Comments on: How Many Ways Could THIS Go Wrong?

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:04:27 +0000

@Sulucamas I’m pretty sure that they are at least bad enough to save the president…

Oh, grief, sorry, had to. Though, the idea that they are an organization that would collectively eat burgers off the ground for health purposes…yeah, that sounds about right.

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:44:58 +0000

@e_voyager and Brunhidden: You’re both right, of course. I guess whenever I hear “cult” I just think “hardcore brainwashing,” such that one would be hard-pressed to fake it. And unless the infiltrator is content to be a good parasite and not cause too much trouble, I would think the higher-ups would take notice and initiate some violent housecleaning. Like Rippy said, “surreptitious” would be the key word there.

This all really just makes me more curious about the true nature of the Star Org. Are they lockstep in their obedience to the Endless? Are they so riddled with corruption that the competing interests cancel each-other out and it continues functioning? Are there earnest reformers trying to use the Org for good as the peace-keeping force it brands itself as? Right now they’re one of the baddies, but I’d love to know just how bad they really are. 🙂

By: Brunhidden

Brunhidden — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:12:23 +0000

@ sully- the idea here is that -most- of the recruits are from the bottom of the barrel. this means anyone competent rises like a cork in a sewer. someone legitimately bright enough to play dumb could get in control of some serious numbers of armed patsies while having all the benefits of being completely legitimate and drawing a non-supervillan paycheck

By: e_voyager

e_voyager — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:59:24 +0000

@sulucamas Where there is a will there is a way. it happens all the time in elected governments and if the leader is charismatic enough then they can get to be a leader in a cult even if they hate everything the cult stands for.

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:35:39 +0000

@The_Rippy_One: Could be, but I doubt a cult/government would allow dissenters into their leadership. They probably wouldn’t have persisted for so long if they were easy to infiltrate. I assumed they were so dysfunctional because they recruit from the bottom of the barrel. 😕

@Vulpis: Word. ^_^

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:46:31 +0000

@Sulucamas Kinda hard to forget an Epic Grandstand Speech (With Obligatory Title Drop) like that. 🙂 As far as the cracked table..no clue, there.

@Jigsaw Ah, thanks for mentioning that. For some reason I hadn’t paid attention to the top banner (instead immediately scrolling to the comic and comments below it), and keep wondering why there’s such a delay between updates. I’ll have to remember this is a weekly, and be patient accordingly. 🙂

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:52:24 +0000

@Josh.C: “Veled and friends against star org plans and star org against Veled”

So, wait, I hadn’t thought that far ahead…Do you suppose that Star Org is so dysfunctional because the upper management is secretly at war with itself, with a minority of the leadership trying surreptitiously to kill the organization, and those aware of that fact fighting to keep it on life support?

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:47:07 +0000

@Vulpis: Oh snap, my bad! Maybe that "cracked table" has something to do with "Cracked Masters?" :B

By: Sulucamas

Sulucamas — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:43:26 +0000

@Vulpis: Where did Slick say that? I feel like I missed that part. 🙁

By: Jigsaw Forte

Jigsaw Forte — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:15:35 +0000

In reply to James. @James: The comic updates every Sunday.