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Parable - 05 - HD

 I wasn't sure about the "boing" sound effect, but my immaturity ultimately won the day.

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This is why Susan started out short in this storyline. As your character progressed in the Fable games (less so in the third), they underwent physical changes. This included height. Knowing that I wanted to have noticeable height increases, I didn't want Susan to start out as tall as normal.

Comic Vs What's Being Parodied

I...

Parable - 004 - HD

It's genuinely the most overpowered class of abilities in games.

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Firstly, sorry about the lack of an EGSNP this past Wednesday. A combination of lack of sleep and something unexpected coming up resulted in the delay.

There actually is a slow time spell in Fable 2. On its own, it's pretty good. Combined with high level offensive magic, it's broken.

It's a bit convoluted to explain how exactly the magic system works, but each...

Parable - 03 - HD

Bugs! No, not the wabbit.

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Grace, I love you, but this is just one of many reasons why we're following Susan's misadventures this time around.

And yes, there were guns in the Fable games (starting with Fable 2). They were, of course, generally weaker than melee weapons, because that's how logic works.

Omg I had so much fun you guys

I had a lot of fun making this comic, and I must confess that part of it was getting side...

August Poll #2 Can Vote For More Than One

Rhoda is being hit on by a persistent (and fairly clueless) man in a bar! OH NOES! And yes, she’s at least 21 in this scenario, because where would a person even get a fake ID? It’s impossible.

She responds by shrinking him and growing herself, which isn’t necessarily valid conflict resolution, but whatever. This man is...

August Poll #1 Can Vote For More Than One

Ashley is playing around with a magic remote made by Tedd, and...

Parable - 02 - HD

To be fair, even Fallout New Vegas insists you go get revenge on Chandler Bing.

Also to be fair, you can literally find him, forgive him instead, and seduce him, but you're still gonna have to do SOMETHING with him at some point.

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Who is that hooded Arthur? I mean, that Arthur in the hood? I mean, that Arthur named Arthur?

Whatever. It's a mystery. It will never be solved.

This opening doesn't exactly match the plot of any game...

Should Second Place Be One of The Polls

The last poll (with "female character grows, male shrinks") wasn't close, with "Ashley with Elliot" winning with 74 votes.

Second place, "Rhoda being hit on by a male character", only had 52 votes. 

So there will be an Ashley with Elliot poll, no question. However, should the Rhoda option be the second poll?

(If not, I'll come up with something else.)

Parable - 01 - HD

Write what you know, they say, and I know games that aren't really that expertly designed that I nonetheless have played the heck out of.

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I decided tickle science was an excellent note to end on, and that we should move on to incredibly timely video game parody.

With that in mind, I've revisited Fable 2 recently, and heck, that's only 11 years old. Let's make jokes inspired by that, shall we?

As for why Susan and not Grace, I consid...

REDO - Followup Poll, Please ReVote if Already Voted

SORRY! The first version had duplicate answers in the poll somehow. Please vote again if you did already >_<

Followup Size Change Poll for End of Month Poll

"Female character GROWS, and male character SHRINKS" won the poll!

However, there's the question of scenario... (can vote for more than one)

For each of these, the female character grows, and the male character shrinks. Specifics will be voted upon in the fin...

Super Hero Science - 17 - HD

Apologies to those rooting for a Grace-Elliot-Tedd-Ashley cuddle pile, presumably arranged in that order.

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I wanted this question answered, but I wanted a twist without creating yet another shipping scenario.

Enter Ellen being a troll to save the day! And rudely tickle Elliot. Because she is a troll.

Not, like, an evil troll. There are... Well, "good" might be a stretch, but there are trolls who don't intend harm, at least. Neutral trolls? I ...

Size Difference Poll For Upcoming Polls

At least one of the polls is going to involve this sort of nonsense, and here you can vote for which manner of nonsense it will be.

There will be a followup poll in which more details are decided upon before the final poll. Can vote for more than one.

Scientific Dairy Sarah

EDIT - Was missing some shadows

Description - Sarah the scientist has accidentally turned herself into a curvy cowgirl! Specifically, consistency of mass is for losers, and she’s grown bigger with some clothes stretching and ripping.

I really wasn't planning on finishing this when I did, but I started working, I was having fun, my back was doing better in my new chair, and I just finished it really pretty easy like.

Part ...

Super Hero Science - 16 - HD

I don't like that the first panel feels a bit redundant, but given the "science" they were up to, showing much more than that would've been a bit much o_o;;;

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Wait a minute.

This ISN'T fan fiction written by one of the characters in the comic itself?! How can this...

Wait. If a character in the comic writes fiction about other characters in the comic, is that fan fiction, or is that just them weirdly writing stuff about their frien...

Super Hero Science - 15 - HD

FOR SCIENCE! And nothing else!

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See, I want to say that Sarah is writing this, but I imagine Elliot would just be his regular self if she were the one typing?

Grace, meanwhile, would write something completely innocent that others would interpret as being anything but.

One could argue Ashley, but Ashley, whether intentionally or not, tends to include a self insert of some sort. Granted, that doesn't HAVE to be the case, but I can't help but t...

Super Hero Science - 14 - HD

Grace would gleefully voice the solution were she there, but sadly, she is not.

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What am I even writing at this point?

Am I sure I'm even the author? Maybe Ashley wrote this? Or Grace?

Maybe Tedd wrote this. Wouldn't that be a twist.

Super Hero Science - 13 - HD

Went with two images instead of one, because at HD size, the height would exceed 1080, which didn't seem ideal.

EDIT - And then I changed that, because I didn't like how the gallery display was handled.

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It took a great deal of complicated math and equations to figure out how exactly they would wind up that way, as I didn't like the idea of "Elliot's dizzy and falls". I figured even if Elliot was a bit wobbly, he'd remain in the air if simply a bit...

QUICK! WE NEED A PROFESSOR!

SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR! NO TIME TOO EXPLAIN!

I mean, there's plenty of time, really. Still not going to.

Can vote for more than one.

Next EGSNP Friday, double sized

I've decided to make the next EGSNP a double-sized Friday comic.

This is mostly for my health, but also because I realized what I could do with that.

Super Hero Science - 12 - HD

You spin me round...

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In truth, Elliot didn't go in a proper circle. If he'd done so, he'd have hit a wall. I'm not sure if correcting for that would have been better or worse for dizziness? I really do not know the physics of that.

I do know that there were tire swings at my elementary school that were hung in such a way that you could spin around in circles, and they were a terrible idea. Granted, that didn't stop me from spinning around in them ...

Super Hero Science - 11 - HD

Must... Use... LOGIC!

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That's still abnormally high strength, Tedd, and that strength contained in a smaller package could be like something being more dense, so you might be splitting hairs, there.

Then again, thinking this stuff through is how you're getting yourself into "science mode", so maybe I should cut you some slack, here.

In any case, you know there's only one way to test this, but sure. Prepare your mindset by thinking through the...

Super Hero Science - 10 - HD

Too... Many... Inappropriate... Thoughts...!

(Sorry this wasn't posted last night. Patreon was down for maintenance when I was ready to post it)

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Sorry for the delay between comics. My body went on strike. It was holding out for more cookies, which I keep telling it is a bad idea, but it doesn't want to listen!

Also, I felt bad and had to rest a lot. But mostly the cookie thing. We have a momentary truce on the understanding that I w...

Super Hero Science - 09 - HD

Accusations that this storyline was only written to ship tease are groundless!

It does other stuff too, I'll have you know.

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And now, a glimpse into the brilliant mind of... an ARTIST.

"I want people to have a general idea of the relative heights of Cheerleadra and Tedd (with Cheerleadra's boots on, anyway), so I'll show them from a zoomed out, flat angle in panel one."

"Oh no. The basement background looks awful from that angle, and th...

July Poll #2

(Can vote for more than one)

Sarah the scientist has accidentally turned herself into a curvy cowgirl! Specifically...

July Poll #1

(Can vote for more than one)

Looks like scientist Ashley! But...

(Sidenote: Liz in black clothing milestone will either be Wednesday or Friday. Something based on those “there’s no time to explain” polls will be next after that. There’ll also be similar, though less rushed, polls next week).

Super Hero Science - 08 - HD

S-s-s-s-SCIENCE!

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I MUST have commented on that X and the mat behind it before, but who knows when or where, so here we go. The X is tape of the ground to designate where to stand for transformation zapping, an on the wall is a cushioned mat just in case someone falls back or the TF zappery misses.

Granted, Tedd hasn't actually tested whether the TF gun would leave a mark on a wall, but she doesn't want to find out, either.

The logic of the p...

Quick! Transformation Circumstance Poll!

THERE WILL NEVER BE TIME TO EXPLAIN CAN VOTE FOR MORE THAN ONE!

Quick! A Poll!

NO TIME TO EXPLAIN BEYOND YOU CAN CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE!

Quick! Suggest a character!

THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!

EXCEPT TO LIKE COMMENTS IF YOU LIKE THE CHARACTER THEY SAY!

Super Hero Science - 07 - HD

Casual hugs and cuddles?! That Grace is a bad influence!

EDIT - Fixed a voice bubble

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Tedd is the worst at playing doctor. Grace can say all the suggestive stuff she wants, and Tedd will just give an actual amateur physical.

Okay, that's not completely accurate. The real danger would be accidentally coming up with symptoms that Tedd would find fascinating on a scientific level. That's easier than it sounds, because all it really take...

Super Hero Science - 06 - HD

CUTENESS!

Apologies if Patreon is down for maintenance when you see the e-mail for this. There was a message that said it would be down, but it appears to be up, so who knows.

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Of course Elliot had the most innocent of all reasons to do that.

And I want to say he's right in that last panel, but what if you slipped while trying to land? Or would that be easy to avoid if you can float...

Look, I have no idea. I have, like, zero w...