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Saturday, December 3 2022 - 3:42 AM
By: Neoriceisgood

Spirit Savant.

Interesting theory, but true? Let's see.

34611: Z2 - Saturday, December 3 2022 - 10:44 AM

oh my god shut up shut up shut up
'hurr durr they misread burk's powers because he has no powers other than infinitely thick plot armor and then burk wins the thing'
THIS ENTIRE SERIES HAS ONE PLOT POINT REPEATED AD NAUSEUM
LITERALLY THE ENTIRE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE DOES -NOTHING- EXCEPT TRY TO MAKE BURK LOOK 'cool' BUT NOT ONLY IS HE -STILL- LAME AS HELL IT'S THE LITERARY EQUIVALENT OF MASTURBATION

Except -actual- masturbation would be classier, and probably have better dialogue! You could be writing JOI instead of this entire third of the comic.

34613: Author's Note - Saturday, December 3 2022 - 11:09 AM

@Z2
Y'know normally I don't mind approving of critical comments, but the tone here is changing from constructive into downright insulting.

/: If you want to post all-caps screeds feel free to find a forum or chat server to do it, but do please keep in mind that I manually approve & read every comment posted, and this just reads like you're trying to yell and insult me straight to my face.

34633: noname - Saturday, December 3 2022 - 8:57 PM

I don't think this is the first time Z2 has thrown a tantrum, is it? I seem to recall that they were just about this rude and unpleasant in an earlier Burk update, too...

34638: burkiscool - Saturday, December 3 2022 - 9:25 PM

I like burk

34654: Kobrag - Sunday, December 4 2022 - 2:13 AM

I for one love your comic. I litterally wake up for it.*hugs*

34678: Ibri - Sunday, December 4 2022 - 9:33 AM

@Z2 dude... rudeness aside, if you are getting this upset over not liking how a character is handled something is wrong.

34702: Gorzag - Sunday, December 4 2022 - 1:06 PM

I'm genuinely surprised Neorice actually approved Z2's stupid angry comment. Oo

Also, I like Burk's storyline a lot. It manages to stay as interesting as the others two with an invincible hero, not many stories can do that. I think it's because it's at its core an investigation storyline, for which Burk is not as overpowered as during fights. (even though he has some surprisingly useful intuitions)

34711: Ryulin - Sunday, December 4 2022 - 2:08 PM

While normally I do not engage in comment fights, in this specific case I have to at least somewhat agree with Z2. Burk's powerlevel does quite undermine every other characters ability and supposed competence in his arc sofar. Not helped one bit by his borderline trolling and mockery in the actual fights.

This is I would say part of an overlaying problem in the worldbuilding of HoH: magic is presented as an force of change and power, but has as to yet shown nearly no relevance or benefit.
These using it for combat seem to loose horribly easy, or are no stronger than random people simply armed with guns. Even utility based uses for magic are effectively nonexistent.

34720: player_03 - Sunday, December 4 2022 - 6:31 PM

I mean, I'm certainly not here to watch a hero struggle. (That's Noah's entire life.) I'm here to try to figure out what Burk's deal is, while watching him goof off.

Yes the plot involves a lot of enemies misreading Burk's abilities, but that's fine because Burk's abilities are one of the big mysteries I want to figure out. Each time an enemy is proven wrong, we get another (small) hint.

It might get old if it was the only thing going on, but Burk's story is only one third of the comic, and even within this third he's only one of several protagonists.

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Neorice: have you considered adding character-specific RSS feeds? That way someone who didn't enjoy Burk's plot could more easily opt out.


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