Poor Tamberlane looks so embarrassed!
Thanks to Chaon (Cur) and Zaukodar (Callie) for their continued Patreon cameo! 😀
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CALLIE: Over the next week, we’ll be making a tree collage with things that remind us of our own roots!
CUR: An’ wharrabout the rest of us blokes who don’t know our roots, eh? We en’t all cute little “ghosties” getting our paw helded!
CALLIE: CUR!! Must I put you on time out again?!
CUR: I en’t bein’ smart-alecky this time, honest!
CALLIE: Cur, Tamberlane needs paw-holding to integrate smoothly and catch up!
CUR: She seems plenty integrated to me! I bet she could ask all sortsa stupid questions an’ you’d just answer em!
CALLIE: That’s enough Cur! If you want help, you need only to politely ask for it! You needn’t be rude to Tamberlane!
CUR: I weren’t bein’ rude! I was just askin’ a question, wasn’t I!
CALLIE: Next time, ask without disparaging another student!
CUR: Yes, ma’am.
Oh yeah, this kid. I remember this kid. He was in my high school.
And, wow, Cur’s actions here are… eerily realistic.
I just noticed that Cur is really skinny, like starved skinny. In every panel you can see his ribs and his arms and wrista are so thin, the only exception is his face and that is probably because the fur on his face is longer.
OK so idea, AU where everything is the same except not because poor lil Tam doesn’t have to deal with all this and just has happy fun adventures! all in favor say aye!
Hmm, so Cur is an orphan too, but for all intents and purposes Tamberlane is getting way more attention put on her. I can’t really blame him for being jealous/frustrated.
Callie’s right though, being “smart-alecky” all the time doesn’t help things.
Poor Cur.
Ya ain’t anwered what’s an ixport yet
Panel 5: There should be an apostrophe at the beginning of “em”.
I know Cur’s young, but is he really so stupid that he thinks insulting another student is just ‘asking a question’ or does he somehow think he can get away with it by claiming it’s just a question? Either way, it’s pleasing to see him scolded, even though he’ll likely try to take it out on Tamberlane later because he’s just that kind of a brat. I hope Tam’s friends stay close to discourage it.
Every bully has a backstory. Looking at Cur: he’s got a ruffled, bit of unkempt look about him. Thin, as someone else noted. His only article of clothing is a ragged scarf, so worn it is probably barely holding together, and the barest hint of some kind of bracelet on his left wrist.
Poor, under-nourished, I won’t say mistreated but probably not a lot of love at whatever home he has. I can actually feel for him and get a hint of where his bitterness is coming from.