Each Tuesday night I use Livestream to broadcast the page as I ink, flat and shade it. You can find it and previous videos at http://www.livestream.com/straysonline
if you read the comments to the time he appears, you will find out that he is a cat.
Alvara101
He’s got wiskers! Duh!!
ANyone notice that she keeps hitting that leg? First she kicked it not she stabbs it. XD
Guesticus
Never watched the old “Monkey” tv series, or “Journey To The West”? King Monkey (the dude Goku from DBZ is based on) has ‘whiskers’, but yes, that guy is totally a pussy
Holands face in the second panel!! Just made my day hahaha! XD
On another note, hoorah for Meela, what a courageous babe! Hope the aftermath isn’t too bad though…
Sticking a good sharp knife in like that is not as hard as you might think. Assuming you miss the thigh bone that is. Just take your average kitchen knife and poke it into the thickest part of a roast next time you cook one, you’ll see what I mean.
Huh, the little pup has a bite on her after all…now I wonder what on earth is going to happen next…I don’t imagine that killing machine is going to take kindly to that.
Oh, dadgummit! D: Run, Meela, run!
Figures she manages to do something seemingly helpful right at the wrong time. Poor Meela has had no luck in this area, and the trend seems to have continued. Hopefully she doesn’t get a face full o’ knives like everyone is worried she will.
The problem here isn’t that Meela managed to blindside the guy, it’s that she has no idea about the right way to take advantage of the position and the suprise it afforded her. Putting an knife blade into the outer part of the thigh muscle, while painful, and likely to slow the opponent down, won’t be a fatal or debilitating blow.
Debilitating and potentially fatal would have been a strike on the inner thigh into the femoral artery. Better yet for debilitating would have been a knife into one of his kidneys. Better for fatal would have been sliding the knife between his ribs into his lungs/major organs.
Best would have been a knife into his exposed medula oblongata at the base of his skull where his spinal cord enters his skull. That’s an instant kill with the dead opponent unable to attemp a final comeback strike with the top of the spine severed. This is what happens when you give someone a knife, and don’t teach them the appropriate anatomy lessons required to properly make use of it.
Wow, I think you’re thinking into this way too much.
I doubt Meela wanted to KILL him, just wound him enough to stop the fight, which I’m sure that knife stab would do.
You’re telling me that won’t be fatal or debilitating??? I’d like to see anyone get up after that!
You strike me as someone who puts people down for no good reason.
Why is it that every time someone applies a little logic or science to a story, someone else comes along and tells them that they are ruining everything by thinking too hard about it? It IS possible to analyze something AND enjoy it, you know.
He has a point; Meela could have made better use of the element of surprise, but of course she lacks the experience or knowledge to do so. Anyway, I think she’s too short to pull off the spinal cord thing, even if she knew how.
Paine
LOL this is a pg13 story, I highly doubt the writers would want that kind of violence in their story :L
Ah, the interesting controversy over pointing out where the best place to use a knife would be depending upon the desired result. If the desired result was to become endangered, and to do something relatively ineffectual in a fight compared to the other available options, then Meela has chosen the right option. Otherwise the character “Meela” has chosen poorly in getting involved in that manner. This as others have pointed out does fit the character. My comment was not a critique of the author/writer’s choice of character actions, but a comment about the character doing something with a high likelihood of negative ramifications for their well being.
So for those who thought I was advocating taking the comic from a PG-13 to an R rating, that was not the case. I am no more attempting to change the author/artist’s direction than the earlier people advising Meela to “Run” were. I was pointing out that any people who thought Meela had performed a valid and wise combat manuver were missing the opportunities available to her as much as she was.
From the beginning of this fight sequence this hasn’t been a “first blood” honor duel kind of fight. This is a disable/kill or be killed kind of situation. In those kinds of situations going for a less than immediately disabling blow (like striking the meaty part of the outer thigh) is not a good idea especially when the attack leaves the attacker exposed to a fatal counter strike.
As has been noted earlier, Meela isn’t always the font of good ideas. In fact her track record suggests otherwise up to this point. The most obvious example being a young “twelve year old” getting mixed up with a dangerous bounty hunter on the job. This is most interesting from a dramatic standpoint, but it establishes the character has a pretty poor concept of how to make solid good choices which are appropriate to the situation. The only question I have is whether these kinds of characters will live long enough to learn from their mistakes, or if they will jump from bad choice to bad choice without any kind of severe consequence or any growth of character.
SotiCoto
The thigh seems to be a fairly large target at about eye-level for her.
I would imagine it to be a strike of convenience as much as anything.
Personally, I’d have suggested knife upward to the crotch or in through the back of the knee… but those generally wouldn’t be intuitive to a kid with no combat experience. Essentially, just going for the easy target probably isn’t a bad idea for her if she would miss anywhere else.
While your assessment makes perfect sense logically, it wouldn’t be characteristic of Meela to do any of the things you mentioned, or figure any of this out in the middle of a fight. Holland simply traded the knives for his family swan thing, he didn’t intend for her to actually use them.
All good advice, but Meela is far too short or inexperience or uninformed to do any of it. What she did fits her character perfectly, including going for the leg on the same side as the fistfull of daggers.
I was thinking the same thing as the first comment, actually. Seeing as I don’t know Meela as well as the author/artists, though, I cannot say that it is uncharacteristic of her. She talks tough, but up until now she has shown little bite in a fight.
However, I think she can assess the situation well enough to realize that this is a life or death situation which is why she decided to intervene and aid Feral, as she has somewhat attempted before.
Even for her, the leg still seems an odd place to aim, as my first thought would have been a jab to the side, but this is from reading books, watching movies, etc. Meela has not had any outside influence in combat. Even so, it seems that she would have gone for his side as it was more at her level than the middle of his thigh.
Little pups, while seeming to be helpless, still have teeth to bite with as Meela has proven.
But what wrong did she do other than what’s already been stated I wonder? It could be anything. Grrr. The anticipation kills!
Can’t wait for the next one!
Well… this can’t end well… Run for it Meela! Before he turns on you! I wonder why Holland hasn’t just shot that guy yet? I mean, who would know it was him?
Go Meela for striking, but get out of there! I had a feeling something like this would happen, and I was hoping I was wrong, but it did happen. No!! Run!
run now meela… he will not like having been stabbed in the leg… and if he is a cat – that just got stabbed and is shocked about it- shoulding his tail be a little fluffed up??
If You Look Closely, The End’s A Little Fluffed Up. Maybe His Job Makes Him Shave His Fur Short, Or It’s Naturally Short, Therefore Doesn’t Fluff Up Easily. There’d Only Be a Bunch Of Fur On The End Because That’s Always What Happens. XD I Don’t Know. That’s Just My Idea. X3
100 thoughts on “Page 192”
Chrosse
Hee, just finished watching the video of this being drawn, and came back to find the page up! Yay!
Oh no…run Meela! Run! D; He’s proven he has nothing against harming children!
ayashi
Meela is like that level 11 rogue trying to sap a 85 hunter ;D
Riiatriss
ROFL! go roguie meela! :D yay, another WoW fan!! ^_^ /waves
Gigi
WHAT?!?! there’s a video of these being drawn?!?!?!?!! must…have….link!!!! PLEASE!!!
Algy
Each Tuesday night I use Livestream to broadcast the page as I ink, flat and shade it. You can find it and previous videos at http://www.livestream.com/straysonline
VickyLynn
Oh crud just remembered…. kitty has poisonious knives in the hand closest to Meela….. RUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
changeling
Kitty? I thought he was a monkey! >_>
VickyLynn
Lol! XD Well, in one of the first panels that he fights Feral, he yowls, so I always guessed cat.
ayashi
wait that’s not a monkey?
Chaos
if you read the comments to the time he appears, you will find out that he is a cat.
Alvara101
He’s got wiskers! Duh!!
ANyone notice that she keeps hitting that leg? First she kicked it not she stabbs it. XD
Guesticus
Never watched the old “Monkey” tv series, or “Journey To The West”? King Monkey (the dude Goku from DBZ is based on) has ‘whiskers’, but yes, that guy is totally a pussy
Nora
Like I said. GO FOR THE NUTS!!!!!
SlopDoggy
Holland sounded like Urkel for a second there…”Did I do thaaaaaat?”
Flurrin
^ This
Tane
Steve from Family Matters XD
Epesi
Yeah, I can never see those words without hearing Jaleel White’s voice. XD
K-diz
Holands face in the second panel!! Just made my day hahaha! XD
On another note, hoorah for Meela, what a courageous babe! Hope the aftermath isn’t too bad though…
nzw
wow, that knife is in there really deep… I didn’t think Meela had it in her o.o
Ethan
+1. Except for the “made my day” part.
Ethan
Uggh- was gonna reply to K-diz D:
Antonious
Sticking a good sharp knife in like that is not as hard as you might think. Assuming you miss the thigh bone that is. Just take your average kitchen knife and poke it into the thickest part of a roast next time you cook one, you’ll see what I mean.
Raikou-Neko
Awwwww….I have a sad feeling someone is going to get poked with the poison knives, and something tells me it may not be Meela…><
Irishxlily
1 possibility
meela gets poisoned
2
holland or feral get poison saving meela (haha she cant get a break)
3
They live happily ever afte…..errrr wait.
VickyLynn
Awwww it ends already? QnQ
Keito
Inevitable dire consequences aside.. Nice shot, Meela!!
Also, I think this site needs a Gallery of Amazing Holland Faces. ;)
Mariel
Absolutely :D
And I completely thought of steve urkel as well slop.
“Did I do thaaaat?”
One-Who-Howls
Where’s The Like Button? ~o3o~
Emergencyfan51
LOL Holland’s face in the second panel! Brilliant! And Meela, you’re awesome, but you should probably think about running for your life now o_o
Geraldo
Kitty, You ‘ve got backstabbed. :p
Way to go Meela. Go kill that kitty. :3
VelkynKarma
I have a baaaad feeling about this….
And Holland’s expressions could seriously be their own line of icons pfft XD
~VelkynKarma
BlueSwordFox
KNIFED IN THE LEG~
Don’t discourage her Holland, Meela’s being helpful!
Horcoosn'sRule
Holland’s face is sooo funny in the 2nd panel! XD and omg…Meela actually did something courageous! Now run, Meela! Runn!!!
13thprotector
She had to do something stupid, didn’t she?
Slade
Huh, the little pup has a bite on her after all…now I wonder what on earth is going to happen next…I don’t imagine that killing machine is going to take kindly to that.
Rach
That second panel…EPIC. XD lol!
And I wonder what’s gonna happen to Meela now….oh, I can hardly wait til NEXT Friday. >.<
MrWhite
Helpful…. until he swings his right arm back and she gets a face full of poisoned knives.
Zinc
Yeeeeep….and this is what I was afraid of happening. -facepalm-
Riverfox237
Oh, dadgummit! D: Run, Meela, run!
Figures she manages to do something seemingly helpful right at the wrong time. Poor Meela has had no luck in this area, and the trend seems to have continued. Hopefully she doesn’t get a face full o’ knives like everyone is worried she will.
SpicyBleachedHead
I think Meela screwed something up, I just don’t know what. :D
Purplefire
Oooo, I sense bad things are coming….
Sheetapally
Wound the cat and it will scratch back, this one with poison claws!
Stephani
1. Holland, shut up! Meela was being sneaky!
2. Ouch!
3. RUN, MEELA! RUN!
ivorybreath
Meela RUN!!! D:
shayan572
Go Meela Go!!! Show them what little you can do!!!
Kriscl
Watch for the poisonous knives! D:
zmortis
The problem here isn’t that Meela managed to blindside the guy, it’s that she has no idea about the right way to take advantage of the position and the suprise it afforded her. Putting an knife blade into the outer part of the thigh muscle, while painful, and likely to slow the opponent down, won’t be a fatal or debilitating blow.
Debilitating and potentially fatal would have been a strike on the inner thigh into the femoral artery. Better yet for debilitating would have been a knife into one of his kidneys. Better for fatal would have been sliding the knife between his ribs into his lungs/major organs.
Best would have been a knife into his exposed medula oblongata at the base of his skull where his spinal cord enters his skull. That’s an instant kill with the dead opponent unable to attemp a final comeback strike with the top of the spine severed. This is what happens when you give someone a knife, and don’t teach them the appropriate anatomy lessons required to properly make use of it.
Sky
Wow, I think you’re thinking into this way too much.
I doubt Meela wanted to KILL him, just wound him enough to stop the fight, which I’m sure that knife stab would do.
You’re telling me that won’t be fatal or debilitating??? I’d like to see anyone get up after that!
Navi
-.- …
You strike me as someone who enjoys little in life.
Epesi
You strike me as someone who puts people down for no good reason.
Why is it that every time someone applies a little logic or science to a story, someone else comes along and tells them that they are ruining everything by thinking too hard about it? It IS possible to analyze something AND enjoy it, you know.
He has a point; Meela could have made better use of the element of surprise, but of course she lacks the experience or knowledge to do so. Anyway, I think she’s too short to pull off the spinal cord thing, even if she knew how.
Paine
LOL this is a pg13 story, I highly doubt the writers would want that kind of violence in their story :L
zmortis
Ah, the interesting controversy over pointing out where the best place to use a knife would be depending upon the desired result. If the desired result was to become endangered, and to do something relatively ineffectual in a fight compared to the other available options, then Meela has chosen the right option. Otherwise the character “Meela” has chosen poorly in getting involved in that manner. This as others have pointed out does fit the character. My comment was not a critique of the author/writer’s choice of character actions, but a comment about the character doing something with a high likelihood of negative ramifications for their well being.
So for those who thought I was advocating taking the comic from a PG-13 to an R rating, that was not the case. I am no more attempting to change the author/artist’s direction than the earlier people advising Meela to “Run” were. I was pointing out that any people who thought Meela had performed a valid and wise combat manuver were missing the opportunities available to her as much as she was.
From the beginning of this fight sequence this hasn’t been a “first blood” honor duel kind of fight. This is a disable/kill or be killed kind of situation. In those kinds of situations going for a less than immediately disabling blow (like striking the meaty part of the outer thigh) is not a good idea especially when the attack leaves the attacker exposed to a fatal counter strike.
As has been noted earlier, Meela isn’t always the font of good ideas. In fact her track record suggests otherwise up to this point. The most obvious example being a young “twelve year old” getting mixed up with a dangerous bounty hunter on the job. This is most interesting from a dramatic standpoint, but it establishes the character has a pretty poor concept of how to make solid good choices which are appropriate to the situation. The only question I have is whether these kinds of characters will live long enough to learn from their mistakes, or if they will jump from bad choice to bad choice without any kind of severe consequence or any growth of character.
SotiCoto
The thigh seems to be a fairly large target at about eye-level for her.
I would imagine it to be a strike of convenience as much as anything.
Personally, I’d have suggested knife upward to the crotch or in through the back of the knee… but those generally wouldn’t be intuitive to a kid with no combat experience. Essentially, just going for the easy target probably isn’t a bad idea for her if she would miss anywhere else.
Tane
While your assessment makes perfect sense logically, it wouldn’t be characteristic of Meela to do any of the things you mentioned, or figure any of this out in the middle of a fight. Holland simply traded the knives for his family swan thing, he didn’t intend for her to actually use them.
KaelinaLuvsLomaris
All good advice, but Meela is far too short or inexperience or uninformed to do any of it. What she did fits her character perfectly, including going for the leg on the same side as the fistfull of daggers.
ClimbingEast
Personally, I sleep easier believing that 12 year olds don’t have this sort of an education.
Riverfox237
XD Ditto, East.
ATB
I was thinking the same thing as the first comment, actually. Seeing as I don’t know Meela as well as the author/artists, though, I cannot say that it is uncharacteristic of her. She talks tough, but up until now she has shown little bite in a fight.
However, I think she can assess the situation well enough to realize that this is a life or death situation which is why she decided to intervene and aid Feral, as she has somewhat attempted before.
Even for her, the leg still seems an odd place to aim, as my first thought would have been a jab to the side, but this is from reading books, watching movies, etc. Meela has not had any outside influence in combat. Even so, it seems that she would have gone for his side as it was more at her level than the middle of his thigh.
LTS
Little pups, while seeming to be helpless, still have teeth to bite with as Meela has proven.
But what wrong did she do other than what’s already been stated I wonder? It could be anything. Grrr. The anticipation kills!
Can’t wait for the next one!
Fukuoka
Okay, Holland! Time to shoot a sparkly arrow into Visrial’s hand, before he gets Meela! …Or Feral, kill him. Kill him dead… like a rock. Or something.
Emergencyfan51
Kick him in the head! >:D
Zip
I second that notion!
Mah
FERAL, SAVE MEELA!
Howlcall
Well… this can’t end well… Run for it Meela! Before he turns on you! I wonder why Holland hasn’t just shot that guy yet? I mean, who would know it was him?
bb
What are you doing Meela? Whenever you try to help, something always goes wrong.
WatchOutForWendigos
Run, Forrest, Run!… Oh wait, Run, Meela, Run!
Mary Claire
Meela.
Yer gonna cause a war or something D:
Warrayfinson
Go Meela for striking, but get out of there! I had a feeling something like this would happen, and I was hoping I was wrong, but it did happen. No!! Run!
ChibiMeela
I just read all of these pages and they are great!
Lily
Nice move Meela, except….
POISONOUS KNIVES ABOVE YOUR HEAD. ;A;
emikifox
craaaaaaaap…. I have a bad feeling about this
Nikki
run now meela… he will not like having been stabbed in the leg… and if he is a cat – that just got stabbed and is shocked about it- shoulding his tail be a little fluffed up??
One-Who-Howls
If You Look Closely, The End’s A Little Fluffed Up. Maybe His Job Makes Him Shave His Fur Short, Or It’s Naturally Short, Therefore Doesn’t Fluff Up Easily. There’d Only Be a Bunch Of Fur On The End Because That’s Always What Happens. XD I Don’t Know. That’s Just My Idea. X3