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Parable - 59 - HD
🕑 Added 2020-01-22 23:33:07 +0000 UTCBound for old Rorikstead, no doubt. (Skyrim reference! BAM!)
(...There's a song called Ragnar the Red in the game that mentions "old Rorikstead" SORRY I HAD TO EXPLAIN IT)
Commentary
Hey, at least we're acknowledging that these solutions exist, Susan. Have you ever played Final Fantasy VII? There are all sorts of healing items you can get that characters forget about in cut scenes!
Granted, one could argue "oh, it's a DIFFERENT stone curse", or "that item only revives FAINTED allies", etc, but they didn't properly provide such exposition. Therefore, we all get to be snarky about this forever.
Ragnar the Fled
If you've been reading previous commentaries, you know this character is basically a modern parody of a generic villain I made up as a kid called "RaCnar", not "RaGnar". Ragnar being an actual name that's not attributed to any MMORPG velociraptors that I am aware of, however, I decided to just go with it.
For parody purposes, there's really no need for Ragnar to come back. He's done his job. Part of my quest in this parody is to comment by showing alternatives for, rather than just exaggerations and weird twists on, the source material. Therefore Rhoda, the hero of melee weaponry that smashes and stabs and such, gets a personal adversary of sorts who'll be back later.
And Susan is just THRILLED about that! YAAAAAY
Comments
ZekeStaright
#PhoenixDownForAerith
Rachel Greenham
oh yeah, he's totally the sort that learned his grammar the old-fashioned way and still thinks that's correct *because* the plebs don't talk like that.
coredumperror
> There are all sorts of healing items you can get that characters forget about in cut scenes! This is one reason why I really liked Dragon Quest. They straight up acknowledge "Your party member has died!", and then you can revive them with resurrection magic. Though (SPOILERS), a party member does die permanently at one point. But there's a good reason that you can't rez her.
Otter Annason
the way i hear it in my head is as though the I were a first initial rather than a pronoun--he thinks of his name as like a book title
Dan Shive
"I" just sounded more appropriate to me somehow in villain declaration context.
Stephen Gilberg
Inept at grammar to boot. 'I" should be "me."
Vicroc4
Ragnar there better just hope he doesn't run into anyone named Matilda.
Deborah Miles
Even more annoying is when YOU have to make a similar choice, and stopping the guy doing bad is the "wrong" one. It doesn't matter if *the heckin' planet's about to blow up,* you have to first save the people who have been imprisoned for MONTHS and can probably wait a few more hours. =P (Star Wars MMO - that's only one example, but it's probably the worst... It's the worst I remember, at any rate. -.-;; )
Emtu
For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nexk5FsBDTM
