WIP Comic: Talita Meets Centaurs Part 2

Very late to the party, but it reminds me of the tendency to call children "little friend" in mandarin

Scyllarus

These just get better and better every page

Biological

That would make a lot of sense!! Its little worldbuilding details like this that make me adore Jay's work

Ferbiedragon

They're predators with good range of sight at a far distance so it's probable they need help reading things up close.

Dylan Bajda

They both use monocles!! And Talita wears glasses.. Do a lot of centaurs have what we would consider vision problems?

Ferbiedragon

I just realized that the brothers crossing trunks like that is them whispering into each other's ears. Clever!

squishiepeepz

I love the detail of casually spinning his monocle to explain centrifugal force.

I love this so intensely. Without knowing anything about the setting, someone from the outside would immediately understand what's happening.

squishiepeepz

i love the way you do dialogue for broken english its so endearing and accurate !!!

juniper

Tbh I used "it" here because it's not gendered, and because I've occasionally heard English speakers use "it" to refer to young kids they don't know. I'm not sure about the pronoun situation for the language that the Lechek speak.

Jay Eaton

Penkh: person/centaur, -alla: diminutive suffix. It's not gendered, but an appropriate translation might be something like "lil lady" or "lil man"

Jay Eaton

Something I missed seeing this the first time — I get the impression the one with a diamond, who calls his brother bad with kids, might have children of his own? And so takes the softer more parental approach when his brother fails.

Deneb

I think that juveniles are regarded as people, just not infants. They cull most of their infants, but it sounds like the ones that make it long enough to speak are seen as people. At least that’s the impression I got from Jay’s posts.

Krangis

I remember Jay saying that centaurs tend to have a pretty cavalier attitude towards juveniles because they don’t really see them as “people” yet; maybe that’s reflected in the language?

pinglederry

i love how intensely you manage to make every character a Character. these guys give immediate and strong impressions of their personalities, all while feeling extremely natural, and i love it so much!! it's something you're super good at.

is penkhalla “child”?

aw, they're so nice :) i like these two

Shield

Oh I love the way you do alien clothes. The monocle is GENIUS

Deneb

i want to protect baby talita with my LIFE also i love the background event of that person disembarking and immediately going "nvm lol" also do centaurs have a gendered way of referring to people or does it translate as "it"? or are they referring to talita as though she's a mystery creature

petra