Fanart Update! Maryssa of Made By Maryssa drew me a Round Two of bridesmaid dress what-ifs, with a bonus Modesty Wetsuit!
Thank you, Maryssa!
Today's edition of the Secret Commentary is empty, because Dave failed to come up with something for it.
Love the motion inherent in the body language in the first panel.
And yes Todd, thou art in a lot of danger. Has anyone bothered to prep him for sarnothi puberty…?
Oh dear never thought about that. Yeah he’s a goner
Yes, what happens to female Sarnothi during puberty? That hasn’t been discussed like at all. Do they have mating frenzies at regular intervals like Vulcans, or are they more like Zoidberg’s species that mate and die? (Actually we know about that from the family we saw with the egg hatching.)
What we’ve seen of teenage sarnothi (Benny, and the twins Ke Ban and Ke Nan in Havei Jin’Suir, and possibly Mehn the eel-farmer’s son depending on how old he is) doesn’t seem that different from human teenagers; unlike sarnothi toddlerhood, where they literally grow new limbs. I think it’s been mentioned that they get their face markings during puberty?
“Get you in trouble”? Sure, for indecent exposure, if you don’t add a modesty wetsuit like in the fanart (or at least a leotard or something). I don’t think Selkie quite thought that part through.
Of course she didn’t, it’s been like five seconds. The thing is, if an adult is offering you to do something that would get you in trouble if it was YOUR idea but WON’T because it’s the ADULT’s idea (and the adult is authorized by Other Adults) – you jump onto that with both feet and hold on with both hands.
*chuckles* I’m in danger.
We fear teenage Selkie more than we fear Dr. Terrorhammer! XD
The more I learn about Marta, the more I respect her parents and brothers. She’s scary NOW; her teenage years likely kept their family life… interesting.
For the record, I’m with Marta, 100%
Granted, by “recording”, I mostly hope this comic continues or progresses that long.
The comic’s been running for 13 years, and she’s aged 1 year. At that pacing, Selkie will be 15 years old in the real-world year 2101. I personally will be 121 years old.
I’m willing to stick with it that long if Dave is, but if he feels a need to use a time-skip in order to tell us tales of teenage Selkie a bit sooner than that, I’m already prepared to forgive him for it. :;)