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Happy Friday!
I hope you (who live in the U.S.) had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
The rest of you…I thank you for letting me take a day off yesterday to be with family.
I hope these pages are as fun to read as they were to write.
I giggled when writing this part of the chapter.
🙂
Have a wonderful weekend. And see you on Monday!
Uncontrollable giggling from this page. Everything about this page is hilarious xD
Looks like the mermaids aren’t entirely sold on the platonic nature of this kiss either. At least Dastan gets his revenge for the broken jaw.
There’s a correction at the third column
Anyways it is actually quite pleasant?
And THAT is the sound of fangirls squealing and demanding a finished full-page render of the kiss, while the rest of us laugh our hindquarters off. XD
Giggling? I’m busting a gut laughing here. I can’t say it enough; I love Alex so much.
Does anyone else hear “HELP!” in that Nastajia?
I giggle when reading this part of this chapter!
Pffhahahaha, now the shoe is on the other foot!
More like, the whole speech of Lt. Ash from the Descent: Freespace opening movie packed into a single word. ‘Send fighters!’
AH-HAHAHAHAHAHHA xDDDDD
Oh my god this page is cracking me up xDDDDD
ALEX, YOU HYPOCRITE xD
My hubby’s godparents are the kissing sort. My family never even hugged that much, so a kiss… it totally freaked me out. I always avoided it by turning my cheek, so at my wedding the godfather grabbed my cheeks to hold my head still and planted a big one smack on my lips. So awkward! Reading this, I sympathize as I giggle so, so much!
am I the only one who is 100% with Alex here? 😛
Nope I see one man forcing a kiss on the lips of another man as softcore rape. Poor Alex.
Hahaha, great script! Love that story 🙂
Didn’t notice the first time, but it’s there.
Oh no, son. She’s not saving you this time!
“One of those hot mermaids …”
“HOT?”
So it’s okay for Alex to get all violently jealous when a hunky merman tries to kiss Staj, but he thinks it’s perfectly fine for a mermaid he finds sexually attractive to kiss him?
Talk about a two-faced, male-chauvinist pig! I sincerely hope that Staj does NOT let his attitudes be forgiven too easily.
*grumble grumble*
yeah… “hot” mermaid… Alex’s immaturity is showing for sure. Which makes his current predicament MUCH funnier…
*gigglefit* Aww, poor Alex. Bless his heart. (If you’re from the south, you know what I mean there. >D)
Yeah!! Finish the kiss off! Please don’t let Alex get away by waking up until he gets kissed.
Ah, yes, there is a spelling mistake that needs correction: “acutally” should be “actually”.
awkward moment…
I think you’re being too harsh on Alex.
When the merman first tried to apply the spell to Nastajia, Alex had no idea whatsoever as to what whas going on. All he saw and knew, was that some male was about to kiss his girlfriend.
Once it was explained to him that it was the method used to apply the spell, he probably would not have objected to the merman kissing Nastajia. However, we’ll never know, since Nastajia kissed a mermaid, in a process of explaining the whole thing to Alex.
Now that he knows, and knows that A) there is nothing sexual about it, and B) there is apparently no other way to apply the spell (that we know of), he would still be more comfortable with kissing someone of the opposite sex, in order to complete the spell, than to have to kiss someone of the same sex. He’s been brought up that way, as a straight guy all his life. Granted, he would probably feel a little awkward, kissing some female other than Nastajia, but it would still be less awkward than this…
So let’s not jump to conclusions. Let’s not assume anything. We didn’t have a chance to see how he would have felt about the merman kissing Nastajia, once he knew what that was about, so let’s not assume he’s using some kind of double standard. Calling him a “two-faced, male-chauvinist pig” is quite a leap, indeed, IMHO.
Who says revenge is a dish best served cold? XD
NASTAJIA !! HAAAAAAAAAALP!!! XD
AWKWARD!!
hahaha
I gather the answer is No! Many are with you! Including Alex!!
Pfffft, I’m with Alex. I mean, I’d be down with it for the pragmatic reasons, but I’d probably be in tears while it was happening. 😛
Yes!! Haha, that’s one way of looking at it.
HAHA!! After what he did, and ESPECIALLY after assuming one of those “hot mermaids” would be the one to do this, Nastajia should watch and laugh! Serves him right. This ought to teach him for being such a jerk.
Still, Scott, please don’t be mean or narrow about this. Funny so far! 😀
I think enough punishment will come of it when she allows him to just be kissed by Beardio, here. :P}
Dastan is enjoying this. Pure and simple.
Oh man, that second panel, it’s like he’s being TEASED big time by the mermaids as to the true scope of his predicament. “Yup, you could indeed have kissed any one of US, but instead, you had to go and throw a punch, so now, it’s DASTAN TIME!!!!” *giggles*
Seriously though something tells me that Dastan knows exactly what he’s doing and is fully aware of how awkward this is for Alex! Talk about passive retaliation. 😛
Totally with Alex. I could care less bout this whole ‘narrow mind’ crap that been flying round the last few pages. As if expecting everyone to be fine with it isn’t narrow minded in it’s own way. I don’t care male or female, keep your germ ridden lips to yourself. And sure got no use for some creepy guy going on how it pleasurable. I gotta be pretty damn comfortable with a person before I will even give them a hug, much less plant lips ‘anywhere’ on me. All them cheek kissers would get from me is a stiff arm holding them at bay.
lol! now alex is who the one that wants to be saved.
Ok, thinking that someone (possibly someone with enchanting magic, not that I’m sure Alex is that familiar with mer-myths) is going to make out with your girlfriend and trying to stop it through a punch is somewhat acceptable (though if kids visit Dreamland every night, then wasn’t Nastajia aware of the human cultural limitations of kissing and able to warn Alex?), however, kissing is big in my family (though not quite that seductive of a kiss) and the merman’s been swimming most of the day, so his lips are probably quite clean. Also, more power for boys kissing! I’m going to look forward to any Dastan fanfiction that crops up as a result 🙂
Those mermaids look very eager to see that kiss. Heh heh.
I’m with you on this.
Yaoi fangirl mermaids.
I think it is so interesting how “big” Alex is being and how mature he seems to be, then he flips around and shows how far he still has to go. Hot mermaids, kissing a merman, ahhh!
i just caught back up with this comic. i lost the site name and couldn’t remember it for a while, and re-found it recently. i love every panel of it and am a huge fan. and yeah, lol about the kissing, hehe. id love to see nastajia find her parents again, but im still not sure weather she will or not.
So it’s “immature” to appreciate attractiveness? Just because he chose the word “hot” instead of pretty or cute doesn’t make him immature.
This is funny and all but I seriously don’t think Alex is being narrow minded or acting like a jerk. Being tolerant of homosexuality doesn’t mean that you have to join in, I’d be fine with two guys kissing but definitely not fine with getting kissed by a guy myself. There’s nothing wrong with guy on guy but there’s nothing wrong with being straight either and both should be tolerated and treated equally.
That said I doubt it’s supposed to be taken this seriously, it’s just a funny scene and it’s hilarious to watch. XD
I thiink the merman presumes too much both with Alex and with the Elf Queen. We’re talking about royalty (acknowledged royalty). Permission should be asked, unless it is an emergency like the incident with the dragon under water.
And for the merman to say it is ‘quite pleasant’ means that he enjoys it, and yes he must be gay or bi (but I can’t imagine this is being introduced in a children’s comic).
Okay Scott, how about Alex coming to his senses.
Next panel: Alex puts his hand on the merman’s chest to stop him. Alex ponders a moment.
Next panel: Alex realizes the significance of what’s happening; grabs the merman by the shoulders and plants an open eye’d kiss on the lips of the merman.
Next panel: Alex has a tail and profoundly thanks the merman for his service to the King.
Am I the only one who wouldn’t mind being kissed by a mermaid? I realize that culturally, this whole scene must be very different for you if you are male, since the implications of homosexuality is always there, lingering in the background – but just consider for a moment what you get in return. One small moment of social discomfort for a mermaid’s (or merman’s) tail and the ability to swim and breathe under water. I would do that any day, any time, if that was possible…
Nope. I think that if Alex was a girl, this would generally be considered a lot less hilarious. It doesn’t help that I’m a guy who has been sexually harassed before, albeit by women.
This scenario sounds like the best option moving forward… I hope it happens.
rofl id demand one of the mermaids do it in his place
well get ready for a skip or one of the most awkward pages to date
Scott: Shouldn’t we be able to see Dastan’s reflection in Alex’s eyes here?
You normally see a lot of details if you look closely into your own or someone else’s eyes.
Don’t do this to Alex. He is gay-like enough, dont force him to kiss this guy…!
You mean the typo in “Actually”? Yeah…
So far, so fun with this scene. 🙂
Does not have to be gay or bi at all, just a whole lot sneaker than Alex. 🙂 I suspect even in Dreamland there is an “accepted” way of things and the “alternative”. For Reference I give the original Crocadille Dunde movie.
No one said being king was going to be easy, Alex. 😀
The mermaids are adorable!
Whoa!
You’ve got to love how excited those mermaid girls are looking on.
It was immature of him to say it out loud, not to think it… but this is Him we’re talking about, so it could just as easily be stupidity rather than immaturity.
Correction: the flipper is on the other fin.
And with tongue.
Gooooooooooooooooooood
OH gosh, this is making me cringe so baaaaaaad