Call of Duty 3
I’m glad we could give Naror’Nj a little more depth than he shows during his in-chapter appearances, and the older I get, the more I can identify with his blubbering in panel 3.
Faereksch’Nj is barely even recognizable as the same person we’ll see later. I think it’s because she feels that things are unfolding more or less as they should– she knows Syr’Nj needs to go her own way for now and she knows Naror’Nj will eventually back down. So she can let the two firebrands in the family tire each other out while she avoids taking sides, busies herself with busywork, and babies her baby. The next time Naror’Nj and his daughter cross swords, it will not be nearly so clear that the outcome will be good for their long-term relationship, and Faer will respond to that situation accordingly.
My only regret here is asking for the silhouette in panel 3. It probably would’ve been funnier to at least get a good look at Syr’Nj’s face as this shouting match dissolves into a puddle of awkward.
Re: the silhouette, Naror’Nj’s sudden mood change made me think this was a cut to another scene, and for a moment, I wasn’t even sure who he was.
I’m not exactly sure what’s going on there, mostly because of that patch of negative space. It seems to suggest that Naror’s neck is way long and narrow, more than in the other panels, with a much baggier shirt and/or hunched back, and no beard, and I can’t see any other way to interpret it that makes any more sense.
Bag of Holding! Yesss!
…I don’t recall Syr’Nj ever using a harp…
Did she ever she ever pull out some old toys or a big flippin’ length of timber?
Because if she did, I missed it and it was probably awesome -pouts-
I thought Faer was on hubby’s side, and was packing the bag to be as heavy as possible. I know D&D bags of holding don’t really have weight limits, but this story isn’t a D&D one.
I thought the D&D bags of holding did have limits? It’s been a long time since I had one. So I honestly can’t remember.
“the two firebrands in the family”
Uh, no. The actual firebrand in the Nj family was S’Nj who started out as a Wood Elf, progressed to a Torch Elf for a while, then regressed to an Ember Elf, and finally dissolved into an Ash Elf.
An additional panel between the the two creating a ‘pause for effect’ scene prolly would’ve done the trick.
Panel four: this is the thespian interpretation of what occured?
Looks like it… Is that’s what’s happening here Camp?
No, Naror’Nj really is blessing his daughter’s journey in front of his people, something that Syr’Nj will later throw in his face (see the last balloon in panel 2 here). He and Syr’Nj do at least agree that publicly pretending to be united is the best thing they can do for their own family and for B’ial Vezk. Syr’Nj didn’t learn everything she knows about politics from books.
I reread the part that you refer to yesterday (right after reading this), but didn’t connect it with this. thank you for pointing it out!