Interviewing the Flock, featuring: Comeneth
Zach: What would you like me to call you?
Comeneth: My username works
Zach: What do you think about Sister Claire?
Comeneth: Starting with hard hitting questions right off the bat? okay:
Long and short of it, I love it, mostly because of Oscar.
There's not a lot of trans representation, so when I find good trans representation that instantly makes me enjoy a piece of media that much more. When Oscar was my favorite character that just made it better.
Also this comic is queer as hell, which is something I appreciate considering I'm also queer as hell and there's a lot of stuff that's just completely straight and that gets pretty dull.
Zach: That is a good way to put it. Do you have another piece of media you enjoy with good trans representation?
Comeneth: The only other piece of media that I know of with any trans representation at all is a book series called Dragonoak, which I love.
Zach: Sounds pretty fantasy-tic.
Comeneth: It is. It's about a (gay) necromancer who runs away from home because she's shunned for her powers with one of the kingdom's thirteen knights and they go off and have lots of (gay) adventures.
I still haven't read the third one yet, it's sitting on my kindle waiting for me not to be a lazy ass.
Zach: This sounds amazing and I am now interested more. Do you think you prefer High Fantasy or Low Fantasy?
Comeneth: Would you consider urban fantasy to be Low Fantasy? Regardless, I like High Fantasy; mostly I like stories that are far removed from the bounds of normal constraints.
Zach: I'm just happy I'm not a fool for tossing archaic terms at you.
Comeneth: Most people understand the term High Fantasy.
Zach: On this same line of thought, if you could live in a fictional world neither from Sister Claire or your own creation, where might you go?
Comeneth: Gimme a moment to think
Comeneth: There's a lot of options but I think the world of Always Human appeals to me the most.
Zach: I am honestly not familiar with that, care to share?
Always Human takes place in the unspecified future. It's a time where humans are capable of genetically modifying their bodies. Just a very peaceful world.
Zach: So there's no distinguishing markings that come accompanies with shame or disappointment because anyone can have the body they would like?
Comeneth: Basically. It would also allow a person like me to mod their body into something that suited them. And It's just a very beautiful world.
Zach: It certainly sounds like it.
Zach: Onto a funny question potentially: What is the story behind your username? Does it tie in with your avatar?
Comeneth: My username is the name of a character I created in 7th grade. Initially Comeneth was a god of dragons that was banished to space and would shoot comets from his mouth in fits of rage during his exile. Over the years he's still remained a dragon, but he's very different now.
And it has *nothing* to do with my icon.
Zach: Comeneth was a dangerous dragon, was he now?
Comeneth: well he did lead a rebellion against the other gods so I'd say so. Even in his current incarnation he's still dangerous but less angry.
Zach: His rage seems a little reasonable, then.
Zach: Why did you pick your icon [of Sailor Jupiter]?
Comeneth: Because I like Sailor Jupiter. Honestly she's kind of #goals for me.
Zach: Alright, bam. done. best answer, moving on.
Zach: So saying you get booked at 2am, and tossed in an overnight cell to cool off. What were you charged with?
Comeneth: My only guess would be that it was a bullshit arrest because I'm either on the computer or asleep at 2 am.
Zach: "Trick question officer, I was asleep at the time and my computer can vouch for my alibi!"
Comeneth: "Check my internet history"
Zach: Alright, now I'm going to ask you a question that I don't have prepared. Instead it's randomly chosen from a book of them. Would you be willing to eat a bowl of live crickets for $40,000?
Comeneth: Depends on the crickets
Zach: Let's say ice cream bowl, not salad bowl
Comeneth: If they're camel crickets, no way in fucking hell they are disgusting. But like, regular crickets, sure
-granted the moment I take a bite they ain't going to be alive anymore-
Zach: Good way of looking at it, and a good caveat, I like it.
Zach: You ready for the last question? What did you believe you wanted to be or do when you grew up?
Comeneth: The earliest one I can distinctly remember is the one I'm going to go with. Okay so, have you ever heard of the Kratt brothers? When I was a kid, they had a show called Kratt's Creatures. it was basically Chris and Martin Kratt going all across the world and talking about different animals.
One episode they'd spend it all on elephants, and then another they'd talk about bears.
And I thought it was the coolest thing to go out in the wild and see all those cool animals. I wanted to do that.
Zach: Do you think you could do it now?
Comeneth: No, I've regrettably become a creature who prefers a stable environment that cannot be provided in the outdoors. But the show did instill a life long love of animals so it will always hold a very special place in my heart.
Zach: So you're saying that when we can plug USBs into trees of the Serengeti for Wifi coverage, I should give you a call?
Comeneth: More like when I can walk through a tropical rainforest and I won't feel the humidity; I can survive without the internet, but terrible weather conditions just leave me in a foul mood. I get miserable if it's too hot, cold, humid etc.
Zach: *To do list..... Develop personal weather bubbles...
Zach: Well this has been a treat to sit down and talk with you! Thank you very much for being the first interview.
Comeneth: Yay! This was fun. I kinda thought there were more questions than this but oh well!
Zach: There were, I just didn't want to hit everyone with every question. Plus this opens people up to asking questions they weren't asked to each other!
woooo conversation starters woooo
**runs off into the night making woooo noises and occasionally running into trees**
Comeneth: *nods sagely from the porch* They'll be back.
