Character Questions 3
12 Apr 2016 · page 589 of 1306
Spoiling the characters is just so very unsporting.
Last round of character questions! The cover for the new chapter will go up on Friday, though if you support the comic on Patreon for just $3 a month or more, you can see it right now!
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I can relate to Ben way too much with that first one...
nods I got specksted when I was 4. This does, indeed, happen. Every. Other. Bloody. Week. -_- Well, until after uni. :P
Geeze poor Mal, spoiled by that lack of a fourth wall!
Wait, what if his ability lets him see past the fourth wall, too? Next chapter starts with him demanding answers about being a witch and when asked "who told you that?" he just mumbles "inter--uh, spirits."
Ah, Mal is always the best in these.
Alright, folks. Next round of questions will need to have questions that spoil the characters. Preferably in the sense of getting nice things to the little girls in such abundance and quality so as to spoil them rotten. Granted, it's an uphill battle since they're already festooned with puppies, but I think it'll be worth the effort.
So we ask questions here, then? If so, I have a very important question for Wolfe:
Have you always stuck with violin, or do you also play other instruments, like the viola? Or how about the cello?
I simply love the last one. OK on to the next chapter!
Ditto. xD
I remember when we all tried to spoil Gort's brother! And that sword! All that was fun. Luckily for narrative flow they don't remember these questions once back into their reality.
Giant robots have brothers?
Me-me is referring to Gort from Darken, Kate Ashwin's previous comic. (I assume the sword Me-me is referring to is Blackshard which is also from Darken.)
I am not sure if Gort's name is supposed to be a reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still or if it is just a coincidence that his name as the same as the robot in that film. I guess you would have to ask Kate's husband since he's the one who played Gort in the D&D campaign that inspired Darken.
That was cruel.
Mal just ... inspires ... cruelty.
O'Malley: "...and even worse, they made me take a proper job!"
Horrors!
Hmmm... I'd asked about what the other members of the Sin Gang had been up to. The fact that this hasn't been answered makes me wonder if Ms. Acedia isn't working alone.
When I didn't wear glasses my reaction was usually related to how strong they were ("oh, hey, your script isn't very strong at all, eh?") rather than the good ol' "how do you see with these?" Likely comes of having parents with strong scripts.
Now that I have to wear readers it generally just runs to the "wow, those'd give me a headache" category.
Mine are really strong, so eve. When I swapped with glasses-wearing friends they'd go HOLY CRAP.
Back before I got my eyes fixed, I was borderline legally blind. Got the first question's response all the time. My response? "That's what I see without 'em."
I usually got lots o' sympathy after that. Or at least a "holy crap."
I am fortunate with the eyes I have, but I have made a game of borrowing people's glasses and identifying their prescription by looking through them.
Most people react to trying on my glasses with 'hmm, I can actually see better with these... Do I need glasses?'
... but you are dressed as one
The thing with the glasses...
"How do you see out of these?" Well, since they're BEN'S glasses, HE can see out of them quite well, thank you very much.
Seeing without them is the problem, which is why he got them in the first place!
I had friends like that.
Person: Hey, dude, can I wear your glasses?
Me: No, come on, I need these things to see.
Person: Come on, gimme the glasses.
Me: Okay, then...
Person: puts on the glasses
OH MY GOD, DUDE.
Guess I'll never get my answers! (I'm curated-curiosities on tumblr)
I can't recall any non-glasses-wearing friends doing the first bit, but I have swapped glasses with friends who have them. The results are much the same.
You'll get answers, just.. not directly from Mal, haha.
You know what is best in life?
When someone wants to try on my glasses, and I pass them over... and they put on the glasses... and then a look of confusion comes over their face and they announce "I need glasses"... and I just reply "Yes. Yes you do."
So many people out there are a tad short-sighted and don't even know it.
I love the effort you go to to arrange fun questions into a little interview sequence. It makes it feel so real 🥰
The only sad part of moving from disquis is all of the amazing and inquisitive and in depth deciphering a of each comic and lore is gone. I never commented, but I loved the interactions under every comic. I'll miss it for these older comics, and look forward to it on the last book.
some of the comments being missing is a temporary error! hiveworks are trying to fix that one up for us right now :)