Annotated 17-9
Byron gives “meeting the family” his best shot in panel 1. I, uh, wouldn’t normally recommend trying to resolve your sister-in-law’s conflicts with your wife/fiancee immediately upon meeting them, but Fr’Nj is friendly enough to take his words at face value.
Kon’kr’s anticlimactic scene here more or less meant we had to give him a better moment or two later, or his whole character would’ve felt like an anticlimax.
I figure most of you got that “Kon’Kr” sounds like “conker,” as in “conk on the head” (and I guess it could also be “conquer”). Kur’Ik, in the corner here, is named for famous newscaster Katie Couric, though we almost went with Med’Oh, which would’ve invoked both meadows and Rachel Maddow. In either case, it’s not worth thinking about those TV personalities’ personalities too much. Kur’Ik is too young and inexperienced to resemble either of them at their most famous.
Love Kur’Ik doing Shocked Pikachu years before Shocked Pikachu was a thing.
I…apparently overthought Kon’Kr’s name – I figured if ‘Conker’ was the pun, it was a reference to horse chestnuts being prickly and used in a game where you bash them against each other until one breaks.
I’m not sure how many Americans are aware of that meaning of the word.
I called that one wrong because that’s the only meaning of the word “conker” that I’m even vaguely familiar with. This is the first time I’ve encountered “conker” meaning “to conk on the head.”
I’m not even familiar with the word ‘conker’ using any definition!
Also, as a sidenote, the newscaster reference completely went over my head, as an international reader. I have NO idea who both of those are.
“Your grace” is also how you address a Gastonian Head of House. Is that meant to imply that Human and Wood Elf cultures are more similar than they might seem (like the Nj sisters)?
E-Merl’s pose is wonderful. “Look at the muscles I don’t have, and also my ear!”
E-Merl emphasizing his strong points, I see.
I’ve always loved how Emerl is more clearly posing here, haha. Like the other guys are just looking tough like it’s their normal thing, and Emerl is hamming it up.