Page Commentary No. 258 (Patreon)

Psu: I don't know what "laconic" means.

Brellom: It's about concise word usage.

Gunwild: That is so. 

Brellom: Like Penny here. Though I think she should've instead said "So how about you cool off." It would've sounded cooler

Psu: Oh. Should we be more laconic in these commentaries?

Brellom: No, the kids love it when we say more than necessary.

Gunwild: They do run a little long. Because they feature stuff like me digressing to talk about how it comes from Laconia, where Sparta was. They thought their toughest, best-educated people should always have at least few clever, correct words to say. You know, like an action hero.

Psu: Oh actually that's pretty interesting. But I guess not many of our characters fall under "laconic." We don't have a lot of action scenes though, so I guess because it was one of our few actions scenes we had to take the opportunity!

Brellom: All my characters are laconic. That's what makes them so... iconic.

Brellom: look i tried

Psu: Better than lactose intollerant.

Psu: Eh?

Brellom: I hope the stuff on Dr. Botz tastes like milk.

Gunwild: You know those pointy lines on Spartan shields like you mighta seen in history books... or like in 300 (movie or book)? It's actually an ancient Greek letter lambda. Stands for Laconia.

Psu: Huh... Okay maybe we should talk about this comic page because I was about to digress into talking about Half Life One, where the hero doesn't say anything at all. But instead, we should mention how this really good page came about. Like we had a whole conversation about how we wanted Botz to be defeated by SAFETY.

Brellom: I don't know if that's a good message to share with our audiences... always wear your seat belt, people.

Gunwild: That is true, the presence of a fire extinguisher was her downfall. So I bet she'll never have one in any of HER evil hideouts! Uh... which hopefully won't be made of wood.

Psu: And yet even though they had railings setup, it was not enough to deal with the combined might of a tactical co-op shove and kick!

Gunwild: If the railing hadn't been there, maybe Cassiopeia would have had to get on her hands and knees behind Dr. Botz's back like when kindergartners wanna push somebody over.

Psu: That might've been pretty cute but it wouldn't have fit with the aesthetic of our villains. I think we talked long and hard about just how much the two of them could work together. Like... they couldn't be that friendly with each other, despite what Cassiopeia thinks.

Gunwild: Do you know what provided reference for Maddy's kick? It's truly lovely. Excellent form, guess her jetpack's not too heavy.

Psu: I actually don't recall! I don't imagine it was a bruce lee kick. Not sure if his kicks looked like that. Hell, I actually don't remember drawing the kick so much. A lot of the energy was spent on getting the foam right.

Gunwild: You mean form, but I'm leaving that spelling error in.

Gunwild: Ye

Psu: Oh before we go. We should maybe share the emoji we made from Botz's face. I think the moment I sketched it, it was gonna be exactly that same goofball expression once the page was inked and colored. Actually I dunno where that emoji file available on here... it might be lost to time.

Gunwild: 

Psu: Hooray! Not for Botz. But for us!