Annotated 17-12
Syr’Nj: “Also, sometimes I script comics that include off-panel dialogue, which I segue into using ellipses.”
Phil (with volcanic pause): “You… WHAT?”
[One of Phil’s saving graces, I should say, is that he’s got enough sense of humor about himself to have written a joke like that. That’s one reason we survived the really rough waters.]
I was passing the baton to Phil with this page, and he was very much looking forward to writing the next one, so I tried to build up a good head of steam for him.
On reflection, though, I’m not sure Syr’Nj should’ve been the one to spill the beans instead of loose-lipped screw-up E-Merl, gives-no-fucks Frigg, or even the nervous, awkward Byron. Syr is a grown woman hoping her parents will make peace with her choices, but right now, brokering an alliance between Gastonia and B’ial Vezk is a lot more important than that, and announcing those choices could actually threaten that alliance.
On the other hand, family dysfunction has a way of making us all revert from adult priorities.
…guess who’s coming to dinner?
Is there any particular significance to Byron making a BSG reference here?
This is a reference to the British Society of Gastroenterology?
Of course. Because clearly Naror’Nj can’t stomach his daughter marrying a human.
I absolutely love those last three panels. I’m not 100% sure why I find it so funny, but Naror’Nj’s rageface has been stuck in my mind ever since my first read.
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Love how Syr’Nj reluctantly braces herself for impact.
Could have been a childish desire to bait her father over an old argument…
Could have been a grand strategy… Slap him upside the head with this first thing and everything else she asks him for will seem mild and inoffensive by comparison.