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Published: 2018-07-09 02:57:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 467; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 0
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Description Heads up - I'm going to be taking the week off for TFCon and getting that organised and sorting out that stuff and thus not drawing.  Which means the next page will be up on July 20th.

Start from the beginning of this arc.
Start from the beginning.
Patreon, because what else do you expect from a tourist town?
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Comments: 13

zealousshadow [2018-07-25 04:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Taking a second look at this page because it amuses me so. Those pointy shoulders make Reade into the most adorable little vampire bat. My sister points out that his name should be pronounced "Ree- ahd" since it's French.

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WaywardInsecticon In reply to zealousshadow [2018-07-25 04:52:07 +0000 UTC]

Reade is the worst vampire in the vampire!AU, getting hauled around by Fingal, who is yelling, "I KNOW she's wearing a filmy nightgown, maidens just dress like that, stop blushing you dweeb, you need to eat!  Hi, we're vampires, my idiot brother wants to bite you but he's too shy.  You mind?"


Except it is Old English/Scottish.

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uddelhexe [2018-07-11 16:32:25 +0000 UTC]

YES!!! XD

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Linwelly [2018-07-09 06:25:21 +0000 UTC]

I will be missing something on Mondays and Fridays but I hope you have lots of fun at TFCon!

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KGTgallery [2018-07-09 06:03:19 +0000 UTC]

Have fun at the con!

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zealousshadow [2018-07-09 04:53:46 +0000 UTC]

My sister and I will be waiting with eager anticipation for your return. (I got her into the series and now we read it together. We have fun especially trying to mimic French accents.) I hope you have a great time at TFCon! I really love this page. I'm impressed by Tal figuring out the root of the problem. It's refreshing to see him competently solve something in his family for once instead of being flabbergasted by all the skeletons in the closet.

It also gives a pleasant insight as to whether Tal be good with kids. I thought we might see him interact with Eryn at the lighthouse, but sadly, plot did not demand it. We've mostly seen Tal's "When I think about children it's in an abstract-future kind of sense. I remember him saying to Zephonith that he'd like to have enough love for all of them. That comes with him witnessing firsthand how hard it is when a mother's love isn't fairly divided. But he also has this vague "I'm going to be a terrible father" complex because "family obligation." And yet...

#1: The cousins feel safe talking to him even though they really just met over dinner. And this is a serious 'could get you banished' by some of the more extreme family members type of conversation
#2: He takes time to reassure Reade that he'll at least listen.
#3 He doesn't make false promises or say what isn't true.
#4 Even though he's semi-annoyed with Fingal, he doesn't shut down the boy for having his own opinions.
#5 He reasons with the cousins as if they are small adults instead of talking down to them. (Come to think of that, he did that with Gilou even when she was calling him "bloodless.") I think so long as he isn't thinking about 'what am I doing, what if I screw this up' he'll be good with his own kids.

Aside from that, I love all the expressive poses. I also like how you're very distinct in giving each of them their own body language. Reade seems all floppy to me-- very adolescent "I've not got all control over my limbs yet." He's like a very nervous big-pawed puppy. Panel 4 is so adorable. Fingal keeps stealing the show with the one-liners. I love that exaggerated dropped jaw. "Yeees." Also I love this room's wallpaper. It's less stressful than the rest of the house.

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WaywardInsecticon In reply to zealousshadow [2018-07-10 05:25:51 +0000 UTC]

Except #6: He doesn't want kids.   He likes 'em as much as he likes anyone, he can handle Big Brother, Older Cousin, Friendly Unrelated Adult, and would happily do Uncle if he had anyone to be uncle to, but those are very different from the 24/7 job of Dad.  Even if he could raise them away from Veras, he'd spend the next twenty years assuming he'd screw it up, and that's not good for anybody involved's mental health.

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zealousshadow In reply to WaywardInsecticon [2018-07-25 04:16:43 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you for the in-depth analysis. Tal's psyche intrigues me.

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evilkillerpoptarts [2018-07-09 03:33:36 +0000 UTC]

TF Con, TF Con... *does a dance*

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WaywardInsecticon In reply to evilkillerpoptarts [2018-07-09 03:44:30 +0000 UTC]

I will be making a lot of cookies and the bead store just happens to have their summer 20% off sale during the next two weeks.

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evilkillerpoptarts In reply to WaywardInsecticon [2018-07-09 09:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Ooooo!  Now that's some good news!

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lethe-gray [2018-07-09 03:14:27 +0000 UTC]

lol YES.

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MissHovercraft [2018-07-09 03:07:08 +0000 UTC]

Tal is a good cousin

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