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Betrayed Thoughts




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Betrayed Thoughts

by ScottHicken on December 6, 2016 at 1:34 am
Chapter: 28 - A River Runs To It
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  1. Random Spectator
    December 6, 2016, 1:48 am | # | Reply

    Didn’t Alicia specifically want to talk to Tiff about where Denver is after this whole fiasco was done? Why is she seeing His Sneakiness instead? I think that I’ve missed something in the last 1-2 dozen strips.

  2. jonathan d wint
    December 6, 2016, 2:26 am | # | Reply

    Alicia Making the Dragon Collective Ill!

  3. Jake
    December 6, 2016, 2:35 am | # | Reply

    @Random Spectator: She was called to see the king a few strips ago.

  4. Fairportfan
    December 6, 2016, 2:41 am | # | Reply

    YAY! More than one panel! Smartass! Peonie embarrassed!

    Just like old times!

  5. Cerulean Lion
    December 6, 2016, 7:01 am | # | Reply

    I wonder whether His Majesty would enjoy an exotic partner.
    If Peonie and Alicia are the two most powerful females in the Kingdom, then what of Tiffany? No longer seen as a woman or no longer actually in the kingdom?

  6. Larathiel
    December 6, 2016, 8:26 am | # | Reply

    Hmm, overall I like the new artwork, but I’m still not sold on Peonie suddenly looking 15 years older just because she’s supposed to be a badass now. Isn’t she only about 20 years old or so?

  7. uhl
    December 6, 2016, 9:58 am | # | Reply

    @ Cerulean Lion. Typh’s been exiled. She’s no longer part of the kingdom.

  8. 50srefugee
    December 6, 2016, 10:11 am | # | Reply

    Yup, I thought so. Peonie has aged about ten years and gotten a bit harder.

  9. 50srefugee
    December 6, 2016, 10:11 am | # | Reply

    Pretty much concurring with Larathiel here.

  10. Lurker
    December 6, 2016, 11:19 am | # | Reply

    @Cerulean Lion: both, as shown on http://www.exiern.com/2016/11/29/a-wise-decision-sir/

  11. JoeBotz
    December 6, 2016, 2:21 pm | # | Reply

    A missed moment of chortles if The Voice and Peonie both said “Gah!” at the end…

    But I’m definitely happy to see more than a single frame.

  12. Gromnir
    December 6, 2016, 2:41 pm | # | Reply

    I see Peonie still doesn’t like thinking about people having sex with her father. And score one for the dragon-girl, getting one-up on the voices in her head.

  13. Michael
    December 6, 2016, 3:34 pm | # | Reply

    My take on Peonie’s appearance is that she’s spending less time on grooming and makeup.

  14. Matthew
    December 6, 2016, 7:44 pm | # | Reply

    more than 1 panel in an update… it’s amazing!

  15. Dreygon
    December 6, 2016, 7:45 pm | # | Reply

    People under 30 can have lines/eye bags/wrinkles/etc just like anyone else, especially if they’ve been stressed out or exposed to harsh climates. It’s just the first time the art style has conveyed that level of detail.

  16. Dreygon
    December 6, 2016, 7:46 pm | # | Reply

    Also, really love Urtica’s pose in the first panel and the “cameo” of (I assume) Peonie’s dear mum.

  17. Archone
    December 6, 2016, 8:29 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t think the voices in Alicia’s head are the dragon collective. I think it’s the Decay: http://www.exiern.com/2013/10/22/the-snozberries-taste-like-snozberries/

    That being said… I LOVE that Alicia is telling those voices things like that. I’d love it even more if she acted on it. ^.^

  18. Gallstone
    December 7, 2016, 2:00 am | # | Reply

    Peonie looks so much more mature…. I like it!

  19. Guesticus
    December 7, 2016, 6:45 am | # | Reply

    Well, that’s one way to get the voices to SHUT THE HAEL UP!!!! 😀

  20. Andor
    December 8, 2016, 10:19 am | # | Reply

    The “hardness” in P’s features may also be due to her exercising. If she’s studying swordplay, she’ll be losing body fat, which can appear to harden features. It may also be why her bust appears smaller to some…it may be intentional on the part of the artist to portray her more toned physique.

    Likewise, her expression may seem more serious (“older”) now because of recent events, maturity, stress, responsibility, etc. It’s not that a number of years have been added, it’s what’s happened during that time.

  21. Larathiel
    December 8, 2016, 12:48 pm | # | Reply

    But hasn’t it only been a couple days or weeks? Changes like that would take months if not years…

  22. O.B. Juan
    December 8, 2016, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

    I take it that the portrait is of Peonie’s mother. I can see the king married her for her huge… experience in legal matters and diplomacy.

    I can subvert my OWN tropes too, you know.

  23. 50srefugee
    December 8, 2016, 2:16 pm | # | Reply

    @Dreygon: You are right that young people can acquire some of the markers of age with stress, but what we’re seeing is a change in Peonie’s appearance in a very short time (in-comic), which seems due to a change in art style. I confess I prefer her previous younger, softer, more feminine appearance.

  24. 50srefugee
    December 8, 2016, 2:27 pm | # | Reply

    I think Peonie’s last appearance is here: /2016/05/03/when-to-look-when-leaping/

    Only a few days have passed since then, at most; not time enough for her to have aged this much, even with intense training. This is more than dark circles under her eyes.

  25. 50srefugee
    December 8, 2016, 2:32 pm | # | Reply

    A good full-face view is here: /2016/02/16/literally-illogical/

  26. Gallstone
    December 8, 2016, 6:08 pm | # | Reply

    Remember this whole world can shift and change due to the tides of the ether. That may have happened to Peonie as well.

  27. Andor
    December 9, 2016, 10:06 am | # | Reply

    Are we sure it’s only been a few days?

    Besides…maybe the true beauty was inside Peonie all along! *bright smile and magical music*

  28. Dreygon
    December 10, 2016, 12:28 pm | # | Reply

    @50srefugee I agree, it’s the change in art style that brings it out. I don’t think Peonie just recently collected those markers, I think this is the first time the art style has had enough facial detail to include them. It makes sense visually, as the art on a whole has become more realistic. Sorry if I wasn’t clear about that in my previous post.

  29. Francisco
    December 11, 2016, 6:46 am | # | Reply

    To reinforce what Archone said. Why would she need to ask Tiff where Denver was if she was connected to the collective?

  30. Francisco
    December 11, 2016, 6:50 am | # | Reply

    @Random,

    The King can grant her access to Tiffany and Tiffany knows where Denver is.

  31. Thisguy
    July 27, 2017, 5:04 pm | # | Reply

    Why,
    Why him?

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