I actually intended for the first flashback bubble to include a little doodle of an octopus with the Selkieverse brand name of the phone on the screen: the kRaken. But it made the phone look more like some sort of DS-style portable game unit than a phone so I nixed it.
It’s like fighting the Borg; keep using the same attack and they just adapt against it.
Panel layout fail, I didn't give panel 1 enough room to preserve the ABBA structure properly. "I was a lad from Cozumel, kind as the world could see. Then you meet me, beat me, mistreat me. Now I'm throwing your guts to the swells!"
Some real life inspirations for the fictitious song The Buccaneer's Vengeance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI_l7U-nUmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sw61oITuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8NdJTOR9E
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It was brought to my attention that I forgot my own anniversary on Friday! As is tradition, here is a sketch of a 4 year old Selkie: Thanks for four years of Selkie, everyone!
Jessie should also probably say something about climbing on the library tables...
Got a fanart from Saokara yesterday of Selkie’s Happy Face: Thanks for the nightmares, Saokara!
This library scene went through two versions before I arrived at this final sequence of events. Version 1 was more physically aggressive. Truck tried to jump Selkie, she ran away. She climbed the bookshelves and taunted him by running from shelftop to shelftop, using misdirection and trickery to confuse and bewilder him as to her location. I think it would have made for a fun sequence, but it would have gotten Selkie in a hell of a lot of trouble to be jumping across bookshelves like Batman. Version 2, Truck wanted to sit and talk with her instead of wanting to pick a fight with her. Conversation entailed Truck demanding Selkie apologize for kicking him, with threats to keep hurting her friends if she didn't. The whole thing was just a bit more sinister and methodical than I felt was fitting for Tommy and it didn't really fit with any of his pre-established behaviors. Plus the whole concept of "assaulter demanding his target apologize for defending herself" was just a bit too creepy to go through with and not really something that feels right for the character's age range to be doing.
