It’d be nice to continue existing for a bit longer, thanks.
The pale-green gentlemen in panel 2 is one of the few Mor'Kama who came to live in the settlement. Not many of them left the city.
It’d be nice to continue existing for a bit longer, thanks.
So, have the Mor’Kama been wope out as well?
taking the less grim note:
they were neutral in the conflict, and thus didn’t really need to leave the city.
I meant that as a suggested alternative, rather than a direct contradiction.
“not many left the city” can mean most stayed put, despite the war… or nearly all of them are buried/interred there.
OK, that makes sense. I guess I am more morbid than necessary. “Not many NEEDED to leave the city” is probably how I should have interpreted the comment.
Thanks!
From the sound of things, only one tribe was totally White and only one Red in the conflict, so I’m guessing the other two are split.
Do they ALL wear the weird leather collar getups or does anyone ever swim barechested
Now that is an interesting question. Putting aside the likelihood that Dave just prefers them covered, what could the cultural reason be for covering the chest be?
Eel bites.
Skin diseases, They are not scaled as heavily as say a gold fish more like a loach, pleco or corydoras, this leaves them Slightly more susceptible to Ich, Velvet possibly things like anchorworms or other fresh water parasites. as well as abrasion. You’ve had a back itch right? imagine having something like an anchorworm in the middle of your back where you cant reach it.
so why is the back their most exposed place?
Animals are naked. People wear clothing. Savages wear very little clothing, while civilized people wear a lot.
Why? Don’t know, but it’s a fact.
These people are civilized, therefore they wear clothing.
This is pretty much a big part of it. Clothing conveys civilization and sentience. Nude non-humans tend to read as “monsters”.
Practicality if I had to guess.
It looks like it doubles as lightweight armor, the shape allows them to breathe easily, and since we know female Sarnothi breastfeed their young, they probably have cultural stigmas about nipples. It’s also probably a fashion choice, like, this is the in season style or something.
Of course this is all conjecture.
There are human cultures that don’t attach importance to nipples.
On this side of the fourth wall, it’s obvious: Dave probably doesn’t want this to become an R rated comic.
Yep, that’s definitely a factor. I had considered having the sarnothi be topless for both genders, as mermaids of mythology were, but didn’t want to constantly draw around their bare chestedness.
Personally while I was raised to appreciate the beauty of all human body types, society also reinforced that female nipples are sexual. I have however grown/matured past that, that an exposed chest does not automatically come across as sexual unless it’s obviously meant to be (such as in a porno). But I know a lot of places still do vilify female chests, which sucks.
Honestly it never even occurred to me that topless female Sarnothi would upgrade this to an ‘R’ comic. Guess I’m weird in that way, that toplessness doesn’t register as sexy unless in a specific environment.
Culturally it began as a form of armor for hunting, and came to become normalized as clothing over time.
Could be a cultural thing, could be a enviroment thing. Remember that they use those heaters for the water? I don’t know what it’s like underwater, but leather is supposed to be a excellent insuilator.
Come to think of that, assuming the new leather outfit Selkie just got has a similar cut to it, I doubt she’d be allowed to wear it to school even once it gets warm enough. Even schools without uniforms typically have a dress code prohibiting certain amounts and areas of skin from bein shown. And even if the school does allow that amount of skin to be shown, I’d think the various people involved in keeping the secret wouldn’t want Selkie’s gill slits to be in plain view of the human public because the fact she exhales through them even on land most of the time could raise questions harder for their cover story to explain away.
This is where you do the go to cos playing method of skin tone leggings and under shirts. Get about the same look but less likely to get you in trouble.
Mostly they wear the leather clothing day-to-day. They may go barechested around the home but it varies from person to person.
Pohl’s comment has a funny snark to it for a doctor. I think I may prefer him better wearing the bunny ears.
I like Pohl. Given the situation the Sarnothi are in I think a little snark is ok.
Plus, are you forgetting? His mate is Sai Fen. Snark as a survival skill.
oh, come on, no pill of water breathing? it’s like 101 on underwater adventures XD
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One word: rebreather
Doc is a goober. X3
I feel like this is a set-up for something to happen while Todd is on the surface. I have to be honest, if I was Todd, I wouldn’t leave Selkie behind while I got fresh tanks.
well would assume that there are extra tanks in the sub
Me, too. Given they are supposed to be coming back (so technically Selkie could too), I don’t understand why he’d agree to it—other than to advance a plot of Selkie being kidnapped under the care of one person versus three. I sort of hope that’s not the direction it goes.
And the Doctor has been proven to be a family friend, defying govt. to help Selkie and going out of his way to include Todd and Selkie in family events, including the birth/hatching of his daughter – whereas in our culture you normally don’t see anyone but immediate family or very close friends around when a newborn is going to come out. Now it may be that when the egg is laid is different, and that is more of a group celebration for a healthy hatching, but I didn’t get that impression. So yes, Pohl at least considers Todd and Selkie very close I would think
It doesn’t have to be Pohl who fucks it all up.
Huh. Underwater barbeque…
I know I would love to try those hamburgers – err – Pantsburgers – err – Eelburgers (there we are!)
I wonder about Sarnothi cuisine. I don’t see a lot of options for cooking underwater.
I just so much love how Pohl compositing his sentence construction! xD
i´m curious how the other locals will react to the breathers….as if sitting in a diner without being able to eat wasn´t already awkward enough. oh well, at least the helmet saves todd some awkward ‘no thanks, but i don´t eat fish’-talk
…btw, yould you maybe put up another FAQ or something with all the sarnothi stuff, like the different clans, mythology, that anatomy-sketch, ect…its getting a bit much to keep in mind at all times
How are those burgers browning?
Resonance “magic” – from the green glowing grills beneath.
Hahaha, Pohl is one of my favorite characters.
I think about this kind of thing a lot: what would houses be like for aquatic sorts? would they serve any purpose? would they, in fact, make things worse by cutting off water circulation and thus trapping a lot of co2? Is it possible to have shelter from ‘the elements’ underwater and still let oxygen in? and then, because gravity is no issue, would you even bother having your house on the ground? Would the top and bottom floors mean anything? It’s fun to think about.
Fry: But existing is basically all I do!
One thing that surprises me is that for being amphibian the sarnothi lifestyle seems to be entirely aquatic – early on I thought we’d end up seeing some airlocked interiors and such.
If it weren’t for the pale green guy swimming by, I would have thought this was an air area, so the food would stay on the grill and not float away. Also the cooks are standing. If I could just casually float in front of my stove, I surely would! 😀