The story itself

[cairn destop]

Am not making any derogitory comment here, am asking out of curiosity.


If you already have the story done or outlined, doesn't that allow you to draw a sufficient number of strips so there is no break in the continuety?  Or was the problem more one of uploading the material?

I'm just wondering why there are no strips available if they can be done in advance.

[AllieFiona]

It is difficult to create more than one detailed strip each week on my very busy schedule.

[cairn destop]

Some interesting things happening in these last few strips.  I did notice that the crowd in the earlier strips, (#238 + #239), had the mob dressed as the crew.  That did confuse me how fast they went from feared pirates to accepted townspeople. 

What happened to the white fox?  He seems to have vanished.  You would think the local sheriff knows the fellow's habits since they have been to this town several times before. 

Another point of confusion is the note regarding the women in strip #238.  I thought they were the same ones Rif encountered in strip #166.  He should be able to provide the ram with the answer.

And my final point is on the current strip.  I loved how everyone is evading the blame or responsibility.  The crew gets off without so much as a by your leave.  I don't buy this "I didn't want to be pirates" (censored) they fed Momma Bear.  I cannot believe they will get away claiming their prior actions didn't match their feelings.

[AllieFiona]

Some of the mob are townspeople and some are Rams from the sheep village.  It is the townspeople who wear striped shirts. They provide them to the crew as well, as they are the chief suppliers. Pretty soon, striped shirts became the uniform of the crew as well.

Once the townspeople heard about the outrages committed by the crew, they became angry, as they were under the impression the pirates were, if not entirely lawful traders, at least not violent and destructive.  This kind of behavior would bring a bad reputation to the village and danger of retaliation.

The White Fox has indeed vanished.

Rif and Rhene witnessed two very different parts of the sheepstown story.  They haven't compared notes yet.  Even if Rif had full knowledge of the situation, the mob certainly wasn't giving him a chance to say anything.

We shall see how things work out with these former 'reluctant' pirates in the future....

[cairn destop]

The old hedgehog is a bit curious.  I've noticed for the last two or three months now that the new comic doesn't appear until Wednesday.  Has the site changed its schedule? 


 

[cairn destop]

What the crew said in this week's strip, 5/18/10, can be summarized by mentioning a famous trial.  Can you say "Nuremburg?"


And is the old hedgehog the only forum member willing to comment? 

[AllieFiona]

Classic "It's not my fault!".  Maybe it's not only human nature.  Or maybe a few of our human behaviors got mixed in when we made the morphs.

I would love it if others would make comments.  I wonder if the new forum platform is preventing some people from participating?

[cairn destop]

I don't know why, but the pug reminds me of the Captain in the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty."  Not in actions, but in appearance.  Though I'm reading a lot into the story, I would be changing the ship's name and its distinctive appearance.  Black sails don't work well as a friendly inducement to trade.

And the reaction of the goat is perfect.  The sailors figure everything that happened in the past is forgotten and they can go on their merry way without any consequences.  He wants vengence, or what he terms justice.

[AllieFiona]

They do want to gloss over things, don't you think?

And yes, perhaps black sails aren't the best color.  It will take time and effort to obtain new ones, though.  On the other hand, perhaps black isn't as ominous in morph culture.  Once they sail to new waters, they may not have a hostile reception.

[cairn destop]

Big problem.  Why is the boar talking?  I don't care what the ram does to provoke him, he must not speak.  Why?  Because the pug is the captain and that is who the ram should be yelling at.

It would be like me screaming at the BP gas station attendant because of the gulf oil spill.

[AllieFiona]

This isn't the British Navy. ;-)     This ragtag group has not been trained up with any discipline; otherwise they would have been much quicker to obey the old captain and his officers when they barked out orders.  And it has been mere moments since they had no superior officers to answer to at all.

Since the boar stepped out of line and addressed the ram directly, the ram, not schooled in any protocol himself, answered directly back.

Hopefully, once Willis appoints his officers and lays down the articles of discipline, protocol will be adhered to.

[WyrmMaster]

Boars are extra belligerent by nature, too.

[Peter Swinkels]

Since no one has done so yet (and in an attempt to keep this thread going), I'm going to comment on today's strip:

Let's see, the moment Kyra is released from the brig, some one yells "MA-MA-A!". As far as I know that could only be "Sandy" who jumped ship several strips back when Riff was caught by the white fox. Could it be that "Sandy" has finally found his mother and we learn his real name?

[cairn destop]

Indeed.  We will finally get an answer to that question.  As to where Sandy went, he snuck up on the captain and used a zap stick on him.  He hasn't come down to the main deck since that strip.  (Notice how he watched from the aft deck while Rif fought the white fox for the sword.)

Check out strip #237

[cairn destop]

I just read the lead-in to this week's strip and that has me worried.  Does the ending of this adventure signal the end of the comic?  Here's hoping it is just the starting point for the next one.