Topic: WCDT BEMBO WEEK! (26th to 30th December 2016) (Read 24659 times)

Kugai · « **on:** 25 Dec 2016, 13:59 »

BEMBO WEEK!!!

Zebediah · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 14:24 »

He is Bembo, and he is wearing a cloak but no shirt in the Brutal Winter Mountains. The lizard's not the only one flirting with hypothermia.

cesium133 · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 14:34 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 25 Dec 2016, 14:24

He is Bembo, and he is wearing a cloak but no shirt in the Brutal Winter Mountains. The lizard's not the only one flirting with hypothermia.

BEMBO: "Hey, there."
Hypothermia: "I'm gonna freeze you to death!"
BEMBO: "I love you too."

Thrudd · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 16:48 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 25 Dec 2016, 14:34

Quote from: Zebediah on 25 Dec 2016, 14:24
He is Bembo, and he is wearing a cloak but no shirt in the Brutal Winter Mountains. The lizard's not the only one flirting with hypothermia.
BEMBO: "Hey, there."
Hypothermia: "I'm gonna freeze you to death!"
BEMBO: "I love you too."

BEMBO: [ Still not as Frigid as the ex Brrrr ]

Mordhaus · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 16:50 »

Bembo, the surprising insightful barbarian.

St.Clair · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 19:00 »

This is what I thought whenever I ran into an Argonian up north in Oblivion, or most parts of Skyrim.

brasca · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 20:40 »

So the lizardman is flirting dying of hypothermia and he didn't wear pants?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 20:47 »

Quote from: brasca on 25 Dec 2016, 20:40

So the lizardman is flirting dying of hypothermia and he didn't wear pants?

The only answer you will ever need is BEMBO!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Dec 2016, 21:30 »

Bembo is amazing.

Storel · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 00:28 »

Quote from: brasca on 25 Dec 2016, 20:40

So the lizardman is flirting dying of hypothermia and he didn't wear pants?

The hypothermia ate his pants, giving the lizardman time to run away and meet Bembo.

A hypothermia is a sort of cold-climate hypopotamus, right?

BenRG · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 00:33 »

The poll is sort of an exercise in memory for those of us who followed Jeph's on-line writing of this week's strips on Twitter about a month back.

Meanwhile... Poor Lizardman needs a hug. Unfortunately for him, Bembo only needs a new set of boots.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 07:06 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 25 Dec 2016, 19:00

This is what I thought whenever I ran into an Argonian up north in Oblivion, or most parts of Skyrim.

Nah, they'll be fine. The totally irrelevant boobs will keep them warm...

oeoek · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 15:29 »

new comic; Ok, which of you jokers gave our beloved Barbarian a dictionary?

wlewisiii · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 17:00 »

Quote from: oeoek on 26 Dec 2016, 15:29

new comic; Ok, which of you jokers gave our beloved Barbarian a dictionary?

Makes me want to see Bembo encounter The Gazebo.

JohnTheWysard · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 17:05 »

Hey. Cool.

A Bembo meets a bimbo.

St.Clair · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 20:17 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 26 Dec 2016, 07:06

Quote from: St.Clair on 25 Dec 2016, 19:00
This is what I thought whenever I ran into an Argonian up north in Oblivion, or most parts of Skyrim.

Nah, they'll be fine. The totally irrelevant boobs will keep them warm...

And the Fur Armor, I suppose.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 20:52 »

Does her face remind anyone else of Renee?

Kugai · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 21:11 »

Angry otherworldly beauty.

This willl not be good for Bembo

Cagier Love · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 21:26 »

What's the completion of Bembo's thought in panel 3? It seems like he's about to say that the claimed otherworldly beauty standards of tall, thin, blonde, caucasian are mundane and thus readily obtainable and not unrealistic.

DSL · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Dec 2016, 21:33 »

Naw, he's about to say adhering to only one standard of beauty is too rooted in this world -- in fact, to one place and time in this world -- to qualify as "otherworldly." Apparition Lady seems to require reassurance otherwise.

BenRG · « **Reply #20 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 00:30 »

Bembo, don't disagree with the nice, pretty lady with god-tier magic.

At least we know where Fairy Girl hangs out when she isn't being pursued by Emily! Bonus points if, in some future strip, Emily corners her in a bar and is introduced to a QC-ised Bembo who is her boyfriend.

USS Martenclaire · « **Reply #21 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 01:09 »

Idiot barbarian makes a good point. It would be nice to see some dark skinned fairies, maybe with different wing shapes and colours....

TinPenguin · « **Reply #22 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 02:23 »

I always had the suspicion that "otherworldly beauty" would probably involve a lot more tentacles.

St.Clair · « **Reply #23 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 03:58 »

With a little further thought, I can see it, kind of. Consider what she might look like to a member of an actual Bronze Age society: unusually tall, very pale, teeth "unnaturally" white and even, hair perfectly in place, no calluses, breasts more like bowls glued to her chest than proper sagging teats, etc... and what is that fabric she's wearing?

From a certain point of view, as the saying goes, she could look more like a Grey alien in lipstick than a "real" woman.

brasca · « **Reply #24 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 04:31 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 27 Dec 2016, 03:58

With a little further thought, I can see it, kind of. Consider what she might look like to a member of an actual Bronze Age society: unusually tall, very pale, teeth "unnaturally" white and even, hair perfectly in place, no calluses, breasts more like bowls glued to her chest than proper sagging teats, etc... and what is that fabric she's wearing?

From a certain point of view, as the saying goes, she could look more like a Grey alien in lipstick than a "real" woman.

Agreed. And I have to wonder if Alice Grove's Gavia had introduced herself in a less hostile manner she might have convinced the townspeople she was a fairy instead of a demon.

BenRG · « **Reply #25 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 05:38 »

The only difference between faerie and demons, when you actually read up the mythology, is that faerie are typically better at selling themselves as creatures of wonder and good whose activities are 'harmless tricks' rather than atrocities. In practice, that ability to deceive actually makes them a bit worse than Cthulhu and his tentacle-bros in pure ethical terms.

Zebediah · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 05:59 »

You know, the only fairy I've actually met isn't a tall blonde but a petite redhead.

Case · « **Reply #27 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 06:56 »

Quote from: DSL on 26 Dec 2016, 21:33

Naw, he's about to say adhering to only one standard of beauty is too rooted in this world -- in fact, to one place and time in this world -- to qualify as "otherworldly." Apparition Lady seems to require reassurance otherwise.

She does have a point about the ears, though ... (I know, I know - 10 cents in the pun-jar ...)

Storel · « **Reply #28 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 07:37 »

Quote from: oeoek on 26 Dec 2016, 15:29

new comic; Ok, which of you jokers gave our beloved Barbarian a dictionary?

I was going to say, Bembo seems a lot smarter this time around. Or perhaps just better-educated? Has he been getting some (gasp) schooling??

Storel · « **Reply #29 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 07:53 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 27 Dec 2016, 03:58

With a little further thought, I can see it, kind of. Consider what she might look like to a member of an actual Bronze Age society: unusually tall, very pale, teeth "unnaturally" white and even, hair perfectly in place, no calluses, breasts more like bowls glued to her chest than proper sagging teats, etc... and what is that fabric she's wearing?

Wasn't Ancient Rome a Bronze Age society? And yet they were highly civilized. (And most people's teeth were in excellent shape until sugar became a major part of human diets around 200 years ago.)

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #30 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 09:40 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Dec 2016, 20:52

Does her face remind anyone else of Renee?

Nope.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #31 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 10:29 »

Fair enough.

Mr. Skawronska · « **Reply #32 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 13:40 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 25 Dec 2016, 19:00

This is what I thought whenever I ran into an Argonian up north in Oblivion, or most parts of Skyrim.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that was a little strange.

Nepiophage · « **Reply #33 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 14:48 »

Quote from: Storel on 27 Dec 2016, 07:53

Wasn't Ancient Rome a Bronze Age society? And yet they were highly civilized. (And most people's teeth were in excellent shape until sugar became a major part of human diets around 200 years ago.)

No. The bronze age ended with the discovery of iron smelting about 1000 BC.

wlewisiii · « **Reply #34 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 15:00 »

Quote from: Storel on 27 Dec 2016, 07:53

Wasn't Ancient Rome a Bronze Age society? And yet they were highly civilized. (And most people's teeth were in excellent shape until sugar became a major part of human diets around 200 years ago.)

No. Mycenaean Greece was as was Ancient Egypt. Roman culture did not arise till long after the replacement of bronze with iron.

It's earliest form (Kingdom to the Republic) was about ~500 BCE and grew on the strength of their iron swords.

Gyrre · « **Reply #35 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 17:24 »

Perhaps the farmer ought to have either specified dead wolves or said "skins" instead of"pelts".

Method of Madness · « **Reply #36 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 17:28 »

Pelt me with wolves twenty times? Strange request, but...ok!

Killspree · « **Reply #37 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 19:48 »

Quote from: wlewisiii on 27 Dec 2016, 15:00

Quote from: Storel on 27 Dec 2016, 07:53
Wasn't Ancient Rome a Bronze Age society? And yet they were highly civilized. (And most people's teeth were in excellent shape until sugar became a major part of human diets around 200 years ago.)

No. Mycenaean Greece was as was Ancient Egypt. Roman culture did not arise till long after the replacement of bronze with iron.

It's earliest form (Kingdom to the Republic) was about ~500 BCE and grew on the strength of their iron swords.

The Etruscans were smelting iron armor and weapons while the Romans were still bronze. They helped form Rome and then were conquered and absorbed into the growing Empire. They took over a lot of the priesthood duties.

Gyrre · « **Reply #38 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 20:46 »

Quote from: JohnTheWysard on 26 Dec 2016, 17:05

Hey. Cool. A Bembo meets a bimbo.

By the 1920s definition of the word, Bembo IS a bimbo. (source)

Fixed the link - Method

Kugai · « **Reply #39 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 21:08 »

I get the feeling that Bembo is a literal Barbarian

Or just needs claarer and more precise instructions

BenRG · « **Reply #40 on:** 27 Dec 2016, 23:22 »

Airborne wolf attack! Well, if nothing else, Bembo has redefined the bad news that a wolf can mean for a farmer!

It's the nonplussed look on the wolves faces that gets me! "Why is mad giant human carrying me around?"

St.Clair · « **Reply #41 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 00:01 »

Farmer Questgiver's lucky he didn't ask for bear asses.

Akima · « **Reply #42 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 04:48 »

Quote from: USS Martenclaire on 27 Dec 2016, 01:09

Idiot barbarian makes a good point. It would be nice to see some dark skinned fairies, maybe with different wing shapes and colours....

In Chinese folk-stories, and the films derived from them, fairies usually have no wings at all, flying instead by supernatural means. They just appear as beautiful girls in vaguely Tang-dynasty robes, until they turn into foxes, deer, snakes, swarms of bees etc.

Bembo is a "catch and release" barbarian. The farmer used to be an adventurer like you, until he took a wolf-bite to the knee.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #43 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 07:37 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 28 Dec 2016, 00:01

Farmer Questgiver's lucky he didn't ask for bear asses.

God, the drop rate on those is way too low. I've killed 23 bears so far, not a single one of them had an ass...

Case · « **Reply #44 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 10:35 »

Quote from: Kugai on 27 Dec 2016, 21:08

I get the feeling that Bembo is a literal Barbarian

Maybe Bembo's character was inspired by Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson?

How did Angua put it? "One needs a very complex interior life to appear that uncomplicated" ?

(GoGo Discworld-quotation-miners!)

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #45 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 14:23 »

I can only remember "Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was. Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.", but I doubt that's the one you mea.

Storel · « **Reply #46 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 15:30 »

Aaaaand so much for Bembo being any smarter or better educated than before...

pwhodges · « **Reply #47 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 15:38 »

Today's (tomorrow's?) strip was written for Jeph by, and features, Shelby.

Akima · « **Reply #48 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 18:21 »

What is keeping the Wolf Queen's crown on her head in the last panel? Glue? Pins? The power of funny? I think it would have been funnier if it had fallen off.

Case · « **Reply #49 on:** 28 Dec 2016, 19:07 »

Quote from: Akima on 28 Dec 2016, 18:21

What is keeping the Wolf Queen's crown on her head in the last panel? Glue? Pins? The power of funny? I think it would have been funnier if it had fallen off.

A talking wolf, standing on her hind-legs, holding a sceptre and irately scolding a Barbarian who just lobbed her subject pack at a farmer ...

... but what snaps your suspenders of disbelief is the fact that her crown doesn't fall off?

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