1: Strange Companions (25.1)
I am so tired, but luckily no commentary’s needed for today’s strip. Here it is!
I am so tired, but luckily no commentary’s needed for today’s strip. Here it is!
The signs being held up by the student protest are not particularly clever or unique for the time, but the message is strong. One is easy to explain. The one on the left reads DALJVAL KAKULTAN (Dzhahlj-VAHL KAH-kool-TAHN) or, basically,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hak*lee sheelron is my clumsy alliteration of Sonia’s very slangy Pærthean way of saying “go to hell”. The normal spelling in Old Lore is XLI HAKSILRON (*smack* lee HAHK-sheel-ROHN) which literally means “Go dive for sharks.” However, the sarcastic New[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry about the late appearance of the strip. In a flurry of travel, the airport and train station weefee were not being cooperative. Finally found a stable-ish connection.
The spell Aop shouts in Ondoko adds this traditional curse: Now, until end of the future! … well … literally, it’s “until close of [a] future Great Cycle [of thousands of years]”. Since only the Gods and the greatest powers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Chope’ and ‘The Tender’ are references to Kaian’s pseudo-twin Gœd, a female key-maker deity whose power is said to unlock all the labyrinths of her sister Rastora’s making. Kyorshoneow (Ondoko) (kee-YOHR-shoh-nee-YOW) KÒrso neA O A sort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is nary a very fairy vocabulary when you need it. Don’t be wary. Get sharp. wingtogs : mysterious organs of the fairy body that produce wings, roughly rear to the lungs wingbows : the luminescent surface of the fairy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…