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Thank you all for the great info regarding the sketch cards.
Donna’s going to check on shipping and we’ll get them ready to go.
The boys start 1st grade tomorrow. So…I know I should be talking about something cool here…
…but we’re kind of focused on that for now.
🙂
Can’t believe our little guys are going to be in 1st grade. Wow.
That’s it. I’ll…uh…I’ll think of something witty tomorrow.
Scott
awwwww. It’s about time Dan got some Dreamland action. That whole page is touching Scott! Keep it up
Well, this was rather unexpected but I’m sure it’ll turn out fantastic. Now What’s Nichole gonna do? Go Nuclear on Daniel now?
Heh, I’m on both sides of you on the kids thing, Scott. My daughter turns 21 on Sunday. Her son is two and a half. My son is due tomorrow. Two kids – almost exactly 21 years apart. Nephew older than uncle. It’s a little surreal at the ol’ Zeb household.
Don’t forget to vote for Scott every hour you can. The competition with Starship Moonhawk for another interview is tight.
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So after all this we still dont know what the message is all about… [Grumpy mode engaged] 😉
*is perplexed* what in the world could have had that effect on him?
I really do enjoy the fruits of your noggin
Anybody else think that orion ordered dan a copy of Dreamland Physics 101 from a younkers catalog (you know they have everything…).
Yes! My one vote made a difference :P! Atleast for the moment. ANYWAYS, Great page Scott!
Man, the voting is TIGHT!! Added mine and we’re just one vote away from being TIED at 540 votes.
Pimp this beoch! 😉 http://tgtwebcomics.com/events/t50/
WHY ARE U TORMENTING US WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER??? XD WHYY!!! *pretends to grumble*
Money is on Alex doesn’t let it drop (Orion was right, the boy will never grow up)… the letter probably just explains why Daniel can’t enter dreamland or doesn’t dream. Maybe Alex’s “guardian” in the real world while his body sleeps…
I wanna know what’s in the letter. weeeeeeeeh 8-
I’m just happy he got confirmation that Alex’s Dreamland is as real as he thought it was. Though…. it would be neat to know what the letter said. ;-D
And.. thought hubby & I don’t have kids of our own I’ve watched my four nieces grow with total amazement at how fast it goes by. My oldest niece will be able to drive in another year. Yikes!!
Nancy just asked, “What if Daniel doesn’t know he dreams because he doesn’t want to remember he is Nicodemus?”
Bobbi…
Tell Nancy…”Never in a million years”.
🙂
just chanced on your story and I love it! I can’t wait for more! I’m so happy to have found a great stroy, with great characters that leaves me with a ‘whats gonna happen next!’ feeling!
Keep up the super awesome work!
Thanks Cndneh…
Welcome and hope you continue to enjoy Dreamland.
🙂
Gosh, I wonder what Orion wrote? Can’t wait for more about this!
@bobbi:
I had been thinking something similar, but more in depth. I thought maybe Nic was once the Dreamland incarnation of Dan and somehow they separated into two personas – Nic becoming what he is today, Dan being stuck in the “real-world” – and that is why Dan can no longer enter Dreamland.
But, Scott’s replay of “never in a million years” pretty much dashed that theory! 😉
Alex’s face actually looks pretty sincere to me =P Alex is a good kid and probably doesn’t want to upset his bro too much.. and being Dan’s bro maybe gives Alex enough ability to read Dan’s expression to know this is not a time to kid around ^^;
But does that mean we won’t know what it says….?? D= <– look of horror
@ bobbi/nancy + Deappas: even though Scott dashed that theory, thanx for sharing! Very interesting thought =D
@ Scott: Loving the direction you’re taking this story and love the past few pages in the library. Can’t wait for more ^__^
Tell me we get to learn the contents of letter eventually. Please?
@Dani: I think he just got a papercut on his third finger, left hand. He’s looking at it the entire page. How it made him cry? I have NO clue.
Your kids start school already?! Wow … here in good ol’ Canada (or at least my end of Canada) kids start school on September 2nd, or after Labor Day. Maybe things have changed, I mean, it’s been a long time since my little brother and I were elementary-school kids 😉
As for the comic, superb work as ever. I’d love to know what the note said. But hey, as long as it means Dan keeps believing in Dreamland, that works just as well to keep me happy. Alex needs that one person in his family who’ll always know he’s not a kook, even if he may begin to sound like one.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Cheers,
Jay
He was probably abducted by dream-pirates at an early age.
That or the note says: “Dear Dan, I am having your child. Love, Orion.”
Great, now Orion made Dan cry. Mean old centaur. Probably made fun of his unruly hair. I knew that halfahorse had a mean streak, you can see it in his eyes.
And grete neus about ur kids Scott, skool tought me lodes of gude thing two uz in lyfe, eye no thay wil du gude!
Going out on a limb, but my theory is that Dan is the legitimate King of Dreamland and that his inability to dream is something that was imposed on him in order to protect him from Nicodemus until he is old enough to return and assume the throne.
I still think Nicodemus is possessed. Something got in him and made him evil…for all we know there could be some other power in Dreamland trying to use Nick for his own ends.
That “Dan is Nicodemus” idea was pretty cool, for what it’s worth. I guess it sounds like the type of plot twist you would expect from an anime series.
Silverwolf, I don’t think Nicodemus is possessed by some greater evil. Nicodemus is basically a representation of Satan. It doesn’t get any more evil than that.
I agree with David C, that would be totally an anime-style plot, and I agree with everything else in his comment. With Alex, I don’t thing he will badger Dan to tell him what the note said, but I think Dan will tell Alex when he’s ready. Also, I know I’m a little late on this but I can’t wait for those cards Scott! And congradulations on your kids, I hope they have a wonderful First Grade!
uh…boys are not supposed to cry…. But Dan must be really touched by the letter’s contents. WHAT IS IN THAT LETTER?!?!
The anticipation is killing me *groan* 🙂
OH! I only just realized what Dan was wearing XD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/9f70/
Bwaha. I ought to have looked a little closer a little earlier..
you can’t be serious. Does this mean it’ll be a while before we find out what it says? MEAN, Scott. SO MEAN!!
Actually all…
You do NOT find out what it says.
Orion said it was for “Dan’s eyes only”.
So there.
Sorry.
It is amazing how self-centered Alex is. He is on his way to become something akin to the King of Dreamland (at least that is the feeling around), but as soon as things are not all about himself he starts sulking. I am increasingly growing fonder of the support characters and finding the lead guy, Alex, a big whiny baby. Good work, very nice story!
Ahh Scott. You’re such a tease! 😀
Ah, the story is moving along… And the voting is still underway.
I am voting for TDC in TWC and TGTWebcomics as often as I can, and I’d like to ask for help with another bracket: Bracket 3 is Girl Genius vs Eben07. I am a fan of Studio Foglio from WAY back. and would very much like to hear Phil and Kaja on the TGTWebcomics podcast again. So, while you are over there voting for Scott Sazve and TDC, please help spread the love and vote for Phil Foglio and Cheyenne Wright in Bracket 3.
I like the way Dan reacted – it was actually not what I expected, though I really didn’t know what to expect. The idea that Orion could tell Dan something he would accept, and apparently without question, is wonderful all by itself. That it would make him tear up adds even more.
As for Alex’s reaction, when Dan tells him it’s kind of private, well I’ve got a different take on it. It’s not that Alex is self-centered so much (though he is a bit), it’s that there’s something Dan doesn’t want to tell him – and they are twins. Even though they are very different, at the core they have a bond which supersedes most things – but not this. Alex has just bumped into something that they can’t share for some reason, and that doesn’t happen very often.
Soon, Nicole. Soon you will HAVE to accept–or RE-accept–Dreamland again.
*Surreptitiously reading the letter* “Dear Daniel, you may already be a winner…”
It’s a love letter! Dan and the Centaur are an inter-universe item! How’s that for a crack ship/epilectic tree theory?
I know Alex, I know. I wanna know what that letter says too
What’s an epileptic tree theory?
“Dan,
I like you. Do you like me?
Circle one: Yes No
Orion”
It makes sense that we would not know what is in the letter. This is as much a story about Dreamlands through the eyes of Alex (with some exceptions) as it is about Dreamlands overall. If Alex not knowing the contents of the letter is a critical part of the story, it is better that we not know either.