You know, Russ should really be thankful for taking up a job at Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated. We're guaranteed to get our employees to meet the best of the best; from Phantom Blot all the way to Negaduck! Truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
You know, Russ should really be thankful for taking up a job at Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated. We're guaranteed to get our employees to meet the best of the best; from Phantom Blot all the way to Negaduck! Truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
I wouldn't say Negaduck really fucked himself over; his goal was to cause chaos and terror, and he did. He just didn't happen to succeed in murdering three specific individuals out of many.
He did want to kill them, it's just that he screwed up heavily with Goofy and Russ. Not having a wide scale failure doesn't change that this was a personal failure.
We also got some interesting information to think on - why was the water selling reported on but this wasn't?
Because we would learn about it through the interlude? Maybe if we rolled the 1 we would have gotten a bigger hint but the 3 gave us room to fail critically instead of absolutely.
Also considering the whole exchange lasted 5 minutes and no one died its not to big a mark on ND's report card.
Also there are still those crop dusters he stole. He definitely is either going to make a massive play with Fear Gas, or is going to dump Dip on something.
Negaduck Negaquest: The Calisota Chainsaw Massacre
Purple Haze Distortion said:
You are the terror that flaps in the night. You are the pointy children's toy on the stairway of truth. You are the cup of precariously balanced coffee spilling over the circuitboard of human decency. You are Negaduck!
And rather ominously, you are bored.
This wasn't exactly an uncommon occurrence. Boredom was what inspired you to break out of St. Canard in the first place. It's generally fairly easy to solve with a bit of ingenuity and a warm body or two. Unfortunately this time, you have a project, and that means you can't just wander off and see what color the neighbor's appendix is. Thus, your boredom has had time to build.
"Well?!?!" You demand as you lackadaisically pour another few pints of gasoline onto the foundations. "Have you figured out where they are yet?"
"I don't get it!" Your lackey du jour replies, turning his head away from the picturesque party of four cowering in the corner. He continues to look absolutely ridiculous in his makeshift villain costume. It was built out of surplus kneepads, the overplayed hockey mask and the most expensive rollerskates the terminally affluent can afford. "They say they don't even know who Goofy is!"
"If you got the wrong house…" You trail off threateningly.
"No no, this is it!" the young dog replies, just oblivious enough to miss the underlying threat. "I checked the phonebook before we got here!"
"Phoneboo- listen here Million Dollars and No Sense. How long were you in prison?"
"Since late February."
"Of what year, rich twit?"
"2000, why? Hey, is Hillary Duff still popular?"
You scrape your hand down your bill, sending it bobbing up and down in an attempt to constrain your annoyance.
You fail.
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For best results, please swap to light mode for the remainder of this dis-adventure.
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You are FBI Special Agent Russ, a man who has been assigned by the US Government to keep an eye on the so called 'Diseased Lunatic of Danville', Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. It was a great surprise when you found yourself beginning to grow fond of the man, as well as the efforts he's put forward to help toons over the last few years. Speaking of which...
"Gee Mr. Russ, sure is nice a' ya ta join us on our little trip ta Spoonerville!" Goofy said, reclining in the passenger seat.
"Happy to!" You replied from your motorcycle, yelling to be heard over the wind of the highway. "We were already together for business, and I didn't want to pass up the chance to see a bit of Toon history."
"Gawrsh." Goofy replied, stroking his chin. "I never thought about it that way. Ya hear that Maxie? Our home's a part a' Toon heestry!"
"Ugh." Max groaned gently. "Please don't make me take part in this conversation dad. I uh… I gotta concentrate on the road."
"Ya getting tired'a drivin' Maxie?" Goofy asked genially. "I could take over for a bit if ya-"
"NO!" You and Max bellowed immediately.
"I mean… we're almost there." Max said quickly.
"Hurm. Well, fair enough. Garwsh, I can't wait to see how the old homestead is doin'!"
It was no sooner than he said that you caught sight of the smoke, Goofy's eyes went wide as you approached the burning building before he practically leapt from the cycle and ran over the hill towards his former home.
"Our house!!!"
You and Max followed soon after, almost not noticing the two figures standing nearby, and one of them looks familiar.
What are you going to do?
[ ] Try and put out the fire
[ ] Stop Goofy, something doesn't seem right about this
[ ] Check who these people are, you have a bad feeling about them
Write-ins will be accepted, provided they're in character for Agent Russ or Goofy.
Just my interpretation of what the actual Negaduck Negaquest was doing that entire time. As for how they might know about the Blot and Russ well... They have friends around there after all, and it's not like Doof would be able to keep his joy at one of his people getting a nemesis too big a secret.
Because we would learn about it through the interlude? Maybe if we rolled the 1 we would have gotten a bigger hint but the 3 gave us room to fail critically instead of absolutely.
Also considering the whole exchange lasted 5 minutes and no one died its not to big a mark on ND's report card.
The wording on this is strange. Fear is in control. Not "Afraid", "Filled with fear" or "Fight or flight".
This reminds me of Inside out.
Add that to the "Voices" he has or has not heard while using the astral projection talisman, I bet there is something funky going on with his emotions personified.
.... Are we absolutely sure that he isnt related to riley? He has the EXACT SAME STACHE as her father! That has to mean they are related!
But seriously, there is a resemblance
If you wanted to make "the villain won" for inside out interesting, Joy is the "villain" of the movie kind of... And she might be considered related to dreams... and she is female...
Getting kids to beleive in Evil nowadays is so much work! Why not skip the who fall from grace story and get to the end result? If only you knew how to aim this thing...
Good: A character opposing Doofinschmirtz is turned into an ally!
Bad: An ally turns against Doofinschmirtz!
I'm looking forward to how Negaduck progresses. Even with a -50 to his rolls, he did really well against Russ. Imagine what he could accomplish when he decides to put an effort into things.
Getting kids to beleive in Evil nowadays is so much work! Why not skip the who fall from grace story and get to the end result? If only you knew how to aim this thing...
Good: A character opposing Doofinschmirtz is turned into an ally!
Bad: An ally turns against Doofinschmirtz!
I'm looking forward to how Negaduck progresses. Even with a -50 to his rolls, he did really well against Russ. Imagine what he could accomplish when he decides to put an effort into things.
Technically, there is an oft-forgotten THIRD reaction when dealing with leathal Danger:
*Freezing in place*
Ever heard of the "Deer-in-Headlights" phenomen? Like that essentially.
With that, the living being tries avoiding the attention of the threat until they go away...of course, doing that while a car is barreling towards you from out the dark is counter-productive and so that response thends to get forgotten as a viable alternative to Fighting and Fleeing.
.... Are we absolutely sure that he isnt related to riley? He has the EXACT SAME STACHE as her father! That has to mean they are related!
But seriously, there is a resemblance
If you wanted to make "the villain won" for inside out interesting, Joy is the "villain" of the movie kind of... And she might be considered related to dreams... and she is female...
...That´s a *very common* style of moustache, especially for serious and dignified characters like Russ. Now, if both had a more unique style like the "Toothbrush" (which a certain Austrian psycho ruined for everyone till this very day, despite him not having that style until after his jailtime suceeding a failed coup in 1923 or so and despite the fact that Charlie Chaplin and Olliver Hardy had that `stache way before him), I´d be more inclined to consider a connection.
Also, Joy is less a *villain* and more a *misguided antagonist*, so in the end Inside Out doesn´t *have* an actual villain - unless one counts Gloom, a scrapped character that was a personification of that "wave of darkness" that washes over Emotion Control, but got cut after the writers realized the Unfortunate Implications of having what is essentially an Avatar of Depression be simply "defeated" like that.
So yeah, Inside Out is a bit of an ill fit for DVV in the end on account of lacking an actual villain taht could have won. Of course, Joy and Sadness could still have failed to restore Riley to her old self on their own, but that would be less a "Villains Victorious" and more a "Heroes Half-Ass" in the end.
Joy isn't a villain in the normal sense- she's well-intentioned and insofar as she causes any harm, it's because, well... she's the anthropomorphic personification of a prepubescent girl's emotional state. Joy's behavior is a reflection of Riley having led a pretty charmed life up until the move to San Francisco; Riley doesn't really know how to process protracted feelings of sorrow or loss.
And Riley's inability to process her emotions that way expresses itself, in the representational logic of Inside Out, as her Joy constantly bossing around the other emotions and not seeing the use of Sadness. Because Joy is in a real sense herself a child and has a childish understanding of sadness: why would you want to feel bad, what possible use or value could that have?
Joy isn't a villain in the normal sense- she's well-intentioned and insofar as she causes any harm, it's because, well... she's the anthropomorphic personification of a prepubescent girl's emotional state. Joy's behavior is a reflection of Riley having led a pretty charmed life up until the move to San Francisco; Riley doesn't really know how to process protracted feelings of sorrow or loss.
And Riley's inability to process her emotions that way expresses itself, in the representational logic of Inside Out, as her Joy constantly bossing around the other emotions and not seeing the use of Sadness. Because Joy is in a real sense herself a child and has a childish understanding of sadness: why would you want to feel bad, what possible use or value could that have?
Haven't watched it yet- just want to emphasize that Joy's actual position here comes across in the movie more as a matter of earnest desire to make things go well, combined with just not understanding.
I mean, Joy doesn't even really know how to navigate the "back-field" of Riley's consciousness very well, which I think symbolizes nicely how Riley isn't really fully cognizant and self-aware about her own feelings.
News at 11. Floridaman stumbles unto universal constant on an internetforum. Nobody knows how he got there, but we are happy to report Floridaman has not managed to injure himself with it, yet! Police and other agencies have already got in contact with the man and have managed to convince him that weaponizing it is not in the best interest of America.
We´ll keep you updated as the situation develops. Bradley out.
News at 11. Floridaman stumbles unto universal constant on an internetforum. Nobody knows how he got there, but we are happy to report Floridaman has not managed to injure himself with it, yet! Police and other agencies have already got in contact with the man and have managed to convince him that weaponizing it is not in the best interest of America.
We´ll keep you updated as the situation develops. Bradley out.
News at 11. Floridaman stumbles unto universal constant on an internetforum. Nobody knows how he got there, but we are happy to report Floridaman has not managed to injure himself with it, yet! Police and other agencies have already got in contact with the man and have managed to convince him that weaponizing it is not in the best interest of America.
We´ll keep you updated as the situation develops. Bradley out.
Thanks, Bradley! Let's check in to Doofania now. Hey, can tell me what's your name?
My name's Roosevelt E. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, where do you live in Doofania?
I live on 5th Street, near New Toontown.
Well, thank you Roosevelt, what's the weather like out there?
It's hot! Damn hot, real hot! Hottest thing is my shorts! I could cook things in it! A little crotchpot cooking!
Well, can you tell me what it feels like?
Fool, it's hot! I told you again! Were you born on the Sun? It's daaaaaaaaamn hot! I saw- I saw- it's so damn hot, I saw some little Toons, they fell over and burst into flames! It's that hot, you know what I'm talking about!
What do you think it's going to be like tonight?
It's going to be hot and wet. That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're trying to go to sleep!
You hear a loud chirping sound as the whine of the suit's motorcycle increases in pitch, something that sounds very familiar. Right before you can put your finger on it a blinding beam of light shoots out from the front of the vehicle and catches you off guard.
The headlight of the motorcycle begins to whine and shift, blinding you with an acrid blue light. As the emerald lightning arcs forwards, the vehicle chirps loudly just before a blinding beam of energy shot out to meet it.
"Hey… wait a second." Janna says in between moves. "That sounds exactly like the Noisy Cricket!"
Russ sighs. "Why did we let them make that documentary?"
Haven't watched it yet- just want to emphasize that Joy's actual position here comes across in the movie more as a matter of earnest desire to make things go well, combined with just not understanding.
I mean, Joy doesn't even really know how to navigate the "back-field" of Riley's consciousness very well, which I think symbolizes nicely how Riley isn't really fully cognizant and self-aware about her own feelings.
There are many, many villains who can claim the same. We all know the trope of the well-intentioned extremist, that guy who just went too damn far for a theoretically noble (or at least sympathetic) end. This is where that archetype starts.
Whether it ends (in their eyes) well or poorly, either way it can be their start of darkness. Imagine Joy either seeing nothing wrong with her victory conditions and pushing that much harder or crashing and burning after making Riley crash and burn. Oooooh, that sort of thing gets dark and scary quick.
Getting kids to beleive in Evil nowadays is so much work! Why not skip the who fall from grace story and get to the end result? If only you knew how to aim this thing...
Good: A character opposing Doofinschmirtz is turned into an ally!
Bad: An ally turns against Doofinschmirtz!
I'm looking forward to how Negaduck progresses. Even with a -50 to his rolls, he did really well against Russ. Imagine what he could accomplish when he decides to put an effort into things.
I, uh, I really hope this isn't added to the list of Inators in the running. Because not only is that broken; it's also really salt-inducing if we get the bad effect.
I, uh, I really hope this isn't added to the list of Inators in the running. Because not only is that broken; it's also really salt-inducing if we get the bad effect.
