April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
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Hawk101
MemberShe'll always live in my heart 💔
IDFailure
MemberWhat popped into my head when I saw the bottom right...
Lycaon0008
Member¡I curse them, Laura's older sisters!...
ubaresc
MemberI am naming my new Lego C.M.F. series 19 fox Minifigure, Laura, in her honor
Epantsimator
MemberJust looked that up; Christ have I been out of the loop.
Nakesha
MemberIt’s a shame edits are DNP now, this one I’d have loved to see edited.
ubaresc
MemberFrom personal experience, Walmart typically carries the current CMF series (19) only you have to feel the package to know which one you're holding, feel for it's pointed ears but be warned there is a rainbow bear also present in the series
VALL77
MemberI wish i could see her foot paws :c
NinjaW
MemberAlready finished my dude!
Whitewolfdog
MemberOk but where?
TNZD4
MemberBest character of the whole comic
PhillyBlue
MemberIt feels as though Tom only used Laura to further the plot. I mean, the number of coincidences that occurred the moment Laura reentered the comic. Like, Trace just happens to get captured, Laura just happened to be carrying a locket with a mana stone needed to destroy the tower, and Laura HAPPENED to be the person to sacrifice themselves, die, get cremated, and reappear as a spirit all in the period of one arc???
And what was the payoff; Keith experiences a loss that he eventually carries on from, and we lose a character anyone barely got to know who, might I add, had to go through a whole mess of obstacles just to find Keith? Was killing off Laura even necessary? She could have survived the entire ordeal and just decided to stay friends with Keith and let him be with Natani. It's ridiculous to kill her off!
I haven't seen unnecessary killing off of minor characters like this since the Walking Dead. And please keep in mind I don't think Tom is a bad author because of this. He obviously knows how to create an exciting story with interesting characters. I just think it's disappointing that he went down this path and chose this ending for Laura.
Epantsimator
MemberThe Basitin Arc was 2010, right? It wasn't until a couple years later I felt Tom was really coming into his own as a writer; prior to then the story had a strong paint-by-numbers vibe, and a lot of elements haven't aged well. I imagine Laura was conceived as a plot device first, and one of several rather ham-handed approaches to fostering character drama—in that sense she had to die, because it was her job to die. I don't know if he even expected her to develop such a cult following, but damned if he's not milking the hindsight.
If/when Tom ever concludes the main story, I think it'd be worthwhile to rewrite the early chapters to bring them in line with his current calibre. The pace has slowed a bit, but even side characters like Adira feel much more fleshed-out than even the main cast was back in the 00's.
SpaminDaChat
Memberrip
Indominus Rex
MemberRIP TTS
Zabanya
Memberlike ララァ・スン(Gundam 0079)
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