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This color is extremely handsome! (I’d prefer dark brown eyes myself) but I adore how the dragon looks both like a sculpture, and a natural critter. So awesome seeing a new earthy color, and finding a way to rescue castings.
Alas, lint, moths, and shelfspace are all issues.
Laurie wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:Great. So we decide on a charity and only donate then, right? No sending donations to just any charity now? I just don’t want to mess up again. 😳
Actually that might be a good idea, spread the wealth so to speak. What does everyone think?
That sounds like a nice idea. It might be the simplest and most productive way. But what kind of proof of donation would you need us to get for you, and under what timeline?
Wouldn’t mind a Sunset Male Griffin and sitting chick.
Wouldn’t argue a silver dragon of some sort either. 🙂
Sigh, indeed. A human has not stepped foot on the moon in my lifetime, and while I hate to be pessimistic, a mission or colony that requires Moon water in the rest of my lifetime seems slim.
It will be neat to know whether or not there is water on the moon, but it’s essentially a factoid. They could have refurbished a telescope and/or run some educational programs for that amount.
Not that I really mind them not sharing, 79 million dollars divided by 300 million people would have gotten each and every American a voucher for a Postage Stamp. If the Post Office cut them a deal for bulk purchases, anyway. 😆
Maybe we could just delete accounts that have not logged in for at least two years. That would be enough to modestly clean house, but not punish lurkers or those away from their computers for a long time. And it may encourage the mysterious raffle fans to log in and post “Ooooh, shiny, I love it!” in an appropriate thread once every year or so.
It sounds cool. And having a clean-ish comic for grownups that’s beautiful to look at and not ridiculously grim or angsty sounds very, very refreshing.
Aside from a little bit of Rumiko Takahashi’s work (Lum and Ranma 1/2) I never really got into comics. Seeing vital organs fly twenty feet (or similar stuff) disturbs me far more in graphic novel format than in written novels or even movies.
I don’t have kids, but hypothetically, assuming they were reasonably sensible, balanced kids, I wouldn’t mind them reading something that contains Sea Jewel type anatomy. (they’d see more in most art museums) Though I wouldn’t permit them to bring it to school where someone else could freak out. I’d also give or assist a kid in getting a Windstone, but it would be a major gift and they’d need to be old enough to comprehend and care that it’s a shelf critter and that gypsum does not equal rubber. Goodness knows I started drooling over Windstones when I was still quite young. Acquired a catalog that I remember had the Brown and Peacock dragons and just pored over it, despite my budget. While Windstones aren’t particularly kid-friendly, I’ve never seen them as kid-unfriendly.
For ‘official’ Maplecarver guidance (heh) trust your discretion and do what you think is best. On one hand, like everyone said, you shouldn’t have to water it down for the sake of not ruffling parental feathers. On the other hand, I doubt you’d be writing or drawing anything that will scar fragile little minds (or my mind) for life. If a scene feels ‘iffy’ to you, you can always run it past your kids.
IMO, it sounds great as-is. Though as a heads up, when we see some of the pretty beasties, you’ll probably hear a lot of squeaks for some of them in sculpture form. 😆
Edit: Heh, typed another essay. 😈
Custom costuming is an awesome thing indeed. :yes:
I love both (tenative semi-hypothetical) offers. An Old Green Emperor is a rare prize, and 100 hrs volunteer time certainly holds its own.
That royally, royally stinks, to put it gently.
Like everyone said, trust is really important.
The whole naked-pictures-of-his-ex-on-your-laptop thing is really uncool.
But IMO, it’s even worse that he ignored your concerns about it and didn’t have the good sense to apologize, or explain himself, or have a heart to heart talk, or grovel properly. If it were me in this situation, I’d want some proper groveling, total future transparency, and possibly a shiny object or two. Furthermore, I’d want him to have the sense, guts and decency to do so voluntarily.
If you’re willing to let him re-earn your trust, then somehow or another you can give him that opportunity. But if he doesn’t jump at the chance to do so, attempt to repair what he screwed up, or at least comprehend that it’s the right thing to do in a relationship, then that speaks volumes about his character and his regard for you and his relationship with you.
*hugs* I’m very sorry about how much this thing stinks.
