Annotated 1-15
Some of Phil’s distaste for the cliche of wood elves as narrow-minded ecoterrorists, a trope that Naror’Nj more or less embodies, probably influenced me to get more creative with their renditions here. That’s the best explanation I have for the hillbilly shroomhead popping in out of nowhere, as well as my instructions to Erica to make panel 1’s Syr’Nj look like J.D. from Scrubs in the middle of one of his daydreams (I mean, okay, he’s roughly analogous to Syr’Nj at this point in her life, but daydreams are NOT THE SAME AS FLASHBACKS, younger me!).
Silly as Byll’BB (Billy-Bob) is, he does convey a message of sorts. Syr’Nj is remarkable among her people, but she’s not the only one with her own interests and foibles that go beyond the designated “wood elf role” you normally see in stories like these. Get five wood elves together and they may go along with the basic line of “nature good, humans bad,” but they won’t all sound the same.
Which means there’s hope.
I’m kind of disappointed we didn’t get an epilogue team-up between Byll’Bb and Gobblaurence.
Well, not on-panel, anyway, but the last time we see Goblaurence, it’s clear that Byll’Bb has had his influence.
That’s a comfort to me.
Something that always bothered me here…wouldn’t Syr’Nj’s tattoos have been showing in that dress?
Would you prefer that I try to maintain my personal integrity and admit flat out that we didn’t really think about this dress when we started showing her tattoos, or that I try to maintain the integrity of the series and say, “As we established later, Syr’Nj’s tattoos continue to grow as she ages, and it’s not unreasonable that they might grow in spurts?”
I’ll just roll with the growth explanation, and everyone’s personal illusions may remain intact!
…what even the fuck? Goddamned autofill. There wouldn’t be any way of deleting that, would there?
Eventually!
Thank you very much!
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Ecoterrorist? Now I’m imagining Naror’Ng with David Warner’s voice.
Finally! Thank you! For YEARS I’ve been wondering how Byll’Bb was supposed to be (mis)pronounced!
I hesitatingly thought it was “Bilb,” like “Bilbo” without the “o.”
But that makes no sense as a pun or joke…
J.D. from “Scrubs” has become a new archetype.
I submit Jonah, from “Superstore.”
Any others? Precursors I’ve missed?
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DEFINITELY Jake Peralta.
Noice.
Hah, I had forgotten about this guy. Now I know who was the contact that Goblaurence was hooked with.
Haha, I wish I had caught on she was doing a JD
daydreamflashback. Such fond memories of that show in college. Funny how JD can have 100 daydreams per episode and I get at least a chuckle but a Family Guy “Flashback” just makes me roll eyes so hard I see my own brain.Instead of the typical harps playing during a flashback transition, I’m imagining is the sound of the chemical reaction that elixir has on his skin.