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>See? It's a big, metal flying machine. An aero "plane".
>>77465772
>adjective
>7.
>flat or level, as a surface.
>>77465772
That's a big saucer
I'm willing to bet Mary's never worn a slip.
>Chicadino being a cunt like he is supposed to be
>Kit being bullied, politically
>It's not even all that amazing a page for a skipped update
>>77465772
>Poppy O'Possum Update
>>in the name field
Please delete this thread and start again.
Oh, we're going to see our sister? Let me just grab MY FUCKING CASTLE.
>>77465772
The airplane fucker in me is crying tears of rage, I was promise a plane, not a fucking FF boss!
Naw but seriously that looks fucking awesome!
>pic somewhat related.
>>77465816
I've seen bigger.
>>77465874
you got a plane, see >>77465811
>we waited a week for this
I was hoping to get more insight into their tech level by what kind of aerial vehicle it was, instead we get GIANT FUCKING CASTLE SAUCER OUTTA NOWHERE. Dammit.
Kit doesn't seem too happy that her sister has arrived. From the Poppy tumblr her sister was the queen two years ago but left after their father fell ill to become the head of the family IIRC. With Kit being a total medical genius that is world renown does anyone else think that her family pressured her into the position?
Then there's the fact that it looks like Kit is in charge of saving her fathers life. That's a pretty big responsibility to have, knowing that failing to do so will result in your father dying and the family will pretty much blame you not trying hard enough. No wonder poor Kit works herself half to death.
where are the baneposts
>>77465890
That's a terrible pun mate, so I just refused to acknowledge it.
>Slylock
I chortled.
>>77465930
Got you covered>>77465816
>>77465930
something something crashing this saucer with no suvivors something something for you
>inb4 Tuesday's update gets delayed to Saturday again
>>77465966
Did you know the maker is a /co/mrade?
>>77465927
She doesn't seem too happy probably because she just signed off like half her kingdom to the mob
>the next update
>>77465915
Well, we got some insight. The tech level is high enough that they have a city-sized flying saucer, teleportation on a massive scale, and, as far as I can tell from the upside-down statue and towers, possibly structures capable of inverting gravity entirely.
>>77466084
Yeah but that's all probably explained by
>a wizard did it
I was hoping to see what else in their world is like ours, if they have similar planes/transports n whatnot. Instead I get giant fantasy setpiece.
Interesting nonetheless.
>>77465852
>>77466050
Wait what? But why would she do that?
>>77466135
Avert a crises probably involving power supply, save her dad from ebolaids, doesn't really matter what. She's too easy to bully for her own good.
>>77465927
I assume Chicadino's whole plot to get married into royalty is because Kit wants to use Godsblood to save her dying father. The next question is where the hell godsblood comes from exactly. I'm assuming they aren't piping it out of a dead god like they do for dragon blood.
>>77466196
That'd be pretty metal tho.
>>77465966
It took me a second, but so did I.
>>77466196
What if the dead god is the possum god? Playing possum all this time...
>This is not the first extravagant thing we’ll see from them during this chapter, believe me.
>>77466507
Good stuff right there
Was this worth the weight /co/? Personally it was all flavor but little substance, like those fancy dinners that serve you delicious food on such small quantities you're left craving for more.
Kit's family has protoss warp tech? also who wants to bet that kit's mom is large as fuck
>>77466601
If you're asking whether it was worth skipping Tuesday for a two-page spread, then sure, I'd say so. It's not the most incredible rendering I've ever seen but it was cool enough.
>>77466601
I am always craving more, anon
Cloudhead doesn't need to delay updates to make me feel such a thing.
>>77466635
i bet she's her same size except saggier all over
>>77466635
>Legacy of the Void happens
>Kit's family builds a mothership and warps that shit in
Hot damn
KILL ALL DARLINGS
RACE WAR NOW
>>77466869
>Caring about petty nobles and their laws when clockbellies exist
>>77466930
racism fox pls go
>>77466930
You know, I never really got the "clockbelly" slang. What does it mean?
>>77465772
Did someone Call for the Guild from Last Exile?
>>77467134
Possums have 12 nipples arranged in a clock on their bellies
>>77467191
Ah, okay, thanks.
>>77467218
>>77467191
>>77467218
13 actually, there's one in the center, and they're all inside the pouch.
>>77466050
I dunno, it seems the main object of her worry is her family coming back. While the mob is most definitely up to shenanigans, her family's relations and the still unsolved cure (if the three days in the lab are anything to go by) are probably the bigger issue to her at the moment.
It's probably gonna end up with her cheefully announcing the town's energy concerns are gone thanks to the new deal with "Totally Legitimate Energy Inc" because looking into mob rumors take up time that could be used for medical research
>>77467191
>>77467434
>Anatomically correct anthros
>>77468000
>In a Poppy thread
>Wouldn't into a cloaca
>>77468183
Hallia is cute!
>>77468224
CUTE!
FUCK YES
>>77466601
I can always carry more, anon
>>77465772
That is some serious Last Exile shit right there. I would be surprised that a few tons of flower petals aren't raining down on the town except that thing is clearly doing something to gravity besides floating.
>>77470621
Morbi is a giant whore for sky castles/floating continents. This shit has been confirmed in the comic since page one.
>>77467218
>>77467191
>>77468000
They also have 2 vaginas.
>>77467191
And yet Poppy only had a single child. What a waste.
>>77470857
It's also confirmed opossum in the comic have like 12-13 babies a go. Yet Poppy only has one.
>>77470857
There might be some tragic backstory to that, you know?
>>77470757
THREE LEGS??
>>77470935
>>77470938
Morbi's all but outright said that Poppy only having Lily is some kind of exception.
Probably tragic. Morbi loves to make us suffer.
>>77470968
Imagine.
>>77471027
Okay thanks Grimsby!
>>77471007
he hinted/flat out stated lily was adopted somewhere in his tumblr
>>77471054
Naw, he'd only hint about something that important.
Either way, he'll make sure as much suffering is involved as possible.
>>77471007
Must be like the beginning of Finding Nemo.
>>77471105
Honestly the possibility I find most likely. Whatever is most painful for all involved.
>>77471105
Don't remind me that Pixar used to make great stuff, please.
>>77471085
he mentioned this before he started the comic, lemme see if I can find it
>>77471137
WOW there's always a past Pixar apologist aroundand sometimes that's me.
The sneezing silver dude fic is accidentally starting to become really fucking big in comparison to all the other stuff I've done. It's a safe bet that I've cleared 10k words already and I'm not even at the climax yet, and I have to do an entire second draft of it once I do get done. Do I slice that shit into parts so anything gets done anytime soon or do people not care if it's a huge chunk? By people I mean the like two dudes who have nothing better to read.
Here's a kawaii for your troubles.
Lily riding the giant bugs was the most adorable thing I've seen all week.
>>77471583
All last week, you mean. What about this week?
>>77471054
>>77471141
http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/an-announcement/
reminder that one of the april fools things was confirmed to only be partially a jape (kit's visual acuity)
there could potentially be more bamboozlements in store for us like pic related
>mary upskirt
>she's wearing shorts
CLOSE ENOUGH
>>77472275
she's probably not wearing panties though
>>77472288
>easy access
>she wants it
>>77472288
She isn't though, Morbi already said she was going commando in bike shorts
>>77472318
Get her a bottle of whiskey and claim your slutcat
>>77472351
don't bring her back to your place because she may steal your shit and she would now know where you live
I asked a question on Morbi's Poppy Tumblr numerous times but it never got answered, so I'll ask you guys.
Do guns exist in the Poppyverse? I know it's been hinted at/referenced in alt text before. Like the one about the earplugs and localized gunfire. Because if guns did exist there sure is a lot of swords and medieval armor going around (at least in Kit's castle)
>>77472426
yes
http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-3-cover-page/
also remember, magic is more advanced than technology/used more
>>77472426
>>77472474
oh, and Morbi has already answered gun questions, so dig through his tumblrs and you should find them
>>77472474
Sure you got your spells in shit but Colt made all men (animal men?) equal
>>77472526
magic>bullets
![outlaw_star_caster_gun_by_ablindsquirrel[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lbYs3Su.jpg "outlaw_star_caster_gun_by_ablindsquirrel[1].jpg")
>>77472548
What about magic bullets
>>77472548
It's cheaper to mass produce guns and teach people to use them than to hope all your soldiers have magical ability and then train them in magical combat. Sure it has advantages but with guns you have the distance of engagement advantage and an easier way to kill someone. This is presumably why Morbi's been avoiding having guns around prominently in the comics themselves. Would be anticlimatic if a gangster in that one chapter just pulled a gun out and started capping everyone there.
>>77472583
that thing was so broken it wasn't even funny
also Aisha Clan-Clan top tier space kitty
>>77472604
You don't know which is cheaper/easier to do in the comic, so don't try to use that argument.
>>77472634
I was saying in general. We really don't know the full capabilities of magic in combat in the comic either.
And like that one anon said, why not both? Like have some Dishonored shit going on and mix/matching the use of both, or like in Mage: The Awakening with enchanted guns n shit. Would be cool.
>>77472607
BROWN AMAZON CATGIRLS
WITH ROCKIN TITS
>>77472694
Morbi said battles are pretty much mad melees with each side's magic users trying to stop each other from doing anything
>>77472604
Considering that almost everyone in the series has some level of magical ability and enchantments are almost a casual thing it might just be that guns simply have more things that can counter them than in the real world. We're talking a setting where a traumatic amputation can be healed with magic in a few days.
>>77472743
Most have magical ability sure but how many have the ability to raise shields to protect from bullets? A fast shooter can have a gun up and firing in seconds. I don't see why there can't be both. All I'm getting here is "m-muh magic"
>>77472607
As much as I like the Caster Gun, I've always wanted the sawed-off shotgun Gene had.
>>77472714
SHAPESHIFTING TSUNDERE BROWN AMAZON CATGIRL
WITH ROCKIN TITS
WHO DON'T CARE IF YOU SEE HER NAKED
>>77472770
whether you like it or not, just saying "magic" in a high-fantasy setting covers pretty much every argument
>>77472797
It's a shit and honestly weak argument.
>>77472808
not when it's literally the answer to most questions
>how come they live so long?
>how do this work?
>how can they heal so fast?
>why don't they use guns?
>etc
magic is the answer
>>77472840
Okay smart guy, then why even have guns in the Poppyverse if it's all magic all day every day? If they're still using swords, they're obviously not just relying on magic for fighting, so why not have guns as well? Magic + Guns would be a devastating combination.
>>77472880
because magic
>>77472892
>>77472907
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself for being retard, anon. The world is magical place full of joy that just have discover.
>>77472925
>for being retard
>the world is magical place full of joy that just have discover
>>77472770
Imagine a place where a gun-free zone means an anti-combustion field or something like a Dune-style shield that automatically stops something going above a certain speed. Clothing that's been enchanted to where it puts a Level III bullet-proof vest to shame.
Then there is the fact that most everyone in the series is shown to work far beyond the level seen in reality. Poppy walked off a heart attack, Valente gets punched through a massive steel door then hits another massive steel door a kilometer away and survives, and Poda gets punched in the face so hard the wall behind her craters when her head hits it and isn't phased. It's not "m-muh magic," it's that within the context of the world guns really wouldn't be anything special.
>>77472944
With that logic, why not have a magical shirt that acts as a stab proof vest, or a field that inhibits quick movements so you can't shank a nigga?
Not a single one of you has answered my question, "WHY CAN'T THERE BE BOTH?"
>>77472988
Because Morbi hasn't drawn or done that. You're yelling at people who have 0 control over the setting of the comic.
>>77472988
Who says they don't have that?
>>77473007
>Because Morbi hasn't drawn or done that.
Nor has he drawn or done any of what you just said. It's all speculation here.
http://poppy-opossum.tumblr.com/post/106832508324/hypothetically-speaking-if-the-entirety-of
>>77473029
Seen it, unfair to us desu.
Then again I'm big on Humanity Fuck Yeah so what do I know.
>>77472988
But there are both as a matter of fact. The royal guards that aren't magically capable enough will employ firearms if deemed necessary.
Folks with enough of a talent such as Friedrich, who can outright surpass a firearm with telekinetically propelled swords are the ones who won't care about firearms.
>>77473075
he can also teleport
>>77472880
Perhaps some things can't be killed using magic. Also, not everyone has magic reserves for fighting. Mary, for instance, has a laughably small amount of magical ability despite being a direct descent of one of the Three Sisters of Magic.
Going on this information, we can assume that technology was created to assist those who were not magically inclined (with the exception of Opossums for obvious reasons). And magic might be traceable. All the more reason for tech to be used in the wrong way.
>>77473075
>>77473089
Okay, so why can't someone with enough magical talent also use a gun, and teleport and shit and cap some niggas? Guns > Swords.
I swear, I feel like you faggots are those neckbeards who collect knockoff katanas and think swords are better than guns cause your chinese cartoons told you so.
>>77472075
>>77471085
>>77471007
found it
>>77471294
What kind of fanfic you're writing, anon? Are you good at it? Please say yes, I like reading fan fiction!
>>77473124
not in this setting
also realize a lot in Poppy is inspired by anime Morbi likes
>>77472318
>>77473124
>>77473159
>>77473177
>>77472548
>>77472604
J.K. Rowling said that there were Magic Guns in the H.P. universe.Of course it was the Americans who invented them.
>>77473235
What does that have to with Morbi's setting?
>>77473124
Someone with enough magical talent could opt for something less complex so that they could use it for a more extended period of time. In a fantasy setting like this where some can put up a fight while still being in the effective range of a firearm, the power disparity between a blade and a gun can get a bit fucky under the right circumstances.
>>77473124
Ask Morbi.
>>77473253
I am sounding like a broken record, but I'll say it again.
Why not both?
Like in Dishonored, you choose to use either a gun, sword, crossbow or magic, depending on the circumstance. They each have their inherent advantages and one can compliment the other well. Imagine how easy it would be to lay down suppressing fire if you have a magical shield up around you as not to eat bullets trying to cover your squad?
>>77473289
Flore isn't dishonored and if you want a real definitive answer, ask Morb. You know, the creator of the setting and person in charge of how everything works in it.
>>77473312
It was an example, not me literally saying it was the same thing ya goof. And he never answers my questions I leave on his Tumblr.
>>77473149
The thread so far had rated me on several of my previous stuff with varying levels of "Yeah that's pretty alright I guess". What I'm doing right now is from an idea a long while ago about some poor shitter who has a definitely useless lucky star, except I threw him on a train murder mystery because I could.
Here's my resume
This isnt even that complex a concept.
Universes like these have power levels. Some dudes are just fucking beyond what physics can pull off - If you KNOW such a thing as dragons exists, you're going to be worried about researching and developing heavy scale magical countermeasures long before you develop physical ones.
having individuals who can laugh off bullets make them a hell of a lot less attractive on the tech tree simple as that. the worlds national powers would focus more on super dudes since there are basically fucking stands that ensure a good chunk of it is set from birth. guys on freds level appear to be fairly rare - he's the only fighting game character we've seen who isnt a Lucky Star.
>>77473247
Magic Guns.
>>77473289
But there's nothing special about chemical slughthrowers. They're just one type of weapon among many, and you start to sound just like the katana crowd for insisting on them.
>>77473289
Honestly, I think the problem comes down to us not really seeing enough combat orientated "learned" magic (not innate, i.e. Lucky Star powers) powers. The only style of combat we've seen so far is Friedrich's, which pretty much justifies not utilizing a firearm.
If the magical power orientated around putting up protective fields, a firearm would most certainly make more sense as it would be a waste to put the advantage of on-demand cover to treating it like a conventional, physical shield.
>>77473359
which are not confirmed or even hinted at in this setting, so nothing apparently
>>77473370
There's nothing special about sharpened metal, they're just one type of weapon among many.
I'm not insisting on them, I'm just trying to ask where guns come into play and I have these jerkoffs coming out of the woodwork just to say WELL UH MAGIC AND SWORDS ARE BETTER SO NO GUNS
>>77473385
This. We're all just speculating wildly to be completely honest.
We've barely scratched the surface of this world. For all we know, there could be magic guns and shit. We just have to wait and find out.
>>77473397
The same could be said for most of these threads.
>>77473422
Guns have not once come into play in the comic. You just keep screaming about how you want the comic to be more like Dishonored.
>>77473235
Isn't the upcoming movie going to be set in America?
I'm looking forward to the magazines that are larger on the inside.
>tfw 50 round extendo bullshit inside your tiny-ass carry pistol
>2000 rounds of 5.56 inside this M60 bag
>>77473460
Uh, what? I was using Dishonored as an example of magic and guns being used simultaneously, where did I say I wanted it to be more like that?
Damn nigga, read. I just wanted to know about guns and the setting.
>>77473422
you're trying to project modern weaponry onto what would be mideval musketry. sure we can see robot rabbits and, apparently, aero-planes, but these things arent mass produced. Their high end, rarified, expensive as shit luxury items.
so sure someone could try and develop them but they'd bring it into a real battle, the seriously trained among the enemy would go "Oh, bullets" and throw shields up in no time flat. Then the side that brought them in would realize it was a waste of money and shut that project down.
its not like people just develop glocks or AKs out of nowhere, theyd be musket level at first. is the idea that the tech just wouldnt advance due to severely viable alternatives at that level quashing it so hard to work your head around?
>>77473350
>her majesty's massive ladyboner
Anyway, that sounds like a fun premise for a story, color me interested!
>>77473350
I'm like 90% sure that it's not actually a lucky star power and he's just a street magician
this isn't hard to understand, sneezing bits of coin is like Misdirection 101
>>77473477
EXCEPT WE LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT LEVEL THEIR GUNS ARE AT
the only picture we have of a gun in the series is part of one on the chapter 3 cover, and it looks like a modern handgun
fuck son
>>77473474
ask Morbi, that's the only way to know
>>77473487
Sssh it doesn't just cause you to sneeze bits of silver. I actually feel kinda bad for how much stuff I've been making up in it.
>>77473480
Yes I did done a smut once
>>77473502
that's a novelty lighter that lights gunpowder though
>>77473422
Exactly. All guns do is to fling slugs at high velocities, and in this universe it's not a big deal so they're not used. You're like 'why they don't use katanas, katanas are way better than all the other swords' when that obviously isn't true on Flora.
I kinda wanna screencap all this for later use, to see which side of this argument is wrong when later pages come out and explain more shit.
>>77473538
by that point we will be arguing about something else and most likely have forgotten this whole argument
>>77473538
But how we recognize the anons who were in the wrong for ridicule!?
we know morbi reads these, so why dont you just speak up you perverted cloud
we really want slug thrower related worldbuilding one way or the other. we know war happens regularly in this world, so the global level of military tech is a real question
>>77473538
>>77473561
Gunbro here, please screencap it. If I am wrong I will come out an admit it.
>>77473561
The guy arguing for guns said he was a HFY fan; when we find out who was correct just start insulting HFY and he'll immediately pipe up.
>>77473538
yes please i want to cherish the fact that we had another rare speculative discussion over on-topic lore
somebody please pick out another topic so we can continue this uphill trend
I have a feeling if guns are a decent thing it won't come up until Panzer comes more into play
>>77473586
NUH UH NO I WON'T I-
ah shit you got me
>>77473607
Okay
Are all the female's estrus cycle synced up in the city?
>>77473630
I'd imagine it'd be like human females on their periods, so no.
>>77473630
No, estrus cycles don't work that way.
>>77473630
no because anatomic similarities between poppyverse species and our universe's species
>>77473670
Morbi confirmed Poppyverse species do go into estrus
>>77473630
Herd animals would inherently sync, but there's probably over the counter drugs to counter that effect.
>>77473678
but it aint 100% synchronous because different species have different cycles
>>77473678
Dude everybody goes into estrus otherwise you wouldn't get babies
I'll be honest, I liked the more heated debate of the gun argument better. Everyone seems to be agreeing on the estrus thing.
I'll bring something up since we've been on the subject of TECH:
Would cybernetic limbs be possible? I mean, they have robots and shit. Sure, they can regrow limbs, but could someone theoretically Adam Jensen their shit up to be super strong or something? I imagine the limbs would be powered by their inherent magic or something.
It's stupid I know but I was just curious.
>Guns vs Swords vs Magic faggotry
The real question isn't about magic vs guns.
It's about organization.
Lucky Star powers are great on a personal level, but when you go in to a WAR setting you can't have some faggot that grows ten feet tall, ghost arm katana wielder, and some third weird thing all holding the same battle line. The better drilled, better organized, army wins even when their opposition possesses superior force and technology. However war is waged, with guns magic or sword, you'll have to group the combatants in to a coherent fighting force. Meaning the method of any given battle unit (on various scales) will have to posses equivalent abilities to work together coherently. Not only that, command will have to have reliability in knowing what their forces can do in a real sense. Having a bunch of super powered special snowflake fags chaotically running around doing their own thing only works if the enemy is incredibly disorganized.
Perhaps soldiers will all be taught a simple combat magic to wield based on unit type. It's not strong, but put together a thousand diddly and it adds up to a whole lot of diddly. It's simplicity and better organization man to man also makes it easier to use tactically. Complicated weapons are NOT necessarily superior ones.
Maybe you ignore teaching your jerks magic and outfit them in enchanted arms (appropriately low grade for mass production amongst a lot of troops but still effective enough for the job). Maybe you have some really well trained war wizards buffing and providing magical backup from behind the lines of the grunts.
There's a lot of potential, but it all boils down to ORGANIZATION. A simple to wield, effective, weapon able to be produced or learned widely will be the prefered method for military.
Everything else is only good for street fighting or body guards.
>>77473739
you get guys like fred - alternatively, the bird-hand tech is visibly common, so people probably just rayman that shit up if they lose a limb
>>77473749
Not cyberlimbs per se, but Valente got his skeleton reinforced with metal and has a metal beak.
>>77473739
pretty sure robo-limbs have been confirmed from an old tumblr post
Are there computer equivalents in this universe? It's really hard to tell with all those floaty hologram-like magic communications that are all over the place.
>>77473826
they probably opted for magic based computation rather than transistor based
>>77473839
I wonder if there's a magic internet with a magic 4chan where magic animals shitpost about a magic webcomic at 4 in the morning.
>>77473741
Battles could be fought as series of individual melees, much like in feodal Japan (the home of the katana). If their WMD technology is plenty advanced then amassing your soldiers in a single spot would be just inviting disaster.
>>77473854
It's a thinly veiled fetish comic aboutskinnies
>>77473854
I'm surprised that hasn't been confirmed already
>>77473741
This just makes me think of Elder Scrolls warfare and dick-ass mysticism domes
Flora warfare is probably just Protoss blended with healthy doses of ES
>>77473854
>feudal Japan
>individual melees
Okay now I know for sure you're a fucking neckbeard katana lover, because you're so fucking wrong it hurts.
They had infantry and calvary combat just like in Europe. The bow and spear were their main weapons, the katana was their side weapon.
>>77473922
meant to reply to
>>77473864
>>77473892
VIVEC WHEN MORBI
>>77473741
Then you get magic users like the mothers of magic who can bend time and space to their wills, but those are outliers. Boris also technically has no limit on his strength/size. Fazzi can bend even smoke, so she's probably bulletproof to a degree. Morbi said like 8% of the population has lucky star powers.
>>77473826
There are, but that's hard to show of when the main character is a walking EMP field for magic.
>>77473892
>>77473949
CHIM CHIM CHIMMITY
>>77473922
I learned it from a Total War game, and they wouldn't make shit up, would they?
CHIM CHIM CHIMMY
A VIVECS AS LUCKY AS LUCKY CAN BE
>>77473289
>Dishonored
>Using a gun
Who even uses guns in this kind of games.
>>77473854
is there a magic /pol/?
GAS THE CLOCKBELLIES, RACE WAR NOW
>>77473741
Why would you have a battle line at all in a world where people can teleport? The special snowflakes would very obviously be special forces or deployed with units on a situational basis.
>>77473980
>>77473962
I'd drop the webm but the earth refuses
>>77473826
Yes, you can see one in the first story arc.
>>77473953
It's not like specialist units don't exist in reality. Granted, that's also very conditional. Boris' power is good in a brawl, but what about in a life and death fight where the other guy has a bazooka?
Even in medieval times, you had specialist units. More specifically trained and using different weapons, but the overwhelming bulk of the army was still homogenous. Your whole army can't be the faggots riding in the chariot by the enemy front lines harassing them with arrows, for instance.
>>77474009
Battle lines still and will always exist. Their form may become obscured, but there is always a line to be held in some manner. It may not be held by lining knights or peasants shoulder to shoulder anymore, but it's held all the same.
In modern times, a lot of warfare is simply information based for such reasons.
Granted, war was always won based on information, but before modern times the ability to gather and pass it was incredilby limited.
>>77474039
>It's not like specialist units don't exist in reality. Granted, that's also very conditional. Boris' power is good in a brawl, but what about in a life and death fight where the other guy has a bazooka?
Boris could take a punch from Poppy without even flinching. Seeing the amount of force concentrated on a single point that implies, I'm pretty sure his reaction to an RPG's explosion would be "you burned my fucking pompadour!" followed by punching.
>>77474071
I think you underestimate what a RPG is capable of, but it was just an example. Boris is a brawler, and his lucky star power is only suitable for such one on one personal fights where no one is bringing the magical equivalent of a FUCK YOU from a mile away.
I'm not belittling Boris as a character. He himself clearly knows his niche is as a prize fighter, and he's very good at it.
>>77474039
Jets don't fight in a battle line, for example, so no.
>>77474126
And yet front lines still exist, jets fly to assist in holding territory on the front lines, and it works fine.
>>77474126
having soldiers who can fly on their own would change battles
>>77474142
Really depends on their own capability (beyond the power of flight) and how much they can hold while flying, doesn't it?
>>77474090
And I think you're underestimating what Boris can withstand. And if a brawler can tank a direct bazooka hit, think of what a trained military specialist can?
To comment your earlier point of battle lines, thiose weren't absolute even on Earth. For example feodal Samurai charged each other as battle lines true, but upon contact they engaged in individual melees, challenging each others into duels to gain honor from defeating a famous enemy swordsman.
>>77474135
Terrorists and guerrillas don't fight in battle lines or hold a front either.
>>77473131
Wat
>>77474179
You're taking the term FRONT LINES too literally.
Supply lines, centers for communication, where equipment is kept, and such things are still needed by terrorists and guerrillas. They have to live somewhere, sleep, get their supplies, eat, and have some method of passing information to each other. They will also have some sort of command structure no matter how well hidden it is. Is this difficult to understand?
>>77474170
Your idea that Boris is invincible relies on an awful lot of assumptions. As such you have no argument except your own belief it has to be true.
The only argument I can offer against delusion is thus; If he were as invincible as you think, he wouldn't be a mere prize fighter.
>>77474265
>If he were as invincible as you think, he wouldn't be a mere prize fighter
In Boris's case, he is unsuited to war combat because his power relies on self-esteem
>>77474270
And thus, even before the faulty assumption of invincibility, the argument is rendered impotent.
>>77474279
You're the only one talking about invisibility though. Poppy's punch packs more power than a bazooka hit, and she couldn't even scratch Boris, that's what everybody else saw happen in the comic but not you, apparently.
>>77474265
Ok, but what that has to do with fighting in battle lines? Nothing at all.
>>77474297
RPGs work by using shaped charges to shoot a molten steam of copper or something at multiple times the speed of sound
>>77474303
Not really capable of tracking conversation flow and non literal meanings, are you?
>>77474307
The thing that annoys me most about modern technology is media portrayal. So often popular media like movies will portray military hardware as so impotent that people truly believe this shit isn't dead killy.
>>77474335
>dead killy
that sounds orky
is that an ork saying
>>77474307
i wonder if boris could will himself to survive literally any physical attack if he was an egotistical megalomaniac didnt have his bullied past and insecurity about his hobbies to hold him down
>>77474090
I don't think I do. Poppy is able to exert a humongous amount of force, in a much smaller surface area than an explosion does. If a surface can take a direct from Poppy without so much as slightly bending, it's pretty easy to assume that personal scale explosives are just not going to be enough to rupture it.
>>77465772
I remember that part in Utena, now Poppy and Kit must kiss to get the magic sword, and the hot duded must drive their care very dangerously and very naked.
>>77474382
The explosion isn't the dangerous part of an RPG. How do you think it pierces tank armor? Shaped charges propelling jets of molten metal. The explosion is just a side effect.
>>77474427
Still don't have that comfy Hallia
I even sketched some shitty ones myself but to little avail in filling that warm-canary-shaped hole in my heart
>>77473466
Can you just imagine the sheer force of /k/'s collective orgasm?
>>77474516
I'm already building one up
What I'm really hoping for is an Ace of Winchesters cameo
BESTILL MY TREMBLING LOINS
>>77473124
And I feel like you're that hipster/contrarian guy with no friends.
>>77474824
>he disagrees with me
>c-contrarian!
It's time to leave the basement, Anon.
Why do opossums need two vaginas
>>77475796
Two can play that game.
>they disagree with me
>n-neckbeards!
But I don't throw pointless "insults" around like you do because I'm not an egocentric manchild who gets butthurt because a webcomic doesn't pander to my interests or because a bunch of people online don't agree with me.
>>77476053
One is for semen, the other is for babies.
>>77476096
at the same time or what
>>77476053
Because opossums also have two-headed penises.
>>77476342
No, one is used to do the dirty while the other stays clean for the babies.
Or that was the plan but evolution (>>77476367) made it obsolete. Like how female ducks developed twisted vaginas to avoid getting raped then the males developed tentacle dicks that move at the speed of a bullet.
>>77476423
>>77476367
genitalia arms races are the best thing in nature ever
>>77476459
The most horrifying, you meant?
>explosive corkscrew penises
>>77473466
>upcoming moive
wait what
this is a thing
why?
>>77477790
They're making a movie about a guy going around researching shit for some magical encyclopedia he's writing. There will presumably be a scene of him encountering things in America.
>>77477846
Does he visitSpain?
Or europe in general, besides the UK
>>77465930
It's a big plane.
>>77465772
Ayy lmaoYou dissapoint me /co/
>>77478017
According to wikipedia, it seems like most of it is going to be based around 1920-ish America, but we don't really know much about it other than that.
>>77478043
It really is, I mean, for you.
>>77473892
Floating castles made out of poetry and filled to the brim with combat casters assaulting the Kit-ship when?
>>77474170
>For example feodal Samurai charged each other as battle lines true, but upon contact they engaged in individual melees, challenging each others into duels to gain honor from defeating a famous enemy swordsman.
[citation needed]
>>77476096
>I don't throw insults
>throws insults
If you can't take the bantz, go back to Reddit kid. I wasn't butthurt about the comic at all, I was literally asking questions about it and a bunch of neckbeards like you jumped out to scream about "m-muh swords" and couldn't even provide a decent argument, you fucking mongoloid.
ah damn morbi never showed up. keep bumping it, he'll see it eventually and this is exactly the kind of esoteric worldbuilding thats far enough from the plot we can wheedle it out of him
>>77473235
JK Rowling says a lot of shit...but she isn't saying how she swiped Harry Potter's character from the 80's movie Troll...
>>77470757
Gee Bill
>>77473502
Anon has a point, though. Magical shields somewhat level the playing field between swords and guns.
>>77479476
There's also a good chance that the melee weaponry of Flora are enchanted to shit with combat spells which would otherwise be ludicrously expensive to apply to thousands of bullets that only get used once, and enchanting the gun itself wouldn't help because it isn't the actual thing physically hitting any type of shield technology going on.
Plus, ranged combat is probably the domain of spellcasters with fireballs and shit anyway
>>77465772
Is she related to Lando?
>>77480581
Since we're talking MAGIC, couldn't you say an enchanted gun puts an effect on the bullets as it fires?
>>77481040
This is mostly a game balance thing from tabletop RPGs - weapons are high quality things that can be enchanted, ammunition is disposable and having to enchant each individual bullet is time consuming and expensive as hell.
The mana on the weapon would drain out at top speed if you tried to get it to change the bullets individually - Accuracy is typically the ideal way to go. Given we're working with a fighting game system in Flora, though, it likely Just Doesnt Work that way.
>>77481629
Since everyone has inherent magic, why not be able to recharge it with your own mana while you hold it?
>>77481699
I'm sure thats likely a way to go - We know Fred downs mana potions in pill form regularly, so thats a common commercial product here.
>>77481699
people have varying magic levels
>>77481729
he can get poisoned or harmed from taking too much
>>77481755
sure sure - but it seems to be on the level of alcohol poisoning, and since he's a gamba with low natural mana production, its probably safe to use in small military doses
>>77481860
Those small military doses probably get drained within a minute of enchantment gun combat though, plus you could probably get more damage out of the doses with pure magic artillery versus physical. In fact the only reason they probably keep guns around is because otherwise all your weaponry could be negated by a possum in plate armor.
>>77478837
Nobody was insisting that "swords > guns" they just tried to justify why we hadn't seen guns yet based on what we know sice, you know, they don't write the comic. You on the other hand jumped at the chance to make it a "me vs them" thing. It's clear you are the one incapable of sensible discussion.
You should be asking Morbi if you're really interested about the truth.
>>77478237
I don't think the poetry ships are castles, the only faction who flies around with castles are the Imperial Battlemages.
The Hist are still the Hist and the Khajiit are getting high.
>>77481975
magic can still hurt possums though, just not directly
>>77478837
(>>77476096) Here:
1. Your insults are nonsensical but "egocentric manchild" is the perect way to describe you based on your posts.
2. I know "guns > swords" and I prefer them too, I actually go shooting with my grandpa sometimes. Have YOU ever shot a gun?
3. Unlike you I don't sperg about it.
>>77482671
>>77478837
internet fight!!!! WHOOO
>>77482671
If you can't take the bantz, go back to leddit you fucking autist.
I own and shoot firearms regularly.
You are being a sperg about me hurting your poor wittle feeling with my big bad words :,((
>>77482328
>I was literally just discussing the use of guns and speculating
>instead of an unbiased reply or even an answer to my question, I kept getting "GUNS WOULDN'T WORK CAUSE MAGIC DURR"
Real sensible discussion there, pal
and I'll say it again: if you can't handle imageboard banter you should kindly fuck off to the Reddit hugbox
>>77482431
Yeah, the poetry ships belong to the Psijic order IIRC.
Just taking some liberties to make the greatness that is TES stand out a bit more.
>>77482921
The Thalmor or otherwise the Altmer in general have the poetry ships, right?
>>77482753
>>77482899
>>77482671
>>77482328
As much as the gun dude is kind of making an ass of himself, he has a point. Casual Ad Hominem/Strawman in discussions is common as fuck on 4chan and is a part of the culture here.
