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Well…I was worried that maybe the “SHOVE” off of the rock might be a bit TOO much.
But looking at it…and the fact that it IS a comic/cartoon…I think it’s OK.
He IS wearing magic armor after all.
🙂
I love Nastajia’s last jab. She’s not letting him think he’s gonna get out of this relationship (not that he wants out) that easily.
Anyways. Hope you’re enjoying the story. And thanks again for the wonderful comments.
Scott
THIS IS DREAMLAND, RAAAAH!!
Oh, the things we let women get away with for the sake of love. I just hope she didn’t scratch his P.I.M.P. armor. ok…that was cheezy…I’ll go to bed now
-giggles-
…sparta..lol
Nyeheheh. We all know Alex has a hard head. besides, he *did* have it coming 😉
Ansley: LOL!
TONIGHT WE DINE IN THE NIGHTMARE REALM!
Anyways, shouldn’t she say “thinking about the future” rather than “thinking about a future”? Yes, the syntax could be correct, but it just doesn’t sound right to me.
O_O I LOVE IT!! Course I did just learn something that I did not want to hear, so I’m rather angry and seeing Nastajia physically lash out (far too late in the evening for that myself) is plain AWESOME. But still, keep it, please.
Reality sucks when you’re punished for honesty, but Nastajia is right. Even if he has no real plans for the real world, he better get some and fast for Dreamland: learn to fly, become a warrior, win the war, marry the girl, and become King of Dreamland. So yes, Alex, you do get her a ring, but much, much later.
you know im curious to see how a relationship between them would actually work out and him being there to be all king-like and stuff in the future. what about his life outside dreamland?? :U questions questions questions..only logical thing (lolz) would to be put into a coma so he could sleep forever 8D -shot-
Ooooo…. just dawned on me.
First frame: “And you can die too for all I care!”
Second frame: “As… you… wish!!”
What if he gets married in the physical world? Kids comic, so I’m assuming bigamy won’t come up? Will any children with Nastaja be human or Dreamlander? Have previous human rulers had children? Where are they now?
This is good. That she’s giving him pep talk. He’s gambolling round, not taking anything too seriously and trying to be what he’s always been: a slacker.
I like this development. I think everyone fails from time to time, or doesn’t behave how someone else expects it. Honesty is a gem in such cases, especially if it comes from someone who cares and means well.
I love the “UFF” XD
Enjoyed the fall. 🙂
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If I had a nickle for every time a cute, pointy-eared woman pushed me off a rock…
Well, I’d have a whole lotta nickles.
Heheh, for a minute there I thought she had shoved him off the cliff. XD
hope that knocked some dang sense into him :-/
“Yes I intend to be a part of that future.”
That sort of comes across as “I’m going to marry you whether you like it or not!” Especially with that facial expression backing it up. 🙂
Scott, I love Dreamland Chronicles and always read it, but this time I really had to write- THIS WAS AWESOME. Totally love it man! Kudos!
(P.S.: LOL! This! Is! DREAMLAND!)
God, she’s pushy!! I can’t understand how Alex can stand her! 😀
Loving this comic. Today’s page is one of my all-time favorites. 😀 😀 😀
Now ‘d be an awkward timing to wake up ^^
Hey, she KNOWS what SHE wants! XD
Uhm… First she hugs him, then she screams at him, and attacks him. That makes no sense. Is she having an emotional breakdown or something? Bleh, I knew he should have chosen Felicity instead.
I dunno. I liked this page. But thinking about it…
The Centaur Shaman just told him that if he dies here it ain’t a good thing; then, Nastajia pushes him off a cliff – and, Magic Armor or not, he wasn’t wearing the helmet.
Falling on level ground is bad enough, but Alex really could have broken his neck (or skull)!
Hmm – if he broke his neck in Dreamland and woke up a quadraplegic would doctors assume it was psychosomatic due to a lack of obvious physical trauma?
And if he dies while here, how would they know? I seem to recall that while “dreaming” he loses all vital signs. Talk about creepy! Guess I need to re-read things to refresh my memory…
Maklak – seems pretty accurate to me… wouldn’t trade it for the world, though 🙂
uh-oh.. She’s using the Finger…..
I know I’m not supposed to say this out loud, but somehow I still think that Daniel is better suited to be a king than Alex is…
Alex is fine, as a hero and such – but Daniel, he’s just more cut out for the job of leadership, I think. I really wish that Daniel and Nicole would come to Dreamland one day.
CatOfEvilGenius asks:
“What if he gets married in the physical world?”
Interesting question, but that assumes both someone in the real world would marry Alex (especially given his preoccupation with his dream life (and Dream Wife?)), and that he would WANT to marry anyone besides Nastajia. But if so…
“I’m assuming bigamy won’t come up?”
Why would it? He hasn’t married Nastajia (yet), or even MET a possible real world mate. More to the point, even if you marry a dream girl no physical court would have jurisdiction. Though divorce on the ‘real’ side for irreconcilable differences or something might be likely.
“Will any children with Nastaja be human or Dreamlander?”
Well, assuming any issue is possible, given the species difference (she is pretty obviously not human herself), then the primary concern is that _she_ is a DREAM girl, so any children would not be “physical” whatever their ‘genetic’ composition.
“Have previous human rulers had children? Where are they now?”
I’ve been wondering that myself! All your preceeding questions were hypotheticals, so my opinions are as good as anybody elses until Scott answers definitively, but these are story history questions, and I have to admit “I have no clue”. But I’m hoping, and expecting, that both will be addressed at some point in the actual story.
Only a madman kills the messenger! Ohhh, why did that movie have to ruin all future media for me?
the first panel, alex should be looking over his shoulder, trying to see where he’s going to land. looking ahead like that, he kind of looks like a doll or a mannequin, not like a living person. I’D look over my shoulder… and it would be good to see some kind of expression on his face instead of the back of his head. in my opinion at least…
Hmmm… I wonder if–to become king–Alex will have to learn to physically enter and reside in Dreamland full-time.
lol i luv it, great job scott, he had it coming
Think this is bad for Alex now? Wait till he wakes up and Dan and Nicole want to know what’s been going on!
haha! I love this! “and yes! I intend to be a part of that future!”
In the third panel, I love the dirt flying up from Nasty’s feet and hand as she skids down the hill. Nice.
@Josh — I disagree; you wouldn’t have time to look if you were surprised like that. *speaking from experience*
a shove? …. he got off EASY!
This little scene is so cute. 🙂
Think he got off easy? What do you want to bet that an Elven Princess finger to the chest CAN be felt and bruise mere mortal flesh even through Elven magical armor.
If Nastajia knew Alex’s middle name, this would have been one of those moments where she used it. The only question at this moment is did Alex catch Nastajia’s declaration of love for him? We know Alex isn’t book smart, we know he is just a kid, lacking in maturity, that he really hasn’t considered the future, but now is the moment when we find out if he is dense also.
I think this is my favourite page now. 😀
Wow she’s pissed. I bet if she knew his middle name he would have been 3 named, and we all know your in really deep **** when you are three named. Also excellent job Scott on the look of force she used to push him. From what i have learned from gaming (pen and paper) never piss off an elf epically a female. could you imagine Nastajia PMSing? now i got my mind wondering what their kids would look like. that is if it is possible for the two of them to reproduce in Dreamland.
Hm, I’m not sure I like the lighting in the last panel. It looks as if they’re glowing but it’s still night? Anyways it just may be me! 🙂 And geez they’re not even “Dating” Yet you guys are still thinking about their kids, lol? But….I’m curious too. -Hypocrisy, hypocrisy- I’d imagine they’d be able to reproduce in Dreamland it’d just be dream babies. I don’t think they’d be able to go to Earth, but it would be interesting if our team did find a way to travel to Earth as human replicas of themselves. 😉 Well knowing Alexander, he’d probablly going to say something else that’d qualify for a beating, or he’d wake up, or maybe he’ll surprise us! I’m looking forward to the next update Scott, keep it up!
Well, I can honestly say no one has ever shoved ME off a cliff when they were mad at me. Maybe I should try that… Then again, there aren’t too many cliffs (especially small ones like that) near where I live, so I guess I won’t.
Oh, yeah.. I know that tone and that look. It’s the “I love you to death, but OMG you really piss me off.”
“Ansley
June 24th, 2009 at 12:06 am
THIS IS DREAMLAND, RAAAAH!!”
HAHA.. .perfect… that’s kind of what i was thinking..
Besides the.. .WOO I bet she’s a tiger… *mumble mumble*
Then again, I’ve dated my share of crazy.. >RUN BOY RUN!
I am very disturbed that she (1) starts a conversation he doesn’t want and (2) resorts to violence when it doesn’t go the way she wants.
Just because we THINK we’d like to react this way doesn’t mean that we should.
@SparcMan…that’s exactly what I was thinking.
Wait, relationship? Where the hell did their relationship come from?
Oh man. Don’t get in the way of a princess. Hee.
I was at Heros con this year bought the first book one day had my dad come by on the second day to get the other two. Are you going to have more merchendice to sell like costumes or a CD with the jukebox songs on them?
Maybe Alex will find a way to stay in dreamland. Maybe some magic thing to have him really be in dreamland to live there, but still go to the real world to see family or something like that.
Even though, I think it would be cool if Alex and his brother were some how both the kings of dreamland. Dreamland’s so big it might need two rulers. Plus that would be a real cool twist to the story, in my opinion anyways.
Good thing there wasn’t a rock down there where Alex landed. He doesn’t have his helmet on right now, so if he’d hit his head on a rock, Nastaja might have been looking at the corpse of the man she loves right now. How would she have felt about that?
Good thing this is a comic and not real life, huh?
Alexander, time to man up!!!
Like this turn, very dominant personality on her.
King of Dream Land? Can’t see it working when the time difference between worlds makes it so he can wake up at any random time, and he has no control over what happens to his living body during that time. Maybe if they found out a way for him to fully come-over or something.
yeah, love this scene. Geez – hopefully Alex will grow a spine and take some responsibility.
Heheheheheheheheh! Yeah, a shove isn’t as bad as a chop upside the head…
Hey all.
SO glad you liked the page. Whew.
I know it’s a bit extreme. But…Alexander DID just ask if she was asking these things because she wanted a ring.
That’s usually grounds for a smack at that part of the relationship.
🙂
She’s scarier than the dragon… *cough*
I woulda thought that shove off the cliff might actually help him learn to fly haha…
you thread me with stupidty and no future! THIS IS MADNESS! Madness? THIS IS DREAMLAND!!!! *push* AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHH!
Like the thinking of that
hi scott! i’ve been reading dreamland for a long time, and i LOVE it. your artwork is beautiful and the characters are wonderful. i just wanted to finally comment because i’ve really become enamored with this series.
the thing is, as much as i want to shout YEAH! to encourage on nastajia, i think that what we want to show our kids is not the way we would like to act, but the way we really should act. if alex and nastajia worked things out in a more peaceful – if emotionally passionate – way, and they’re heroes for our kids, then our kids will be more likely to emulate that kind of behavior. i’ve felt this way a couple of times with dan and nicole, too – plus the sudden physical violence seems to toe the believability line. even if THIS IS DREAMLAND RAAAH (lol, win, Ansley.)
now, just to prove that i’m not a total bore, i would be in total support of nastajia getting all up in alex’s face, and him -inadvertently- tripping down a rock… 😀
Oookay, yeah, Alex is being beyond dense, and she knows he’s better than that.
I do believe she’s well within her rights to knock some sense into his head, and all these catcalls of ‘crazy’ need to wise up as well.
It’s not just their relationship Alex is yanking around, but the fate of all Dreamland. It’s past time the boy manned up and took this all seriously.
When the significant other uses your first and last name in an arguement, you know you just made things worse. And, do I hear wedding bells after Nico’s defeat? I had a Casablanca line I was gonna use here, but I can’t think of how it goes, unfortunately.
Ooooh! Strong, take charge woman! I like that! 😀 (less work LOL)
lol, this went exactly as I thought it would go… well, minus the pushing. I didn’t expect that.
you go girl!
Methinks that last panel sounded like a marriage proposal.
She’s being a bit contradictory there. 😛 And dang, stronger than expected!
Dude, she’s an elf. She totally already noticed and registered there weren’t any rocks jutting out down there that would do him serious harm. 😉
And yeah, high time someone gave him the swift kick to wake him up. Now all I can hope is that he’s smart enough (he’s done it before) to say the right thing
too many comments take long time to reach bottom of page XD… anyways for a second i thought he might fall off the cliff and suddenly be able to fly againwhile he was falling 😛
Ever since you changed her, she always always ALWAYS looks like she’s mad and yelling at him. Works out good for this particular one, though… Hm…
So she’s conflicted. She’s a young woman thrust into great responsibility for the Elven kingdom, not knowing if her parents are alive, not knowing if she dares love Alex, worried about him and his future–who wouldn’t be conflicted? I think her actions and words have an undertext of “I love you, but I’m not sure you are safe to love, if you will be there when I need you.”
wow got through the entire comic in one day. excelent job so far. and in one solid push down a cliff alex is confronted with comitment.
you go girl
more women need to be that assertive
:XD: What is it with Alex being shoved around so much? It happens like every three pages! lol
I love her hair!
The Secret To Life: Find a girl like that, then shut up and do as she suggests. 🙂
Soooo….yes?no?lol
I’m guessing she’s gonna yell at him some more and then kiss him.
She’s a bit… possessive, isn’t she?
This would be the perfect time for Alex to wake up. Give the b**ch time to cool off.
And yes, I used the “b” word deliberately. Nastajia, not Alex, ruined the romantic moment with this cr*p. Hot elf princess or not, I’d’ve dumped her if I were in Alex’s position. NO woman is worth this kind of “stereotypical woman” b.s. (Of course, it helps that I have nearly 20 years experience advantage over poor Alex … )
Okay, I resisted posting about this on the previous page, but I failed my saving throw on this one. I’m done now … (and moving forward to see if Alex does indeed wake up here … )
😉
Nastajia: “SHINING FINGER!!!”
you go girl
I think I see who is going to be the boss of the relationship just about right.
What have I said before about disproportionate reactions?
Nothing he said warrants shoving him like that… and yet everyone seems quite fond of physical assault as a display of objection to a minor slight.
lol Just what I was thinking.
Okay seriously what is up with people getting avatars opposite their gender?
And our avatars have the same pose too!
Favorite page so far? I think yes. I LOVE how she can be a dom badass :3
I wish I’d had this kind of reality slap back when I was 18. Of course, I also wish I’d been with a hot elven princess at the time as well…
Also, it’s nice to have some violence again. I was starting to miss it.
I wanted to cheer for Nastajia when I read this page. =-]
She didn’t go off and sulk and let the issue fester, she confronted his childish cranial rectumitis straight on, and let him know exactly how she feels – you go girl!
Some have said that she is being possessive, but I don’t think so; being possessive is treating someone like a possession; when she says she intends to be part of his future, she is treating him like a partner – and she wants a partnership of equals. Heaven only knows what she sees in him, but she loves him, and she wants him to grow up to be an equal partner in the relationship – and in life – with her. I think she is spurring him to grow up, and she is showing loyalty, not possessiveness.
As far as her being “the boss in the relationship”, I don’t think that is what she is going for. She has a kingdom depending on her, and he – if things continue to progress in the direction they seem to be – may have multiple kingdoms depending on him. She has growing up to do, but she is trying; he isn’t trying, at least not hard, and not yet. He was in sore need of this kick in the pants.
She’s fighting for their relationship, and for the Alex-To-Be that Dreamland needs, and I applaud her!
Now I’m imagining Alex and Kiwi getting it on…. somehow. Don’t even ask.
In this chapter…Alex was dumb.
AF.