Comments on: Annotated 47-9

By: C

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:27:46 +0000

On first read-through, it took me quite some time, until Iver’s comment about equipment, to realize Gondolessa was male. That Iver was being grossed out by *that*, as opposed to inter-species relations. So nebulous, indeed.

By: Kamino Neko

Kamino Neko — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:13:22 +0000

The alt text suggests it is absolutely not in wartime only.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:37:31 +0000

It seems that Gondolessa’s sentence here “your people would never accept a simple passing of power” confirms my theory from earlier on, that Penk basically knows right now that he, too, will be challenged and killed by his successor, unless he dies in battle first, because retiring is apparently not something that Trolls do. Or would that only apply in war times?

Well … good luck to him. He’s setting a high standard, so I’d hope it’ll be some time before someone else decides to challenge that.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:33:49 +0000

I jut notice how un-trollish Penk is here. If succession by mortal combat is the Troll way, and everyone is raised accordingly, then he would be forgiven for not having any second thoughts about it. But he does have a softer side, is not afraid to show it sometimes, and that’s to his enormous credit.

A quality, by the way, that I miss in most, if not all, “natural born leaders”. People who are lauded for their “power instincts” and such are never seen to question their own actions, to ask for reassurance or openly consider if they could accommodate others better.

I can’t stand such people. I’d much rather all important political offices be filled with unwilling but conscientious people than with “leadership figures”.

By: Justin Muzyka

Justin Muzyka — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:24:33 +0000

I’m not crying, you are crying