August 22nd, 2016

i'm sure this won't cause any problems

Also if you've seen Over the Garden Wall you might appreciate today's extra doodle? M-maybe,,,

Also also -- Patrons!! The Q&A answers for this month are finally up, sorry for the wait!

If you've been wondering about the answers to such burning questions as "what do you write runes on" and "just how clueless is sev exactly," today is your lucky day!
We're taking questions for next month now, so if you've been thinking of pledging, now is a great time! :>

Last but not least! I'm gonna be at SPX in September! I'll get a proper map up and such at some point but for now, just a heads up!


Vote Incentive for This Comic.

Comment by Toni

The real question is, does Jonan dramatically recite poetry when he's feeling down?

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posted at 3:06am on August 22nd, 2016

Reply by Shazzbaa

oh my gosh I had forgotten what my vote incentive was at first and I was SO CONFUSED

(he, uh, does not do that)

(he doesn't play clarinet either)

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posted at 12:42pm on August 22nd, 2016

Reply by Jade

We had a whole conversation about Jonan's emo phase. AND MY HAIKUS.

"Jonan does indeed
Recite dramatic poems
When he's feeling sad."

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posted at 4:12pm on August 22nd, 2016

Reply by Shazzbaa

"...is this because of the haiku thing" WAS LITERALLY MY FIRST THOUGHT xD

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posted at 5:57pm on August 22nd, 2016

Reply by Jade

"I am still making
Up so many good haikus.
I can't stop. Send help."

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posted at 12:32pm on August 23rd, 2016

Reply by Glew

Seal your mouth shut, I
would gladly do, had I not
done that to myself.

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posted at 5:01am on August 24th, 2016

Reply by Glew

Alternately:

Anything at all
I'd gladly do, to stop you
writing bad haiku.
:p

I'll stop now.

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posted at 5:07am on August 24th, 2016

Reply by Jade

Thank you for trying
to stop me from making these
terrible poems.

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posted at 1:14pm on August 26th, 2016

Reply by Heather

What would the sign language version of a haiku be?

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posted at 7:28am on August 24th, 2016

Reply by Jade

Haikus are just groups
Of well-arrang'd syllables
Sign language has none.

TL;DR signs don't have syllables, because they're gestures, not sounds.

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posted at 12:00am on August 25th, 2016

Reply by Heather

That is true, but could it not be argued that certain gestures or parts thereof make up the sign language equivalent of syllables, and could therefore form an equivalent version of a haiku?

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posted at 10:39am on August 25th, 2016

Reply by Shweta Narayan

Signed languages do have like, sub-word elements (hand placement, direction, shape, eye gaze, body positioning...), but lots of them go on at the same time. Sign's not linear the way speech is so dividing it into syllables... doesn't rly make sense.

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posted at 6:04pm on August 25th, 2016

Reply by Heather

That is true, although in Auslan there's a list of basic handshapes that pretty much most signs can be placed under, so I feel you could use those as syllables.

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posted at 7:30pm on August 25th, 2016

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