199 – Departure
All good things must come to an end, and it is already time for Laurence to go back home…
…without explaining anything about herself.
Flore is able to smile after all. Remember, that’s how this current chapter started, which means we’ve come full full circle again. This isn’t the first time I’ve actually drawn Flore with a genuine smile, actually, but it always
happened quickly without me drawing too much attention to her face… I’m sure some readers did notice those stealthy smiles, though.
Fun fact! The girls are standing at the same place they stood when I first drew them together back in 2012, before the concept of Frivolesque was actually formed in my mind. It feels strangely nostalgic. Sadly, the huge Christmas tree isn’t there anymore… They always take it down quickly once the holidays are over.
Chapter 5 is also drawing to a close very soon. What’s gonna happen in those final two strips? One thing’s for sure. Next week is strip 200! I’m already excited.
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She has to return to her home planet.
Her people need her.
I believe she’s an Earthling. We’ve seen her in space suits floating around a shuttle, looking down on Earth, but they’re locally made space suits and shuttles. ;)
This is so sad.
It’s not! This strip is full of love!
Same to you, Saki. Same to you.
Hah, I’m glad someone noticed this.
Saki being the one to tell Flore how she never smiles is ironic since she rarely smiles herself. And now she does. :)
Man, the voting on topwebcomics makes no sense.
Folks, remember to vote for Frivolesque! It used to stay around 150, now it’s in the mid-200s!
Something weird is going on…
When we don’t remind people to vote for Frivo each time when they visit, most people will forget to do so, hence why it’s down to the 200s.
Guilty as charged.
It was definitely a wise choice to tag-cloud your strips, because I wanted to look up Laurence and in most other comics looking up a character is not quite as easy a thing to do. It was really interesting to read them all directly one after the other. Now I know what Flore meant when she said Laurence already met Clem and I’m even more curious about how you’re planning on having “the weird little parallel universe girl / filler character that we all know and love.” (Ref: http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/125-recollection) make sense after years of randomness and frequent annihilating of the 4th wall, especially with the Frivolesque book she reads and having her look at character pages.
But didn’t she plan on leaving her place for a few days? Ref: http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/166-voyage
This chapter lasted for barely an afternoon. How long does this poor girl have to travel?
Heh. It did take her a few days to reach Flore, considering she left at the beginning of the chapter and and only reached her in the final 10 strips or so. Heck, fall had the time to turn into winter and all. ;)
Also, maybe she was supposed to stick around later, but something made her change her mind? Stay tuned. ;)
Also, this is the second time Laurence meeting Clementine has been mentioned. There was another time Clementine mentioned it herself when they left the toy store last year.
You mean the link to 125 I posted? Because that was right after they left the toy store and I can’t find any other reference to Laurence meeting Clem. I’m staying tuned indeed. I wonder if next time Laurence will bring the Frivolesque-book with her. :D
Btw: I sent you a small tip (with a different E-Mail address, which I don’t want to disclose in a public forum, but has my name in it). Did PayPal work?
Oh, I failed to look at the link you pasted! That was actually the first reference. But the meeting itself happened here : http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/clementine
And that was you? Man, thank you so much for that little tip. :)
I’m so glad you’ve been so into my comic lately! :)
Ah, yes, I found that one as well. I used your tag-cloud to find all of the Laurence-comics. :-)
And you’re welcome!
Voted for Frivo again and it’s in 212th place.
Is it my imagination, or is Laurence looking at us in that last panel.
She makes me paranoid, being all mysterious and things.
Also, everyone smiling is nice. That may not be the first smile we see on Flore, but it’s the toothiest.
I was really proud of this conclusion. :)