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ToddNTheShiningSword [2014-02-09 09:49:02 +0000 UTC]

Is that that lamp I thought I saw on the newer page? That I thought was weirdly drawn there? Wait, I better look at the newer page again before I comment on that. 

She must be living in a dorm-like place then... because... the restroom's down the hall?

I like those walks. Looks like you put thought into her little strut down the hall there, but then Seraph's doin' that derp-walk there and I don't know what to make of it!

I can imagine being tired at the end of a rough day of work, but... seriously, she's just gonna go to bed with weird-Seraph in her room? She must be thinking this is a dream, 'cause in real life this is the kinda thing you lose sleep over! Comics and movies and other fantasy stories are kinda neat in how quick characters adapt to weird situations. 

Another cool thing you clearly put thought into is how much hair it would take to make that 'do of hers! 

Your comic's pretty cool, really. I'm glad I discovered it. Wish it actually updated every Tuesday like it halfway says on the tin, lol. I look forward to getting to read more of it.

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ToddNTheShiningSword [2014-02-09 09:32:44 +0000 UTC]

I see you made the text smaller, but I can still read it!

slender eyes... sharp enough to lacerate something... it can do something bad to a mountain ogre's backbone, and serves as a light in dark places...

You know what? This doesn't remind me of a scene I made in my own comic, but it makes me think of it. Back in the day, when I didn't know how to properly make a comic, I made the spirit that was inside The Shining Sword- wait a minute... maybe I should be reminded of my own comic!- was telling Todd everything he needed to know about his newfound powers. So much text there was! I learned years later that that's not a good way to make a comic, and that a better way would have been to just have the talk occur, only discuss the most important things and bring up the rest of the information discussed later in the story where it was appropriate. And of course there are other ways it could have been handled. Like if a hero needs to learn a lot about their powers from a source like this, and it needs to all be known by the reader/viewer by the time it's all over, then maybe the hero should go on some sort of minor spirit quest or something, in the spirit world, or even in their own mind, to learn it all in a more entertaining way before moving on.

Another thing worth mentioning about this and that is that in my comics, I really like to refer to old events a lot. So... I'm starting think I need to do this in my comic! Make a huge ball of words where everything that will ever need to be known about the hero's powers is all laid out in a giant wall of unreadably small text, and then every time something in there becomes too relevant, I do one of my trademark flashbacks to that one panel! I think that such a scene is actually going to fill a plot hole I have, so thanks for inadvertently and unknowingly helping me think of that. You're a genius.

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