Ha

"Not today."
Famous last (adult) words...

What do we tell the God of Death?

Nothing. Because there is no god of death.
There is only Zuul. And if Zuul asks if we're a god, we always answer "yes".

Zool is god? Wasnt he some sort of ninja alien dude going around collecting up chupachup sweets?

Not Zool - Zuul!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7MAacSPNM
Followed by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb5-LLQ3FjY

:3

Wow I thought I was one of the only people out there who remembered the ninja on the Nth dimension! Played his games all the time as a kid!

Amiga 1200 was my life as a 11-12 year old LOL

I forget what model my parents had but Zool was one of the go to games I had along with Lotus 3 and Lemmings and a bunch of other games that I don't remember.

Oh man that takes me back, I had the PC CDROM version of the sequel. Great fun

actually... one who asked if they were a god, was Gozer, not Zuul.

https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Gozer ^^

Zuul and Vinz were the two demon-looking dogs. the gatekeeper and the keymaster respectively :)

I know this makes me look like a massive nerd. I care not. ^^

uh sorry what about ryuk




from death note https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Ryuk

"Sean Bean is over there."

Is is seen been or shawn bawn nobody knows

There comes a time when you're just plain done with all the weird shit in your life and just want a quiet, ordinary day.

This. This very much.

It was actually a magical sceptre to turn you into a baby-themed superhero.

Or maybe it's just radioactive.

XD reminds me of this story idea I heard about before

One day a young couple gave birth to a beautiful baby girl... A bit TOO beautiful with pink hair... That is when they knew she was born to be an anime protagonist. When she got older she was taught how to avoid the dangers of becoming a protagonist. Come across a talking stuffed animal? Throw it in the trash. See a wounded magical prince in the park? Take a different route. Start your first day at school and sees the only desk is in the back corner by the window? Ask to change seats with someone immediately. This would be the story of the girl named Nope

Omg please make this

Sadly was someone else's idea. Need to find if they followed up on it...

Yes...

Two pages of "Nope, the anime" exist at https://imgur.com/gallery/J5sbp , with a few more sketches at https://secondlina.tumblr.com/archi.....%20the%20anime

Thanks! Shame it hasn't gotten further than the first two pages.

For more of the same idea, there is also "A Pony Named Nope" which took that idea and ran with it. It does require knowledge of MLP: FIM to enjoy, but it is a very fun read

But by not making the choices to do those things... she became her own kind of protagonist.

true

*the rattle starts rolling and follows Star*

And thus the plotline begins of the curse rattle constantly appearing and following Star around, just daring her to finally give in and pick it up.

*later* star goes back n pick it up said i probably need it for something

lol

That is too funny, Star! I'm glad that Star is happy and won't be a victim of age regression this time. Star is one very smart cookie. :)

Cookies!!! Where!

But what if i told you the item can create unlimited supply of stuff crust pizza?? :D

Pffttt ha h ha ha

Outright comedic gold there, making a joke out of a stupid plot device. Atta girl...

Pick it up in a box and save it for later

Next picture shows her running while small versions of baby products fly around her like flies or bees XD

Oh, you know you're gonna turn around and go back for it any second now! ^.^

That or the rattle will come to her, somehow.

A pic finally representing all the other hundreds of people that know better than to pick things like that up.

Nice form on that powerwalking by the way!

Now, does the curse only work if you touch it? What about using tongs to hold it away from you? Or using a large stick to flip it away?

We must know about how this magic works! FOR SCIENCE

Hmm, I feel like I seen that rattle before :3

Nyehehehe! Have a good day.

Found it: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/15432742/

I see... in the next 5 minutes: star picks up the rattle :D

Silly Star, now the giant magical baby spirit is going to haunt and pamper you for not getting it's rattle back.

Star, let's be real, here.
Between you 'n me?
We're pickin' that up.

baby tongs

Why not baby tongs?

Thank you for noticing!

Me: "Wait for it..."

*Suddenly, Star jumps back in the picture and grabs the glowing, clearly cursed, magical rattle.*

Star: "SHINY!" *Puff! A pink cloud surrounds Star and she suddenly finds herself wearing a thick, pink diaper, a pink shirt, pink booties and mittens and a pink bonnet.*

The Lynx is learning

Big sad :(

Not today, Satan

*most people*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_RmSJxtUE

This is exactly how I feel when I see a reminder of my little space but I know I have to deal with the adult world. XD

I would not even hesitate (I have rescued some stuffed animals from the trash)

oh dear uh i hope that isn't the one i ared kandish with

it be fun to be a part if you like star i am known for pranking with AR devices :)

Star has certainly wised up after previous events. Perhaps the rattle will follow her wherever she goes.

not gonna lie, that third panel would make an *amazing* telegram sticker

XDDD I love it

The Fur gods knew of Star's great destiny, and would not stop until she picked up that rattle. She would see it again.

Tihihi

Probably something different at the end of the block

That’s it take the rattle (star walks away) DAMMIT foiled again hmm I wander if ace is around 😈

Haha

Twitter brought me here.

XD, but I wonder if she did picked it up... 🤔

As she walks away she shrinks into a baby

Mebbe tomoro lol

Def. tomorrow tho

you know you wanta sweetie~

Welp! That's too bad! Have fun mentally regressed baby boy!

If you won't, can I pick it up then? Please?

I love that 180 nope!

Best start yet!

I give Star 15 steps before she turns around and pounces the rattle.

Seeing a couple people saying the rattle will just follow her somehow. ;3

I think it would be even funnier if she just immediately falls down a chute, one of the sidewalk panels momentarily dipping down as she steps on it, right after walking by the rattle and ends up in Cottontail Nursery. ^^ *laughs*

As in, if she had picked up the rattle she would have gotten 'magically babied', if she didn't and stuck to the sidewalk she would get 'sci-fi babied', if she went off towards the trees she would have ended up meeting a unicorn and getting magically babied in a different way, while if she had immediately crossed the road she would have been snatched up by some manner of auto-babying bus.

And then! The next day she wakes back up and everything is normal again. But then she sees the rattle again and no matter what choice she makes she always ends up getting babied in an endless Groundhogs Day-esque style. ^^ <3

It would be funny to just give star a normal day...and over the course of the day the tropes just get more and more aggressive/obvious/more difficult to hide from and escape from when she finally gives in to one and....nothing happens....and then shes so disspointed she goes off and padds herself up anyway and pretends shes embarrassed hahaha

Brilliant! ^^ <3 Absolute genius! Especially if she does actually end up having some legit fun afterwards and the would have been cause of the trope smiles unseen from a window having intended this outcome the whole time.

Yes.

That's pretty great

Lol

Magic doesn't have to mean cursed. Could be a magic item that shoots a regression beam when you shake it at someone. Don't worry, the next person to walk past will pick it up, and I'm sure there'll be someone in range to try it out on.

If something glows, it's cursed. Ever watch mystery movies and Scooby Doo? It's true. Lol

No. Those are just fun. The only things that aren't cursed.

That exists?

Where was this when I was a kid!!!??.

Mind blown. :0

Yes I did. Clever. Hehe

C-come on Star! Do it for the people!

Curses! foiled again!

ತಎತ

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

OMG this is silly!

Yes is very silly. :3

lol

Shame. The curse only effects people who don't pick it up... those fairies are sick of people not picking up litter.

i always wonder why people mess with things that look magical or cursed... and then cry "oh no! Poor me!" :P

like, ya COULD HAVE left it well enough alone :P

great subject for an image ^^

Its almost as if folk WANT to be magically babified or regressed. Like what we're they thinking would happen??

They're being betrayed by their inner curious monkey.

Haha, really good.

The big baby version of "not today, satan!"

Careful Star these thing have a way of getting you when you least expect it 😈😈

Careful Star these thing have a way of getting you when you least expect it 😈😈

Be funny if the rattle just flies straight to you and activates regardless.

🧀🧀

That's pretty damn beautiful XD.

I like to imagine the entity that placed it screaming "OH COME ON!"

Come on, you know it’s gonna happen eventually, or maybe it already placed a curse on you for not picking it up.

This is like playing a eroge game for the gameplay

Someone is gonna commission you for the next person to walk by (them) probably XD

hahahaha

She's learning.

At last, a smart decision in a TF scenario, haha!

I'm still not sure what is going through Star's mind in the third panel.
I guess that's part of the fun of this page.

She's looking at the audience in a 'screw you guys I know what you want and I aint playing your games' sort of way

Ahhh, breaking the fourth wall! Not unheard of, but a bit unusual for you. I guess I'm tired, that's why I missed it.

You're a great artist and great story teller, Sammy, which is why so many people follow you and like you so much.

Hugs!

Cheeky, cheeky~

Meme worthy. Love it. XD

it was the rattle of Destiny

Sometimes it do be like that :) Enjoy your walk ^_^

seeya tmr haha, you beat the stereotype

Nope sorry she lives to fight another day

Another day another curse.

Pff XD

Baby Rattle: Yes, new victim.

Star: Naaaah! Not today.

Baby Rattle: SONOFABITCH!!! GET BACK HERE YOU PINK-HAIRED-- she's already gone.

God this is the equivalent of the protagonist from The Ring deciding to actually destroy the tape instead of just watching it and then she just goes about her regular day for the rest of the movie’s runtime!

The (likely cursed) item: You weren’t supposed to do that.

Put it in a box and give it to Marellis

LoL I laughed so hard I needed that 😂

"Little does she know the rattle is scripted as an essential plot item and the day won't move on until someone picks it up."

Heh, I love that somebody subverted this art trope. It needed it at some point and that look at the audience is just perfect.

That bottom-left picture is begging to be a meme or icon or something. It's a perfect reaction pic or one of those emoticon stickers for Telegram or Discord.

*Slamming the table* Thank you!

I am still waiting the part of today hahaha

ReEeEeEeEeEeEeEeeeeeeeeEEEeeeEEeEEEEeeEEEEEEEEE

lol our girl star is too smart for that. now had she tripped yeah she might have gotten cursed then lol

OOOoooo, is this a call back to the comic you did where star was adopted by a family but she was cursed to look like a baby even though she wasn’t by a baby rattle?

No it's fine thanks. The idea is that that doesn't happen. That's the whole point

*trips over the obvious walkway hazard*

OW

*nothing happens*

It's like a mcguffin, but for poof! We shall call these plot devices- mcpoofins :D

The rattle: You know Star this means war

(Unicron: HUR HUR)

XDDDD

SO woke X3

Lol, playing on/acknowledgement of overused tropes always makes me giggle

It makes me think... When there's obviously obvious cursed regression item, if a protagonist picks it up - they want what's coming. Maybe secretly, maybe subconsciously, but they just wanna get in those dips.

Get Lure to touch it.

M: Take that FRE, HAHA!!!

That third panel, I feel that emote.

good girl

See, that's the difference between Star and me... I couldn't help but poke it with a stick~

I've read enough Deruu to be cautious on mysterious infant items