AWKWARD ZOMBIE

@Clyve, what are these jazz-hands?

You guys should try reading this tumblr that gives advice on writing for webcomics and usually takes examples from notable webcomics to better explain the do's and don'ts.

Most of the time, and the creator fully acknowledges it, he uses Dominic Deegan and Bum Tickley as the examples.

http://learnfromwebcomics.tumblr.com/

His fourth lesson deals specifically with trigger warning, or rape, in a webcomic. And of course, he uses the example of Dominic Deegan as Clyve explained.

http://learnfromwebcomics.tumblr.com/post/13623589499/lesson-four-trigger-warning

There's no way to make light of how ridiculously offensive that plot was. There's no way to make it sound better. Bullshit excuses like "it's just the fictional tribe's customs" don't make it any better.
It's one thing to create a fake culture with laws we may find outdated or repulsive so long as it makes some daisies sense within the context of the work of fiction. The best way to do this is taking examples from real life. And there are more then enough examples to draw from history that can be deconstructed and analyzed to properly understand what could influence such customs.

Here, it's just thrown in there with very minimal understanding of how this custom is even reasonable to the tribe members or WHY they have such a custom. There's no history. There's not context. There's just no reason. It's just there. That's why it feels like it's a hollow attempt at drama and trivializes such a serious crime.

To be fair, Mookie did sort of address that issue much later in the comic. It still didn't make much sense and didn't seem like it was well thought-out, but it was technically addressed.

Does that qualify as "retcon"?

Reminder that Dominic Deegan's rape victim fell in love with her rapist at one point.

i am legit enjoying your rants on the matter clyve, please do more

after that one bad webcomic blog vanished from the internet ive been left with little to go to for good dominic deegan ranting

Is rape worse than murder?

(I'm sorry if that wasn't tactful, but I'm honestly curious)

I haven't studied this and done research or anything, but with Rape you at least get the chance to overcome your tragedy and keep on living

Being dead kind of doesn't leave many venues for emotional empowerment

From a media standpoint, ie webcomics, more people seem to get offended by rape than murder, which I find odd. Not to diminish rape or anything, but nobody seems to bat an eye when murders occur.

It's easy to show seven or eight murders on screen in as many seconds in film. It's over quickly and quickly forgotten by the audience.

Although this occurs sometimes in real rape cases, I can guess he handled it as professionally as he did everything else. (aka just as horribly)



Both are horrible and trying to weigh which is worse makes no sense to me.

But I guess if a murder was self-defense, it's hard to say. Murder is Murder but a self-defense explanation has at least a better chance of redemption.

Rape is just.....rape. Every case is a matter of power. Every. Single. One. There's no self-defense argument for something like that.

I guess it's a matter of intention but both are still horrible acts.

One of the reasons people are touchier about rape than murder in media is because of the way it gets treated in society. Everybody understands murder is wrong, but it's pretty common for rape victims to get blamed for being raped. It's a really serious crime that almost never sees justice and I could go on but it is a huge can of worms and I've got stupid comics to draw.

In short, SMASH THE PATRIARCHY

row row fight the powah etc etc

Yeah that's a much better explanation.

I've been forgetting to read Unsounded, so it's nice to go back and see ten new pages ready for digestion.

I'm suddenly hella psyched for the next update for Prequel to see if we find out exactly how the fuck Katia managed to use a spell, despite wearing the Amulet of Silence.