There’s only one page left of Bugbear Talisman! Just a heads up: I’m going to be taking a bit of a break between this story and my next one so I can clear off some of the other projects I have piled up. I normally take a break between stories anyway, but I wanted to make sure y’all know what’s going down! I will most likely be starting up Reader Questions again during the interim! Yay!
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All I can say is: Her face. HER FACE!!!
…She’s blushing XD. I think she likes the idea of extra attention? Otherwise she’d be pale as a ghost X3.
yea funny i missed that my first read through
Whoops. She looks very much like she doesn’t know how to feel about all this. Oh dear, She’s made her bed, and now she’s going to have to /eat it/.
wonderful job on Alec! Is that a style change with your work? he looks so much more detailed.
I think that’s just because he could only get “most” of the honey out of his fur.
I think he did it for the extra effect. I mean, he could’ve just turned into a human and washed it off in the shower :D
I.. I don’t think that’s how it works.. I’m most likely wrong but.
If cloths go into memory when the illusion is off.. wouldn’t the illusion of humanity cover up the mess that is in full/midform?
well page 6 of the nixie spit story would lead me to believe that the medallions can clean mundane things up, just not magic things. So I’m agreeing that it was all just the extra effect on Alec’s part.
You can see the honey still around the collar. I think he came straight here and didnt bother to clean the rest up yet. I think it is the honey in his fur, but either way, still really cool looking though.
I love that you went the extra mile with the lettering.
HOLY CRAP. Alec is scary O_O
Hes a BUGBEAR. It kinda comes with the packaging….They’re not all just jump scares and fuzz.
I love how her hair/fur is standing on end in panel three! Panel five is just terror-ific!
The ear droop is a also a sign that terror has taken over.
Alex obviously does the “Death awaits you with huge, nasty teeth!” voice veeerry well!
-Extra Attention, if you ‘now what I mean.
*blush*
Oh but was it worth that five hundred?
WAS IT? ^___^
I cannot tell if Lily is turned on, terrified or both.
I am betting both, actually. I freaking love your expressions, Kory B.
Both, definitely.
…if this is Bugbear courtship, imagine what the breakup is like…
All I can picture is a small section of town being turned into Silent Hill, as everyone suffers the pair trying to make each other miserable.
Except I think a bugbear would actually enjoy that. Maybe when bugbears breakup they start acting super polite and pleasant with each other?
They probably just start ignoring each other.
No, it would be so much better if they started calling each other fancy titles, talking in flowery voices, giving each other chocolate and handmade plushies for each other. All of this would of course be done with utmost humiliation in mind for the recipient.
So…the full Lalonde treatment? Seems about right.
…Speaking of Homestuck, this looks like the quintessential blackrom flirtation/show off: “Look what I can do! Can you do that? Doesn’t it make you /mad/?”
I can’t either. There’s something about the way her face is turning red.
Those teeth ._.
I like Alec all honeyed up like that. He should wear his hair wild more often.
She’s got the weirdest lady boner right now.
I would be surprised if she didn’t. XD
This was the plan all along! It was all an elaborate ploy for Alex’s attention and affection! Ah, young love.
I reckon Alex’ll let her dangle a bit. Anticipating a response is gonna be so much sweeter than the actual revenge.
This is what I’m thinking. Especially with only one page left.
Everything about this page is brilliant. Alec’s Very Polite Threat is hilarious. Alec covered in honey is (still) hilarious. Lily…oh, Lily, you poor, silly dear.
The more I look at this the more hilarious it gets XD
Alec is threatening her and he’s still pretty much hunnified XD
Is Lily’s friend seeing all this, or is this just some sort of Bugbear warning system that specifically targets the person that pranked them.
Oh, Lily! Did you really want to be of interest to a bugbear?
Another great page, Kory! Just love these folks! Well, not sure how much I’d love Alec in person …
Oh, I am so hoping those two hook up now ^_^
ooooh so enjoying this! As always, love the expressions! ‘Specially Alec and his hunny XD
Oh thought I should mention it for the less informed who don’t get Alec’s irony here- Mead is made from honey xP Nice one, Alec. Nice one.
Oh dear…
YES. Alec is bar far one of the most favorite characters in the avalon. Seeing him this way puts a smile on my face from ear to ear. XD She is so boned for life.
I think you mean “bar none,” unless there’s one character you like more. :)
The only question is, boned in what form…and will she enjoy it?
That moment when you realize you’ve started a war that simply can’t be won.
Hey Lily, good news and bad news
Good news: The Talisman definitely works*
Bad news: You now have the personal attention of a bugbear
Worse news: This may be the bugbear version of courtship.
*Assuming this isn’t a elaborate prank by Alec that has only just began.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. Hosea 8:7 (KJV)
Yep, even the Old Testament saw it coming. Which reminds me – she could have put some milk in with that honey, preferably curdled. Anyway, Alec is probably determined to prevent her from yielding any further grains of satisfaction from her victory, while everyone else will be reaching for the popcorn. At least she got a drink out of it… although she might want to check the mead out carefully, or drop a bezoar in, just in case.
It didn’t even take him long. So yeah, Alec probably did just jump straight to the right conclusion.
Alec: Towel, please, mate. And, d’you smell glaistig?
Ike: Whuh? Oh, ok….. …..and yeah, there is a glaistig scent now you mention it. Um, your, uh… bucket?
Alec: Here. Hmph… Lily bleedin’ Snodgrass. Thanks. She’ll probably be down the Drunken Satyr, toastin’ her victory…. *grnf* Right, c’n see where I’m going now. Let’s get this over with.
As for all the shipping comments, I’d say that one of the only ways that Lily could extract herself from the hole she’s dug would be to convince Alec that she was secretly after that sort of attention all along… and then edge towards him as he backs slowly away.
I would pay to see Lily chasing Alec in full Pepe Le Pew mode XD
I wish I had a local that served mead in little bumblebee tankards
hell, I wish I had a local that served mead, period!
Nor sure if you have it where you are, but BevMo! has several types of mead available here in Washington. I LOVE the stuff. Next year we are looking at a larger house, and I plan to start brewing my own, once we are there!
haha. I live all the way in Illinois, so the only mead I’ve had the pleasure of drinking was a little sample bottle bought from Ireland by my grandmother who’d just came back from vacation. Quite enjoyed it, honey sweet without quite the heavy taste. Also, question, does mead count as a beer or more like a wine? Or is it a beverage all its own?
Mead is a beverage all its own, although some people feel the need to call it “honey wine”, just as they call sake “rice wine”. Many experts theorize that mead is in fact the original alcoholic beverage.
Aside from finding it commercially, most US states allow adults to home-brew a certain amount every year, just as with beer or wine. The feds don’t get interested until they sell it untaxed.
People in groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism make a point of preserving such skills.
Can confirm. Dad used to be in the SCA, and sure enough he had his own little mead-brewing setup.
This page is completely awesome.
I’m thinking that guessing (rightly) that Lily was the trickster, Alex just located Dean knowing that Lily would brag to him about her succes.
Am also wondering if this indeed is the beginning of a very… interesting… relationship.
Alternate ending: Hold that last pose for one more panel with no dialogue, then in the next panel have her take a drink of the mead and say “still worth it.”
Well, Alex is going to have a loooot of fun with pranking Lily full-time over the next few weeks xD
Poor Lily, She does look adorable in a scared kitten sort of way. I want one
That one time Alec straight-up scared the hell out of me, and he didn’t even say anything to me. 8|
Wait!!! doesn’t Alec have a girlie friend Ursala Beorn?? ?_?
Ursula is currently what the Gargoyles fandom calls “canon-in-training”. She’s been mentioned in a couple of things by Kory Bing, our esteemed author, and Sheana, who created Alec and several other characters, but Ursula has yet to appear in the comic. It may be that she and Alec haven’t met yet at this point in the timeline. She certainly doesn’t live in the LA just now, since Ike just said a few pages ago that he’s never met a bugbear other than Alec and Alec’s dad.
Still, I’m calling Alec/Lily a crack ship at best for now.
They could end up with a platonic relationship from this of note.
I could see a sort of “worthy opponent” thing developing between them, yeah.
That’s sexy? I hope so, ’cause I’m suddenly dying to ship them!
I looove the way Alec’s lips are drawn. especially in panel 5. They’re just so perfectly bear-esque. He should wear his hair full of honey more often. It’s lovely.
Goddammit. I just archive-binged through your entire stock, and now THERE’S NOTHING LEFT WHYYYYYYY
Suffice to say, this is wonderful and I will be avidly following you for any and everything that comes next.
Oh I soooo want one of the Drunken Satyr’s special mead mugs, preferably full of course.
Oh Lily, I don’t know whether to be sorry for you or jealous. I suppose it depends very much on what Alec means by “Extreme Interest” and “Extra Attention”
All fun and games until someone shoots their eye out ^.^
It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
…then it’s a scavenger hunt!
Dark comedy is the best comedy.
I love the close attention to detail on Alec’s dentition. (Paleo person here, bears are awesome.)
Eeeeeee, so coool!
But how did he know it was her who did the honey bucket?
Honestly? I don’t think the list of suspects was very long.
That, and she just bragged about doing it – he was probably close enough to overhear, quite likely on purpose, just waiting for confirmation to make sure.
Also, if she’s still wearing the talisman, he might have noticed that she’s off his radar, which makes her even more of a suspect.
Well, if there was an annoying critter making it’s life work to blindside me, and I suddenly can no longer detect them around the same time I get blindsided by a prank I should have been able to see coming, it’d be fairly obvious who did it.
I think the honey hi-lights and the plain shirt, plus the more scary look, makes Alec very sexy-looking :D
I dont think anybody has realized this yet, but I find it hilarious and quite ironic that Alec is serving her mead, considering its made from honey.
I thought that was the point, he ordered her the mead as a not so subtle dig in telling her he knows it was her who pulled the prank. The honeybee on the mug is for the benefit of anybody reading this comic who doesn’t know what’s in the stuff ^.^
Only one more page, hmmm? Well, it seems that Dean already ‘ported out of the scene to make more room for the wrap-up! ;-P
Extreeeeeeeeeme interest! *wicket guitar riff*
I must say that there Alec with honey and short hair looks a lot younger
Yay mead!
(I’ve got some mead on my desk right now.)
Shipping it.
SHIPPING
IT
If I were the type to drink, 1) I would drink mead, and 2) I would drink it out of a bee mug. Heck, if I had a bee mug, I would drink everything from it.
Love the extra scary zoom in detail of Alec’s mouth in panel five lol, and idk if he just took off his sweatshirt and that was the shirt he was wearing under it, but still all covered in honey lolz.
Also, idk if I should feel sorry for the girl or feel like she deserved that one…lol
Hwa-heh-heh-heh-heh!
If I didn’t already have a bit of a fetish for your bugbears (which I did), I definitely do now.
I agree with ChatLunatique. The Drunken Satyr mugs would probably sell well enough to do the occasional limited run. (I’d love to make a glass-bottomed bee mug just like that sometime. I should get back to working with clay; I only wish that clay-deposit field trip in sculpture class hadn’t been canceled.)
On the upside his fur is going to look beautiful when he gets that stuff washed out
I don’t know about you but the moment that Alec started speaking, I would have thrown the mug behind me and bolted.
Oh make out already.
Damnit, Lily. Rule 1 of fucking with Bugbears using ancient talismans so they can’t find you is never wear the talisman when not fucking with them.
And her mausoleum will be built entirely out of the bricks that she just $#!/