… Also, I get the sense that there are very explicit limits to what Then is allowed to talk about, and he’s no happier about the lack of information he’s permitted to share than Ross is.
If Agent Brown’s reactions earlier are any indication, that’s probably the case. Then is probably a bit more off-kilter than typical because of being told in no uncertain terms that he and members of his clan are officially exiled, but that kind of lacks “oomph” for most humans in modern times.
I like that Ross is explaining his behavior and approaching Then a lot more calmly.
I also like how Trunchypoo is staying back for now and letting Then dog his own hole… or step up to the plate.
Then hasn’t been a favorite character of mine but I think for a social awkward fishman he’s handling this rather well. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has social anxiety and PTSD, which is why he snarks; to keep people at arms length.
Jessie… love her. She’s such a real, believable character.
Andi…. PLEASE don’t f**k this up. PLEASE. Express your concerns, ask your questions, get your answers and MOVE ON. PLEASE. DO. NOT. F**K. THIS. UP.
i´m with you – who knows what the reason behind thens attitude is. its hard to guess his age, but to me he looks rather young (younger then pohl) so odds are he left sarnoth as a teenager or very young adult…leaving his family behind? orphaned? we don´t know….yet.
and yeah, andi….the fact that she didn´t speak up when everyone else did but now asks jessie, even though with todd she has a WAY better source, gives me mayor bad vibes.
How is that fair to immediately insinuate she’s going to ruin things? She’s just as confused and concerned as anyone else would be in this situation. She worded her question quite poorly, but got shut down before she could ask anything else. Then is the one at fault for being like, “Ask questions, but just one. kthxbaiguislol” and signing off. He might not be allowed to say much, but everyone is just worried and confused about this. Even Trunchbull.
as i´ve pointed out already, why not ask todd? he´s at the source and has first hand experience….for example he could´ve explained that the poison spit isn´t all that dangerous (yet).
but andi rather wants to ask the teaching assistant who has little experience dealing with one sarnothi in school – which implies she wants to ask stuff that would make todd, as a loving father, fly off the handle. hence my, and others, worry
Well at least Ross is somewhat explaining himself. Though dude these are children. They’re not going to kill anyone. They’re just there for an education.
Weird why Andi is asking her instead of doing her own questioning. :/ Like Then is a tool but he’s not gonna randomly bite heads off. I think she’d be fine asking him stuff.
There’s no evidence of that as-yet. She IS super-nervous about seeing that beam, though, and that was directly admitted by the current head of the Sar’teri to have been launched by them – https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1051/
And seeing as they forcibly exiled every clan outside of the builders, there’s a bit more justification for nervousness here.
It’s akin to Iran kicking out EVERY Sunni (or Afghanistan EVERY Shi’a) Muslim from its country, regardless of how extreme or moderate they might be. That can be scary enough when dealing with a culture that’s completely alien to yours even when you’re the same species, let alone one that’s also biologically alien to yours.
She’s super nervous about something that hasn’t caused harms to humans. Or anything to her. Or anyone she knows.
And that still makes them refugees. They’re literally trying to find a safe place. Her acting like that isn’t okay.
“Scary”? Dude you treat them with respect. Not like they’re some kind of monster. So what if they’re a different species? Treating them like monsters is ignorant and backward. -_-
She hasn’t done anything yet to make me like her. Like with Amanda. I struggle to find sympathy for them, and I fall short repeatedly. I find them both to have not learned anything, and have excuses rather than truly changed behavior.
Ross isn’t too bad a dude, I think ultimately he’s just trying to look out for his family while processing the fact that there’s another sapient species on Earth that they suddenly have to share space with.
i do HOPE that the “making babies” part was thought out prior to the effort involved, and not “just” a result of Testing the product of the wine making ?
Oh, our wine is older than our kids, but there was much thought (and also much science) involved on the baby side of things. Much less licensing on our end, though, for the baby-making!
Harking back to the page where Then said humans and Sarnothi share a common ancestor, it must be from before Lucy, because it takes more than 4 million years to evolve gills.
Art question, what drawing tablet do you sue? I’m curious because your line work looks like is doesn’t have any pressure control and I am wondering of that intentional.
I use a cheapy, a Wacom Bamboo CTL-460. It does have pressure sensitivity, but I don’t tend to get a lot of use out of it partly because I choose to use thicker outlines for stylistic purposes (I haven’t really liked the look of things when I tried thinner outlines) and partly because I’m a bit heavy-handed while drawing so the pressure sensitivity doesn’t usually taper off all that much. It might also be a factor that I draw the comic at 16in x 21in (300dpi) then shrink it down to 8in x 10.5in (72dpi) for publishing. Some of the detail like tapering off lines gets lost in that compression.
You’re doing a decent effort without trying. But I’ll concede you’ve got a point.
… Also, I get the sense that there are very explicit limits to what Then is allowed to talk about, and he’s no happier about the lack of information he’s permitted to share than Ross is.
If Agent Brown’s reactions earlier are any indication, that’s probably the case. Then is probably a bit more off-kilter than typical because of being told in no uncertain terms that he and members of his clan are officially exiled, but that kind of lacks “oomph” for most humans in modern times.
I think the cat’s already out of the bag. Er, all the cats.
I like that Ross is explaining his behavior and approaching Then a lot more calmly.
I also like how Trunchypoo is staying back for now and letting Then dog his own hole… or step up to the plate.
Then hasn’t been a favorite character of mine but I think for a social awkward fishman he’s handling this rather well. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has social anxiety and PTSD, which is why he snarks; to keep people at arms length.
Jessie… love her. She’s such a real, believable character.
Andi…. PLEASE don’t f**k this up. PLEASE. Express your concerns, ask your questions, get your answers and MOVE ON. PLEASE. DO. NOT. F**K. THIS. UP.
i´m with you – who knows what the reason behind thens attitude is. its hard to guess his age, but to me he looks rather young (younger then pohl) so odds are he left sarnoth as a teenager or very young adult…leaving his family behind? orphaned? we don´t know….yet.
and yeah, andi….the fact that she didn´t speak up when everyone else did but now asks jessie, even though with todd she has a WAY better source, gives me mayor bad vibes.
How is that fair to immediately insinuate she’s going to ruin things? She’s just as confused and concerned as anyone else would be in this situation. She worded her question quite poorly, but got shut down before she could ask anything else. Then is the one at fault for being like, “Ask questions, but just one. kthxbaiguislol” and signing off. He might not be allowed to say much, but everyone is just worried and confused about this. Even Trunchbull.
as i´ve pointed out already, why not ask todd? he´s at the source and has first hand experience….for example he could´ve explained that the poison spit isn´t all that dangerous (yet).
but andi rather wants to ask the teaching assistant who has little experience dealing with one sarnothi in school – which implies she wants to ask stuff that would make todd, as a loving father, fly off the handle. hence my, and others, worry
Well at least Ross is somewhat explaining himself. Though dude these are children. They’re not going to kill anyone. They’re just there for an education.
Weird why Andi is asking her instead of doing her own questioning. :/ Like Then is a tool but he’s not gonna randomly bite heads off. I think she’d be fine asking him stuff.
I think it’s less that and “What ulterior motives might their parents have?”
Hell, given the real-life political events of the past month, we should just be happy we haven’t seen the REAL nutters pop up.
Then I’d be disappointed in Andi for thinking that low of war refugees. -__- Like super low of her.
There’s no evidence of that as-yet. She IS super-nervous about seeing that beam, though, and that was directly admitted by the current head of the Sar’teri to have been launched by them – https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1051/
And seeing as they forcibly exiled every clan outside of the builders, there’s a bit more justification for nervousness here.
It’s akin to Iran kicking out EVERY Sunni (or Afghanistan EVERY Shi’a) Muslim from its country, regardless of how extreme or moderate they might be. That can be scary enough when dealing with a culture that’s completely alien to yours even when you’re the same species, let alone one that’s also biologically alien to yours.
She’s super nervous about something that hasn’t caused harms to humans. Or anything to her. Or anyone she knows.
And that still makes them refugees. They’re literally trying to find a safe place. Her acting like that isn’t okay.
“Scary”? Dude you treat them with respect. Not like they’re some kind of monster. So what if they’re a different species? Treating them like monsters is ignorant and backward. -_-
Andi’s gonna do something to make us hate her again, isn’t she…
She hasn’t done anything yet to make me like her. Like with Amanda. I struggle to find sympathy for them, and I fall short repeatedly. I find them both to have not learned anything, and have excuses rather than truly changed behavior.
I’ll say this, I love Then. And I dislike Andi. She strikes me as immature, cowardly, and surprisingly closed/narrow-minded for an artist.
PLEASE let her not take stuff the wrong way
Ross isn’t too bad a dude, I think ultimately he’s just trying to look out for his family while processing the fact that there’s another sapient species on Earth that they suddenly have to share space with.
I really like how you’ve got the parent being reasonable and not all ‘appearance’s sake’.
Also sorry for the long time between comments. I was busy making wine and babies, and lost track of things!
Making wine and making babies. Welp, I have a new catchphrase now
Always happy to contribute! Beyond to the population growth, I mean.
i do HOPE that the “making babies” part was thought out prior to the effort involved, and not “just” a result of Testing the product of the wine making ?
😀
Oh, our wine is older than our kids, but there was much thought (and also much science) involved on the baby side of things. Much less licensing on our end, though, for the baby-making!
Harking back to the page where Then said humans and Sarnothi share a common ancestor, it must be from before Lucy, because it takes more than 4 million years to evolve gills.
Art question, what drawing tablet do you sue? I’m curious because your line work looks like is doesn’t have any pressure control and I am wondering of that intentional.
I use a cheapy, a Wacom Bamboo CTL-460. It does have pressure sensitivity, but I don’t tend to get a lot of use out of it partly because I choose to use thicker outlines for stylistic purposes (I haven’t really liked the look of things when I tried thinner outlines) and partly because I’m a bit heavy-handed while drawing so the pressure sensitivity doesn’t usually taper off all that much. It might also be a factor that I draw the comic at 16in x 21in (300dpi) then shrink it down to 8in x 10.5in (72dpi) for publishing. Some of the detail like tapering off lines gets lost in that compression.
Till Raider sounds like a convenience store robbing expansion pack for Grand Theft Auto.
See? Suspenders guy is being sensible, why can’t Trunch?