This is why we should respect our elders. They have been on our journeys, and held our beliefs and picked at the cracks in those beliefs until the unshakable became flexible, and dedication gave way to insight. Fear the power of the elder who carries no weapon. Perhaps they can no longer lift a blade, perhaps also- they no longer need one.
As much as it drives me BATTY that this pace isn’t revealing any endings, the GOOD news is, the longer Ursula strings us out like this, the longer the strip lasts. Yay, Ursula!
How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth is one well-chosen word?
Heck of a thing, putting Jhalm’s -personal- loyalty to one of “his” people up against his duty as he sees it. Rock and a hard place indeed. Usually whatever’s in the middle is what comes out worst of all…strawberry Jhalm on toast? Sorry, I’m rambling.
JewelWolf – I think it’s a personal-to-Glenn alteration of the biblical (?) quote about “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is an ungrateful child.” –I much prefer Glenn’s version 😉
Glen is deliberately mis-quoting Shakespeare. “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless [ungrateful] child.” King Lear, act 1, scene 4.
…and that, ladies and gentlepersons of all persuasions, would be a tribal elder, working her work.
….also, the reason you really would rather not be the work she’s working.
I would imagine that Jhalim feels about as big as a flea right now (and rightly so).
By the way, sign me up for the wallpaper (widescreen) too, if it’s going. That is a heck of a panel. Heck, a poster would do me nicely as well. It’s definitely worth comtemplating.
It’s King Lear (Act I, Scene IV), spoken by Lear to Goneril:
“Turn all her mother’s pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt; that she may feel
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child! Away, away!”
Man, I really really hope, for Jhalm’s sake, he chooses Murai. Because if he does kill her – how is he going to feel when he finds out the god he killed her to save actually _wanted_ to die?
I’m also wondering how close to the rest of the Veiled Boneclaw Mother walked him back….because they may have their own opinions re: gods and children.
Jhalm still has the option to take the middle road and attempt to disarm Murai unarmed, trusting in his greater skill, her probable unwillingness to cut him apart and the girl only having one functional arm. This is certainly greater personal risk, but it seems to be the one course of action which would lead to him not losing face here.
Of course she did the “Thing” =)
The purpose behind having him take her for a walk is clear now, she needed a few minutes to feel him out and divine what she could (if I’m not mistaken).
So around 11:30, on Monday night, I went on the Digger site to do my civic duty. I found a brand new Digger page, this one. I thought. “Wow! No one’s here yet. I can, you know, turn on the lights, maybe leave the 1st comment, or maybe put down the vote thingy.” I was very excited. I hit send and then there was an error. I can record my vote just fine, and I can comment from work, but I can’t from home. If I try to leave a comment from my home computer I get some weird error message. Anyone got a theory?
@Duck Whisperer: did you leave your first Digger comment from work? If so would the Digger site remember, and single mindedly think that you could only post from that IP?
Thank you. if you didn’t I would have to, and given That I still haven’t forgiven myself for butchering the Agincourt speech from Henry VI for comedy, I feel rather resultant to correct other people when it comes to the Bard.
*cues the ‘DUN DUN DUN!’ orchestra sting*
*slow fade to black*
‘To Be Continued’
Just gonna guess this is the end of the current Book?
“So it is down to me, and it is down to you.”
This is why we should respect our elders. They have been on our journeys, and held our beliefs and picked at the cracks in those beliefs until the unshakable became flexible, and dedication gave way to insight. Fear the power of the elder who carries no weapon. Perhaps they can no longer lift a blade, perhaps also- they no longer need one.
damn, i wasnt first
anywho, that is epic!
Oh, gods, this is going to hurt, isn’t it?
She did the Thing!
Aaannndddd SCENE CHANGE!
If I didn’t just call it I’ll be like O_e
As much as it drives me BATTY that this pace isn’t revealing any endings, the GOOD news is, the longer Ursula strings us out like this, the longer the strip lasts. Yay, Ursula!
Vote, everybody!
http://topwebcomics.com/vote/10180/default.aspx
This is now one of my favourite pages <3
I wonder if Jhalm’s attitude would be different if he knew that the god he was attempting to “save” was a god of the hyenas.
Can we have a wallpaper of this –with expanded background for wide screens like mine…. please?
Choose (verb), Definition: the most epic f***ing thing to ever have been said.
Boneclaw Mother cuts no slack!
The drums rattle, and fall silent. The wind drops. The entire earth holds its breath, waiting…
… and Jhalm says, ” … I choose ‘great taste. No! Wait! I mean ‘less filling’!”
😉
(The infinite cosmos appears to have swallowed up the single quote that I’m sure was present after the word “taste”.)
😕
How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth is one well-chosen word?
Heck of a thing, putting Jhalm’s -personal- loyalty to one of “his” people up against his duty as he sees it. Rock and a hard place indeed. Usually whatever’s in the middle is what comes out worst of all…strawberry Jhalm on toast? Sorry, I’m rambling.
@Glenn- I love that quote about the serpent’s tooth. What’s it from
JewelWolf – I think it’s a personal-to-Glenn alteration of the biblical (?) quote about “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is an ungrateful child.” –I much prefer Glenn’s version 😉
Glen is deliberately mis-quoting Shakespeare. “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless [ungrateful] child.” King Lear, act 1, scene 4.
Actually, that quote would be from King Lear.
DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN…..
BTW, yay on the voting (see above)! Digger’s sitting at 25 right now 😀
…and that, ladies and gentlepersons of all persuasions, would be a tribal elder, working her work.
….also, the reason you really would rather not be the work she’s working.
I would imagine that Jhalim feels about as big as a flea right now (and rightly so).
By the way, sign me up for the wallpaper (widescreen) too, if it’s going. That is a heck of a panel. Heck, a poster would do me nicely as well. It’s definitely worth comtemplating.
@JewelWolf
It’s King Lear (Act I, Scene IV), spoken by Lear to Goneril:
“Turn all her mother’s pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt; that she may feel
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child! Away, away!”
Man, I really really hope, for Jhalm’s sake, he chooses Murai. Because if he does kill her – how is he going to feel when he finds out the god he killed her to save actually _wanted_ to die?
I’m also wondering how close to the rest of the Veiled Boneclaw Mother walked him back….because they may have their own opinions re: gods and children.
… but choose wisely, for though the true wombat will bring you life, the false wombat shall take it from you. :B
Gramina: Close, but no cigar. It’s Shakespeare, not the Holy Writ. King Lear, to be precise.
He can choose his destiny,but I guarantee that it isn’t going to be a flawless victory(for him at least).
uff.
I love this panel too – a poster would be most awesome!
I love how the hatching looks like claw marks, in every shadow…it’s a wonderful effect and kind of a subtext that points up the tensions in the scene.
Not biblical, Shakespeare. It’s from Lear.
For crying out loud!
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child” is from King Lear.
Should we take bets on Shadowchild jumping out from somewhere next, especially if Jhalm chooses to attacks Murai?
Ottertee, thank you! I should have googled it, I know I have no memory for titles 😉
Jhalm still has the option to take the middle road and attempt to disarm Murai unarmed, trusting in his greater skill, her probable unwillingness to cut him apart and the girl only having one functional arm. This is certainly greater personal risk, but it seems to be the one course of action which would lead to him not losing face here.
Oh please, Jhalm, let my liking for you be justified…!
Of course she did the “Thing” =)
The purpose behind having him take her for a walk is clear now, she needed a few minutes to feel him out and divine what she could (if I’m not mistaken).
Come on guys. The serpent’s tooth ref is Shakespeare. It’s King Lear complaining about his (of course good) daughter.
Did anyone else’s stomach just fall out of the atmosphere?
@Alondro: Silly Alondro, there’s no such thing as a false Wombat!
Stand back for our is a forbidden wombat.
So around 11:30, on Monday night, I went on the Digger site to do my civic duty. I found a brand new Digger page, this one. I thought. “Wow! No one’s here yet. I can, you know, turn on the lights, maybe leave the 1st comment, or maybe put down the vote thingy.” I was very excited. I hit send and then there was an error. I can record my vote just fine, and I can comment from work, but I can’t from home. If I try to leave a comment from my home computer I get some weird error message. Anyone got a theory?
I LOOOOVE this webcomic. And I love Mrs. Boneclaw. I cannot wait for whatever happens next. 😀
That the error message might tell you what’s wrong? What did it say, DW?
@Duck Whisperer: did you leave your first Digger comment from work? If so would the Digger site remember, and single mindedly think that you could only post from that IP?
“Choose! Choose the form of Gozher!”
@ottertee
Thank you. if you didn’t I would have to, and given That I still haven’t forgiven myself for butchering the Agincourt speech from Henry VI for comedy, I feel rather resultant to correct other people when it comes to the Bard.
She did her thing! She did her thing!