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Post by spark tb Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:12 am

'It's not a phase, Tsu! This is who I really am!' - Vas, probably [not].
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Sometimes these things just tend to hide in plain sight. Just like ghosts. They're there you know. You just aren't looking right.

Also, for those of your curious, here's a more clear view of the photo from the past couple of comics, and who's in it;
https://i.imgur.com/JKKee5F.png
Tsu is obviously first, with her older sprites! Because, y'know, that made sense to me.
Jake was a water-used, frame ex-convict. Was sort a 'rough but nice' figure, coming from a bad background but being an overall good guy. Thanks to Spekkal for helping create an updated sprite for him!
Pepper next, and this is a waaay old sprite of her from before I was over here at Smackjeeves. Though some observant readers here may recognise her body... She was an electric user, and pretty rock-and-roll. If the old RPs required a sorta main character of sorts, she's the sorta 'positive teenage hero' who'd fit well into that role. Oh, also, her and Jake were dating! I also thiiink they were owned by the same person? May be getting slightly mixed up.
Blackjack meanwhile, was Pepper's adopted brother who had... zero powers as far as I recall? Whilst he started as another generic hero type, I remember him becoming more the 'grizzled hero' archetype, being probably the only member of the group to be like 'Well, if we're fighting demons on a regular basis, should I just use this gun?' Thanks to Spekkal again for this particular sprite of them!
Blader continues to be owned by Badx, who I've actually been in contact with somewhat recently! I won't actually detail much on him yet since... well, we shall perhaps see in future. ;D
Vas there in his younger form, after he mutated and lost his arms, before he mutated again and got his arms back. It's science people! Pure genetics!
And of course, last but not least, Billie - owned by the same person as Blackjack. Vas' ex, who seemed to... get into trouble a lot actually in hindsight. She had a healing factor which really helped with that, but demons and serial killers seemed to make common acquaintance with her.

Mentioned in this page are Zippo and Knightmare. Zippo I plan to cover another time, but Knightmare? Knightmare I, uh, maaay've forgotten to put onto the original photo til it was too late for me to add him. Still, as apology, here's what the gun-armed echidna's owner is up to these days!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUJfB5F7Huk
He's the one with a prominent beard. The sonic fandom is a weird and wonderful place.

Speaking of metal-as-all-hell, the demon-realm-literally-made-of-demon corpse is owned by Spekkal, so credit to her for the infodump!
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Three weeks? What are you talking about? YOU'RE three weeks! Take that! Shut up!
Also, hey guys, remember that whole 'possessy' thing I established Chris as doing to Shelia aeons ago and then never ever showed clearly again? WELL I HOPE YOU REMEMBER BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
This page took too long.
And I just realised I forgot something just as I was writing the author comment.
Okay added it now. Noone ever saw. Noone ever knew. Breathe easy Dregan. Breathe easy.

Credit to Spark for the Infodump by the way. ;D
(Seriously I could do these 'Demon Realm' things forever, they're really fun to cover. Unfortunately I can't cover them forever because I only have 2 Infodumps left before 400. Still, would be neat-o to do something with them all in future.)
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Post by spark tb Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:52 am

It's only been three weeks? B-but we all know the prophecies claim an unannounced hiatus must take three years at least D: It's like.. the prophecy laws or something.

Also Chris is a master of comedic timing and I love her.
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Post by Dregan Sat Feb 11, 2017 12:33 am

WHOOPS.
I never posted 398 and 399 up here.
Sorta important I do that since... well, not long til 400 now! Not long at all.

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400 COMING SOON!
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Full author comment will be made once all three parts are uploaded. For now, here's Part 1;
https://i.imgur.com/3PrgAvg.png
Expect this to be the longest of the three parts - not that the other two will be exactly short. Part 2 will be uploaded next week - until then, enjoy!

(Oh, and as an additional sidenote for those of you who may not've seen, as per Smackjeeves requirement, Bar'd now has a cover too!
https://i.imgur.com/JTyYl2H.png
Expect it to be updated and tweaked over time, but for now, I think it's at least pretty satisfactory!)
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Full author comment will be made once all three parts are uploaded. Here's the comic so far;
Part 1; https://i.imgur.com/3PrgAvg.png
Part 2; https://i.imgur.com/frm2ld5.png

New Bar'd Cover Bonus; https://i.imgur.com/JTyYl2H.png

Part 3 will ideally be up next week! It's not 100% done yet, but pretty close, should be able to finish it up by then. Albeit, it doesn't ENTIRELY rely on me... Still, gonna remain optimistic on next Tuesday being the final part!
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Shhhh. Bar'd isn't dead. It's just been sleeping.
TIME TO WAKE UP.

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Without any further delay, here it is, in all it's glory. Bar'd 400 - in four parts;
New Cover; https://i.imgur.com/JTyYl2H.png
Part 1; https://i.imgur.com/3PrgAvg.png
Part 2; https://i.imgur.com/frm2ld5.png
Part 3; https://i.imgur.com/uhztA3H.png
Part 4; https://i.imgur.com/juVoOL2.png

As per usual with the 100s, a lot to talk about here, so let's get right into it. Starting with... well, one particular aspect of Bar'd that has become a signature of sorts. And I don't mean starting every third page with the words 'How To:'...

-THE DELAY-
SHOCK AND HORROR, THE COMIC IS LATE. Only, this time it managed to be late, like, twice. Though only one time was really my fault!
The first lateness was... well, okay, I didn't set a date for when I'd START updating Bar'd 400. Still 4/5 months is a preeetty large wait for a single page. I mean, it's not like I wasn't working on it this time, this isn't another case of 300 where I lost motivation or whatever. Simply put, the whole issue just wound up being waaay longer than I expected.
Uuunfortunately, the main delay came after having already posted up the first two parts. For part 3 (which - due to file size - eventually had to be split into parts 3 and 4) I wanted two panels to be drawn up. Pretty major ones and ones I felt I couldn't do justice or represent well through simple spritework. Unfortunately... Well, I ain't much of an artist myself, and thusly I implored an artist friend to assist with such a matter! Weeell, one thing lead to another and... Well, to cut a long story short things weren't really materialising - and thus we mutually agreed after an unfortunately long period (around 7 months) that perhaps it were better for us both to move on.
And so, then I hit up another friend of mine, one Electrisa! And well... two weeks following that, and 400 was all ready to show you! And well... there it is! Elec did a fantastic job of getting things done super quickly and bringing us back on track to getting Bar'd updating once more - huge shoutout to her!

-MORE LI'L MAXIMILLION-
That's right, young Maximillion and Shelia are back! And this time featuring much more prominently than they did in 300, what with a whole 3 scenes being dedicated to flashbacks - this time sorta going into the parentage of the characters!
First of all worthy of mention is Shelia's father, who made his way off to war. He's... actually been a pretty significant figure in Shel's backstory for a while, so it's cool to actually bring him up at last. I admit to being... slightly worried about the huuuge exposition dump on him in part 1. Still, hoping the dialogue sounded at least VAGUELY natural - and that at least some insight has been given to Shelia's own personal insecurities! Believe me - there's more of that to come.
At the other end of the spectrum, part 3 gives us Maximillion's own marble-mad father. He's, uh, an interesting character. Originally, when setting out to do the script, he had a very straight-forward character direction. Super-stern, super-serious businessman, who would suffer no fools. He would be bland, monotone and grouchy - his purpose to be the overbearing scrooge-like figure that would further explain the Maximillion of today. And whilst he certainly probably does still lend to explaining some of that... mid-writing he transformed into a VERY different character. One who's empty business life can only be filled by marbles. ALL OF THE MARBLES.
The last things worth mentioning is probably The Little Mary itself - the little boat by the dockside! Not loooads to say as of yet on it... Only that it evidently means a lot to Shelia. And what with how things went down in Part 2? It's also evidently not the last we'll be seeing of it.

-OUTCAST DISILLUSION-
Yep, the Outcast Mercenaries are still at it! Kinda. After ol' Godmodern/Silas left the group, things are obviously gettin' a liii'l bit more desperate.
When the cameos were first sent to me, the group were... a set of anti-heroes of sorts. Their owner had an Outcast Mercenaries author comic at the time, with the whole ordeal being that they were people doing... rather disreputable work in the hopes of earning the money and reputation to turn their town around for good. So, good intentions buuut... still mercs, still doing shady shit - including a li'l bit of killing here and there. In the comic itself it was mainly just killing... well, the corrupted business officials that had drove their city into the dirt. But here I thought... well, I'd explore the group if they were given LESS favourable jobs.
Sooo, yeah. It's always been an interesting challenge with them of 'Okay, where do their morals lie? How far are they willing to go to get what they need? Are they willing to sink another city into problems to try and save their own?' This issue obviously finally gave some time to address that - though we're not... fully done with them yet. The Outcasts shall appear again!
Ooor at least one of them will.

-FIRE IN THE OLD BAR-
Okay what sells? Nostalgia.
What sells more? SETTING NOSTALGIA ON FIRE.
So yeah, it struck me as soon as the plan to change the bar over at around 200 that... well, something had to happen to the old bar, right? I felt that it would more likely've fallen into Maximillion's possession, and with that in mind... well, the plan to set it ablaze formed! I loved the image of the old bar going up in smoke - though it would be quite a striking visual on top of something something symbolism burning away the past something.
Of course, this wound up being a nightmare to put together. Not neccesarily visually - albeit, wow those fire effects are NOT consistent at all I had no idea what i was doing. But... dear god the plotting and scripting of the whole thing proved the real challenge.
There were various things needing to happen. I had to have two simultaneous scenes between what was going on inside the bar with Shelia, Chris and Vas - as well as what was going on outside the bar with Xavier and Jax. Certain moments needed to time well, needed to match up - I needed Xavier and Jax not to be looking whilst Shelia and Chris entered for instance. I also had to make it so the timing on such things was believable too - I couldn't do reams and reams of dialogue in one half of the scene and then a tiny bit in the other. The whole thing became a balancing act of having the right characters in the right place at the right time, without making the scene cut too aggressively. Everything needed to flow...
There were also a few minor things - for instance, how I'd trap Shelia inside. Originally I considered maybe the fire caused a roof cave in of sorts? But that would mean the fire would have to START near Shelia, and somehow the roof would have to come down basically IMMEDIATELY to trap her. There was the consideration too that... well, if the plan was to trap Vas or whatever, the Outcasts would probably have set something up themselves to purposefully ensure he stayed in there - so he couldn't just leave as soon as the fire started. It also needed to make enough of a noise to grab Xavier's attention - and needed to be something that could trap Shelia as easily as it could Vas, what with their vastly different body sizes/shapes. It also needed to be something they could trip themselves without input from the Outcasts, so Xavier wouldn't notice too early. Lastly, it needed to be something Vas could deal with to save Shelia - and something Shelia couldn't deal with herself.
Therefore, taking eeeverything into account, one conclusion was reached; Just attach a goddamn big rock to a rope and their foot catches the rope. ...Honestly I imagine the Outcasts should've had a plan which didn't rely so specifically on the complete obliviousness of whoever walked into the room, but there we go.
So yeah, original script was 'Cool then Vas breaks through the rock and grabs Shelia and runs free, yeah!' Then I realised the block I'd put down was waaay too big for that, so I was like; 'Okay, he could lift it!' followed shortly by '...Vas is not strong enough to just lift up a huge block like that!' Then I realised I put it on a rope, yaaay! Physics! Ooonly in practice to get the angle he needed he had to walk about halfway into the room soooo... Yeah I totally cheated the angle where he's holding it isn't right at all. BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THAT ON-PANEL SO IT'S FINE!
Ooonly then it wasn't high enough for Shelia to get past properly, and Vas couldn't grab her because he was... well, holding the huge block. And thusly, ACTION SLIDE! What I'm trying to say is, what originally began as me trying to keep everything all precisely scripted and in-line, instead became me floundering about desperately and improvising the whole scene as I went. YAY WRITING!
Although there is one last little funny story I want to share in this segment before I move on. Actually, between 200 and 400, someone hit me up via PM about the original bar. Y'see, they were wanting to start a small series of their own and... well, they asked my permission to use the old bar as their character's hide-out. When I asked if they meant if they could use the background, they clarified no, they meant actually have their hide-out be where The Leafy Bar once canonly was. I then rather cage-ily had to explain that, unfortunately, I DID have plans for the old place. So, individual who had messaged me in the past - if you're anywhere still around Smackjeeves - this is why I had to turn you down; BECAUSE I NEEDED TO SET EVERYTHING ON FIRE.

-NIGHT MARE-
THE BIGGEST PLOT TWIST IN ALL OF BAR'D no yeah this one was obvious. So, this whole time Night Mare has just been Chris possessing Vas - though despite it being pretty obvious I have tried to drop some hinting here and there besides the pages where Night Mare actually appears. In particular, a few moments of this past day were sorta meant to be about putting two-and-two together in that regard.
In particular, this page talks about Vas occasionally waking up on the opposite side of the gender spectrum;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/2291329/gniob/
At the same time, it's shown in 399 that when Chris dispossesses people... they sometimes accidentally sorta leave them the opposite gender, whoops;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/2345564/fleece-as-white-as-snow/
Back in the first link, Vas also makes mention of aching in the morning and such. Makes sense when you've been running all night, right? Plus, waking up damp too which... well, is to be expected when it's been raining recently;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/chapters/89904/burning-down-current/
Of course, Chris can't possess Vas EVERY night. Some nights Night Mare simply couldn't show up;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/2108141/how-to-scan-for-lifeforms/
After all, it's hard to possess someone unawares when they haven't been able to sleep that night;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/2127976/how-to-get-up-there/
Though when Vas does sleep... boy does he sleep. There are about 10,000 pages dedicated to the fact he could sleep through anything, including battles going on around him... ooor in this case, a ghost running around in his body. And one additional advantage to having a host who's already sleeping? Well...
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/1324963/how-to-teamkill/
...They're particularly hard to tranquilise.
So yeah, it's true, the whole twist that Night Mare was actually Chris possessing Vas is nothing too surprising. Still, pretty certain there were elements to this whole thing people will've missed - and happy to talk about some of these things more in-depth as to the hows and whys!

-THE KISS-
Ahahaha, oh boy, here we go. It's what some of you have been waiting for, and what some of you have been dreading! All probably presented in the worst way possible. Ghost stealin' your first kiss? Could happen to anyone!
Before anything else, wanna throw a big thank you to Electrisa! I mentioned it up above in 'The Delay', but without her work this moment would've... well, it wouldn't've been 'impossible'. But I'm pretty certain it would've been 'terrible'. Elec took this moment I knew I really couldn't represent well myself, and did a fantastic job of interpreting into art! And for your viewing pleasure, here's that art in full;
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https://i.imgur.com/Cr7n2pV.png
So yeah! It's about time isn't it? I mean it only took us, what, 400 comics? Of course this evidently has been esseeentially part of the plan since the very beginning of Bar'd. I've been awfully patient - and so have many of you! of course, this isn't the big end-point or end-goal of Bar'd. But it certainly moves us into a new era of sorts, and is really gonna effect some character dynamics moving forward.
I do realise on the off-hand however that... well, there's gonna be some who don't like this development. There have definitely been vocal detractors of Vas and Shelia as a relationship in the past - some citing that Shelia's definitely been... less than pleasant to Vas in the past, and other citing the previous 'date' between the two. I've spent the last 100 or so pages sorta trying to address aspects of that, and I'm definitely not gonna claim that makes everything okay, or that these two are the perfect example of what a relationship should be, or even that they'll now be ready to move on without issues... But still, in a fandom where two people trying to kill each other can be the basis for shipping, and I've seen enemies literally headbutt each other 'til they kissed, I somehow think Vas and Shelia are... well, they're gonna be alright.
Still, I know you can't please everyone. And I'm sorry if you don't like this development but... well, this is the road we're on now - and this is the one we're travellin' down!

-INFODUMPS-
Unfortunately, yes, we'll be putting a halt to these for the time being! Whilst they were super fun, and interesting to world-build with, BOY did I keep running out of stuff. I spent a lot of time scrambling for information, and wound up with many of the later Infodumps only getting put together like... minutes before the pages were meant to go up. They were an enjoyable little extra, but for now? Yeah, we'll be avoiding 'em, at least for the next 100 pages. Maybe shall bring them back after that! Time will tell.
Either way, a big thank you to everyone who helped out with those! It was a lot of people, and they've all helped to expand Bar'd and the world around it! And I can certainly say... some of those Infodumps will CERTAINLY become more pertinent in the future. Not that reading any of them is absolutely neccesary for understanding what's to come in Bar'd - but some of them mayprovide little teases towards the future.
For now though... Well, the bottom of Bar'd is gonna have something else in store for y'all!

-THE DETAILS-
And of course, finally, the nitty gritty!
Time It Took To Make: Juuust over 11 months - so less than a year this time! That's at least better than 300!
Number Of Panels: 340
Dimensions (Pixels): 671 x 26185 (Combined size)
Dimensions (CM): 17.76 x 692.81 (Combined size)
File Size: 11.85MB (Combined size)

-MOVING FORWARD-
So Bar'd is back, right? Yyyyeah, kinda. I don't think we'll be getting straight back to regular updates. STILL, there definitely will be updates, even if right now they may be a li'l sporadic. Still, let it be known that Bar'd is not yet dead. IT LIVES.
There will certainly be some things to address. A bunch of the html still needs redoing since the whole imagehost breakdown. Some bits may be scrapped, some bits... well, I have slightly bigger plans for.
Also gonna definitely be having a redo of the cameo list. It's... it's old. It's outdated. Rather than doing the wishy-washy 'Oh I'll put these on a maybe list, and these on a 'hit me up' list, and these over here, and these over there'... I'll be clearing the list. Some characters will remain, but very few - specifically those I already have plans for. Other than that, the slate's being wiped clean - and a new cameo form to fill in will be written up for all future incoming cameos. So... yeah, expect that to be coming up next page!
...Whenever that is!

So... for all of you who've read this, and stuck with this so far - and to all those who are freshly jumping on and just starting to read now - a huge thank you! I hope you've enjoyed Bar'd so far... and I hope you continue to enjoy it in future! There's still plenty to go!
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And we are BACK IN ACTION!
And with this return, I have a very important surprise announcement to make.
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Yes Caek, we HAVE seen Boa with a sword once!
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/1321080/a-smooth-getaway/

...Okay, but seriously, announcements to make and all that. First of all, yes, as evidenced by this update, Bar'd is back! And this time I'm not alone!
Whilst I'm still heading up the comic and doing all the decisions and writing and such, the pages themselves are being majority put together by Spekkal! As such, you may note a general boost in terms of the expressions and the overall quality of the pages themselves!
So yeah, a big thank you from me to Spek for taking this on, and hopefully you'll all welcome her on board for this! It should hopefully mean less in the way of random absences and hiatuses in future, and just keep things overall more productive. Not too sure on what the schedule will be moving forward from this point, but ideally we'll be uploading weekly again soon.
For this page however... well, this one is going up on Spek's birthday. So Happy Birthday Spekkal, welcome to Bar'd!
I'm so so sorry.

Second of all... let's talk cameos. Cameos have always been an important part of Bar'd, and whilst 300-400 perhaps wasn't so heavy on them (what with all the other plot elements focused on), there's definitely still gonna be plenty of guest appearances in future! Still, to have cameos appear in the comic... well, I need cameos!
And if you're wanting a character to appear in Bar'd, well, now is definitely the time - because the slate of past Cameos has been wiped pretty much clean! I came to a realisation that many of the sheets and wads of backstory I was holding onto were years and years outdated. As such, we're starting fresh on that front - which means characters proposed now have way less competition for who'll be appearing first!
And with this new era/dawn of cameos, of course, comes a new cameo form! So if you're wanting in, go here and ch-ch-check it out;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/Cameos/
If you did have a character you sent in before, that you still want in... well, I'm afraid you're gonna have to re-apply. Still, I do have some of the old info still on hand, so if you hit me up, we can take a look at it and see!

Last thing to mention is something many of you have probably already noticed. The new doo-hickey at the bottom of the comic replacing the Info-Dumps. And what's that? A Choose Your Own Adventure in this day and age?
Oh. Oh no.
So yeah, this'll be a li'l something I'm running for the audience to participate in over the next 99 pages! I'll be using this page to announce it, and the next page to establish your 'mission' so to speak. The third page however, shall provide you with the scene you'll be starting in... and opening up the floor to commands.
This particularly CYOA will be traditionally written - no visual aid to go off of. So if you don't like reading, well, you may wanna give it a miss.
If you're up for indulging me however... well, over time you'll come to see how relevant it may be.

Welcome back to Bar'd one-and-all! Hope you enjoy!
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So hey! Fun fact about this particular page!
Page 402.
Just over 9 years of Bar'd pages.
First ever joke conceptualised for the comic.

Yes that's right people, this is all it was ever leading up to. The whole comic. This is it. You can all go home now, we've peaked.
In all seriousness though, yeah, this is a joke I've held onto for a weirdly long time. Back when I was first doing set-up for the comic and making choices and stuff about the nature of Shelia and Vas and how/if their relationship would develop, I came up with this one. At the time I didn't have characters to actually say any of the lines - literally 0 of the characters delivering it were even concieved of as part of the comic and that point.
And yet here we are.
Apparently in 9 years I couldn't come up with any better material.

...

That seemed like a good note to end the Author Comment on but OH YEAH OTHER THING TO MENTION. So whilst the previous page was put up on Spekkal's birthday, this one's up for my own! Happy Birthday me!
Whilst we thought it'd be a fun/nice thing to put up these first two return pages on our respective birthdays, hopefully moving forward, at least for the time being, we're gonna have an update schedule! Current plan is to upload regularly on Mondays!
...Yeah!
...I don't know how to end this Author Comment now!
...Bye!
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If I were to describe Bar'd in one word, it'd be 'Too Many Words'.
...Also Author Comments with better jokes than the comic itself apparently.

Buuut yeah, it turns out even after all this time, I've still not got past writing too much dialogue to actually fit on my page. Like, let's be honest, bottom left is a mess. I basically went 'Hey Spekkal make me a page and I'mma just gonna COVER IT ALL IN SPEECHBOXES!'
This is even after I CUT dialogue. Comics are hard.

But you know what's not hard? Entering commands into a Choose Your Own Adventure. And this one is now OPEN FOR COMMANDS! GO GO GO!
I AM DEFINITELY NOT GONNA REGRET THIS!
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404; Culprit Not Found

G-get it? Because it's Page 404, a-and-
I stole Spekkal's joke.

But hey look! The CYOA's now underway! Generally speaking, for commands, I'll go with the majority - if a few people want essentially the same thing, I'll paraphrase the command and go with that. If there doesn't seem to be a general leaning in any particular direction, I'll go with whatever I feel makes most sense, either for progress ooor for the character.

(Oh, and lastly as a sidenote - the final panel is referencing this old page if anyone's unsure!
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/1082443/how-to-catch-your-predator/
Yeah, apparently these first few pages back after 400 are all about referencing things which happened 200 or so pages ago.)
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Ohey, look, it's this happy chappy! As a kind and supportive boss and friend, he's evidently super supportive of Shelia and Vas' relationship.
Nothing is wrong.
Everything is fine.

Oh also, just a reminder to all y'all! Previous cameo list has been removed/refreshed/gotten rid of essentially. I'm in need of some brand spanking new up-to-date cameos - so if anyone has anyone they're wanting to send in, we're still lookin'!
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Sometimes, when problems from the past rear their heads, you just have to let them go.
Sometimes, you have to let them go directly into the air, at high velocities.

Introducing Blader! Eagle-eyed viewers may recognise him from this old page, albeit with a somewhat different spite;
http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/2312599/how-to-reflect-on-the-past/
He's actually... probably one of the earliest volunteered cameos for Bar'd. Like, he was first submitted around 9 years ago so... let it be known I do get around to all my submitted cameos! Eventually! 8D
If people are interested in seeing more of this fellow... well, obviously there's more to come with him here, but you can also check out his own comic series over here;
http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=162447
It actually updated today, so make sure to chick-a-check-it-out!
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Double update for forums today, since I was away last week!

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Yeah that's probably not important or anything let's move on.

I'm just gonna throw it out there now, if it wasn't obvious. I like writing Blader. I like writing Blader A LOT.
He's just a lot of fun. I apologise in advance.

Oh, oh, also! Just as pre-warning, this particular page is going up on Smackjeeves whilst I'm on holiday! Spek and myself be off spending the week together, so unfortunately that means that the pages won't be getting posted around elsewhere 'til next week. Sorry!
Still I mean, I'm primarily apologising to all the people who can't see it. And everyone who can see this message... well, evidently can see the page too.
...
It'll be fiiiiine.

408 - Changing It's Spots
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Who just got back from holiday and has less than 10 minutes to get this page up?
THIS GUY.

Well luckily enough, here the page is, on time!
...Unless I take too long to write the author comment, which is entirely feasible!
...It's definitely gonna be late on the forums I have to format the posts for them.
...Also I still need to post last week's pages too.
...
ANYWAY!

Blader continues to be incredibly fun to write. And also all the credit in the world to Spekkal on his expressions which are great so far (and continue to get better lol spoilers).
Once more, if you'd like to see more of the guy, he has his own comic here;
http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=162447
It's update schedule so far seems to be 'one hour before Bar'd', so give it a look for your double dose of the most charismatic kind heroic individual this world has ever seen and/or needed.

Also, last thing, just want to encourage you guys to throw some more commands! Only had one last time, and one command ain't gonna make do for much progress!
Even if it's just small things like 'Look at this' or 'Pick this up' or 'Go to this place' can help give me give you guys a lot more to do! So post whatever comes to mind!
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Can I just reiterate how I feel the best part of everything happening right now is just Blader's face and expressions?
Also the answer to that question is probably 'yes', Blader.
Also the answer to your next question is probably 'no', Blader.
...
Also the answer to the question after that is 'Why would you ASK that?'
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