The sight of a meth addict is sad thing to behold, but you give your cat a bunch of catnip and it spazzes out you’re all “Aw lookit how cute it is!”
Double standards, man
Out-of-Placers
A story of inconvenient changes
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Lopin looks alarmed. Is it because Kass is hogging all the clams, or because he can see the incoming tummyache a mile away?
Lots o’ reasons, but especially since he’s never seen a yinglet tear through that many clams/oysters/etc that fast and in such numbers, nor a female displaying such unrestrained intensity!
I never seen a man eat so many chicken wings!!
Then you’ve never seen me tear into a plate of golden sesame chicken at Big Wok (a local Chinese restaurant) when they have it on the buffet.
One time, the chef actually came out with another food pan full of the sesame chicken, saw the bones piled on my plate, and put the entire pan on my table, then went back into the kitchen. (I think he was trying to give me a hint that I’d eaten enough, though.)
Lopin looks a bit disturbed, as if he’s only just realizing what it looks like when the shellfish supply isn’t a problem anymore for a yinglet
This page was very, very much worth the wait!
Well at least Kassie has found something to make her happy for now. And don’t sell yourself short Elim Kassie needs you more then ever. Heck!, you still think of Kassie as a male. Which she probably needs as many people to think as possible for her to maintain that little shred of her former identity she has left.
Yeah, Kass’ gender identity issues probably are leading to some serious confusion right now and Elim treating them like he always has provides some solid stability. Seriously, he’s done so much for Kass and is just crazy underestimating his value right now.
Whatever their gender, or species, Kass is surrounded by people who love him. I think this is going to be a rough road for them, but they’ll get through it.
Between you and chaucer there’s a lotta good observation and theorizin’ here!
I think Lopin is afeared because oysters are an aphrodisiac even to yinglets, and being the sole male, he won’t be able to handle Kass’ s destructive attentions O_o
heheh jk (hopefully)
I heard you had a caring and supportive network of friends dawg.
So we put a caring and supportive network of friensds, WITHIN your caring supportive network of friends! Woo!
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Isher! :3
Anything is possible, via Patreon sketch votes! : D
Could I get a drawing of Isher playing Tuba. For… reasons.
I request that you nooooot do Isher with a tuba.
For …. reasons…
ONE of which! Is that Isher is a classy lassy and dont play brassy!
Also, I’m saving up for the “Isher in a bathrobe with her shoulder showing,” which I will then hoard and never share because it could lead to world domination in the wrong hands.
Also Val : Ear. if’n ya know what I mean :3
Okay, are oysters actually a narcotic for a yinglet, or just a tasty food? Because one will eventually reach a biological satiation point and the other is going to cause some serious metabolic disturbances.
Bit o’ both! Their bodies are set up to extract crazy amounts of nutrition and vitamins from mollusk meat, so their brains give them a reeeally strong “eat these things” pressure via chemical reinforcement.
Oh boy… We’re in goldfish eating themselves to death territory aren’t we?
*Sigh*… See kids, this is why you don’t eat the entire container of Flintstones Chewables. I don’t care how good they taste!
Aye! Usually something is so good, that the animal goes for it first. Such as predators and the internal organs. (Mmmm so many vitamins and minerals :3)
Supplements or an over abundance of liver (for example) are the only times I’ve ever seen or heard of animals aquiring vitamin poisoning.
But an animal is usually more in tune with their bio chemistry, and will stop eatting once it gets that “yucky” feeling.
Unless startved. Then they will sometimes eat themselves to death.
But oysters aren’t so bad. Hell, humans have eatten them by the plateful for generations. And being naturally immune to almost any poison (it seems), I’m sure they filter the excess out or store it in fat or something…
Oysters (and a lot of other critters) actually store a lot of the poisons they ingest in their tissue. It’s called biological magnification. Whatever nasty stuff is in the water that doesn’t kill them, they ingest and concentrate in themselves. It’s why making sure the shellfish comes from an area known to have clean water is so important.
You are correct!
And that is why, humans have “farms” for these clams, so they can give them a good and regulatef diet to forego that particular biological event.
Its why, you could eat a whole plateful of them if you wanted to too! 😀
That brings up a question I’ve wondered, why do humans seem to prefer only the muscle?
Idk … it may be cultural and prejudicial (taste, texture, etc)
Older foods and cultures make the most use of the animal though.
Sausages – intestin casing, head cheese – hog head, chicken gizards – … gizards (heh), etc…
A lot of foods I have tried were just straight up cooked “whatevers.”
Some of the parts are useful too, like brains for hide tanning, sinew/hide for bow strings, bones for glue, etc etc …
(Side note : with the amount of beef slaughtered daily, I’m surprised leathet isnt cheaper than it is.)
There is so much waste in animal rending, and so much nutritional value thrown away, it bothers me. What if people were eatten in the same manner? (Ironic travel tip, in africa we found a place serving human. They called it pork, but the yellow fat and a few other events helped us figure it out before we ate any.)
Regardless of if it was flora or fauna, give thanks to the energy and nutrients it provides for you at grace (or give grace solely for that reason (or if its human, grab a kebab to give to the authorities)).
Recommended Anime! : Parasyte – the Maxim –
Recommended Film : “Bad Taste” – by Peter Jackson (the lord of the rings director)
Found that film looking for a book about a dna sale to aliens for their “tastes.”
Misconception! Have you ever had foie gras? mmmmmmm.. so good..
Sure, NOW you tell me. Those vitamins were tasty but not worth the stomach pumping.
(True story, I was about a year and a half old)
Elin is the guy everyone leans on in time of need. He is the emotional support. Thing is, that can become a taxing experience, and takes its toll in the long run. Or worse, the person you are supporting decides to emotionally black mail you by threatening to hurt themselves unless provided attention. Don’t see that last part happening, but it is a risk one takes when in the supporting role.
Inb4 terrible stomach aches and diarrhoea. Lopin, what have you done?!
Lopin is aroused.
He has his work cut out for him. Ran will watch and take notes with five buckets of clams while Lopin ans Kass lay the foundatiob for Ivenmoth enclave.
I have no doubts of this premise.
Meanwhile, my fingers refuse to obey my commands, and type gibberish instead of what I told them to.
Wow. I hadn’t even noticed until you pointed it out! The human mind is something else.
Woo patterns
Indeed.
NEW PANEL! Also I can relate to how Elim feels in a way… It’s a long stretch of a parallel, but I’ve helped more than one friend to not make a bad decision in using a permanent solution to a temporary problem. For them it was over the phone or in an internet chat room, either way you can have the best intentions in the world, but you still feel so disconnected and incapable; especially when they were there for you in your low moments… It’s a strange one, that feeling.
I wanted to make a shoutout to Valsalia too, your comic is one of the few things that I have to look forward to amongst the daily mundane of life and occupation. I look forward to every update!
Yeow, Kass! Downin’ them oysters like a Skeksis!
Elim,
The good Soul gives of himself to others upon all their times of need,
And with a pure heart, stalwart resolve and open arms, he does not heed,
That cowardly breed which warns of the dangers and dire consequences,
Whether Calm among Chaos or the guiding light through the stormy sea,
By caring for and sharing more, a good Soul he shall forever be.
That’s you, Elim. That’s you.
I think you made Isher’s face look a little more feminine in these couple panels. I’m liking that, though I still liked Isher before. She’s a charm.
this was funny can’t wait for the next one
My word that is harder to watch than someone with dysentery
Yeah. It looks like Lopin lost his appetite–not that it would have mattered at this point.
I guess it’s difficult for yinglet kass to realize how adorable she is. She’s never hard to watch.
Clam Cocaine is some 👌good👌shit👌
Little clam monster seems like a bold name to call your superior officer within earshot of them, even if they are in a mollusk frenzy. Also, I started reading “Twisted Mirrors”, a comic that reminds me a bit of this one. Just putting it out there, but *cough* crossover *cough*… Oh, sorry, I had a bit of fanboy in my throat.
Not when you control the clams.
They’re on the top shelf.
The clams must flow!
Perhaps Kassen Akoll has a bright future as a clam agri-business empress, actively farming enormous numbers of clams and oysters for the rapidly exploding yinglet population? Who needs money when you can pay yinglets in clams?
Clams are used as slang for money at times, so it would fit
“The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.”
“We can’t stop here. This is bat country.”
Reminds me of my last trip to an all you can eat seafood buffet. THey needed three tranqs and a tazer to bring me down. Scientists are still trying to figurewhat quantum fold of space my mouth was leading to.
Supermassive black hole in your leg.
So i just discovered this comic and omg so adorable and silly! Very well written too.
Discovered this a few months back and I have loved it ever since. Thank you for making this so much fun to read and for the deep personalities of your characters. It’s the first time I’ve been inspired to draw with a purpose in mind. Expect me on deviantart soon.
Also, if interested, i could translate your comic into french 😉
You know. The more I look at that last panel the more i can imagine this being someones flashback as to how they lost that finger.
Matriarch Yinglet Kassen Akoll wants Mullosks, Bored Demon Coyo wants updates to web comic, yes. Will donate to Patreon on first of november.
So i wonder how large Kassan’s first litter with Lopin is going to be?
An officer with their subordinate? Sounds like fraternization to me. Anyway, Kass is already in a relationship.
nickname: Doctor Rockso, the rock and roll clown. He does clams.
This.
This is one of those ‘night before the morning after’ moments.
The night before the kind of morning where one wakes up,
wonders where one is,
wonders who one is (Kass is ahead of the game on that score),
what the strange taste in one’s mouth is,
who they’re sleeping with,
why the sheep is in the corner,
whose clothing they’re wearing,
and whether that skull-splitting pounding is just a hangover or the sound of a sheriff with a warrant at the door…
Lopin: I’ve created a monster, unintentionally of cores, but; I’ve created a monster!
While Kass feels helpless and vulnerable, this is because humans tend to operate as individuals. Yinglets do not. I think Kass will find once he has a few thousand yinglets running around under the protection of House Ivenmoth, he will have a lot more very real power than he would ever have had as a former Dinnish refugee. He’ll just have to adjust and begin seeing thise as the priceless opportunity to advance and redefine himself that it is. He has everything he needs, good friends, financial and social support, an alliance with an existing Yinglet enclave, and his first male enclave member. If Lopin plays his cards right, he could be Patriarch in a few seasons.
Considering the breeding cycle is so short, only two weeks, this implies the “captive” expected longevity of a yinglet in excellent health is ephemeral at best, maybe 7 years. She needs to decide if she wants to help build the future or not. Cause she wont have to put up with this for lonf, even if she doesn’t take her own life.
To short-lived species like the yinglets, human lifespans must seem like that of elves, thousands of years.
Well, yinglets are supposed to live about 30 years. Considering this is probably happening around ancient to medieval times, human lifespan might not be that much longer unless you’re a very rich noble.
Those short human life expectancies in ye olden times also owe a lot to infant and childhood mortality rates, plus age-agnostic diseases. But once you survived the gauntlet of childhood, things got better. Adults didn’t keel over and die of old age once they reached 40, though of course the rich could expect less starvation and such. Health care pretty much sucked (leeches!) for rich and poor alike.
Speaking of leeches, I wonder of what kind of alien monstrosity they are using instead of those for bloodletting? Our wormy leeches in this world would be pretty much normal and considered cute. Just don’t let the yinglets have a taste for them…ewwwwww!
Experimen- Experimen- EXPERIVEN- BAH!
I have done zeveral tests, seeing if zer vas a preference in ze type of oyster, but ze seemed very happy, so I did not bover zem.
– Vakiz Kaim, the Yinglet Alchemist
kass go home ur clammed
Hehe clammered
There are webcomics out there that update 7 times a week. With the level of detail and artistry that does go into this comic, and not stick figures and a total lack of story and arcs and such, I don’t expect this comic to update that rapidly or consistently, but what kind of income must this comic generate for Valsalia to update more than once a month?
Welp… there are two avenues to this question you pose.
1. Is to cause the author so much distress and inflict so much abuse that you repeat the GWTB (gone with the blastwave comic) effect.
Effects : Lucky if you get one comic page every two years, and he shuts himself away from his fan base. (Thankfully he now is trying to do monthlies again, just gotta be sure the fanbase doesnt get too overzealous again)
This effect is also known as “Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.”
Or
2. You could donate as much money as possible and find out how much it takes! I recommend starting at 10 $ then upping it by 1000% every other week, then plotting the donations to comic releases. Then when you get to the 1 billion dollars a week point, post the graph for the community to share your findings! 😀
The 1st is free but cuts your own throat due to it being an annoyance.
The 2nd is scientific and beneficial to everyone in the community!
Obviously I put my money where my big mouth is. I already donated something.
What would Valsalia even do with a billion dollars?
Since you have already started the experiment, there is nothing to do now bu wait and find out! But the answer is probably make art! :3
And as you would be the prime benefactor of that billion, I suppose your commissions would have the UTMOST priority!
Me personally? With a billion dollars, I would do what every billionaire does. Try and conquer the world! Then capture and pollute mars with foreign microbes and harvest the asteroid belt for minerals.
Ya know. Keep it simple and down to earth.
Heyo! New reader turning up to poke the pot a bit (and maybe beg just a little for new pages q_q)
Have read the comic in its entirety something like four times now; I love how well it’s put together as both a story and a setting. You’ve done an excellent job telling just the sort of story I like to read. Watching Kassen struggle mightily with a situation that’s almost but not quite beyond his formidable will to cope with (or perhaps the other way around, we’re not sure yet) has been gripping in ways few other stories I’ve tracked have managed to pull off. Have read many dozens of different comics in my day, but this one gets to join the much smaller pot of Bookmark’d Staples I make sure to keep up with.
Hope to see you back soon, Val. Thanks much for the delightful entertainment.
Never seen a cat OD on catnip and show up in the morgue.