scientifically speaking, of course.

hi im kris and this is my shrine to cool fictional girls main @ afearing

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FFAK/NRD Fandom Questions!

You know, I usually am the one who answers questions about FFAK, NRD or my other comics.. But I thought this time it might be fun to ask YOU the readers, some of my questions! I thought this might be a fun way to, uh, engage the sort of quiet fandom my comics have and also maybe just give a thing for people to do if you’re interested in filling out. You are also obviously free to only answer the questions you want or not fill them out at all! Reblog or make your own post, but please tag me or tag #feastforaking, #ffak, or #nastyreddogs so I can try to find it myself because I’d love to read them all!!! :) Anyway, onto the questions!

1) How were you first exposed to FFAK/NRD? Which comic was the first one you actually read?

2) When did you start reading, and what scene was the comic on? 

3) What were your initial impressions and how did that change over time? Was there a particular moment/scene or was it a gradual process?

4) Have you read both FFAK/NRD or any of my other comics from itchio/other sources? If so, which ones? 5) I always struggle to pick a “favorite” character, but is there a particular character or storyline your most invested in and want to see more of? Is there any plot/character you dislike? Feel free to be as critical! 

6) Have you ever reread FFAK or NRD? If so, how many times? Has that helped/changed your opinion of the stories? 

7) FFAK’s early art in particular is often a turn-off for new readers, was this something you struggled with too? When did you feel the art started to “make sense” (if it ever did)? 8) How well do you feel you understand the events of FFAK/NRD so far? Or did you ever drop the story? If you dropped the comic, where did it lose you and why?

9) Have you ever made fanart, fanfic, ocs or any other kind of fandom-related stuff for either of the comics? 

10) Would you/have you recommended these comics to anyone else?

That’s all for now. If you enjoyed I might type up more. I know these are kind of multi-part questions but I hope they’re fun to answer. Thanks again for checking this out!

[andreonne]

1. FFAK, from this blog post: https://yeshomo.net/coding-and-inclusion/

2. oh jeez I'm really not sure, it might have been during chapter 11. it's been years and years anyway. I read NRD from the start

3. hmm the initial chapters of FFAK definitely have a different feeling to them, it's a bit like a mystery, who are these silly guys on an adventure in this space station? but then just like gradually over time you realize oh shit this thing has LORE lore. idk if there's a specific moment where it happens. the wormfuck arc is obviously where you realize this thing is off the rails (/pos).

For NRD it starts off feeling like a horror comic and I guess it still is in some ways but from the point where we first see Inside Kamila it feels more and more like an introspective psychological exploration than anything else.

4. i read eggshells back when it still had its own site

5. hmm I like a lot of the characters for sure, a lot of the time I feel like my favorite is just whoever’s on screen at the moment lol. I guess I feel more invested in the core cast. When I think about the comic I feel like the Knife/Spoon/Fork trio, then Celadon/Crimson are kind of who I tend to imagine as the central characters… idk if they are the most likeable though.

Characters I want to cheer about and point at when they show up… Paper, Priam, Mirror, Dylan. There’s so many interesting plot points I’m dying to know how they turn out… definitely can’t wait to see how/if Canary will figure out exactly what’s going on w the Antony situation and rooting for them to kick him out of their head LOL… also excited to see Paper/Crimson see each other again someday (PLEASE) and how the Knife/Scissor situation blows up. There are of course hateable characters but I’m not sure there’s any I would classify as poorly written or bad as characters. Antony should get the shit beaten out of him tho. Why are you so smug.

For NRD, I really like all the characters but Gaueko is I think the winner. And worst boy is obviously handsdog STOP FUCKING PUTTING BUGS IN PEOPLE NOWWWWWWWW!!

Not sure I have a favorite plotline or anything in NRD, I guess slightly more interested in the Kamila/Welt/Gaueko stuff than Teddy’s side, but Teddy is great too (rip laggard)

6. Yes, I think I’ve reread them both like twice. Idk if it changes my opinion on anything but stuff falls out of my head when reading updates only, so it helps me understand it more.

7. Well I’ve read a lot of webcomics that have quite rough art at the start, and in this case it honestly still looks pretty good, so I wasn’t really turned off by it. there’s maybe like, a couple of panels in the first couple of chapters that I find a bit difficult to parse, such as on page 21.

8. It’s really hard to keep all of FFAK lore in my brain LOL I tend to read fast and not retain everything, so a lot of the time I’ll see comments giving context to the current scene and be like WHAT!! when did that happen!!

This is 100% not your fault and I think you do a really good job making scenes always make sense in the moment, it’s very readable, and I love that you will literally put lore reminder panels in… nevertheless I do forget a lot of the background, which I think can’t be helped due to the length of the work, enormous cast, and my tiny brain. NRD has a way smaller cast and is shorter so it’s easier to understand without backtracking.

9. naur, the most I did was start a short-lived blog to try to reblog and tag pages by character for easier reference, but almost immediately after I started, Tumblr nuked nsfw… ah, ye olden days…

10. dude it’s so hard. literally every time someone asks for webcomic recommendations im like “theres this fantastic epic scifi comic that’s like nothing else you will ever read in your whole life... HOWEVER…!” I have no idea who I can recommend this to bc I want everyone to read it but it’s definitelyyy not content that everyone (maybe most people?) can handle lol. NRD is definitely even more emotionally challenging so I tell people to try FFAK first if they’re game for it

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Announcer voice: Fullmetal Alchemist, pause, Fullmetal Alchemist Maysketchaday

[muffinshark]

obligatory leyendecker-style bucky and steve

[murdockquills]

a little redraw of one of my favorite shots — obsessed with the lighting in this scene

[avercwh]

aspect of achilles

[hagofbolding]

The Hades bender continues - these are from a Hades themed figure drawing session on the Nakey discord!

[yayee-prsp]

Artemis

[beamiedraws]

Eurydice variants! 🌸🌿🍂🌰

I think she is the most beautiful lady in da whole world… I want to thank Supergiant for her design, knowing the Orpheus & Eurydice stories since childhood, this is the only depiction of her where I have actually seen her as a wood nymph, and not just a human person! Isn’t that so nice??

[6y9brows]

Loves In your life Live ever on

[excavatinglizard]

Forgot to post this way back when I did it.

[castaform]

[benditlikekorra]

The Fires are a strange family lmao

[meteor-sword]

tea pots in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 3

these are all from the Fire Nation, and there are more handles fashioned over top of the teapots’ bodies than attached to them than in the Earth Kingdom, perhaps because the Fire Nation makes their tea super effing hot? 

Lo and Li’s, Hama’s, Lo and Li’s,

These are similar to the tall serving pots used in the Earth Kingdom. Lo and Li’s (far left and far right) are decorative, the white one being a fine glazed china set and the right one being something…. impractical frankly. In the center, Hama’s is a rougher earthen ware one, likely used for inn guests’ tea when served with a meal?

Ozai’s, Iroh’s lidded teacup in prison, Hama’s

There isn’t a real pattern between these three. Ozai’s is a colorful cast-iron pot with an articulated or separate handle the can probably fold down. Iroh was served tea in a lidded teacup, which looks like a more Japanese style. It’s interesting because we also know what tea was served him– White Jasmine. White tea should be steeped at a lower temperature, about 170-180F, which would be tolerable for a normal person who drinks as much tea as Iroh to hold without a handle. Hama’s inn room pot is rather boring, but it’s probably a glazed fine ceramic. 

Hama’s, Zuko’s, Boiling Rock Cafeteria, 

this is where it got interesting. Hama is the first person we see serving tea this season, from this distinctive and large teapot. It has an overhead handle with a distinct notch at the back and also a unique lid handle. Since she has two other tea sets, I would wager this is one she personally uses.

It’s seen again when Zuko serves tea to the gang, and at first I thought they just stole it from Hama. But then the same pot is used in the Boiling Rock cafeteria! I’ve debated whether it looks more like a kettle or a clay pot that hot water would be poured into. In any case, this is at least one of the mass produced types of pots in the Fire Nation. 

There might be something to be said, culturally, that most of these Fire Nation pots are huge– meant to serve multiple people– while the mass produced Earth Kingdom pots from the previous post were meant to serve two or three people. Only Ozai’s pot and Iroh’s cup seem to be meant to serve one or two people. Seems like tea in the Fire Nation is generally a social activity. 

book 1 / book 2 / book 3 / tea culture? 

[agentmattsimmons]

so close, jeremy. so close

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tessa thompson in sorry to bother you (2018)

[gael-garcia]

STEVEN YEUN in Mayhem (2017), Okja (2017) & Sorry to Bother You (2018) 🔺

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#givecanaryaleatherjacket