Yeah, it was so awesome that you had me almost screaming at my poor computer monitor in the last scene! When Ripp was really lost, all alone, heavily drunk and found himself against Ophelia's closed door, I was sure he'd do something stupid and harmful to himself. Or get pretty sick from all that alcohol :(. Man, I felt so bad for him. He really felt he had nothing to go in his life anymore. No love, no friends, he felt worthless and now he was going to have more troubles with his brother!
I'm glad to see that despite everything (including that awful fight with Johnny), he still has his friends. They still want to be together although they all know that things have really changed between them. I'm looking forward to see how will things develop from this point in the story. You weren't kidding when you said that this update marked a "point of no return" in your story.
And that's not the only change! Johnny and Phi got "together" (although the conditions/reasons for that were less than romantic. It seemed like Johnny did it out of desperation or maybe revenge on Ripp?) and there's the stuff about the aliens (which Ophelia already knows and seems to have at least accepted, for she was still with Johnny in the last pic).
Oh, and Ripp said he was going to straighten up for Johnny. Good! It's about time he stops hurting himself like that!
I also enjoyed reading about Tank's thought about Frances. Poor guy, he really misses his friend and is willing to get over his prejudices and the ideas his father taught him. He's willing "to draw outside the lines" as he said, but at a slower pace of course. I guess Ripp's encounter with Frances didn't help at all, though, but it was amazing how Tank handled everything and how he's learned to manage his anger. I agree that he's the Grunt who has grown up the most. I like him a lot :).
It was overall a very touching update. Lots of nice details like the blurring in the last pics (for a moment I though I was too tired to see them clearly :P) and the angles.
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Oh shit... this update was awesome!
Yeah, it was so awesome that you had me almost screaming at my poor computer monitor in the last scene! When Ripp was really lost, all alone, heavily drunk and found himself against Ophelia's closed door, I was sure he'd do something stupid and harmful to himself. Or get pretty sick from all that alcohol :(. Man, I felt so bad for him. He really felt he had nothing to go in his life anymore. No love, no friends, he felt worthless and now he was going to have more troubles with his brother!
I'm glad to see that despite everything (including that awful fight with Johnny), he still has his friends. They still want to be together although they all know that things have really changed between them. I'm looking forward to see how will things develop from this point in the story. You weren't kidding when you said that this update marked a "point of no return" in your story.
And that's not the only change! Johnny and Phi got "together" (although the conditions/reasons for that were less than romantic. It seemed like Johnny did it out of desperation or maybe revenge on Ripp?) and there's the stuff about the aliens (which Ophelia already knows and seems to have at least accepted, for she was still with Johnny in the last pic).
Oh, and Ripp said he was going to straighten up for Johnny. Good! It's about time he stops hurting himself like that!
I also enjoyed reading about Tank's thought about Frances. Poor guy, he really misses his friend and is willing to get over his prejudices and the ideas his father taught him. He's willing "to draw outside the lines" as he said, but at a slower pace of course. I guess Ripp's encounter with Frances didn't help at all, though, but it was amazing how Tank handled everything and how he's learned to manage his anger. I agree that he's the Grunt who has grown up the most. I like him a lot :).
It was overall a very touching update. Lots of nice details like the blurring in the last pics (for a moment I though I was too tired to see them clearly :P) and the angles.
I really enjoyed this :)