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Re: 30-01-18 Vibrata

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Milnoc wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:54 pm
Fluffy wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:03 pm
No orgasm in three days? OMG, poor widdle Didi!

Kick her ass, Roxy! Show no mercy!
First, Didi only recently learned of the pleasures of orgasms. She has many years of catching up to do.

Second, Didi might enjoy having her ass kicked. Or at the very least spanked with a spatula.
We've seen Roxy overpower Didi before; Didi didn't seem to enjoy it much at all; I don't see that changing now that she's been without sex for three days.
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Error of Logic wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:12 pm
Give in to your anger, child. Let the hatred flow through you. Embrace the Dark Side and slap the stupid out of her! I'll be making popcorn.
umm... you do realize that they're both sexually frustrated and that, were Roxy to do as you say, they would certainly end up in a passionate Sonya&Yuki-style violencefuck, right?
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... he-e-ey, come to think of it, this does call for popcorn!!!
Roxy would need to be sexually drawn to Didi for that to happen; and we've never seen her show even the slightest romantic interest in her. I can see Didi wanting to shag Roxy out of sexual frustration; but not the other way around.
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Re: 30-01-18 Vibrata

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Giz wrote:
Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:59 pm
Also, for those paying attention to this, instead of starting SDB at one a week and Ma3 at 2 a week, we think it'll make more sense to simply integrate SDB's final chapter(s?) within Ma3. To make things clearer for Ma3 only readers, the chapters that will be SDB will be marked as such. Might do a "Ma3 presents" for that chapter(s) and simply run the strips on both Ma3 and SDB in case we have some SDB readers who don't read Ma3. To not confuse Ma3 readers, we'll do a quick recap of what happened in SDB, but overall, I don't think people will be that confused. Almost everything is tied to Ma3 in some way (Dillon, Amber, Zii, Angel, Jung, etc.) This will push the release of SDB's next chapter but when it starts, at least it'll be released 3 times a week and be easier to follow.
I believe this is my time to gloat, yes it is.

See? It's just like I always said. There are no real differences between Ma3 and SDB. The story, the style, the humor, the shared setting... no big distinction. You could insert all SDB strips to date in between Ma3 strips, and they would blend in flawlessly.

Thus, it makes sense to conclude SDB integrating the strips in Ma3.

Told y'all. :YMPEACE:
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Fairy Glade's Fairy wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:37 pm
Error of Logic wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:12 pm
Give in to your anger, child. Let the hatred flow through you. Embrace the Dark Side and slap the stupid out of her! I'll be making popcorn.
umm... you do realize that they're both sexually frustrated and that, were Roxy to do as you say, they would certainly end up in a passionate Sonya&Yuki-style violencefuck, right?
...
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... he-e-ey, come to think of it, this does call for popcorn!!!
Nah, Roxy has shown an admirable resistance to the Chastel effect. I just want to see a classic fight, where Roxy wins due to superior skill.
You know, like when Yuki floored the ol' Amazon. That was a great day. :)

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There used to be a term called "lesbian bed death." Reading this arc just made me wonder if that is still in use. I last heard it over 30 years ago.

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OllieOrOlly wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:25 am
Anyway, alas, sports fans, or rather not sports fans, the wrestling arc has returned (personally, I'm indifferent)! Though, it makes sense to go to the wrestling side of things, since it seems as though the current plot has been building up to Lynn swooping in to conquer DiDi.
There are two possible reasons to complain about the wrestling stuff in this comic: (1) It introduces a whole clutch of not-terribly-different-or-interesting new characters into the continuity late in the day, diverting attention from the established main cast with whom we’ve become engaged, just as their character arcs should be going somewhere important. (2) It’s a trivial load of old tosh, stuffed full of wrestling-geek in-jokes and pointless expies of characters from a couple of deservedly dead comics.

The sort of stories we’ve been getting lately are open to objection (1), but not to objection (2). They’re about Tess, Maura, and so on, but they aren’t really about wrestling, much, and the expy nonsense is played down. And this one is largely about DiDi, one of the core cast (though the least interesting of them). So for now, my own grumblings will be muted.

samtheman wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:48 am
At least Spidrift's post will be entertaining.
For some reason, people iften seem to expect me to be entertaining about strips concerning which I find little to say.

He says, and then rambles on interminably.
I would have to agree with him in that we're being trolled.
Just to be 100% clear: I used the word “trolled” when we’d been told that SDB would be back in January, but it was becoming increasingly clear that wasn’t going to happen. Since then, Giz has made the change of plan explicit. So, as an SDB fan, I may feel frustrated, but I’m not going to say that I’m feeling trolled any more.
And Didi has now become detestable and insufferable. I have no sympathy for her.
She’s certainly being written as a fairly horrible person — and, much worse, not in an entertaining or particularly complex way, unlike most of the rest of the cast. But note this strip isn’t really about her. She’s not the character appearing in all four panels.
worldshaking00 wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:57 pm
Roxie doesn't like Didi and was immune to the loopy effects of Didi's aura. I hope she has the willpower to ignore her cravings.
I don’t think that’s the angle we’re getting here. If you look, there’s some classic comedy numerology going on; DiDi is whining about not having sex for three days, when Roxie hasn’t got laid for three months. And “SNAP” doesn’t sound like someone succumbing to her cravings; it’s more like someone’s temper giving way.

Given that, yes, Roxie has historically had little time for DiDi’s bullshit, I’m guessing that she may be about to explode in DiDi’s face.
AlexDenton wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:32 pm
Made me feel bad for Roxie though. She did care, she just wanted to be exclusive.
That was made fairly clear the first time Brandy showed up; she started flirting with DiDi, and Roxie did a “here we go again” eye-roll. See http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/All_ ... up_tension.
capicoli wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:33 pm
Didi will turn over a new leaf or fall in love with a solar powered sex robot.
“Waaah! J’ai la frustration sexuelle, et le sun-rise n’est pas for un autre ten minutes!”

Oh, and we note that Giz has given herself yet more work restoring the nipples to the print version of this strip.
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TCampbell wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:30 pm
I thought we'd addressed this somewhere... blame me if you need to for the fact that SDB still sleeps. I mean, that was Gisele's call (it's all her call in the end), but I was the one who brought it up.

It's ironic. I want to resolve Ruby's cliffhanger, in particular, as much as anybody (I try not to play favorites, but... she's probably my favorite). But we don't have the resources to turn out more than three Gisele-drawn strips a week currently, so that plan involved putting out both SDB and MA3 at reduced schedules. I felt this would tax readers' patience with the longer arcs, which is always a bone of contention anyway, and disrupt our workflow in ways that'd mess with our focus as we wrapped things up. Gisele ultimately agreed.

The current plan as I understand it is to resolve SDB with an extensive arc, with some simulcasting on the two sites. I'm very much looking forward to that. But we have things to accomplish with what's unfolding right now first.
Wow. Wasn't expecting you to respond to these forums, but I appreciate the clarification. As much as I miss SDB, I do respect the fact that there are in fact real people with lives going on outside the webcomic universe. I look forward to when SDB returns, but I can totally relate to having thin resources. (I myself am a writer for two webcomics) So do what you can, and know that it is appreciated
Vitocap wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:16 pm

I believe this is my time to gloat, yes it is.

See? It's just like I always said. There are no real differences between Ma3 and SDB. The story, the style, the humor, the shared setting... no big distinction. You could insert all SDB strips to date in between Ma3 strips, and they would blend in flawlessly.

Thus, it makes sense to conclude SDB integrating the strips in Ma3.

Told y'all. :YMPEACE:
There are differences in which characters get the emphasis. In fact, as I recall, the whole reason Dillion got his own spinoff comic was because he's a fun character that was getting crowded out by all of the newer MA3 characters. So theoretically SDB could be integrated into MA3, but it would get pretty crowded with a lot of different characters vying for the spotlight. Dilly-poo, Ruby, Amber ect. wouldn't get the attention they deserve. Especially given how girl on girl centered MA3 has become. And to be clear, I have no problem with girl on girl. It's just that it seems that thats almost the only kind of relationship dynamic we've been seeing for a long time. And not just MA3; DC, EC, MC, SOTR, . . . . it's all become girl on girl. Frankly one of the reasons I'm looking forward to SDB coming back is that we need some more male action to even things out.

I feel as though I should give a shout out to these wrestling arcs. I personally find them enjoyable. But maybe because I've always wanted to do it myself. In any case, I think it's been nice to see some (familiar looking) characters brought in thusly, especially in this unconventional setting. And I got to say, I was prepared to dislike Annie Conda. (because I really disliked Brooke at the end of EC) But I actually find that I kind of do like her. She's got this kind of bifauxen lady charmer thing going on that I find appealing.

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Spidrift wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 7:39 pm
Just to be 100% clear: I used the word “trolled” when we’d been told that SDB would be back in January, but it was becoming increasingly clear that wasn’t going to happen. Since then, Giz has made the change of plan explicit. So, as an SDB fan, I may feel frustrated, but I’m not going to say that I’m feeling trolled any more.
Well after reading TCampbell's post it's looking a lot more like "Executive Meddling" in regards to the return of SDB being delayed yet again. But with Ma3 it looked like we were getting away from the wrestling arc for the time being but now we're right back at it again. We haven't seen Peggy, Gary, and Tracy since November. We haven't seen Kiley since March of last year. We haven't seen Matt in a story arc since October 2016.

So why is Didi and the wrestling plot getting so much focus? Your theory is that you suspect the creators are simply bored with most of the characters some of which haven't appeared in the comic for months. My theory is that the creators have simply run out of ideas and therefore have no idea how to give the comic an ending that is both funny and original. A few readers were predicting a Zii-Gary-Yuki OT3 but that might not happen now because a lot of readers will now see that coming from a mile away. The creators probably want to do an ending that no one sees coming but thanks to the internet that's very difficult to do. Fan theories, shippers, and webcomic time might have forced the creators into a corner for the ending and so here we are.

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Complaining about going 3 days and/or 3 months without getting something? Girls, you both deserve a whipping for that! :-|

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samtheman wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:31 pm
Well after reading TCampbell's post it's looking a lot more like "Executive Meddling" in regards to the return of SDB being delayed yet again.
If the “executive” can also be one (or more) of the creators. Which, on the Webcomic scale of business, they can, of course.
We haven't seen Peggy, Gary, and Tracy since November. We haven't seen Kiley since March of last year. We haven't seen Matt in a story arc since October 2016.
It’s always been an issue with Ma3 that even strong, popular characters could vanish for years at a stretch (naming no Jung, let alone Eulice). But yeah, the wrestling stuff has made that worse.
A few readers were predicting a Zii-Gary-Yuki OT3 but that might not happen now because a lot of readers will now see that coming from a mile away. The creators probably want to do an ending that no one sees coming but thanks to the internet that's very difficult to do. Fan theories, shippers, and webcomic time might have forced the creators into a corner for the ending and so here we are.
Well, I’m increasingly fairly sure that Lynn won’t get DiDi, simply because every time we see her, she says “Haha! I’m working on a cunning and infallible plan to get that DiDi!”

But mostly, I think that G&D just make most of this stuff up as they go along. Sonetimes the result is “predictable”, sometimes it isn’t because it doesn’t actually make much sense. But it’s probably better not to read this comic for the plot.
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After reading that third block from @Spidrift, I wanted to help Giz out with some ideas for a new panel involving Lynn's planning to nab Didi.Image
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LET THE REAPING COMENSE! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Hogan wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:31 pm
Complaining about going 3 days and/or 3 months without getting something? Girls, you both deserve a whipping for that! :-|
Why are you doing them such a big favor? :p
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Let the beatings...BEGIN!
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TCampbell wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:30 pm
I thought we'd addressed this somewhere... blame me if you need to for the fact that SDB still sleeps. I mean, that was Gisele's call (it's all her call in the end), but I was the one who brought it up.

It's ironic. I want to resolve Ruby's cliffhanger, in particular, as much as anybody (I try not to play favorites, but... she's probably my favorite). But we don't have the resources to turn out more than three Gisele-drawn strips a week currently, so that plan involved putting out both SDB and MA3 at reduced schedules. I felt this would tax readers' patience with the longer arcs, which is always a bone of contention anyway, and disrupt our workflow in ways that'd mess with our focus as we wrapped things up. Gisele ultimately agreed.

The current plan as I understand it is to resolve SDB with an extensive arc, with some simulcasting on the two sites. I'm very much looking forward to that. But we have things to accomplish with what's unfolding right now first.
Well this is most disappointing, but I'd rather wait for a really good resolution than something clunky.

Wonder if Roxie would be jealous that Brandy turned to Showerella once before?

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Azrael wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:09 am
Let the beatings...BEGIN!
And continue until morale improves?
brasca wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:49 am
Wonder if Roxie would be jealous that Brandy turned to Showerella once before?
Jealousy isn’t a big thing in the Ma3 universe. Jealousy of shower heads?
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