Comic 1153 - Expecting Blue, Page 20
15th Apr 2022, 11:00 PM
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Author Notes:
But yeah, I honestly feel a little bad about how vague we're even being, but I didn't want this to be painfully obvious right away. Helps that there are some pretty big hints still as to who it is, ones that can't just be slotted into another character. Eh, we'll get to it down the line. I asked Martin to get sort of ominous with the backgrounds on the four middle panels, and was great to wake up and see what he came up with. Just really cool and freaky looking. ^^
Stickset's current job is something we sorta meant to be revealed way earlier in the chapter but is only coming up now. I guess that sorta shows that the character is meant to be an afterthought. I do like that while she's clearly much more chill now that she's no longer doing a job she entirely hates, she's also very much not a good person. ...... I remember being afraid that throwing a Steamed Hams reference in the first panel would derail discussion, but nobody on the Discord seems to have noticed, thankfully. ^^
Honestly when I thought of this page I wasn't going to include Jake, but since we've (probably) only got one page left, I wanted to give Lore a little bit of comfort after such an ominous conversation. So she winds up with a warm(ish) one-armed hug from him. I like that Jake doesn't pry, he just offers support when needed.
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Wolfintina
16th Apr 2022, 2:12 AM
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Whoa spooky, and Stickset's still a sorry excuse of a human being, what in the world is going to happen now.
Adam C.
17th Apr 2022, 11:53 AM
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Onasaki
17th Apr 2022, 10:53 AM
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Adam C.
17th Apr 2022, 11:53 AM
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Zarius
17th Apr 2022, 12:52 PM
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She likes Scary Movies
So... This is certainly a note to wind down the chapter on. We have another page to go, but do feel like this in a way is kind of the climax of things, really just bringing up this ominous thing that clearly leaves Lore feeling disturbed in the face of it. Finding it a bit difficult to go into specifics on that subject as I'm setting this up, maybe since I'm really rushing last minute to do so, but do hope that this makes for an impactful page despite, or maybe because, just how vague this caller is being. There was actually one extra note we kind of thought about including in this call that would've been all the more ominous, but we eventually decided it might be tipping the hand on some things too much to do it right now so enjoy the vagueness I guess.
And on a lighter note we learn what Stickset's doing at the school. Get the sense she's probably a lot happier this way, still working in her actual field of expertise but without the multitude of other responsibilities that came with it, though she's still clearly not the most pleasant person in the world. Funny thing, we had to look up the timeframe on how often the kids' examinations were; Adam wrote it as three months (which was still in the page until a minute ago, guess just forgot to correct that) while I thought it was one. We looked it up and it turned out to be two, funny how that works out.