Yeah, Jalee1, that was overkill… The most I’ve commented in a row was three times, and one of them was an accidental double-post, and the third one was an apology for the double post. Holy crap. We know you’re first, but calm down.
And also, I’m assuming (ya know, just a thought), that Lemmo knew ripping his wings off was a bad idea because, generally, that IS a bad idea? I mean knowing that doesn’t really make him Einstein, it kinda just makes him Captain Obvious.
Lol, at first I thought it was FERGUS saying “Aric! No!” Just because of the face. His face is classic.
Totally love the wings, btw. So bright and colourful and shiny! I wonder if the rest of him is secretly that beautiful? That’d be pretty cool. And, like a lot of things in this comic, completely unexpected. XD
Lastly, I’ve dissected the title:
Hemelytra — “An elytron (from Greek: ἔλυτρον “sheath”; plural: elytra) is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles (Coleoptera) and a few of the true bugs (Heteroptera); in most true bugs, the forewings are instead called hemelytra, as only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous.” ~ Wikipedia
Autotomy — “Autotomy (from the Greek auto = “self-” and tomy = “severing”) or self amputation is the act whereby an animal severs one or more of its own appendages, usually as a self-defense mechanism designed to elude a predator’s grasp. The lost body part may be regenerated later.” ~ Wikipedia
So, does this mean that the wings came off so easily and cleanly because he felt threatened so he cast them off himself? And then he regrew them, but 100 times prettier? O.o
So if the rest of Fergus is torn apart will he turn fully into a butterfly, then have something else working inside him? Side note to Jalee1 the reason no one was responding to you was that you made all those posts within like 7 minutes.
I had forgotten that Aric’s hair previously exhibited motive force of its own until I saw this strip. what tipped me off? his sideburns. Is it humanly possible for sideburns to go any lower without becoming a beard?
@inusushi, We already saw the butterfly’s wings… Unless they morphed or something, I don’t think they belong to that butterfly…
Lol @Exeres — point taken. XD I will never feel bad about a double post ever again. Well, I will, but then I will reflect upon your words of wisdom and feel less bad. XD But I will still feel self-conscious about it. XD
Lol @Evan.
@lemmo, Don’t worry dude, happens to the best of us. I totally didn’t notice, and as you said (well not really, but kinda), the beauty of the internet as that you can just go back and fix it and then feel like a ninja. With print, you actually have to BE a ninja to have such skillz. :P
Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to nitpick or anything. I just thought Lemmo had found an extra can of hand juice or something. All things considered he should consider keeping some around. Never know when it could come in handy.
I wonder what happens if you pull out that set of wings? Do they become something even more awesome? Why has Aric become more aggressive? Is it a link to the real life person? (I hope not) Anyway, whenever I see fergus now, I can put up with him a lot easier.
I’m guessing that Fergus, in fact, knew somewhat what would happen if his wings were ripped off (I’m guessing because he said “dammit” as if in a sucky mood cuz of it). They’re definitely not the butterfly in his thorax’s wing, I believe that. I’m starting to notice that some of the canvas creatures never seem to actually die (that’s if they even get a serious injury) but morph upon extreme personal damage
P.S. NoriMori, I almost read the title as Hemelytra Autonomy, which to me seemed like the wings were almost out of his control xP I’m also a little nervous about ow consistent the wing’s design will be across strips
@Dvandemon, at first I thought they had just *misspelled* “autonomy”, but then I looked it up… XD And yeah, it never occurred to me, but your anxiety about the wings is probably justified… :P
February 14th, 2011 at 12:00 am
Oh I feel so special! Yay me! I am automatically assuming (not presuming, mind you) that I have the first comment!
February 14th, 2011 at 12:01 am
OMG squeal!!! I really WAS the first commenter!!!!! Yaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!
February 14th, 2011 at 12:04 am
Ooh!!!! Ahh!!!! Ow now he’s so prettyful!!!!!!!!! Oh look at the colors!!!!
February 14th, 2011 at 12:06 am
How did Lemmo know that ripping his wings off would be a semi-bad idea?
February 14th, 2011 at 12:07 am
Is there no one else to comment?
February 14th, 2011 at 12:08 am
Hello?
February 14th, 2011 at 12:08 am
Is anyone there?
February 14th, 2011 at 12:21 am
Holy christ Jalee1… calm your tits.
Man! Fergus with beautiful butterfly wings? I wonder if they’ll turn into wasp wings as soon as he starts saying rude things again.
February 14th, 2011 at 12:32 am
Yeah, Jalee1, that was overkill… The most I’ve commented in a row was three times, and one of them was an accidental double-post, and the third one was an apology for the double post. Holy crap. We know you’re first, but calm down.
And also, I’m assuming (ya know, just a thought), that Lemmo knew ripping his wings off was a bad idea because, generally, that IS a bad idea? I mean knowing that doesn’t really make him Einstein, it kinda just makes him Captain Obvious.
Lol, at first I thought it was FERGUS saying “Aric! No!” Just because of the face. His face is classic.
Totally love the wings, btw. So bright and colourful and shiny! I wonder if the rest of him is secretly that beautiful? That’d be pretty cool. And, like a lot of things in this comic, completely unexpected. XD
Lastly, I’ve dissected the title:
Hemelytra — “An elytron (from Greek: ἔλυτρον “sheath”; plural: elytra) is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles (Coleoptera) and a few of the true bugs (Heteroptera); in most true bugs, the forewings are instead called hemelytra, as only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous.” ~ Wikipedia
Autotomy — “Autotomy (from the Greek auto = “self-” and tomy = “severing”) or self amputation is the act whereby an animal severs one or more of its own appendages, usually as a self-defense mechanism designed to elude a predator’s grasp. The lost body part may be regenerated later.” ~ Wikipedia
So, does this mean that the wings came off so easily and cleanly because he felt threatened so he cast them off himself? And then he regrew them, but 100 times prettier? O.o
February 14th, 2011 at 12:39 am
Whoa…sorry for the double post, but I just realized how vicious Aric looks in the second panel. O_O Be afraid…be very afraid…
February 14th, 2011 at 12:51 am
I don’t think you need to apologize for a double post when it is preceded by a septuple post.
February 14th, 2011 at 12:53 am
D’awww! I always knew Fergus would turn into a beautiful butterfly!
February 14th, 2011 at 1:16 am
That was … unexpected.
February 14th, 2011 at 1:17 am
Welp, Fergus just lost 500 man-points.
February 14th, 2011 at 1:23 am
It seems I have severely underestimated Aric’s capacity for violence. ;-;
Also, Congratulations! Your Fergus evolved into a Beautifly!
February 14th, 2011 at 1:44 am
Lord Ben Thinks Jalee1 should lay off the red bull O_o
February 14th, 2011 at 2:19 am
Hmm, I wonder if the wings will work if you stick them on something/someone else? A flying parasox, hat, jacket, Lemmo?
February 14th, 2011 at 6:54 am
So if the rest of Fergus is torn apart will he turn fully into a butterfly, then have something else working inside him?
Side note to Jalee1 the reason no one was responding to you was that you made all those posts within like 7 minutes.
February 14th, 2011 at 6:59 am
Has anyone else noticed that Lemmo has both arms now?
February 14th, 2011 at 7:07 am
Oh man, ignore the other arm. Total artist gaffe!
February 14th, 2011 at 7:47 am
Pfffft I saw the new page and snorted out loud.
Then I actually read it and started laughing.
Also unless there was an edit of the page, Lemmo still has his stump.
February 14th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I totally fixed the arm before leaving for work. I’m a ninja like that.
I do love working on the intarwebs. Paper publishing is so… final.
February 14th, 2011 at 9:26 am
I had forgotten that Aric’s hair previously exhibited motive force of its own until I saw this strip. what tipped me off? his sideburns. Is it humanly possible for sideburns to go any lower without becoming a beard?
February 14th, 2011 at 10:31 am
Methinks that this development will only serve to make Fergus more bitter & loudmouthed.
(Fantastic title, btw)
February 14th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Maybe the reason Fergus is pissed is because those are just the butterfly’s wings, and he has no control over them.
February 14th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
SPARKLES!
February 14th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Any theories on what the old wings will end up turning into?
February 14th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
It’s the influence of the butterfly working his thorax?
February 14th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
i still love the foxes cause there fluffy
February 14th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
@inusushi, We already saw the butterfly’s wings… Unless they morphed or something, I don’t think they belong to that butterfly…
Lol @Exeres — point taken. XD I will never feel bad about a double post ever again. Well, I will, but then I will reflect upon your words of wisdom and feel less bad. XD But I will still feel self-conscious about it. XD
Lol @Evan.
@lemmo, Don’t worry dude, happens to the best of us. I totally didn’t notice, and as you said (well not really, but kinda), the beauty of the internet as that you can just go back and fix it and then feel like a ninja. With print, you actually have to BE a ninja to have such skillz. :P
February 14th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Oooooooooooooh…pretty
February 14th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to nitpick or anything. I just thought Lemmo had found an extra can of hand juice or something. All things considered he should consider keeping some around. Never know when it could come in handy.
February 14th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
Did the butterfly take over wing duty too?
February 14th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
…me thinks me had too much candy and such yesterday… and me likes sparkles… and me likes wings…
February 14th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
I wonder what happens if you pull out that set of wings?
Do they become something even more awesome?
Why has Aric become more aggressive? Is it a link to the real life person?
(I hope not) Anyway, whenever I see fergus now, I can put up with him a lot easier.
P.S. OOOH! SPARKLES!
February 15th, 2011 at 1:04 am
@Jalee1: Candy is scientificlly proven to NOT induce hyperactivity. You have no excuse! :Angreyfaece:
Aric, Pull ’em off again! Maybe you’ll get a jetpack!
February 15th, 2011 at 1:18 am
He is a pretty butterfly, he brings the pretty to your eyes.
February 15th, 2011 at 2:21 am
So, Fergus has pretty butterfly wings & covers that up by hiding them & putting on a manly-man attitude?
February 15th, 2011 at 7:49 am
@runedeadthA, Citation needed.
And before, I don’t know why I was replying to inusushi before, I meant to be replying to Canada… *shrug*
Lol @bosch… “comes in handy”… Lol. Don’t know if that was deliberate, but lol anyway. XD
February 15th, 2011 at 9:47 am
Just for the record… Jalee1, I loved your posts.
February 15th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Fergus is pretty, oh so pretty~
He’s so pretty, and witty, and-
*blinded by the sparkles* afshdglz
February 15th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Could it possibly be that the butterfly in the gut is now in control?
February 15th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
where is this all leading?
February 15th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
I’m guessing that Fergus, in fact, knew somewhat what would happen if his wings were ripped off (I’m guessing because he said “dammit” as if in a sucky mood cuz of it). They’re definitely not the butterfly in his thorax’s wing, I believe that. I’m starting to notice that some of the canvas creatures never seem to actually die (that’s if they even get a serious injury) but morph upon extreme personal damage
February 15th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
P.S. NoriMori, I almost read the title as Hemelytra Autonomy, which to me seemed like the wings were almost out of his control xP I’m also a little nervous about ow consistent the wing’s design will be across strips
February 16th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Jakee1 overkilled more than me!!!!…..2 years ago
Awesome installment, totally epic
February 16th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
*Jalee1
February 16th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Lol’d at Lemmo’s face in the first background.
February 16th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Er, panel.
February 18th, 2011 at 11:20 am
@Dvandemon, at first I thought they had just *misspelled* “autonomy”, but then I looked it up… XD And yeah, it never occurred to me, but your anxiety about the wings is probably justified… :P
February 19th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
must be the butterfly in his mesothorax
April 5th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Brick Joke?
http://blankitcomics.com/2008/12/04/beetles-all-the-way-down/