Friendship is Dragons

Page 1720 - Arcana Transfusion

23rd Jul 2022, 6:00 AM in What About Discord?

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Newbiespud 23rd Jul 2022, 6:00 AM edit delete

So this is slightly new - a page with no dialogue or tension-deflating punchline at the end.

I was going to put in a line about how the DM described this process in a way that made it sound excruciating... but really, I felt like the show's visuals convey that so much better on their own, and any dialogue I would add would cheapen it.

I've been doing this for nearly 11 years (as of this coming Thursday). I can be a little lazy (and call it "experimental" or "less is more"), right?

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16 Comments:

A Quiet Reader 23rd Jul 2022, 6:35 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Tbf, I'm also having trouble coming up with anything to add on to this. I think the panels convey everything perfectly on their own.

Side note, that's a great wide shot of the throne room... even with the repetitive stain glass. I guess the ones with the Bearers' adventures are further down the hall?

Godzfirefly 23rd Jul 2022, 6:39 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

There could also be more than one Throne Room?

Wulfraed 23rd Jul 2022, 9:09 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

The first panel seems to bear an inkling of Vultures Circling a Victim

Winged Cat 23rd Jul 2022, 9:36 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

You mean it isn't? :P (Among other things.)

Borg 23rd Jul 2022, 10:06 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

If you had put words in, you could claim the joke was something about the medium and the necessity for the DM to cheapen the visuals because they don't diegetically exist . . . but that would be a lot of meta for a lame payoff.

you know that guy 23rd Jul 2022, 11:45 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Twilight: oh God

Celestia: "Princess" will suffice

Roguim 23rd Jul 2022, 2:22 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Sometimes text it's not necessary.
But you could gave The Skeletor " The power fills me" speech here...xD

CosmicPlatonix 23rd Jul 2022, 8:13 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

"By the Power of Neighskull!"

Bruce Cipher 23rd Jul 2022, 9:35 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

And now I’m all caught up! I love how you’ve modified these stories using the tools you’ve been given, and I can’t wait to see where this particular story goes. See you on Tuesday! 😄

Philadelphus 23rd Jul 2022, 11:46 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

I don't think every strip necessarily needs text – if you can have a beat panel, why not a beat strip?

Digo 24th Jul 2022, 7:04 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

If I were the GM, the text would just be me making sound effect noises.

System 24th Jul 2022, 2:51 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Congratulations Player 'Celestia' your 'Twilight Sparkle' leveled up!
... Leveled Up
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... Leveled Up
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Celestia: Should I stop with the Magic Rare Candies? Nah, let's drop another hundred

CosmicPlatonix 25th Jul 2022, 11:25 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

"Hang on, let me make another quick trip to that island coast."

Lord Helpme 26th Jul 2022, 2:13 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Celestia with white-out eyes is pretty disturbing in itself, but if you got a little dirt spot on your screen that is positioned to look like her pupil, it can make her look like she's gone totally quackers.

NobleCuriosity 4th Aug 2022, 8:28 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

You know, in hindsight it’s weird that Celestia and Luna kept their flowing manes. They’re clearly magical, and when Nightmare moon was purified, depowering Luna, she had a normal light blue mane.

zimmerwald1915 3rd Sep 2022, 8:55 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

They didn't keep flowing in the animation, they just hung limp, albeit without changing color. That doesn't come through in the screencaps for obvious reasons.