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I don't know much about him, he lived in Toronto before following Bronwynne through the portal, he's a heathen with specific loyalty to Odin,  reads runes (I don't know how good he is at it), and I'm thinking he also has a fondness for games- possibly LARPing.

As to his personality I don't have much more, only that he's impulsive at times and is in love with Bronwynne.]]> Comic Considerations http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=638 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:59:48 -0600 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=614 Love Letters From U.S. Troop Increasingly Gruesome has a disturbing and serious undertone, and th other Liberty City Police Force Allegations of Incompetence, Brutality can't fail to amuse anyone familiar with the Grand Theft Auto games.o]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=614 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 04:43:11 -0600 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=603
It should be noted that I am aware that my fourteen year old daughter reads and writes slash. I suspect when she first told me this it was in the hopes of getting a reaction out of me. Since I remember being a teenager who thought about sex a lot I wasn't surprised. I also wonder if the Internet had been around when I was her age if I would have done the same. I can't say for certain that I would have, nor that I wouldn't have.

I'm not going to make As We Know It and "Adult Comic", but neither am I going to go out of my way to avoid sexual content if/when the story requires it. I don't know, beyond a handful of things which must happen, exactly where the strip will go. The story has already altered significantly from what I originally had in mind. This is a good thing, because the changes are, overall, for the better. It just means I don't know what's going to happen.

If I decide to create a strip about Modren's story I might need to include sex, though I suppose I could fade to black. The thing is there are certain elements of his story wherein sex and sexuality are important. Including that he was the lover of an Arcanian Prince. I know some idiots consider the merest mention of homosexuality to render something unsuitable for children and teens.

I'm also intending for the violence to be brutal rather than romanticized- largely because some of my favorite works (both books and film) depict violence in gory glory. They can be hard to read/watch, but are much the better for the nasty reality they include. I'm thinking it would be interesting to make the comic mostly black and white, but with the addition of red in the battle scenes. I'm not sure about that one yet, but it was a thought that I had.]]> Comic Considerations http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=603 Fri, 23 May 2008 10:08:23 -0600 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=580
And since someone will probably wonder which recording software I was looking at it's Audacity.]]> Spoony Barding http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=580 Thu, 8 May 2008 11:37:54 -0600 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=568
I was raised by my mother and her sibs- there were eight of them, including my mother. There are rarely more than five or fewer than three. Three were differentiated [gendered] and two were juvenile trees, having planted themselves at a young age.

Mother was, biologically speaking, my father. She was a switch and had became female during puberty. After my human mother died in childbirth my (dryad) mother became female in response.

There's more, but I don't feel like typing it up and it has more to do with his love life than with his one parent species.

"Sibs" are siblings born at the same time, and they tend to be very close.

Tristan (who comes from Toronto) will tend to think of Torell as a half-elf, but I want a name that they call themselves, rather than just calling them elfs.]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=568 Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:26:01 -0600 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=556
It is the story of two young women and their lovers working to avert The Final War in which Humanity Will be Destroyed. A Seer known for being uncannily accurate has predicted that one of the women (who happen to be twins) must retrieve The Sword of Lord Owen- also known as "Skewer". (Lord Owen wasn't the brightest of people, fortunately his wife was.)

The Story begins with Bronwynne traveling back to Nexus from our world (or at least one very much like it). She is followed by the annoyingly impulsive Tristan and they are informed that the Seer has Seen the two of them have a good chance of at least delaying The Final War and The End of the Worlds.

There is some discussion and concerns about Tristan going along, but the Seer is adamant that the group needs to include him. (I'm working on the exact wording as the Seer predicted Tristan's arrival at nexus- all I know is that there will be mention of him being a follower of a One Eyed God.)]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=556 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:19:43 -0600 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=543
Seriously though, it's just the liquid left from the roast we had last night with some vegetables added in. When I put it on this morning I did so with the assumption that I would be at work all day and it would be nice to come home to a nice hot meal. However since the snow has scared people from getting their cars washed I came home early.

I'm also thinking that I might want to make this a regular thing, as in make up a roast in the crockpot on Monday and use the broth for soup on Tuesday. I like roasts, and I like soup. I don't know how Mark and Dianna will feel about this suggestion, so I think I will do the shockingly sensible thing and ask their opinions.]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=543 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:54:11 -0700 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=536 I would love to do something relating to visual arts, unfortunately I've never used photoshop, which is required for pretty much every visual artsy type job. I intend to learn how to use it, but i fear that without a piece of paper saying that I know what I'm doing it won't make much difference. I guess I could look at taking a proper course on the subject, but that would take money which I don't really have much extra of at the moment.

As for the Depression I'm afraid of acing it properly. Often when I've faced bits of it it's been more painful than I would care to deal with. I know that I'll feel better once I've dealt with the causes of said depression. Of course if it were easily dealt with I wouldn't be spending so much energy hiding it from myself. It's easier to go on this way, at least it seems to be easier, in the long run I suspect it's actually harder.

Then there's the most difficult factor: Dianna. She keeps doing things which make it harder for me to deal with certain stuff around the place that feed my depression. And she does things which only make it worse, and I worry about her mental health, though she claims she doesn't need help I know she does. I fear that if I do what needs to be done to make sure she gets help she'll be mad at me and never forgive me and there won't be any way for us to ever have a good relationship again. The consequences of both doing nothing, and the consequences of taking the steps I need to to make sure Dianna gets help.]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=536 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:45:55 -0700 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=529 The toilet is clogged and I'm making absolutely no progress in unclogging it. I want to scream.]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=529 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:32:31 -0700 http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=522
So, as of February Fourth 2008 I will make a point of writing something in my blog every Monday.

Oh, and I'm thinking about posting the first few installments of my webcomic on here, though I probably won't if I decide to go for page format instead of strip format since I don't want to take up too much space on the front page.]]> General http://rosejohnson.guetterman.com/index.php?itemid=522 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:22:27 -0700