Salimah

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Metempsychosis: page 12

Freakeh

on Feb. 10, 2007

Ahhh! I'm so sorry for the lack of update on Saturday! I was really tired and woke up late, and by the time I -did- wake up, there wasn't enough hours in the day -left- -to- complete the page xP I'm so sorry! I'll update on Tuesday to make up for it!

I'm not happy with how this page came out… it looked much cooler in pencil XD I spent a lot of time considering the speech bubble placement for once, and on the paper version there was tons of space left for the text. But once it gets scanned in… suddenly there's no space at all! It sucks! But I -do- like the moon in the second panel. That makes up for it… maybe.

I just want to take this as an oppurtunity to thank all of you, for being so supportive! You've taken the time to read and comment on Salimah even when I am not able to return the favour… So thank you all so much! You guys rock! *Hugs and cookies all round*

And now onto responses!

@Rubygem: -That- bad, huh? xD;;

@Tantz: Oh! I think I get what you mean! I still fail at conveying it, though xD;

Nausea indeed! I liked drawing the first panel as it allowed me to show a little more insight into Z.'s reaction to situations such as these. :3 I want people to think that the Donovan's ceasing to exist was -sad-… regardless of him being the supposed enemy. I love writing for the Donovan as a whole, as they are all so different though they look so alike! (None of the other Donovan have had a chance to speak yet, but I'm partial to the personality of the one you saw sweat-dropping on page 9)

XDD Totally! Why do I get the weird craving to -create- that email now and speak for Zotia through it…

@pv_chan: Yay thank you! =D

@animegal: Yesh Z. does react negatively to -anyone- getting hurt… Z. sort of admires the Donovan's strength of will to continue fighting, but as you can see he doesn't like that the Donovan is doing so.

@DancingChaos: Hey! =D Awww poor Cayden ): I hope he finds someone to ease that pain.

Aww thank you X3 Dramatic? Really?! This is the proudest moment of my life ='3

@Glass: Yay thank you x3

@eko: your shotgun seems to have done the trick! o_o Thing is, the Donovan already -has- touched your Z. … XD He's been cut across teh cheek! O:

@Joff: Yesh they are pesky like that… but there's also the problem of staying -too- dead when you don't want them to -be- dead, isn't there? ;P

@Magicalmisfits: It's funny you should mention a post office. I once had a dream where Zotia had a hoarde of letters, all categorised by name so he could keep information on people. And in my dream it was actually Zotia sending -Z.- a message, rather than the other way around. XD Dreams are weird.

@Dragonzilla: I get the feeling that people would read it as long as it wasn't horribly bad, so the amount of support doesn't necessarily mean it's a great comic ;P Just has great readers!

@Brokenhill: Another one! XD

@EmilyTheStrange: Wow I love that it hints at surrealism, as it is supposed to be a fantasy after all =3 thank you! X3

@eyesoftheblackk: X3 thank you!!

@kyupol: Thank you! ^_^

@Dockworker: Really? XD Yay! And totally wasn't inspired by Devil May Cry, nooooo.

@Nigellashade: They are indeed driven by very powerful reasoning. :3 But in their desparation to -please- their master, they sometimes lose sight of their master's -will-. o:

I only -really- use backgrounds to replace white space… As long as the panel beyond the character isn't completely blank, I'm happy. I don't really push myself too hard… Maybe I should, but I would need a reference as I'm not good at -creating- a non-simplistic background…

Awww thank you ^-^ And you have a good week, too :3

@simonitro: Stop calling yourself lame, 'cause you're not ;P And yea the Donovan -are- tough, as long as their -insides- stay intact… but as soon as their core is subject to their weakness of light energy, they start burning from the inside (hence the *hiss*). They're pratically invincible to physical attacks though, that -don't- harm their aura directly. So it's the Donovan equivalent to a human's blood coming out of him. =3

@dracco: Squee someone was wondering about Metempsychosis! X3 It means, the transmigration of the soul after death… whether it departs to another place, and if so where does it go. :3 It refers to the Donovan's defeat, as his soul is now misplaced.

@Toshubi: You're psychic, man! XD

@Finwik: gasp you noticed the sound effects! x3 I wasn't sure what to use for the pushing of a sword through your body… so I'm glad it disturbed you, that means it's working. >:3 And thank you! ^_^

@Pink: Aww you're so kind XD thank you~!

@Aereis: And as soon as you say that, I missed the next update XD Aside from being late with this week's pages, I'll try to! O:

@herio: :3 yesh.

@insanelysane: Have you ever had the feeling of wishing something, but when it actually happened you felt guilty about wanting it to be true? For example, in the TV show "8 Simple Rules", the father figure died… I said, "The TV show actually got better once the dad died"… and -then- I found out he died -in real life- and I felt really bad. I also said the same for the book "Lord of the Flies": before reading it/watching the film, I was like, "I cannot WAIT until Piggy dies." But when he did, I didn't realise how horrible his death would be… and felt bad about saying -that- as well, because I ended up being horrified by it and didn't want it to happen, in the end. XD So I hope you feel guilty too >3 I personally like teh Donovan, as individuals X3

@Mr Dynamo: Hmm I think cutting their head off wouldn't do any damage either, they'd just reform it out of shadow. Unless the blade their head was cut off with was blessed, exposing the Donovan's inside of their neck to that blessing… Basically it's the blessing that does the damage, not the attack. :3 I'm glad -you- like the expression in the second panel, as I hate it. XD

@magick: And very metaphorical, too. Can you imagine the Donovan -literally- taking Z.'s blood to Zotia? Like, in a jar or something? *shivers*

@DRose: Apparently so XD

@cameron11691: XD I take that as a good "WHOA" rather than a bad one, so thank you X3

@kingofsnake: Oh wow thank you for reading! =D

@JillyFoo: Only kinda, yesh. :3

@Adariel: Thank you! =3

@Jenshin: Yay for light indeed X3 For some reason I'm reminded of the quote; "In times of darkness, hope is something you give yourself. That is the true meaning of inner strength". Miyoko very much wants to -be- that hope. o:

@rana: heehee thank you for reading x3~ I'm glad you liked it =D

@Collosus: Oh wow that's so kind of you! X3 thank you so much~!

@Oren: *Must… resist… urge… to quote… the "Zing!"…*

heehee thank you… I don't like that panel O:

@shaneronzio: thank you! :3

@Shingo: Hey! Thanks for reading x3