I think part of it is his color palette. He’s composed of soft browns and blues, colors that look good together and don’t hurt the eyes. He’s wearing oversized and loose clothes, which often serve to make a character look unthreatening and dorky. He smiles, his eyes are big, and besides, you can draw pretty much any character so they look adorable, especially if you’re Red. And, of course, curly/wavy hair is always cute.
Sorry, I know you were just asking rhetorically, but I still wanted to answer.
Idea: Jolon saw our Falsty ferin boi and decided that curing a ferin would put him on the map higher then the elemental magus and would then get more funding and recognition from that then being a weird mage in the woods who makes chimeras for fun
Red, you should probably double update the character page–it still says Falst’s motives are unclear, but he’s stated that he wants to become human. The guy with unclear motives is Jolon, not Falst!
Thanks! It’s good reasoning. I should’ve just trusted Red. What he *really* wants is probably just friendship and belonging. Who can blame him? I think we all want and miss friendship right now.
Red: “Maybe because that’s what he thinks he wants, but he hasn’t yet unpacked if it’s what he actually wants, or if it’s just a means to the end he really wants?”
Just because I don’t have a Tumblr account doesn’t mean I can’t see the comic’s page.
I know, whether or not you have a tumblr account has nothing to do with whether or not you can access the page. My problem is something weird with my computer. I do have a Tumblr account, but the page won’t load regardless. Thanks for transcribing it for me!
Cats (and in Falst’s case a lion) dilate their pupils when they feel threatened or to let in more light at dark. When a cats eyes turn to slits it means they feel scared or threatened.
Ali isnt healing? oh dang. HOW STRONG IS THAT DANG BEAR THING?! now that i see those injuries up close Ali really isnt looking too good.
OH a PROPOSITION, I wonder what it could be. mayhaps a bribe?
I guess Falst’s name is now official, not much of a reveal though. Part of me was wondering if Red was going to change his name last minute to make all the past comments look foolish.
Falst does seem concerned for Alinua here, maybe he does feel like he owes her for the healing and apology. Nice art details of the disturbed dirt around her and the blood stains on her clothes and hair.
I get the feeling Falst is only going along with Jolon’s conversation because of the lacrima, it’s the focus for panel 8 and he may be concerned about losing it. If Jolon won’t let him use it or Erin manages to explain that his Ferin nature can’t be cured, I don’t think he’ll be accepting Jolon’s “proposition”.
Also as Gleicann said, the lacrima is only partially inscribed, meaning the spell is incomplete. Plus, it looks like the chimera already chipped off a rune or two…
Erin in the corner being crushed by the chimera: FALT I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU ACCEPT AN OFFER FROM THAT PERSON WHO CALLED ME, THE EPITOME OF HUMANITY THAT I WASN’T CONPLETELY INDEPENDENT THEN I WILL KILL YOU TO DEATH
Come on guys, don’t think that Jolon still has some good intention. He said that he sent them to Falst under vaguely false pretences but he did not. HE LITERALLY SAID THE FALST BROKE INTO HIS OFFICE AND STOLE THE LACRIMA, HE SAID THAT FALST DID IT. DON.T FALL FOR IT. ALSO WHERE IS KENDAL AND WHY IS HE NOT ATTACKING THINGS.
Classic villain move. Claiming no ill intent, calling him by name, calling himself a friend, he’s going to lure him in with an offer and stab him in the back
Y’know what I love about Falst? (Aside from the adorable factor) He’s hella smart. He picks up on stuff that we, the reader, are usually screaming at the character for nine pages already.
Big exception: Kendal didn’t want to fight… but also, he is used to being kicked around…
I get very Kurotsuchi Mayuri vibes from Jolon now. He was previously Aizen-ish to me. Both are psychopaths.
“Hey ferin. Would you accept the job of my guinea pig? I promise I’ll provide you a place to stay, food and water and limit painful experiments to three times per day and drug injections to five times per day. Do we have a deal?”
why is Jolon still so cuteeee
I think part of it is his color palette. He’s composed of soft browns and blues, colors that look good together and don’t hurt the eyes. He’s wearing oversized and loose clothes, which often serve to make a character look unthreatening and dorky. He smiles, his eyes are big, and besides, you can draw pretty much any character so they look adorable, especially if you’re Red. And, of course, curly/wavy hair is always cute.
Sorry, I know you were just asking rhetorically, but I still wanted to answer.
Finally the name reveal!
…but what does he want from him?
Idea: Jolon saw our Falsty ferin boi and decided that curing a ferin would put him on the map higher then the elemental magus and would then get more funding and recognition from that then being a weird mage in the woods who makes chimeras for fun
Substitute ‘curing a ferin’ for ‘horribly mutating and disfiguring a ferin’ at your own leisure.
Red, you should probably double update the character page–it still says Falst’s motives are unclear, but he’s stated that he wants to become human. The guy with unclear motives is Jolon, not Falst!
Don’t run too fast
https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/635746654924963840/hey-red-quick-question-about-falst-on-the
Yyyyyeah, I haven’t been able to access tumblr links lately for some reason. What does it say?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/651833164905447484/781084136759623690/Screenshot_2020-11-25-16-09-15-72.png
Can you open this one?
Thanks! It’s good reasoning. I should’ve just trusted Red. What he *really* wants is probably just friendship and belonging. Who can blame him? I think we all want and miss friendship right now.
Regarding Falst wanting to become human:
Red: “Maybe because that’s what he thinks he wants, but he hasn’t yet unpacked if it’s what he actually wants, or if it’s just a means to the end he really wants?”
Just because I don’t have a Tumblr account doesn’t mean I can’t see the comic’s page.
I know, whether or not you have a tumblr account has nothing to do with whether or not you can access the page. My problem is something weird with my computer. I do have a Tumblr account, but the page won’t load regardless. Thanks for transcribing it for me!
Falst’s pupils dilated in that penultimate panel… getting ready to strike?
Cats (and in Falst’s case a lion) dilate their pupils when they feel threatened or to let in more light at dark. When a cats eyes turn to slits it means they feel scared or threatened.
So the dilate when the feel threatened and the go to slits when the feel threatened. … well, at least we know Falst feels threatened.
woops
Can we just appreciate how much the colouring, backgrounds and effects have improved over the course of this comic’s life?
GOSH YES I can’t quite pin down HOW it’s improved, but it’s so much better, which is saying something, considering how good it was when it began.
Ali isnt healing? oh dang. HOW STRONG IS THAT DANG BEAR THING?! now that i see those injuries up close Ali really isnt looking too good.
OH a PROPOSITION, I wonder what it could be. mayhaps a bribe?
I think it’s more that the spelleater is vaccuuming all the life energy out of the area, so Alinua can’t use it to heal herself. No mana, no heals.
hmm. good point! Is there a chance that she could tap into primordial life goddess mode, healing herself, and beating Jolon? I hope so
*i think there not is there
autocorrect sucks
Ah yes, I too get a one of my totally-not-evil-boss minions to BACKHAND SOMEONE ACROSS THE CLEARING to talk to a person on the regular.
Classic ambivert move
The plot plottens
Also, in an artistic sense, I love how we can see bloodstains on Alinua’s clothes and hair.
Obviously not in a compassionate sense, but in an artistic sense.
…
ohgodohbeansthisisbadthisisbad
I guess Falst’s name is now official, not much of a reveal though. Part of me was wondering if Red was going to change his name last minute to make all the past comments look foolish.
Falst does seem concerned for Alinua here, maybe he does feel like he owes her for the healing and apology. Nice art details of the disturbed dirt around her and the blood stains on her clothes and hair.
I get the feeling Falst is only going along with Jolon’s conversation because of the lacrima, it’s the focus for panel 8 and he may be concerned about losing it. If Jolon won’t let him use it or Erin manages to explain that his Ferin nature can’t be cured, I don’t think he’ll be accepting Jolon’s “proposition”.
He’s probably interested in her because he’s seen that she is by far the most formidable floof and he now wants her on his side.
“the most formidable floof” That phrase is beautiful
ALINUA ISN’T HEALING???? CUTE SNAKE, GIVE THE LIFE ENERGY BACK TO THE FLOOFY ELF OR WE’RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS
cute snek: no, I’m hungry. she can have it later
cute snake: mom said it’s MY TURN to play with the life energy
Hang on didn’t Falst program the lacrima to remove chimeric mutations. Also it doesn’t sound like the Chimeras jaws are doing it any good.
It doesn’t matter what’s inscribed on the lacrima; if it breaks, raw elemental energy will explode outward without executing the lacrima’s command.
What I’m wondering is if it will activate and cure the Chimera holding it
As Gleicann said, it could activate at any moment, even without breaking up :}
Also as Gleicann said, the lacrima is only partially inscribed, meaning the spell is incomplete. Plus, it looks like the chimera already chipped off a rune or two…
First in-comic mention of Falst’s naaaaaaame!!!!!!!
Erin in the corner being crushed by the chimera: FALT I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU ACCEPT AN OFFER FROM THAT PERSON WHO CALLED ME, THE EPITOME OF HUMANITY THAT I WASN’T CONPLETELY INDEPENDENT THEN I WILL KILL YOU TO DEATH
A proposition that will most likely result in Falst ending up on the wrong side of the microscope…
Someone get rid of the cool lizard so Alinua can heal :/
Finally, we know his name! It’s not like you give out info (discord loves it keep doing it)!
“vaguely false pretenses” is my new band name
Come on guys, don’t think that Jolon still has some good intention. He said that he sent them to Falst under vaguely false pretences but he did not. HE LITERALLY SAID THE FALST BROKE INTO HIS OFFICE AND STOLE THE LACRIMA, HE SAID THAT FALST DID IT. DON.T FALL FOR IT. ALSO WHERE IS KENDAL AND WHY IS HE NOT ATTACKING THINGS.
In the last page it looks like Jolon sent another chimera after Kendal to “keep him busy”
Can I ask how we knew Falst’s name before this page? I know people were calling him that but I’m not sure how it was known.
Red feeds us precognitive exposition in the Discord or in the comic’s character list. Without her charity, we would starve.
Thank you.
We also got it from the Sketches page (link to it in the navigation bar above), the image with him kicking, 13th one down, is labeled falst.
So… Will doctor Jolon propose a falstian deal?
Classic villain move. Claiming no ill intent, calling him by name, calling himself a friend, he’s going to lure him in with an offer and stab him in the back
Y’know what I love about Falst? (Aside from the adorable factor) He’s hella smart. He picks up on stuff that we, the reader, are usually screaming at the character for nine pages already.
Big exception: Kendal didn’t want to fight… but also, he is used to being kicked around…
I get very Kurotsuchi Mayuri vibes from Jolon now. He was previously Aizen-ish to me. Both are psychopaths.
“Hey ferin. Would you accept the job of my guinea pig? I promise I’ll provide you a place to stay, food and water and limit painful experiments to three times per day and drug injections to five times per day. Do we have a deal?”
Finally got around to getting caught up on this comic, and I love it! Now I have a question: is Erin going to be the Smart guy, or the Lancer?
He’s kinda both, actually; both Erin and Alinua act as lancers to Kendal, in addition to their roles as smart guy and heart respectively.
Errr how long is a sef
Wait never mind extra lore pages solve everything
TL;DR: Aw, no fight! In other news, Chimera dad uses negotiate!
I wonder if something will come of the chimera holding the crystal covered in anti-chimera mutation glyphs.
We have a name for lionboi now.
Alt text: brb updating the character page
Image source: talk
(Falst’s official name introduction!)
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