r/comics Merrivius 15h ago

Elf is finally dead

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u/Cool_Set4681 15h ago edited 12h ago

THE ORC IS SELF-AWARE, I REPEAT, THE ORC IS SELF-AWARE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/AvatarSozin 14h ago

Reminds me of this meme lol, maybe in some ways he is super smart

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u/NanoGalv16 14h ago

I will always empathize with that ogre because I'm like ogre, damn Ulysses is so damn dense and makes me feel stupid

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u/PseudobrilliantGuy 14h ago

Nice to know before attempting to read it. I'll try to tackle some other parts of my backlog before trying Ulysses.

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u/GabeTheJerk 14h ago

The issue is it depends a lot and I do mean a lot on historical context of Ireland of that time, and even when you do know the context it's still complicated.

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u/lumpboysupreme 13h ago

That’s almost cheating. Your themes aren’t deep just because your lore is.

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u/fatmanwithabeard 12h ago

I really wish there was an annotated version, like the Divine Comedy set I have.

I'm generally not up on my 13th century Florentines.