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Alice Grove MCDT - January 2015
plusorminus:
--- Quote from: ysth on 30 Jan 2015, 12:14 ---
He didn't say "rest", he said "next"; important distinction there.
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Not to be an ass, but isn't this a distinction without a difference? It would be a bit different if this were the 50th or even 5th chapter of this tale. It's the first. So "next" sort of does equal "rest" from where I'm standing.
It doesn't matter though. I was mistaken because I thought AG was a project Jeph had on his mind but had to mind the QC store and held the Kickstarter so he could get some funding to branch out. That was not the case. So it makes sense to me now that he has an idea of where he wants things to go but only detailed the first chapter and is now assessing/reassessing things.
Ben Ellery:
--- Quote from: ysth on 30 Jan 2015, 12:14 ---I'm pretty sure the plural is Praeseses.
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Actually, the plural of Praeses is Praesides. :-D
See either http://alicegrove.wikia.com/wiki/Praeses or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeses for more info.
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Ben Ellery on 30 Jan 2015, 15:13 ---
--- Quote from: ysth on 30 Jan 2015, 12:14 ---I'm pretty sure the plural is Praeseses.
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Actually, the plural of Praeses is Praesides. :-D
See either http://alicegrove.wikia.com/wiki/Praeses or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeses for more info.
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This is either the most awesome, or most pedantic first post I've ever seen, anywhere. There aren't enough hearts or emojis in the world to express how much I love it.
A+ Ben Ellery. A+.
Orkboy:
Okay, so, my 2 cents on chapter one.
It took a while to get rolling. That's not at all unusual, but it is different than QC, which definitely sunk its hooks in with the first page. AG had a few early hooks to keep you reading to the end of the chapter, such as "how did she survive that fall" and "what's with the half-naked blue kid sleeping in a field?" but the real hook seems to be the last page of the chapter. Most authors/cartoonists wouldn't be able to get away with a delayed hook like that, but Jeph's almost fanatical QC followers have been shown already that Jeph is the bomb, and I think he knew that we'd all hang around long enough for this story to build up steam and stand on its own feet. I know, I mixed two different metaphors there, but they just makes AG into some kind of steam-powered mechanical juggernaut, which is almost as cool as the stuff Jeph writes.
Ben Ellery:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Jan 2015, 16:48 ---
--- Quote from: Ben Ellery on 30 Jan 2015, 15:13 ---
--- Quote from: ysth on 30 Jan 2015, 12:14 ---I'm pretty sure the plural is Praeseses.
--- End quote ---
Actually, the plural of Praeses is Praesides. :-D
See either http://alicegrove.wikia.com/wiki/Praeses or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeses for more info.
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This is either the most awesome, or most pedantic first post I've ever seen, anywhere. There aren't enough hearts or emojis in the world to express how much I love it.
A+ Ben Ellery. A+.
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I've actually been lurking around for about 2 weeks now. And I'd planned for my first post to be something more productive, I swear. But then I saw this, and I just couldn't resist. Oh well.
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