143 – Montage
on 2016-01-11
at 00:00
Chapter: Bonds
Characters: Agnes, Chloé, Clementine, Flore, Gaia, Girl of Many Jobs, Liliane, Marie-Neige, Mimi, Saki
I could go on and on and depict a ton of funny situations with everyone at Flore’s place, but I think it’s time to move on if I want to keep Frivolesque fresh.
So here’s a few odds and ends for you guys before we conflude this thing. No story or punchline this week. Just… stuff.
Also, I’m sure Mr. Toad really doesn’t like being called a frog, much less a cute little froggy.
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Better upbringing through hand-puppets. ^_^
Now Mimi can have delusions about talking toads, bears who are sore losers, and strange alter egos who may or may not exist like a normal person! :D
Flore turned out OK for a 30-something who looks like a mid-teen.
“mostly” ok…
I had a bunch of handpuppets at home. My mom would bring them to life for my amusement, but sometimes, her brother would do it too. And I was always confused about the radical change of personality my puppets underwent whenever my uncle was in charge.
I’m also pretty sure the whole “froggy” classification is insulting to Mr. Toad.
It’s Toad, not Frog!
He hates it.
I’m just not warming up to Mom…
Maybe it’s the weird ’50s butterfly glasses, or the ’50s diner waitress dress, or the ’50’s pearls…
Or just that she goes into a stranger’s apartment and one of the first things she does is stick her hand up a toad’s *ahem* and start cracking jokes…
I do like the personalized cups, and I envy the cat.
supposedly there is some old fashion glasses with stones in the rims that is the female equivalent of the fedora. thank goodness 50’s diner mom is rocking butterfly glasses. idk, i kinda like her.
I actually considered the rhinestones, but they I realized I hated them, and decided not to have ’em.
And thank you for liking her. :)
excellent fashion choice. i’m not sure why rhinestones have developed such a bad rep, but i think it has something with them looking like “fake wealth”. which has a lot of bad connotations.
Oh, I’d find ’em just as tacky if they were real diamonds. :P
I just don’t like jewels overall, including glasses that could pass as some.
Aw. I wanted her to be a bit different, and was looking for something that would look good in aqua since nobody’s been using this color so far. Maybe I’ll have another outfit for her next time she appears.
She’s just playing with a puppet, I don’t think Flore minds. She just minds how out of character she makes him out to be.
Also, her glasses are very similar to Flore’s, I don’t know why they bother you more. XD
Mostly the combination with the outfit. And Flore’s glasses have more curve to the top.
It doesn’t really bother me, there’s just something about her.
Like she’s trying too hard to fit the “good mom” role. Or maybe I just don’t trust people if their eyes are hidden. I find it unpleasant to have a conversation with someone wearing sunglasses, for example.
We all see different things, as I never saw the “cross eyed” thing. But now that it’s been brought up, it is kind of cute. In the first panel, they’re both looking at the cups close up, so, naturally, cross-eyed. Cute. I’ve never noticed it anywhere else, though.
There’s a lot to her character, but I don’t know if I’ll time to ever show it all in Frivolesque. T_T
As for the no eyes thing, I guess you’re not gonna like my next comic. (Well, if I ever decide to make it)
Nah. I’ll like the comic. One character doesn’t make or break it!
Oh hey, someone else noticed. ^^ Here are some more examples:
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/68-pressure Mimi in panel 2 and Chloe in panel 3
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/69-technology Chloe in 1, Mimi in 2 and 3
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/70-mimi
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/71-observations Gaia in 1 and 3, Saki in 4
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/72-rent Gaia in 4
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/75-family Mimi in 1 and 3
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/76-reconsideration Mimi in 2
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/82-resemblance Saki in 1 and 2
And I was joking about the puppet. Really. It’s not creepy at all. Nope, not at all.
I can’t quite put my finger on why I dislike her either. At first I thought it was the slightly nasal voice she had in my head, but I’ve fixed that and while she’s pleasant enough, I still don’t quite trust her.
Think I’ve spotted Pandora’s Box. Keep it safe Flore. Wait, naw, release it upon this oh so deserving world!
Are you talking about the box with the great ancient one in it? It’s not the same. The box in this strip has been in Flore’s apartment since the early strips. But the old wooden box her father gave her made an appearance three weeks ago.
yeah. i saw that little detail too. at this point, i just assume any box owned by Flore could potentially be dangerous haha.
I wonder. :)
I’m content with Clem’s role in this strip. Just wondering, though…is there any hope of Clem giving up on M-N and going for Flore, instead? :D
Considering Flore doesn’t seem to have any interest in relationships? I think it’d be even worse for Clem, don’t you agree?
But but but….Flore just doesn’t know how to loooooooooove. Clem can teach her, in time. *Goes back to re-reading Girl Friends manga*
Oh boy…
Pfft, boy? Nah. Yurigirl4Life.
ohhh? what cha reading? im looking for new stuff.
Girl Friends
Hotei-san x Ebisu-san
Hoshikawa Ginza Yonchoume
Cirque Arachne
Husky and Medley
Octave
Flag Time
Citrus
Poor Poor Lips
Voicefull
Just to name a few of my favorite Yuri.
cool. thanks.
Is it just me or does Flore have a board where people can write/draw whatever they want on? (panel 2, behind Liliane)
Yup, she’s got that little whiteboard thing next to her door. She uses it for groceries, but people usually fill it with doodles. It’s been visible in a bunch of strips already. :)
Yeah, I tend not to notice these things up front… call me “in my head” XD
I’m just surprised, because it’s kinda hidden here, but it’s been much more visible in previous strips. =D
Agnes loses her mole :O
Oh fuck. I forgot to draw it! T_T
NOTHING ESCAPES YOU, MAN!!
Just pretend it was one of those fake “beauty spots” that must have fallen off, I never liked face moles anyhow… freckles on the other hand…
Sheriff of Rottingham: Wasn’t your… didn’t your mole used to be on the other side?
Prince John: I have a MOLE?
Sorry, Robin Hood: Men In Tights flashback… :P
I loved the Uncle Buck idea where he tells some teacher(?) that he will give her a nickel to buy a rat to gnaw off that mole off her face.
I love the way you draw your girls wall-eyed most of the time. XD
It makes them so adorable.
I meant cross-eyed. Sorry, non-native speaker here.
I… draw them cross-eyed? Really? D:
It’s… not on purpose. Got an example? I never noticed it…
You’re trolling me, right? XD …right? I mean, almost every page is an example, so I thought this was kinda your strategy for popularity or something. Like Marie-Neige in panel 1 of this page or Flore in the title bar image. On the cast page they don’t look cross-eyed btw.
When both pupils are as close to the inner border as they can get, it looks cross-eyed unless it’s a guy, because guys have smaller pupils, so for some reason the effect lessens then. But even for small pupils you’re still able to do it e.g. in case of flore on page 139 in the last panel.
It’s like in many Anime series really, e.g. Dragon Ball.
Ok, assuming that you weren’t trolling me, now you’ll probably find tons of examples throughout the entire comic. But by all means keep doing it, it looks cute. ^^
now i’m wondering if i look cross-eyed every time i look at something close. like when i read books or look at my computer monitor.
Why of course, everyone looks a little bit cross-eyed if they do that, but unless it’s really close to you nobody will notice it. If you look at yourself in the mirror you will see that have to get really really close until you’re cross-eyed enough that the white area of your eyes which is between your pupils and your nose is gone, but these girls do that frequently.
If you look at the cast page you will see the difference.
I’m not trolling. I just don’t see it.
Maybe I just suck at eye placement.
But yeah, I think it’s just a general “anime style” thing, although I never saw it as cross eyed myself.
No, you don’t suck at eye placement, it’s quite the opposite. XD
To me it just looks cross-eyed whenever there is no white left in the eye between the pupil and the nose. Do you know what I mean? E.g.
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/68-pressure Mimi in panel 2 and Chloe in panel 3
But please don’t change that style, that would be very sad.
Don’t worry, I ain’t changing anything.
I’m sorry, but I must…
…After all, even Rocky had a montage…
Good old Trey and Matt.
damn. i really want pizza now. i’m worried i may be allergic to wheat. and that means no more pizza. no more of my favorite Italian food. i’ll have to get tested soon, and it really stresses me out that i may no longer be able to eat at virtually all restaurants, or eat virtually all pre-made food. seriously, wheat is used as thickening agent in almost all pre-made food….
Yeah, I made myself hungry drawing strips where people talk about pizza.
I’m glad not to be allergic to anything. :)
ive said that for years. im gonna be so sad if it turns out to be true.
In my experience, eating healthy helps against allergies.
E.g. some of my friends and relatives drastically reduced their allergy to pollen by not eating or drinking any food that contained cow milk for two weeks, with the first significant improvements happening after 2-3 days. And yes, that also means “no cheese”, unless it’s from goats or sheep. Also note that diabetes and cancer seem to happen mostly in countries where sugar is almost omnipresent, no matter what you eat. Yes, I know those aren’t allergies, they’re just examples of how “civilized” food can make us terribly sick. Try Xylitol or Erythritol instead. They taste like sugar, but help prevent cavities. :-) They’re about 10 times more expensive than sugar though, but you’re not supposed to binge that stuff anyway.
I am far from eating really healthy, but every now and then Sportacus from LazyTown comes to my mind, i.e. a guy who eats nothing but “Sports Candy” (i.e. fruits and vegetables).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkjmk3ReN78
Also note that this stuff is way cheaper than even Junk Food, so if money is an issue for you when choosing food, eating healthy is the way to go. Also feel free to add corn to the mix. Even if you’re allergic to wheat, you can still eat spelt, rye or oat.
my father is a diabetic(type1) who has become allergic to wheat/gluten. i fortunately didn’t develop diabetes as a child, but i sadly, really do think i’m allergic to gluten. doctors visit is tomorrow. she’ll hopefully order a test for me, and then i’ll be on my way to finding out. if there even is a test for it anyway.
Ok, then I wish you good luck with your test!
went to the doctor. i’ll find out on monday if they are willing to test me. you don’t really need to hear about that and this post has nothing to do with me continuing this thread to see how long it goes or testing my ability to type out run on sentences.
Yes, personal stuff is none of my business, that’s correct. :) See you around!
pbbtt… denied. how boring lol.
that’s anticlimactic. :-)
would man fell tree’s if they screamed when you cut them? What if they screamed all the time, day and night? what then?
T__T
That might just be a correlation which countries being rich and having a higher longevity. Dying before you’re 50 is the best way to avoid cancer.
lol, I just realized that I have the perfect avatar for talking about Sportacus. XD I chose it today a few hours ago on page 141 by spamming with a couple of different E-Mailadresses to see what pic I would get and I chose her.
i’d like to make motivational workout posters featuring Gaia. I think she’d make an awesome mascot for an exercise program i want to make. basic weight training + 30 sec hard bursts of cardio between sets.
I voted and Frivolesque is in 18th place.
That has got to be a record!
I’ve been reading Frivolesque for over a year now (I think) and remember finding it on a Topwebcomics hunt.
That’s where I go through all of the comics, first the top 100, then the top 200…
I’ve actually made it into the 3000’s, because I wanted to see how many there were, but gave it up due to lack of sleep…
It’s amazing how many good comics ended with the artist just walking away without a word…
And how many mind-numbingly bad comics are out there. Yeesh.
I think that once Frivolesque hit the top 100, where it was easy to see, it caught on big time. Largely because Dez has hit the sweet spot between “cute” and “nauseating” that few artists can find.
Frivo is in a place where it is unique. There are lots of superhero comics, lots of science fiction comics, lots of furry comics, but only one Frivolesque. And I am glad that Dez created it.
Man, thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments. You guys, all of you, are making this little webcomic experience of mine really worthwhile.
What you’re saying means a LOT to me, really. I was always afraid of being a bit generic, and I’m glad to know I’m not. (well, according to you, at least)
I’m just wondering about your “between cute and nauseating” bit. Why do I have to be between them? Can’t I just stay on “cute” ? XD
I guess I could have been ore clear. “Cute” is something that many people can do, but when they try too hard they hit “nauseatingly cute”. That’s what a webcomic becomes when all of it’s characters are too perfect. You’ve avoided that by making yours with flaws, even some that a few of your readers don’t particularly care for. Your characters are different enough that anyone reading your comic can find someone that they really like, as well as some that they dislike.
That’s why I don’t want you to get rid of Mom.
You’ve gone beyond just “cute”… Gah! I still can’t be clear!
Cute gets old after a while, you keep it fresh with an interesting story, and interesting characters…
Is this making any sense?
Flaws is what makes a character fun. :)
I’ve seen promising webcomics fail because the artist started with a good idea, then ran it into the ground and never varied the story. You don’t do that, the Frivolesque storyline is pretty much all over the map, which keeps it fresh.
I’m so glad you think I’m still doing good so far. =D
Still hanging on at 18th place. ^_^
It hit 17 for a little while.
Now 16! Woohoo!
Outrecorded. 15.
Let’s celebrate!
Flore has given me the idea of painting personalized cups like that tbh.
But I suck at painting so let’s forget that T_T
Is Marie-Neige ever going back to multiple job girl?
I actually tried to make one of those. But I got the color wrong. T_T
So you’re one of those Marie-Neige x Job Girl shippers? I’ll see what I can do. I’m still not sure if job girl is one person of a shit ton of people. XD
Don’t do it Agnes, we’ve got to maintain the balance O_o
Philémon is not tagged. Because he’d be hiding if not for Clementine?
‘Galactic Pizza’?
6 pizzas shared evenly among 9 people means 2/3 apiece.
Even if Gaia has two all to herself, that’s 1/2 apiece for the others. Plenty!