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Out-of-Placers
A story of inconvenient changes
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It is 100% assured that there are Yinglets that only walk “backwards”, looking like Kass in the last panel, because they think it’s funny or they think it makes them look cool.
I mean if you could, wouldn’t YOU be walking that way all the time?
Only if it scared children and the elderly.
You’re right. It’s a good way to…..
Wait for it…..
WATCH YOUR BACK!
joke is in poor taste, that said i loled a lil too much
Some probably just forgot which way was the right way ’round.
Spinny spinny boom!
I laughed pretty hard at this one. Only thing that can one up is an owl.
Well they are part birb!
Just imagine exaggerated comedic frowning head-turns from Kass not liking stuff. There’s a few things that this could enrich.
“Turn that from upside down!”
Kass rotates her head until it’s upside down.
“Not like that. Also, that’s horrifying.”
That is the best punchline in comic history.
But it’s just an ingredient list!
One hell of an applicable list in this universe!
“Why…?”
“Made of Yinglet.”
“Oh.”
“It is made of Yinglet and sadness.”
…And what a nice backside you have, Kass! :V
Being able to check out your own ass is a major advantage to being a yinglet it seems
Finally, a lady who doesn’t have to ask ‘does this make my butt look big?’
The problem is when your head is facing backwards so your brain tells you your backside is your frontside
And then you take a step forward and everything pulls backwards and you fall over because my god it’s just too much.
Too many options for a very confused race!
Wait, Skavs can make a TH sound when their heads are twisted round? I wonder what other noises they randomly make… >_>
I just reread the comic to verify what you said, and there’s no /th/ sound in any of Kass’ speechbubbles.
Blame the font used. the z looks awfully close to a fancy lookin’ t. don’t it? š
Yinglets are like owls… makes sense. They don’t sleep through the night like humans, so interesting little quirks like this are bound to come up.
On a side note: missed opportunity for possession prank.
No one wants to see a skav spewing pea soup.
Ha ha, owls often exude an air of quiet dignity though! Not yinglets.
We have very different experiences with owls.
haha I know what you mean, though keep in mind that exuding a certain aspect does not mean you necessarily possess it. š
I only meant in a few aspects that were shared or parallel, not to say that they are related or equivalent. We’re thinking too much about a silly comedic moment. š
Haha, oh god that was a good one.
“Why didn’t somebody tell me my ass was so big?!”
That is a quality reference.
It’s a personal favorite.
Great comic, love how Kassie has that whole ferret flexibility thing. And out of curiosity is the ability to make the th sound a side effect from having the neck turned around or is it a unique mutation from Kassie formerly being human. I hope it’s a mutation and Kassie becomes the only Yinglet capable of pronouncing the th sound. That would up her standing which is already quite high in the Yinglet community. Cause lets face it the ability to pronounce the th sound would be the holy grail in mutations for Yinglets.
Haha naw that was just a typo on my part! Fixed and re-uploaded
Damn! That would have been a silver lining to the otherwise dark cloud that is Kassie’s new life.
You’ve got a ‘this’ in there in panel 7. Should be zhis.
N-no that never happened!
He’s learning to TH through his tooth. Shhh.
I paused Quantum leap to see this. That is how much this webcomic means to me.
Now that I have said that. Time to call Yinglet Elvis!
“Stop, look and listen baby that’s my philosophy!
It’s your rubberneckin’ baby well that’s all right with me!”
Awwww I screwed up the lyrics.
Everybody knows Yinglelvis
Faaaiiirly sure that Panel 7 is supposed to be Kass thinking, not actively speaking. (S)he can still make ‘TH’ sounds in the safety of his own brain, it’s only his ridiculous yinglet mouth that can’t keep up with his clearly very advanced and articulate, 100% human at all times thoughts.
This is just as new to me as it is to you, now let’s do the scientific thing and go scare others with it!
Ok, admit it… how many of you turned your heads to see just how far your neck could go?
(I’m old, so my neck joints popped and feel better for the effort. Thanks Val! š
New medical breakthrough: comics used to achieve self-chiropractic results
Being able to look at something while running like hell away from it is probably a good adaptation for a Yinglet. I mean, until they run off a cliff or into something even scarier than whatever they’re running away from.
Then again, if something’s running behind them, running off a cliff might actually be a better alternative, with their low body weight!
Oh and uhh… for some reason in my head the “chorp” sounded of a middle aged man with a mid-range voice who smoked a pack a day since he was 10.
I don’t know why.
That is okay. We all have the Old Smoking Man thoughts sometimes.
Oh, okay. Good.
Notice that Kass ISN’T calling himself a Skav.
If yinglet is that flexible we should be making planes out of it
“it is made of Yinglet”
Well done Val.
It’s very rare that something makes me laugh long and hard enough that I start tasting blood.
And at least we now realize that sneaking up on a Yinglet is very, very hard.
All right! Blood in mouth = I am doing a good job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJE-uNCi54
Oh, you do have a site for this! Fantastic! Bookmarked. I read through the whole archive this morning and I’ve been laughing my ass off the entire time. Kass and the gang are fantastic and I look forward to seeing how this all plays out!
I laughed good and long at “it is made of yinglet.” A simple statement that conveys a great deal, while also making for a great punchline. That is some impressive writing.
If i were an alchemist in that world, i would TOTALLY use a yinglet biting her own tail for my symbol of Ouroboros, rather than a silly legless baxxid … :b
This page is made of awesome. I laughed so much. Thanks!
Not that your other pages aren’t also excellent…
But this one made me think one thing was gonna happen: “one of those insects is gonna fly in and she’ll reflexively snap it out of the air, and be disgusted with herself while she enjoys it” and then you whapped my nose and my expectations with your hilariousness instead.
Thanks again. š
Sometimes some plain ol’ physical comedy works best!
Well, we may have found something about Yinglets that Ran doesn’t like.
“Hey Ran, look what I can do!”
(Ran tries to avoid throwing up)
Of course its more possible that he’ll just stare and take notes.
A new excuse to use on the wife.
Her: why did you do that?
Old exuse: Iām a guy.
New and improved: Iām made of Yinglet
Her: ………… (the wife look)
You know… I have just realized how often Kassy’s wake ups are accompanied by screaming and questions.
So… does this mean that Kassa has until now never tried to look to the side, or is it just that (s)he is only now realising that the made of yinglet neck can flex all the way around, and is that the limit to how far it goes or does it go further.
Kass, stupid phone, speaking of which what would Ran think of a galaxy s6
Well, Kass just woke up. You know how you’ll often do minor things that you normally can’t really do when waking up, like try to look at the cat that papped you in the face and scampered out of sight? If he was more awake, he’d try to turn his body to match, like a human. Not being awake, he doesn’t think of that, and just keeps turning his neck. Then he realizes that he definitely shouldn’t be able to turn his neck that far.
Kass has had a rough few days. It should have been apparent on panel four way back here: http://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-021/ but sleep-deprivation…
Had a quite interesting dream last night, after re-reading/going over this before bed. Last dream of the night, woke up from it, couldn’t get back to sleep. Oh, yes, the Dream:
I was a human-turned-yinglet on “present-day” earth. Like Kass, a difficult/emotional situation, but my “dream family/friends” had been very supportive. Well, my family went on a picnic, I found myself chewing on some very good (but unidentified) piece of meat… just like my real self in real life, I worked to get as much meat off the bone as I could. While doing so, I wandered away from the park into the city/town/neighborhood. Encountered a “street performer” doing tricks with a large trash bin (guy looked just like a leprechaun, appearance and size), so I found a smaller trash bin/trashcan nearby, and tried to balance it on the palm of my yinglet hand (it was square, so I was trying to balance on one corner). Only managed a few seconds, managed to put it down without spilling any trash, but my antics had attracted the attentions of a human, who didn’t see anything strange about leprechauns or alien critters being about. He appeared to have just put something in the trunk of a car (old 90’s-era Pontiac, grayish blue). I wandered over, closed the trunk, he made a comment I can’t remember, and I responded about having grown up too fast. Can’t now remember details of the conversation, but I followed the man as we talked, and as we parted company, he said something “profound”… and as he walked away, and I remained still, I felt this “welling up” inside, like I was about to cry (can yinglets cry? I didn’t). Well, apparently, one of my family members had followed me, caught that last part of the conversation, and mentioned something about “the twelve philosophers/profets/some-such-thing”… that feeling of wanting to cry vanished at the mention of such, and I found myself knowing this “legend/prophecy”… surprised by the idea I could be “visited” or otherwise encounter eleven others who would help me like this man had. Then there was talk of going home, and me needing a nap (just like Kass found out he/she needed). Dream ended at this point as I woke up.
Man, that sounds like some sorta crazy real lucid dreaming or something!
Honestly, I love it when people have dreams related to stuff I’ve done; it an idea is found to be interesting enough to stick in one’s head during sleep, I must at least be doing a few things well!
Glad ya felt like sharing that.
My dreams have always been vivid. Though usually, when I dream of being a “critter”, it’s a critter of my own creation. Or of Creation, itself (dreamt of being a rabbit enough times when I was younger, I could make up a whole warren). Have no idea why a “yinglet”… still, fun dream. Though I do, indeed, have to mark this strip as my fave. Though you’ve obviously put a great deal of thought into your whole world and its characters. Quality writing talent to go with quality art.
And yes, I felt like sharing that. I also write stories. Wish I could do the art part…….
This came to me as a strange thought sine Yinglets like being pets…and considering that the Matron seems to have an attraction to humans (I’m guessing due to that dream skit the Matron had) would the matron or a female yinglet want to be a pet as well and how would other yinglets react to it?
And speaking of the Matron’s attraction I wonder how Elim would react if female Yinglet’s started to flirt with him considering how popular he is since he’s the first human the entire clan’s seen who treats a female Yinglet as family. I bet several yinglets some of them stupid would try to think of ways to be this human’s family somehow.
I just caught up! Now I have to start waiting. Oh sorrow!
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I think I got a few Facebook friends reading OoP from sharing “It is made of yinglet” on my profile.
Heh… just had a thought. “Mystery meat! It is made of yinglet.”