Stolen Pixels #198: Breen Fortress, Part 4
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I think it could have been better if the last panel was cut out and used for the next comic. More shock value and such. Then again I'm not the one who makes comics and articles for money...
Dr.Breen *killed* Combine Bassist
Dr.Breen *killed* Combine Drummer
Dr.Breen *killed* Combine Guitarist.
Dr.Breen *killed* Combine Drummer
Dr.Breen *killed* Combine Guitarist.
"Muy bien" can be used, I grant you that, but it would translate as "very well", not "very good". Native Spanish speakers everywhere can use "muy bueno", generally because they're eliding the subject -- and the verb estar, which carries about zero content. "[Este episodio está] muy bueno". It's somewhat colloquial, but not even the RAE could fault that construction -- again, outside of there being no punctuation.Abedeus said:
As for the post being too short, I cannot defend it. It is short, indeed. But please don't say "we don't take kindly to folks who", it seems like you're about to dispense some frontier justice on the guy
Aw, man! Not Joe! I always used to laugh when he did that thing... you know what I'm talking about, right? That thing! Yeah, that one.Onyx Oblivion said:
Our lives are surely dimished. Curse you, Administrator! CURSE YOU! *ineffectual fist-shake*
wtrmute said:
Aaaand here comes my nit-picking. Estar would be pretty faulty here. "Ser" is much better, since generally, when you say "esta" it means "it looks" instead of "is". For instance, "ella esta joven" means "she looks young", but "ella es joven" means "she's joven". English language is complicated too, but Spanish is more so.
My first instinct would indeed be to use ser in that expression, but most likely the correct verb in that phrase would be indeed estar. You see, it depends on whether the strip can be considered intrinsically,fundamentally good or whether it is an accidental property of how Shamus managed to write it, lay it out, etc. Please check a page here for uses of ser [http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/serest2.htm] and estar [http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/serest3.htm]. Cases can be argued for both, though...Abedeus said:
Okay, I want this serialized, syndicated, and stereotyped. Between this episode and where Rohrshach was a guest, I am completely sold on After Curfew.
Too bad about the band. But hey, can always have Johnathan Coulton on as a guest player. Or maybe Black Mesa. You know the rest...
Too bad about the band. But hey, can always have Johnathan Coulton on as a guest player. Or maybe Black Mesa. You know the rest...
wtrmute said:
Guys, this is not the venue for this. Take it outside, and to the left. Mind the step, we are on a very high tower. There ya go. All the way down.Abedeus said:
