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Fyrsiel on April 16, 2007
Okay, important things:
Please be honest here, who really had already figured that Hyme was female? I mean honestly? And what things clued you in? xO I'd really like to know if I pulled this off or not, so if anyone had guessed it before now, I want to know what might have given me away too soon. ^ ^;;;
Now I can also explain some things… Each of the new characters you've all seen are actually based off of cats I've had in the past. Hyme is based off of my cat, Sarah. In some language, Sarah means Princess. xD In Japanese, Hime means princess. Hence I bastardized the Japansese spelling to cloak it up a bit by spelling it “Hyme” and giving it a litteral American pronounciation “Hai-eem.” I've been waiting to explain her name for a very long time. xD Yeah, even Messy is based off of a cat we had. His hair was always a mess, as it would sometiemes be sticking up, randomly. xD The white haired “kitten” is Cloud…. who was usually a spaz and sneezed a lot. (Gotta remember that Cloud sneezes. xD)
My monitor is still going off and on on me. ;___; Tomorrow I am going to edit these author's notes so that I can answer previous comments. Dx I'll make it the first thing I do, as soon as I get home!
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All-righty. Responses to comments, below! I am also going to answer these current comments while I'm at it, too. At least, for now. xO
Wazaga: Dx Aw, your motivation is staggering too? Sometimes I think it has to do with the pages themselves… if it's a boring page, I tend not to get it done as quickly. Dx I just keep pushing forward though. (Whether that's a good thing or not. _xD) I wanted to see if I could pull off a surprise like this. There is a supreme shortage of female characters in this comic! It's funny to think that she's a female gamer… and with an untidy desk as well. xD It was really difficult to keep myself from mentioning her gender this whole time. If you go back, and check out some of the close up panels of her hands, you may even notice that she is wearing some nail-polish. xD *purposefully hard to notice unless you look, though…*
Jassination: Yus, Hyme is going to put up a bit of a different kind of fight. This fight is going to be as brief as I can get it to be. D,x This whole thing has been a combination of three fights, which is why it's lasted so long. It's important to remember that fights should be kept brief, in the future. @_@ At least, for me they should be! I don't know what I'll do about my monitor problem… we don't have the money to buy a new one. Dx ;;; Usually we just have to make due with what we have.
kyupol: Nah, my family used to own a newspaper business and we'd pick stuff up off the street all the time. People would throw out stuff that was perfectly fine. o__O; So wasteful… There may be a monitor in another room that I can switch with this monitor, but sometimes that monitor goes on the fritz, too. x_X; Something will come up to fix this, though!
Cheeko: Actually I'm not really sure. These guys tend to change little details on me every now and then. In some instances, Nomed has been impressed by her, but in other instances, they don't really get along too well. You'll find out why, in the next few pages. xO Hyme also has the ability to transform into a cat-like creature. None of the creatures in this mansion have been fully human. _xD *Also* and this is pretty important, I do remember the same trick you pulled off at the beginning of your comic, how everyone thought that Ranu's mother was male, before you introduced her. I was worried that you might have caught on, most of all, because you'd pulled it off so well and suddenly I was keeping Hyme's face in the dark. _xD
ce33: Well, that's not bad, either. At the last second, the idea could easily come to anyone. I just wonder if there are any pre-mature clues. Dx I worried about them, often… especially with my deliberate diversions from her face…
chaychan: Actually, you and one other person I speak to via MSN thought similar things. xD The person on MSN said she thought Hyme was going to be Chibi-like. Hyme is a bit small, though. xD
Draco109: Woo, it's tricky stuff. @_@!! I do intend to bring the Client back in some form, but at the moment, I am still planning how to do that… Things feel better if they can go in some kind of circle.
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Now, here, I need to make one announcement and this is straight to PV. He's probably loving the attention, but the truth is that he's a thirteen year old boy that knows my little sister through another webcomic site. The fact is that he never seems to have a decent thing to say about anything, and apparently this rings true here, as well.
So instead of engaging in some kind of war, spitting insults back and forth, I've decided that I really don't feel like dealing with any of that nonsense at all. Therefore, from this point on, any rude comments left by PV will be promptly muted. If he persists in leaving comments that are nothing more than repetative spam, then I will report him for excessive harrassment.
PV, for absolutely no reason at all, you started this shit. D: I'm just finishing it. Sorry, man.
Frail at 10:50PM, Dec. 2, 2007
... I *should* have seen that coming. Yet, I didn't. I am both impressed and depressed. Oh well. ^^ Anyways, ee! Hyme has *really* pretty eyes. N'poor Nomed. He might *just* be in a bit of trouble.
Fyrsiel at 11:04PM, April 30, 2007
DDDxxx [b]For Those Checking:[/b] Okay, the page is CG'ed. All that's left to be done is splicing panels and adding words. But I need to do that tomorrow. DDDxxx I've had to be preparing for tests among other things. All I need is one more day and the page will be up tomorrow, sometime in the afternoon. Dxxx *feels so guilty about these delays* DDDDxxxx
Jassination at 10:46PM, April 27, 2007
... Um... well... I totally knew Hyme was a guy... I mean girl... Cuz, I, like, never referred to him, I MEAN, her as a him... Never... not once used he, him, his, or anything like that to refer to Hyme. And I TOTALLY did not pronounce Hyme's name as HIM when I first saw it. THAT'S JUST ABSURD... ... Yeah... On a plus side... I did start to pronounce it with the Hai-eem later one. :} Anyways, off of one person making a fool of themself (me) and onto another. Not sure what PV really has against you or Kaichii... Seems he thinks that neither of you have any real artistic talent... I'd greatly disagree with that, but, that's just me. Regardless, I think he needs to chill out a little. And, I likes this page. Now I know this attraction I had to Hyme wasn't as bad as I originally thought it would be. :] ... I mean... not like... I had any attraction to him, err, her... beforehand... Of course not. ... THE ONE-WINGED NOMED VS HEAD DIRECTOR HYME!!! Ready... FIGHT!!!
Kira Dwenna at 3:17PM, April 25, 2007
No, I didn't see that one coming. O.o I was expecting Hyme to be a teenager, or a guy who acted like a teenager because of the 'video game' addiction she has. Not that I think all gamers are guys, mind you. That's just the stereotypical design I usually see in media culture. ^-^ Erm, I always hate to do this, but being a proponent of improvement and all that...'congratulate' is spelled wrong in panel #2. ~-^
Fyrsiel at 9:18PM, April 22, 2007
@ @; [b]For Those Checking[/b]: The update may need to be skipped this week. TT TT My monitor is still crapping out on me... so I have to choose between working on my comic and writing my paper. These two weeks are going to be busy this tim, as it is comcing close to Finals and all that grand stuff. I will see what I can get done for next week. TT TT;;;;
kyupol at 8:47PM, April 19, 2007
he/she/it looked... in between at first. Thats the beauty of manga. You can draw em then reveal gender later.
Nara_Nara at 1:48PM, April 17, 2007
O.o wuh?
Draco109 at 9:25AM, April 17, 2007
O___O at first I thought it was the chick he blew up....... then I remembered the differences (Hair Color).... you're good my friend.... very good....
chaychan at 7:23AM, April 17, 2007
hmm I thought she was a little boy and I do not know why
ce33 at 5:57AM, April 17, 2007
I suspected, but I don't know why. But I haven't been suspecting for all that long, so maybe it doesn't count. :D
Cheeko at 11:53PM, April 16, 2007
She's purdy. :) Will Nomed have a crush?
Wazaga at 11:49PM, April 16, 2007
DANG! I SOOOOOOO did NOT see that one coming O_o I think you pulled it off masterfully....