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The Poisoned Dataset [Mini Fantasy Theater]
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cannedtuna lemmy.world cannedtuna@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
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David Revoy | Mastodon | Bonus Timelapse

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The poisoned dataset

A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. The Scholar sorceress with a snake tattoo stands in a desolated land made of ruins and dead trees. She speaks to her Avian Intelligence (AI) parrot flying near her shoulder.

Scholar: “Avian Intelligence, remind me how to cast a Ring of Fire spell? You know, the one you trained on from Cepper’s ‘AI Protected’ research?”
AI Parrot: “Absolutely! PyroCorona.”

Panel 2. The Scholar cracks a wicked smile, excited as she raises her hands, fingers spread and ready to cast.

Scholar: “Alright, I can’t wait to try... PyroCorona!”

  • insert: A crown of flame appears on the top of her head. She has the big eyes of surprise.

Scholar: “?!!”

Panel 3. The Scholar sorceress lost her hair and eyebrows: burnt. She’s in a real rage and grab her AI parrot by the neck while starting a fireball, threatening, in her another hand.

Scholar (shooting): “Explain this to me, you #*$%@& bird, or I blast you with a fireball!”

Panel 4. The Scholar stops in the middle of her attack: she realizes what happened and she’s speechless, lost, looking in the void. The AI Parrot proposes something.

Scholar: “Wait... this is her work. The protected research. She poisoned it on purpose.”
AI Parrot (small): “Want me to look up healing spells for your hair and eyebrows?”
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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
#2 · Quote Reply

Pyrocorona = crown of fire
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dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️ lemmy.world dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-20
#3 · Quote Reply
schipelblorp wrote:
Pyrocorona = crown of fire

...Which you'd realize beforehand, had you actually done the work rather than letting the Avian Intelligence cheat for you.
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NeatNit discuss.tchncs.de NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-01-05
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

I think this is a callback to 28. The Correct Incantation:

Edit: And, of course, it's a follow-up to last week's 74. Drawing The Line:
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cannedtuna Moderator cannedtuna@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#5 · Quote Reply
NeatNit wrote:
I think this is a callback to 28. The Correct Incantation: Edit: And, of course, it's a follow-up to last week's 74. Drawing The Line:

Nice catch!
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pticrix lemmy.ca pticrix@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-07-06
#6 · Quote Reply

It's not Avian Intelligence anymore! The academy's rectum said to now use Sloth Intelligence.
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NeatNit discuss.tchncs.de NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-01-05
#7 · Quote Reply
cannedtuna wrote:
Nice catch!

I recently binged the whole series :)

Also Pepper & Carrot, which is fantastic on another level!
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cannedtuna Moderator cannedtuna@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#8 · Quote Reply
NeatNit wrote:
I recently binged the whole series :) Also Pepper & Carrot, which is fantastic on another level!

I really want more Pepper & Carrot, but he’s been on this plot line for a while so, no telling when he’ll switch back.
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Ertain feddit.online Ertain@feddit.online
Joined: 2026-08-12
#9 · Quote Reply

Got to love Dave.
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Seleni lemmy.world Seleni@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-23
#10 · Quote Reply
cannedtuna wrote:
I really want more Pepper & Carrot, but he’s been on this plot line for a while so, no telling when he’ll switch back.

Probably about the time people stop sending him AI-generated images, comics, and game demos based on Cepper, Pepper, and Carrot.
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NeatNit discuss.tchncs.de NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-01-05
#11 · Quote Reply
cannedtuna wrote:
I really want more Pepper & Carrot, but he’s been on this plot line for a while so, no telling when he’ll switch back.

It's in the works!

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1180/monthly-production-report-for-september-2026#pepper-carrot-episode

Slowly but surely: even if the month was really busy, I could commit time to do progress on episode 40. Maybe even more than in August. I did some work on the concept art (Pepper's new outfit) and some pages went from just layout to fully penciled.

The layout of page 9 and 10 is still very only speechbubbles and doodles. I hope I'll finish the penciling and start some inking in October.
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wolframhydroxide sh.itjust.works wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-07-25
#12 · Quote Reply

Am I the only one who thinks that maybe... Just maybe, these wizards should be casting a protection from fire spell before trying other new spells? My own research says the incantation should be "Pyroprostata".
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