Elliot's parents are masters of the Unusually Uninteresting Sight. It's not a Weirdness Censor, more like Seen It All.
Resistance is Futile
Actually, the way they take things so well explains a lot about Ellen's acceptance of her fate...
But that's just my personal 
Also, the Dunkel's nonchalance was one of the first strips that got me to laugh. I do so like them.
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what about their punishments, "he can have one brownie" they are... I'm not sure what they are.
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Standard dramatic lightning sound effect indoors at the mention of the Bland Name version of IKEA?
edited 12th Mar '10 8:25:55 AM by AweStriker
"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "
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What's so bad/dramatic about shopping at IKEA. It's nice. Lot's of parking space and a food court.
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The actual store part is... a bit difficult to navigate. Presumably its mazeness will get exaggerated to Etrian Odyssey levels.
"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "
Resistance is Futile
^^Because of that poor poor milker that is now in the rain and nobody loves it anymore?
Also, this whole preparation to make it an actual book, I'm skeptical. The info dump seems to be intoxicating to anyone who hasn't read the webcomic.
edited 12th Mar '10 2:20:52 PM by A_H_R
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YOSH!
Off topic of the current plot, I've been noticing a pattern of people noticing a lack of character on Justin's part. I noticed it vaguely too, but it bugged me to notice that the only tropes under his character was The Woobie and Straight Gay. A review even took note that there doesn't seem to be much to him besides "Token Homosexual"
Perhaps my third and recent archive binge has been putting other traits under light, but I was able to find observant, organized, and likes fantasy to be something.
Any thoughts on this?
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Justin Tolkienberry, more like TOKENBERRY.
But yeah, he's a bit nondescreipt, and not relaly vital to the plot. He acts as a catalyst for some events, but for the most part he's furniture. He has the potential to be (funny enough) the Straight Man to the group's supernatural qualities.
edited 14th Mar '10 3:47:22 PM by JethroQWalrustitty
the statement above is false
Resistance is Futile
I wouldn't mind Justin being in the background if he actually got a happily ever after *grumbles*
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I'm pretty sure Justin and Sarah are both fairly flat...
Resistance is Futile
Well, Sarah at least got her own mini arc with the school uniforms. Plus, more in general screen time due to being at the same school as Ted and Elliot.
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YOSH!
I worry less for Sarah since I consider her the "control" of the group since nigh everybody has some strange quirk. Which is probably why I have a problem with Justin. He was the original homosexual member of the cast and he also studies Anime martial arts. You'd think this would heighten some sort of weirdness to him. Heck, we should be expecting him to develop magical powers considering what Anime Style martial arts did to Elliot.
Perhaps I am hoping too much, or maybe the cast's size and tendency to split up needs two controls.
edited 16th Mar '10 2:31:19 PM by ACDrawings
When All Else Fails, you have fun and flirt wit da ladies, dats da Drawings way!
Resistance is Futile
I think it would be awesome if he got his own spellbook, and Yu Gi Oh Lawyer-Friendly Cameo 's were what he got from them, or he had some sort of card motif.
That would be kickass.
Oh, and he should get a boyfriend. Yes.
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Justin is the only gay man so I doubt he's going to get anyone any time soon. That's one thing that bothers me there are 3? gay girls but only 1 gay guy? that's not very fair
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Heck, we should be expecting him to develop magical powers considering what Anime Style martial arts did to Elliot. Maybe in a few years, but he's not that good at it yet. Plus, Elliot is implied to have been particularly tough to begin with.
I still want to know if the "unleashing inner demons" thing was just a one off gag, or if it's going to be a Brick Joke or extremely belated Chekhov's Gun.
...eventually, we will reach a maximum entropy state where nobody has their own socks or underwear, or knows who to ask to get them back.
Court Dragon
...that was answered in the Q&A joke. Just a random anime-style-martial-arts move that would be really strong but have a berserker rage effect.
I have a message from another time...
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When was that answered? I don't remember that.
I'm a bit disappointed. I was hoping it was some skill particular to Elliot's personality which would entail, say, an evil, hydra-esque spirit emanating from Elliot and consuming everything in its path.
...eventually, we will reach a maximum entropy state where nobody has their own socks or underwear, or knows who to ask to get them back.
^ Last week, or the week before.
Well, Dan's right. It is kind of about time Noah showed up, given that his introduction
was fairly ominous, or at least a parody of ominous.
edited 16th Mar '10 10:10:54 PM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
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Man, Noah got even girlier. Didn't know he would be able to.
You've lost. You're the Bomb Squad after the bomb's gone off. I'm the blast ongoing.
He also seems to have ditched the "creepily emotionless face" bit.
edited 17th Mar '10 6:34:22 AM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
If he's gay I wonder if he and Justin will get together... if so the one chick who chases after Justin and is friends with Noah isn't going to take it well.
It took me a few panels to identify Noah as male, for reference. I like his verbal tic, though,
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My god is Mrs. Dunkel accepting
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