Calf-Love (page 84)
Added 2022-04-05 10:07:22 +0000 UTCThis is about to become my longest Mansong comic, but we just have a few more pages left!
I love drawing these silly conversations… when love interests don’t actually establish anything, they’re just talking. It’s what I dream about 💕
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I love this so much! I am here for all the conversations and bonding! Their banter is so perfect!
Ineffablelawr
2022-04-06 11:56:55 +0000 UTCYou're completely right, I love these little moments❤️❤️❤️
Marta
2022-04-05 22:23:40 +0000 UTC(Also worried about eloquence with this!) If there’s one thing in any fandom (even the most loving ones) I get put off by it’s the gender rolls debate (whether nsfw or otherwise). How gross it is to label anyone so intimately based on characteristics that make them more “traditionally feminine or masculine”. Song wears a dress, Song courts Mansa, Mansa loves to sew, Mansa has a high power government job. It’s not a woman’s dress, it’s Song’s dress. It’s not a man’s job, it’s Mansa’s job. I just want my characters to do what they enjoy regardless 💕
Whiteley Foster
2022-04-05 22:17:15 +0000 UTCI love this. The whole time reading all of your mansong comics, I’d pictured Mansa as the one who actively courted Song so I’m so delighted to see it’s the reverse (or both)!
Rachel Maxwell
2022-04-05 21:54:14 +0000 UTCYeah he’s just running around in his undies! I’d say similar to shorts and a sports bra
Whiteley Foster
2022-04-05 19:43:03 +0000 UTCOmg wait. If song is currently in his underwear, does that mean he's often running around in underwear (since what he's currently wearing looks similar to his usual get up later) or is it socially more like you can't walk around in lingerie but a sports bra and leggings is fine and there's a difference to his garments we haven't seen bc he's been chilling, slumped in a pew this whole time? Asking the important questions here. 🤣
Ellen Pauline
2022-04-05 19:33:22 +0000 UTCIt is all about the friendship. Burning romance either fades or changes. It is why folks rush into things. We should all seek the bonds first. Hope that helps a bit. I was to rsh-y due to society ans all. But my late husband and I were slow burn for 12 years before we figured it out. 😉
Tamerrae
2022-04-05 15:53:49 +0000 UTCThis is actually so funny and sweet!!!
Samara Lilly (Sandra)
2022-04-05 15:32:50 +0000 UTCI really really hope I express what I want to express here with eloquence… I love that this isn’t a culture with deep heteronormative expectations for courting and dating… Mansa wants to be courted here… there isn’t an expectation that just because he’s male he is responsible for all the courting rituals… and just because Song likes to wear dresses he isn’t somehow a ‘woman’ in this scenario that needs to be wooed or chased. It’s just so lovely and refreshing… the challenges between humans and infernals are angsty enough… I love them stating what they want and none of it feels strange or out of place. It’s just all so wonderful ❤️❤️❤️
JillianVolts
2022-04-05 15:15:48 +0000 UTCThe banter! Banter is so critical in the early days
BlueBaggins
2022-04-05 14:37:54 +0000 UTCI’m sitting in the middle of my physical therapist’s waiting room giggling and getting a lot of strange looks for it. 🙂
Andie Stabler
2022-04-05 14:37:07 +0000 UTCI'm loving this! But I'm still a bit nervous about the lost coat....
Susanne mizz_uzie Olsson
2022-04-05 13:30:40 +0000 UTCgosh i lov these 2 ❤💙
roan keith
2022-04-05 12:31:17 +0000 UTCI'm aroace and sometimes it's hard for me to get like, what exactly makes characters fall in love. Like the creators tell me "these people love each other" and I'm like okay but ... why? Conversations like this are why, getting to know each other and learning about each other. So thanks for showing not telling.
Kaitlin Maynard
2022-04-05 12:20:02 +0000 UTCSo often in books I read (I read a LOT of YA for a person in their 30s) the protagonist goes from meeting some ridiculously attractive person to thinking “This is the person I’m in love with/smitten with, etc,” but there’s never been a fun or relaxed conversation like this so it doesn’t feel founded on anything. Moments like this are the lifeblood of real love and companionship, in my opinion. 🥰🥰🥰
AJ
2022-04-05 12:12:03 +0000 UTCI adore watching them just banter and enjoy each other!
Ashfae
2022-04-05 12:03:30 +0000 UTCAgreed!! That moment has so much heart!!
AJ
2022-04-05 11:54:37 +0000 UTCGOD THIS IS SO SOFT AND SWEET
Ash S.
2022-04-05 11:53:22 +0000 UTCHaha I love how quickly they’re bantering! And I’m glad they acknowledged the seeing Song in his pants thing 😂 Edit: I mean underpants. I’m British
Clare
2022-04-05 11:24:52 +0000 UTCI love this, because I agree with you about the silly conversations! 🥰🥰 I don't really see it very often in media I follow, so (off-topic alert!) that was one thing that took me pleasantly by surprise in OFMD - Stede and Blackbeard having that ridiculous conversation about Blackbeard's Bar and Grill is one of my favourite moments of the series! 😂😂🥰🥰🥰
M
2022-04-05 11:19:13 +0000 UTCOk, but honestly, I want this. Right off discussing what's acceptable and expected when dating? I NEED this. This is clear communication even if it looks and feels silly, and they have fun doing it, both are clearly taking notes. 👏👏👏
the.kitsuneko
2022-04-05 10:37:00 +0000 UTCI am currently imagining Mansa clutching his first bouquet of (not stolen, honestly) daffodils from Song, and it is glowing butter yellow in my heart. 🥹💛
Jem
2022-04-05 10:32:53 +0000 UTCDalias!
Whiteley Foster
2022-04-05 10:28:29 +0000 UTCDawww ❤️🥺Are daffodils Mansas fav flower? Does Song have a fav flower?
Little0cean
2022-04-05 10:16:07 +0000 UTCI love silly little conversations. It tells me why they love each other. :)
Neil K.
2022-04-05 10:15:10 +0000 UTC🥺🥺I love them so much 🥺🥺
Dominika Beregi
2022-04-05 10:13:13 +0000 UTCSo he's two for three right now and if daffodils are currently in bloom...
StellaSapiente
2022-04-05 10:11:15 +0000 UTCawwww, this is such a sweet conversation to have, and I love how they are having fun with it ☺️❤️ and the loveliest face expression on Mansa now, I CAN'T WITH THIS MAN 😍❤️❤️❤️
sick_pineapple
2022-04-05 10:10:42 +0000 UTC
