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![[0668] Deus Ex Machina](/comics/2015-03-19-0668-deus-ex-machina.png "[0668] Deus Ex Machina")
- Larisa: I’m already missing my flamethrower…
- Sandra: You’ll get over it.
- Sandra: By the way, what was in the blue box you gave Luna?
- Larisa: A plot device.
- Sandra: A plot device??!
- Larisa: Yes. One day, when all hope seems lost, Luna will show up and save the day by putting it to use.
- Larisa: Deus ex machina.
- Sandra: Euripides would be proud of you.
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In the box is the receipt to get the Flamethrower back when Luna needs it most.
Lol One day something so dangerous and intense will happen. We will be on the edge of our seats, strip after strip. Then out of the blue comes LUNA! OUR HERO HAS COME TO SAVE THE DAY! Which she does save the day at the climax of the story. We explode with happiness. The story will never come to a close because we have all exploded with happiness.
Please make Luna a main character. Just for her name. Why did her parents name her that? I really wanna know!
Erm… foreshadowing?
No, Larissa, you got the wrong trope. That one’s Chekhov’s Gun XD
You are an evil man, Mr. Knörzer! Evil, mean and absolutely terrible!
On a completely unrelated note: We love you!
@ Trimutius:
I hope so! 😉
@ Yuko Hoon:
I’m not sure it counts as a Chekov’s Gun unless we know what the plot device actually is.
@ Yuko Hoon:
It may be a Chekov’s Gun, but Chekov’s Guns do sometimes cause Dei ex Machinae, so Larissa isn’t totally incorrect.
– “It’s a plot device.”
– “A plot device?!”
– “Yes – like an explosive device, but more fun!”
– “Coming from you…” *shudders*
>:=)>
Just the mention of a deus ex machina makes me want to go play Deus Ex.
It’s a good thing Deus Ex is awesome.
Calling it; it’s a box of “Nuclear launch codes”.
Well! That’s one way to inject mystery into a box. Or at least more than there already is…
Huh, possibly a reference to Pandora’s Box? Never give up hope, even when despair claws at your soul…Soz, just played like 8 hours of Danganronpa
Foreshadowing.
Larissa plays 3D Chess while the rest of the world is still trying to figure out how the 3 Stooges function.
So I am liking the diamond emblem. I just am wondering why you made the gold, silver, and bronze emblems so silimar to one another.
Diamond: gemstone
Gold: trophy
Silver: ribbon
Bronze: star
I was thinking of more features to add to premium membership, for example:
Ability to change color of the background for the text box.
Ability to change the background scheme.
Posting an ad on non-premium comments.
Ability to skip said ads above.
Ability to like or dislike comments (since you had that removed, sigh).
Btw, what is larissa suffering from, you know, when she took her pills in the factory adventure?
@ Warcraft_III_gamer:
Warcraft_III_gamer wrote:
Novil has said that he started writing a story dealing with that but he didn’t like it, so he scrapped it. He might write a different story. Of course, it’s been a long time, so who knows?
@ preadatordetector:
First two ideas are awesome.
Posting an ad to non-premium comments? That would alienate users, revenue from advertisements would go further down because all the users that don’t like the ads on their comments are leaving the comic or simply not commenting to remove the annoyance.
Skipping ads is irrelevant if there is no ads for comments.
Like Dislike button would be useful as long as it’s not abused.
@ Warcraft_III_gamer:
She is suffering from the ability to buy drugs.
It could contain the plans to explore the Bottomless Pit… of Doom that was seen briefly in the trip to the beach.
That just seems lazy.
@ Xezlec:
Oh. I thought she were diabetic…
So Larisa is now Deadpool (4th wall breaking nutjob from Marvel)?
Goshdarnit Novil.
I’m So Meta, Even This Acronym.
@ Yuko Hoon:
It’s actually both. It’s a Chekhov’s Gun (assuming they use it later) because it was mentioned in the story and thus can be reasonably brought back to serve a purpose. It’s a Deus Ex Machina because we don’t know what it is, so Novil can bring it back at any time and say “it was this, this convenient thing the characters really need right now, all along!”.
Larissa has a PhD in Medium Awareness
Then, suddenly, a Diablo Ex Machina happened…
“Fourth Wall Repair Crew, major incident over at Sandra and Woo…”
How does Sandra know the box is blue if the comic is in black and white?
fireheart126 wrote:
Thank you for usind the correct Latin plurals! Woo, dead languages!
KevinStriker wrote:
Yes, Deus Ex is the best.
@ FloppyNotFound:
Obviously, Luna’s parents met Cloud’s in Lamaze class. The rest is history. 😛
A device to void the comment posting rules. Then the Real flame throwing begins.
Robert wrote:
Just like black and white movies, the lack of colour is an artifact of the medium, not a property of the world being depicted.
I feel as if Larisa is the Crowned Queen of Epileptic Trees.
Or many, many years in the future, this comics will have one big final arc that will address all the foreshadowing Larisa has scattered literally everywhere, and our heads will explode, and humanity will be over from death by too much awesomeness.
Lathiyades wrote:
Could we have Dislike Buttons for the Ads ???
No Thanks
Not a Chance
This Product Sucks
OMG, you’ve Got to be Kidding!
So many great possibilities…
Robert wrote:
Because “Blue” is a very Specific shade of Grey.
Evereyone knows that.
Deus ex Larissa
It’s a Chekov’s Gun, to be specific.
@ Greenwood Goat:
Oh God it’s you!
Not so much “Deus ex machina” as “Chekov’s gun”.
Just found the perfect gift for Larissa: a handheld flame-thrower!
http://xm42.com/
Teacher:: “Johnny, can you use the name Euripides in a sentence?”
Johnny: “Sure. Euripides, you sew’a de’s up.”
Sorry, I’ve always wanted to use that joke in conversation. 😀
@ xXsolar99Xx:
I agree
Just don’t point Larissa to http://xm42.com/.
So Luna has the MacGuffin.
She really enjoys assaulting the fourth wall.
Just started reading this yesterday and am now fully caught up. This last arc of the story was so beautiful! Agh! I almost cried actual tears from that. X’D
@ fireheart126:
Just thought to tell you, the plural of deus ex machina is dei ex machina or dei ex machinis or deus ex machinas