October 14th, 2013
Since this one's a bit weird visually, I thought it'd be neat to do another set of process shots for the vote incentive this time. c: Vote to see it!
Vote Incentive for This Comic.
Ahhh thanks Glew!
(Also I love when I'm drawing a page and going "ehehehehehe this works because she's not looking at him~" and then someone else goes through the exact same thought process while reading the page. xD )
posted at 10:39pm on October 15th, 2013
Ah, that's a good point, I don't think Sev's mind would look like this either! Maybe just a pile of books scattered about on the floor?
posted at 1:02pm on October 16th, 2013
Come on, Sev can't even read. I highly doubt his memories would be books. I am imagining something along the lines of a wacky Alice in Wonderland thing, with octopus squirrels hopping about, dragons trying to talk to you in sign language and rosebuds singing the ABC song.
posted at 2:39pm on October 16th, 2013
When you think about it really hard, this actually makes perfect sense. Especially the rosebuds.
posted at 7:03am on October 17th, 2013
Yeah, but this is Xira's interpretation, and he can read. I feel like maybe Severian's thoughts would be written in crayon on the side of a wall. Sev's not stupid though, so it wouldn't just be a few words like "ooh shiny things!"; no, it'd be like trying to read Mrs. Dalloway or something stream-of-conciousness on the side of a wall.
posted at 2:28pm on October 17th, 2013
I'm leaning towards Tehbeefer's theory. This is also how Xira sees minds, and that has to influence it somehow. I like the crayon on the wall idea for Sev.
All this makes me wonder what the other characters' minds would look like. Tareth's would be cozy private library with big squishy armchairs, I think. Jonan's would probably be similar to Mr. Healer's, but more. . . hazardous? Or maybe darker lighting?
posted at 1:46am on October 18th, 2013
Yeah, I like the crayon idea too. Also the walls would split every know and then (with archways), reflecting how he is easily distracted. And there would be little doodles all around. 8D
Jonan and Tareth... hm, yeah they would be boring. But Master Agorath and Esra? Oooh, those should be fun.
posted at 5:49pm on October 18th, 2013
The crayon and arches idea is actually really fitting. Maybe, instead of books, packs of sticky notes or something? You know, a whole bunch of them stacked not-quite-evenly on top of each other for one set of memories? With random notes drawn off to the side of them graphic-organizer style? (I mean obviously they wouldn't be sticky notes but we have the photo-video memory things here though so...
Esra's would be painfully organized and neat... except that doesn't feel QUITE right. I don't know, but he doesn't seem serene enough for his thoughts to be as organized as he tries to make the world. Maybe rank and file neatness, but with stray, stubborn pages that stick out of books here and there to throw things off-kilter? Or a few shelves that have broken their moorings on one side and aren't even anymore?
posted at 6:13pm on October 22nd, 2013
Touche. Great arguments. Keep up the good work.
posted at 11:16pm on August 11th, 2023
Comment by Glew
Nice style.
I was thinking for a moment "Wait, he is speaking out loud his runeword right next to Tari. Wouldn't she hea... oh, right" Silly me.
First I thought Xira used his mind reading to get inside the Healer's office, using his visual memory of the place. But then again it would be strange for him to have a book on Jonan. Or not?
So I think he is just "simply" and quite literally (no pun intended, but I'm not gonna complain) reading his mind. And as for that, I think the appearence of it would depend on both the caster's imagination and the subject's way of thinking. So who knows, but I highly doubt reading Sev's mind would bring up an office, just saying 8)
posted at 5:25pm on October 14th, 2013