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You must use very specific and basic words around fake peppino

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FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE!

FINALLY A NEW COMIC.

I'll post this one by batches of 4, since it'll be way longer. I'm warning you in advance, it's gonna be the most self-indulgent so far.

Content warning for themes of violence, trauma, depression, and Maurice being a horrible brother.

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I'm currently working on that Fake Peppino speaking/vocalization headcanon infographic I've alluded to previously (it kinda scope-creeped into a fully colored doodle dump of him, RIP) but after that I'm back on the comic grind

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just wondering what you think would happen if Fake pep and peditto met

Uhhhh probably not much would happen?

I interpret Peddito as singlemindedly focused on hunting down and killing Doise, so he doesn't really care about anyone else to any significant degree. He'd note Fake Peppino's existence and be kinda indifferent to it.

At most, if he phased through whatever room Fake Peppino was in, Fake Peppino would be confused and put on high alert for a few seconds as he tries to figure out if he's another Peppino or not. Then Peddito would disappear again in pursuit of Doise, and Fake Peppino would eventually go back to whatever he was doing in a delayed, slightly baffled "... huh that was weird" sort of way.

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heads up: this games charity bundle was finally approved on itch.io! it opens this friday, april 12th, and will run for a week. all proceeds will go to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.

you can check out the bundle on itch.io and follow @vgforpalestine on twitter for more updates!

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i honestly think the "oc dont steal" brand of humor died as hard as it did because literally nothing will be as funny as Σario

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Oh, and small addendum: I imagine Fake Peppino's body mass prefers to stick to itself in most circumstances, so when he's relatively solid and sitting on furniture or touching things, it won't usually make it super gross and sticky or wet, at least not much more than a human touching those things. It will probably just leave the faintest hint of a sticky / damp residue that dries in the air within minutes, unless, like previously stated, he's choosing to stick himself to something. I imagine this even applies to him in his more liquid-like / loosened form, to a lesser extent. He's not oozing his body fluids everywhere by default, that's wasteful!

How liquid/goopy do you think Fake Peppino is?

Oh boy, Fake Peppino biology headcanons!

So, I lean more towards "something that tries to be solid, but can choose to / be forced into becoming more liquid-like, and is somewhat inconsistent throughout" for my interpretation, personally.

It's absolutely clear from in-game that Fake Peppino is goopy on some level, but I don't imagine that he's made up of a literal liquid. I think his body is more like an amalgamation of this vaguely dough-like, vaguely flesh-like gooey organic mass that is trying its hardest to be Peppino-shaped, "clothes" and all, even if it's just a distorted facsimile. I don't think his mass is completely stable in the way a full flesh-and-blood creature is (or hell, even as stable as most pizza monsters are with their presumably semi-magical biology), so his body still drips and shifts around, but it's got a high viscosity to it under normal circumstances, meaning that his body structure remains relatively cohesive when he's at rest or moving around casually.

That being said, I also imagine goop from his body can slough off forcefully if he moves extremely quickly / suddenly, like if he deforms or contorts too rapidly, or if he collides against something with sufficient force (see: the gooey spattering particle effects in his boss fight). Although, punching and kicking him sure felt like hitting something alive and semi-solid, from Peppino's perspective at least, so whether sheer force makes Fake Peppino solidify or liquefy is somewhat inconsistent and probably depends on the context. (When he's dazed or vulnerable I think he probably has a lot harder time holding himself together, at least.)

I figure you can't push your hand through him or anything (... unless he allows it). It'll probably feel more like pressing against greasy/slimy skin that's a little too squishy, with something subtly writhing beneath the surface. Although if you shook hands with him there would definitely be a firmness to it, maybe briefly fooling you into thinking he actually has bones.

His mass has shapeshifting properties, which allows him to quickly and easily shift into a near-liquid form whenever it's convenient for him, like when he wants to slip through tight narrow spaces, escape into cracks into the floor, or get past barriers or grates. (He also involuntarily slimes himself when he's feeling extremely stressed out, sometimes, but that's more uncommon.) In this state his mass is more like a thick semi-liquid living substance that only sticks to things it chooses to stick to, like some sort of giant gooey amoeba.

I don't think the solidity of his body is always uniform throughout, though. The inside of his body tends to be... looser, for a lack of a better word, and can profusely ooze liquid-like goop if a part of his body is removed or opened up that isn't really "meant" to be removed-- although it'll settle down and solidify into a more viscous state in a minute or two. His hat is a good example of this, based on his boss health icon.

Regardless of whether it's current behaving like a liquid or solid, all of his mass is alive, has something resembling a cellular structure, and all of it is Fake Peppino. Hope this helps!

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How liquid/goopy do you think Fake Peppino is?

Oh boy, Fake Peppino biology headcanons!

So, I lean more towards "something that tries to be solid, but can choose to / be forced into becoming more liquid-like, and is somewhat inconsistent throughout" for my interpretation, personally.

It's absolutely clear from in-game that Fake Peppino is goopy on some level, but I don't imagine that he's made up of a literal liquid. I think his body is more like an amalgamation of this vaguely dough-like, vaguely flesh-like gooey organic mass that is trying its hardest to be Peppino-shaped, "clothes" and all, even if it's just a distorted facsimile. I don't think his mass is completely stable in the way a full flesh-and-blood creature is (or hell, even as stable as most pizza monsters are with their presumably semi-magical biology), so his body still drips and shifts around, but it's got a high viscosity to it under normal circumstances, meaning that his body structure remains relatively cohesive when he's at rest or moving around casually.

That being said, I also imagine goop from his body can slough off forcefully if he moves extremely quickly / suddenly, like if he deforms or contorts too rapidly, or if he collides against something with sufficient force (see: the gooey spattering particle effects in his boss fight). Although, punching and kicking him sure felt like hitting something alive and semi-solid, from Peppino's perspective at least, so whether sheer force makes Fake Peppino solidify or liquefy is somewhat inconsistent and probably depends on the context. (When he's dazed or vulnerable I think he probably has a lot harder time holding himself together, at least.)

I figure you can't push your hand through him or anything (... unless he allows it). It'll probably feel more like pressing against greasy/slimy skin that's a little too squishy, with something subtly writhing beneath the surface. Although if you shook hands with him there would definitely be a firmness to it, maybe briefly fooling you into thinking he actually has bones.

His mass has shapeshifting properties, which allows him to quickly and easily shift into a near-liquid form whenever it's convenient for him, like when he wants to slip through tight narrow spaces, escape into cracks into the floor, or get past barriers or grates. (He also involuntarily slimes himself when he's feeling extremely stressed out, sometimes, but that's more uncommon.) In this state his mass is more like a thick semi-liquid living substance that only sticks to things it chooses to stick to, like some sort of giant gooey amoeba.

I don't think the solidity of his body is always uniform throughout, though. The inside of his body tends to be... looser, for a lack of a better word, and can profusely ooze liquid-like goop if a part of his body is removed or opened up that isn't really "meant" to be removed-- although it'll settle down and solidify into a more viscous state in a minute or two. His hat is a good example of this, based on his boss health icon.

Regardless of whether it's current behaving like a liquid or solid, all of his mass is alive, has something resembling a cellular structure, and all of it is Fake Peppino. Hope this helps!

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being a fan of a friend's ocs is actually so humiliating....... like yes my favourite character rn is tragically doomed and a pillar of humanity who i think is relevant to the current world. you can find information about them on discord dot com and sometimes in late-night conversations with this guy i know. what the fuck

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i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.

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He sends her prayer quotes and boomer gifs like a true servant of the omnissiah Comic Directory

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On another note: the way I render Fake Peppino's distorted gibberish dialogue can, in fact, be decoded, and is far from meaningless (although it's not necessary to understand the plot, since it's not like the other characters understand it either)

I'm not going to put up a translation guide until much later, since he doesn't have much dialogue in general at the moment, but if you want to figure it out yourself beforehand it offers a fun bonus :)

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For those that are going to miss the eclipse on Monday, I have created a simulation of what the eclipse will look like along the path of totality

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