3416 Kassims Wedding
on December 18, 2020
Chapter: Conclusions
Characters: Califf Tambid Al-Umbril, Califfa Vanessa Al Saugren min Ch'Thier, Elf LIbrarian, Fatinah, Nin, Prince Kassim Ibn Tambid Al Umbril, Princess Adina bint Vanessa al Umbil, Princess Sahar bint Vanessa Al Umbril min Ch'Thier, Vachiritei the Haran
Location: Umbril: The City in the Shade
I want to apologize for the lack of updates this week. I’m behind schedule because I got inspired for something special on the Christmas Day strip. In order to get it done on time, I’m dedicating all my YAFGC time to it. I promise it’ll be worth it. At least, I hope.
-Rich “BK” Morris
Awwww …
<3
Awww <3
I still like this reversal from the usual ‘a forever young elf loving their aged human partner’, it’s adorable.
It’s still possible they will switch places later – even if Fatinah won’t go better it may take long time before she gets worse, so Kassim may "catch up".
Thank you for this.
she had the age sucked out of her
Wuuv Truuu wuuv!
Awww, lovely!
I don’t know if she will ever regain her sight, or hair color, but she is walking, so that is already some improvement. Hopefully some of her vigor will return with time and slow healing. And the whole family is back together again (as humans) for the first time in a long time! It looks like that has been enough to ease Vanessa’s heart some, over the loss of Ch’Thier.
Nin looks very happy, is that a *tear* I see in the last panel? 😀
And good to see the Elf Librarian survived (she was the one who help Kur break the Gorgonzolla spell, wasn’t she? even if she didn’t know all the words used, she should at least help by showing the books he used, doubly helpful just letting people know there *is* a cure… not that they interested in one, going by Nelussa’s comments)
I fucking hate when speak in your own shorthand, Guesticus.
It took me ages to translate this but I think you’re asking if the "Elf Librarian" is the same slave girl who helped Kurassa find the cure to the spell that turned Sahar into a Gorgon.
It’s not. This is the Elf librarian from "Turg’s Saga" who helped Wolf, Glon and later Mr.Squid to find the location of the Lost Tomb of Temshutep.
What shorthand?
I recognized her from "Turg’s Saga" (Glon wore her outfit, including her hair band thing), just made a mistake about which librarian helped Kur
You know what I’m talking about.
"she was the one who help Kur break the Gorgonzolla spell"
It took me ages to figure out what the hell that meant. I know it always comes as a shock to you but mercifully we don’t all live inside your brain.
I realized too late I forgot to put the past tense of ‘help’
Unfortunately, *we* can’t edit *our* posts
You are such a goddamn fucking tool.
Your patience with this one continues to inspire, oh captain my captain. Let it simply suffice to say that, should it ever run out, the line to assist you with securing the comments area would be long and enthusiastic…
…but energy spent acknowledging the existence of trolls is never worth it. Back to enjoying YAFGC.
So, it’s not her. Now, did the slave girl survived? Is she going to help developing cure for Gorgons?
I think that’s just Nin’s tooth/tusk, not a tear – but his smile speaks for itself.
Yeah, it was a joke, how the big tough oni has a soft spot either for Fatinah specifically, or for weddings in general 🙂
Is there going to be a second wedding soon? I see a certain someone’s hand on a certain princess’ left hip 😉 😉
I’ve never been happier that the strip titles are at the bottom.
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I prefer it this way myself. I can use the titles as clarification and/or punchlines in their own right.
This is wonderful. Thank you, Rich.
Congratulations, Prince Kassim and Fatinah! ?
Yaaaaayyyy!!!! (*does Kermit the Frog arm-flail dance*)
Oddly enough, I find myself wondering what the wedding music sounds like.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
Probably a little something like this:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sq53mfhupA">The 7th Voyage of Sinbad</a>
That works, all right. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity.
Now i’m seeing kermit’s yaaaay arm flail constantly. Thank you. Sincerely, no sarcasm, i’m thoroughly chuckling at the image as i often try to imitate it lol
-¿Tú sabes que cuánto mayor la felicidad más grande será el desastre que le sigue?
-Si, ¿por qué?
-Bésame porque quedan cinco segundos antes de que el planeta explote
I don’t remember on where i saw or read this but i think is the moment we are seeing
Pd: Sorry again. I don’t know the manners how translate this
Google translate with a little bit of editing from me:
-You’ve heard that the greater the happiness, the greater the disaster that follows?
-Yes why?
-Kiss me because there are five seconds left before the planet explodes
Thank you.
I don’t know if the direct translation say the same in spanish (los modismos y esas cosas dan problemas)
What exactly is her condition? Is it actually premature aging, or a loss of life-force? Is she, in fact, blind? And is she capable of producing an heir to the throne? Inquiring minds want to know!
I would also like to know, and preferably in way which doesn’t assume I already know the difference between "premature aging" and "loss of life-force", as I don’t consider those terms to be exactly defined.
To be fair, if you have two siblings, you don’t need to worry too much for an heir. Just declare one of their kids your heir.
Well, it doesn’t look like it will be Adina 😉
You are making a lot of assumptions there, and even if they are correct, on the face of it, who is to say she isn’t bi and/or she might want kids despite having a female partner.
Adina also has her arm around her sister, and vice-versa, so she may just think of Vachiritei as a sister. I think we would need somewhat more evidence, on that front.
Holy Crack!
Can’t have a bit of light-hearted fun without someone taking it serious
Of *course* it’s a sumpt, I have no damn clue about shit, let alone what Rich has planned for his story
I simply spotted Vachiritei’s hand on Adina’s hip and got a little happy about a *possible* ship becoming canon
To clarify a point on my earlier post: Premature aging", being physical, may effect an Elf’s ability to bear children, while "Loss of life force", being metaphysical, might not. All up to the creator of this reality, though, as he makes the rules,
Sorry, evidently I can’t tell the difference between you putting forward a theory you are quite determined about… and your joking.
The 😉 should have helped 😛
And no worries, it’s difficult to tell with text
Well, I am old, and the emoticons are so tiny here they are hard to tell apart. I can distinguish the tongue one by the red, but the others… not so much. *wry smile*
Was actually surprised that it even *became* an emoticon, and not the semi-colon bracket thing that I entered
I’m so glad she made it!
When it looked like she was dead, I want back over her appearances, and got all depressed.
Now, hair-color and blindnees is one thing, but her youth? No, there has to be a rememdy. What magic has taken away it ought to be able to restore.
Time for another Quest?
😀
Would the "Pool of Healing" work? They already know how to find it, but as we don’t know how much time has passed, they may have already tried. The loss of so much of the word’s magic may have effected things like that too.
I thought elves don’t age physically.
Maybe not naturally, but from having their very essence sucked out? Only [strike]The Shadow[/strike] Rich knows
Ah, but they do. We’ve seen at least one ancient and very frail elf before:
https://www.yafgc.net/comic/1717-a-trip-down-a-very-long-memory-lane/
Still, it’s not clear whether Fatima’s affliction is specifically premature aging, or a more nebulous "damned-near-getting-the-life-sucked-out-of-her" condition. Maybe a member of her medical team will explain her prognosis on-panel (or maybe Rich will explain it in comments.) Otherwise we’ll have to stay patient and watch the course of her recovery…
In the film version of this, I hope the elf librarian is played by 1960’s Barbara Eden.
She’s cute and Jeannie-ish and all, but I picture my Umbrillian characters as being more…. Arabic.
You never need to explain yourself. As far as I’m concerned, you do what you need to do and I will be happy when the new comic drops!
This absolutely.
Rich, if you’d said "I want to focus on my family for a couple of weeks, so I’ll see you all after the holidays", nobody would have thought less of you. That you’re spending part of the week instead on a yafgc Christmas project is a hell of a gift to your readers…and not even remotely a thing you need to apologize for!
Happy holidays to Rich and the whole yafgc community, and best wishes for a year-that’s-no-longer-20godsdamned20.
– mucat
What they said. Not only do you need to do for you and yours, but you gotta admit, a lovely, loving strip like this is just what we all need to reflect on, and is perfect to leave up extra time:-) huge hugs to you, BK, and take your time 🙂
Ooooh a YAFGC christmas strip.
Cool
Merry christmas to all
And to all a good night
The timing of Tambid's return to the flesh was fortunate, he'll be able to help support Vanessa during this trying time, and her joy at him being back again may have helped take the edge off too.