Abel seems surprised that she is thinking about what he wants.
Does Abel even know what he wants? Going home isn't really an option.
Wow, this is up early. Yay!
Abel in panel two, he's just so cute. Looks like Dan from that one strip.
So many choices...Yet only two available, Who knows would been the best to stick with, Reminds me when Cypher from the Matrix said "Why didn't I take the blue pill?" Kinda like dear Abel is really going down the rabbit hole now
Also Fa'Lina in the second panel. Full. Of. Win.
Makes me wonder when Abel picked grass growing as a class. I could see him doing something like "Hmm, what's the least-cubi activity I can think of? ...How about grass growing."
First panel = WOW Fa'Lina's purdy.
Second panel = Cuteness and win.
Ending = I'm guessing maybe now Abel might be a little less scared of Fa'Lina... or at the very least, his curiosity is overriding his fear. The opportunity to start a new life now that his old one has ended might appeal to him, but probably not right away. Of course, it could be that Abel learned his 'get the hell out of this room and get your ass in gear' tactics that he used on Dan from Fa'Lina. If that's the case, then we should see paint flying soon. Yay.
...-can think of so many fun responses to that question-
God knows I had enough fun with questions like that to last me several lifetimes.
I love this update so much. I absolutely love it. Tiny beady eyes are *always* funny.
I love Fa'lina's expression and her intoned line too. What a grimace, heh heh...
-Seth
Go Fa'Lina! Again with the surprising the heck out of us, and keeping us a little off balance. And yes, Abel looks so adorable in the second panel, and I love Fa'Lina's comment. I guess Fa'Lina's trying to get a handle on what stage Abel's at, or at least hear from his mouth what might help him out.
... I haven't seen such a scary smile on Fa'Lina since she got excited over the prospect of Pyroduck having kids. Wait, no, chronologically this is first, that was second. Oy, flashbacks make my head hurt sometimes.
In other news, keep going Amber! It sounds like you're holding together so far.
Keep it together Amber. It'll all pay off in the end.
That's quite a heavy question to be asking so early. I'm pretty sure that I couldn't answer that. I'd just want to know what the heck was going on. Also, Abel is incredibly cute with those tiny beady eyes.
.... bet almost anything his answer is going to be "I don't know...."
Quote from: Kuari on August 15, 2008, 02:38:52 AM
.... bet almost anything his answer is going to be "I don't know...."
I'll get in on that action. I put my money on "Aniz's head on a pike" or some derivative with the same emotion.
Well he's probably still freaked about Aniz though I suspect his second big freakout (Other than Auuuugh CUBI) is the threat Aniz made before he left Abel. Aka, go ahead do something stupid so I have an excuse to kill May, dooo it. So that'll likely influence a more very normal trait like reading or wanting to be kept safe for his choice...
If he calms down a nudge more to think that of course. Probably surprised he's being asked given the mind reading scared the heck outta him.
My money's on "Abel tries running again."
Fa'Lina's girls seem to have taken a coffee break during this scene. Will they be back in time for the next one? We'll see.
Amber: One of my college instructors said that when you hit 25, your entire worldview suddenly changes. I found this to be perfectly true.
(Cheetohs and a lil sandwich? Trying to save money? You should occasionally treat yourself to a six-inch, anyway. Whole grain. . . Lean meat. . . Lots of veggies. . . Yeah.)
A nice soft bed, curtains, and a girlfriend who won't wind up dying within the next three hours, maybe? Sounds good to me, at least.
Quote from: Aleolus on August 15, 2008, 04:15:15 AM
A nice soft bed, curtains, and a girlfriend who won't wind up dying within the next three hours, maybe? Sounds good to me, at least.
:erk Now that's just bad.
"I want to go home." 49%
"I don't know." 49%
"BOOGY BOOGY BOOGY THE NIGHT AWAAAAAY." 1%
Other 1%
"What am I?" That's not strictly an answer to her question, but it's something I'd be interested in if I was in his position.
Quote from: Joe3210 on August 15, 2008, 06:40:28 AM
Quote from: Aleolus on August 15, 2008, 04:15:15 AM
A nice soft bed, curtains, and a girlfriend who won't wind up dying within the next three hours, maybe? Sounds good to me, at least.
:erk Now that's just bad.
How so? Doesn't seem so bad to me...
Fa'Lina is a lovely person sometimes. :3
Pretty and lovely. And sometimes she's just full of malice and muffins. :mwaha
I got that song in my head cause of this page, Thanks Amber! :U "Should I stay or should I go now?"
Quote from: Yugo on August 15, 2008, 02:13:44 PM
Pretty and lovely. And sometimes she's just full of malice and muffins. :mwaha
she reminds me so much of my wife
except, you know, not a poodle and not pink
my idea of what abel asks for- he asks for everyone to not be dead, to which Falina will make a nervous face and admit she cant do that
Quote from: Brunhidden on August 15, 2008, 03:38:02 PM
my idea of what abel asks for- he asks for everyone to not be dead, to which Falina will make a nervous face and admit she cant do that
Or can she?? >.> We don't know what abilities she has, maybe she has 20 levels of Cleric and can do True Resurection on all the dead peoples <.<
Probably not.
She might be able to make him think that she has, though; in which case Abel will spend the next half a dozen decades talking to people who aren't there...
Quote from: Aleolus on August 15, 2008, 04:15:15 AM
A nice soft bed, curtains, and a girlfriend who won't wind up dying within the next three hours, maybe? Sounds good to me, at least.
How so? Doesn't seem so bad to me...
Isn't Able for the other team?
Quote from: Joe3210 on August 15, 2008, 05:11:26 PM
Quote from: Aleolus on August 15, 2008, 04:15:15 AM
A nice soft bed, curtains, and a girlfriend who won't wind up dying within the next three hours, maybe? Sounds good to me, at least.
How so? Doesn't seem so bad to me...
Isn't Able for the other team?
he is ambiguous, because its easier to taunt readers that way
Quote from: Brunhidden on August 15, 2008, 05:15:42 PM
Quote from: Joe3210 on August 15, 2008, 05:11:26 PM
Quote from: Aleolus on August 15, 2008, 04:15:15 AM
A nice soft bed, curtains, and a girlfriend who won't wind up dying within the next three hours, maybe? Sounds good to me, at least.
How so? Doesn't seem so bad to me...
Isn't Able for the other team?
he is ambiguous, because its easier to taunt readers that way
CURSE YOU AMBER!!!! How long must you make us wait?!?
Quote from: Jairus on August 15, 2008, 05:18:01 PM
CURSE YOU AMBER!!!! How long must you make us wait?!?
Longer than this.
Fa'lina - Mother, teach, and succubus..... :mwaha PBH
In other News, Amber where are you drawing?... At the Mall....a food court....
Please, you have a few years. Maybe you should be thinking about Fa'lina's question....what do you want before the big 3-0? It is sneaky very sneaky
And learn something from my Uncle Ben, the Big 30 changed his body's metabolism but not his diet. You would think he would try and do something after gaining 50 lbs after 15 years.
PBH
Quote from: Aleolus on August 15, 2008, 04:05:08 PM
Quote from: Brunhidden on August 15, 2008, 03:38:02 PM
my idea of what abel asks for- he asks for everyone to not be dead, to which Falina will make a nervous face and admit she cant do that
Or can she?? >.> We don't know what abilities she has, maybe she has 20 levels of Cleric and can do True Resurrection on all the dead peoples <.<
I wouldn't be surprised. WIldey is a Shamen and Dan is a Priest. Wouldn't surprise me if she was a cleric.
Dan doesn't know the first thing about Magic, though.
Quote from: Turnsky on August 15, 2008, 08:37:04 PM
Dan doesn't know the first thing about Magic, though.
Oh, I wouldn't say that -- he knows magic can be very painful. :B
The last two panels making me go
d'wwwwwwwwwww! ^_^
It's comics like this that really honestly contrast the Able of then to the Able of the more recent arcs. The hair style, the timid deer-in-headlights nature of the guy. It must've been quite the journey to turn someone around that much. Though I suppose with a few hundred years it's not that hard to imagine that a person could change that substantially.
Quote from: Mowser on August 16, 2008, 09:43:13 AM
It's comics like this that really honestly contrast the Able of then to the Able of the more recent arcs. The hair style, the timid deer-in-headlights nature of the guy. It must've been quite the journey to turn someone around that much. Though I suppose with a few hundred years it's not that hard to imagine that a person could change that substantially.
I don't know who said it, but someone once talked about how Abel's future persona is more of a defense mechanism than anything, how his jerk act is designed to push people away before they can hurt him or before he can lose someone he cares for. Jyrras seems to know or have figured out that at one level or another it's all an act, and that Abel really is a nice guy under all of it. On the other hand, it could just be that since Abel's spent three-hundred and seventy five years being a jerk and only a thirteenth of that time being a nice friendly and open guy, he might not feel comfortable any more being that vulnerable. What's most telling to me is that Abel does seem to be grudgingly opening up a little bit to Dan and his friends. And of course, someone's probably already said all of that, but that's fine with me.
In addition and full agreement to that, Abel has just been through a lot of trauma in a short period of time (stating the obvious, bear with me). On normal days he may have had a sarcastic streak, maybe one of those "affectionately picking on you" attitudes though still a sensitive guy. However, with time and experience he's probably taken a leaf out of Devin's book (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_54.php). He doesn't want his emotions to distract him from seeing a situation clearly or give anyone an advantage over him. All in all then it may not have been a drastic change - just got less "affectionate" and more "picking on you" in his interactions with people. He may still be sensitive to what other people are feeling (aside from his cubi powers, I mean) but at the same time sees no reason to coddle them - as that may ultimately be doing them a disservice - or to give himself an overabundance of problems for their sake.
I just thought of something... well, it's kind of been on the back of my mind for a while... Jyrras and Dan and the rest have no idea what Abel's gone through. Does anyone else get the feeling that this story's going to come out when he full time joins their circle of friends? I mean, he's kind of edged into their friendship and he's opening up a bit and they seem to accept him, but I have to wonder if he's going to tell this to them someday. Maybe not: he might not want to bother them with it. Then again, one of them might try to drag it out of him...
Which would be better for him in the long run?
Quote from: Jairus on August 16, 2008, 01:10:05 PM
I just thought of something... well, it's kind of been on the back of my mind for a while... Jyrras and Dan and the rest have no idea what Abel's gone through. Does anyone else get the feeling that this story's going to come out when he full time joins their circle of friends?
It was said - when the wallpaper war ran between Abel and Regina - that the one who lost would have their backstory appear in-strip anyway, but in a more lighthearted manner and without so much detail. I'd imagine that's true for Abel as well - after all, I heard some people find Abel's Story too dark and don't read it.
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 16, 2008, 01:32:45 PM
Quote from: Jairus on August 16, 2008, 01:10:05 PM
I just thought of something... well, it's kind of been on the back of my mind for a while... Jyrras and Dan and the rest have no idea what Abel's gone through. Does anyone else get the feeling that this story's going to come out when he full time joins their circle of friends?
It was said - when the wallpaper war ran between Abel and Regina - that the one who lost would have their backstory appear in-strip anyway, but in a more lighthearted manner and without so much detail. I'd imagine that's true for Abel as well - after all, I heard some people find Abel's Story too dark and don't read it.
And that's another thing: I know that Fa'Lina had 375 years to help Abel out, but all-in-all he's recovered fairly well considering all of the horrible things that happened to him over that week or so (learning that his old babysitter committed suicide, Devin and those adventurers getting killed, learning what and who his Dad really is, seeing his best friend get sliced into pieces, his mom practically giving up hope of ever seeing him again... anything else I'm forgetting). I mean, sure he's a bit of a jerk, but he's really not a bad guy. Fa'Lina must really know what she's doing.
Incidentally, I also like that Modern Abel doesn't seem to be angsting/wangsting over his horrible past. He may still have problems, but he doesn't mention them every time he talks and – as you kind of mentioned – if it weren't for the fact that Amber is telling us his backstory, you'd never know all of those things happened to him. It's nice to see that in a character. Of course, he did have 375 years to get over it, but still...
There are people who don't read Abel's Story? Wow, that's too bad for them.
Therapy can help people in 20 years. I think 300+ years with Fa'Lina helped. She seems like a smart cookie. ;)
Quote from: Jairus on August 16, 2008, 01:38:19 PM
Incidentally, I also like that Modern Abel doesn't seem to be angsting/wangsting over his horrible past. He may still have problems, but he doesn't mention them every time he talks and – as you kind of mentioned – if it weren't for the fact that Amber is telling us his backstory, you'd never know all of those things happened to him.
It's left him a very strange 'Cubi, though. He eats, sleeps and hates changing his base form. I still feel that he thinks of himself more as a sort of super-Being than a full-fledged incubus.
QuoteThere are people who don't read Abel's Story? Wow, that's too bad for them.
Quite.
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 16, 2008, 02:13:29 PM
Quote from: Jairus on August 16, 2008, 01:38:19 PM
Incidentally, I also like that Modern Abel doesn't seem to be angsting/wangsting over his horrible past. He may still have problems, but he doesn't mention them every time he talks and – as you kind of mentioned – if it weren't for the fact that Amber is telling us his backstory, you'd never know all of those things happened to him.
It's left him a very strange 'Cubi, though. He eats, sleeps and hates changing his base form. I still feel that he thinks of himself more as a sort of super-Being than a full-fledged incubus.
Well, something like what happened that day would leave most people a little wary of what they are. Imagine if on the same day you learned you were a Cubi you saw one kill your best friend and beat up you mom, and then kidnap you. Doesn't matter how nice Fa'Lina is or how hard she works at it, that first impression would leave quite a mark behind. Oh, and to top it off, your Cubi power's awakening surprised your new friend enough that he lurched backwards and got killed. Not a nice combination there.
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 16, 2008, 01:32:45 PM
It was said - when the wallpaper war ran between Abel and Regina - that the one who lost would have their backstory appear in-strip anyway, but in a more lighthearted manner and without so much detail. I'd imagine that's true for Abel as well - after all, I heard some people find Abel's Story too dark and don't read it.
So we'll get hear Regina's backstory? That's a bit nicer. I still wish I had a time machine and about two thousand dollars.
Quote from: Jairus on August 16, 2008, 01:38:19 PM
if it weren't for the fact that Amber is telling us his backstory, you'd never know all of those things happened to him. It's nice to see that in a character. Of course, he did have 375 years to get over it, but still...
He's made a good recovery, probably thanks to Fa'lina, but I suspect Abel still hasn't completely got over what happened way back when. He just hides it very well (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_609.php), and never lets anyone see that sometimes it does get too much for him.
Quote from: SpottedKitty on August 16, 2008, 04:42:53 PM
Quote from: Jairus on August 16, 2008, 01:38:19 PM
if it weren't for the fact that Amber is telling us his backstory, you'd never know all of those things happened to him. It's nice to see that in a character. Of course, he did have 375 years to get over it, but still...
He's made a good recovery, probably thanks to Fa'lina, but I suspect Abel still hasn't completely got over what happened way back when. He just hides it very well (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_609.php), and never lets anyone see that sometimes it does get too much for him.
On the plus side, now he's got some people who might not be considered his "friends" but are certainly friendly with him who can help him. Maybe it's just me (and maybe everyone else and their dog has already said this before I got here) but I'm guessing Abel didn't have many friends while he was at SAIA. Now, he's got Jyrras who has a crush on him but at the very least talks to him on a semi-regular basis, Dan who is half-heartedly trying to make inroads, Alexsi seems fairly accepting of him, and while he and Pyroduck have gotten off on the wrong foot Pyroduck doesn't seem to hold it against him. Now all Abel needs to do is realize that he has a "safety net" to catch him if he falls. Gods, that sounds so cheesy.
Given a question like that with every available possiblity... I would have three words:
Dance Dance Revolution
Quote from: Alterationartist on August 16, 2008, 08:13:28 PM
Given a question like that with every available possiblity... I would have three words:
Dance Dance Revolution
Fa'lina would be down with that -- after all, she puts on a great dance number: http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_591.php
Quote from: tiggertoo on August 16, 2008, 10:32:14 PM
Quote from: Alterationartist on August 16, 2008, 08:13:28 PM
Given a question like that with every available possiblity... I would have three words:
Dance Dance Revolution
Fa'lina would be down with that -- after all, she puts on a great dance number: http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_591.php
And it would provide a canon existence for this...
:ddrabel
I wonder who put that thing together.... I know the Abels are all from his bananna phone wallpaper.
Oh that's awesome, the buttons have shadows on them when he stands on them... I'm gonna be staring at that thing now...
Not to mention Dan can wear his awesome ddr outfit. I'm sorry but he has never looked that cool.
Quote from: tiggertoo on August 15, 2008, 10:16:38 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 15, 2008, 08:37:04 PM
Dan doesn't know the first thing about Magic, though.
Oh, I wouldn't say that -- he knows magic can be very painful. :B
Yes he does. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_551.php)