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Parable - 120 - HD
"BIRD!"CommentaryOne might have assumed Susan simply took the sudden appearance of wings and a halo in stride.One would be mistaken.Semantics! HOORAY!This is not change blindness. Or, at least, it is not "officially" change blindness.Change blindness is an actual phenomenon in which someone cannot tell something has changed because they did not see the change happen. This can refer to something like an object appearing or disappearing, or not noticing that someone's shaved their mustache.My (extremely limited) understanding ...
Parable - 119 - HD
They bug her.CommentaryTo be fair to Susan, this is all sorts of gross.
Parable - 118 - HD
Goody Two-Shoes.CommentaryAnd here we get to one reason why I didn't want to go the coliseum route. Grace might not be at the wheel, but we've still wound up with someone wanting more of a pacifist run.Granted, someone wanting to get through a coliseum as a pacifist has all SORTS of potential, but I daresay I don't want to attempt it in EGSNP's strip style.As for the goblin-like creatures, this references creatures called Hobbes in the Fable games. Fable 2 establishes the lore that they're former human kids, which is horrify...
Parable - 117 - HD
I'd argue it's rude to look at someone in this situation and say "poverty?!", but I'd argue she makes up for that faux pas rather quickly.CommentaryOh, there are MANY games I can criticize for THIS nonsense!...At least four. Fable 2, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Skyrim.Fable 2 I can criticize the hardest, however, because if memory serves, it allows you to give variable amounts of gold like this all at once, and it never changes anything for them. It's just a way to turn gold into "good" points.Fallout 3 get...
Parable - 116 - HD
I don't think fast travel is supposed to be teleportation in most games, but let's just keep that our little secret.CommentaryI wanted to give Susan sort of partially closed eyes look while looking up at not-Arthur, but maybe she just looks sleepy?Let's all cut me some slack and just agree on the headcanon that she needs a nap or something after this conversation, okay? Good. Glad that's settled.On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To The Coliseum. It Is A Silly PlaceI definitely didn't want to have them actually do the colis...
Parable - 115 - HD
When sneaking, remember to hold a torch.CommentarySomething I find rather strange about Fable 2 is that this is basically something you have to do.Your identity as a "Hero" (some sort of empowered person of destiny) is very important, and a threat to the main villain. In that game, there's basically you, the jack of all trades hero, and three other, more specialized heroes. There's basically two people anywhere in the kingdom who should be capable of using magic, and as far as the main villain's concerned, one of them, the p...
Parable - 114 - HD
The 90's sitcom audience continues to wooCommentaryFIRST! A reminder that there WAS a Friday--I mean, THURSDAY EGSNP, so if you're confused, you probably missed that.Now, on to the actual commentary.I felt the only way for this bit of a twist to work with Susan was for her reaction to be mild exasperation, effectively followed by "neat".Were Susan actually uncomfortable with the situation, everything would have to come to a halt, I would owe her approximately six thousand apology fruit baskets, and Diane would probably demonstra...
Parable - 113 - HD
(90's sitcom woo)CommentaryIs it a spoiler to say this is touching on video game logic?It is?Well, the heck with it, I want to say this is touching on video game logic.What else am I going to put down here, that I spent way too much time figuring out Rhoda's pose in panel one because I wanted it to be visually interesting and appealing? No! That's rubbish! You've seen the panel! You all know that! All I'm left with is video game logic, because you write what you know, and by golly, what I know is useless, useless video game ...
Parable - 112 - HD
"She has eaten all of our fish."CommentaryHow to draw Susan with short hair:Start drawing her hair as you always would, but once you get around the ears, make it short.I know that sounds like a joke, but that's basically my whole approach.
May End Of Month Poll #2
Small Femme-Tedd in oversized clothing! But what’s the implied reason?Can vote for more than one.
May End Of Month Poll #1
Femme-Justin!Can vote for more than one
Parable - 111 - HD
I used the standard set by Rhoda as the melee hero (buff, but not as buff as she could be) when settling on this character's figure.CommentarySee? This is what happens when you get on the plot train, SUSAN.I didn't know I was going to do the "losing the anti-spoiler veil" until I got to the actual drawing point of this comic, but thank goodness it's there so stuff later will be about 10,000% less confusing.
Parable - 110 - HD
CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO~!Commentary"I've seen Wall-E, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Also, I thought I told you to wear proper clothes, young lady."Like many things, this reminds me of Fallout 4 (for all its flaws, it's very absorbing. At least if you like settlement and robot building). In that game, you can take command of settlements, build them up, arm them, and effectively create patrolling guardians for most of the map.Not only do I consider it a non-standard "win" condition to take command of enough of the map that all of it is pr...
Parable - 109 - HD
Yet another instance of me wondering "is that too far" before remembering that ship had already sailed.CommentaryI accidentally forgot Justin's bowtie a couple strips back, then reduced the number as buttoned buttons on purpose to make it look like I was totally doing a thing on purpose. The nonsense in this comic is mostly because I wanted to restore the outfit, and celebrate it with sparkly star effects.Also, I wanted to draw it, but do I really need to say that? Yes. Yes, I do, or it looks like I'm trying to deny it, so BAM. ...
Parable - 108 - HD
What? No, I'm not covering for the fact that I forgot the bowtie in the previous strip by making Justin's outfit gradually more revealing. Perish the thought!Edit - Reworded first panel a bit.CommentaryFair warning, I do like this result. And I'd BETTER, because Susan's long hair is the biggest cheat for whenever I don't want to draw Susan's back.Thing is, recently, there have been times in this storyline when I've wanted to show Susan's back, and I've found myself drawing her hair doing all sorts of nonsense...
Parable - 107 - HD
A fairly late idea I had, in that I only had it a little while after the previous strip was done.While I've always been aware that hair shapes were the easiest way to tell my characters apart, it didn't quite hit me HOW important prior to the previous strip. Like, yeah, Susan has a different jawline and nose to Ellen, but in the previous strip's first panel, I basically see black haired Ellen.So yeah, Justin's looking at me, too, in this.I know of ways I could modify my style to make the face differences stand out more without r...
Parable - 106 - HD
Hair? Hair. Hair hair.Hair.CommentaryIndulgence intensifies.
Parable - 105 - HD
"WHOOPS, my scissors slipped. Now you have UNFLATTERING BANGS!"CommentaryLook, we're having a sequence with Justin as a magic barber.There is going to be indulgence and nonsense.
Parable - 104 - HD
The hottest Susan has ever been.CommentarySSSHHH!I'm having FUN.And to share that fun... Reference to Commander Riker growing a beard in season two of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Pretty much a mandatory beard to have with Susan. Jamie Hyneman's walrus mustache from Mythbusters. And possibly also not on Mythbusters. Saruman from The Lord Of The Rings. Sauron and Saruman are basically the Sarah and Susan of Middle Earth, name-wise. A mustache similar to those found on traders in the first first Fable game. The "twader" is in r...
Parable - 103 - HD
Well, of course.CommentaryThis is about hair, I like this fem-Justin design, I wanted light teasing, and this height difference is easier to work with, so yes. Yes to Justin the barber.In the context Justin was teasing at, a "beard" would be a man pretending to be Susan's boyfriend to give the entirely false impression that Susan is heterosexual.Which Justin jokes about here as a play on words and messing with Susan, but it does come from the very unfortunate reality of people wanting, or having, to hide their non-heterosexuality. W...
Parable - 102 - HD
Yes, the vest had to come of! Because I forgot about it when I sketched her back, and I realized it would be in the way of seeing her back, which meant it had BETRAYED ME!CommentaryNow, Susan, let's be fair, here.You probably own several.No game I've heard of that allows for hair changes mid-game makes you wait to grow your character's hair back, be it on top of their head, or on their face.Granted, I'm not asking them to. It just gets a bit odd, is all.
Parable - 101 - HD
I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE ON THAT ISLAND O_OCommentaryThis both is and isn't inspired by actual Fable 2 nonsense.Cosmetic potions (height change, weight change, scar removal, etc.) being exclusively sold on an island that's part of paid DLC? Yes, 100%.There being FREE DLC? As far as I can recall, no. There were pre-order bonuses if you wanted to dress up like Master Chief or play pub games, which sort of counts? In a way? Because it didn't cost extra, you just had to commit to getting the game early?It counts enough that this is totall...
Parable - 100 - HD
This all stands up to logic and continues to not be pandering, thank you very much.CommentaryI was originally going to have Susan drinking more potions in the comic itself, but then it occurred to me that the whole idea here is she's deciding how to distribute generic XP boosts, which would happen after potions were consumed, so... Yeah, that didn't work, exactly.On the plus side, less drinking on-panel means more Susan faces being visible.
Parable - 99 - HD
No, I didn't go with this skill leveling up because I thought it would be a crowd pleaser.Though, if I were pandering, it is what I'd go with, so fair accusation, hypothetical individual.CommentaryIt originally said "Level Up!" in the last panel, but then I heard "Power Up!" from the video game Altered Beast in my mind, and the rest was history.I know it looks like she's just drinking from the same sippy cup potion over and over in this comic, but it is technically more than one. I considered various ways to indicate...
April Poll #2
SQUIRREL GRAAAAAAAAAACE~!(By which we mean "half-squirrel", aka her standard furry form.)
April Poll #1
LUKE?!Yes, Luke.
Parable - 98 - HD
I'm not sure this actually needed a forth panel, but I'm not sure what I would have done with the extra panel width of only three panels, either. Ah, well, moving on!CommentaryThat much gold every five minutes in Fable 2 actually would be absurd. That much in an hour of play, however, or all at once after having not played for a while? No problem.I wasn't originally sure how I was going to explain away not being able to just physically give frozen enemies potions, but slow time acting more like it actually should is pretty much all ...
Parable - 97 - HD
Maybe Bunny Susan's affinity for Susan hasn't gone up much, but I bet her dancing made y'all swoon.CommentaryEven though this is poking fun at the things you do to make NPCs like you in Fable 2, and how long it can sometimes take, that "10% goes up to 10.2%" bit reminds me more of Fallout 4.In Fallout 4, you can have companions, and they like and dislike different things. Do enough things they like, and you'll progress through dialogue with them, possibly get a quest (I really feel there should have been more companion q...
Parable - 96
One should probably know what they're being given to drink even if they like a person, but this is still an improvement. Well, from that perspective, anyway.CommentaryThis was what I originally had planned for the previous comic before realizing I really needed to address "why not just buy more potions" question.Susan is talking to someone who looks like a bunny girl version of herself to answer the question "are the potions previously used on NPCs still in effect". Granted, that form's the result of an asset-swap potion...
Parable - 95 -HD
I hear they're made with berries, you know.CommentaryI hadn't actually planned on addressing this, but after being asked "why doesn't Susan just buy a bunch of the less potent potions" by several people, it became apparent that people had clearly FORGOTTEN how shops in the games I'm parodying work, and how they'd restock only after waiting seven days in-game time, and sometimes you'd have to wait a bit longer than that, or travel elsewhere first, or do SOMETHING to get the restock to trigger, because video games ...
