Con Faire
was the seventh Paradox Space story.
Story[]
At the Teen Con Air Finals, a contest to see which teens can best reenact the ending of Con Air, John Egbert is excited to be a competitor along with Roxy Lalonde and Casey.
Vriska Serket arrives backstage with her team, claiming that no one will be able to beat her. John scoffs at her bragging, saying that he and Roxy will win because they have true love of the movie. Roxy admits she's never seen it, then reassures him by saying she'll wing it.
The pair go on and as John recites all of his character's lines verbatim without breaking character, Roxy becomes gradually more embarrassed and self conscious about her improvisation attempts. John then abruptly stands up, realizing he missed a line, and cries while embracing Roxy.
After their performance, they go backstage seeking support from Karkat Vantas and Terezi Pyrope. Karkat comments on how badly they did. Roxy suggests they will win “best comedy performance”, but Terezi points out how no one laughed.
The judge, Wayward Vagabond awards the grand prize of the house cup and an autographed soundtrack CD to the "evil team", Vriska, Caliborn, Lil Cal, and Lil Seb, for having the most technically accurate portrayal. WV then abruptly takes back the prize and awards the "stupid team", John, Roxy, and Casey, an additional six billion points due to their love of Con Air and gives them the grand prize trophy.
Alt Text[]
- Page 1: obviously this comic is 100% canon in every way
- Page 6
: only the purest and truest nic cage fans can shed tears like this - Page 7: yes. you. you were laughing
- Allegedly changed a few hours after being added, the original alt text was apparently: "except you. you were laughing"
- Page 8: "The Evil Team" is just a cute lil nickname. Don't overthink this.
- Added retroactively in response to some forum comments.
- Page 9: Also, Vriska, you tried to mind-control the judge, so, you know... not cool.
Trivia[]
- The captain announcing in the first panel, judging by the background color of their text box, as well as their status as captain, is possibly the Helmsman.
- The alt text on page 1 might possibly be a jab at fans on the forums who produced a massive critical backlash at John's Birthday, the first non-canon comic.
- The curtains and general stage setup resemble both Caliborn's Homosuck site theme change and the Wizard of Oz stage in Jade and Calliope's dream bubble.
- Terezi keeps changing the location of her blindfold: she wore it normally, as a bandana, as a headband, as a scarf, as a belt/dragon cape tail, and as a different style of scarf.
