Todd’s focus so far has been essentially “Murderer, no murdering”.
Colors up, and I have to confess, you all who said I forgot to draw Selkie’s sunglasses were right. But not, however, in the way you thought: please note the retroactive addition of the black blob on the floor under Selkie in panel 2. :3
Not gonna lie to you folks, I allowed the readers to put a few words in Lillian's mouth in panel four. ;)
Colors aren’t the only thing that needs to be add later… Selkie seems to have lost her dark glasses while up there.
Great Spot check dude, I nearly forgot they were there
Well, unless she lost them in the climb up. Not like anyone on the ground could see the glowy eyes, though.
Fat but also isn’t something I’d take exception off language wise. But then Lilian is from that generation where it kind of fits.
I got told my multiple nieces and nephews that “shut up” is, in fact, swearing. Or something close to it. Super big no-no.
My mom gets offended by “butt,” but then, she also thinks “crap” is pretty strong, whereas I think it’s pretty much the weakest swear word I know that isn’t a total euphemistic “gosh darn it to heck” kind of kiddie language. (The distinction being that if I use “crap” in a dramatic scene, I’m probably not killing the drama. “Gosh” and “darn” and “poop” are likely not the sort of things adults produce when Serious Things happen and their filters turn off.)
One of my nieces (11) turns out to be super offended by “crap,” and in her mind it’s on par with “Goddamn,” which is a comparison I find hard to wrap my brain around.
If kids under my control were using language comparable to what Selkie and co. have been using, I might consider going over the idea of registers (how some words can be okay in one circumstance but not another), but I wouldn’t be particularly troubled by it.
When I was 11, I was free to use crap, damn, hell, etc. My mom had stern words if I used ‘shit’ or anything stronger, including one time she ordered me to wash my mouth out with soap for saying ‘fu…’ (which I thought was unfair since I hadn’t ACTUALLY said it, but, lessons and all that…), but the only one that really offended her was ‘god damn’. Now that I’m an adult, it is the only one she really doesn’t want me to say in her presence.
It’s so interesting to see what everyone’s priority of swears is. I think my family went with, in order of severity from most to least: fuck, goddamn, damn/hell, shit, and insert any real euphemism here. No joke, my parents won’t let you say nuts (as in testicles, not as in the food of course). Apparently you can’t say penis either. You just can’t talk about sexual parts at all whatsoever I guess?
I personally have adopted a colorful set of swears that excludes only a few things. I kind of refuse to tell people to go to hell or say “damn you” or such, because I personally think hell might exist and that’s something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. I also won’t use “goddamn” at anyone. But anything else is fair game. Like I’m entirely willing to say “damn it” about a situation, but not about a person. I guess I’m weird?
If “damn” was effective, every car my Dad worked on must be roasting (or rusting?) in Hell. And he was raised in a very religious home (Jehovah’s Witnesses, converted from Mennonite).
My mother insists that sh*t is not really a swear (provided you are talking about feces), but weirdly enough, I refuse to use it.
It’s always amusing to me that “crap” is acceptable where “shit” is not. Uh … I thought they were the same thing? 🙂
Lillian’s probably referring to a few pages back where she stopped them running indoors right after both of them had said “Hell no/yes!”. Fat butt is probably more along the lines of that ‘fiery spirit’ remark.
Yo Dave y’all forgot her glasses lol
Not a mistake, I am thinking. The string holding them in place is gone by panel 3 of the previous page. She has lost her sunglasses.
Oops.
Yeah, when I saw her eyes, I immediately went back to see if I had missed something. I did, they fell off… and for some reason, I only noticed on the last page that they were being held on by string. I’d been wondering how she was wearing them without ears… basic knots can come undone super easy, I’m actually not surprised they didn’t stay on.
Weelllll…..
Are the glasses FORGOTTEN, or did Dave have them DROP?? I’m thinking, this COULD be where the glowing eyes come into the conflict, from the outskirts, like “OH MY GOSH NOW WHAT??”
“DADS! I’m gonna just DROPS IN, revealing the SPLENDORS of mys POWERS!” (Amanda) “Aw HELL NO! You are NOT stealing my party!” (Lillian) “LANGUAGE!”
😉
this is actually some of the calmer language they’ve used! Good kids!
Just chilling at the ceiling
I dont think it was dropped, more like when using the climbing wall had to taken off. Exactly because they CAN fall off, and if it does, it can distract other climbers, so can cause problems. Safety first!
I noticed a lack of sunglass straps (needed because she has no protruding ears) in panels 3 and 4 on the previous comic page. Seems she took them off before going up.
Is that her glasses directly under her on the ground in panel two between the fence post?
Very probably. Good eye!
Good eye, Mad Eye, it’s that the eyes have it! Or not in the case of sunglasses. “Try to satisfy the masses. But get yourself some cheap sunglasses.”
ZZ zzzzzzzzz
How did I not notice her glasses were off? D=