>What is this?
A comic made by Boom about a castle that only has women in it after they were all killed. They form a kingdom and things happen.
>Why is it bad?
It's kind of a good example of a bad tumblr comic, all preach no reach. If you pay close attention your going to find things that really don't make sense. If your a Disney fan prepare for terrible song parodies.
Weekend Storytime of Pain: Lady Castle
Jacob Myers
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William Martin
I'm sorry after all the men are killed. Jesus I'm drunk.
Brayden Myers
>castle that only has women in it after they were all killed
So it's like some kind of afterlife/reincarnation/isekai deal?
Levi Perry
Last time I did this some said this was not bad. I beg to differ because it's kind of like reading a 90's comic all I can see is the era it's from and I cringe.
Ethan Hill
nah I fucked up, basically all the women run the castle now but well you will see. I'm going to say this keep track of people ethnicity it's going to get weird.
Lincoln Mitchell
...Is she bench pressing buckets of paper? okay I'll keep quiet until you get along with the posting
Lincoln Barnes
How the fuck are you supposed to make use of crenelations that small? What, do you do archery while prone?
Lucas Williams
Each issue opens with a song parody. and well let's get to the main show.
Charles White
So the writer of this also write geeky hipster porn I'm not kidding.
Jack Brooks
The best way to describe people in this is one big sewing circle jerk. This is the only way to process how the character will think
Adrian Russell
but enough commentary. Let's get to all the men dying off panel
Joshua Taylor
so here's our token penis.
Christian Martinez
>Storytimer trying really hard to justify this as SoP
kys newfag
Leo Ross
One thing you will notice is that we won't see any of the other men, not even in flashback. It's a weird writing decesion but it also makes them less...'human'
Jacob Bennett
nah it's painful, but maybe some people built up a tolerance I figured I get it out of the way first and get something really bad later.
Julian Jenkins
I've survived a previous storytime of this and the sad thing is it actually could have been decent. The art's decent enough but it's crawled so far up its own ass trying to make a point you just can't take it seriously.
Matthew Walker
the unfunies I'm sure someone else will do. I'm looking to see if I can find a really bad DD comic and DD father is only bad in the last pages.
Easton Cruz
yeah I find failure of a good concept more painful than cringe. it's the frustration of almost clicking and seeing it fall apart.
Levi Myers
The last page of this comic, the art somehow deteriorates.
Michael Johnson
god this is such a lame use of a cliche.
Jaxson Roberts
Yes token penis speak for us.
Ethan Campbell
That motherfucker better stay away from any open flames given that he's apparently made entirely of straw...
Gabriel Thomas
>Literally been getting letters from a barber among the group of people expressing that they miss her
>just chops it off with a fukken knife
rood
Mason Thompson
One weird thing is the king situation, With the blacksmith lady as the king and the princess as the knight it kind of muddles who the lead is. It's the princess yet the marketing material used the Blacksmith.
Henry King
Jeremiah Stewart
Aaron Torres
so where on this lame train....
Jose Hernandez
Now you might be excited for this oh look conflict!
Tyler Wilson
Look I'm going to be honest with you user.....you might think the entire comic is
Adrian Stewart
...about the women protecting the castle from what killed the men. Well prepare for disappointment and a Pegasus.
Landon Watson
No cover because fuck it but let's begin issues two
Mason Gomez
were about to get to that page.
Tyler Allen
now this is not a bad page where there yet. But when we get to it KEEP it in mind. When we get to the plague doctor and then we have to question a lot of things.
Cooper Foster
Evan Gomez
Okay this guard right here on this page, KEEP HER IN MIND! Your going to go back to this page when a really preachy moment comes up and realize something about it.
Jonathan Sanders
it token WHEELCHAIR YAY!
Lucas Nguyen
I'm gonna level with you, OP; I'm not really digging any of this but I guess that's what a SoP is all about. Have a bump and may God have mercy on your soul.
Logan Gomez
missed the mark by a page oh well.
Gavin Morales
I'm appreciating her character so far. Was expecting full on sassy black woman but she's good and level for the moment
Kayden Flores
your supposed to dig this....I didn't think that was the point but yeah thanks.
Anyway this comic is more kind of just of it's time and just aged right out of the gate.
David Stewart
the character are not the worst but lessons....are not good.
Nathaniel Moore
and well the conflict are very minor which sucks. Because in this is a great castle siege comics but that ends with this issue.
Angel Hill
Evan Fisher
like I did not comment on it but a bunch of women formed a sewing circle after being told there husband and sons are dead....it's very hard to call them human.
Bentley Moore
and that's not even getting into how they resolve this bullshit in this issue.
Thomas Adams
But those slips of paper contain the weight of all her doubts and neurosis, user! How dare you doubt the strength of womanhood!
Ryan Bailey
man is this artist bad at action.
Hunter Turner
oh god it's the plan...so let's talk about this...
Jackson Johnson
So this Pegasus. Everytime I storytime this I forget about it. Because it's only used in this issue and it was never brought up. yeah why didn't the king bring it along?
Carson Powell
at this point the comic....breaks down. and It never recovers.
Dominic Johnson
When I saw ads for this I was expecting the entire thing to be well about defending the castle...and nope.
Gabriel Kelly
this is really embarrassing.
Logan Foster
Bentley Hall
Owen Taylor
I probably call this SoP material, but it's bringing back memories of mediocrity and disappointment. I remember thinking this had potential as a concept if they focused on the blacksmith king and the small brooding chick, and then reading how each and every conflict in the book just ends so unsatisfying kinda killed what feelings I had for this book.
Have fun, OP.
Wyatt Reyes
Yeah there is different pain in this world and this is but one form.
Brody Richardson
all right guys prepare....for DIPLOMACY!
Grayson Morris
Yeah, if they made Merinor actually struggle with problems that aren't resolved the same doggone day you could get something reasonably compelling
Or have ONE of these daft bints actually MISS their husband
Christian Sanchez
now remember how I said keep in mind one character that guard you will see something this issue. It's also brings with it a lesson.
Thomas Turner
a lesson in how character design can't be just thrown around. you really have to think about what you say about your world when you put something there.
Dylan Wright
Easton Myers
This is the plague doctor scene I was talking about and for the slow people refer to this page when reading this scene...and see how it makes no damn sense.
Zachary Miller
and I forgot the page....fuck.
Aiden Russell
well let's get our lesson about racism out of the way in this world where everyone is equal yup not contradictory in the slightest!
Cameron Wilson
Look if your going to do lessons don't just preach to the audience.This scene just is very cringy in this book. It doesn't help that the world is tumblr world.
Jace Nguyen
but let's get back to the DIPLOMACY!.
Wyatt Peterson
Caleb Rodriguez
Christian Anderson
It's not contradictory really, the old doctor just told her that to reduce her self esteem keep her in line like literally every other man in the area apparently
Guard from earlier's husband probably had some other bullshit going
Josiah Reed
Leo Watson
that is not contradiction I was talking about, think about what the doctor says about her culture and look at the character and how they are treated. We already saw a Muslim character in this book before her. Only now do we find out about this.
Matthew Carter
This page, this very page raises it to SOP status.
Isaiah Gray
the books say a lot about it's world but never shows it until the plot says so.
Ian Sanders
Gwyneff a cute
Comic definitely should have been focused on her and the king
Daniel Robinson
Some people doubt it's sop status but it's keeps on giving.
Christian Lee
Jack Robinson
Camden Jackson
more diplomacy....sigh.
Bentley Price
so this curse thing is about to be a plot.
Jonathan Sanchez
yay hugs..
Gabriel Flores
this comic could end here but we have one more issue.
Aiden Reed
>spare field
>but our food reserves are basically gone
I have many questions about the castle's division of labor
Nathan King
I swear this comic need that damn Full House music but somehow have it be more feminist. I don't know.
Asher Watson
we call it cannibalism.
Alexander Miller
>badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
Aaron Hill
All right this issue might be called the lore issue, but this comic run into a wall because well without seeing the king it's cause problems.
Ryder Barnes
This issues also gets kind of narmy.
Easton Thompson
>Knight Ho
Now that's a bit rude, you have no idea that the black knight is a prostitute or not.
Dominic Jackson
Xavier Stewart
Hudson Morris
PLOT TWIST SHE WAS A MEDUSA ALL ALONG!
Adam Hernandez
WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED.
Blake Wood
Nani the fuck
Adrian Davis
Yup that helmet will help people not turn to stone.
Justin Ramirez
>hold the line, my squirrel squires
Kevin Lopez
Ah yes the typical animals you'd find in any forest in Europe.
>The Wise Owl
>The Devoted Bear
>The Demure Deer
>The Mischievous Raccoon
>The Cunning Fox
>The Intelligent Squirrel
>The Robust Hi-
....
What the fuck is a Hippo doing there?
Jace Barnes
Yeah it's a really weird twist.
Brody Thomas
I mean mixing greek mythos with whatever the fuck your writing. Where the harpies foreshadowing to this?
Eli Gray
well let's get this whole charade over with.
Lucas Ortiz
>Start of Page
>"Everything's fucked and I don't see anyway of actually fixing this!"
>End of page
>"EVERYTHING GOT FIXED!" :D
This got canceled didn't it?
Liam White
god this suc
Dominic Butler
Probably the last page I imagine was made in a hurry because here's how Booms works, they announce a book as a mini when It's really meant for an ongoing, but if it doesn't do well it stays a mini. I think the team got too confident because the last page looks rushed as fuck.
Angel Reyes
Like they thought they had a chance made a page to lead into the next arc and then somehow it got fucked.
Gabriel Clark
Oh god it looks WORSE than the last few pages?
Adam Hall
well let's get all the robin hood shit out of the way.
Brandon Wood
it still has sketch lines.
Benjamin Nelson
Michael Carter
yeah this is special.
Andrew Turner
If the black knight is her mother I'm gonna scream
Cooper Turner
Kevin Moore
no but it's worse somehow.
Christopher Williams
Well now I know why she brought the Hippo at least.
Sebastian Russell
this revelation is infuriating.
Sebastian Johnson
>"AND NOW FOR NO REASON I SHALL REVEAL I AM AN OLD LADY!"
>"AND I HAVE SNAKEBITES FOR SOME REASON!?!??!?!?"
Sebastian Russell
this really should have been expanded upon.
Daniel Foster
I have no idea who this is.jpg
Jordan Hughes
and the end. I was not kidding when I said it's rushed as hell.
Jaxson Wood
Back cover of the trade.
David Lopez
>"There are never just the two choices!"
>"Uh well actually there are in this situatio-"
>"I choose the choice that obviously benefits me!"
>"Okay for some reason that works?"
Holy shit.
You know this isn't a terrible concept. All the men in the castle die so it's up to the women to take control of it and make sure it doesn't go to shit, but author kept shoving as much modern day virtue signaling as they could into this that it just ruined it as a fun little romp.
HOW THE FUCK IS THIS GETTING A MOVIE?!
Isaiah Harris
....wait it's getting movie?
Owen Cooper
Ah nvm it isn't. I swear I remember like a year ago this got storytimed and that got mentioned.
But seriously how does one get something this bad published?
Christian Russell
yeah it wasn't the kind of truly dreadful I expect from these threads
the word I'd use is amateur, this felt like someone's deviantart comic that somehow got run through a legitimate publisher
None of the themes are fully explored, conflicts flit in out of nowhere and disappear just as fast, and almost none of the characters DO much of anything but REACT to things happening so they feel painfully like fictional characters with no real thoughts and feelings
Refine everything and try again/10
at least it catered to my fetish for girls with big thick eyebrows so there's that
Hudson Evans
Knowing the right people. In all seriousness there are some rumors around Boom if you know where to look that some shit is going down over there. While Kate Leth is in animation there are some rumors abour her either having dirt on people or people having dirt on her. Nothing confirmed but I knew someone who was part of her Valkyrie group who disowned them after meeting her.
Hudson Murphy
They are quite exquisite, though.
Kayden Hill
I just wish they'd given more fucking reason as to why the Princess is such a decent warrior and shit. She was stuck in a castle most her life.
Obviously. I feel like this whole story would've worked out better if someone like IDW got it, because at least there a miniseries is a fucking miniseries.
Parker Hill
There's just no goddamn depth to ANYTHING
All the castle women are good, all the men were bad, all the threats were misunderstood, someone cooks up some glasses in a couple of hours and the gorgon eyes are no fucking issue. They don't even have to get the wizard to undo the "curse" because that shit just stopped on its own apparently
Caleb Nelson
It was as shit as I remember,
Thanks for the catharsis, user.
Austin Bell
Ah yes, I remember this comic. Their king, husbands, and fathers, all men are dead, and yet nobody cares and a lot of people are actually happy about it. And they manage to do better even though half their population is dead. Well there is one guy that's still alive and he's the butt of jokes and constantly shit on and emasculated despite having the best intentions.
Luke Cook
>fresh prince meme for no reason
Oh god no!
>plague doctor costume
Oh god yes!
>remove mask and never put it on again, how convenient that without it she looks like any other girl in a hijab
Oh god no!
Anthony Wilson
>castle that only has women in it after they were all killed
So they're all ghosts?
Eli Kelly
read literally one post down
Robert Wood
>your
>your
You're.
Benjamin Adams
That would be a cool series, I'd read it.
Angel Stewart
Aww lawd here we go
Ryan Russell
What song is being parodied?
Easton Cruz
Wait. This doesn't make sense
1. Where is the lighting on this dungeon library coming from?
2. How did no one know about a library? They're not that big of a community and a wheelchaired woman and her career should be noticeable
3. Isn't this place nothing but stairs? How does this wheelchair woman even get into this library?!
Luke Gonzalez
I remember last time that it was said to be a Tangled song.
Austin Allen
Soooo...you don't get humor?
Eli Barnes
Dude, this isn't Conan. Not everything is like your first D&D game, all hacking and slashing.
Elijah Morris
Eh, so it was like a 90's fantasy TV series?
Logan Richardson
Not him but one should expect hacking and slashing when you are fighting harpies. It's strange how no one got hurt from that fight or from any fight in this comic.
Jeremiah Jones
Look diplomacy is fine in comics, my problem is that everything gets resolved so easily and jumps to a new plot. Like we just resolve our differences is fine for stories but often it's never a sacrifice to do so or it comes way too easy. Like it doesn't help that MOST comics of this type carry this lesson so it's just becomes white noise. If you didn't notice every issue gets resolved and even the medusa shit gets taken out.
Liam Jackson
Does anyone else see the man nipples in the bed
Nathaniel Allen
I did and now I will never not see them.
Jack Mitchell
I'd say that the second half has so many asspulls and a fucking Fresh Prince parody that it tips the story into outright shit
Gavin Reed
This is like badly stealing a Disney movie.
Gabriel Campbell
To be fair, hippos are fucking terrifying
Nolan Turner
RISE
William Cooper
When I read the synopsis for this book I guessed that all of the monsters attracted by this curse were actually the men transformed. The main villain would be the king and the main conflict between him and his daughters. Eventually the curse would be removed and they would form a more enlightened castle. Instead the comic is very insistent upon the fact that every man is dead 100 percent, but every single curse is completely lame. Its just weird to me that a comic without any stakes starts with a huge amount of death.
I hate feminist shit, but this is insulting to people who actually try to write it.
Liam Davis
Congratulations, you're a better writer than the moron who shat this out.
Joshua Nguyen
Your not wrong one of the worst things about this comic is that it wants to be this light hearted affair and be this fun feminist romp. But the fact is besides some lip service it's hard to take this comic when it tries to get serious because there is no emotion in anything.
Christopher Nguyen
Diplomacy is difficult, takes a long time, requires sacrifices and tradeoffs between the sides, and is full of intrigue and behind-the-scenes plotting and drama. This is not diplomacy.
Colton Martinez
What the fuck? Seriously what the actual fuck that thing comes in leaving a trail, nobody sees it and then it just drags her under? Also the proportions in that panel are all sorts of messed and even accounting for perspective that thing looks way too tiny to pull her.
Gavin Bell
Does she have a hemipenis?
Or does biheaded snek mean she's bisexual, or takes it in both holes.
Asher Taylor
Thanks for making me remember that this exists
Austin Harris
Well, at least it's not capeshit.
Art is OK. 6/10
Plot is awful. 1/10
Characters are meh. 3/10
Total: meh 3/10
Ryan Cooper
Two heads
Bipolar schizo
Hunter Morris
that art is terrible. how can you pay 4 people to get the result of a bad webcomic artist like that?
Gabriel Reyes
>Art is OK. 6/10
no. Just o.
Asher Hill
People look like people, horses look like horses.
Levi Gray
Finally, some Dark Wizard Affirmative Action!
Bentley Murphy
so all the men are still dead?
enjoy lasting a single generation. Fuck all the mothers, wives, daughters, sisters that lost someone they might have cared about OH WAIT ALL MEN ARE LITERALLY LEG-SPREADING MISOGYNISTS
Jose Jenkins
>not letting the werewolf dudes stick around or asking the wizard to cure them too
>let a pack of fucking harpies in
now that's just rude
Levi Flores
pfft, some king you are. You don't even have a crown.
Y'gona give it to ya
Technically, she's not a princess anymore as she is not related to the current head of state.
>empty coffers
>but still able to outfit and field an army
You saw them wearing dresses. I don't think they are interested in siring a new generation.
Thanks OP, it was ok/10.
David Cruz
its when will my life begin which is the first song in the movie iirc
>parodying tangled for this shit
Jose Hughes
Everything is better with werewolf dickings
Anthony Martin
RISE
Tyler Perez
>Chuck Wendig
Daniel Barnes
Do I even want to know?
Hunter Roberts
I wonder where people see that hairstyle on black women. I've never seen one outside of comics/art.
Jordan Evans
He managed to accomplish what very few Leftists in the industry have managed to do: get fired for being an asshole on social media.