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The Dream Sea Serpent
6 (31.6%)
Chthulhund
13 (68.4%)

Total Members Voted: 19

Voting closed: September 15, 2023, 05:11:34 AM

Author Topic: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs  (Read 836 times)

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SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« on: September 08, 2023, 05:11:34 AM »

Ready to vote for me in the next round, little swimmers? 

OR


Chthulhund says, it's time to play fetch.
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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2023, 08:23:58 AM »
Ohhhh this one is so hard to decide.... the dream serpent has an AMAZING design and was honestly one of the coolest-looking and biggest monsters there was... but Cthulhund was very tragic and also provided a really good character moment....
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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2023, 09:37:59 AM »
Chthulhund tried so hard to remember what it was..Plus how much Emil was affected by it.
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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2023, 05:19:38 PM »
Sad dog is sad already, can’t add on that by denying my vote
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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2023, 03:58:16 AM »
I agree, there are some tough ones, and it may get tougher as we go!
As much of an awesome nasty the serpent was, we don't really know much about it.  Its world-building was solely to be 'a danger on the path', and possibly to demonstrate how powerful Onni could be.
Our poor hound, on the other hand, had a whole implied backstory in the form of a collar with a little heart-shaped tag on it.  That little detail, within the whole chapter that gave us so much detail in its worldbuilding (crap buildings, worms in the eyes, sunlight restoring a sense of self, immune animals, Emil & Sigrun & Mikkel's reactions to the mama cat, gramophones, and kallohonka...)  Unparalleled.
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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2023, 07:59:12 AM »
Must confess that I voted for the serpent... One hard choice, mostly due to the serpent's awesomeness... Yet I must agree with Wave's and Jitter's reasoning. :)

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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2023, 08:10:19 PM »
Am I clueless, or have I forgotten, or wq!wpaaaoiu#hpb is the sea serpent and Handsy Moose the same entity?
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Another view of the sea Serpent skull and what I thought was a fin, but which could be antlers, and also more the associated skulls:



Handsy Moose didn't speak and was a smoothish black body with glimmering hands.  Sea Serpent taunted Lalli and seemed to recognise him, and even though this time was covered in scaly bits, in that view above you can see the skulls adorning it.  The hands, however, are nowhere to be seen, just thick scaly coils to give Lalli a big hug.
I don't have time right now to research this theory or what was said at the time by the Minnions...anybody have a better memory than I do?
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Re: SSSS Character Smackdown Round 2a - Gods & m0nSTeRs
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2023, 06:45:56 PM »
I think we have had word of Minna that they are different ones
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