Also, on an amusing side note, when Tom was first typing out the dialogue on-stream, in Raine's lines in the fourth panel he originally typed "explore the wolf" before quickly erasing and replacing it with "world". Simple accident, intentional joke, or Freudian slip? You decide!
OMG this is so cute! Nibbly is the best! Its interesting to see the characters starting to question her origins though. Also really interesting to hear that bit about baby dragons. I wonder if that is Nibbly's true identity...
Huh, odd forum discussion references in lieu of an April Fool's day comic?
I'll allow it.
(Here's hoping he still puts up an April Fool's follow-up to this where Nibs really does transform!)
**EDIT**
It's interesting to note that Maren is asking Raine for her validation here. Perhaps she's showing just how far she's come to trust, or at least accept Raine even though she is currently keidran.
I just noticed — Raine's so relaxed and blissed-out by Maren's grooming, she's dozed off!
Can't help wondering what Zen's making of these shenanigans; now that he thinks he knows Natani's all right, maybe he's paying more attention to them now?
“Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel — merely terribly, terribly good at his job.”
Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
At least Sythe will be on the right side of history if this pans out. Despite what Maren says, having a squirrel buddy is pretty legit, even better if it turns out you have a dragon as an ally.
Oh no! I hadn't even thought of April Fools... I wonder if Tom is setting us up xD
I totally would have fallen for it, or still might/am falling for it...
Not to be the spoil sport/the annoying one who keeps yapping about the same thing, but am I the only person who is simultaneously looking forward to and dreading this year's joke comic if it does happen? I'm fairly certain it will happen since Tom sort of broke his promise of never doing another April Fool’s Day comic last year.
Anyway, I'm not sure that the joke will be Mrs. Nibbly being revealed to be a baby Dragon due to everyone anticipating that. If it is however, I feel it would be… I believe the term is ‘Meh’, similar to how I felt about last year's joke comic; only instead of ‘been there, done that’ it would be ‘saw it coming’.
A mild warning/word of advice to Tom.
If it is going to be ‘Mrs. Nibbly is a Dragon’, make sure to keep this page (the one that is up right now [20170328]) in canon. I'm not sure, but I feel it is an unwritten rule that all April Fool’s Day pranks are to begin and end on that day only and not extend to any other days. Although if this page was leading up to/was a part of the joke, it would not be as bad as 2014's saga (which you uploaded to DeviantArt so it wouldn't be cluttering up the archives, and to remind yourself why you shouldn't do that again), but I still feel like I would be quoting Linkara from Atop the Fourth Wall when he reached the end of Amazons Attack.
Now, with that out of my system, did this get updated before I got here? I was busy with w0lfmare and Infinitedge's streams after Tom's ended.
Why yes, in addition to the usual ships, I support Zen X Kathrin and Alaric X Laura.
While I love the artwork, I love the story even more. And Tom's storytelling has been getting better with each passing year. So, while April fool's panels are cute, I personally would much prefer a regular cannon storyline next time...
ZombieAstronaut wrote:Whoa, could have a deep backstory, I bet she will somehow play it's key role in the plot soon.
The more interesting question this begs is, when and what did a squirrel (or squirrels) ever do to Maren to make her hate them so much? Aren't squirrels universally loved creatures!?
Maybe they were repeat freeloaders at her tavern? Too many broom-swinging incidents required involving them, hmm Maren?
Now I'm just imagining a reality where Maren was on a never-ending defensive against a squirrelly onslaught at her inn.
*makes very manly noises*
Nibbly is the best! Its interesting to see the characters starting to question her origins though. Also really interesting to hear that bit about baby dragons. I wonder if that is Nibbly's true identity...
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