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2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:09 am
by Eisu

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:10 am
by RConrad
D’awwwww~!!!!

Also, great to see Marie back to her original hair color, and back on good terms with Ingrid.

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:11 am
by vampire hunter D
AH HA!

she does smile

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:58 am
by Chaos Sepher
Now if we can just find Cammi we will be on our way for "best timeline"

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:29 am
by Cortez
I really hope the strip doesn't end before we see Cammi again.

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:50 am
by samtheman
So this comic is going to have a mostly good/happy ending but whatever happened to Alex? Did he get dropped down a plot hole like Kiley did in Ma3?

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:56 am
by JediMB
Oh. Bottom-right corner. My heart. Feels so good. Thank you!

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:58 am
by Spidrift
So Zoé gets to wax philosophical in the end. This almost feels like a final strip for the whole series, though I guess we'll get a coda or two.

I'm no expert on hairdressing, but how is Fabien's achievement "matching" Marie's original hair colour? Surely he's just washing all the dark dye out? Which may be tricky in itself, of course. Or is the implication that Marie was a fake blonde all along?

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:33 pm
by Pier777
JediMB wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:56 am
Oh. Bottom-right corner. My heart. Feels so good. Thank you!
I know right? I like the comic but wasn't too emotionally invested. But this made me all "Awwwww" unexpectedly.

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:50 pm
by rogermart
That smile at the end. :x

Now, I thought that Sandra's phone call with Didi took place right after she found out that Zoe cared about her, but now I'm not sure. It seems like the "mentors matter" line fits better here... I'm ignoring the photoshoot part.

http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/long-periods-of-time

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:07 pm
by brasca
Cortez wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:29 am
I really hope the strip doesn't end before we see Cammi again.
Agreed. I'd like to see how Alex and Lavali are doing and I suppose Eloise and Nadine too.

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:22 pm
by Ecchi-Spud
RConrad wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:10 am
D’awwwww~!!!!
Couldn't have typed it better myself! *enjoys Zoenator group hug*

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:38 pm
by Spidrift
rogermart wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:50 pm
Now, I thought that Sandra's phone call with Didi took place right after she found out that Zoe cared about her, but now I'm not sure. It seems like the "mentors matter" line fits better here... I'm ignoring the photoshoot part.

http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/long-periods-of-time
I now suspect that strip was written by Giz, with only the information available in SotR strips published up to that date and without checking with Dave — so assuming that Sandra was staying in Paris under Zoé’s mentorship. It’s just a little bit askew otherwise. But I may be being unfair.

But I’ll also cheerfully headcanon in the idea that Sandra does one more shoot with Domenico for old time’s sake and to celebrate their reconciliation, before she heads home. I mean, why not?

Consistency is not, frankly, a great Pixietrix virtue.

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:48 pm
by WizzarTheRed
Has science gone too far? Is the bottom-right corner real or fake? (What do you mean that meme is dead?)

Re: 2019-01-29 Firm but nurturing

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:40 pm
by tanonev
Spidrift wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:58 am
I'm no expert on hairdressing, but how is Fabien's achievement "matching" Marie's original hair colour? Surely he's just washing all the dark dye out? Which may be tricky in itself, of course. Or is the implication that Marie was a fake blonde all along?
I'm also not an expert on hairdressing, but my sister had her hair dyed purple and needed it removed for a job that required a "natural" hair color. She had a professional remove it (and she was happy with the results), but (1) it didn't return to her natural color (to be fair that was definitely going to be the case since our natural hair color is black, so she had to have it bleached in order for the purple to show up), (2) it required some touching up in order to look good, and (3) you can still see a hint of purple under certain lighting conditions. My guess is hair dye is not something you just "wash out", but rather something you bleach away and then retouch to match the roots.