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Sudden unforgiving flashback
** Made a few word bubble corrects, and one ….we accidentally left off.. sorry guys n gals..**
Hey Readers!
So these next 2 weeks are actually a set of strip commissioned by Rubbervixen of the small wrap up of the speed dating arc. As the guys who didn’t get any takers sit around the bar and drown their sorrows in further alcohol , seems one of them may have not noticed the small vixen passing behind them, their comment stirring up some very lucid and negative memories for Vikki. As she ducks off into the bathroom, those memories materialize themselves in her reflection.
Also , those of you who hadn’t seen it the Bella bonus picture is up for all of you to enjoy if you check the right column , as well as the new Tip HIM to Strip HIM, which may end badly for our perverted cheetah friend. And your votes have been tabulated and the preview of the “Grin and Bear it” portfolio seems to be the winner, so keep and eye out for that in the coming weeks!
Getting prepaired to see you all in Mississippi at MFM 2014 here in just under a month, Mackey and myself will be at the table as well as a few neat new things that we’ll hope to have with us by the time we go! See you all there and hopefully in our streams!
Till next week!
~Cheetah out.
VIkki (c) Rubbervixen
All Others (c) CnC/TJA ,Mackey Graphics
Great first set of pages and thanks for sharing more about Vikki in the CNC Verse.
Did anyone else want to tell that trio of jerks in the bar to get a life? or am I the only one?
Vikki seems like such an awesome character, I would love to have her night end on a happier note than it seems to be going so far. Honestly, I just hope the person behind the young vixen in the last panel is just someone telling her to have a good night. I really hope that nothing bad happens.
Yes. Yes someone else did lol.
I’d say it’s just guy talk, male posturing…but that doesn’t make it alright ofcourse.
Back in school I had a saying, those who brag the most and loudest about sex or their sexlife, are the most likely to still be a virgin and remain that way for a long time.
*nods* That’s been my observation as well. : )
And yes, there’s a big difference between thought, talk, and action – though, as you point out, talk can still have consequences depending on the person(s) that hear.
Hello Charvale. Thank you for your kind words. I’ve actually been having a pretty good time all evening. These events let me meet all sorts of really nice folks – that’s why I keep organizing them.
Just having some bad memories, I’ll be okay. : )
I’m glad.
:3 *gives a gentle hug*
I just want to hug that girl until she feels better. Preferably in an environment where she feels both safe and comfortable. Besides, short girls are super-cute. *grin*
Agreed on all of that.
=^_^=
I would just want to give her snuggles until all she wanted to do was smile.
Hee, I was wondering what would happen after a while on the THTSH… but I was half expecting Jim to put Jayson into drag. XDDDD This should be interesting. >3
Unfortunate that jerks like those three are all too common.
It would be very much in-character for my cameo character, Karl, to keep an eye on the small vixen as she leaves, to make sure she is safe. He certainly would step in to defend her if she seemed to be in peril. I think, however, that Vikki has developed her own defenses by now, and that we may be about to see that she isn’t as easy a mark as those creeps think she would be.
Actually, the four keys in the hand are used as a slashing weapon.
My mother and sister went to a “rape avoidance” self-defense class, and one of the things they taught was that if you have your keys in your hands, you have all the weapon you could ever need. Both of them were also taught that if someone is trying to sexually assault you, you don’t fight to hurt, you fight to kill.
Well this took a quickly dour turn in tone rather quickly. Feels like there should have been page in between flowing the comedic wrap ups like with Marty and then lead in to the fact that Rubber, for all her attempts at fixing lonely souls, is her own backstory of pain and suffering.
Yeah, it’s a tragic tale for her, but it just comes out of nowhere in the narrative.
I agree that it is an abrupt tonal transition. These two pages were originally a commissioned side story of mine that I was going to offer as bonus content or something, but Mackey and Jim thought they were good enough to use in the main comic. The trouble is that the speed-dating chapter was already winding up so they couldn’t spend a lot of time in the transition. Don’t worry though, the next page ends on a lighter note.
Okay. Well, the character is an interesting one. I feel bad for her tragic past and I hope she’s okay. Don’t you have an FA page?
Thank you. I thought Mackey did an excellent job of characterization during my cameo this chapter.
Vikki was fortunate to have friends and professional help, which can make a big difference.
My name here is apparently hyperlinked to my FA page.
I see. How much of that is your work and how much are commissions?
I meant “how MANY are”…
There are a few commissions scattered about, but most is my work. I don’t tend to post commissions unless the artist chooses not to post in their own gallery. I prefer they get the favs and comments they deserve directly.
^.^ i just wanna pet the top of her head & see her safely to her bike
Seeing Vikki like that brings out the Guardian in me. It hurts to see that.
i just wanna hug her and make sure she makes it home safely
Wow I love Vikki so much…this is a heavy page though!
The feeling is mutual. : ) Remind me next stream, I have something I’ve been working on for you concerning BiBP.
Poor Vikki! 🙁 I’m glad to hear the next one ends on a lighter note!
Now, I had asneaking suspicion that Jim was going to be next after having run though the main gals. I’m kinda amused that I was right,although seeing the total set at $1000 and 10 tiers I wonder if we’ll get to the end in time! XD DONATE PEOPLE! This has to be an amusing one!
Does anybody see the big arm outline just to her left? It looks like somebody is following her out. Does she have her keys at the ready?
On another note, the girls I have met who have been through that kind of situation usually do not gravitate to those kind of meet and greet places. Just saying!
That Arm is probably Jim, I bet.
And I had the same thought about your 2nd point, but I guess she is proving that you can’t let something keep you down and facing her fears head on or something along those lines… even though she still quite paranoid about it. XD I dunno!
This sort of thing? Gets me in a lot of trouble. Wouldn’t trade that kind of trouble for anything. Being just a bystander is never okay. It’s telling about our culture that no one can say that the conversation those three louts are having is even uncommon. That kind of attitude is still lauded and glamorized. Damned if I know how to fix it, but I can say with certainty two things. No son of mine (and I have three) and not on my watch. Also, that whole indifference of good men speech. Yeah that fits too.
Thanks for being a good guy. I think we’d be better off teaching and modeling to children respect for self and others regardless of gender (or anything else).
I’m also wary of media that relies on the conflict between the (stereotyped) sexes.
I’m not going to pretend I’m not as messed up on gender stuff as those louts. Just messed up in a different direction. I think it comes across as chauvinism? An easy media example: if a male protagonist fails to step up and defend folks, I tend to like him less, while this is less true, or to a lesser degree, with a female protagonist. An objective appraisal says both should warrant the same reaction, but that’s not happening. Apparently I subconsciously feel a male hero is more capable and thus should he held to a hihher standard. I can see the discrepancy, which is a good step toward fixing it, and in the real world it manifests as a generally protective attitude, but it’s still not the impartial equality that should exist. Or work on extending that streak to be inclusive?
Personally, if she would want, I’d simply take Vikki home and just cuddle with her. Although I like smaller women, the only way I’d take advantage of one is if that’s what she wanted. I learned to respect ladies when I was young, and never underestimate girls smaller than myself when I was too young to be interested in girls.
Word of warning to those stupid enough to take advantage of smaller women, they WILL remember, and, sooner or later, they WILL get justice! In fact, be smart. Don’t take advantage of a woman no matter who she is, unless she let’s you know, in no uncertain terms, that that is what she wants! Not only will you likely stay out of jail, (and keep important portions of your anatomy attached to your body) but you might actuall wind up in a mutually exciting relationship!
And ladies, sometimes subtilty can be lost on men, either if you don’t want their attention or, off times, if you DO! Some guys are often so polite that they can be about as dense as lead! (Yeah, I am talking from personal experience here!)
So, if you want to get to know one another better, and this goes to guys and girls, TALK to each other, and if you’re interested in more, tell each other.
And again Vikki, I wish I could have been there to prevent what happened,or at least make certain that those that abused you were properly felt with.
When I saw the panel with Vikki holding her keys, the first thought that crossed my mind was Wolverine of the X-Men. I thought she had those kinds of claws until I read what she was thinking. Makes sense. A key held properly between the fingers makes a VERY good close in weapon.
I have taught basic self defense classes in the past and putting some keys inbetween your fingers is a classic defense/offense tatic. Instead of just screaming for help, scream fire over and over as well as the word help.