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Page 1185 - Gin & Doctor, Part 5
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Let's go for the biggest of the bigwigs (and I don't mean Flim&Flam in disguises)
Nightmare Moon and Daybreaker
Nightmare Moon and Daybreaker
Wings, though... ;)
I think the distinction is that it's possible to lose without breaking your disk. It seems like something that could be fun if you can protect your back, and I assume that why Gin invited Doc to participate. I also kind of understand, based on Gin's reaction here, why the character might not want to talk about the more lethal elements.
EDIT: Also, he said "don't break your disk," not "losing a game will break your disk" or "your disk can be broken by the outside force controlling this whole place," which is very different.
I love the low-key tenderness of the first three panels. Honestly, I think they capture one of the reasons I've always liked the show and world of Friendship is Magic: love and compassion are pretty freely given and unconditional. These two just met, and Doc is all but cradling Gin to comfort him. I just love the sweetness of the gesture, and the expressions on the characters.
Of course I've been conditioned to view this as a shippable moment, but this is just a very empathic moment between virtual strangers. I love how natural this active comforting seems. It's less that it's a remarkable gesture and more that this conveys really well how UNremarkable it would be for ponies to engage in similar behaviors to this one. All I can say is "well done."
Of course I've been conditioned to view this as a shippable moment, but this is just a very empathic moment between virtual strangers. I love how natural this active comforting seems. It's less that it's a remarkable gesture and more that this conveys really well how UNremarkable it would be for ponies to engage in similar behaviors to this one. All I can say is "well done."
Granted, this is also the "new player characters instantly befriend one another" trope. But that's part of why ponies and roleplaying games go together.
For some reason I think Doc looks like Lupin III in that last panel... stuff's about to go down, ponies.
There's no crazy-awesome like 70's anime crazy-awesome. Lupiiin the Thiiiiiird! ^_^
... Huh. Just noticed that the cutie mark from panels 1 & 4 are flipped compared to panel 6.
That grin is when you wonder, when you start worrying for whomever or whatever is going get it.
And I love to see it, because the confused look everyone else has, is just icing on the cake.
Artist: Digo Dragon
Guest Author's Note: "The Master Cloud Pillar did not start out as a chess program. It may once have been the best friend of a certain Fillyinger, but only in a companion cube sense.
The bigwings will show up soon enough, but in the mean time would anyone care to guess exactly what they are?"