oh dear the man seems to lost faith in the fun gem

D: why is Gem so meaaan?
the lion boy is cute tho ;) if you know what i mean *murr*

meep, he was just worried about her.

this page made me cry i feel so bad for both of them

The lion's got every right to be pissed. I would have pulled out of this shipwrecked relationship about fifty pages ago.

hes in love you dont pull away from love

Love is nature's little trick to get us to reproduce. Necessary for future generations, yes, but easily channeled elsewhere.

O.O love is beautifull its not easily chaneled elsewhere its love!

Actually you're referring to lust. Love is an attraction to someone's 'heart', which has nothing to do with reproduction. :/

The heart actually has no emotion, "love"- unlike people seem to think- comes from the brain.

In case you didn't notice, there were apostrophes around the word 'heart', indicating I was referring to the person's soul, aura, and personality, not the actual heart itself. They begin associating pleasant emotions of being around that person with the person's face and smell (as well as small quirks of the person's like the way they smile awkwardly) and it soon becomes a sort of obsession or infatuation. Love isn't a trick and it's not the reason why people reproduce. You can love multiple people in different ways. You love your siblings and parents but you don't want to mate with them do you? No. Love has nothing to do with motivating people, or anthros for that matter, to mate. It's lust, which is a physical attraction to someone.

I never said any of that XD, I said It comes from the brain.

I mistook you for being FriskyWoods at first :V So I went a little farther into my argument than I would've had I realized you weren't the same person I replied to as before xD But I still stand by what I said, Love can be a function of the brain.
They begin associating pleasant emotions of being around that person with the person's face and smell (as well as small quirks of the person's like the way they smile awkwardly) and it soon becomes a sort of obsession or infatuation.
But you're falling in love with the person, not the body.

You make it sound so easy to distinguish between the two! So many people think they've found "true love," only to discover that what they had was a mere passing fancy. Even worse, sometimes they discover that the love of their life was manipulative and abusive. My brother used to write love letters to his high school sweetheart, missives he would surely find embarrassing after discovering what a selfish, scheming, and utterly horrible person she was. It works the other way, of course... I've had female relatives who were locked into relationships with men who beat them... a destructive habit that was only broken by divorce or a taste of their own medicine.

I've heard it so many times before... "oh, this is the man for me," or "we'll be together forever!" Most of that "undying love" goes down in flames in a matter of years, sometimes less. I maintain that the strong feelings between two partners are biological bait; an enticement used to bring two genetically compatible persons together for the purpose of procreation. The fact that you think it's something more is only a testament to its extreme effectiveness.

Well you don't need to insult me. That was rude. You also talk about it like emotions don't exist.
Like I said before, you can love someone without wanting to impregnate them. Like your relatives for example.

I don't remember insulting you. And I know emotions exist; they're instincts with the added depth of human intellect.

"The fact that you think it's something more is only a testament to its extreme effectiveness."
Was an insulting statement.

Okay, let me soften it a bit. I believe you're trying to find greater depth in a biological function with one clear purpose: procreation. It's human nature to expand the meaning of life and the universe, so there's nothing wrong with your behavior. I just personally think that people see the fantastic and the significant where it doesn't exist.

I have nothing against you, and I regret that my words were overly harsh. Our opinions clearly differ on this subject, however, and it's not likely we'll see eye to eye on it.

I understand that in reality things aren't really as great as we like to think they are. If you look at life itself it seems pointless. We study hard to work hard to relax in old age where we are no longer young or strong enough to do the things we always wanted to do and then it all comes to an end and we are forgotten eventually.
Life's too short to take seriously though, you can either look at everything as a curse, or you can look at it as a miracle. I like to find the extraordinary half in everything whether it's technically real or not. Love is a beautiful thing, even if it is only a chemical reaction in the brain. What is going to last after we're gone are the things we discover, the people we touch, and the memories they pass on. I'm not going to spend this one life I have looking at things in a manner that takes all the magic out of it, I'm going to see things in a way that makes me happy, that makes it look like this life is actually worth living. If everything is chemical processes and human instincts, what's so special about it? We might as well drop dead if it's that simple.

But that's just my opinion.
I was getting too worked up early about our conflicting opinions, I apologize. You're entitled to your way of seeing things just as I am mine.

Ooo, Mr. Lion is getting qall Fangy and Gem is getting all....toothy, showing thier teefs.

D: i hope it goes well for them

D:

she needs to take a break from the baby flashback.

I have a feeling of what might happen.

If Gemma does not want Paul ... may I have him? ^.^'' That Lion is seriously cute. Even with bared fangs. or maybe because of it.

He is cute. Not to mention he's a sweet guy!

Wow, he slammed that coffee on the desk and didn't even spill it.

P.S. Please Mam, may I have some more?

Eep!! both of them showing the teeth and then that moment of quietness.

You did a great job show the emotions in there faces

Someone in an bad mood.

He is mad at Gem.

I bet he burned his hand on the coffee

"Ouch!"

uh oh, I hope this isn't what I'm getting a feeling it is D: Negative side effects of the regression dreams? She got so upset about that kid bullying the other kid, she forgot she's an adult in person when she threw that ball! And now she still doesn't understand she did so very wrongly in attacking the kid. The aftermath of something like throwing a ball at another kid would be a lot less dramatic if you were actually the size of the kid.

And now she's back to being short tempered and sensitive about receiving help because of that bad dream...

I think adult Gem needs a hug from little Gem ^.^ If she's unavailable I'll voluteer though! *hugs a squirrely*

What's a strop? I'm sorry if it's rude to ask, but I'm a bit confused, also, the emotions you portray are amazing!

having a strop is the same as being sulky, pouty, angry that sort of thing

Thank you! :3

It's a very, very British word. I first heard it to describe Sir Clive Sinclair, a computer magnate with a nasty temper. Imagine Steve Jobs, but... well, just imagine Steve Jobs.

this. This is a fantstic page. The close up on Paul is WONDERFUL. I love the way you di the coloring on this. It just seem to pop more than our usual pages to me. Great job!

With all due respect to the real Gem, who is an awesome wonderful person, I would slap the comic version of her right now, simply because slapping someone you care about is something you do when you need to make them realize they crossed a line. If that's the correct reaction I'm supposed to have, you're doing an excellent job so far, Gem. Great comic!

seems like a little toddler temper tantrum.

Uh Oh. Well it looks like a potentially very good relationship is now on the rocks as it were. Here's hoping things get patched up. And on another note yay I learned something new today. Strop. Hehe. Always nice learning something new. ^^

I think she needs a little helping hand. She needs to talk to one who is pure of heart.

I don't like it when people argue and get mad at each other and fall out so quickly :c
I hope they get it together and make up soon

Oh my...TEEFS.

Aw, they're both so upset. :( I just want to hug it out of them.

Awwww, I fink grumpy Gem needs a nap.

Wow, Paul is fierce! I never knew he had it in him!

(To be honest, I'm really not liking Paul very much now, however provoked he was...)

I sense something big to come to the Dream world now.

Ooh...poor confused Gem...I'm sure she didn't wanted to say that...

I don't know if calling her an "Ice Bitch" was really necessary there^^; Still, I've never actually seen him pissed off before O.O Kinda scary to be quite frank XD.

They're both overreacting; lion boy moreso than Gem.

Paul looks kinda evil in the 5th panel.

Finding it difficult to cool off after what just happened Gem? No need to get angry at Paul, you have just made him unhappy.

Ewww, his fingers are in her coffee. XD

Gem, Paul's so sweet, what are you doing??? Don't take it out on a nice guy! ;)

Reading from the very beginning and it's super interesting to see the progression in the style of the art, I instantly noticed that shading was added for the first time and it makes it look so much better.

interestingly it was around then that i learnt about clipping layers to teh ones underneath, and about turning that layer to multiply....The original Found really does show my progression as an artist

I use clipping layers but I don't really notice much of a difference when I set it to multiply, what does it actually do?

it depends what colour you're using for the multiple layer but basically i use a semi dark pink for all of teh shading, the shading being above the coloured layer. i dont really know how to describe what multiply actually does even after all these years of using it lol sorry thats not a very useful answer

All good, still helps, thank you ^^