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Description Onward I go, prancing like a tortoise through molasses. La-di-da-di-dah. :dies:

Later on in their chaotic travels, Raige and M.D. run across Thomas Rodriguez (the guy in the middle), a guy who, despite his totally unreal life, takes great pride in being "the normal one" of the three. Thomas had the unfortunate experience of toppling through a tear in the fabric of reality and landing a few dimensions down, where he had to abruptly learn how to deal with and thrive in a society where he was the only Earthling there. Amazingly, he acheived it, and because of it, he has developed great self-esteem, a grin that can withstand apocalypse, and a desperate craving for any kind of female he can get. After a year and a half of alien company, his requirements for women are only that they could have two X chromosomes. Of course, he nearly dies of delight when M.D. and Raige drop in, since he's still stuck in the days of the N64, and it doesn't take him long to realize that they're far too fun to tease. M.D. in particular seems to be his favorite mark, since he's of a singularly touchy-touchy feely-feely nature and she has a personal space roughly the size of some European countries. Raige, he complains, is just too easy to bother. Yes, Thomas can be a little overwhelming on first meeting.

They say it takes about one second for the brain to process novel stimuli and react to it; judging by M.D.'s expression, I will guess that the stopwatch is around .65 now. That or she is having one freaky-butt staring contest with a squirrel.

It's been a rough couple weeks on me, and I inked this at about one o'clock yesterday morning because my meds decided that I didn't need sleep, but that's okay, because my Radiograph pens have become my new loves. *huggles teh pens* Oh, pens, pens, pens. How did I live without you? You were worth $30, I got you for less than five. Your clean ink stream, your delicate grace. It's not your fault my hands were a little shaky last night.
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KatCardy [2006-03-23 13:39:58 +0000 UTC]

I learnt that Molasses is what we call treacle from my annotated alice and wonderland/through the looking glass. :]
tom looks like such a cad... reminds me of a couple of my oldskool characters ... MD's so gonna give him a black eye ^_^

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-24 03:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Huh. I always thought treacle was a kind of candy, and molasses a kind of syrup. I feel so educated...

Yes, 'cad' is definitely a word that comes to mind. And M.D. wishes she could give him a black eye. To her dismay, she can only try; Thomas is head and shoulders over her in the physical ability department.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-24 19:10:39 +0000 UTC]

nope, treacle's like a thick thick syrup :] maybe you're thinking of toffee? ^-^
poor MD.. that would really bug meh -_- .. still, maybe she can catch him off guard somewhen while he's sleeping lol

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-24 21:55:38 +0000 UTC]

No, toffee is yummy and cements your jaws together. Why would you want to eat a really thick syrup? It sounds... unappealing.

You can't have everything in this life, alas. And what M.D. lacks in combat ability, she makes up for with planning. She'll probably have something whipped up later.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-25 16:05:48 +0000 UTC]

it's good for putting in porridge and rice pudding and stuff ^-^

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-25 17:27:01 +0000 UTC]

Ick. *still has mental image of brown rubbery goo* Maybe I'll try it if I end up across the Atlantic sometime.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-25 17:50:13 +0000 UTC]

it's not that bad ^-^ it's not rubbery, it's liquid, but very thick liquid so it flows but slowly... and it's semi-clear and yellowy orange.. looks a lot like clear honey actually! ^-^

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-25 20:10:58 +0000 UTC]

Huh. What strange stuff. Wonder why we don't have it in the States...

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-26 01:08:22 +0000 UTC]

you can live without it
you have molasses instead!

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-26 03:31:42 +0000 UTC]

And maple syrup!

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-26 04:24:41 +0000 UTC]

indeed!
maple syrup's good :] got a different flavour to treacle >.>
mmm.. maple syrup on vanilla ice cream.. that's the good stuff...
man I haven't had ice cream since I was in spain o.O

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-26 04:34:46 +0000 UTC]

No ice cream? :horror: How awful! In Japan, ice cream vending machines were EVERYWHERE. You couldn't escape them.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-27 14:10:25 +0000 UTC]

coool! bet they had loads of crazy flavours too eh? ^-^

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-28 02:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Green tea and sakura, yes. I confess I never tried them.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-28 02:38:28 +0000 UTC]

sakura?

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-29 02:50:40 +0000 UTC]

Cherry blossoms. I never took the taste, myself; it's pretty much like how I would imagine eating any flower would taste.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-29 13:07:44 +0000 UTC]

ooh! ... I painted sum of them for mum's mother's day card .. chinese brush painting stlye.. so hard -_-

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2006-03-30 02:33:38 +0000 UTC]

I've tried brush painting before. It makes me look like I have Tourette's--if I can't rest my hand somewhere, I'm doomed. Which is why I don't paint.

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calenheniel [2006-03-16 03:20:53 +0000 UTC]

The drawing and the story are rather...cute! *gasps* Yes, I know, I just said a blasphemous thing. But it's true.

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BaaingTree In reply to calenheniel [2006-03-20 02:21:26 +0000 UTC]

*points accusingly* AAIIIIIIE! You said the word! You said the C-word! I'm crushed, CRUSHED! The story is... lumpy. But it's still my baby, and I love it so, even though I misspelled the title on one of the covers. :wince: Still don't know how I managed that...

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calenheniel In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-24 20:01:22 +0000 UTC]

Well, we all make typos at one point or another in our lives...although it is rather humiliatingly mortifying...

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BaaingTree In reply to calenheniel [2006-03-24 21:54:00 +0000 UTC]

Especially if it's in Sharpie. Because then it NEVER. COMES. OFF. And I have to explain it each time and relive the embarrassment.

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calenheniel In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-28 01:05:58 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...but nothing can be as bad as printing an entire series of notepads with the word "vineyard" spelled wrong that's meant to represent your father's winery. My friend did that, and I almost died laughing.

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BaaingTree In reply to calenheniel [2006-03-28 02:23:40 +0000 UTC]

That is sad. Maybe they could change the name of the winery.

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calenheniel In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-28 03:01:30 +0000 UTC]

To "vinyards"? Yes, that would be splendid. I didn't tell her yet, because I think it would break her heart.

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BaaingTree In reply to calenheniel [2006-03-29 02:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh dear. That will be a sad time.

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calenheniel In reply to BaaingTree [2006-04-01 20:34:27 +0000 UTC]

<_<;; But the time will come. And I shall be the bearer of bad news.

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ChessaB [2006-03-13 16:49:39 +0000 UTC]

WHOAMYGOSHTOTALLYLOVESSOJUSTLIKETHEMINFI NITYSMASHEDAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHH

LOL, I love how Raige is the towering giant, M.D. is the midget, and Thomas is "normal" ("And then Goldilocks kicked the shins of the sex-driven jock, and it was juuuuuuuuust right")

And M.D. now is permanent owner of Raige's plaid jacket-thing. Ooohoho...that will haunt her...that will HAUNT HER. *maniacal laughing* I can just see it...you publish this baby and all of your shipper fans will use the Jacket as that overused symbol-of-relationship plot device in their petty fanfictions. With horrible grammar and punctuation.

Before I noticed that Thomas, in my mind, started to take on the physical appearance of one of my fellow MCADians--a kid who was in my 2-D class. Not only does he have similar traits (dark hair, darkish skin, muscularish build), but he has the tendancy to flirt and act like a moron. He's all right in his own way, though annoying at times, but he never loses the opportunity to come over and kerplop himself next to you.
The funny thing about your evolution in the drawing of Thomas's character is it continues to look more and more like this guy (Matt). So now when I sketch him, he takes on a few more of his traits. One of these days Matt is going to rip my sketchbook off and see these pictures of "him" with M.D. and Raige and is going to wonder what on earth my demented head is coming up with.

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2006-03-20 03:22:54 +0000 UTC]

Breathe, Francesca! Breathe! *fans with palm leaf and doses with warm milk*

I'm glad I managed to get the heights right this time; it was actually a little trickier than I considered, because Thomas has always been a royal thorn in my side when it came to his character design. It's one of the reasons I've been sparser in my drawings of him, and why they tend to veer all over the place. Dang it, he always looks too white. This is the first time I've been even close to satisfied, kinda going back to my first concepts. (I did the same with Raige, after that awful girly phase when he seemed to be sliding down the road to bishounendom.)

Now, Francesca, we've been over this. Don't make me give the jacket to Aqua for safekeeping. I'm sure he'd be delighted to have a new squeaky-toy. And shipper fans? Where is this plural you speak of? I've got you, and you only, and I'm perfectly happy as is. *noogies* The idea of fanfiction of my work is terrifying and awesome at the same time. Of course, I'm sure that if it happened, it would just make me cry, cry, cry.

Just tell Matt they're his imaginary friends.

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-20 04:29:20 +0000 UTC]

Hey now...*if* it gets published, I will put money down that there will be shipper fans, and you will be bombarded by whine mail that M.D. should grow an organ system.

I'm proud to say I've gotten over my own little problem and am perfectly happy with the...
... unrequitted love. *is smacked into the ground* KIDDING, KIDDING...
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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2006-03-21 04:17:34 +0000 UTC]

I will publish other things, and THEN I can be plagued with shipper fans; at the time being, I'm just delighted with any fans I can get at all. Only now I have terrifying images of, "OMG, I totally woke up with organs!" fanfiction in my head, and I want to cry. It's very, very bad if I envision my own fanfiction. Bad, bad, bad. Canon is your friend.

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-21 15:37:54 +0000 UTC]

CANON IS MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

I don't read fanfiction, except when I got my first comptuer and didn't know what it was. I am permanently scarred. So petrified of it am I that I have not balked for a *good* fanfiction (if there be such a thing). However, I did read your MSTed fanfics: those were fun.
See, there's just this problem with writing style. I can't read somebody's very well written story in another's much lesser voice. It makes me pukable. Writingstyle is so important on the effectiveness of individual stories.

Hence, it's an amusing thought: M.D. and crew--written in a sort of sarcastic, slightly cynical voice--written by a band of infatuation-induced preteens. It's got disaster all over it. I might read one just so I could pass out to prevent from the pain of seeing more.

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2006-03-21 21:44:07 +0000 UTC]

Canon is your friend, yes indeed. However, do not completely diss fanfiction. I'm a comic book reader, and one of my favorite series was cut off when the company went bankrupt. My best friend and I were devastated, because although the current story arc was finished, there were a bunch of very basic questions regarding the characters and their pasts that were never answered, though they were obviously intended to. Not to mention the two main characters never hooked up. :weep: But anyway, there was one piece of fanfiction ever written about it. ONE. It was done by another diehard fan who went all out in researching the comic book universe. We're talking calling up the various creators, visiting web boards populated by OTHER diehard fans, poring over all twenty-six issues, the whole ten yards. I read it in fear, but then I was delighted, because it was like the creators of the comic came to answer your prayers. The banter (the comic's pride and glory) was perfect; the characters totally believable in their language and behavior; and all the questions were answered in very plausible ways according to how that comic's universe worked. In other words, the style was impeccably pulled off, despite it being translated from comic book to pure text. Since Ruse will never have another issue written by its creators (unless Disney, who bought it, gets off its rump), that fic has become as good as canon, in my opinion, because it satisfied all my cravings. Admittedly, good fanfiction is almost impossible to find. I just wanted to show it exists. (Though I will never write it.)

G-g-guhhhh. Fear. Much cold fear. Try as I might, I just can't see M.D. infatuated with anything. Raige, yes. Biff, yes, if it's explosive or possibly lethal. Thomas, once in a blue moon. M.D., no. :shudder:

*suddenly screams* AAAAAAAAAAAH! No! Bad, bad mental images! Francesca, quick, say something, anything to keep my brain from trying to come up with slash! Darn it, I'm scarred. Scarrrrrrreeeeeed...

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-22 00:12:48 +0000 UTC]

Whoa there, girl. Slash? Who said anything about slash? No slash...noooooo slaaaaash. Where did slash come from? You know, I think that fish food might be messing with your head...

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2006-03-22 03:46:30 +0000 UTC]

No, no, no, it's my brain's fault, due to MSTing too much bad fanfiction and a runaway train of thought. Aaaagh, it hurts and burns and stings...

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2006-03-22 17:43:38 +0000 UTC]

*runs to get chocolate and chicken noodle soup, the magic cure-alls*

Augh, I need to scan my entire latest sketchbook...there's some funny stuff going on in there...

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2006-03-23 03:08:16 +0000 UTC]

*eats chocolate and drinks soup and the awful thoughts go back in the handbasket where they belong*

Yes! Do so!

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