#oh also im at the library and they had cats of the clans so i peeped crookedstars page for that line i mentioned- might add it to that post

[yuridovewing]

gotta say though, the way mapleshade kinda (???) tried to hurt crookedstar with oakheart’s affair was pretty lame. yeah your mom had her head bashed against the rocks. your dad died slowly of cancer. your wife and children will die too. and your brother got kinda horny one night and made himself a single father

[bugmin]

finally unpacking my room some more and not to sound dramatic but i think my inner child is in here with me . i got extremely sidetracked when i found my doll from when i was 9 and spent an hour brushing her hair out and braiding it . oh and i absolutely wept after rereading ferdinand like oh my gawd. he just wants to sit and smell the flowers. i understand him. i am ferdninand. also and i found my old teddy bear my (rat bastard) grandpa gave me when i was like 5/6 and it reminded me of when i had that nightmare where it tried to strangle me and the dream shook me so deeply i vividly remember it nearly 15 years later and now im kinda thinking like. oh. yeah. obviously it wasnt possessed by some demon i had to earn the mercy of i was just afraid of my home life and my tiny little pea brain didnt know how to process that fear . i tried every spell on the internet i could find to become a mermaid so i could swim away into the depths and be left alone. it was my biggest wish. give me fins and gills and let me be. now im going thru some more of my childhood books and i think i actually got my wish in a way like i was gifted an imagination so intense and alive that i could run away into these books in a way i would accidentally mistake scenes for real memories like my family wld joke abt how i was never really there , i was lost in my room, i was always halfway gone and i laugh coz its true but i also feel for the little girl who was so afraid of her life she was always looking for a new one to live and where better to look than inside of a book. i still have every single one of my library cards. my signature is different every time. sometimes i dot the i with a star or a heart. sometimes i scribble it real fast so i look mature. i just wanted to be a mermaid. i wanted to be one of the boxcar children. i wanted a magic tree house. i wanted to be a medicine cat for my clan. i did spells so i could swim away into the depths with my fin and my gills . lord i am having some moments unpacking my shit. im gonna give a bunch of plushies to my neighbor who has a little girl. i dont think ill ever forget abt my neighbor holding her in her arms so she can watch the fireworks

[sorrelstream]

🐈: 📚🍃(specifically the larping part)🌈💓

🐈: What cat do you relate to the most too?

- hmmmm honestly i dont know? i never really related to the main/pov characters honestly... so i guess mousewhisker or foxleap !!! keep in mind i havent read anything past the last hope so idk how mousewhiskers personality has gone since then but :sob: before then... id say him n foxleap are the cats i relate to the most (at least from thunderclan since thats all we really see ever lol FHDSDHF)

📚: Favorite book or series?

- my favorite book is probably The Darkest Hour!!! it was the first warriors book i read (after Sasha’s Manga lol but that was a manga this was. a main series book) (also yes i kno its bad i went out of order but when i found it in the library i just saw “warriors” like the sasha manga and thought “oh fun book time!” did NOT kno it was the 6th in the series IFDSDFDS) but yeah darkest hour will always have a special place in my heart n ive thought abt rereading it! 

🍃: Ever roleplayed or larped as a warrior cat?

- obvs u kno abt the wc rp bc im in a wc rp group wiTH U AKDFSHFDFSDF but besides that I TRIED TO LARP AS A KID BUT none of my irl friends rlly read warriors so i was on my own :pensive:

🌈: Favorite breed and or pelt color?

- breed..hmm...somali, egyptian mau, and snowshoe are my favorite breeds! as for pelt colors i love all of them but my special favorites are solid black cats, colorpoints, and shades of ginger/red/cream !!!! u can kinda tell bc sorrel is a red lynx point HFVDBSfDf ((ticked tabbies r my favorite kind of tabbies specifically tho..easiest to DRAW E))

💓: First warrior cat oc?

- oh goodness ive had so many wc ocs i would make fanclans and fill them up with cats and then NEVER use them again FHDSF but my FIRST FIRST ever warrior cat oc was a cat named LOVEHEART and she was “pinkish-ginger” cat with white paws and ear tips and blue eyes and she had 0 plot whatsoever. the first oc who had like an actual plot and stuff (who doubled as my first warriorsona) was MOSSHEART (og mosstalon / mossclaw but i changed it for some reason i dont even remember why) and mossheart was a golden cat with like bangs and white paws + ear tips (sometimes she had scars?? usually a torn ear..sometimes a scarred eye) and like cyan blue eyes. she was half riverclan half thunderclan and she was allowed to visit each clan whenever she pleased for as long as she wanted . her best friend was icetail who was this brown cat with a white tail who was the medicine cats daughter. and then mossheart had like a boyfriend who i forgot the name of lol but then she had a rival in the clan whos name was darkheart and he hated mossheart but he was also? super in love with her? so he wanted to kill her ig idk it made 0 sense lol this was back from 2009. anyways thats the story of my first 2 ever wc ocs 

[brambledpelt]

Reading “Rising Storm” for the first time as an adult

This post was brought to you by: the knowledge that another library trip will be needed soon

How many books until I stop reading through the entirety of the clan list section? 4 in and I’m still reading this entire section. Is this similar to someone reading the star wars scrolling text every time?

It hits hard, seeing Graystripe in the riverclan list. I knew I would, but ouch.

Another prologue, let’s see if I can figure this one out faster than the last

I want to guess that this is...shadowclan??? it could be any of them but that sounds right I think

Fireheart always seems to get the rowdy apprentices, I don’t look forward to whatever bullshit cloudpaw is going to get into, he’s gonna get attacked by tigerclaw isn’t he

all these recaps. it was helpful to an extent when it had been a few months between books but oof, a little more grating reading back to back.

Lots of new apprentices lately, I wonder if these kittens will be named this book or the next one

It’s nice to see Fireheart get some support, Whitestorm hasn’t had much page time until now but he seems like a good cat

Poor Fireheart, I know it’s protagonist reasons but he shouldn’t be having to deal with this, all the elders talking shit when he’s trying so hard

oooh Bramblekit......

It feels like something is not going to go great when Fireheart visits Bluestar, either this will go badly, or, more recaps

Yep. This isn’t going great. I vaguely get why she’s putting all of this on Fireheart but oof. No punches are being pulled she is going through it.

“For the 30th time, because you probably forgot, Fireheart feels guilty for Cinderpaw’s injuury”

oh how did it take me this long to realize her name was Cinderpelt now? I must have missed that

I know it probably won’t because drama, but it sure would be nice if these mentor decisions just went well.

Getting more and more worried about Cloudpaw though he’s probably just visiting his mom

yaaay he’s safe, but big f for Bluestar

I do love the dream sequences of this series

Yellowfang I love you please don’t be mean to Cinderpelt

Awww reminiscing about his days in training <3

Okay now it makes more sense why she chose him as deputy but it was still a wild choice, especially with whitestorm Right There

Bluestar if you could put as much trust into Fireheart’s attempts at reasoning with you as you put in him for stuff he is barely equipped for.

Cloudpaw  p l e a s e

Bluestar not trusting these warriors is like, fair enough, but you’d think that’d give her more reason not to let them fester at the camp alone while those she is the closest to trusting are where she can see them

Furball season

Also Graystripe is okay! but mostly. Furball season.

So the prologue was definitely ShadowClan and something is going to go horribly wrong with the other clans not being warned about Tigerclaw, cool

“recoiling from him as if he were an owl of ill omen flying through a forest of shadows.” YEAH THAT PROLOGUE SURE WAS SHADOWCLAN AND ERIN REALLY WANTS YOU TO KNOW IT WITHOUT JUST OUTRIGHT SAYING IT.

Are they trying to make thunderclan sick or are they seeking asylum, I could see it going either way but I can’t see it going well

“Thunderclan would be left without a leader” Fireheart are you not grasping the order of events that would take place or are you too overwhelmed by the prospect to acknowledge it because thunderclan sure as hell would not be without a leader for long

Did they go down a storm drain? these books are confusing, that had to be it right?

I don’t know what Fireheart hopes to accomplish by making the tunnel known

Cloudpaw is being fed by people isn’t he

Cloudpaw is not particularly smart

Sandstorm arriving right as Fireheart is longing for Graystripe to confide in, these books and the subtleties of the narrative

Kittens!

tigerclaw jr im sorry buddy

Fireheart  know you miss Graystripe but you’re being as smart as Cloudpaw

I was really expecting that to be Graystripe, but Cinderpelt does make more sense there huh

ah big f for Cloudpaw

Is he like, ever coming back? big f

It’s protagonist syndrome I’m sure but like can Fireheart get a solid apprentice that dosent get a tragic exit from warriorhood big fucking f

Fireheart have you completely forgotten Tigerclaw

They’ve called this kitten Bramblekit and given him pronouns already why is this book using ‘It’ now?????

Graystripe!

Runningwind :(

Tigerclaw >:(

Fireheart shouldn’t be deputy but like at least he’s doing well,

You’d think they’d want cats to be solidly rested in case of another Tigerclaw attack

Ravenpaw my beloved

They know what a window is but not a house

Bluestar will rely on Fireheart’s judgement for so much until it comes to the stuff he’s actually qualified to handle

I should not be surprised by fire, but here i am, surprised by fire

Gotta love that calm that comes with managing a crisis

Yes its obvious yes its corny yes i love the moment that is Fireheart without hesitation risking his life for the one kitten he’s been most weary of, sidenote we’re back to he/him for Bramblekit

nooo Patchpelt :(

If Yellowfang is dead I’m suing

Yellowfang!

Yellowfang :(

poor Graystripe

I did not go into this series expecting it to hurt like this, It is genuinely hard watching Bluestar go through these things

Oh God Tell me this isn’t Tigerstar’s introduction tell me it isn’t please

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[comicteaparty]

July 6th, 2017 CTP Archive

The archive for the Comic Tea Party chat that occurred on July 6th, 2017, from 5PM - 7PM PST.  The chat focused on Oops Comic Adventure by Cyndi Foster and Jeramy Hobz.

Featured Comment:

Chat:

RebelVampire

Good day everyone~! This week’s Comic Tea Party is now officially beginning. Today we are discussing Oops Comic Adventure by Cyndi Foster and Jeramy Hobz ~! (https://tapas.io/series/Oops-Comic-Adventure-3) For those new to CTP, discussions about the comic are freeform, so please feel free to bring up whatever you wish. However, every 30 minutes I will be dropping in a discussion question to help those who would like a prompt. These questions are totally OPTIONAL to answer so pay them no mind if you wish~! Remember, constructive criticism is allowed, but the primary focus here is to have fun and appreciate the amazing comics that the community makes~! Each chat a top comment will be picked and featured on an ad for this chat, so let’s have a great discussion~! With that said, let us begin with this first question~!

QUESTION 1. What is your favorite scene in the comic so far and why?

DracoPlato

hmmmm

I liked when Oops used the magic to escape the library, and when the wood elves let us hear his thoughts

RebelVampire

i wonder if hell learn to be a telepath from the wood elves. laugh in the face of his sacrifice cause he found a loophole to get around it

DracoPlato

I think it'll go that way since they introduced it as something he needs to learn. Either that or he'll break the seal on him and be able to talk again. Although the convenience of the wood elves knowing thought magic and wanting to teach it to him leads me to think that'll be pursued despite his current failure of their test

RebelVampire

i assumed tbh that he hadnt failed the test and everything thats happening at current is actually still part of the dream

and its part of the test so he can let go of his issues or whatever

clear the mind and all that

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

my favorite scene is the scene where they first meet the forest guardian XD

the "it could be the tree you kicked in the face" line was hilarious

DracoPlato

yeah i'd wondered that too rebel, if it was still just part of the dream

that was a good one too AE~! XD

I like that the forest guardian can transfer conciousness through various vegetation(edited)

RebelVampire

i liked that the forest guardian is a troll and put faces on the flowers just to freak oops out XD

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah though the trick he played on oops with the flowers was genius but dirty too

lol!

rebel and i think alike

DracoPlato

hahaha, I liked that scene too XD where the flower he tries to replant with the face facepalms into the dirt XD

RebelVampire

granted to be fair i dont think i wouldve liked the scene if talon hadnt of shown up and scolded the forest guardian. told him to stop playing shenanigans with the flowers

mathtans

I kinda liked the rat being beat up by trees...

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah true

lol maths!

mathtans

I didn't get all the way through again this week though. ^.^

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i love plague XD

DracoPlato

that's okay Maths~!

I like Plague too, but I also really like rodents, lol

mathtans

I find plague really annoying actually. x.x That's why I like when things kinda remind him he should be grateful for being alive by smacking him around.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

the creator did great facial expressions on him

RebelVampire

i dont actually care for plague either but that in large has to do hes too energetic for rebel. rebel cannot fathom having that much energy

DracoPlato

yeah! I like Plague more later on than in the beginning, when he was playing pranks in the city i wanted to punch him XD

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

i wanted to duct tape his lips

mathtans

Yeah, for me it was like, you've been brought back from the dead! Given the ability to speak! Amazing magic, what will you do with it! "Imma gonna bug people." .... ... Though I gather the idea is Oops' tendency for shenanigans was given to him with the voice.

Also, I'm a cat person.

DracoPlato

yeah that was my assumption too, was that Plague took on traits from Oops, since Oops became much more low key after that as well

RebelVampire

another thing i really didnt get about plague in the beginning is his constant desire to beat Oops up XD

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

and i dont think oops ever got to eat XD

mathtans

He got to eat charades.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

RebelVampire

at least he can eat plague if he gets desperate. unless plague really has the plague. which might be the case.

DracoPlato

but plague is his one true friend, gosh

mathtans

Rebel: Guess Oops had something of a self-depreciating piece that he passed on?

DracoPlato

oh that is true tho

cause of the thoughts we hear later in his head

RebelVampire

well id assume anyway cause i mean oops is an orphan living on the streets. that is not the most self esteem building of positions to be in

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah

mathtans

Guy talks to rats, after all.

DracoPlato

i dunno, it could be

be like i'm so awesome, don't need a job, just steal what i need. No entanglements to tie me down

mathtans

Like Aladin?

DracoPlato

actually i would have liked to of spent more time with Oops before him losing his voice, I feel like the time we got wasn't very fulfilling

yus

mathtans

It was a bit hard to get his character when he had nothing he could say. I'm not sure about delaying the voice loss and magic, but maybe if he'd been able to think out loud more?

DracoPlato

yeah, for me he in general seems super flat and uninteresting. Before and after losing his voice

mathtans

Like, his character as established was kind of carefree from how he acted and cared about animals but tortured in terms of having no friends and living on stolen food.

DracoPlato

since we're never in his headspace that much

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah i had to go back and make sure he had a voice at first

mathtans

I wasn't sure which way to feel about him.

DracoPlato

same

i'm still not sure how to feel

it didn't nail me enough to be empathetic before making him mute

and then when he was mute it was hard to be attached since most of our time is spent through plague

mathtans

Though we also had the Knight early on! He was nice.

DracoPlato

yeah! I'm much more empathetic towards him

RebelVampire

i actually wish we couldve learned more about the city over oops. cause at this point i have to wonder if oops lives on the street by choice or if the evil king said "nope no orphanages" and i feel like a lot of the king's evil is said more than its shown. so i feel like the story tries to mix in a heavier conflict early on without giving us a lot to get attached by

DracoPlato

yeah, i agree with that too

since they mention saving the city but we don't really know what's wrong with the city well enough to care

mathtans

Well, there was the apple cart vendor who couldn't afford taxes. Seems like the king's taking the money, then the knights are taking everything else because they're his instruments.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah i dont know how to feel about that knight

he wants to be kind to the civilians but really hates oops

mathtans

Yeah, I'm a bit conflicted about that too AE.

He's also nice to animals.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah feeding them rotten apples XD

RebelVampire

to be fair to the knight i dont think he hates oops. he just doesnt think disrespect should go unpunished cause as far as he knows it was oops who assaulted him. and then oops kindve resisted arrest which is also a crime XD

DracoPlato

taxes are such a common city trope issue though that it's hard to feel like oh no that's a serious evil that needs magical powers to address

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

well to be fair the entire beginning of the story is a trope XD

DracoPlato

whispers the whole story is a trope

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i kept thinking of aladin

XD

DracoPlato

nah aladdin was more awesome

he had floofy pants

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

LOL

DracoPlato

and uh no shirt, just that tiny vest

mathtans

I actually didn't think of Aladin at all until the street thing was brought up here. ^^

Oops has a hat.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

he has a link hat

XDDD

RebelVampire

i thought of aladdin when they started calling him street rat

mathtans

He's the missing link?

RebelVampire

was waiting for them to be like "hes the diamond in the rough"

DracoPlato

looooool

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

though once plague happened it made a nice original twist

and oops failing the test says a lot since normally the 'hero' gets through everything perfectly

RebelVampire

QUESTION 2. In Chapter 5 of the comic, it’s implied that the evil King Hectric Tepper may have once been a great king whom had the trust of the Rapio Clan. What do you think happened to turn him evil? Is this an imposter king? Did something terrible happen?

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

probably a thirst for power once he got the talisman

DracoPlato

I dunno, heroes struggle in tropes a lot too(edited)

2. Oh I dunno, I honestly didn't care enough to think about it

since he seemed like generic bad guy to me

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

so im thinking he's oops' father

DracoPlato

Ooooh

mathtans

I only got to starting Chapter 5. ^^ But I like theorizing. Maybe he went evil when Oops was born, a prophecy or something.

RebelVampire

if i wanna be really cliche about it, i assume oops is his kid and he went crazy after he thought oops was killed

mathtans

Like "magic will be your downfall" and the King's all "screw that, ban all the magics".

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

DracoPlato

maybe the king was power hungry and wanted to be the most powerful person so he forbid magic for everyone else

and oops could still be his son, just the king lost himself in his quest for power

mathtans

Maybe the Queen died and he was real sad about it.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

true we dont hear anything about oops mom

DracoPlato

oh that could be

i'm so used to stories glossing over a missing parent I tend not to think about it anymore

RebelVampire

granted this is assuming the king is for sure oops' father. it may not be

DracoPlato

granted at the heart of the story is him trying to find his family

mathtans

Maybe the Queen was killed by magic, so the King banned all the magic and the magic is what was making him good.

RebelVampire

maybe we have a batman and robin thing going on where his wife got sick and now shes suspended in a stasis until she can get better

mathtans

Maybe the Knight is Oops' father?

DracoPlato

oh i like that theory

RebelVampire

now thatd be a twist

DracoPlato

that'd explain the story's focus on him too

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

hey i said that already =p

DracoPlato

oh no

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

oh wait no

i read that wrong

DracoPlato

it must have been when i was yelling at my dogs to stop using the litter box as a sandbox

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

I do think the knight has some kind of past

DracoPlato

i think he has to have some connection to Oops for him to be treated with such importance in story

RebelVampire

maybe he's oops brother

DracoPlato

that could be

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

all the family!

mathtans

But he doesn't recognize Oops because of the pale skin now.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

oops and talon get married and the knight brother and the evil king dad XDDD

DracoPlato

we found your family for you Oops

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

though there was one other part

RebelVampire

maybe none of those ppl are his family. but oops marries talon and learns family is what you make it.

DracoPlato

a bunch of bird cats

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

when the elder talked about the spell gone wrong and oops being bonded with plague

mathtans

Bonded. James bonded.

DracoPlato

loooooool

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

what if the spell the elder put on the talisman for the king was also done wrong

and the elder has a bond too

RebelVampire

that would explain maybe why the elder seems to feel so obligated to fix everything.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol maybe the elder is oops dad and the spell turned him into a griffin

mathtans

Or just traded minds with.

DracoPlato

that'd be intriguing

altho since it's an all ages story i doubt it'll do too many complex twists

RebelVampire

shhh draco

shhh

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

mathtans

The King is really Oops who travelled back in time and went evil from not being around Plague!

DracoPlato

man i would love that

mathtans

That's a bit complex.

DracoPlato

being your own enemy

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

that would be cool

DracoPlato

there's no way it's going that route

RebelVampire

for some reason that scene where the elder talks about plague and oops being bonded made me feel like he was subtly telling plague that plague has to die at some point for oops to succeed

DracoPlato

I could see that

since plague is really just part of Oops

mathtans

Die again, basically.

DracoPlato

I think at best Plague could live as a normal rat, but it seems like he'd have to give up his Oops traits for Oops to be whole

RebelVampire

"his Oops traits" XD

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

DracoPlato

I'm hoping Oops has a real name XD

and that his parents weren't just complete jerks

RebelVampire

his name is hectric jr.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol!!

DracoPlato

oops hectic jr.

mathtans

It's Oolong Ortega Percival the Sixth. OOPS for short.

RebelVampire

my apologies. should be more formal. Prince Hectric Tepper II

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

hahahaha

mathtans

Though I don't mind it as a name.

RebelVampire

i feel like were making his name worse, not better

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

hahaha

DracoPlato

lolol

Orvil Octavis Phineas Susan

mathtans

A boy named Sue?

RebelVampire

i have mixed feelings about his name. like, i dont mind it persay. but at the same time feel like its just asking ppl to say "so oops huh so are you an accident because you were unplanned or an accident cause your parents didnt want you or were you so clumsy you somehow fell as a newborn"

mathtans

What are the names of other people in the world? Maybe it's fantasy normal.

DracoPlato

so far it is fantasy normal it seems

RebelVampire

we only really know hectric tepper and talon but talon probably named herself

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol i thought tepper was weirder than oops

DracoPlato

I've watched too much anime, nothing is that weird to me now

mathtans

What was the name of the girl?

RebelVampire

tepper rhymes with pepper which goes with salt. its how you know the king is salty

DracoPlato

Talon

so deep

mathtans

Right.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i like that rebel XD

RebelVampire

so i remember talon said she named all the gryphons. so does that mean she named malice O_O and in that case that seems like a mean name to give someone

DracoPlato

I thought that was a pretty mean name too XD

like geezus talon, what did he do to you

RebelVampire

QUESTION 3. Much like Oops, Talon is an orphan. However, Talon had the fortune of being raised by the gryphons. Do you think Talon’s past will come into play during the story? What do you think of Talon and what will Talon’s fate be?

mathtans

Nice segue.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

I didnt really get the feeling that Talon's past was important... it was just like yeah im an orphan then the story moved on

it didn't focus on her like it did say...the knight

DracoPlato

yeah i agree with AE

so far we haven't been lead to believe that her side of the story is that important

mathtans

Maybe Oops used to be a gryphon.

DracoPlato

yeah i was wondering that too Math

RebelVampire

so far O_O but always room for doubt

DracoPlato

cause he has wings and stuff, an important gryphon

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

She just seems to have been put there to be the love interest XD

DracoPlato

yeah, which kind of bugged me tbh

with him falling in love with her at first sight, i wish the story hadn't done that since it kind of jaded my feelings for her

mathtans

Like, it informs his character more than hers?

DracoPlato

or that she's just there to be a love interest for him rather than being her own character

which she's a girl living with a bunch of gryphons, it's not like her side of the story wouldn't be interesting

RebelVampire

as far as the love interest thing tho, it bugs me more that it hinted at it....then completely dropped it as a plot point. like the two hang out together sure, but theres no overtly romantic overtones to it. and its not like there are other humans for oops to hang out with XD

DracoPlato

yeah, that bugged me too

that it was dropped, lol

cause they did the thing and then didn't commit to it XD and then it was just a random thing to Oops' personality

RebelVampire

which talon has the potential to be really interesting. so its gonna be a shame if her past at least with the gryphons is never discussed more.

DracoPlato

yeah i agree, it'd be a waste of a potentially interesting story point

atm i don't feel like it's going to touch there

Feather, Duke of Comedic Timing

I read the first bit and I think it is really nice. So far love the style going on.

DracoPlato

yeah it does have a really nice style

it was really easy to read too

mathtans

It's got that flowy down the page thing to good effect.

Like, when things are falling or such.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah i agree

DracoPlato

the random back to BW in the middle was a bit annoying tho

RebelVampire

if were talking about art style idk. i mean i was okay at first but i feel like the comic tweaks it a lot. like the jump from B&W to color is jarring. not that the color isnt appreciated. just as a bulk read its really sudden.

DracoPlato

since it was hard to recognize the gryphons in BW

yeah, it was jarring

I think they planned to color it all so something must have happened

mathtans

The covers are, like, done by guest artists or something, aren't they?

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah

mathtans

That was neat.

Like, nice way to spotlight some other people.

DracoPlato

yeah that is cool

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah its a nice way to promote other people

mathtans

I liked how when Plague was introduced he was sort of seen as eeevil and then art style after that was cute mousy.

I really know very little about art though. >.<

RebelVampire

i have mixed feelings about the covers. as someone who can appreciate supporting other indie artists, i think its nice. but as a reader who writes reviews, it gets really disruptive to the flow sometimes.

DracoPlato

the covers didn't bother me

and i liked that about plague too math(edited)

RebelVampire

yeah admittedly the change from the more realistic rat to plague was entertaining and i think suits the story

DracoPlato

My biggest art gripe was the inconsistency in Oops' design, particularly in the beginning

it was kind of all over the place

and they call him a kid but he didn't really look like a kid in the beginning

i mean maybe a teen, but not a little kid

RebelVampire

to be fair i call teens kids XD

but yeah

honestly im still not sure what age im supposed to assume he is

same with talon tho to a degree

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i didn't pay that much attention to that XD

mathtans

I guess I just didn't even think about it.

Actually, I remember right after the magic, I wondered if Oops had been shrunk down to rat size.

RebelVampire

hard to say cause i mean he did transfer traits to plague

DracoPlato

i don't think he's rat size

but he may have gotten shorter?

or the art is just inconsistent, lol

he does look more like a kid in the more recent pages though

i assume talon is a kid by her appearance, since she doesn't really have boobs

mathtans

I'm really bad for doing heights in my own strip, so that's something else I don't think about.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah me too

i tend to forget height ratios

DracoPlato

I use that comparing height site to help

http://www.mrinitialman.com/OddsEnds/Sizes/sizes.html

mathtans

That assumes you give your characters a height.

DracoPlato

w-why wouldn't i

mathtans

...cuz I... don't do that...? Ahem.

DracoPlato

I mostly do it cause i set up 3d mock ups of my scenes, so it helps for the humanoid dummy i have, haha

mathtans

Oh, that's clever. ... Anyway. Gryphons are big.

RebelVampire

ya know, plague keeps referring to the gryphons as cats, but i really just cant see it besides the fluffy tails they have

DracoPlato

saaaaaame

XD

mathtans

I thought Plague had vision issues.

DracoPlato

i thought he didn't know what a bird was for awhile XD but then he said birds

I think it's a joke that just didn't work out since the gryphons look nothing like cats, lol

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol beaked cats

mathtans

Maybe "gryphon" in the mouse language translates to "cat".

DracoPlato

lolol, benefit of a doubt XD

RebelVampire

but to be fair i guess a lot of it is in their body movement to a degree. just cant get past the non cat appearance personally

DracoPlato

it's sad i thought rebel isn't going to buy the cat nickname for them

while reading it XD

RebelVampire

its true cause rebel loves cats. rebel will be critical on this point

QUESTION 4. Intermingled with Oops’ quest is the quest of the magical clans to stop King Hectric Tepper. However, between Oops being a novice magic user and betrayals on the rise (i.e. Malice), the war may not go so well. How do you think the war will play out? Will there be casualties? Will everyone get their happily ever after?

DracoPlato

since it's an all ages comic i doubt it'll get really bloody

RebelVampire

ppl can have bloodless deaths XD i mean technically they killed off plague already

DracoPlato

that's true

albeit plague was a rat

O_O

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

if anyone dies...i think plague and malice are good candidates

DracoPlato

yeah

mathtans

There will be the equivalent of "people trapped below decks". A pit or something.

Speculation.

DracoPlato

i think most likely there'll be a universal awakening amongst the people

RebelVampire

i think elder gryphon is destined for death cause hes old and i think bit off more than he can chew. hes gonna die and be like "oops its all up to you now."

DracoPlato

of good over evil

i could see elder dying, yeah

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

yeah

mathtans

You didn't capitalize Oops there, so I read it differently.

DracoPlato

he has that old wise man mark of death on him

mathtans

Er,

DracoPlato

looool

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

hahahaha draco

if yer old and wise and in a story...yer gonna die XD

DracoPlato

yus

mathtans

Maybe some townspeople will be recruited? Like that nice old guy in the library?

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i want that old guy to come back in the story

i liked him

DracoPlato

i liked him too

mathtans

"My apprentice and his pet"

RebelVampire

yeah i really liked the old guy in the library. i think he was a cool dude cause he tried to help oops for no reason other than hes a cool dude

DracoPlato

so far the nicest person in the comic

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

maybe he hides a secret

OOO

DracoPlato

secretly the main bad guy

mathtans

He's Oops' father!

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

what if he ends up being one of the elders of the other tribes

DracoPlato

oh that'd be interesting

RebelVampire

thatd be interesting although hard to imagine

but i dont remember who the other tribes were

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

well since the wood tribe had scouts to make sure of people before revealing themselves...could be the same for the others

what better scout place than in a library

RebelVampire

hed have to be a rock druid.

mathtans

The telepathy thing might come in handy there.

DracoPlato

yeah, definitely

RebelVampire

i wonder if the rock druids will be actual rocks

mathtans

Talking rocks like the talking stump?

DracoPlato

looool, like the ones in Frozen XD

RebelVampire

gonna sing about how oops is a little bit of a fixer upper

DracoPlato

tries to marry him with talon

mathtans

Or Plague.

DracoPlato

omg

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

lol

mathtans

Actually, what is religion in this world?

DracoPlato

i couldn't figure it out

the elves had meditation and clearing your mind

mathtans

Just wondering if it got more defined past what I read.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

nope

mathtans

I didn't get to the elves. ^_^

DracoPlato

so far there's been no mention of a god, so maybe druidism or a call back to nature

RebelVampire

not really. since this is an all ages comic i doubt religion will play a heavy factor

DracoPlato

yeah, i super doubt it will to

mathtans

Just got me wondering about priests, what with the marriage talk.

RebelVampire

i say this and watch as the king is like "must become god of this world."

DracoPlato

nah i wondered too when reading it

since i feel like it's teetering on the edge of religion with some of the ideas it touches on

but nothing concrete

if anything it'd be a fantasy religion i think

mathtans

I wonder if there's disguise magic.

DracoPlato

yeah there is!

cause one of the elves later on takes on the form of Oops

mathtans

Oh! So that could be relevant in the battle too.

RebelVampire

hmmm in retrospect, the elder gryphon said he wanted to teach oops soul magic later, so maybe thats when religion may become relevant

DracoPlato

yeah, that could be when i raised an eyebrow to it

and the Hound was previously a gryphon

so there's a hint of reincarnation

and then the elves being into meditation

mathtans

I thought that was transmogriphication not reincarnation.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i loved the forgiveness part with the hound

DracoPlato

could be, i was a bit confused about what was going on with the hound tbh

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

that is a long word XD

DracoPlato

reincarnation is usually a mess in most stories, lol

mathtans

(I didn't get to the elves but read the Q&A and thought I saw something in there about Hound being turned.)

DracoPlato

yeah there was!

I stumbled on that too, haha

mathtans

I think I spelled it wrong too, AE. ^^

DracoPlato

i'm not sure if i want it to explore religious themes or not

for the kind of story it is

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i like it the way it is

DracoPlato

yeah, i'd really rather it not, hahah(edited)

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

it would make a neat rpg game XD

DracoPlato

yeah it would! the simplicity works in it's favor

in that regard

RebelVampire

i think this comic would make a good snes area game cause for some reason it makes me think of like the old snes lion king and aladdin games

DracoPlato

it reminded me of those games too XD

somehow

mathtans

Maybe Plague can have a chef game like Ratatouille. ^.^

DracoPlato

omg XDD

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

hahahaha

RebelVampire

plague in cooking mama

mathtans

Actually, mayhap they'll come across other fantastical creatures.

Maybe he's called "Oops" because he was meant to be a gryphon or dragon and his parents were "He's human, Oops."

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

LOL

mathtans

I speculate too much.

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

i actually like that

DracoPlato

omg that'd be awesome XD

AngelicEmpyress of Chromacity

a failed experiment

mathtans

He was born from magic!

DracoPlato

i like that route

RebelVampire

maybe oops has no mother at all

was just magicked into existence

but hectric gave oops his good traits

thus why evil

mathtans

Ooooh! Nice twist there.

Like, Oops was created in a similar way to how Plague was created.

DracoPlato

Oooooooh

RebelVampire

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