xmung again! Some readers have wondered why all the Gangers are so supremely evil, where they ask are the more common garden variety Gangers? Today's update may go some way towards answering that. As the Frost Giantess said some pages ago, the Ganger's are vast in number… and indeed some of them are fairly average. Meet four of them today in this update by me… sadly, that meeting appears to be fairly short lived! And it also gives you some idea why we don't see that many of them… they don't live long enough! Another update, this time by Al, on Thursday!
Hmm, maybe we should hold off on the RedShirt comments. Wasn't it established that there was a 'death feedback' the Gangers feel when one of their own dies?
Every organisation needs foot soldiers and where better to recruit than from one's own ranks. BTW, it was never really shown because of their full head helmets, but it can be assumed that the goons that got a thrashing in Vector's spaceship back when CP and Yuuki joined the frey, were all Gangers (look for verification in the story CP tells of his time on Vector's ship when he unmasks a goon). Al has given some insight into the recruitment process through his Chant and Frostbitten origins. Presumably they all have something to offer, some more than others, even if it's just grunt work - and then there's the opportunity to work one's way up the ranks. And yes, I haven't met a pleasant Ganger yet... they must all be bad seeds no matter what universe they inhabit.
Red Death is pretty badass.
But this Beta team resparked a thought I had about the Gangers. If some of them are "average" (why on earth are a porn star, a gamer, and some slackers working for an evil organization?) And a number of them are evil, is there a chance that some of these alternate Gangers are heroic characters like superheroes or noble beings? Or is being a jerk/dick/evil dude/psychopath/sociopath/dictator/morally jaded a recurring trait with all Gangers?
@Ozmandious - no that's correct. Clarification in the next update.
@Essaybee - I did consider red shirts but decided against it for exactly those reasons, consider it subverting the trope!
I figured all the Gangers seemed to be supremely evil because the President was looking for dopplegangers with similar interests to himself & would have ignored the dopplegangers who would be useless or oppose his evil plans.
We don't have any "official" universe for them... if Simone seems to be from a certain webcomic then it is only CRFH-esque, not actually CRFH. Al had suggested I draw this page in the particular style of certain webcomics meeting the paracmeters of these beta gangers but, although I was initially interested, I decided not to in the end.
algeya at 3:32PM, Nov. 16, 2011
oh my..
Nowizard at 10:52AM, Nov. 16, 2011
That's for cancelling BGH!
TomCHuskey at 5:58AM, Nov. 16, 2011
Hmm, maybe we should hold off on the RedShirt comments. Wasn't it established that there was a 'death feedback' the Gangers feel when one of their own dies?
shastab24 at 5:57PM, Nov. 15, 2011
I love the "Khaaannnn!"
gullas at 4:26PM, Nov. 15, 2011
bad ass death...
man in black at 3:04PM, Nov. 15, 2011
So i'm guessing those guys are like the red shirts in Star Trek?
man in black at 3:03PM, Nov. 15, 2011
best laid plans...
xmung at 12:06PM, Nov. 15, 2011
Every organisation needs foot soldiers and where better to recruit than from one's own ranks. BTW, it was never really shown because of their full head helmets, but it can be assumed that the goons that got a thrashing in Vector's spaceship back when CP and Yuuki joined the frey, were all Gangers (look for verification in the story CP tells of his time on Vector's ship when he unmasks a goon). Al has given some insight into the recruitment process through his Chant and Frostbitten origins. Presumably they all have something to offer, some more than others, even if it's just grunt work - and then there's the opportunity to work one's way up the ranks. And yes, I haven't met a pleasant Ganger yet... they must all be bad seeds no matter what universe they inhabit.
Phantom64 at 11:48AM, Nov. 15, 2011
Red Death is pretty badass. But this Beta team resparked a thought I had about the Gangers. If some of them are "average" (why on earth are a porn star, a gamer, and some slackers working for an evil organization?) And a number of them are evil, is there a chance that some of these alternate Gangers are heroic characters like superheroes or noble beings? Or is being a jerk/dick/evil dude/psychopath/sociopath/dictator/morally jaded a recurring trait with all Gangers?
xmung at 10:12AM, Nov. 15, 2011
@Ozmandious - no that's correct. Clarification in the next update. @Essaybee - I did consider red shirts but decided against it for exactly those reasons, consider it subverting the trope!
Ozmandious at 10:00AM, Nov. 15, 2011
Did RD mean "Life" or "Death?" I can see arguments for both, I'm just curios as to whether it was a typo or not.
Dragonfire10503 at 9:15AM, Nov. 15, 2011
Lol saw that coming
alschroeder at 8:09AM, Nov. 15, 2011
I have to wonder about the career of Salome, the "furry porn star"...
crazy_goodfellow at 7:55AM, Nov. 15, 2011
You don't mess with the Red Death!
Mr Kaos at 7:36AM, Nov. 15, 2011
oh crap. Angry grim reaper. O.o
KAM at 6:22AM, Nov. 15, 2011
I figured all the Gangers seemed to be supremely evil because the President was looking for dopplegangers with similar interests to himself & would have ignored the dopplegangers who would be useless or oppose his evil plans.
EssayBee at 5:35AM, Nov. 15, 2011
Shouldn't these guys be wearing red shirts? Great looking page. And I like the wavy panel borders.
xmung at 2:30AM, Nov. 15, 2011
We don't have any "official" universe for them... if Simone seems to be from a certain webcomic then it is only CRFH-esque, not actually CRFH. Al had suggested I draw this page in the particular style of certain webcomics meeting the paracmeters of these beta gangers but, although I was initially interested, I decided not to in the end.
God of War at 2:21AM, Nov. 15, 2011
What comics/realities are those gangers from? I suspect one of them is from College Roomies From Hell, but other than that, no idea.