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Chapter 3 Page 18

Abt_Nihil

on March 4, 2009

Actually names mean a lot to me, despite my basically agreeing with her saying that they're not much else than placeholders for numbers.

But knowing someone's name changes a lot. Like… you can sigh that name on the bus to work on a cloudy day.


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REPLIES:

Fitz: Why, thank you! Making that panel look "cute" just happened, I guess. I was only concerned with making their pose look somewhat natural. And I'm not too sure what it was you wanted to say but forgot… but bringing up the word "significant" in this context can never be wrong, eh? Sunhra never goes to the bathroom though ;-)

JNP: I think actually handing her the towel might have already been the first step to failure… in any case the twelve before him must have done something different. My thought was that it was her who carved the scratches… like a prisoner in a cell, numbering the years. But that's just my personal interpretation ;-) Glad you appreciate my breaking the panel border! This was something like an anti-Austin-Powers-moment… instead of going out of my way to hide things, I'd go out of my way to show'em. For me that's one of the fun things about this comic. And it IS about sex, so… I probably should be concerned about showing more, not less. / This might actually be the prequel to 40-year-old virgin, considering his age. No telling what might happen within a decade though! Although I'm not quite sure what's to adore about his stance here… you should be afraid, you should all be very afraid! :-) By "girls having it easier" you mean what's said on page 4 about guys having a lower, uh, threshold? / Compare my reply to Fitz: No bumping/grinding in the foreseeable future… but you can always hope.

Jabali: Hah! Yeah, same with me. It may also have to do with the fact that relationships tend to get more shallow as I grow older. As a kid you'd become friends because you're on the same wavelength, but once you've got a job you're more or less just forging alliances. It's tougher to get to know people who are really memorable. And I hope that's not just MY problem.

mmm bacon0: Thanks!

alejkhan: Don't worry, that tub probably survived many generations before her. Not necessarily quite as promiscuous generations. That would require further historic study… As always, I'm learning much more about my own comic by reading readers' interpretations! Like your saying that his looking for an equal exchange stems from a potential inferiority complex. My initial thought was that he harbors the feeling she might forget him sooner than he'd be able to forget her… that she doesn't really care who he is. That she'd take anybody. If that ain't bad for your self esteem, I don't know what is! (Oh, and I'll have to remember the word "notch"… probably more applicable here than "scratch".) Thank you!

JNP (again): I see! Yup, peer pressure certainly is a part of the equation. Although I have to see that by now I've pretty much internalized peer pressure. I don't need peers to pressure myself any longer! ;-) There's a monologue in the next chapter dealing with how both peer pressure and internal reasons play into what I want to depict here, so I'd rather not explain myself at this point. Let me just say I think I know your reasons, meaning I know people who share your reasons, but they're not my own. I think your reasons, as ironically as you might phrase them, are quite rational - and us rational folks just have to live with being laughed at by the not quite so (morally/mentally) gifted bunch! I heard you can protect yourself against STDs and children, though. And cash means nothing to me (- just writing that to get female attention, lol)! Can't see how Al… uh, let's just call her Vic, that sounds female enough XD So, can't see how she would wanna insinuate that every form of chastity (particularly yours) stems from a potential inferiority complex (then again, if she really did want to insinuate that… my hats off to her for coming out on my comic! XD). You should have nothing to fear from her! And I really hope my characters are complex enough not to carry with them some subliminal sort of sexism… if promiscuity is wrong or right, then it is so for good reasons, and while gender/sex may enter into some of those reasons, I certainly wouldn't say that a girl per se should or shouldn't be more or less promiscuous than a guy. But you're right, insofar as that is a common stereotype. All I can say is: I don't think it applies in my peer group… then again, I like my peers to not be sexist ;-) Man… we're touching on some deep-rooted subjects… discussing this is fun, but I'm just so glad I only have to draw a comic and not write a book on all this!