Ouch, that joke hurt, which I'm sure it was meant to.

Gosh, I really need a couch like that to just fall asleep on, it looks so comfy.

Being only 3 feet hall had advantages when it comes to couch comfiness. You're so small you just can surround yourself by pillows and fit into anything.

And it's meant to hurt. Anything to throw your opponent off for even a moment.

I'm almost twice her size.

Wait, when did I become your opponent?

You got to watch out. Tesi's always out for blood whether you thought you were playing a game with her or not.

Oh...

I was referring to the the Loss joke.

Oh. Sorry. Yeah, that was a thing. I was actually a reader of the comic at the time and then that came out of nowhere. It pretty infamous and gets mocked a lot. My friend even made reference to it when I was showing the original sketch.

That's a shame it gets mocked, really carries such powerful themes I think shouldn't be ignored, but then again, I wasn't reading to the comic series when it released, so...

It's more the problem of the tone shift. Imagine you have an entire story that's nothing but comedy and jokes and then suddenly, that. Not to say there haven't been comedy works that have shifted into a more serious tone, but they usually do so gradually. This was pure tonal whiplash and then shortly went back to comedy.

Also, I'm strictly speaking about tone here. I do think it's quite possible to have serious powerful messages within an overall comedic work. It all comes down to skill as a writer. Large shifts in tone though are quite hard to pull off though. Not sure if you've ever seen From Dusk Till Dawn, but the movie has a really off putting tone shift from serious crime drama to over the top silly vampire action flick half way through. I've seen multiple people dislike the film because of how different the first and second half of it are.

Yeah, figuered.

Heard of it, not interested; Tarantino while amazing is always an "eh" a few months later.

Cute

Thanks.

you are welcome

So mean!

Truly the competitive gamer way.

From one gamer to another: an accurate representation of the gamer mindset.

Play cute game: relax and chill. Play competitive multiplayer: "I'm the best and you all suck"!

Tesi is definitelytaking the competitive part a bit too far with her rudeness though.

Wait, you're a gamer?

Guilty as charged. Unless you meant to direct that comment to FtD.

I meant FtD, I know you're a gamer ;)

...oh I see what you mean, frig, long day.

OK time to be surprised again, wait, you're a gamer?

Pretty much only if you count casuals as 'gamers'. I do still play a few games, but nowhere near as many or as much as I use to.

Ah OK, I see, thanks!

Ah, 00s webcomics. I've spent a lot of time reading those.

Same. They were funny at the time, but relying on cheap repetitive humor in hindsight.

Well, that's comic strips in general. Take a look at Garfield for example. How many times can one cat steal dinner and kick a dog off the table?

I felt that Calvin and Hobbes was able to continue to stay fresh through the course of its run. Actually ending is the key there I think. All good stories must eventually have a conclusion. When things drag forever it easily becomes the Garfield problem.

So true!

I forgot to comment last night when reading this: I had a good chuckle, and yes it is good that you struggle to replicate the speech from that particular era. It's tame in comparison to some things I've overheard but also still carries the vigor well enough to show us Tesi in that mode! The duality of kitsune, haha.

Yeah, I've heard some truly vile stuff from the recordings I've heard. Never participated in that arena. Competitive multiplayer games just aren't really my thing. Still, I knew I wanted I wanted to invoke the feeling of it without actually using any real insults. So I decided on what would you say to be racist against an elf.

The second panel may not be the most true to life trash talk, but it is more creative then just hitting your opponent with swears and slurs every two words. True Xbox live insults lose their effectiveness through sheer repetition after a while.

Also, “Why don’t you go bag to hugging trees” I think you meant to write “back”.

Fixed that.

Yeah, swears and slurs lose their effectiveness really fast (though I used knife ears is a racial slur against elves which is something I stole from some old Warhammer video I saw). To really get under someone's skin you have to go deeper with your insults.

"knife ears is a racial slur against elves" - oh the irony, she really should look in a mirror!

Oh and nice effect on her glasses, the lighting is awesome in this one!

That irony is precisely why I picked it.

Also, elves are pretty easy to make fun of for plenty of other stereotypical reasons.

Glad you liked that little lighting touch. I really felt it needed it to make it complete.

heh I see, nice ;)

I destroy this fennec at anything 100%

I'm sure she'd welcome the challenge.

What an interesting design for head phones. Immediately jumped out to me and I love it, certainly solves a lot of questions.

I'll be honest, I mainly thought they were pretty funny. Fennec sized over ear headphones would just be silly. But I was thinking about how to keep them actually on. I figured having side pieces that offer the clamp to deal with ears being more on the top of the head would fix the problem well.

He, yeah. One's mind can be various things at the same time, just not all the time. So being caring and viscious in the gaming world is not a contradiction.

Also, that is one cool design for headphones for an anthro.

Indeed. I just find it so funny that some people can switch between the two so easily.

And thanks on the headphone design, I spent a bunch of time thinking about how it'd actually work.