Any visitors from #rpgfan on IRC will immediately recognise the last panel as a giant in-joke. That said, let's move on to other things.

Liz is going to be an interesting character. Unlike Matthew, she's completely educated in the affairs of romance. Really though, one could replace "romance" with "carnal lust" and get away with it. I don't want to say any more than that about her, because then I'm telling and not showing you who she is. That's the key to writing actually. You want to show your readers what a character is all about, not tell them straight out. It's easy to tell your audience that a character hates another character, but it's far more effective to show them. This tip is kudos of Jerry Cleaver, once again.

Matthew's overprotective and overhelpful mother is really an exaggeration of my own Grandmother in some ways. My Grandmother isn't, however, paranoid about sex. Rather, she tries to encourage me to stick with nice girls and get lucky. It's really odd when you hear that out of a woman over 60, but then of course, this same woman enjoys a round of King of Fighters and has gotten most of Chrono Trigger's endings. That might not sound like much, but for an adult who doesn't understand video games well, nor has much time to play them, it's quite an accomplishment. I love my Grandmother dearly, I just wish she wasn't quite so candidly helpful about my relationships.

Here's a shout out to Timothy Duong at Dominion Arts. I'll be working with/for him as a writer. I'm in charge of coming up with the technology for our TCG, as versus magic, which should be quite interesting. Ask Tim about it if you really want to know more. Tim's the creator of Lores, a webcomic at RPGFan which I've done some guest strips for.

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