Shadowdancers 085
└ posted on Tuesday, 19 February 2013, by Novil
The pages 86, 87 and 88 are already available on MangaMagazine.net since we need to publish 15 pages there this month to qualify for the “premium comic” category.
- Caption: 15 minutes later
- Ilias: Weren’t there reports of robbers on the road to Halligan?
- Seramis Baltor: Yes, that’s why we… blah blah blah
- Flavius Aelar: No! No! This just won’t do!
- Flavius Aelar: This muddy green! And the loose cut! You look like one of those scruffy adventurers in this– this dress thing!
- Alissa: WHAT!!? SAY THAT AGAIN, PAL!!
- Flavius Aelar: Now, now! I just want to help.
- Flavius Aelar: May I introduce myself?
- Alissa: No, you may not.
- Flavius Aelar: Flavius Aelar, tailor at the court of King Olrik.
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“Hello. I am Alissa Itoriel. You touched my buttocks. Prepare to die.”
I love her face in the last panel
Good for him she is unarmed.
This guy reminds me a little too much of Janos with his eccentricities. Still, hope you can pull it off.
Mind if I raise an off-topic concern though? I’m getting worried about Ilias – he’s not been much of a character for ages. Sure, we’ve seen him in a lot of places, but he’s not really involved himself, or said anything meaningful – the most was getting only slightly miffed about the public confidence in Lili’s guilt. In addition, Viviana has been doing all the musclework of a protagonist, and Alissa has shown much more personality than him. Heck, even Ryn’s character has left a greater impression with his heated breakup with his girlfriend. Ilias, though, is getting easier and easier to forget, both as a character and as a protagonist – and that’s not a good thing.
It’s just my opinion, but I think he’s due for some sort of attention.
When I first saw Flavius Aelar, I thought he was a woman.
The only thing distinguishing him from one is his mustache.
Alissa’s look in the last panel is perfect. XD
I like Allisa’s pretend sword in the fifth panel.
‘Scruffy Adventurers’?
‘Dress thing’?
Well at least she’s not wearing a pointy hat…
Tailors: the bane of every adventurer’s existence. “Madam, your dress thing does not fit you flatteringly. You need a bolder color. [Cue bow.] How about red satin, to set off that hint of color in your hair? You could stripe that in gold and make a self-fabric collar; it would perfectly set off your complexion. [Cue adulating smile and attempted caress.] And how about a lovely extension for that awful boyish trim? [Cue lifting of lock of hair and subsequent release and look of disparagement toward the value thereof.]” For a tailor, he’s got a pretty bad vocabulary (it’s a tunic, not a “dress thing”) and a pretty awful sense of style to go around advising people… I’m willing to bet he has an ulterior motive…
Also, Alissa seems to be left-handed in the first, second and last panels (note which hand she holds her glass in and how she folds her arms) but her right hand is her sword hand? Interesting. Have to check on previous comics.
“Flavius Aelar, tailor at the court of King Olrik, the bravest of all little tailors in all the land! Why, I once offended seven women with but a single stroke, and yet live to do it again!”
Plot twist: the tailor is Vivania.
I really despise morons like Flavius; they grind my nerves badly. They are so up themselves about ‘fashion’ and the way people ‘must’ dress that they fail to realize that some people are quite happy in what they wear, even if it goes against what these Fashion Nazis ‘would ever be caught dead in’. The sooner such fools roll up and die the better, I say.
goldenrhino said:
I don’t think it’s Vivianna: the height is wrong and I don’t think she’d be wanting to create such a scene. Also, an overstuffed dandy like this would be well known in these social circles.
Proper reply: ‘Pink, yellow, purple, and red all in the same outfit? How dare you even try to offer fashion advice!’
Also, @ safetypin: Remember that a person trained toward fighting may use a different hand for weapon as compared to drinking. Actually, training for fighting with either hand is a basic. You may get your main arm injured or have some other reason not to use your dominant hand. In any case, her using one hand for drinking and the other as a primary in combat stance in acceptable!
I, for one, am shocked. I was lured to this comic by ads that promised that it would feature “properly dressed female characters”, and what do I find? A female character dressed in a muddy green, ill and loose fitting top suited to a somewhat common semi-ruffian. What has happened to truth in advertising, much less the sartorial standards of our simulated society?
@ Robert:
That is lilac, you philistine, not some horrid pink!
Flavius: “Tailor at the court of King Olrik.” (And spy as well)
Ilias: “Blah blah blah HAHA blah blah what am I saying and why am I saying it?”
Alissa: “Where’s a sword when you actually NEED one?”
@ Sammieo:
This is a good point; I think the author is just trying to set the story and develop the different characters involved, and since Ilias was both set up in the beginning, and fairly standard as far as characterization goes, he has not needed as much plot-time. But don’t worry; once they get the party fully together, I’m sure he will have plenty of screentime!
@ O-(-’.'Q):
SO MUCH WIN!!! I would like this so many more times if I could.
To quote Viviana: “There’s trouble brewing.”
@ Malchus:
You…. you are a legend!!! xD
I wonder why he… blah blah blah
AsimovSideburns wrote:
*Smile, laugh, face hits palm.*
The tailor’s right, you know… that DOES make her look like an adventurer.
Of course, that’s probably the look she was going for anyway :p
Alissa looks so cute when she´s blushing. <3
This guy would make a great pickpocket.
Just out of curiosity, anyone else suddenly interested in how the king dresses?
@ O-(-’.'Q):
Unnecessary bars across chest, check. Fur trim around large square collar, check. Slashed and banded sleeve highlight, check. Sinister red lining to green coat, check, gold V-neck revealing buttoned shirt, check, striped print (check) on… TUNIC!!! Also, goatee? Hm. At least he has a sense of color. And no feather.
Oy vey, another clothier depicted as gay… ^^;
@ Malchus:
Well, just imagine what her bf has to put up with … but her expression in panel 4 is just … priceless. ^^
I hope he is some kind of spy who will play a big role in the future rather than some dress fetish junky who will just show up in couple of pages…
@ Rock:
There is absolutely nothing in his appearance that infers that.
O-(-’.'Q) wrote:
Beg pardon. I should have said ‘camp’, not gay. That was very wrong of me, and I honestly apologize to anyone who was offended.
How many of those bots does Vivana have left? We’ll need 2 pair to deal with this one.
@ Wolfking_Warrior:
He hasn’t boobs, so I guess that makes a distinctive trait.
@ andreas:
Not armed? I can see two deadly weapons hanging from her shoulders right now,and they’re the very definition of ‘armed’.
@ Gameboyrob:
Pfft. Pretend. In this world all you need to make things real is pretend. MAGIC,BABY!
@ IcyT:
I can just SEE a ball of light floating near her head,or a little imp peeking out of her shadow.
@ Ngerfle:
*bursts out laughing* T-truth!? In a-advertising!? Where did y…AH HA HA HA…
I think I have solved the mystery of the shoe:http://www.mangamagazine.net/read-manga/Gaia-Chapter-2-Shadowdancers/2071/1/91?lang=en
@ Jason:
(Brandishing air sword) touche.
I’m betting that Flavian there is one of viviana’s blokes, sent in to draw attention so she can work unhindered.
Why weren’t Alissa and Ilias told? Pfft, you never tell the main characters stuff like this – they wouldn’t be able to react properly.
Also for the lols.
thechickengoesmoo wrote:
Wow, I never noticed the updates in MM were faster than here in the site, wtf. o.O
That feels somewhat wrong. . . XD
@ Malchus:
Soo.. was browsing the interwebs and stumbled upon something like mangareader of this comic.. seemed to be a few comics ahead..?.
@ HoneyBee:
Well just read a comment to this comic they need to make 15 pages in February to qualify for some kind of competition… But they don’t post updates here…
I reaaaaally want to comment on 92 on this site, but oh well I’ll wait…
It’s funny how someone shouting “No, no, this just won’t do!” doesn’t make Illas turn around, but Alyssa yelling “What!? Say that again, pal!” does.
@ Falcon:
Well, to be fair:
1st – His line doesn’t seem really like a shout. Her does. (judging by the format of the speech bubbles)
2nd – It could be normal for they are in a party and he could just ignore for not recognizing the first voice,, you tend to look if you realize it’s someone you know. So he just wanted to check what was up with Ali.
That dude stole my outfit *glare*
Who, me? wrote:
I agree that this is a good writing plan, but a pitfall in it is leaving them too bland in this downtime. There are ways they can do this while not forcing him into someone else’s spotlight. Have him talk from his character, for one, instead of saying general lines that only prompt another character to be more talk. Alissa is an example of this – she’s not done anything of major significance during this arc but we still get an idea of what she’s like from the way she behaves. She’s not just acting generic and quiet so others get more spotlight, she’s slipping her character into her responses. If Ilias followed suite, it’d be more understandable why he’s around.