Also, anyone else than me accidentally looking at the stars, admiring them, and then realising they tried to map to other panels and if they could discern which direction on the island Falst has run in….? "Wait what am I doing, I was just going to read the comic!"
I don’t think Red has put that much time into the star positions. She’s mentioned mapping out the phases of each moon so she could accurately draw what phase they’d be in, then decided to put them wherever looked coolest in the sky/panel. (tumblr ask linked at my username)
Red said once that, something that could not be portrayed in comic, but could in animation, is that the stars would be slowly swirling and moving. Their positions are not concrete in canon
Adding to some of the things people have already said:
In Aurora’s lore, the starts are constantly moving! They have no fixed position or pattern. (When Tess said she liked to “watch the stars dance,” she wasn’t kidding.)
Red hasn’t divulged why they’re weird, but in a recent Trope Talk on fantasy gods she said, “Just wait til you hear what stars are” which isn’t ominous at all.
To add on to what other people have said:
In the world of Aurora, the stars are constantly moving! They have no fixed pattern or position. (When Tess said she liked “watching the stars dance” she was speaking literally.)
Red hasn’t yet divulged what makes them weird but in a recent Trope Talk on fantasy gods she said “Wait till you hear what stars are” which isn’t at all ominous.
I think Tess might help him out with his inner turmoil or he’s going to go over and help her once he hears the boom. Then he doesnt have to feel helpless. I am actually exited for their charecter team up.
… Yeah, I can’t come up with a funny opening line; quipping about Falst’s current anguish just feels wrong.
Lovely display of emotional turmoil aside, panel 3 showing a ragged beast-man by a forest with an erupting volcano and flying dragons in the background goes hard. Makes me think of those old-timey pulp fantasy/sci-fi covers.
I also notice in panel 3 that Falst still has the fireseed shard, right when Dainix is attempting a risky plan. It maybe wasn’t intentional of Falst to hold onto it, and it might not even be necessary here, but that’s less than ideal.
Prediction for next week: I don’t have any solid ideas beyond Falst internal and/or external monologue, or maybe no dialogue at all. This is very much a page about feeling rather than theorising.
I do have a few general ideas though:
a) He comes to terms with what happened, shakes himself off, and heads back, maybe to help Tess.
b) Now it’s his turn for a godly meeting. Maybe Tahraim/Caliban appearing to explain their actions and/or subtly telling Falst that Dainix will REALLY need that fireseed shard ASAP. Maybe he gains contact with the Light Dragon. Or maybe it’s the Ferin god’s turn to show an interest in our protags.
c) He sees something in the water. Maybe one of Stefan’s water dragons, and he realises Dainix and Erin are in danger. Or maybe this is where Alinua comes to the surface.
Ooooooh, this IS a great spot for seeing something in the water…
I don’t think Tahraim would show up, especially with how he’s been counseling Caliban that they need to be hands off with Dainix, and Caliban just spoke to them a few hours ago? Yesterday? If anything, I’d say Caliban is chilling with Rakhn, seeing what’s going to go down.
The “tactical” thing to do right now would be to try and contact Stefan with impunity, parley as a voice in the trees or some such, and advocate for the Floof Squad and their plan to take Erin to that monastery…
But I don’t see Falst managing to get into the headspace to do that, right now. Plus, he’s not much of a talker. And I sure hope he didn’t hear that “some kind of animal” comment.
Oooough 🙁
I don’t know what else to say, really, I just feel so badly for him. And I have a bad feeling the paladins are going to track those footprints and find him.
If one picture is worth a thousand words then how much does one full page say about lonely isolation and aching heart break? Or so it looks to my eyes.
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaslt nooooooooooooooo, my boiiiiiiiiiii T.T (I don’t know how to put emojis in here).
I actually felt tears in my eyes reading this picture, and I rarely cryyyyyy
(If you’re on Windows, hitting the windows key and period will pull up an emoji picker. I think Apple computers have a similar keyboard command)
All of us -> 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
For mobile readers.
Alt-text: all alone in the moooooonlight
Image source: alone
I can dream of the old days
Life was sci fi then
Super appropriate given his role as the resident Catboy™
Tumblr text: angst angst angst angst angst-
Bluesky text: so you had a bad day
tumblr text: angst angst angst angst angst-
I’ve accidentally trained myself the upload time of new pages
nooooo, the poor angsty boi
Poor Falst. i think this is the first time we’ve seen him cry
“THAT’S NOT CRYING THAT’S SWEAT HOW DARE YOU”
Tactical leakage.
Did he just run across the entire islabd? How big is it?
Apparently like one Falst angst wide
I mean he’s not exactly on fire or anything
Kitty said and overwhelmed. Kitty gonna nap right here.
Poor catboy… <3
Also, anyone else than me accidentally looking at the stars, admiring them, and then realising they tried to map to other panels and if they could discern which direction on the island Falst has run in….? "Wait what am I doing, I was just going to read the comic!"
Lol I wish I could say yes to the latter two thirds of that statement! But, alas, I’m not nearly as cool as you definitely are D,:
The stars move so there’s no point
I don’t think Red has put that much time into the star positions. She’s mentioned mapping out the phases of each moon so she could accurately draw what phase they’d be in, then decided to put them wherever looked coolest in the sky/panel. (tumblr ask linked at my username)
Red said once that, something that could not be portrayed in comic, but could in animation, is that the stars would be slowly swirling and moving. Their positions are not concrete in canon
Adding to some of the things people have already said:
In Aurora’s lore, the starts are constantly moving! They have no fixed position or pattern. (When Tess said she liked to “watch the stars dance,” she wasn’t kidding.)
Red hasn’t divulged why they’re weird, but in a recent Trope Talk on fantasy gods she said, “Just wait til you hear what stars are” which isn’t ominous at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvEUXSP_v3E for the video
https://www.tumblr.com/comicaurora/626299951623831552/are-there-like-zodiacs-in-this-world?source=share for more star lore
To add on to what other people have said:
In the world of Aurora, the stars are constantly moving! They have no fixed pattern or position. (When Tess said she liked “watching the stars dance” she was speaking literally.)
Red hasn’t yet divulged what makes them weird but in a recent Trope Talk on fantasy gods she said “Wait till you hear what stars are” which isn’t at all ominous.
The best post I found on the topic is this one: https://www.tumblr.com/comicaurora/626299951623831552/are-there-like-zodiacs-in-this-world?source=share but you can find lots more by searching “Nightless Day” on Red’s Tumblr.
I’m sure he’s FINE
god hes so me
Yeah I really wish I could do that tbh
:(((((((
I think Tess might help him out with his inner turmoil or he’s going to go over and help her once he hears the boom. Then he doesnt have to feel helpless. I am actually exited for their charecter team up.
Ah yes, a splash panel with TURMOIL scribbled across it.
nooooo :[[[[
… Yeah, I can’t come up with a funny opening line; quipping about Falst’s current anguish just feels wrong.
Lovely display of emotional turmoil aside, panel 3 showing a ragged beast-man by a forest with an erupting volcano and flying dragons in the background goes hard. Makes me think of those old-timey pulp fantasy/sci-fi covers.
I also notice in panel 3 that Falst still has the fireseed shard, right when Dainix is attempting a risky plan. It maybe wasn’t intentional of Falst to hold onto it, and it might not even be necessary here, but that’s less than ideal.
Prediction for next week: I don’t have any solid ideas beyond Falst internal and/or external monologue, or maybe no dialogue at all. This is very much a page about feeling rather than theorising.
I do have a few general ideas though:
a) He comes to terms with what happened, shakes himself off, and heads back, maybe to help Tess.
b) Now it’s his turn for a godly meeting. Maybe Tahraim/Caliban appearing to explain their actions and/or subtly telling Falst that Dainix will REALLY need that fireseed shard ASAP. Maybe he gains contact with the Light Dragon. Or maybe it’s the Ferin god’s turn to show an interest in our protags.
c) He sees something in the water. Maybe one of Stefan’s water dragons, and he realises Dainix and Erin are in danger. Or maybe this is where Alinua comes to the surface.
Ooooooh, this IS a great spot for seeing something in the water…
I don’t think Tahraim would show up, especially with how he’s been counseling Caliban that they need to be hands off with Dainix, and Caliban just spoke to them a few hours ago? Yesterday? If anything, I’d say Caliban is chilling with Rakhn, seeing what’s going to go down.
The “tactical” thing to do right now would be to try and contact Stefan with impunity, parley as a voice in the trees or some such, and advocate for the Floof Squad and their plan to take Erin to that monastery…
But I don’t see Falst managing to get into the headspace to do that, right now. Plus, he’s not much of a talker. And I sure hope he didn’t hear that “some kind of animal” comment.
I could just see Sauske doing this. Then he unlocks a sharigan eye nonsense or something.
Totally a Sasuke moment… and here comes a third tomoe…
‘It’s nice to live on an island with no large cities.’
Oooough 🙁
I don’t know what else to say, really, I just feel so badly for him. And I have a bad feeling the paladins are going to track those footprints and find him.
This is probably the first time in a long time, if ever, he’s been this scared about losing someone.
ahhhhh you are so right, probably not since his parents……… oof.
Falst certainly picked some gorgeous backdrops for his anguish.
Unsettling, when a character who is normally so careful leaves a visible trail/footprints. Hope the Paladins didn’t notice those.
Feel better, buddy :,(
Oh golly me it’s Falst… 🙁
We have reached 1.19.15 levels if anguish: no visible eyes.
Oh, Buddy😭
Gods I love Falst. I just want to give the poor man a hug and he would fucking HATE that.
Well, at least he’s on the far side of the island where the paladin patrols just got pulled back from.
If one picture is worth a thousand words then how much does one full page say about lonely isolation and aching heart break? Or so it looks to my eyes.
MEMMRRRYYYYYYY ALL ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHTTTTT
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaslt nooooooooooooooo, my boiiiiiiiiiii T.T (I don’t know how to put emojis in here).
I actually felt tears in my eyes reading this picture, and I rarely cryyyyyy
(If you’re on Windows, hitting the windows key and period will pull up an emoji picker. I think Apple computers have a similar keyboard command)
All of us -> 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Thanks. 😭😭😭😭
Remember that scene in Lilo & Stitch? Its like that but sad.
noooooo :[[[
It’s a beautiful night for a crashout <3
Falst nooo. He’s CRYING and im SAD and I don’t WANT this I want him to have downtime with his FIRE BOYFRIEND not a BREAKDOWN
…I’m so glad it’s only page 15, because it dawns on me that this would be a perfect and horrible page to end a chapter with.
I think this is the first time we’ve seen Falst shed tears that aren’t from pain. My scrumblo 🙁
I’m not sure he’s even cried from pain that we’ve seen (then again, I may be misremembering)
You gotta find Tess dude!!!