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Dofus Volume 5
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Vald and Dodge are back for the 5th volume of the Dofus Manga! The Dragokarts Race reaches its grande finale and we've all been invited to a special backstage performance ;)
There are twists and turns along the way, but hold on tight, it's not over yet! We can't say why, but you might need tissues for this one…
You can read it now through the link below, enjoy!
Dofus Manga Characters Classpect - PART II
Read Part I, pleeaase
I made this old post going a bit more indepth (not much more though) about my thoughts regarding Goultard's system, how it functions etc...
"They [Vald and D Vlad] were a creation of his mind as a means of coping with / surviving the various traumas [challenges] he faced throughout his life."
Vald and Vlad both "evolve" over time with the purpose of keeping Goultard functional. They don't do an especially good job at it but still I think it's a valid interpretation to see the system as an organism adaptating for survival by trying random chaotic things, throwing whatever at the wall and seeing what sticks. Vald And D Vlad are on two ends of an axis of mutation. Expansion : Hope, on one side, Contraction : Rage, on the other.
"The vast majority of mutations are shitty, and either do nothing or have horrifying consequences. But some are awesome." "Not all change is good, especially not change that occurs without checks and balances." "We can conceptualize Hope as the cancer and Rage as the knife that cuts it out"
You'd THINK they'd balance each other out. Maybe they do?? Their competency in assisting Goultard be a more stable and successful character is... arguable. But they sure manage to get the narrative moving forward in new, interesting, and unexpected way ! Assisting other characters along the way.
After all, Crail wouldn't have become the Crimson Dofus' Guardian and raised Arty if it weren't for D Vlad.
The question of relation to the narrative is a complex one with those two. When you think about it, they're part of a living narrative (the system) inside another living narrative (the dofus manga story). Roles within roles...
My first approach was commansalist without a doubt, it had to be! "Their success is neither fundamental nor undermined by the story they inhabit" Neither of them get any kind of personal growth or success, no big heroic act that saves the day. They serve the narrative, I'd even say they're pivotal to it, without ripping any of the benefits. But parasitic? at their own expense? They don't seem to particularly suffer from it, do they?
Vald and Vlad both "evolve" over time with the purpose of keeping Goultard functional... And maybe by the exact same process, they keep themselves functional too. In two completely different ways.
One through oblivion, the other through awareness.
Vald, TheologicallyGallant
You could easily see him as a knight, he fits the archetype on the surface, but as said before this is just appearance. Vald is like a sidekick who doesnt know he's a sidekick. He helps like a sidekick does, with none of the self-doubt that usually comes from being relegated to a purely supportive role.
I would define Vald as embodying Goultard's Hope for a normal life, free from his chains and everything they entail.
" Too little experience and time fronting to pass as a fully formed individual (but people usually assume he’s just stupid). In a way, his role IS to be too stupid to feel sadness, or anything much."
Vald in his total lack of awareness to his fate and existence, is a bottomless well of optimism, naiveté, hope... Vald manages to capture any minute bullshit and bizarre opportunity that presents itself, and reveal its potential as motivation foddder to further the story or the hero's arcs. No matter how absurd, counter productive, random it may seem. He always manages to push things forward, for Arty, for Dodge.
"Jake has an affinity for fantasy and belief, [...] He’s an easy person to believe things of, he inspires sentiment (and attachment, and attraction) seemingly without trying. He’s made of the stuff Hope is made of, which is to say, lies made real by sheer, stubborn conviction and repetition."
Then dies tragically and suddenly, to further motivate Dodge's arc and introduce Goultard.
"A Page, as a class of character, is swept up in the tide of the story they inhabit. Their narrative positioning doesn’t serve their own interests, like the mutualist used-by class, the Heir. They aren’t bound to the service of others, like the commensalistic used-by class, the Maid. Their journey is one of being kicked to pieces by the narrative, their self-actualization undermined, their connections destabilized, severed, lost."
Too drunk on hope to realize. Oblivious to fatality. Unable to believe it. Even in his last seconds "It can't be".
PAGE OF HOPE, PROSPIT
One who is wielded by fantasy, the unchecked growth/mutation and the creation of the fake and inexplicable to advance others within the narrative at his own expense
Dark Vlad, TemerariouslyGruesome
Vlad is quite literally Goultard's excess Rage. He takes over when Goultard's emotions/memories become too much for him to bear. "He exteriorizes unresolved anger and resentment by violently lashing out." Really, it all spills out of him.
In Wakfu, Vlad is very much aware that he's not "real". He's aware he's part of this system. A narrative within a narrative. He understands that he was created/exists for a defined purpose that doesn't serve nor benefit him directly, in a way he knows he's a fictional character.
So what can you do about that ? No choice, no power over the reason of your existence. How can you live with that ? It'd be easy to resent your creator, maybe in a way, Vlad does. And simply let yourself inevitably suffer at the hands of your own fate... Suffer ? But after all, it's really not all bad when you love what you were made for, because you really might as well! Maybe even a little too much, and with all abandon....
He owns this rage, consumes it, digests it, assimilates it into his sense of self .
"After all, it happened to them, and they survived it, in one way or another. Maybe it even made them stronger, knowing what they know, experiencing what they experienced. If the rest of the world can’t handle it, that sounds like a ‘them’ problem."
BARD OF RAGE, PROSPIT
One who is changed by the unchecked destruction and hatred of falsehood to advance others within the narrative at his own expense.
They're basically this meme when you think about it.
Part II
I love this rendition of Vald in the wakfu artstyle but I have one problem with it. Where's his miniskirt???
Dofus Volume 4 How to eat fried grawn
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We're back again with the English fan translation of the Dofus Manga! Hope you guys like shrimps with a side of unethical corpse recycling🦐🧟
You can read it now through the link below, enjoy!
Dofus Double Volume 1 Jelly instinct + Crail's passion (1+2)
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Are you a Dofus or Wakfu fan? Do you not know French but are interested in the Dofus Manga?
Well, you're in luck! Today, we release the English fan-made translation of the Dofus Manga Double Volume 1 (which includes volume 1 and 2).
You can read it now through the link below!
Dofus Volume 3 When the Eca's away
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We're back with the English fan translation of the Dofus Manga! We hope you're ready for action because volume 3 is packed full!
You can read it now through the link below, enjoy!
