| usedbooks | Thanks again, Tantz, for helping me organize my thoughts and get this dialogue the way I wanted it. :) Like the scene with the car, I put the speech "behind" the rain in the second panel in an attempt to represent it being muffled by the downpour (and make it a background noise -- almost literally).
This is the last page of this story arc (which covers the last 150 pages or so -- over a year in the making)! Next week we will have a short intermission (there are updates but not pages). Then we'll start with the exciting "season premiere" on September 14.
Anubis, Peipei, Canuovea: Haha. I actually didn't even think about that song or the connection until after I found the Bible passage and was transcribing it for my comic. :)
Most passages read at funerals are about accepting Jesus to have everlasting life, which is not comforting if the dearly departed wasn't known as a devout Christan nor is it comforting to non-Christan mourners (no more than a fairy tale would be). A standard funeral service would not be used by Father O'Bryan (who proved his empathy with non-Christians in an earlier chapter). So, I approached the sermon as a preacher would, by finding where the preachers discuss such matters (forums) and searching for non-Christan funeral services. I thought this was a lovely passage, and I guess the Beatles agree. ^_~
There are many different translations of the verse. The one I read said "a time to plant and a time to gather up what was planted," but I prefer the word "harvest."
DAJB: Makes one wonder what her wedding dress looked like.
ghostrunner: Or roll the stones to gather moss!
LanceDanger: How about the polygon of death?
patrickdevine: If we're going with song references, maybe she should wear a blue dress. ;-) She's not a mourner, so she can wear whatever she wants. Maybe she wears it to visit her late husband?
Jonko: Of course, I can't take credit for the "writing" in panel one, as it was written in 250 BCE by an uncredited author. But I'm happy you find it as charming a piece of prose (almost poetry) as I do. I'm not sure Meredith is subtle, but the crowd chooses to ignore her. -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 |
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| User: amanda | | 5 | | It seems fitting that it should rain during Kylie's funeral. Poor Sean. -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: Jonko | | 5 | | so sad, you presented the funeral scene beautifully though. -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: LanceDanger | | 5 | | It also rained in the last funeral I went to XD -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: kyupol | | 5 | -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: usedbooks | | | @Tantz: Damn sadistic little songbirds! XD
I grew up in the mountains. Tons of rain. There was a thunderstorm during my parents wedding. It's certainly likely that any event or ceremony will be rained out or snowed out.
I would like to include more "weather" in my comic. My original plan was to have it raining throughout the night of the hanging, but I changed my mind to want to have a bright moon. -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: Tantz Aerine | | 5 | Well done, you did an excellent job with the page's flow. *applause*
Those of you wondering about rain and funerals, let me tell you that 90% of the times, in you get buried in Greece, the sun shines merrily and the birds chirp all around in the cemetary.
Even in the middle of winter. But it's still not merry. :p -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: usedbooks | | | @Peipei: Me too! But there are places on the planet where it never rains. I expect that people die there too. But what if they don't? o_0
@JustNoPoint: Yeah, and Kylie steps out of the shower... -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: JustNoPoint | | 5 | Congratulations on finishing up your most epic story/adventure ever!
And now Seiko wakes up... again XD -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: Peipei | | 5 | | I was gonna ask the same question DAJB xD last funeral I went to, there was rain :s. -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: usedbooks | | | Since I'm breaking the update pattern next week, I'm replying here. :)
@ghostrunner: She is? I didn't know that.
@DAJB: I personally am grateful for rain at a funeral because it provides emotional camouflage. I don't like to be seen crying on any occasion, especially if it ends up leading to people trying to "comfort" me, but in a heavy rain, I can weep openly. "Those aren't tears." The white noise also provides a lovely silence for respect and reflection and makes people focus inward. (I don't buy that "angels weeping" silliness, but if an intelligent force was controlling weather, rain would provide a perfect reverent atmosphere.)
For this story, I wanted to use it as a different kind of cover. Rain means umbrellas, which hide the crowd (esp. on the last page), a technique I picked up from anime. -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: DAJB | | 5 | | Why does it always rain at funerals? Surely some people must get buried on sunny days! -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 | | User: ghostrunner | | 5 | | yeah but dawn is a brunette too -Posted on Sep 02, 2010 |
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