There are many places around Fingol where you might find a gryphon where a gryphon usually shouldn’t be (like on top of an armoir).
There are many places around Fingol where you might find a gryphon where a gryphon usually shouldn’t be (like on top of an armoir).
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Tobias sulking atop furniture is the best thing
He’s like an angry house cat!
He’s so TINY! Doesn’t look much bigger than Colin.
He’s only 3 years older than Colin though isn’t he? I’ve been wondering if the reason he doesn’t have ear tufts like his mom is because he hasn’t finished maturing yet.
He does, they’re just lying down since he is in a permanent sulk.
That’s exactly the case with Tobias.
He hasn’t fully matured, yet.
If you were on Patreon, and had read this page, you’d already know that.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4108833
It’s even better for Dutch(-speaking) readers, as there is a Dutch saying describing exactly this situation. “Iemand op de kast jagen”, literally translated as “chasing someone up the cupboard”, means to rile someone up. So this comic represents exactly both the literal and figurative side of the saying. Awesome!
Wow, got that sweet midriff shot on Jim~
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I know. Anybody else have the urge to ruffle that fur? Tickle-tickle-tickle!
Aw Tobias needs a hug.
Can I give him a hug?
Such a lovely domestic scene. I imagine everybody knows that’s Tobias’s “teenage angst zone”
Middle Gryphon Syndrome, it is well documented.
Well, when you consider that gryphons are half cat. And cats like to be on top of things. It’s only natural, really. Do they have open boxes around the house for the cubs?
Whoah, maybe at Christmas (or Yule or whatever midwinter holiday they might choose to celebrate) the gryphons actually DO give their kids the boxes and return the toys! :P
Oh my God now I just need a page of the Finns sitting in boxes like cats.
And jumping on the Christmas tree :3
Internet phenomenon most UNpopular with them: Unboxing videos. >;->
Oh, Greg, why am I not surprised! Greg was brought up to do the right thing. Also, Paul is actually a softie!
I think it’s more that Paul is the responsible one who is trying to make sure Tobias’s sulking doesn’t ruin dinner with their fancy American guests.
I don’t think it’s so much a fancy dinner for the US crew. Greg wouldn’t have been helping in the kitchen so much if it was Something Special being put on for them.
To me, this has more of the feel of simply a large family dinner, of the sort that happens when you have a bunch of relatives staying for a few weeks.
Tobias is long term angsty about being a common gryphon. But it was Colin’s actions in using Ravi’s ‘gifts’ that have changed the state of play. I think that, more than anything else has really been what has rattled Tobias’s attitude.
I feel like the whole introduction of Colin having the curse/gift just feels like “Here’s another thing that makes you different from your brothers!” to Tobias.
(Paul might not have it either but…)
Dinner’s ready and the group that went into the caves with the mysterious stranger haven’t returned yet.
Dun dun DUUUUN.
Mary’s going to be even more ticked off with Ravi now, isn’t she?
Mary: …I’ve already called them three times. The megaphone was fully charged – I know they would be able to hear me. Well they can have dinner cold and dried out, and serves them right! *grump*
Ravi: *strolls in* Ah! Do accept my most sincere apologies, Madame Finn! We were making such progress, and I could not bear to break off!
James: …Yeah. And it’s not like I could leave him there…
Michelle: …Sorry.
Ravi: Ah, but your excellent meal is nearly cold and a little dry now… *uses fire and water control to restore uneaten meals to freshly-cooked state* Tuck in, fellows!
Mary: OVO
>:=)>
Greenwood, I can so easily mentally picture the scenes you craft, as if they were actual pages of Skin Deep.
I keep expecting a “Meanwhile, back in the caves, . . . ” segue.
I was just thinking the same thing. They are awfully absent. I mean sure it’s only been a few pages but now that it’s dinner time I’m starting to wonder how long have they been.
tobais sulking is soo funny!
Is it just me, or does Tobias look REALLY SURPRISINGLY SMALL?
hes probably like 13
I love the fact Greg’s helping with the cooking and setting the table. It’s the little touches like that that I simply ADORE in webcomics!
And he’s smiling!
I almost forgot is actually capable of this! ;P
You’re right… That was what was bugging me.
Also, that second panel feel a bit like a shot from a horror movies with the camera moving unsteadily overhead an watching….
I remember doing that thing, that Jim is doing with Colin, to my own siblings. Man, those were the cute times.
And now I’m wondering if the fact that Michele and Ravi aren’t back yet signifies that they have uncovered something big. Either that or they come bursting in right at the last second.
Now there, Tobias. Just because all of your brothers are Opinici doesn’t mean you’re less than a griffon; it just means you’re more awesome than they are
Considering how much Ravi likes to sidetrack things, they might well be down there a while.
… I feel we missed an important bit of dialogue since the previous page.
I actually had to check the previous pages to see if I missed a post. It really felt like an abrupt cut in the story’s flow
I agree. I expected there to be a page or two where we hear why Jim considers himself to be disfigured. Maybe that will come later?
… How much you wanna bet that Michelle is danger right now?
^ In danger
Hm, I dunno…. maybe she’s just learning interesting things.
….also is your username inspired by the Humongous Entertainment series? I just… I had to ask. I’m sorry.
Yes it is.
Awww, look at the floofy birdkitty on top of the armoire all sulky and shiz. I dunno, I just love that that’s Tobias’ little Spot. Or at least one of them. Kind of the gryphon equivalent of going to sulk in a corner somewhere I guess.
I like how Greg seems so at ease helping out. It’s the most at ease we’ve seen him as a Satyr in the entire comic.
Greg’s the best. He just wants to help people :)
Silly me, I only just noticed that Lorne has his own mug in the place.
Oh Tobi, please get off the cabinet. <3
aw poor toby, i like that paul is making sure he’s okay,
he’s so nice.
It’s Merial’s pose that confuses me. Do women really casually sit like that?
Yush :3
I do it all the time when I’m chilling on the couch.
Yes
Indeed. Some women do sit like that on the ground, in chairs, and on couches. I do!
I find that weird somehow. I need to get out more but I have since I was twelve.
Ah! I love everything about this! All the little glimpses into a “family home evening” with friends. I love that Greg is pitching in with dinner prep, and he & Ms Finn seem to be getting along well with each other, chatting and smiling. And Jim “flying” Colin on his feet… I used to do that with my own little boy when he was little enough to do that. And Toby in gryphon form sulking on top of the bookcase. I love all of it!
All those Gryphon portraits in the house do make me wonder just how many Human friends the Finns have?
In a house that size, they can have a front parlor that’s devoid of any such portraits, maybe with a gryphons-as-mythology design theme.
A more difficult (and comical) strategy would be the one used by Alec Guiness’s character in an old movie, where he was a ship captain with a reversible portrait in his stateroom.
Earlier, Kory had crafted a scene where a single frame on the wall was shown to contain four photograph slots, each displaying one of their sons. But one slot was empty. My mind immediately conjured the notion that they had lost a child… or perhaps excommunicated one. Of course, it was actually Colin’s picture that was missing. The final slot was waiting for him to get a human form to photograph. So it seems they capture family images that are “safe” for public display.
…But here’s an interesting feature that makes me wonder how commonly the Finn’s entertain non-Avalon types. I don’t see any windows in any of these interior shots. There were certainly windows on the outside. And their parlor seemed to be oval or circular in plan. I wonder how it would relate the building that we saw in Kory’s drawing of the home’s exterior.
I’ve been wondering if there isn’t a “public face” to the Finn home, for keeping up appearances, (Tea with the queen and all that), And a private face for sitting down to dinner with the Gummi Bears.