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	dunc 2004-05-06 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	I read 'Sore Thumbs' and Chris Crosby owes me five minutes of my life back. The bear is cute, though. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ari_o 2004-05-06 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	You are braver than I am. I didn't want to know. (Reply to this)(Parent)

rann
2004-05-06 09:45 pm UTC (link)

Yup. It might actually be funny, if he didn't obviously take the extreeeeme Leftist stuff the characters are spouting completely seriously. o.O;;; The weblog below the comic reads like something some fringe Democrat cultist or someone like that would write.
Ultimately, even big boobs aren't enough to make you spend more than five minutes on it, and that's saying something. (I considered writing him to tell him so, but it seemed pointless.)

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	wolfsamurai 2004-05-06 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	And it's a sad sad day where even big boobs aren't enough to make things palatable. Well, except in Star Trek fandom where they've had a chance to get used to that. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

tiasian
2004-05-07 02:09 am UTC (link)

Uh, I dunno.

I vaguely recall seeing some of the contents of the blog when I checked out the Sorethumbs comic earlier.

It didn't seem all that "extreeeeme leftist".

Although, among the many things I dislike about this comic is that the video game store owner is all but a walking strawman for conservative political views...

... I think I'm a little incoherent right now. So, er, yeah.

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	pipssister 2004-05-07 02:28 am UTC (link)
	That's what I thought when I read it - and I AM a liberal. That and Cecania looks like she's more closely related to the furniture than her mother/Fairbanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bemysty 2004-05-06 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	This strip makes no sense. Neither make the wanks. feels brain drip out of ears #_# (Reply to this)

	kijikun 2004-05-06 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	No webcomic wank is complete without mention of Kurzt/PVP and Penny Arcade/Gabe and Tyhco. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	littlest_lurker 2004-05-06 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	For a second there I read that as Kurzt/Gabe and Tyhco. :X and that sort of paring makes my brain hurt in a not-good way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2004-05-06 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	That sound you just heard? That was all the before mentioned people screaming in horror at the distrubance in the force. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mooncalf
2004-05-06 11:01 pm UTC (link)

I remember Gabe actually linking to a Flash comic that showed Gabe and Tycho having sex. Very rhythmic sex. It was like a train wreck; I couldn't look away despite my general horror.

That and the constant 'the cartoon Gabe is so gay and in denial!' stuff that they put in PA strips (and acknowledge in the news posts, yes, thank you)... but still, LET'S PLEASE NOT THROW KURTZ INTO THE MIX MMKAY

Still, I know I can't be the only person who's actually thought 'Gabe/Tycho OTP OMGtheirloveissopolygonalandbloody' and then hated themselves for it.

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	Re: sepiamagpie 2004-05-06 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	dear god, I'm almost tempted to ask where that flash comic is. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mooncalf 2004-05-06 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	I'm afraid I don't remember (and am currently on dialup and totally lazy, or I'd go find it). However, if you scan back through the PA news posts, you should find the link somewhere within the last... six months. I think. If said Flash comic is still at that URL, anyway. PA has a lovely habit of slashdotting things. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: sepiamagpie 2004-05-06 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	and for my next trick, I ask what slashdotting means. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mooncalf
2004-05-06 11:17 pm UTC (link)

*gets a lot of use out of her 'I'm so sorry!' icon today*

/. (pronounced slash-dot) is a humongous nerd-based news site (and a lot of fun). 'Slashdotting' is a general term for 'generating so many hits on a website or webpage that the site's host crashes from a sudden lack of bandwidth'; the term came about because anything a person linked to on slashdot would immediately crash, thanks to the sudden humongous amount of traffic generated by thousands of slashdotters clicking on the link.

Any fairly major site can generate enough hits to slashdot something: slashdot itself, Fark, Penny Arcade...

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	Re: sepiamagpie 2004-05-06 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	ahh. thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iczer6 2004-05-06 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Still, I know I can't be the only person who's actually thought 'Gabe/Tycho OTP OMGtheirloveissopolygonalandbloody' and then hated themselves for it. Nope, hell I believe the was actually a fic written about those two hooking up. It was...scary... Though what does PA have to do with the wank? Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: sepiamagpie 2004-05-06 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	they were mentioned (very briefly) in one of the posts as arguing with Kurtz at times as well. Nothing big. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mooncalf 2004-05-06 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Don't you know? Kurtz and the Penny Arcade boys are all in it together! They're plotting to drive Sore Thumbs right off the internet!! OMGit'saconspiracyFROTHSCREAMPANIC ...really? I'm not entirely sure. Someone said 'Penny Arcade' and then there I was, talking about slash. I've had nightmares like that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shiori 2004-05-07 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Well, I know of one by a friend of mine (and this is the second time I've linked to it here; he's going to kill me if he ever notices)... unless you meant a SERIOUS fic. Then I can't help you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shiori 2004-05-07 01:56 am UTC (link)
	(And it occurs to me suddenly that at least one other person here knows him. I call no blackmail!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bubosquared 2004-05-07 11:30 am UTC (link)
	Would you mind if I e-mail that link to the friend who made me a G/T shipper? Call it vengeance. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chash 2004-05-07 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	There's also a truly... bizarre fic up at ff.net. It goes off the premise that "Sega" is really a person and is abusing Gabe, and Tycho has to rescue him from the abuse, and then they admit their love for each other. This story took years off my life. I wish I was joking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mastervex 2004-05-08 01:24 am UTC (link)
	Wow...that's just...wow. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	banal_o_rama 2004-05-07 06:43 am UTC (link)
	Ah, that was Stile Project's doing, wasn't it? Pity I can't find it again--there was something so insanely mesmerizing about it. Meanwhile poor Piro wanks in a corner, alone... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rowan 2004-05-07 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I was gonna say... what about Megatokyo? I like the comic well enough, but Piro's coming to an anime con I'm attending next month. I do not like the comic well enough to deal with the comic's fanbase. shudder (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shiori
2004-05-08 01:59 am UTC (link)

I find it hard to believe that even the fanbase likes it enough to deal with tha fanbase. Piro's been going to ACen for a while now (as have I for the past two years, oh god it's only a week away help me!!!!!). According to the site's schedule, the Megatokyo panel is being held in the main event auditorium this year, instead of the normal side-rooms. Having seen the line last year, sadly, I think that's actually necessary.
Bring a raincoat and spooge-resistant shampoo.

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	bubosquared 2004-05-07 11:31 am UTC (link)
	Still, I know I can't be the only person who's actually thought 'Gabe/Tycho OTP OMGtheirloveissopolygonalandbloody' and then hated themselves for it.</em< No, you're not. At least I can blame my friend. (Note that this hasn't stopped me from randomly squeeing "Gabe wants to be a PRINCESS!" at her. Ahem.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chaobell 2004-05-07 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	Still, I know I can't be the only person who's actually thought 'Gabe/Tycho OTP OMGtheirloveissopolygonalandbloody' and then hated themselves for it. I've moved beyond self-hatred and on to acceptance now, actually. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	angkgriffen 2004-05-06 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	Awww. It's like one of those fics where the two guys who hate each other really just want to have sweaty gay sex. Kurtz/Cros-- That's probably kinda ew, isn't it? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cpip 2004-05-06 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Just a bit. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rann 2004-05-06 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	Well, Kurtz really IS a big asshole. But Crosby and the others aren't exactly any of the body's more pleasing orifices, themselves. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kijikun 2004-05-06 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	If Kurtz wasn't an asshole he probably wouldn't be as amusing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pipssister 2004-05-06 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	I haven't read any of the wank, but Sore Thumbs can stay only because I love the ad fighting that has been going on between Sore Thumbs and Checkerboard Nightmare on Something Positive's banner ads. (Reply to this)(Thread)

iczer6
2004-05-06 11:53 pm UTC (link)

From the CN site it seems that the two authors had a bit of a falling out.

The CN author has this to say:

Sore Thumbs is a giant fecal bolus. Now, some of you might be wondering what prompted that. I do a little tongue-in-cheek parody of some limp, hamfisted liberal propaganda, and Chris Crosby gets all bent out of shape. I just said what everyone was thinking -- if you're going to build a soapbox, use something sturdier than breasts. The doe-eyed, lip-licking main character, ripped wholesale from AD&D players' nightly acts of shame doesn't exactly say "trenchant political commentary." She's prefab, like one of those steel sheds you can buy from 3 AM infomercials.

For this alone I'm gonna make it a point to read CN religiously.

Icz

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	jyuu 2004-05-07 01:42 am UTC (link)
	Your icon is so wonderfully wrong that my ass wears a hed pastede on yay~ Seriously, you always have the coolest icons. glee (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pipssister 2004-05-07 02:25 am UTC (link)
	Nah, they seem like they're doing this as a friendly rivalry: Postscript. This was me playing too. I decry Crosby for starting something and capitalizing on the ensuing fracas, but I'm doing the same in the very same newspost! Crosby also seemed to enjoy the ad of Chex and Cecania sleeping together. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lots42 2004-05-08 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, the visuals for Sore Thumb is pretty stupid but the characters are vastly interesting (Reply to this)(Parent)

	oysteria 2004-05-06 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	That's a whole lot of petty in one little forum... (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2004-05-06 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Eh, Sore Thumbs isn't bad if you forget the author and never take [i]any[/i] of the characters seriously. They are supposed to be parodies of themselves, after all. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: sepiamagpie 2004-05-07 12:23 am UTC (link)
	well, I like it. But I'm a sucker for tiny bears. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	edithmatilda 2004-05-07 02:36 pm UTC (link)
	How can it be wrong when there's a tiny bear? (Reply to this)

	They're not that big (Anonymous) 2004-05-08 07:20 am UTC (link)
	It's a sad day when you look at those breasts, and it doesn't even occour to you that they're supposed to be big until you've read through all the comments here. (Reply to this)