Rowan: Archie — stay behind me!
[GLOW]
Archie: That’s a —
Rowan: Or maybe you better just run.
Leif & Thorn
Fantasy comedy about a magic knight trying to have a romance in his second language
Fantasy comedy about a magic knight trying to have a romance in his second language
Rowan: Archie — stay behind me!
[GLOW]
Archie: That’s a —
Rowan: Or maybe you better just run.
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Well, that’s something. I’ve been absent the last few days thanks to, as Sesame Street might say, the letters E, T, O, and H. Nonetheless, my lost week, Rowan is kickass, especially since Archie is essentially Dick Wolf, who’s a goofball at best.
I have a question about heart swords. Does the barer need to close their eyes to concentrate, picture the reality of the sword in the current sword-less reality, or because it hurts? Also, do they always close their eyes, or is it more of a personal thing?
I don’t think Rowan actually closed his eyes, here, honestly; I think they weren’t drawn as part of a stylistic emphasis of the dim lighting and unusual seriousness of Rowan’s attitude. It’s a pretty common technique in anime/manga for when a generally lighthearted character is all “shit’s about to get real”.
Accurate!
People do tend to close their eyes when drawing heartswords, just to make it easier to concentrate. But in this scene Rowan’s priority is “not taking your eyes off the threat.”
re: current “potential heartsword” quiz, I wanted to remark it’s an interesting question and made me realize something interesting. I had to go through it twice because I realized my first idea for an answer was “which do I find the most upsetting”, which is totally different from “which do I give myself the hardest time about”.
I guess I assumed they’d be the same, but nope, my personal standards and my emotional responses are totally different, who’da thunk lol
I’m looking forward to the Sunday strip which I expect will be Ø Is For Øverwritten 39/60 with a fight scene, rather than side content.
You know me so well!
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