#bok tyneside

[boktheneutral]

Bok, do you have any enduring goals in life, or do you normal live just day-to-day, as it were?

I'd like to some day make money from just my music but -let's be honest- that is NEVER happening.

I want to make enough money to not have to work so much I guess? Kids aren't a thing. Love isn't a thing. I just want a relatively cushy life where I can do very little heavy lifting, wash every day and play some tunes. More than likely, I'm just gonna coast, you know? I have a good thing going with Noonan. It's not very dangerous and he has deep pockets and...I mean..he's a good guy, really. Gonna ride this line of work until I find someone richer and more generous, basically.

[misterculexus]

Sometimes, I forget I can’t draw and I try drawing one of my characters as if they were a real person. I want to capture that Bok isn’t ugly per se, he’s just got a bitter countenance. He wants to be left to what he does and it shows.

[boktheneutral]

Hey bock this might be a bit personal but, how did your parents meet and fall in love? Interracial romance can often be quite tragic.

Not really personal, but it’s not exactly a tale for the ages, pal.

They were both in the same band. He could sing a bit and play drums and guitar. She could sing a bit more and play bass and ellenbrook omnihorn. He was funny, she was kind of a nature kid. They got sick of the music they were playing in the ensemble and wanted to do their own thing so they packed up and took to a life on the road.

Regarding their races? It’s not really the big deal it used to be. Even then, it’d been over two hundred years since the forming of the Second Ternion Unity - you know? Everyone being equal?

Some people still clutch their pearls a bit about an ork and elf being together, but generally they’re some kind of pent up puritan or even a closet malky. 

It’s like this: elves and humans have a 70% chance of making an offspring, orks and humans have a 0% chance, orks and elves have maybe a 7% chance. The implication that a couple is having a bunch of unprotected sex without intentionally trying to have kids really bugs some people. Most people don’t care.

There are also some superstitious sorts who are convinced that orks and elves mating was what made the first goblins. Even though there’s evidence of Goblins existing before the first unity.

Whatever.

No, my parents real problem is that they’re stars in their eyes hippies who think their son is something he isn’t.

[misterculexus]

Ey yo, it’s ya boy. Holding a stack of pancakes, I guess? I was just trying to practice drawing him while I redraw the first 10 comics and I ended up with this. I have never managed to make pancakes this thick myself. One time I even deliberately bought a packet where they were this thick on the box - followed the instructions perfectly and they still didn't turn out like this. My friend Jumbo keeps posting pics of pancakes - and his are like this. How is he doing that?! I’m feeling pretty good. I was worried that I was getting old and that all that chainsawing would take it out of me. But I’m really feeling pretty good.

[misterculexus]

Been getting questions about Bok’s teeth lately. Made me wonder if, in universe, he’d be self conscious about them. Gonna say yes.

[boktheneutral]

Bok, you're friendly with "monsters" right? What was the most difficult to get along with?

Ophiachuns are not always hostile but they are kind of superstitious and not always too bright. They’re also hard to understand because their language is heavily dependent on tone and very slight inflection and basically sounds like someone going “BAP BAP BAP ACK ACKACKACK AAACK AKacK”, so unless one of them speaks Ternion, you’re probably going to accidentally upset them.

Harpies, in general you can’t get along with at all. I mean, I’m pals with Lesper but she’s a little different. Other Harpies from her particular clan -Artamid are actually vicious. Even if they’re not hungry or looking to mate they’ll tear someone apart just because they’re there.

Harpies from other clans have, in the past, given me a pass and even helped me if I gave them enough food or shiny things. Those harpies, though not evil, are still looking to survive - but because I’m both unappetising looking and obviously a half breed I’m of no real use to them. They’re still unpredictable and more dangerous than most monsters sooo.. yeah. Harpies would be the hardest probably.