At the same time, he may serve as Wish Fulfillment: a fantasy for the audience. Being cranked up to the top and played for laughs as he is, the Heroic Comedic Sociopath is so fun and invincible that the audience naturally cheers for him and his wacky antics.
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The Karma Houdini is a natural part of his being-it's simply too hilarious to let him get away with it. (Note that it is not always a "he", but female Heroic Sociopaths are rarer.)Ī Heroic Comedic Sociopath can and will eat the souls of jaywalkers, swindle old ladies, detonate buildings, punt puppies into traffic, and steal candy from babies all in broad daylight with a hundred witnesses present. Far more often he's dealing out Comedic Sociopathy and Crossing the Line Twice. His punishment, at worst, is that he may be on the receiving end of some Laser-Guided Karma. He differs from most Anti-Hero archetypes in that he's never ineffectual or angsty-he loves what he does for a living. The Heroic Comedic Sociopath is a very special sort of comic relief who works toward a positive, morally affirming goal whilst being as evil as possible along the way. I mention him because not only is he a great character, but he's basically the blueprint for a very tough character type to pull off - one that DLP in general (as much as any statement like this is true) seems absolutely taken with when done right. Plus, a special shoutout to Belkar Bitterleaf, the halfling Ranger/Barbarian and one true Heroic Comedic Sociopath.
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Has some really, really awesome Wham Episodes, making full use of the fact that hundreds and hundreds of strips gives one plenty of time for some serious foreshadowing. (Plus, with Miko, there's certainly no "Umbridge gets carried off by centaurs" unsatisfying comeuppance.
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Even really annoying characters like Miko Miyazaki are annoying in a great "foil for the other characters" way. Most of the characters are great, and there are very few duds. But slowly, things start to get a little more serious (though it never loses its sense of humor), and then a bit more serious still, and the stakes keep ratcheting up, and suddenly a character you like is doing something really dark and you're like "holy shit." Like Q said, it starts a fairly standard, lighthearted - even whimsical - D&D parody. One of the things I like best is how gradually it builds up and shifts tone. I basically agree with everything Qgqqqqq said about it. Been following for, I don't know, 5 years? I usually check in every 4 or 5 months, once there's a decent backlog of new stuff, and catch up.
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It has a slightly eclectic update rate, with no fixed schedule but coming in fits and bursts - for example, there was a period recently with maybe 5 in 2 weeks, but it's been slower since.ĥ/5, in my opinion, although the first half (or so, it's hard to tell when exactly) is probably more like 4.5 If they don't do it to you, but you're still interested(/bored) enough, I'd recommend sticking around until strip ~#120, the end of the first arc, to get a feel for it. The D&D jokes slowly fade away, although they're still part of the underlying system, they're simply not the focus of it anymore. It remains, however, very lighthearted throughout, whilst managing to touch on some proper issues within the format without ever losing sight of itself as a story. Whilst it starts as a simple parody of D&D (which I enjoyed, despite never having played), it expands quickly into a proper and enthralling story, with each of the characters individually eventually receiving surprising depth. This is probably my favorite webcomic, combining humor and drama into a surprisingly good adventure tale, all told through a simple stick-figure style. Summary: Taking place in a magical world that loosely operates by the rules of the 3.5 edition of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), the comic follows the sometimes farcical exploits of six adventurers as they strive to save the world from an evil lich sorcerer.
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Fandom: Original Webcomic, based on (to some extent) the Dungeons and Dragons system.