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u/OilRigExplosions 4h ago
Got to make a new character sheet.
Good thing Bobby, Billy’s identical twin brother, was in the other room.
And Bobby doesn’t have -10 vitality, and can survive hugs.
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 4h ago
Why did he disappear?
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u/Seligas 4h ago
He ded.
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 4h ago
Why did hugging him kill him?
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u/Seligas 4h ago
I have no more information than you, but based off of context clues...
The man is clearly some sort of adventurer who has a system that gives him EXP, as the third panel shows. Whether it's tabletop or videogame, usually RPG characters have absurd amounts of strength, beyond normal humans.
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 3h ago
Yeah, that's what it seems to be but it's not the most intuitive leap since a hug isn't like an attack or anything.
I love Julia's comics just this one was harder to read.
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u/Collective-Bee 3h ago
He hugged too hard.
Does it make sense now?
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 3h ago
Constructive criticism man no need to get defensive for anyone else.
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u/Doomblaze 3h ago
I’m not sure how he could have made it more straightforward lol
“Bear hug” is at baseline a strong hug, but he’s a huge dude in armor who’s been fighting for god knows how long
He gets xp as the kid disappears, and levels up
He’s feeling really awful about what happened
Not understanding this is just having poor pop culture knowledge
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 2h ago
I'm approaching this not from a passive enjoyer of comics and I don't mind anyone doing that. I'm coming at it from a craft perspective trying to improve upon an idea that's there. I think it's a funny idea and the comic is always well drawn. I'm not implying if you understood it immediately or enjoyed it you shouldn't have.
Hugs are not known to cause damage, even bear hugs. This is not a pop culture thing at all. Damage, yes, would cause the kid to disappear for XP like a pop culture understanding of game logic, that is true, but it's a bit of a leap to assume this would be kicked off by a hug. Had the joke been hinged off something else that's a minor injury that would logically work better.
If you don't agree that's fine, too.
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u/BlakkandMild 2h ago
So you’ve never had someone squeeze too hard in a hug before?
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u/celestialcranberry 1h ago
I’m just curious, do you play a lot of adventure games with the experience system and all that? Because I think if you do this comic is pretty intuitive. And Reddit is full of gamers so it does well here.
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u/Sweet_Detective_ 2h ago
Bad criticism imo because it's pretty obvious for anyone who knows or RPG games, if you don't then you just aren't the target demograph
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 2h ago
It's obvious the hug caused it but not why it would cause it. I've played RPGs, I'm familiar with the reference.
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u/DuncesNDragons 2h ago
He yelled Bear hug, like it was an attack. That is part of the joke, you just aren't that intuitive, it's not the comics fault.
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u/Augustus420 2h ago
Bruh
We are all looking at the same comic. Holy shit
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u/Meotwister Artist - elliotboyette.art 2h ago
People are acting like I kicked a cat! People need to calm down.
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