#430 – Alas Poor Romantic Subplot
October 8th, 2012 |
Less than two weeks to the Expo!
More than four years late to Twitter!
Previous appearance of “The B-Team”. Which is not a canonical appellation; no-one in-universe calls them that. That would sort of imply inferiority to Eastwood and co.
BTW, “sarky”, as in sarcastic. And as in pronouncing sake wrong. #ExplainingTheJoke #HashtagJokesAreSo2009CutItOutVirus
wow I feel bad for them… still at least in the end they got her justice.
Don’t feel bad. Damien’s just upset she became dead to him before he got to hit it.
Really, Virus? REALLY? This is what you come up with? I detect jealous undertones.
??? You’d think with what happened when we last saw them she would have. (it was heavily implied anyway)
or is the person they are talking about not the one in this: http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2010-12-27/comic/the-b-team/not-a-bad-days-work/ comic?
Heh, it’s strange that we’ve only done B-Team twice now… We talk about them behind the scenes a lot more, but sometimes forget nobody but us knows details about em. Damien’s a womaniser of James Bondian proportions. We never learned the name of the doe in the 2010 comic, and chances are, nor did Damien.
That’s got to make it hard to take on Soulthirster cults.
it seems I have been put in my place. I don’t like my place. I feel dumb now.
No worries. We just need to establish the characters and their traits more strongly over time.
I aspire to do my own webcomic soon- my art is nearly up to snuff. So I’ve been spending time lately stalking any webcomics with well-developed characters. I’ve found that nothing can make or break a story better than the characters.
The toaster is SMART!?
We’re all ducked.
No, no no. The toaster is not SMART. The toaster is LESS DUMB than Virus, which isn’t saying much.
Still.
Virus is still the smartest member of the team (with the occasional exception of Rogue). Still not saying much, but still…
Fucked.
Character development… for a toaster.
For a POSSESSED toaster, at that.
Also? IT’S NEVER PLUGGED IN.
What confines it to the kitchen?
And how does it know… well, EVERYTHING about Virus?
Oh, and too bad about what’s-her-name.
What confines it to the kitchen is its distinct lack of legs.
It has a prehensile cord and you’re doubting whether it can MOVE?
This one knows too much. Kill the fleshling for the glory of Lord Fernex!
Kill the organic one!
A corrupted file… one thing to destroy them all. I swear it will kill us all one day.
That one-liner about sake made me almost physically ill.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
I still don’t understand it, despite my efforts and mastery of wordplay.
Say “Sake” pronounced “Socky” . Now say it with an accent. It becomes “Sarky”. As in “Sarcastic”.
Yeeaah, it is rather dependant on accent. And I think “sarky” is a British thing, too. Not the easiest pun to convey in text, to an international audience.
Well as long as ENOUGH people get it, It works. And, on the off chance that NOBODY gets something, then they all get to laugh at whoever made the joke. Incidentally, who is responsible for that atrocity? Eastwood? I’m not yet clear on all of your roles.
Our roles aren’t really clear-cut anyway, but in this particular case? Yes, yes he is.
Toster tottaly deserves more screentime :D
So, what happened to the Lothar expy?
A good question. I’m not sure why he isn’t here. Perhaps he’s watching their ride?
Eh, he wasn’t in the script. And since only East and Vi showed up on their side, I thought it mirrored better if it were a bonding between just Damien and Xan. I did think about having their conversation occur airborne on the open ramp of their Spectre (perhaps a sporty red number? Perhaps not), and then we could assume Korvos had the wheel. But then I thought the final casual walk-away wouldn’t work as well. (Plus a hill and a bush is easier to draw than superawesome rocketships)
No wait! Their Spectre should still be black, it just needs a red spoiler and side stripe.
I refuse to break into song this time.
They can’t use that color scheme. They’re the B TEAM.
Red with a black stripe?
Why not?
”facepalm”
Are we supposed to know who Suzuki is? Did she even get any screentime or was this all off panel?
Off panel. The B-Team in action are simply too awesome for mere panels to contain.
Isn’t this the B teams’ third appearance?
Second
Xandius did also appear in the convention handout back in April. But he was off the clock and on the piss, so didn’t really count as a proper B-Team strip.
This is their second official appearance, with lines and everything. They’ve had a handful more cameo appearances (in Morth and Wildfire’s storylines, off the top of my head, possibly elsewhere), but only two as the ‘B-Team’
The other was a two-parter as well, yeh? So second B-team-centric story, fourth B-team centric comic.
Technically, the fourth comic in which the B-team stars.
First panel: IF?!
What, it doesn’t WANT to make them suffer?
No, it does, it just doesn’t want some other worthless appliance to get the credit for it.
is Damian a time travel fusion of Eastwood and Rogue? Because that would certainly explain a lot.
You, sir, have blown my mind. And that’s hard to do,
Eastwood, Rogue and Jeff Goldblum all got in a matter transporter together one time.
Cheater.
I wonder if these guys will ever cooperate with Eastwood’s group one day. I think that would be hilarious. Kind of like how Washington joined the main cast of Red vs. Blue.
Jonson: Is this all you guys ever do? Is argue?
Eastwood: Yes! It’s part of our charm! Quit fucking it up!
I can’t tell if Virus is smug because he got the toaster to tell the truth, making Eastwood the one dumber than a toaster, or if Virus is smug because Eastwood “agreed” with him, making Virus the one dumber than a toaster.
….Both?
He didn’t GET the toaster to tell the truth. Virus DID break the kettle.The whole thing went over Virus’ head, but he thought he won because he got the toaster to lie, thereby proving what he said about it being a liar.Incidentally, these two are the only ones who can make Eastwood look smart. The order is: VIRUS is dumber than THE TOASTER is dumber than EASTWOOD is dumber than EVERYBODY ELSE. I also just realized how much Flack I give Virus. Should I feel guilty? Yeah. Do I?…
Your dumbness order is correct. But I still think it’s ambiguous as to whether Virus broke the kettle or not. He might be too dumb to have made up the story. It doesn’t matter, Hal and the Toaster are going to make him shoulder the blame regardless.
Hal? You mean Eastwood? Isn’t that HAROLD?
Harold, Harry, Hal. All acceptable, all have been used in EN dialogue.
Huh. Didn’t remember “Hal”. Good to know.
So… is it bad I thought the joke was making a joke on “Salty”, as in “upset”?
No need to get “Sake”?
Yeah, I should go bury my head in the ground.
The end.
‘The End’
WHY WOULD YOU- Nah, forget it.
am i the only one who saw 47?
The B Team eh? I remember the bat from a previous comic (not b team related) where he proved to be an insufferable over achiever. He was annoying. How come their other buddy isn’t with them this time?