A belated thank you to everyone who offered feedback on my “reading Selkie with kids” question earlier. It was just something I’d been bouncing around my head, glad to hear thoughts on it.
Wanted to have Amanda sing "Do you wanna build a snowman" in panel 3 but didn't feel the association between that and stacking kids atop each other was quite readily apparent enough.
I have been in Selkies shoes, savoring a comeuppance…
Also, First!
“Do you want to build a snowman? It doesn’t have to be a Selkie.”
Do you want to build a snowman?
Oh f**k it’s really cold as hell!
Why won’t it warm up soon, I’ve already gone through
All the books on the shelves!
that last panel, oh god what id do to be in her place again. that’s a fantastic feeling.
And so it came to pass that everyone got at least a small part of what they deserved, and Selkie managed to avoid it all by being smart and watching from on high.
In which, the only appropriate thing to say is …
“DANCE, PUPPETS! DANCE!” http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-10-16
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@ Selkie’s expression/reaction
Dat schadenfreude
Best part is: the brats can’t complain about the orphans not getting in trouble.
Oh, trust me, they can and they will complain. It won´t be justified, but they will complain.
I’m pretty pleased with this outcome. It’s fair and Selkie stayed out of trouble.
Is Selkie watching this from a window? Confused.
Yes. Check out panel 4, you can actually see Selkie in a window, in the building behind Mina.
In fact, if you go back to friday’s comic Selkie is there too; in a window, in the building behind Mina, and in the fourth panel.
Selkie, I will relay to you the Wisdom of the Ages
You must learn to relax. Sit back. Smoke your pipe (when you’re old enough). Enjoy your wine (when you’re old enough). Enjoy the dancers. And watch the bodies of your enemies float down the river.
Hey, now THERE’S a thought.
She can’t do wine because it is vegetable based. But smoking material, whether tobacco, marijuana, banana-peels or corn-silk, is also vegetable.
What would happen if a rebellious teenage Selkie tried smoking?
Heh, I’ve thought about this a little bit. Her reaction to plant matter is due to digestive system incompatibilities. She also generally dislikes the smell but is used to it so doesn’t comment much (like when her neighbor was smoking fruit-scented e-cigarettes in the hallway and Selkie didn’t bat an eye). Inhaling tobacco or other smokeable matter wouldn’t trigger her vomit reaction anymore so than any other first-time smoker.
A bigger question would be the effects of tar build-up on breathing organs built to handle water. I tentatively suspect that, provided regular gill flushes go uninterrupted, sarnothi might actually be somewhat more RESILENT to the effects of smoking by virtue of water-flushing tar buildup out of their gills. There’s also their strong immune systems to consider here, too.
So does that mean if she started experimenting with drugs – specifically opiates – heroin, morphine – because she’s not eating them, her body would accept them?
Or not “recreational” use – medicinal use.
I would think those substances are just as terrible an idea for her as they would be for anyone else. As to medical prescription exceptions, I’m afraid I haven’t done enough biology research to say but tentatively my leaning is a “no.”
Plenty of carnivores can drink alcohol. They don’t have much alcohol dehydrogenase, so they get drunk pretty easily, but an adult of her species should be fine with small amounts.
There’s a problem with that. You’re comparing normal Earth mammals to fish-people. My dog is a carnivore. Yet I feed her vegetables all the time. She doesn’t “puke purple” from eating it. She’s not “allergic to vegetables”.
https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie50/
https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie51/
Actually, dogs are omnivorous. They prefer meat, but a couple millennia of hanging out with humans has broadened their ability to handle plant matter. Dogs can survive indefinitely on a primarily vegetarian diet, unlike an obligate carnivore such as a cat which will die relatively quickly on such a diet. Whether or not a long term vegetarian diet is in their best interests is still being studied but there is a very distinct difference.
In short, dogs are carnivores with omnivorous tendencies which should not be confused with being an obligate carnivore.
And how does she cook it?
SHE SMOKES IT!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GjmJHS8aYg
(Oblig Nat E. Dred the Rasta Gourmet)
She will smoke the charred remains of her enemies.
Oh Amanda, don’t you know that “How long ya been there?” is code for “I did more than I’m going to admit.” and that there is only one possible answer to that question, which itself is code for “Admit everything!”?
(let’s see which of these links work…)
[Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/oqOWQyL.jpg)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/oqOWQyL.jpg[/img]
http://i.imgur.com/oqOWQyL.jpg
Hmm… none of them, apparently. 🙁