95 – Awareness
At long last, Gaia returns. I neglected her way too much in chapter 3. Technically, Liliane rarely got the focus either so this new story arc feels quite refreshing!
Oh, and we can see the city of Levis in the background. Levis always feels like this far, unreachable land when seen from the top of the plains of Abraham.
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So is it just a case of comedic misunderstanding or is Gaia a Affably Evil Consummate Liar blessed with The Power of Acting?
What misunderstanding?
Liliane is just surprised Gaia noticed she was responsible for the way Gaia and Flore ended up becoming friends. :)
ohh deep but not that deep
Could you try that in English, rather than TVTropesese?
Gaia! YAY! :D
Lilianae… cleavage-less?? uh… yay? :/
Nah, just kidding :))
With great cleavage come great responsibility.
You saying that she is neglecting her duties? :P
Wait… no cleavage, no lipstick, fantasy shades, open smile… wtf?… oh, I know…. she is going to hit on Gaia, isn’t she?
Either that or this is yet another Flore’s crazy daydream.
She doesn’t have the responsibility to show her cleavage, her responsibility is not to exploit the power of her cleavage for the forces of nastiness. :P
But it’s her main role in the story! :)
Her main role is Ms Fanservice? GAZOOKS!
Hey, that’s what TVTropes says.
But yeah, seems like she’s the only character with a fanservicey chest in the comic, something some people I know find strange considering I’m a straight male and all.
Well, I for one am glad for it. I’m not a big fan of fanservice.
Well, not that sort, anyway. I’m more susceptible to cuteness overload.
“her responsibility is not to exploit the power of her cleavage for the forces of nastiness”
Somehow you manage to make arousing otherwise innocent phrasings.
Also blasphemy.
Yeah, I’m sorry for the lack of cleavage, she’s’s really failing her duties lately considering she’s supposed to be Ms. Fanservice.
Fantasy shades? They’re just some sporty pair of Oakley’s. She can’t do her workout with her designer eyewear, can she?
Do not stress yourself, I will not complain if it is Gaia’s instead ;) Feel free.
Oh, I do not realized she is doing sport too, silly me. Maybe I did not use the right word, I mean they are atipycal, “space-ish” and unusual coloured. “Fancy” maybe?
Haha. Well, the two of them were jogging in a park (the infamous Plains of Abraham in Quebec city) and ended up running into each other. (like so many people seem to do in this comic)
I thought her outfit looked sporty enough. I guess I failed.
Her outfit is perfect, I now realized that I was carried mainly for her attitude. First panel do not show enough to figured out she was running too, so I pictured her just passing thru in her way to work or something. Not cleaver :P
No knowing the place may have something to do, now I saw it in Google Street View and that helps :)
Oh, I didn’t think I needed to focus too much on where they were and what they were doing. I only have four panel and all. :)
But wow, it’s really cool that you looked it up on GSV. The plains are an important landmark in this city. It’s where the Battle of the Plains of Abraham was lost and where Canada became an English colony. (mostly. There were latter battles between the English and the French, but things were mostly a lost cause at that point.)
It’s now a huge public park, as well as a wonderful outdoor venue for the Quebec City Summer Festival.
Actually, EVERY location so far in the comic (even Flore and Gaia’s apartments) can be found in Google Street View. Maybe I could make a little feature about this.
“Actually, EVERY location so far in the comic…can be found in Google Street View.”
Wow! O_O I just came back here to comment on that exactly!
I got caught looking around the plains and found it wonderful, like that… pavilion? at Promenade des Gouverneurs it seems. Lovely look. I read about the battle in the Wikipedia article :) And then I looked for Saint-Roch neighborhood, which is amazing, and found Fanmanga :)
I got carried with this so I was going to ask exactly what you just say :)
I find this a great plus in the comic, I love treasure hunts, yours is a really beautiful city, and the comic seems to be a good excuse to search around, thank you! :)
“Maybe I could make a little feature about this.”
Hey, let do this as a fans’ collaborative game :) When it fits we will try to found the places, and if so, you include them in a sort of map or something. How that sound?
I will start with the street where Gaia outran Saki :) Hope Olivia was right :P
“Oh, I didn’t think I needed to focus too much on where they were and what they were doing. I only have four panel and all. :)”
Sorry, I meant that the no clever one was ME :) The strip is just fine, you can’t include everything and since it seems I was the only one missing the point, you mustn’t either ;)
Rest assured, you are doing great.
She may have figured out stage 1 of the get Flore friends plan, but what about stage 2-36?
It’s a long plan.
That jacket makes her bust look odd… Probably just because I got used to her suit.
I like the new look. Let’s you know she does other things than being a taskmaster to secret agents.
It’s not the first time I draw her in some off-duty clothes though. :)
BTW, I guess you mean “Technically”, righr?
I do. Wow. That was a strange typo.
Fixed.
Liliane <3
I knew you’d be happy! :)
Love seeing Gaia again. For a potentially sinister alien type, she seems very nice and completely without guile. I’m surprised though that Liliane is taking such a personal interest in Gaia. While she may be trying to give her sister some cover, if she has any doubts it would be strange to place herself at risk be seeing Gaia personally.
Liliane has absolutely no idea that Gaia might be possibly hiding something. Remember, she didn’t even make the connection when Saki mentioned the Green Haired Girl that attacked her..
Neither did Saki :) this secret agency is a funny one :P
Saki makes the connection between Gaia and her mysterious assailant. Although their differences became more and more obvious the more she became familiar with Gaia. But yeah, she doesn’t make the connection that Flore and her boss are related. But again, who would? (maybe she didn’t know what Flore’s last name is)
Yeah, I know, I meant only the Flore-Liliane connection. Well, Conroy picked a hint at least.
Liliane never shows eyes, does she?
Hmm. Hasen’t happened in the strip so far, that’s for sure. Why do you ask?
Cos we want to see what type of eyes she has got.
I am not sure if it will work.
Loool I was thinking the same thing.
If you ever include a weapon that can be classed as an example of IKEA Weaponry or even better Scaramanga Special, alternatively if one of your characters turns out to be a Cordon Bleugh Chef, that would be even better as I added those three tropes to TVTropes a few years ago before I became Plasma Mongoose.
Wow. You’re a Trope Namer as well. I’m in awe.
Player “Plasma” casted “Tropes Aura” ( +5 to Awe, +2 to Influence, +1 to Holycrapyouareeverywhere)
I have got around in odd parts of the internet over the years back when I used to change identities almost as often as I change gravatars these days.
I liked those tropes, specially “Cordon Bleugh Chef” :D I can totally see Conroy or even Frédéric doing it.
Also I will love if there was a situation with Liliane coming to have a “Minored in Asskicking”, now with pulling out a “Scaramanga Special” included :)
I added “Cordon Bleugh Chef” to the Trope lexicon because many characters were unfairly labelled Lethal Chefs even though they were competent cooks just because their combinations in culinary were a bit eccentric.
I’m just curious if her eyes being hidden is just a thing, like Wilson’s face never being shown on Home Improvement or if it’s just a coincidence. Or she’s a terminator and has red robotic eyes
It’s not a coincidence, she really wears her sunglasses all the time.
But don’t worry, there isn’t anything abnormal under the shades. No robotic eyes, no empty sockets with ghostly glows in ’em, or whatever.
More characters that hide their eyes with glasses. http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/sweaty_work
Hmm. That’s actually hot.
I usually don’t like the Pixie Trix stuff, but… Girls.
Yeah, I like those comics for the artwork/ladies myself, but I have to agree the writing/plot leaves something to be desired.
Uh-oh. Heeee…. XD
Hello there!
People on the web were all “have you seen the new Avengers 2 trailer?” and I was like “Sorry, it’s Frivolesque time” ^_^
To each his own, I guess. (I STILL have to watch the Avengers 2 trailer)
Whoa.
Thank you dude.
Also, I haven’t even seen the trailer.
LOL, a sure sign you have indeed attracted over several fans from Dumbing of Age – comment chains that go on & branch out that much it can get hard to track who’s saying what to who…
It’s nice to know that Frivo is attracting the high quality commenters then. ^_^
LOL fair enough. Maybe I should ask for recommendations on good webcomics to read, a few I like are ending soon, & I barely know anything about the Walkyverse yet that’s finished too…
It’s a tad confusing to be honest but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
That’s taking for granted the fact you’re all going to stick around.
Well, I like what I see, so may as well. I suggested those vertical lines under comments, so when someone replies to a comment their pic slides up to the line under who their commenting to, but I think it got lost in all the comments :P. If you know how to do it, it could be a useful idea, but if not, fair enough. Rather not have you break your webcomic site…
Whoops, supposed to be a reply to Dez :P. Oh well, hopefully will still get seen… :P
haha I’m so terribly lame at web design.
Fair enough. there IS a lot to learn just to get the basics down from what I know…
And I didn’t mean I suggested those line to you originally, I meant I’ve suggested them elsewhere, but my brain got ahead of my hands & skipped that bit :P. Sorry…