#dullard

[missjukebox8bit]

Remember that easter egg running gag that was just a Dilbert parody called Dullard?

Thinking about that today for no reason whatsoever

[dailyhsrclips]

[dailyhomestarfacts]

Fact 391:

The DVD version of sbemail dullard contains three extra Dullard comics other than the one from the website. The comic changes for each method Strong Bad shows, with the original being in method one and these three being for the other methods

[jhsharman]

Science Fair Play

Fletcher Foiey, who has been rivals with Dilton since "pre-pre-school". Fernando Ruiz has two stories where he appears, to do battle with Dilton -- might have had big plans for him.

"Dullars" feels like it might be accurate, Fletcher being quirky.

[zero-zoxx-international]

Refreshingly New, Refreshingly Different, ai art 2024 after a prompt from ZZI

[redux-iterum]

What's one part of the warrior code you would change if you could and what plot points does in effect in the series?

Lynx cheated and went with three, but they're good ones.

LYNX: Ignoring the obvious Code Thirteen being awful on principle, I'd say Code Six should include requiring cats to visit the Moonpool to complete their warrior training. Had that been done, then the uprising of young Shadowclan cats in AVoS probably wouldn't have happened and newer cats wouldn't be treating the Moonpool as too holy for anyone other than medicine cats and soon-to-be leaders to visit.

Code Two I'd only change one little part as a quality of life update, enabling hunters to catch prey that didn't cross too far into another clan's territory and not get their fur raked off by hissy patrol cats. Hopefully this amendment would also improve attitudes towards traveling cats walking on neutral grounds (like the shoreline) so you won't have some grouchy border patrol going, "Don't you dare think about crossing into our territory! Don't you dare! If you do, I'm gonna pluck your whiskers out!" and it's just tiring at this point. And there's one code I wish were enforced a little more.

Code Sixteen was literally established a year or two before Skyclan was brought back and no one cited it as evidence that they should keep it around?

DULLARD: Really, there're problems that can be found with every part of the code, official rule or simply traditional, but if I had to pick one, I would absolutely take off the restriction on medicine cats and their families. Not just because it's a silly rule that only exists because of one single incompetent cat at the very beginning of Clan history, but because its wording of the reason for this rule - "they must be able to heal all cats equally" - neglects the fact that they may have siblings, or cousins, or parents, and they'd be just as attached to those cats as they would a mate or children. Wouldn't that also cause problems? But it's not illegal for them to have that kind of family, right? Just the one they choose for themselves is wrong? Why?

Plus, like, bear in mind that this law has caused so much god damn trouble in the past, solely because of what it prohibits. If Leafpool had been allowed to have kits, then the vast majority of the drama in the third arc would not have happened (most of it would be on them being half-WindClan, true, but that's a secret that's much easier to keep, since queens don't have to name the father) and Hollyleaf could have been saved, because it wasn't a big-ass deal. If Yellowfang had been able to raise Brokenstar, she could have potentially steered him to a better future because of her direct involvement, rather than a bitch of a foster mother. And we don't even know how many medicine cats have sneakily had children before and had Brokenstar's situation happen with a foster, or been caught, severely punished, demoted, publicly humiliated, or even exiled, which lead to something terrible happening because there's no medicine cat now! This law only causes more problems than it solves.

Now, if the reason was something different, like "a medicine cat needs to be available at all times and having a litter can interrupt that", I could understand, though that can be solved easily with having multiple medicine cats around. But that's not the reason. The reason is self-contradictory and stupid. I would dearly love to see the code be altered in the next arc to allow this particular set of relationships. It'd at least force the writers to come up with new stories.

[calitraditionalism]

Why did you think the Redux was poor quality?

Hoo... Honestly, part of it is just self-consciousness talking. I know that very well. It's not the worst piece of fanfiction in the world, obviously. People really liked it and like it still. I personally happen to see what it is in the reflection and sneer with disdain.

The Redux is a portrait of my writing style back when I was fresh out of high school. I had no idea what I was doing beyond "change what you don't like about arc one of Warriors". I relied upon subversion of canon rather than what would make a genuinely good story. I stole or heavily referenced lines from writers I consider to have a hell of a way with words (especially Rudyard Kipling, racism aside) because I couldn't think of any good lines myself. I threw in random ideas a split second before they would show up, or even just as I was writing, giving them no buildup or time to be hinted at and yanking the already poor pacing off the rails. I think everyone can agree with me that the characters were so muted that they had no more personality than they did in canon. So on and so forth.

In general, my thought process was "this will be cool or surprising", which I now see as a very flawed way to write. Nowadays, I try to craft a good story first and add or subtract things as they would increase the quality of what I want to write. There's a difference between what's fun for you and what's fun for your audience, to quote an old saying. I was entirely too focused on what would be fun for me. I like to think I'm different now.

[neuroconflictos]

¿Quién más sino yo?

El amor que tanto buscaba, me lo di yo, fue ahí cuando entendí que no te necesitaba, que estaba dejándome morir por alguien que ni me miraba.

Solo para que ya dejes de preguntar por qué me fuí.

Dullard