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Published: 2015-01-27 01:24:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 2003; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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So before I even got any pages sketched for my recent Deviant Universe collab story , I had to do some concept art for the recurring characters who showed up (as well as prep material for anybody wanting to use alternative counterparts to my characters. I've also stuck the Alien Domination version of Knave on the sheet. Unfortunately I couldn't spare the time to include him in my story and it doesn't seem like anyone will be using him either. Regardless, I LOVE making alternate versions of characters, so I got to have some fun with this.From left to right:
THE MAGISTER
Current Magister of the our local solar system. Skilled and experienced, he is only hampered by his older age, hence why he rules the relatively low-risk Earth sector. His attitude is very rough to those outside his inner circle, and he doesn't care for aliens or the state of this world unless is negatively impacts on him.
TERRAX
An ex-soldier who started government work several years ago. His power and cunning have let him rise quickly up the ranks, and is now the Magister's apprentice. Unknown to anyone apart from his loyal 'slaves', his true identity is this universe's version of Cross. With his power, he has assumed the form of a Skyorex in order to gain power from within the Empire, hoping to save humanity and the other races under its rule.
DERRICK MASON
A human who lost his mother and father during an incident when alien parasites tried to secretly invade Earth. Unable to get work, his younger brother revealed his powers, and they both started work on a long plan to save the world. His brother became the Skyorex soldier called Terrax, and Derrick became his slave so they could continue to work together.
CONTACT
Due to the increased power of the Skyorex Empire, Contact and his people ended up with the same fate as the humans. Derrick recommended Contact to be a new accomplice after learning some interesting things about the alien, and now Contact works as technician and spy for Terrax.
KNAVE
One of the most popular Earth Gladiators in the Skyorex Empire. His skill, flair for the dramatic and cunning make him a bloodsport media star. Without Cross, he has resigned himself to his fate as the last of a dying race... but that doesn't mean he's not going to take it in stride.
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Lovely designs. I just wish you hadn't had the Magister so easily defeated - it made the Skyorex look a bit pathetic that the three characters could just wise crack their way into the heart of the empire and beat him - Great visual design though, it would have been nice to use him again.
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Well, factor in as well that this is most likely a one-off challenge (as far as we were informed, thats how we treated it). So why NOT cause a little mayhem? Most of these entries anyway are going to mostly be doom and gloom, at least in this alternate reality. It will virtually have no impact down the line, so we figured "Hey lets do our thing." Yeah, you could get character development out of it, and we did, but other than that...its JUST a scenario. If we were told these realities would come into play later, then YEAH we would've given it way more build up. Hell the reality your story takes place in doesn't even have to be the same one ours did. Multiverse ambiguity hoooooo~
We just saw this as an opportunity to have fun. Lighten up, dude.
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I posted a two line comment saying how much I liked the designs and my opinion that I didn't think the tone of the story was a good fit considering the villain was the big boss in a shared community project - no criticism of the art or story. Considering the amount of flack I've received for this I don't think that I'm the one who needs to lighten up.
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I believe I am allowed to defend the integrity of my own work.
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Given how powerful the three heroes are together, I would say things wouldn't really have happened any other way. Not to mention the heroes also had hidden allies. Derrick and Contact hacked away the majority of the Magister's defenses, and Terrax was basically just trying to make his fight look good. If the Magister presented more of a challenge against those odds, the wise-cracking would have stopped. He didn't so the heroes made lemonade out of lemons, so to speak.
Glad you like the designs though.
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I get that the heroes are powerful (they even got a magic power upgrade just when they needed it!) I just think having them defeat him so easily was a mistake. The Skyorex are supposed to have enslaved the human race and destroyed most of the super humans - not to mention causing all sorts of trouble for other people's characters - but three heroes not only manage to get into the throne room but humiliate the Magister pretty effortlessly. I guess my issue is that he (and the whole Skyorex empire!) didn't really represent much of a challenge - and I wouldn't have minded that quite so much if it had been like a local boss or something, rather than the ruler of the entire Earth... but there you go - just my opinion!
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My stories are made with varying amounts of struggle and outcomes, and it was decided early on that the Magister's defeat was going to come pretty damn easily in the eyes of the heroes, despite his position. It was a good opportunity for the heroes to 'cut loose', as I'm sure you can relate to. Also, I'm not one for padding a battle scene.
Not to worry though, his replacement is plenty more suited for the title 'ruler of Earth'.
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On the other hand, the comics we do are so short that battles tend to be that way too.
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I agree! But perhaps it would have been better to create a lower ranking villain maybe - rather than trashing the boss of the planet so easily. Still good designs.
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Well, who's to say that the head honcho that sits on a throne watching fighters in an arena all day long has any actual fighting ability? Being the head boss doesn't automatically make you a fighter.
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Again I agree! My issue isn't with the character - it's the fact that it was so easy for the heroes to walk in and beat him - I agree that it's perfectly believable to have the heroes defeat the guy - I just think that making it so easy was disappointing - especially considering how the Skyorex are supposed to be these sinister villains who have enslaved or destroyed all opposition. It also kind of diminishes all those characters who are shown struggling against guards and footsoldiers and fighting in arenas if trashing the Magister is so simple.
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Seeing as the Skyorex feel that they have enslaved everyone that opposes them and have taken away their fighting spirit, such self-confidence can often lead to gaps in security that, in this case, were obviously exploited. For dividing a fifteen page comic between 3 people and throwing it together in a month's time, I feel like they did a decent job with their pacing and storytelling. There was much more to this story than just beating the bad guy. That was merely one of their plot points. In these fifteen pages they also managed to introduce their characters to a new dimension, discover more about their own race, experiment with their own powers, reveal a group trying to undermine the governing authority, introduce the main characters to each other, fight a version of oneself from another dimension and have their characters learn how to work together as a team.
They did their comic their way, and you do yours your way. It's not like anyone is being paid for this. This is merely an exercise to better ourselves and have a little fun. If they were making a standard issue-sized comic, of course the fight against the big bad would have been longer.
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Oh for goodness sake... I never said they did a bad job on their comic! They did a light, fun story and they did it well. The issue that I made (ONCE! and it really doesn't need to be blown up into a huge discussion) is that I would have preferred their light fun story not to target the big boss of the Skyorex - because by humiliating the overall leader so casually it makes the Skyorex look foolish. Nothing wrong with this at all - except that this is a collaborative project in a shared universe. My issue is not that it was a fun story or a quick fight. The issue is that they chose to do this fun story with 'the big bad' of the whole project. It's not even a major issue - I enjoyed the story - but it's my opinion - and is being turned into a big deal by people arguing with it! You are welcome to do so but please argue with what I actually said - not make out that I've been insulting their story or their project!
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Wait, you thought that the Magister was the big boss of the Skyorex? Far from it, the Skyorex Empire has a system much like the Roman Empire. The guy is one Magister out of a group of possibly hundreds, who then answer to the High Emperor. At the end of the story Terrax becomes a Magister, but it's the Emperor position he's after. That's going to take a considerable while, given that the rest of Magistrate will hear of his predecessor's failure in battle. In that sense, the Magister is very much a 'local antagonist'.
This particular detail isn't explained outright, I believed using the term Magister would suffice as a little bonus nugget.
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Ruler of the Skyorex on Earth - I think that's what was said.
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He is (well, was). But in terms of the whole Empire, he's not a big deal. It's relative I suppose.
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LOL - sorry this has taken over the responses to your picture! I'm not going to reply to any more comments on this page if that's OK with you - for some reason people seem determined to argue this point and we're going round and round in circles - if they don't get the last word this is going to keep going forever! I really like the designs and the story was nice - I meant what I said about the tone but there was lots I liked too.
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Sure thing. Tone has always been an interesting challenge, but I'm glad you still had something to say.
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I think the issue here is that everyone got the wrong idea because you said "I just wish you hadn't had the Magister so easily defeated" rather than what you just said now: "I would have preferred their light fun story not to target the big boss of the Skyorex".
Sure, as a group they may have thrown the general continuity of that particular dimension out of balance by defeating the world boss, but in general it's hard to keep a group of stories done by several different people from any and all continuity errors unless everyone did a mass collaboration for each of the separate dimensions. Continuity errors have happened before, granted they weren't done in such an obvious fashion, and it's bound to happen again. If it's that bothersome when this is merely a monthly challenge and not the summer crossover, just don't treat it as cannon.
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It isn't 'that bothersome' - I mentioned it in passing in a two line comment in which I praised the designs! I would probably have forgotten the whole thing but people keep shouting at me for saying it! I DO wish he hadn't been so easily defeated! It's my opinion! That's it! Please don't keep arguing this point! Let it go! I think what I think!
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That's just it. It WASN'T simple. To take him down took 3 heroes, who needed to be magically enhanced, as well as 3 people stabbing the Magister in the back & sabotaging practically every defence he had. Ultimately he was a weak little being hiding behind a shield and toys. He lost that when his right hand man decided the chaos of Eris, Cross & Celes arriving was a good time to stick the knife in. Without that they would've faced more of an issue. We even see the auto turrets that would've left the 3 heroes piles of mush on the arena floor cut out from the sabotage. No one is being diminished by these actions because those defences would've been there before. Anyone trying to rush the tower like these 3 did probably would've lasted all of 5 seconds because they were still active.
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You haven't understood what I'm saying but each time I try to explain it people seem to get upset so I'm not going to explain it again!
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Pretty cool designs. Glad to know you enjoyed the alternate universe.
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Thanks. It was really hard not to just go overboard with possible ideas, but things turned out great!
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