow become upset that Duchess and King entered a vanity contest as a couple, the reason for it would have to be one that is not easily resolved by simply explaining what's going on, because if that happens, all I would do is have King explain what is going on.IceKitsune wrote: Even if Bailey shows up (which I doubt she will) I don't think there will be much drama if there is it should be easily explained by both King and Duchess, so at best it would be very short lived.
Although it's still taking me a while to determine all the details, Pete's actions have a motivation behind them that's more than just "lol I dog owner".Foxstar wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete just wants to win and that's why he does things which cast him in a most unfavorable light. Even cosmic beings can have moments of inappropriate behavior, more so with lesser beings.
On the point of it being "uncouth", fair enough. But Duchess doesn't know anything about King beyond that he apparently won a competition while he was still with Pete; she doesn't have a clue about his temperament towards being forced into things. The only reason *we* know about that is because we've been following his story from outside the comic.Foxstar wrote:Threatening to hurt King would do nothing at all to pull him towards her cause. She's a show dog who is used to getting her way, threats are very uncouth to say the least and would also result in King stabbing her in the back the moment he got a chance. King has -never- responded well to force.
Then is there also a reason he wanted Grape at first, and Dragon felt the need to interfere with that choice?rickgriffin wrote:Although it's still taking me a while to determine all the details, Pete's actions have a motivation behind them that's more than just "lol I dog owner".Foxstar wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete just wants to win and that's why he does things which cast him in a most unfavorable light. Even cosmic beings can have moments of inappropriate behavior, more so with lesser beings.
She may not know much about King, but she's smart and well bred enough to likely realize forcing the matter if bribery didn't work would cause more problems then could be solved by big dog personal assistants.KJOokami wrote:On the point of it being "uncouth", fair enough. But Duchess doesn't know anything about King beyond that he apparently won a competition while he was still with Pete; she doesn't have a clue about his temperament towards being forced into things. The only reason *we* know about that is because we've been following his story from outside the comic.Foxstar wrote:Threatening to hurt King would do nothing at all to pull him towards her cause. She's a show dog who is used to getting her way, threats are very uncouth to say the least and would also result in King stabbing her in the back the moment he got a chance. King has -never- responded well to force.
That you need to ask this makes me feel ashamed.IceKitsune wrote: Then is there also a reason he wanted Grape at first, and Dragon felt the need to interfere with that choice?
I was just asking just to make sure really, I was 90% sure there was a reason. Now I'm wondering if Tarot/Dragons warning Grape and Peanut didn't push Grape away from Pete then what in the world could have?rickgriffin wrote:That you need to ask this makes me feel ashamed.IceKitsune wrote: Then is there also a reason he wanted Grape at first, and Dragon felt the need to interfere with that choice?
Actually there's a completely different reason why he ended up not getting Grape. No more spoilers now.
Maybe, but maybe she also wanted to know he actually had papers before she made the proposal.JohnWillow wrote: Just a light bit of critisism though, somehow it just doesnt sit right that Duchess is now suddenly in King's bedroom, surely the part where she tells him what she wants would've come way before this.
Except that would have derailed this arc for how long? And I have a lot of plot points to get through.JohnWillow wrote:Yea, that's certainly possible. I was just not sure why King would trust a dog he's never met and one that held him down against his will. I did think of the possibility that he was forced to show her but i just dont know why he wouldn't demand an answer, actually (just a sudden thought) that would've been fun to see, both of them can be quite demanding so you could've gone down the route of a war of demands broken by the threat of pummelling.
If that's the case, if I were King, and I knew that to be true, I'd be one tap or poke away from going serious Babylon 5 on the lot of them.Foxstar wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete just wants to win and that's why he does things which cast him in a most unfavorable light. Even cosmic beings can have moments of inappropriate behavior, more so with lesser beings.
I would have been that way ever since Pete stole the Fate Orb if I was King, as I already said before.PhoenixAsper wrote:If that's the case, if I were King, and I knew that to be true, I'd be one tap or poke away from going serious Babylon 5 on the lot of them.Foxstar wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete just wants to win and that's why he does things which cast him in a most unfavorable light. Even cosmic beings can have moments of inappropriate behavior, more so with lesser beings.
There's not much, if anything King can do to disrupt the game or Kitsune, Dragon and Pete's lives,PhoenixAsper wrote:If that's the case, if I were King, and I knew that to be true, I'd be one tap or poke away from going serious Babylon 5 on the lot of them.Foxstar wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete just wants to win and that's why he does things which cast him in a most unfavorable light. Even cosmic beings can have moments of inappropriate behavior, more so with lesser beings.
At least nothing within the bounds of the PG rating anyway and not without maybe acting out of character for him.Foxstar wrote:There's not much, if anything King can do to disrupt the game or Kitsune, Dragon and Pete's lives,PhoenixAsper wrote:If that's the case, if I were King, and I knew that to be true, I'd be one tap or poke away from going serious Babylon 5 on the lot of them.Foxstar wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete just wants to win and that's why he does things which cast him in a most unfavorable light. Even cosmic beings can have moments of inappropriate behavior, more so with lesser beings.
because furrets are tricksy and falserickgriffin wrote:Why do you people keep thinking that?Sleet wrote:Who said he's be paid with money?
oh wait, we're actually going to hear about this and it's not just going to be unresolved forever?rickgriffin wrote:Actually there's a completely different reason why he ended up not getting Grape. No more spoilers now.
Really I hope I'm right about it and its coming soon, or at least Pete picks his avatar soon, hopefully both.Sinder wrote:oh wait, we're actually going to hear about this and it's not just going to be unresolved forever?rickgriffin wrote:Actually there's a completely different reason why he ended up not getting Grape. No more spoilers now.
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Champion idea?IceKitsune wrote:Edit: I guess she might have rejected him from the beginning anyway due to not liking magic. Or its because of that champion idea Rick brought up before that he said he might use later, and he was never going to have her as she is important to the game in another way.
Its been a while but IIRC: Originally Rick was going to call the Nerds having "Avatars" as having "Champions" but decided against it, and said he might use that idea/term for something else at a later time.RootsofOrigin wrote:Champion idea?IceKitsune wrote:Edit: I guess she might have rejected him from the beginning anyway due to not liking magic. Or its because of that champion idea Rick brought up before that he said he might use later, and he was never going to have her as she is important to the game in another way.