March 20th, 2010
07_12
Cillian is really fucking odd.
But you’ll learn more about Cillian and his weirdness later. So far you know 1) He chews his hair and 2) he thinks sex is GROSS.
Top panel brush is Victorian Corners by Green Eyed Butterfly.
June 14th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
I would first like to say I have only been recently introduced to your comic but I am already in love with the characters/story/art. I do feel awkward commenting on an older page but there is a reason for that. I don’t normally have any problems but your comment on this page really rubs me the wrong way. At first I was happy to find out that you made Cillian asexual since they are rarely portray in the media at all. But when I read you comment it came out as somewhat rude. I don’t associate the phrase “fucking odd” or “weird” as a complement; I associate it with dislike of people who are different. Being asexual myself and having OCD (I am assuming Cilian hair chewing is a form of OCD) it’s somewhat of a smack to my face to have a character I can somewhat relate to being called “fucking odd” and weird”.
I am sorry if I, myself came off as rude and I don’t usually point things like this out but am tired of acting passive to ignorance even if not intentional.
I am pretty sure you didn’t intend to come off that way but I’ll regret it later if I say nothing.
June 14th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
ummmm I think you took that totally the wrong way. him being ‘really fucking odd’ is about him AS A WHOLE PERSON as far as the comment from me personally is concerned. Like I said in the comment, there is more to him than just those two aspects that make him ‘weird’. Those are only two tidbits into his character.
As for Aubrey calling Cillian ‘odd’ it IS true. For them, the fact Cillian thinks sex is gross and gets queasy when people talk about it IS odd. It’s unusual. And the term ‘odd’ is a synonym for ‘unusual’ and personally i find NO negative connotation for ‘odd’. In fact, it’s a nicer term, imho which is why Aubrey used it. She’s a nice lady – or supposed to be XD She loves her brothers despite and for the oddities. She’s grown up with them and accepted them, but she’s not blind to the fact they’re unusual.
I think you’re taking this WAY too personally because of your connection to the subject. I didn’t intend for my comment to be offensive, and you know, I can’t please everyone nor do I have any intention to. Sorry you took this the wrong way, but I stand by my comment and dialogue.
You’ve never met me- but I curse all the time and often inappropriately, and I am not nor do I have any intention of being ‘politically correct’. I try to handle my subjects with respect, but not everyone agrees with what I do, and at my age, I’m not out to make everyone happy. Some terms are offensive to some people aren’t offensive to others, there is no way for me to keep up with what is or isn’t offensive.
My story deals with a lot of LGBT issues, and even within the community people can’t agree on what terms are offensive and what terms aren’t. I know plenty of people who think ‘gay’ is offensive, while ‘queer’ is not, or ‘fag’ is not offensive but ‘faggot’ is. I am just not going to play those games with words. There is no ‘winning’ in it.
(Sorry for the TL;DR)