my studiomate is telling me they need to just make out already, but she's wrong. I know what kids today are into, and it's absolutely no physical contact for 300 pages and then hand holding.
Children, yes. They can be entertained with pouty CPR dummies. Jangling some car keys would also do the trick.
Your readers, conversely, are highly sophisticated patrons of the arts who can enjoy examples of rich storytelling. Especially when it leads to furious no-quarter-asked-and-none-given snogging.
Well, /I/ like it! It brings to mind both some of my favorite operas (although those are admittedly less broody and more 'Ah, a pox on the situation that keeps us apart!') and a lot of classics from the 30s and 40s.
... If you do an adaptation of the final scene of "An Affair to Remember", however, I might cry. Because that one moment gets me EVERY TIME.
I am very much enjoying the slow pace, personally. That way you know that their love will be real, and not based on lust. And this is my first comment! I found this webcomic last Saturday and I have re-read this like 3 times now! I just love it and I can't wait to see where Ms. Megan goes with it!!! :D (p.s. I totally had bad timing, given where the comic is currently. Angst!!!)
I am so glad you are taking the time to develop real affection between them. Love is so much more than mere physicality. "Making out" would destroy the story and their characters. Thank you for the gentleness and time you are devoting to them and their still budding relationship.
Megan, if Beauty and Beast were making out by now, then the Beast might as well have been a sparkly vampire or a "Beast" that's just a guy covered in warts, tattoos and bits of metal. I think I prefer the slow and steady (and awkward) relationship you've got going on between them now. :P
I'll admit to being split on the issue-- definitely it is way too early in their relationship (not to mention OOC for both) for them to be kissing, even if you were going to go there while he's still cursed.
However, yelling "Just kiss already!" is a time-honored tradition, and it would be the swooniest thing ever. ;)
I think your studiomate is right, just remember to let a character die later. Really worked for all those novels being made into movies. *coughMazeRunnerFaultinOurStarsIfIStaycough*
And for everyone voting for snogging I have one question: Are you sure he even has lips? The human-style kissing kind, and not the flat, slightly slobbery doggy kind?
I think, given the opportunity and inclination to be affectionate, The Beast would neccesarily tend more towards neck nuzzling and ear nipping. He's definitely got doglips.
Ah, I'm not completely sure about this, but in the last panel, shouldn't it be "it's you who has been gentle with me"? Can someone who knows their grammar confirm this? It just reads more easily, for me.
Come on, guys, we're not getting a kiss until late in this arc (as a goodbye, "We'll never see each other again probably" sort of things) or late in the final arc. Megan is determined to build up for it as much as possible, and considering how careful she's being about showing us a slow burn romance, with its emphasis being on emotional intimacy rather than physical intimacy, she's not going to have them kiss until she just can't avoid it any longer. I'm all for exploding passion, but I also like this more mature take on the subject.
FRIGGIN ADORABLE ONES!
Your readers, conversely, are highly sophisticated patrons of the arts who can enjoy examples of rich storytelling. Especially when it leads to furious no-quarter-asked-and-none-given snogging.
... If you do an adaptation of the final scene of "An Affair to Remember", however, I might cry. Because that one moment gets me EVERY TIME.
PS- (Hi, MattRat! Glad you could make it!)
However, yelling "Just kiss already!" is a time-honored tradition, and it would be the swooniest thing ever. ;)
And for everyone voting for snogging I have one question: Are you sure he even has lips? The human-style kissing kind, and not the flat, slightly slobbery doggy kind?
er...not that I've given it any thought...
Oh and Manga that's a very good point (I'm on the not kissing side ;p)