#172 “Intervention”
Looks like Tim’s about to have one heck of a day… and Ruth does NOT seem very thrilled about coming clean. Yeesh.
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Reminds me of my woman’s boobs…. mmmmmm.
A big picture of Tim overlooking their bed. DEFINITELY NOT AWKWARD when enjoying the company of your spouse.
I was gonna say. and it looks like a recent picture too
Brandon,
Dude, i have to agree with a lot of folks when they say you’re too hard on yourself over the original story. the comic made me WANT to read it, and it did NOT disappoint in the slightest. Yes, you’ve made changes (and i can think of a few more that really need to be made but i figure its more of a personal interpretation of the thing more than anything really)
you have already added elements to the original story which enhance and help the flow, but truth is the story was pretty damn compelling and parts 1 and 2 had me devouring the story, to the point that i was going back and RE-READING parts to see if i had simply misread or if a scene felt different with additional knowledge. and many of the changes you have made are all organic parts of the editorial process. hell. there’s time i sit down with my own stories and think ‘you know. this made sense when i was 19, but at 40….no…not even remotely’ even some of my characters motivations being ALIVE at 40+ make me want to re-write some of the events since while they seemed mature for the time, may as well be temper tantrums by comparison.
as for us not knowing where this chapter is going to go. yes we do. its the development chapter where plot points begin to unfurl to bring us upto the events hinted at in the beginning of the comic. (and perhaps similar events from the stories)
I have to agree, it is SO DIFFICULT to keep a comic going strong with story and plot, because you are constantly second-guessing, and you want clarity, and continuity, and all of it has to wrap up into a nice little package. A lot of people realize, I hope, comics are a lot like ongoing novels. And we’re constantly going back through our novel and double-checking things. Then we see something and think, “Oh wait, I need to change this now that this has happened,” etc. I will bet anyone any amount of money that they can’t formulate a webcomic for a year in their heads, and make it looks exactly how it was written out originally.
Come on, bet me. *^^*
This is true. My pages written out ahead of time are always in flux, until they are set in stone and posted. It’s an ongoing process.
yup. and as ive stated elsewhere, im looking forward to seeing where more of the changes kick in. obviously we have a new wrinkle in the relationship, with the current pages, and im honest-to-god hoping that Shadow pounces that boy in a mind-blowing kiss screaming that she WAS jealous, but dammit, she’s here first, and no other girl will do him better (meaning as a match, not just the sexual implication) and then, just as he’s simmering and coming to a boil, bounces back under the bed telling him off..(and good night!)
I just hope Ruth doesnt strangle her son TOO much, or just decides to smack him in the head with Clue-by-four….
and Leilani, while Furry isnt exactly my thing, gorgeous art and a nicely flowing story on your side too!
It’s not that difficult
JJBA has ‘strong story and plot’ yet Araki doesn’t really care what he wrote at the beginning of the part, he even forgets a lot of stuff
to every one that has not found it :: https://www.deviantart.com/jiveguru/art/The-Monster-Under-the-Bed-Chapter-1-338815672
You are welcome.
AND evidently that is only chapter 1? i cant belive I am having trouble with this.. I used to design websites..
okay goto this one https://www.deviantart.com/literature/prose/fiction/fantasy/shortstory/popular-all-time/?q=jiveguru
Thanks. I had a harder time then I thought Googling this.
This has been posted for 4 days now. So … google “monster under the bed jive guru”. Note that there is a follow up story as well.
Keep details OFF of this comment section. We want to learn Shadow’s back story when Brandon reveals it. There can be a certain amount of flux, but a total rewrite would be a lot of work for little gain.
I just want to see the moment they confess to one another. The anticipation is torture.
well if you read this is just a hypothesis I do not say that it is real or anything of that good saying this is the hypothesis.
And if tom had a tim when he met ruth but the real mother of tim is dead or missing and ruth assumed his responsibility as mother of tim
well, it’s just a hypothesis I do not want bad comments that is only a theory or hypothesis I hope you understand
I want to apologize for writing the comment without looking at the previous comments and I did not realize that Brandon clarified this so forgive the previous comment well that’s all for today and sorry for writing so I do not understand or speak English I’m from Peru so I use translator I hope you understand
Well… if I can understand, then everyone else would be able to (I assume).
(I do however notice a lack of fullstops… doesn’t really matter though 🙂 )
Lo entendí bien. No seas tan duro contigo mismo y me encanta leer las hipótesis de otras personas
Indeed. The boy is about to discover one of two things – either he’s adopted, or he is a crossbreed.
If we didn’t know what happens in there future I’d add “or shadow’s his sister.”
Brandon (and who would know better?) has already scotched that theory, whatever is yet to happen (Shadow’s timeline) that WE’ve already seen.
So, sorry to disappoint – no incest between Tim & Shadow, inadvertant or intentional.
However, the backstories of Terminus, Lord Mortis, Nightmare, Sunny and Gloom haven’t yet been revealed, so you may get your tittilation sometime in the future.
Do they come from the same litter? Only Brandon knows and he ain’t said yet.
Well… I learnt a new word today. (°-°)
Titillation…
Then today was NOT a wasted day! (unless you partook freely)
Thanks for the next page. 🙂 The story is exciting
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Can anyone help me, or at least give me an idea of where to find some ‘instructions’?
Your gravatar is a “globally recognised avatar”.
You can create one with your own graphic through gravatar.com.
If you create and link it with wordpress it will apppear in MANY places some quite unexpected.
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You could always just create a permanent user profile on the actual site as well, but whatever. ;-P
That I don’t know, but probably.
ISTR there’re constraints with image size, so a graphic editor may be necessary (paint.NET?)
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Iseeya!
I am curious how Tim is going to take the revelation that he is only half human. That would have to be a shock.
Probably not as much a shock as Shadow gave him on Page #40.
But I suspect he will survive.
I’m sure he will, but I hope it isn’t shrugged off too fast. Tim’s desire to be normal seems to have developed into a complex. To have this dropped on him should be shocking. If you ask me anyway.
My only thought is… how does Ruth keep her glimmer up at all times so effortlessly?
Like anything – skill & practice.
It’s also possible that it isn’t glamour, precisely. It may be a spell that is a physical transformation. After all, it’s hard to imagine that Ruth could get through life without having her tail stepped on.
I didn’t think it would turn out like this. I thought that after Shadow told him that, he would look hurt, get silent, and turn his vision away from her. I feel like that would have been better.
We can remain skeptical about events in the stories, but they have been seen to be a couple in the web comic, even in the VERY first few pages. I REALLY hope that some of the events in story happen though. Other events less so.
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