01/11/08 [DMFA #864] - Yeah, that's well hidden.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

*snerk* read him like a book, our Abel can. ;-]

[Zedd]

Heh heh...Yeah thats the point factors of anything of mindreading and also filtering is fun!

[AndersW]

I just have to say that I love Abel's expressions in all three panels.

[RobbieThe1st]

Keyword filters? I guess they hadn't invented Regular Expressions for the 'Cubi yet...

Back on topic, "... thoughts are filled with pointless trivia and paranoid delusions" - I suppose this is part of the 'Cubi charm - a 'Cubi could easily read said thoughts of whoever he/she wants to charm, then play back what the target wants to hear.

Of course, if said 'Cubi thrives on fear, he/she could simply play back what the target is paranoid about, or fears... especially sense such fears would be at the top of the targets brain, and easy to passively pick up.


-RobbieThe1st

[Kamunt]

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I agree with Anders. To me, the impression I got about Abel...is that he looks, well, surprisingly "posed" in the second panel...then surprisingly sinister in the 3rd panel. Maybe it's a 'Cubi thing; or maybe it's just a cat thing.

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[thegayhare]

my vote is that it's a cat thing

[Cogidubnus]

my vote is that it's a cat thing

It must be a cat thing.

[Sno Wolf]

*snickers*

For someone as intelligent as Jyrras, he's not very quick on the uptake.

[M]

I also agree with AndersW. Abel always seems to look so cute. X3

[rabid_fox]

Abel looks friggin' seductive in that second panel.

Not sure about the tongue-look, though. Something about that always caught me as awkward in a comic when the character has dialogue in the same panel - I imagine them speaking like "lllmmmuuuu mmmmuuueeehhh blluuuu"

[Sno Wolf]

That tongue look is the standard "I know something embarrassing about you that you don't know I know" look.

[rabid_fox]

Yeah, I know, I know, it's functional and all. I suppose it's one of my little mental blocks as opposed to the collective hive mind's understanding. My loss, alas.

[superluser]

Abel looks friggin' seductive in that second panel.

I know.  It's giving me the heebie-jeebies.  Something about January-December relationships just makes me freak out.  Perhaps it's the implied pedophilia?  Yes, I think that's it.

[kaskar]

    It seems that Abel has a visually expressionistic way of getting his views across ...

[AnizInDisguise]

Abel looks friggin' seductive in that second panel.

I'd hit it.

[Madmann135]

For a guy that thinks that being alone and friendless is an art he has become fast friends with a gay, kangaroo-rat.

I find it intresting because Jyrras and Able are both very selective in who they hang out wth. 
If Jyrras doesn't like someone he vanishes or sends in his friends to deal with said individual.
If Able doesn't like sommeone he sends them to the psyche ward by being 'friendly.'


Though with the way Able dresses and acts something in me says the Cookies and Cream cat is boardering the realm of Bi.

[Angel]

Hang on. I need to read the text a bit better. Abel's adorable visage in all three panels kinda distracted me - especially that last one. Awww.

(later)

Hee hee. Niceness out of being bored easily. Cute. 

[127.0.0.2]

Hehe... full agreement of Abel's displays in that strip, especially the second one. And I also like his wings in the third one... soo cute...

The average non-Cubi thoughts are filled with pointless trivia and paranoid delusions

The average Cubi thoughts of course NEVER EVER... 

[Tapewolf]

The average non-Cubi thoughts are filled with pointless trivia and paranoid delusions

The average Cubi thoughts of course NEVER EVER...  D:

Well, hardly ever...

Something about January-December relationships just makes me freak out.  Perhaps it's the implied pedophilia?  Yes, I think that's it.

That would be the case if it was Abel on the make, not Jyrras, surely?

Also, while the age gap is enormous in chronological time, Abel (by virtue of not aging) is only physically 3-4 years older than Jyrras.  Who is after all, 21 and able to make up his own mind 

And yes, it's wonderfully drawn.

[rt]

another joining the the "i like abels expressions club" and personally clicking the box for 'third pannel' for my vote

[Kayriel]

Abel's sexy factor went up double the usual daily increment. If there's an Abel fanboy club, I want in. D= His expression and pose were just gorgeous these last two strips, and yeah... yeah, I'd hit, too, and I'm not even gay. Just for Abel.

[Kenji]

Abel looks friggin' seductive in that second panel.

I'd hit it.

Considering your forum name, that's creepy. 

[superluser]

That would be the case if it was Abel on the make, not Jyrras, surely?

It's starting to appear that Abel may not be opposed to this outcome.  If that's the case, then it goes right back into creepy territory.

Imagine you're back in high school (or better yet, college) and you're fantasizing about one of your professors, a good 40 years your elder, and you start hitting on her.  She comes back and tells you to meet her at a fancy restaurant, and to bring baby oil and a riding crop.

Sure, the student started it, but it's still creepy.

[Tapewolf]

Imagine you're back in high school (or better yet, college) and you're fantasizing about one of your professors, a good 40 years your elder, and you start hitting on her. 

Sure, the student started it, but it's still creepy.

Yes.  But what if they were - in appearance and behaviour - the same age as you?

[e_voyager]

all appearance is an illusion. behaviour that's a better factor for judgement.

[WhiteFox]

I think Abel is compensating for not being able to Emotion-Jammer.

I'm a pretty solitary sort of guy myself, so I'm going to put myself in Abel's shoes here (And, I'll adimt, project my perspective). Everyone needs company, but when your a loner the last company you want is with shiny happy people. Like Dan and Mab. Jyrras seems more like the quiet, intellectual type. (Barring his "I'm out of the closet and feeling giddy" phase, and the whole Sad-Jyr-In-Snow thing he's been doing before that.)

[Kayriel]

Well, if appearance is illusion, I purposefully failed my Will save. I'd hit on Abel and HOPE for that "creepy" outcome. xP

[e_voyager]

sounds like : soul. it's what for brunch

[Tapewolf]

sounds like : soul. it's what for brunch

Abel eats food and sleeps.  This might be part of his disguise, of course, but I think he still thinks of himself as a Being, at least on one level.  Leaving aside the consequences of harming Jyrras in any way, (Dan trying to vanquish him, Fa'Lina coming down on him, Moira suing him etcetera) I simply don't think Abel is the type to go on the hunt for souls any more than Dan is.

[Kayriel]

sounds like : soul. it's what for brunch

Abel eats food and sleeps.  This might be part of his disguise, of course, but I think he still thinks of himself as a Being, at least on one level.  Leaving aside the consequences of harming Jyrras in any way, (Dan trying to vanquish him, Fa'Lina coming down on him, Moira suing him etcetera) I simply don't think Abel is the type to go on the hunt for souls any more than Dan is.

I'm in agreeance. He seems quite satisfied just to emotion-feed, though... not sure what his key emotion is, yet. Maybe annoyance, that would explain alot. But from what we've seen with Abel's Story so far, he looks to be pretty much disillusioned with the Cubi race as a whole, he doesn't have the Cubi pride thing that pisses him off about Aary - and of course his first Cubi experience wasn't that... heart-warming. Considering himself an empowered Being of sorts rather than as your stereotypical Cubus would seem to be more in line with his experiences and the shrouded personality he likes to keep.

Also, hot.