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« Reply #30 on: November 01, 2012, 03:04:42 pm » |
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Maybe this is the line that connects the issues I have a problem with. Bearing Gifts was almost all personality erasure, Pwned was horrid personalities, a failed HAL and personality erasure. Martian Harem is complete personality and will erausre as a fact of biology, and now we're seeing it in HK and BR. Come to think of it, if Daffyd were toe-dabbling in personality erasure and permanent modification as punishment, his first target would be his ex, so at least THAT tracks, even if I don't like where we're going.
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« Reply #31 on: November 02, 2012, 01:26:18 pm » |
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I actually really dug this issue. He's intelligent, but he's desperate and becoming corrupted by his power. I like that we can also see the hunter moving in to dissuade him from fully going down the route he's on.
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« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2012, 03:16:16 am » |
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Personally, I loved this issue. I always took The Hidden Knowledge as sort of a slow-burn story: Daffyd starts small, but over time gets more aggressive with his powers. This issue seemed like a turning point, in a good way, towards Daffyd going full-out with his powers. I've been waiting for him to fully brainwash Janice since Issue #1. And really, guys... isn't this why we're here? If I didn't want this to happen, I'd read... you know... normal porn.
Just wanted to delurk because I was surprised by all the negativity this issue got. Nobody seems to mind when BR does the exact same thing...
PS, loved seeing the book's previous owner losing his own powers. Really ups the ante on that side of the story, I think.
We're here for the erotic mind-control, which has been top-notch for most of the comic. And I am another reader who thinks "Beyond Rubies" has tailed off a bit after a promising start. Basically I have two objections: Frankentits is gross, and turning that one girl into something of a zombie at the end troubles me. I've been waiting for Daffyd to make Janice into a slave too; I just hope she isn't a drone. |
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« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2012, 06:28:45 am » |
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Personally, I loved this issue. I always took The Hidden Knowledge as sort of a slow-burn story: Daffyd starts small, but over time gets more aggressive with his powers. This issue seemed like a turning point, in a good way, towards Daffyd going full-out with his powers. I've been waiting for him to fully brainwash Janice since Issue #1. And really, guys... isn't this why we're here? If I didn't want this to happen, I'd read... you know... normal porn.
Just wanted to delurk because I was surprised by all the negativity this issue got. Nobody seems to mind when BR does the exact same thing...
PS, loved seeing the book's previous owner losing his own powers. Really ups the ante on that side of the story, I think.
We're here for the erotic mind-control, which has been top-notch for most of the comic. And I am another reader who thinks "Beyond Rubies" has tailed off a bit after a promising start. Basically I have two objections: Frankentits is gross, and turning that one girl into something of a zombie at the end troubles me. I've been waiting for Daffyd to make Janice into a slave too; I just hope she isn't a drone. One of the main premises of BR is body manipulation, "Frankentits" as you call them. I don't find it gross in the slightest. For me it's the opposite because of how well HMB draws them. PK does them very well in SJI too. Everyone has different tastes obviously, but statements like "We're here for the erotic mind-control" make it seem like you are trying to speak for everyone. EMC has all sorts of facets that make up the genre. Body manipulation is common in the genre, and at least by this reader very appreciated. |
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« Reply #34 on: November 04, 2012, 11:55:14 am » |
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Everyone has different tastes obviously, but statements like "We're here for the erotic mind-control" make it seem like you are trying to speak for everyone. That's not what he meant. He was only answering to this: I've been waiting for him to fully brainwash Janice since Issue #1. And really, guys... isn't this why we're here? |
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« Reply #35 on: November 16, 2012, 02:49:15 pm » |
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All I can say is it seems the girls are forming a new church. It's Branch Daffydian!  |
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« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2012, 03:41:57 pm » |
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An early gift for you! Enjoy.  |
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« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2012, 05:17:03 pm » |
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That's so sweet! Thank you!
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« Reply #38 on: December 21, 2012, 05:38:58 pm » |
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An early gift for you! Enjoy. I like your gift Make great card for closes friends |
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« Reply #39 on: December 21, 2012, 07:42:59 pm » |
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Thanks for the gift, you can never have enough sexy mind controlled women.
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« Reply #40 on: December 23, 2012, 01:26:03 am » |
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Sweet gift. Thanks so much!
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« Reply #41 on: February 03, 2013, 07:02:13 pm » |
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Feels great to be posting again after so long! Figured I should chime in on the comic that brought me to MCC in the first place. XD
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Thanks for getting content out as often as you can. The payment situation isn't making it any easier, I'm sure.
Daffyd=Jerk
____Okay, I've argued this point before, and I feel like I need to mention it again. The only MCC protagonist so far that has any redeeming qualities is Adrian from SJI. Daffyd is a jerk, and has been since the very beginning. The only difference now is that he isn't afraid to show it because he's on a power trip.
____Right from the get go, he had that slightly pathetic/entitled "I'm a nice guy with beautiful friends, so one of them should want to fuck me" vibe. The very second he got power he didn't hesitate to snatch a random woman off the street to experiment on, despite her begging him to stop. Then when Kayleigh told him how he caused relationship troubles for Marlissa, he wasn't the least bit sorry and was instead focusing on fucking her. Finally, he broke her will when she resisted him, just like he did in this issue.
____So really, this is nothing new. He only allowed his harem the illusion of free will while they didn't resist. Now that he has settled into his powers he sees his lovers as things rather than people, so it seems like he will just stop pretending, break all their wills, and just mold them into drone fuck dolls.
"Frankentits"
____This one is a toughie for me. I like BE and body manipulation, and have no illusions about that. But it just didn't feel right in this story, nor did it fit well with PC's style. I know the point was to shock the reader by showing that Daffyd has gone too far. It just didn't feel sexy to me, and felt really jarring. I think PC can make some nice looking large breasts, but ginormous tits just don't look right on his more balanced female figures.
Drones
____I'll come out and say that I actually really like drone and personality erasure stories, under the right circumstances. In the case of this story, it was the natural conclusion of Daffyd's powers. That is the dilemma with using this kind of MC, since there is really nothing to stop the controller from using it constantly and overriding all free will.
New Developments
____I'm intrigued by golden Tari, shady evil dude losing his power, and skeletor showing a modicum of mercy. Also, I am curious what Kayleigh will do now that she has seen how far Daffyd will go. Definitely curious to see what comes of those particular elements.
____I'm not expecting anything new from Daffyd for the aforementioned reasons. Short of an unexpected character 180, I suspect he can't really develop any further as a character. At this point, I'd almost like it if he was suddenly stripped of his power and knocked down a peg. However, we shall just have to wait and see what happens.
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« Reply #42 on: February 03, 2013, 09:36:17 pm » |
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I wish I could refute part 2 of this analysis, but events have borne it out. I'm really NOT a fan of Bertram and his acolytes as they all tend to remind me of the truly despicable characters in that two-volume comic with the "horny HAL program." So far, the guy in Enchanted Summer hasn't had the opportunity to demonstrate selfish power run amok, but he's the only male character with a positive development arc outside Adrian. Daffyd, Bertram, and the husband from Bigger are all on the "absolute power corrupts absolutely" journey, speeding straight over the cliff.
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« Reply #43 on: February 05, 2013, 07:19:02 am » |
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I agree that he's a jerk, but I don't think it's because he's intrinsically a bad guy like Brian from Found Objects, I think it's more of power corrupting, and fear. I think he actually could do a 180 if someone had a frank talk with him.
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« Reply #44 on: February 09, 2013, 12:04:46 am » |
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I would hope that would happen. HK used to be my favorite comic on the site by a wide margin and a course correction for Daffyd would bring it back to what I really enjoyed (besides the excellent art) when the story began.
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