The Young Protectors: Engaging The Enemy Flyboy Bonus Comic—Page 44

December 15, 2015 Alex Woolfson 264 Comments

And then they kissed…

So, what do you think happens next?

Tune in this Saturday to find out! Hope to see you there!

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Called it!

And it looks like those imaginary kissing lessons from Spooky paid off.

♪ You don’t have to be rich to be my boy ♪
♪ You don’t have to be cool to bring me joy ♪
♪ Ain’t no particular sign I’m more compatible with ♪
♪ I just want your extra time and your… kiss ♪

The lessons I was referring to:

http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ete-tod-page-10/

Yep, I think we all remember

Nice job, Nate!

You may just have gotten yourself the cutest V of the entire comic so far. Congratz

I live for The Cute™

You have acutely tuned senses.

You have to, though, V-hunting is a cute-throat world.

Smug is never pretty, but in this case you are totally justified… so… GOOD JOB!

GO CORY!

Go Cory! Go Cory!

Excuse me while I find my legs. >.<

D’awwww! Kiss again!

They are really cute together. What sweet boys.

They are, just an adorable couple. I really hope we get to see more Mitch/Cory in the main comic, maybe after the “rescue” is over and everyone is safe back home.

They could literally be a super couple.

Go sit in the corner and think about what you just said.

HA!

♪ Why do birds, suddenly appear ♪
♪ Every time you are near? ♪

♪ Just like me, they long to be ♪
♪ Close to yoooooouuuu (also you have bird-related superpowers) ♪

♪ Why do stars, fall down from the sky? ♪
♪ Every time you walk by? ♪

Aw rats, I just had to go away for a silly five minutes and missed the page.

It was two choices — Mitch rejected or Mitch kissed — Cory kisses or Cory wants to play video games.
Kissing is much more fun.

Yeah, I was called for dinner. Dammit!

They need to kiss again..

Yeah, same here.,

There must have been something in the air. I had to leave the screen too, just before page showed up xD

The NSA has spies everywhere…
Not to mention sneaky little drones with cameras…

the stars were bright, Fernando. ♫

That last panel should have been a hug.

YES.

Oh the greeeeed…

♪ And he finally ♪
♪ Kissed the boy ♪

*squeals like a little school girl* SQUEEEEEEE, NOW I WANT MORE! So much more! *falls over from the cute overload* *paper flies everywhere* They are so adorable.

… Let’s try a third time, just to be sure we really got it all better now.

I’m sad that I can only ‘like/upvote’ (?) this once.

I upvoted your reply. We’ll let that count for an extra vote

And I up-vote your reply to his reply…

It’s upvoted like a BILLION times in my head. So that should help. Sorta.

Something’s missing… where’s Doki at a time like this?

She’s probably still recovering from her brain going all mushy. Will comment when it starts functioning again :-p

Swooning, you mean. Somebody fetch the smelly salts!

Women in 2015 can still get the “vapors” with the right stimulus… just to note…

On an artistic/technical note, I’m super glad to see the subtleties of the body language in this panel, they’ve both gone from hunched, closed-off, turned away postures that indicate defensiveness and shyness and vulnerability in the previous pages, to open, front-facing, forward-leaning postures that indicate comfort and intimacy and safety.

It’s the little details like this that really make the characters seem real; they’re not just models acting out a story, but living, breathing humans living it.

Definitely. I love how Adam and Veronica know how draw and color characters so they seem realistic to us. Not that comics have to look realistic, but if you are going to go a realistic route, then you have to make sure everything does seem realistic. I always love the pains Veronica goes to with the shading. It just makes everything seem to exist in our world. I always want to reach out and touch Mitch’s coat.

Thank you so much Kate!!!

You’re welcome!

Thanks!

You’re welcome.

The acting is always top notch in the YP comic.

That’s just one of the reasons I find it such a privilege to be working with Adam and Vero on this. Thank you for your thoughtful and cool response.

°o°

Senpai has noticed me

^____^;

*holds defibrillator paddles* Do I need to shock you back to life? *rubs paddles together* They’re fully charged, you know. *static sound*

Wait, this is the second time that Cory has tried to steal Mitch’s tonsils…?

Meanwhile, important reminder, Alex has sent out the email linking to the postal address survey. This will be so he knows where to post out all the physical stuff that people purchased in the kickstarter. Go to your emails and fill out the survey as soon as possible. (Huh, I ordered three copies of vol.1? Was I planning on donating one to the library collection? It’s been so long I can’t remember…)

It was shown on one of the Kickstarter/Patreon romance cards, “Flyboy’s First Kiss” And yes, it was just as adorable (if not more so) as this one.

Whoops, sorry. I knew that. Clearly I should have put: [po-faced facetious] before that comment. Careless of me.

Excellent: I have just added “[po-faced facetious]” to my list of awesome comments.

But what about Mitch heart? Is he going for that next?

Cannibalism is never pretty… That whole Aztec thing is so several centuries ago!

Well, if you have a spare I’m sure someone who missed the Kickstarter will help you out… (Me, for instance!)

Stay tuned, Alex. I might just have a way to help you out with that in a few days…

Oh – that’s good news! I’ve been kicking myself for missing the Kickstarter campaign, especially after the wonderful Artifice experience…

HA!

CUTE! <3!!!!

Awue they are so cute!

They need to kiss again!

Good Morning, Ms. Strawberry.

And again and again and again.

With some cuddling thrown in as well.

Is it me, or is it far too warm for jackets?

LOL!

http://media.giphy.com/media/dQKKBq3VxBcGs/giphy.gif

And you’re about to find out the third time is just as good!

So sweet, their faces and body language.

that was so cute, oh my geez

Okay… more tomorrow.
But Yahooooooo! Thanks Alex!

Oh… and kissing (like hand holding) is one of the BEST things ever created.

Thank you and goodnight!

Oh man… if this happens before the showdown with the anni and PP why didn’t he come help too? his brain tornadoes could have been rather helpful.

I was just thinking this.

especially if this is as apocalyptic as the others believe.

Unless something happens to him (possible, but hopefully not true), I imagine it’s a combination of Mitch protecting him and the fact that the YP group were coordinating with the army iirc. If he’s not able to join such a group, for any reason, or if he’s in a different one, it would probably be pretty hard to get the government to consent to him going (although, if there is military/government involvement, I’m unsure why they wouldn’t also send adult supers).

Went and looked, there is maybe government knowing. Amanda activated a beacon, but it could just be a ‘hey we’re seriously going to die’ beacon that she carries otherwise.

I still think many hands make light work.

You totally got that phrase from my grandma… lol…

as a 20 year old male who is an 80 year old grandmother of 7, I tend to trade phases a lot.

Ummmmm… “is” or “has.” Just checking? Either way it is awesome.

Is. I joke that I have the tv viewing habits of a grandma, so I tend to slap it on other things as well.

HA! I know. My dude says I drive like a grandma. I reply that I’m a “relaxed” driver. I mean, honestly, where do I have to be in such a hurry that I have to run down a small family? “Grandma”… I liked mine. I’ll take it.

The adult supers are out of town. Way out of town.

But we have just witnessed how untrained he is. Honestly, I wouldn’t want him at that fight (even if Amanda know about him by this time).

One thing is that half/most of the YP team are rejects from other teams, but they’ve been trained by/with Amanda and Spooky. They’ve been trained to use their powers.
We have seen that Cory isn’t sure how his powers work; with what force. I certainly wouldn’t want Cory going into fugue tornado again.
He could do more damage than good at a fight scene, unless he underwent a fast change in control – and that again would mean some knowledge and cleared acceptance of him from either Amanda or another team.

Would still be too soon for him to join a battle IMO, if he’s on any team at all. I think several meta people never make it onto one, either rejected or they didn’t even try.

true… but sometimes taking the nuclear option is the only option.

Yeah but then we can’t live there for like a thousand years…. :/

Well, I hope they brushed their teeth…. (jk)

HA! (mint anyone?)

We need a breath-freshener superhero for situations like these

Would that, that was my super power. LOL.

“Uh, excuse me, mister Hulk…”

Hope that flyboy will somehow mange to help his friend the kiss was cute, sweet and sexy at the same time kudos

Adorable! >w< <3

*stripping off my crab costume and putting on my fancy glasses*

♪ There’s a time for everyone if they only learn ♪
♪ That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn ♪
♪ There’s a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors ♪
♪ When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours ♪

♪ And can you feel the love tonight? ♪
♪ It is where we are ♪
♪ It’s enough for this wide-eyed wanderer ♪
♪ That we got this far ♪

Waaahhh!! Was definitely not expecting that!! You go Cory!!

AWESOME!
I didn’t expect Cory to be the proactive one! Nice surprise
and as others already said, their body language speaks volumes!

They’re too adorable! I hope this will be the start of sth beautiful in both of their lives

Simce everyone’s sharing their romantic song choices for this scene…

♪ Wise men say, only fools rush in ♪
♪ But I can’t help falling in love with you… ♪

That is my wife’s and my song!

https://youtu.be/Ajp0Uaw4rqo

Hmm… I’m thinking you might need to go for a third one, guys, just to be sure.

I’m still not sure he’s gonna stay though. :/

Has there been a change to the site lately? I usually read the comic on my phone, but lately the comics have been blurred. I’ve had to read the transcript in order to know what’s going on

I passed your question on to Alex.

Howdy LoneHowler!

Several months ago, I changed the theme of the site to one that was “responsive” and thus more mobile friendly. So, far I haven’t heard any concerns about the comics being blurred. And there have not been any recent changes.

Maybe take a look at the webpage on a friend’s smartphone? That might help you narrow down whether it’s a phone specific issue or if something else is going on.

(One possibility would be a slower Internet connection. I believe that most web browsers download a proxy image before downloading the main image. What happens if you give the page more time to load?)

Knew it was coming. Still sweet.

What do I think happens next? One of:
Chapter 4
More kissing
Matchbox cars
All of the above
None of the above
All of the above

Well, I’m pretty sure the next step is [CENSORED], followed by some passionate [CENSORED], and some sloppy but affectionate [CENSORED]—all of which were illegal when I was that age. Not that that ever stopped us.

Sloppy but affectionate Matchbox cars!

You know… while [CENSORED] can be all good. Serious snogging (kissing) that goes on for some time is one of life’s blessings… so there might be a good long session of making out before we get to the more [CENSORED] stuff.

Just sayin’ It’s alllll good. I’ve been married for a LONG time and sometimes after a long set of work days (and I’m talking long) it’s all we can do to get to a good lip-locking session before we pass out on the couch and/or stagger to the phone to order pizza.

Sometimes, in one’s dotage, the [CENSORED] has to wait for Friday night or the weekend or… occasionally… the morning when everyone is fresh and wakes up early and horny.

(oooops… did I just say all that in my OUT LOUD voice?)

Not one of those things is mutually exclusive for fifteen year-old boy/men. So YESSSSS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H6g3kBuyok

But they’re not sharing a bowl of spaghetti meatballs…

Which is why I didn’t link the Disney version.

It’s been a long exhausting night… I’d be heading for Italian food right this very minute.

There’s your answer to “what happens next?”.

Alex killed Doki. All she can reply with is a song. This never happens. QUICK, someone get the defibrillator!

Gni hi hi hi hi… I’m incredibly immature, but this made me grin so hard. <3

This Is An Ad For Something [VIDEO]
http://www.joemygod.com/2015/12/16/this-is-an-ad-for-something-video-7/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meSjRQp6KUw

I’m literally squeeking right now with joy!!!!!!!! :3

Very sweet.

*Flail* More!

*Kermit the Frog Flail*

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJM4UhbQ7A

yaaaayyy!!! ^_^ <3 too darn adorable!

And then they kiiiisssssed… oh wait, they actually did!

Okay there really isn’t much to note on this page except…….. KISS KISS KISS KISS KISS KISS KISS KISS and moar KISSING. I guess THAT. IS. ENOUGH. to say thank you. So, thank you, you three wonder workers, for such a wonderful page. So Kissalicious!

I do want to mention just a few things that really struck me as noteworthy and special.

Alex, I know there’s been a lot of back-chat (and you’ve been most gracious about it) from so many of us who have missed the main story and the cliff hanger we’ve all been hanging on. That is nothing but kudos to you for having a main story that will bring everyone back in a New York minute. Bravo.

However, this lovely little story gave us such a clear, smart and worthy look at a very special character within the main story. I know, for myself, that I’m going to return to that main story with an entirely different dynamic and Mitch is going to be much more important to me, even if the main story is not HIS story. THIS story shows what a huge-hearted and special man Mitch is and will definitely become.

I’d also like to point out that for anyone who thought this slow build to this special moment wasn’t getting to THE KISS fast enough… I suspect that when the book is in our hands we are going to find the pacing of this story and these pages are just right. I’m guessing, but I feel it. I suspect I’ll be re-reading this story many many times. Magic, action, peril, heroics, heartbreak and then the sweetness of young love. I think this is going to be a huge add to a remarkable graphic novel.

Panel #1: Adam you really out-did yourself with this pose. The delightfully sweet shock in Mitch’s wide opened eyes. I feel the ‘motion’ in this grab and kiss. Alex, you get huge points for being your usual tricksy self and for leading us up to this with all of Cory’s uncertainty, and then letting him GO FOR THE THING that he’s clearly dreamed of for three years.

Sorry pops, “the gay” isn’t something you can beat out of us. Not when there is a chance for us to find the lips of “our Mitch” in the world. It goes without saying Vero that your shading on faces and fabrics, the beauty of the night skies, the textures and backgrounds in general never falters. Truly beautiful.

Panel #2: I love that, just like life, when the kiss is GOOD. Surprise disappears quick and look at our Mitch go for it. He hasn’t forgotten that moment of three years ago either. This is the getting of something one longs for. I love how you three worked together to really make it show.

Panel #3: Yeah, Cory. I’d say that too. Adam I love his expression. That alone says so clearly that he wasn’t prepared for “THAT GOOD.” His face is so adorable. [DOKI – please squee for me… thank yew!]

Panel #4: That’s our Mitch. Adorbs. Unfailingly honest and look at how happy that face is. Sorta makes all those heroics worth it, doesn’t it Mitch? I love that little bit of uncertainty. I’ve heard that some women think that men who want reassurance about their love-skills are a bit weenie, but (what can I say) it’s true. Human uncertainty is what it is.

If one truly cares about the other person, then they want to know “it” was okay (or better) and kissing is no different. You can see how Mitch’s expression covers both feelings: his own pleasure at the sweetness of this moment and his hope that Cory is just as good with it. It’s a complex and great expression and both Adam and Vero really get the big applause for this complex subtlety.

Panel #5: I love love love this long horizontal beauty shot. Their poses are so perfect. That aggressive hesitant moment. On one hand you know they both want to grab and go for a second lip-lock, yet they are friends and so hold, needing to be sure they’re really all good.

Then the statement that the kiss got better (heck they’re older) is so sweetly. Then Mitch’s hesitance, which I read as NOT doubt, but that ability we all have to grow into to put personal things into words. Boy is that hard. “You kiss good.” “I’m gay.” “I really like you.” Infinity.

All those words that make us vulnerable, but are really about true inner strength. The more personal the words, the harder they are to learn to say… and these two are still so young. And that confusingly makes some things easier and others harder. Life.

If only I could have had a clue in my teens how to be honest like this about who I was and what I wanted more than anything in the world.

Today is a different world, but these most personal moments are no easier now then they ever were. It’s why romance is so attractive in art. It’s what we all wish we could do and hope will happen for us. And, you know? It just might. That made this page particularly endearing and now one of my favorites.

Kyle deserved this. (grump) I’m going to hope until the last page he find his version of us. They’re all wonderful characters, but I do long for him. I think a hell-date counts as paying your dues. Hope!

Alex, Adam and Veronica — you three do special things for us repeatedly, and I can’t thank you enough. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… the fact that you give us all this purely HUMAN emotion and you do it so gracefully within the LGBTQIA world, makes it truly special and unique. So, again, I’ll say THANK YOU!

*appropriate squee for Chris’s commentary need*

As only YOU can my dear!!!

Where did it say it’s been three years? Did I miss a page? (Or has my horse-addled brain forgotten a detail)

^Wishes I could up vote this more than once

http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ete-flyboy-bonus-page-10/

Thanks! (It was a case of, “Keep your head up, look where you are going, keep at least one horse width away from all of the horses, don’t look down, keep your elbows in, back straight” brain. AKA horse brain. XD)

Thanks… I was literally going to write in that I thought it was and that I needed my Klaus for verification (see how lazy I’ve become)… and here it is already done. Thank you kindly!

Thank you, Chris. Just as this is a special page for you, this is a special comment for me, Adam, and Vero. You totally clued into all the subtleties we were going for on this page — from the “aggressive-hesitant” moment in the last panel, to what this kiss means to both of them, to noticing how Cory just GOES FOR THE THING, and finally (or I should say firstly) pointing out what I was trying to accomplish with this.

Yes, this was a chance for us to get to know Flyboy a bit better, which will hopefully help readers’ enjoyment of the “main story.” But it was also an attempt on my part to capture everything I’m trying to accomplish with The Young Protectors in a single, standalone story. When writing a very long arc, like Engaging the Enemy, I think sometimes the forest can get lost for all the trees. But with this, I was really trying to create a singular, pure experience for readers — the chance to enjoy a real superhero story with fun action and complex characters, and heroes who just happen to be gay. Where their “gayness” doesn’t define them but isn’t white-washed, where it’s still very important to who they are and what they want in life, just as love and romance is important to so many of us, regardless of orientation.

One of my goals is to offer to the rest of us, the same kind of high-quality adventure and romance stories cis, white, straight boys have gotten to enjoy for so long. And in many ways, the Flyboy Bonus Comic is my current best effort to take what I’ve learned on The Young Protectors over the past three years and put it to use for that purpose.

Whether I succeeded at that or not here, I’ll leave to y’all to decide. But that was my guiding principle as I wrote this bonus comic. And it’s been a great pleasure to work with Adam and Vero, taking advantage of how we’ve grown together and their epic skills, in realizing that vision.

I would say that you did succeed.

Thank you, Klaus.

What happens next? I don’t think that they’ve thought that far ahead. In fact, I suspect that a kiss like that made thinking kind of ANY kind impossible-ish.

SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!

That was just too sweet!

HOWCOULDIHAVEFORGOTTENTOCHECKFORTHELASTCOUPLEPAGES,WOW
i’ve been so busy lately asdfghjk
anyway
ADORABLE PAGE, it’s just so cute in every single way and all the details really matter and make it more adorable, i vote that this is (so far) one of the most adorable pages
and the last page was also adorable in it’s own way

kiss reaction should have been laughing & saying it was like kissing a brother- yuk_ cause they don’t like each other that way anymore- the time for them has past… & this kid basically said he’d be doing drugs & doing tricks if his brother didn’t stop him- mitch deserves better.
& definitely not move in with mitch- set him up in an apartment in one of the buildings your father owns- he & his bro can work maintenance at apts to cover rent & draw salary for food/misc_ or better yet- send them to friendly family far away from mitch..
i’ve been wanting to see mitch man on man for a long time- disappointed that this is how it happened. oh well- not terrible- not bad- just wanted different.

thanks 4 continuing to share your awesome stories with us

I have a question about the kickstarter thing because I am easily confused (my avatar is an octopus in a conical flask after all). I’ve paid for the digital rewards, does that mean I won’t be able to see any of the cards unless I order them as add ons?

Thank you for your question, Columbine. The only way to see the 18+ CARDS will be to order them as an add-on. I’m going to try to find a way to share the content of the other 4 packs as a digital reward with the backers at some point after the physical rewards have all been sent out (so folks will be able to enjoy the Trading Card content without spoilers.) I’m not quite sure how I’m going to do that yet — unlike the digital wallpapers of the 11″ x 14″ prints, due to their size, releasing the content of the cards online runs a greater risk of piracy, etc. I’m going to need to think long and hard about how to do it.

Thanks Alex. I’ll think about ordering the 18+ ones then.

YEAS I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS!!!!!

Since we’re doing the “what song came to your head when you saw this page,” this is mine. It’s called “Again.” Bruno Mars wrote the song and made a demo of the song (which is this version), but many of us know the version Natasha Bedingfield sang for Confessions of a Shopaholic. It’s one of my absolute favorite songs. I am an absolute romantic at heart despite the fact I don’t sound it or look like it.

https://youtu.be/i3jUme7_5wY

Here’s the Natasha Bedingfield version:
https://youtu.be/UOmsyWqAjSI

*throws a plate of spaghetti and meatballs at them while committing abuse on an accordion* THHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIISSSS is the night! It’s a BEAUTIFUL night! And the call it Bella Notte!

Spaghetti with meaballs. Very strange. I have an Italian friend who looked into this. Is this something only Americans eat? He found that there actually is an area in Italy where they eat meatballs with spaghetti. A small area in Sicily far from the coast.

Haha, I was about to say my Nana’s mother, who never spoke English, taught her and my mother to make meatballs and sauce. But my family comes from Sicily.

Well, it’s also a reference to the romantic spaghetti dinner scene in Disney’s Lady and the Tramp

Yes of course. That scene is part of the Disney Christmass show that is sent every year by Danmarks Radio TV.

I think yo mean, beef balls and long noodle

Yes, it is Italian. Generally it’s Rigatoni with red sauce served with meatballs.
I have made Linguini with clam and mushroom sauce.
Pasta Primavera can be vegetarian but if it had a meat side dish, I would say that should be Chicken Parmigiana and not beef-based.
I can also make red sauce with stuffed Calamari and that is served over angel hair pasta.
Mac and Cheese is always elbow macaroni.
Pizza, however, isn’t Italian. It was invented in New York City for the visit of Princess Margherita of Italy many years ago.

That version is new to me. The story you usually hear is that the queen was visiting Napoli. Actually the pizza is at the very least almost 1000 years older than that, though the pizza Margherita may indeed have been invented in Napoli in 1889.

I believe that pasta with or without meatballs in all their myriad forms are the deities’ own food. It’s very hard to ruin them and they saved my life repeatedly in university.

did he get on his tip toes for that kiss awww

D’awww! <3

Heck, I’d lean down for a kiss from a boy that cute… in fact… I DO. Regularly.

Saturday morning, back from a bit of shopping, made a salad bun for a late breakfast, time for camping.
Important question: Will Cory be distracted by the kissing? I mean, only two pages ago Cory was adamantly insisting that he didn’t want to take Flyboy’s ‘charity’. Then the topic of “in love crazy” was mentioned, and reminiscences about old romances started, and suddenly Cory gets a reminder of how good a kisser Flyboy is, and everybody on the discussion board goes squee. But how will that kiss affect Cory’s reaction to Flyboy’s offer to help?

What is a “salad bun?”

In this case like a salad sandwich, only instead of using pre-sliced bread, I brought some freshly baked crunchy-crusted buns, and then just threw whatever random salad filling I had lying around in the refrigerator.

nom nom nom…

Dear Alex.
Will there be a page posted on Christmas Day (next Friday)?

When has this group ever allowed a high holy day interfere with the publication of a page. Heathens of my favorite kind. Love ’em.

Oh yeah. You guys do the x-mas thing of friday mostly. I was just happy there wouldn’t be a page on x-mas itself this year, meaning I didn’t have a lunch to make it to after the page was up.

My family always opened gifts after Midnight Mass because I was an altar boy and always had to be an acolyte. Only lately do I do it on Christmas Day which is the 25th. There is no Boxing Day here.
And buy Jewish friends put up a Chanukah Bush and give their kids gifts on the 25th too.

‘.’? so what now, i wounder

Well they’re 15, so I could see a page chock full of snogging, but I doubt clothes are going to be removed (see Alex is just very firm about these issues, lol). So, other than logistics of keeping Cory well, I have no idea what to expect next. Darn.

Besides, They are on the roof of a hospital and I don’t think it is summer and warm enough for a “not-so-well-dressed” semi-private frolic.

If I didn’t know you at all by now, I’d suspect that you’d been attacked by the non sequitur fairy… but nope.

It is actually called “the Oldies Room” because of the rather rich and old playlist of “accordion standards.”
There was a while I wanted to played Hammond organ for a living. However, chemical engineers make much more money than nightclubs, weddings, and birthday party gigs.

And ‘organist’ have to use hands AND feet. Tough stuff… LOL.

And a Leslie

Are the smores here yet? Doth the Admiral have muffiins? I’m willing to be a Brat if I can get muffins lobbest at me…

The s’mores are always here on the table behind you to the left. *pops Chris on the head with a muffin as he runs to the s’mores*

Camping got so much better when it started being catered!

True! When those of you who worry about the value of being a Patreon, worry, just remember CATERING!!!

Catering is almost always better.

Mmm, s’mores…

Let the post-kiss camping commence!

Today was a long long day. I went to the optometrist to get my eyes checked. Eyes all healthy, but I do need new glasses for sure. Don’t need reading glasses just yet (Yay!). Took quite a bit out of me. It was fine until it got a little crowded. Have I mention I’m not fond of crowds? It’s kinda hard to pick out glasses when there are a bunch of people milling around.

Okay what’s clearer… 2 or 3… 3 or 4…. ? WTF I can’t… and I HATE you!(sorry, me at the eye-doctor)

There were a couple of those. Which is clearer… Uh… Can I see the other one again. HA!

I hate the ‘which one shows the dot the clearest’. Uuuh, I have a slightly lazy eye which makes focusing on a small dot hard either way, so can’t always tell >.<

Don’t have the energy to camp tonight. Been a tough week. But I look forward to seeing more of The Cute™ and kissing tomorrow morning.

I hope you sleep well!

I didn’t, but thanks for the sentiment. *hug*

Back from seeing Star Wars! Don’t worry, I won’t spoil it for anyone.

Was it good? That’s not spoilery right?

It was indeed good!

YAY!!

SO MUCH better than the prequels.

I made it to Jar Jar in Episode 1 and never went to 2 or 3 after that.

Well you missed George Lucas turning Padme completely useless by ep. 3

Episode 3 was always going to have a dark ending thanks to the rise of Darth Vader. I always wondered about why George Lucas ever did three prequels. The ending of that trilogy was always bleak.

True. BUT! Padme started out so kick-ass and with each movie became weak and just well useless. I mean, she basically (spoiler) died of a broken heart. Sigh.

I didn’t watch 2 and 3 that closely.
I was so disgusted and truly horrified by Jar Jar BInks that I only watched 2 and 3 under duress from friends.

I am sorry. It really wasn’t something that anyone should have really endured. Have you seen the theory of Jar Jar being a Sith Lord?

Yes. I though it silly.
I saw “shuck and jive”, “minstrel shows” in Jar Jar every time he was onscreen. It wasn’t pleasant watching at all. It’s take me years to figure out why I saw that but I’ve figured it out and there is one incident in my past that Jar Jar pushes the buttons on.

Other than he sounds like a complete and utter baffoon set there to be a stupid obstacle?

That too.

Well, in Episode II she was kind of a bad ass, I mean, she was on that planet and got herself out of it by getting on a seriously dangerous animal, running through all of the machinery and what not. That was some major badassery.

It was the third movie that bothered me most. She wasn’t ever one to let things happen without a fight. She was pregnant, but she still would have found a way to do things; that’s what fighters do. She would have fought tooth and nail to live too. It would have taken Anakin hurting her BADLY to kill her spirit. He hurt her pretty badly with strangling her, then throwing her and we know her energy was being depleted from two Force-strong kids, but she would have fought, I think.

It’s definitely the third movie that bugs me, plot wise. Jar Jar never really bothered me as much as others. It’s the ones that are seen as “stupid” that end up creating havoc and making situations worse. That’s what he did when he became the replacement senator. I didn’t see him as a metaphor for “disabled people” or “black people” as some people see him as. The Gungans weren’t really a smart species to begin with, honestly!

That was my biggest problem with the third movie, the portrayal of Padme. She never let anyone do anything that she couldn’t do and then she just became nothing but a heaping puddle of useless.

My other problem was well the story with how quick Anni became bad and just went on a killing spree. Really? Well that and the acting, a lot of it was bad.

Hayden was a newbie back then (and where did Hayden go, huh? He’s like, Poof! gone.) I think Natalie (who is so natural an actor) had a hard time just being immobile because her characters aren’t ever that way. She plays very active, intelligent women. Being so still isn’t in her MO. That’s where most of it is, honestly.

Natalie Portman could have done a lot of good things had Padme been able to be that active and intelligent politician that she was in I and II. So, she’s pregnant. Whoop de fucking doo. Did no one notice the wedding ring at all during her engagements or something? Always one of those plot holes that bothered me.

The whole “Anni going dark” quickly wasn’t all that quick honestly. Look at Episode I. The notes of darkness are there in how he hates Sebulba and his slaver with an intense passion. That never truly went away. That’s why Yoda specifically says, “Do not train this one. He has darkness in his soul.” He has an intense hatred to those who hurt his family. It’s his family he cannot cut off his emotions from and Jedi are not supposed to have family; everyone and everything is family to them.

I read a fan theory recently that kinda blew my mind, in how in a weird ways it made a lot of plausible sense.
On how Jar Jar was actually supposed to be revealed as a bad-dude character, but he was so hated by fans after movie one (and two) that George Lucas might have changed his mind and re-written some of the manuscript to prevent this sudden revelation.
It’s probably just a theory, but how it was accounted for made it give a lot of sense to how Jar Jar wasn’t such a goof afterall. I actually wish it’s a true fan theory, because it would have given the movies SUCH a wicked twist – and it would have been a better 3rd movie imo.

I made a comment below. It took me years to figure out why but there is one particular incident in my past that pushes the worst buttons of racism and Jar Jar triggers the memories of that.
I thought that was a silly theory BTW.

[snicker] Yes, the ‘Jar Jar is secretly a machiavellian manipulator’ theory is fun, but personally I preferred another one I read recently that proved that R2D2 was in fact secretly a sith lord manipulating events. Ah me, far too many behind-the-scenes masterminds…

There’s too many of these “conspiracy” theories of this person is secretly this and that person is secretly that. When I read a book or watch a movie, I try to give the writer the benefit of the doubt and not develop intricate Sherlockian theories.

Well considering how kinda awful the prequels were, can you blame them? At least in this instance?

No. Lost of the internet likes to do that. They have fun.

Double Yay!

Still waiting to see it. I had been informed by my sister that the whole family would be going as a group just after Xmas once we’d all arrived up the coast for summer holidays. Which means probably driving across to Nambucca Heads on boxing day.

I’m hoping to be able to see it before x-mas, but probably have to wait until just after that. Need to see what’s left of money when the last presents are bought.

I think I’m going to have to bow out early from camping – I can’t keep my eyes open any more. Have a good night/morning/whatever your respective time zone is, everybody!

Night Stick! Sleep well.

Sleep well

Sweet dreams sweetie!

night sticky

Heeey.. I made it to a camp. Thought I might be late
Had every intention of making an early attendance tonight, but that was until I ended up being awake till around 3-ish hours ago – being up and watching a Batman cartoon movie on late tv while reading one of my new obsessions; The Cut & Run series by Abigail Roux (first 4 books co-written with Madeleine Urban).

Pleaaaase tell me I’m not the only one here who’s read these jewels?
I need someone to fan about Ty and Grady with.

Ugh! I’m on my computer for the first time in around a week. So many things that wants to update, making it slow now that I’m finally on. It took 12mins just to log on, because of a buttload of figurations after updates that happened last time i logged on.
Need to use my computer more so it works on camp nights where I’m not checking from the tablet

*Waves at everyone* dropping in quick before running away as I’m up to my eyeballs in writing deadlines which is why you haven’t seen me regularity in a while

Have fun camping everyone!!!

Don’t work too hard!

Good luck with the writing. I used to hate this time of year when I studied. So much writing, so many projects to make because exam project deadline was just after New Year.

*singing* IIIIIIIIIIIIII made it toooooo caaaaaaaamp.

I’m freezing my butt off because gee, Mother Nature had to bring a cold snap to we Great LAkes people but I am here, in my house, wearing 3 layers and gloves!

When your butt falls off, don’t lose track of it. Spring will come and you can glue it on… After all, you can’t go through spring and summer without a butt…

HA HA! I am always cold. The joys of lupus with Reynaud’s. I am not warm until it hits about 75…80? But I am definitely cold today. I busted out the 300 denier tights today. XD

OR to screw up Elsa’s line “The cold always bothered me anyway.” LOL.

I understand. I have an afghan over my feet when I’m in bed because they are always cold.

HA ha ha. My bed looks like I should live in the North Pole. Piles of blankets. I have the thin sheet, electric blanket, quilt and then the fleece blanket on top. Occasionally that’s not warm enough and another fleece gets thrown over that one and sometimes a wolf blanket that’s sort of wool-like but isn’t.

My mom has two blankets. I question if she’s human and not a zombie.

I have two quilts and a faux snuggy fuzzy thing that I have under the top sheet so it’s right against me. Then I have long underwear and flannel Pj’s.

I think my mom is a zombie. LOL.

Some people are just warmer.

HA HA. She does run warm. I call her a zombie just because I can. She calls me a zombie because my feet and hands are always like ice.

I’m usually too warm in the summer and too cold in the winter. But I do have some thermal regulation. I mean after a hot shower or bath I can maintain a bit, but my mom has no such luck. Nope she’s just cold.

And then I always seem to choose the coldest room in the house during winter as well the hottest room during the summer. Sigh.

My room is above the garage. Frozen in winter; hot in summer. But, I am always some range of cold because it’s cold outside from October to April (sometimes May) and the air conditioning is going full blast the other moths. LOL. I can’t win in the blue hands and feet department.

Yeah not fun.

I made it to camp! Yay! Just got back from the ballet.

OOOOOOOOOOOO, the ballet! I wasn’t able to make it to the ballet this year. I’m going to watch one of the many versions of The Nutcracker on YT.

This is my first camp!

Hi there, and welcome

Hi!

Welcome Journey!!

Welcome. Are you in the northern hemisphere or the southern? Hot foods are on the virtual table over there, while cold foods are over the virtual table over here.

Ha! I’ve always loved virtual food, thanks. And I’ll be representing the Northern Hemisphere.

Welcome to the Camp of Woolfs (I have forgotten what we call ourselves. Danish?) Please make yourself comfortable.

We’re the Woolfpack

I managed to get the Woolf bit. XD

Good morning Good people!
I got some hot coffee, the only drink I will drink when looking at cute kissing action ^^

Morning, sweet berry.

Good morning Mods! Is all clear for the sailing?

It will be in about two weeks when I get my new glasses!

So in other words, this is the best time to make mischief without you knowing? Not asking for myself, asking for a friend…. you know <..>

Well I can see right in front of me. You’d have to do it at a distance.

I will make sure of that… I mean my friend will be in the distance….. I mean no mischief going at all XD

HA! I’ll keep that in mind.

Morning Ms. Strawberry.

Just so happy to be awake for a camping (not able to join so often these days ;_;)

There has definitely been a lack of strawberry around here! So happy you made it!

You know real life make jams of strawberries. It is a hard life

But still sweet.

And to day on this day (or on a day very close to this day) A Gryphon was born. Happy birthday Gryphongirl

Whoa-ho! Happy birthday Gryphongirl.

I was going to wait a little, since I think there might be a couple hours till the time yet in US timezone, but yes..

Happy birthday Gryphon! Since it’s saturday here now

Dammit! Where is my brain today. I was just discussing this with Mr. Dangerfield.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRYPHON!!

Happy Birthday Gryphon!

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New page is up http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ete-flyboy-bonus-page-45/

Hey, wait a minute!!! Kyle and Mitchell are supposed to fall in young love, no? I guess I’ll stay tuned…