Page 369 – Kidd Commander!

A Wild Bird

Well that easily explains the rift in their relationship xD

Sandman366

He’s also since met someone who is so honest that he confused them at first for being incapable.
(Not that he doesn’t think them capable now. He still thinks she’s a moron. But he knows she’s not helpless, useless, or incapable, and will hit whatever it takes to prove it. With a smile.)

Also, as…callous, as Eisse can be, she’s also remarkably well-mannered when she feels like it. I get the feeling she wouldn’t argue too much being called “Evil, but not uncivilized”. (An amusing comparison to Phin’s “Good, but not exactly civilized.” Or maybe rather than evil/good they’re callous vs kind bordering on naive?) Or maybe she just has little tolerance for those she has low opinion of, or just doesn’t care enough about anyone else to appear as much besides “that rude jerk lady almost in charge”.

It’s interesting how she went from “Ugh someone throw her off the ship already” to “I wonder if Phin’s going to try recruiting her or something weird….wouldn’t mind if they chatted in the future at least” in one page. (Then again we’ve seen so little of Eisse’s character so far that she really needed some more screentime…though that scene when she was getting dressed was pretty funny…)

A Wild Bird

Eisse is lawful-evil from what I gather. And so far it seems Phin is chaotic-good maybe even chaotic-neutral?
- Sandman366
  
  Phin would put down “Awesome” and Ulrich would write (very solidly) “Insane” next to that. But yeah, probably Chaotic Good.
  
  But Eisse for some reason I’d think there’s an inkling of Neutral in there somewhere. Town’s on fire, and she’d rather do her hair than care. So obviously not “Good”. But she doesn’t just set people on fire for fun, so not exactly “Evil” either. Kills her own subordinate, but then that guy was a bit mentally unstable and the one who set the town on fire. Maybe she’s not Lawful Evil, rather Lawful Neutral? (I’ll be honest, I don’t study that all that often, never actually played tabletop…)
  - Alex Simpson
    
    In my experience trying to apply the DnD alignments to anything other then flat characters is only useful as a general guide to that character’s personality. I’ve seen the same character described lawful evil and lawful good by different people, so the whole thing is mostly up to your own personal perception, much like real life.
    - Sandman366
      
      Where do you even find flat characters these days? (In anything worth reading, I mean. For main, or at least secondary characters.)
    - Alex Simpson
      
      I don’t have specific examples but I’m sure there have been a few good satirical works where the main character was a one-note archetype and incessantly mocked for it.
      
      If you’ll tolerate an older example Jonathan Jostar from JBA Part 1: Phantom Blood is a pretty good example of a flat character done well. As the pure, virtuous hero he’s a great foil for the more complex and multifaceted Dio, serving as a means of framing Dio’s development into a monster.
    - Sandman366
      
      “Older example”? *expects 5-8 year old reference* *googles*
      Started in 1987?! I guess that’ll qualify for the description. Hehe…
      
      I’ll “tolerate” it so long as you “tolerate” my unlikelihood of bothering to read it. 😉 (No offense to it or you, just doubt I’ll bother. Archive binges are fun and all, but I’ve got, like, a few hundred subscriptions on Comic Rocket that I have yet to even start reading….)
    - Alex Simpson
      
      Fair enough, but if you ever have the urge to dive into anime hell then Jojo’s bizarre adventure is where its at.
    - reynard61
      
      Remember, JBA starts on Saturday (technically Sunday, Oct. 16) at 12:30 AM. on the Toonami anime bloc on Cartoon Network.
    - A Wild Bird
      
      ” You were expecting a Kidd Commander post but it was me! Dio!”
    - Aria
      
      I mention on twitter a lot how I really like the exercise of trying to distill characters down into simple or abstract concepts, but I think this is probably an accurate observation. I like the idea of the alignments but I never seem to be able to identify characters correctly myself.
      
      Although, watching YOU guys discuss this is reeeally fun hehe
    - A Wild Bird
      
      Yea alignment is mostly about perspective, but usually alignment is based off what the characters do consistently in situations and you can usually tell after a while at least, who is lawful, neutral or chaotic. That’s not to say that these characters can’t change, that’s just how they appear to us.
- Brad
  
  I’d go with Chaotic Neutral. From what i’m getting, it seems that she does what she wants with little regard for anything else. Not in a selfish way, more in an “ignorant to what’s going on, Luffy-esque” way
  - Monochrome
    
    Considering her quest seems to be to become a deity level being through the power of pride and raw ability, I would definitely say Chaotic neutral. But she’s a really nice chaotic neutral.

Amaaré

Well now, I know he’s wearing his mask still, but with your recent artistic upgrades Ulrich is looking really rather attractive in that last panel.

I’m slightly confused though, are the sandwiches filled with tea?

Sandman366

I think she’s referring to the sandwiches as “tea sandwiches” as in “sandwiches meant to go with tea”. (As in the “tea” part is used as an adjective.)

That, or there’s an “and” missing in there.
Aria

heeee thank you! i definitely wouldn’t mind smoochin an ulrich

No no, tea sandwiches are little finger foods that are served at tea parties. These particular ones aren’t terribly special but they’re usually really fussy and super cute, I love them hehe.

http://www.teatimemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Cucumber-Tea-Sandwiches-Recipe.jpg

i spent a lot of research time on this page~

Aria

ah I’m sorry! Your comment got stuck in the link filter and I didn’t notice it until now. I guess Amaaré will have no uncertainty about these dumb tiny sandwiches now pff

Amaaré

Ok it’s no good I have to do it.

Don’t drink it Ulrich, that’s not just tea! That’s Eisse Tea!

Aria

still cannot believe
- Sandman366
  
  How’s that pronounced, anyway? “Ice Tea”?
  
  What is she, Lipton?

Alex Simpson

Oh Hey! A knew pag-!

Ewwwwwww… Who spilt all this history everywhere? Its gotten all sorid and mysterious being left out like this.

WeirdEnby

just a goofy little edit of the penultimate panel. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/85327012f2025bb4969628dfcaf5f6eed0a7ec4644da68c2fd231daebb7c291a.png

everentropy

Things seem a little… frosty in here