Subcontinental Subtleties: An experimental comic AAR

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So...how old is his prime minister by now?

 

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Awesome AAR lol, just read through all 29 pages.

Going to be following this.

 

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36: War

 

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No blood! No bone! No ash!

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No, Nile Nailers! It's not your fault.

 

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Selzro said:

36: War

Click to expand...

It just gets comedic as time flies.

Well played!

 

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I don't get the last panel...

 

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They're the Nile Nailers, remember?

In the midst of patriotic joy they created, Dalip managed to get the DoW on Britain.

 

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Mr. Santiago said:

They're the Nile Nailers, remember?

In the midst of patriotic joy they created, Dalip managed to get the DoW on Britain.

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So they're exploring the Nile and DOWing the Brits from there?

 

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calvinhobbeslik said:

I don't get the last panel...

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[pretentiousness] It is a subtle comment on the disenchantment of the individual when they find that they were but pawns in a greater scheme of things, their struggles and honours but exploitable quantities to be used in a rhetoric for war, a game of infinite violence where the lives of countless individuals, many not so different from their own, are thrown under the juggernaut of political ambition. Contrast the medals on their chests with the unseen fates of so many of the soldiers marching in the background or packing trains headed for the front, who will die but not be called heroes. The sun of youthful enthusiasm sets on their backs, while the shadow of mournful experience is all that remains on their faces - yet it is that same sun that seems to call those throngs of young soldiers forward (who should, but for artistic liberty, be headed east). As the smoke rising from the war-bound train seems to merge with the dark altocumulous clouds on the horizon, so too will the lives of those on board it be swept by the winds of chance to fates unknown, but mostly beyond the reach of the sun's rays. [/pretentiousness]


A thanks to all who have kept reading this, and a warm welcome to the newcomers and those who posted during the past month - when I was too distracted to pay proper attention to this forum!

 

Last edited: Jun 10, 2012

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as ever, well judged genius, especially the last panel which I found a neat play on the nile nailers and a feeling of being the cause of something they really don't want to take part in. Dailip is becoming quite the little realpolitik statesmen as he goes on

 

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That was worth the wait. Also the last panel was great. I really like the apocalyptic yellow skies.

 

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I Think you stand a Solid Chance of Victory the First war against the British is always the Hardest and Now your stronger and there weaker surely.

 

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And even transparency effect on the train steam. You are spoiling us!

 

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Selzro said:

[pretentiousness] It is a subtle comment on the disenchantment of the individual when they find that they were but pawns in a greater scheme of things, their struggles and honours but exploitable quantities to be used in a rhetoric for war, a game of infinite violence where the lives of countless individuals, many not so different from their own, are thrown under the juggernaut of political ambition. Contrast the medals on their chests with the unseen fates of so many of the soldiers marching in the background or packing trains headed for the front, who will die but not be called heroes. The sun of youthful enthusiasm sets on their backs, while the shadow of mournful experience is all that remains on their faces - yet it is that same sun that seems to call those throngs of young soldiers forward (who should, but for artistic liberty, be headed east). As the smoke rising from the war-bound train seems to merge with the dark altocumulous clouds on the horizon, so too will the lives of those on board it be swept by the winds of chance to fates unknown, but mostly beyond the reach of the sun's rays. [/pretentiousness]

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Someone is channelling a art critic, methinks

Back on the beef, I noticed Russia in the list of foes. Can't they reach you via north? We don't see a map of the area north of you for quite a while, so it is hard to tell how far are they and how effective they were in munching the Central Asian entities. Anyway, I suppose that they don't have any way of passing through Afghan lands, so it might be a moot point in the end

P.S Poor Nile Nailers. They seem ripped from a Tolstoi novel

 

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Even some shading, what a dessert.

 

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Delicious! I can't wait for the next one!

 

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What have they started indeed? On a gameplay note, how jingoistic has Panjabi society become? I know from my own experiences that regular wars will cause POPs to polarise between militarists and anti-militarists, so it would seem likely that long-term wars against China and now the UK could be having the same impact here.

 

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I just got caught up on this AAR. And I have but one question for you. Selzro, are you a genius?

 

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I, too, loved the last panel. This is getting dramatic!

 

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A quick reply to all before posting the next page,
- Yes, my chances of victory are very, very good - but it's not certain, and Russia does pose a potential threat - although I had not taken it very seriously in the early stages of this war.
- I am not a genius - merely a fan of creative story-telling and gaming.
- Panjab is rather jingoistic - this will have some effect on the story in later pages, so I shouldn't give out too much.
- The Nile Nailers feel a lot worse than they should, seeing as the war would have started when it did regardless of their success or failure. But try telling them that...
- (@ thekinguter) Panjab has been industrializing rapidly ever since its westernization - I hinted at that with the chimneys that have appeared in Lahore's background.
- Drama! Comedy! Action! Possibly shading! All these and more in... Subcontinental Subtleties!