Lorne is perhaps a tad overwhelmed.
I’ll be at Portland Indie Con this weekend! It’s the first year for this show and I hope it’s a good one! If you’re in the area stop on by! I’ll be at Table A-2!
Lorne is perhaps a tad overwhelmed.
I’ll be at Portland Indie Con this weekend! It’s the first year for this show and I hope it’s a good one! If you’re in the area stop on by! I’ll be at Table A-2!
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They’re all gonna spook the poor lad
I wonder if Lorne had an “I’M A KITTY!” moment when he got his medallion.
“On second thoughts, let’s not go to Wonderland. It is a silly place.”
(Bah, it’s only a model!)
(sh!)
Jim can’t sit still for a second can he? First he’s on the left, then he’s on the right, then he’s suddenly on the left again, lol.
Following up on Mark Spears’ post in the discussion of jubjub descriptions / physical properties on the previous page:
… I have a hunch that last-panel Lorne is inclined to declare someone else champion in that sport. >;->
*snickers* “Argh! Right in me ear!” ;->
The only thing missing now is a microphone
Young Jim: Hey Lorne!
Young Lorne: ya?
Turns around but doesn’t see just
Jim jumps out of nowhere
Young Jim: BOO!
Young Lorne: ahhhhh!
Jumps to the ceiling and clings there.
Eash what a welcome to wonderland. Jim don’t sneak up Lorne ok?
[15 minutes later]
Mary: “… Lorne!? What are you doing up there?”
Lorne: “Umh … clinging to … something, it seems …”
Roald: “Young man, in the name of all us Wonderlanders, may I ask you not to leave clawmarks or the like in our magic anti-detection shield … !”
Jim [pops up from nowhere]: “NEW HEIGHT RECORD!!!”
Hmm, they seem to be able to tell he’s a nemean lion without giving him a medallion. I wonder how that works. Did he just try every other medallion first? Are they guessing based on his ancestry? Is is because his last name is literally Lyon? I guess that’s a question for the reader questions.
I’m guessing it’s a “they know who his ancestors are” kind of thing. But yeah, details would be fun.
Doesn’t he have Nemean Lion parents?
Edit: The cast page says: “Jonathan Merrywhether Lyon – A malcontent Nemean Lion and Paul’s best friend. Jon basically raised his younger brother Lorne by himself and is very protective of him.” So they both had Nemean Lion parents.
As to why they’re not around… I don’t know.
Jon has already turned at this point and they have no reason to believe that Lorne ISN’T a nemean as well.
Ah. Thanks for the clarification!
Well, so far, it’s rather unclear how much Jon and Lorne ever learnt from their parents on such matters:
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/question-15/
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/2018-reader-question-108/
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/2018-reader-question-154/
but if you got the ancestry nailed down (and the parents aren’t two different mythicals), the family can grab the proper type of medallion in advance, like with the Finns here:
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/illumination-page-14-so-many-gryphons/
(Of course, if one parent is a human, there’s always the possibility that the child will turn out to be one as well – and not need a medallion. Gee, now I wonder what madam U’s return policy for this part of her clientele might be … !)
“Overwhelmed” indeed. Anybody reading the original Alice books probably wonders why the poor girl didn’t spend most of her time in a fetal position. It might be because she was British.
Did I already quote the Harvey Kurtzman line? “It may be ‘quaint’ by you! It may be ‘delightful’ by you! It may be ‘Wonderland’ by YOU! By ME it’s only one thing – SCARY! LEMME OUTTA THIS FURSHLUGGINER PLACE!”
I think you’re spot on… she does spend most of her time tapping her fot, hands on her hips, DEMANDING that everyone behave in a polite fashion. I could see her traveling to the colonies and demanding the ‘savages’ put on some decent clothing even while they’re holding her at spearpoint.
Young Lorne is quite the contrast to his older self, which is to be expected since almost nobody maintains the same general personality and/or mindset from when they were much younger, everything about us changes as we grow older, both physically and mentally, and our minds still have a lot of what is commonly referred to as neuroplasticity when we are much younger, which basically a fancy way of saying our minds have an adaptive quality to them that responds well to changes and stimuli, more or less.
I…I wonder. Does Lorne regret accepting the medallion?
… why would he? Even if it turns out that he prefers to live as a human, the medallion would allow him to do that. (Excluding catastrophic events damaging his medallion, or that he possibly could have gotten a (covertly) damaged one in the first place, that is.)
Roald is so frabjulous.
I… would very much like to have tea with Roald.
… also, poor Lorne. Kid needs a hug and about 48 hours to process All Of This Stuff.
Maketh me to wonder … are unturned Nemean Lions super-strong and invulnerable yet? Or is that only after they’ve turned?
Not quite yet:
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/march-reader-question-5/
(Dangit, I still crack up everytime I flip through the QAs and pass by this one:
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/november-2013-reader-question-16/ ;-)
… seems that replies with more than one link are always withheld for moderation :-/, so let me try throwing just one at you:
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/march-reader-question-5/
You know, I just realized something… Lorne has bandaids on. A Nemean Lion. With boo-boos.
As far as I’m aware, he’s only invulnerable when a lion. I could be wrong?
Actually, for human born ones like Jon and Lorne, it’s only after they’ve received their Medallions.
The RQ that JoB linked to.
Also, Lorne supposedly is (still) living with Jon at this point …
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-24-sounds-racist/
(last panel)
With unturned( as in born human) Nemeans, until they have their medals, they’re still capable or being hurt, it’s just harder to do so. Think a fall that should break a bone will only fracture or sprain. A hard baseball to the head is a bad headache.
Once they have their medals, though, it’s all bets off. Tanking car hits is like a whack with a pool noodle.