Author's Notes:
Anyone who's read the side-story "Heart Questions" probably has some questions about this! After we solidified timeline and ages, Ari and I decided that we are going to make Heart Questions non-canon. As it turns out, I had Briar's age wrong from the outset, which means everything in that one is wrong.
To elaborate:
Creatures and humans mature at different rates, following the gist of "my dog is 34 in dog years". This is a headache and a half.
My original thought was that Briar and Belfry were 5 years apart. However, I was thinking 5 human years. With creatures' accelerated maturity, 5 years of maturity difference is only 2 chronological years separated. Which makes Briar 18 years old chronologically and early 20's maturity-wise.
Although previously it was still technically okay for Milo and Briar to date, since 14 chronological years is 18 years maturity, we were not happy with the optics of it. We don't want to come off as "Oh sure, she looks like a baby, but she's thousands of years old, so it's okay!" Which, there's lots of nuance to that topic, but it was never my intent to engage with that particular buggaboo in Tamberlane. So we ultimately decided that 18 (equivalent 25 years maturity) is when official adulthood is.
Regardless of whether or not Brilo is A Thing, the reality is that because Briar reacted to Milo with a crush in Chapter 3, that is a plot thread left dangling in the main comic. We do not and have never wanted anyone to have to read side stories to get the full story. So we knew we had to address this in the plot at SOME point.
Either way, I want to make it clear: Briar/Milo is a possibility now with the way we tweaked things. Will it end up that way? Who knows. I'm not telling. :3 Regardless, it no longer feels taboo and weird to address it at all.
Anyway, enjoy your shipping content, nerds!
Tamberlane Books Now Available!
You can pick up the Arc 1 Omnibus and all 4 remastered softcovers here!!
Now, some notes:
We do not guarantee that the physical books will arrive in time for Christmas.
They will not be shipped until the Kickstarter and Backerkit is finished being fulfilled. We expect that will be mid-December, but as White Squirrel will go on holiday starting December 19th, it might not be until January next year.
Prefer your comics digital? Then the PDF versions of all of the above are for you! You can find those here, but they ALSO come free with purchase of the physical versions!
GPSR and Canada Shipping Complications
Unfortunately, I have some rough news: EU and Northern Ireland residents have until December 19th, 5:00pm PST to place orders in the shop. After that, due to new regulation, we will be unable to sell you fine folks anything (even digital files!) for the foreseeable future. Any order placed before that deadline will be fulfilled, even if it has to be fulfilled early next year. We hope to be able to change this eventually, but for now, we do what we must.
The Canadian Postal strike, meanwhile, means that we will hold any Canadian order that's using USPS or Asendia until the strike is done. UPS, Fed-Ex, and DHL are still active and available shipping options, however!
For more information about this, holiday deadlines, and additional shipping information, please see this post.
New TfT Released!
At long last, the promised Walter/Tess short comic, Just Across the River, drawn by Minty Messerly, is now released! Buy it here!
Patreon Birthday Sale
It's my birthday this month!! Until December 14th, 8:35am PST, all new monthly subscriptions to the Tamberlane Patreon are 15% off!! Just use code EA527 at checkout!
(Yeah, I know the time choice is, uh, weird; I messed up and can't fix it :'D oh well??)
That's everything I have for you today, folks! I am sure there are going to be a dozen hiccups that spring up in the next couple of days, but hey, we do what we can.
🎄 Happy holidays and enjoy! 🎄
Transcript
BELFRY: A-Anyway! I'd best be off!
BELFRY: Much to do before the sun sets and all!
BELFRY: Must catch Briar before she...
BELFRY: Come to think of it...
BELFRY: I'm off to Little Acorn to meet up with
BELFRY: BRIAR
BELFRY: and her mates.
BELFRY: You should come, too!
MILO: Ah...
MILO: I shouldn't.
BELFRY : D-Bref ! Je ferais mieux d'y aller !
BELFRY : Il y a beaucoup à faire avant le coucher du soleil et tout !
BELFRY : Il faut que j'attrape Briar avant qu'elle...
BELFRY : En y repensant...
BELFRY : Je vais à Little Acorn pour retrouver
BELFRY : BRIAR
BELFRY : et ses amis.
BELFRY : Tu devrais venir aussi !
MILO : Ah...
MILO : Je ne devrais pas.
