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This is kind of my final love letter to all you Cruelty/Unconditional readers out there. I wanted to post at least one little teaser from the 'epilogue' pages of Unconditional, and there really wasn't ANY contest which one it was gonna be. I think even the folks who don't eventually buy the book deserved to see this :P
You might ask, was Unconditional written SOLELY for the purpose of having the chance to draw Reis in uniform? The answer is. . . only slightly.
And before anyone asks. . . of COURSE there will eventually be pronz involving police gear. If you really doubted that, you clearly don't know me very well.
This and the final five pages of Unconditional are available only in the printed release! Which you can now PRE-order! Here: http://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=594
And of course, the character pictured is Reis Northcote, from 'Unconditional', here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5878641
You might ask, was Unconditional written SOLELY for the purpose of having the chance to draw Reis in uniform? The answer is. . . only slightly.
And before anyone asks. . . of COURSE there will eventually be pronz involving police gear. If you really doubted that, you clearly don't know me very well.
This and the final five pages of Unconditional are available only in the printed release! Which you can now PRE-order! Here: http://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=594
And of course, the character pictured is Reis Northcote, from 'Unconditional', here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5878641
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Canine (Other)
Size 488 x 906px
File Size 67.6 kB
He still passed the Psych evaluation, and consider the circumstances of his short temper at the warehouse. He just outed by his partner without any warning, he just found out his mother had died within hours of him turning down a phone call from her. So you've got mild betrayal, extreme loss and guilt, all built onto the overlaying stresses he was feeling by not having any real purpose in his life save Marcus, and even that was getting strained by circumstances. So...his short temper was less of a short fuse and more of a fuse that was already 90% burnt.
I'd trust Reis with a firearm in a heartbeat.
I'd trust Reis with a firearm in a heartbeat.
Because; You have to have a basis for such statements, and you certainly aren't citing any statistics about such a thing happening. Naturally, if you're not using statistics to back up your statement, the only other thing you'd have to go off of is the aspect of personal experience.
Hence; Insecurities about police officers being brutish and quick to snap, and fears it may happen to you, or already has at one point.
Hence; Insecurities about police officers being brutish and quick to snap, and fears it may happen to you, or already has at one point.
You know, i don't think that you've considered one simple fact.
Most cops, FBI, CIA, NSA, and general law enforcement...USED TO BE THE ONES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY NOW COMBAT. Its called RE-EDUCATION...A druggie who has a serious problem can easily one day be told to make something of his life, and come clean and change his life big time. How do I know this?
Easy...The cop that lived RIGHT NEXT TO ME used to be a drug addict. At some point, he went clean and went into law enforcement. Now he's on the payroll.
The person and history have an impact, but the determination and reasoning have a lot to do with it too.
Silly simple-minded people.
Most cops, FBI, CIA, NSA, and general law enforcement...USED TO BE THE ONES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY NOW COMBAT. Its called RE-EDUCATION...A druggie who has a serious problem can easily one day be told to make something of his life, and come clean and change his life big time. How do I know this?
Easy...The cop that lived RIGHT NEXT TO ME used to be a drug addict. At some point, he went clean and went into law enforcement. Now he's on the payroll.
The person and history have an impact, but the determination and reasoning have a lot to do with it too.
Silly simple-minded people.
"One little push"...? Between Cruelty and Unconditional, Reis has only ever been in -two- fights. The first was due to emotional upset combined with drugs, and the other was in response to a LOT of stress and then having the bomb dropped on him that his mother died while an oblivious co-worker was yelling at him to get off the phone and accidentily used a gay slur.
People are fallible and we ALL have breaking points. That doesn't mean they have aggression problems and are out of control. If someone has an emotional breakdown in response to something traumatic, does that automatically label that person a chronic crybaby?
People are fallible and we ALL have breaking points. That doesn't mean they have aggression problems and are out of control. If someone has an emotional breakdown in response to something traumatic, does that automatically label that person a chronic crybaby?
UNless you live in one of those backwards towns where former criminals with drug problems are now some of the 'better' cops on the force because they know how the other criminals think.
Thats how the city I'm in works -.- kids I went to High School with that were major drug users somehow got 'cleaned up' and are now the best damned cops on the metro police force. I still go "WTF?" whenever I see some of them.
Thats how the city I'm in works -.- kids I went to High School with that were major drug users somehow got 'cleaned up' and are now the best damned cops on the metro police force. I still go "WTF?" whenever I see some of them.
Actually in Reality some Ex-drug addicts have gotten jobs as Cops. They are just watched closer than most, and are checked every so often to make sure they have not relapsed. If you prove that you have the right mental state, you have the physical requirements and you stay clean, as long as you do not have a murder record you are able to get a job. That being said, it's not very easy to get in.
You would be suprised. I was a cop and before I was one I had my fun! What they do is give you a polygraph and ask if you've done things in your past and if you still are. What they really are checking for is to see if your lying. Lie and your done! Most departments understand kids make mistakes! As Reis was a minor when he did these things. And being he was only charged with what I presume a misdemeanor he most likely could gotten in with out to much struggle.
I know three different cops just within my and my mate's family with very combative personalities. The CO I know has gotten into far more fights in his life than Reis ever has. Being a police officer DOES require a level of self-control and restraint, but you also need to be willing to stand your ground, and if possible, be intimidating. There's a certain kind of personality that tends to fall into law enforcement, and the willingness to be involved in a fight is part of it.
IMO, the back of the pistol's grip looks too flat. There's dozens of handguns and even more holsters out there, but here's the one my city's PD uses.
http://www.nycpba.org/archive/nyp/i.....es/080822b.jpg
http://www.publicsafetyoutfitters.c...../safari295.jpg
Btw, you're still an outstanding artist. ;D
http://www.nycpba.org/archive/nyp/i.....es/080822b.jpg
http://www.publicsafetyoutfitters.c...../safari295.jpg
Btw, you're still an outstanding artist. ;D
I can tell it's a safari land holster because it looks similar to my raptor model. I think why he mentioned the gun is because to most gun nuts we're not sure what gun it is, because we can usually tell just from the grip. Now just guessing from the lighting and shadowing and what details I can see, it appear to be a S&W M&P . So I think you did absolutely great on the rendition of him in uniform.
Reis...
One half of the best duo ever portrayed on paper.
A fantastic piece, as always, Rukis. Reading "Cruelty" and "Unconditional" has been an absolute pleasure. Watching the relationship between Marcus and Reis blossom and develop has been entertaining, dramatic, enjoyable, and evocative. It will be great to hold both parts of the story in my hands and read through them over and over again.
If I had a more artistic mind, commenting, complimenting, or critiquing the work through it I could provide more of a voice to, but for a person like me, a writer and poet, the story itself is what really hits the spot, the artwork itself giving a beautiful visual depiction to it all. As always, I continue to look forward to your future works and continue to put you at the top of my list of favorite artists.
Keep being awesome, Rukis.
:3
One half of the best duo ever portrayed on paper.
A fantastic piece, as always, Rukis. Reading "Cruelty" and "Unconditional" has been an absolute pleasure. Watching the relationship between Marcus and Reis blossom and develop has been entertaining, dramatic, enjoyable, and evocative. It will be great to hold both parts of the story in my hands and read through them over and over again.
If I had a more artistic mind, commenting, complimenting, or critiquing the work through it I could provide more of a voice to, but for a person like me, a writer and poet, the story itself is what really hits the spot, the artwork itself giving a beautiful visual depiction to it all. As always, I continue to look forward to your future works and continue to put you at the top of my list of favorite artists.
Keep being awesome, Rukis.
:3
Wow...Reis looks made for that uniform. I mean, it just looks right for him to be in it, even knowing his past. Perhaps especially knowing his past. Thank you for showing us. Now I want to see a piece with him slamming a punk resisting arrest onto the hood of the squad car (or other solid surface for that matter)...within the limits of physical force of course. He seems the kind of guy who can put the kind of pressure on someone that says, "just give me an excuse punk" while staying on just this side of the line.
Ah brings me back... Expect my uniform was blue. Very nice work!
I pre-ordered a copy soon as you posted a journal about it and I can't wait to get my hard copy of this!
And I highly recommend everyone else support Rukis for all the work she's done here and buy the book also!
(I just re-posted the damn thing, the typo's where driving me crazy , I hate you can't edit posts here.)
I pre-ordered a copy soon as you posted a journal about it and I can't wait to get my hard copy of this!
And I highly recommend everyone else support Rukis for all the work she's done here and buy the book also!
(I just re-posted the damn thing, the typo's where driving me crazy , I hate you can't edit posts here.)
Yeah would be great if there was an edit function. :o
Anyway yeah I just preordered....Been trying to hold off because the last thing I need are my snoopy parents finding a copy of Unconditional, or going through my account and asking me what I bought from Furplanet. :/
....But fuck it.....This comic has been AWESOME and I've love to support Rukis after doing such an awesome job that I'll take the risk.
Anyway yeah I just preordered....Been trying to hold off because the last thing I need are my snoopy parents finding a copy of Unconditional, or going through my account and asking me what I bought from Furplanet. :/
....But fuck it.....This comic has been AWESOME and I've love to support Rukis after doing such an awesome job that I'll take the risk.
Just say you need it for research… about mating habits of homosexual canidae and vulpini and canini interspecies sex act.
But at least you don’t need to go to the custom office, where you must open it in front of them.
This is probable more embarrassing than parents ever can be.
But at least you don’t need to go to the custom office, where you must open it in front of them.
This is probable more embarrassing than parents ever can be.
That would freak them out to no end. :/
My parents are Evangelical Southern Baptists that when I lived with them before I left for College used to open my packages before I got home from work to see what I ordered.
I can't tell you how many times they've described a lot of the books I got as 'Dark and Satanic.'
(Werewolf the Apocalypse. :p)
But yeah....A gay fuzzy comic would raise a lot of questions about my sexuality I have no intention of them finding out about. :/
My parents are Evangelical Southern Baptists that when I lived with them before I left for College used to open my packages before I got home from work to see what I ordered.
I can't tell you how many times they've described a lot of the books I got as 'Dark and Satanic.'
(Werewolf the Apocalypse. :p)
But yeah....A gay fuzzy comic would raise a lot of questions about my sexuality I have no intention of them finding out about. :/
I'm double extra heretical to my family already what with being a Christian Deist who believes in Evolution and that that the Earth is WAAAAAAY older then 6000 years old. :p
Then add the fact that I'm not a super hard-core Republican that believes Obama is a secret muslim and the anti-christ who wasn't born in the United States. (Though the Anti-Christ thing my Moms constantly swung back and forth on....) and thinks Socialism isn't really evil or bad...that adds a shit ton of tension already....
If they found out about my sexuality....I have no idea what they'd do to be honest but it wouldn't be good considering what my parents, grandparents/uncles and aunts routinely say and believe. :/
Then add the fact that I'm not a super hard-core Republican that believes Obama is a secret muslim and the anti-christ who wasn't born in the United States. (Though the Anti-Christ thing my Moms constantly swung back and forth on....) and thinks Socialism isn't really evil or bad...that adds a shit ton of tension already....
If they found out about my sexuality....I have no idea what they'd do to be honest but it wouldn't be good considering what my parents, grandparents/uncles and aunts routinely say and believe. :/
Okay thats getting sort of weird now...I basically have one close family member who would probably wind up accepting it.
My Dad basically is extremely laid back and knew one guy who turned out to be gay that he was classmates with back in College.
Really his view though is poisoned by my Mother....As she's the one who listens to Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on a daily basis and informs my Dad of shit thats happening....
My Mother though? She'd freak out. In my immediate family she's the most rabidly Christian/Religious Right.
My Brother has some pretty nasty views on Gays because he knew a rather flamboyant kid from High School and my Mom sorta went. "They all act like that." and he developed his opinions based on that. :/ And his Girl-friend is pretty heavy handed Catholic...So she wouldn't help matters.
My youngest brother is still to young to understand....But given he's in a private school? Heh....He already thinks alot like my Mother when it comes to religion and what not. :/
My Uncles would be horrified...One Uncle thinks you become gay via conversion/braininwashing in college or something crazy like that.
My Grandparents? Pretty much Carbon Copy of my Mother...Though my Paternal Grandparents have always had a dim view of my Family because of favoritism...So no real lose there other then them cutting off even more contact...No idea how my cousins would think...Pribably varies....
My Dad basically is extremely laid back and knew one guy who turned out to be gay that he was classmates with back in College.
Really his view though is poisoned by my Mother....As she's the one who listens to Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on a daily basis and informs my Dad of shit thats happening....
My Mother though? She'd freak out. In my immediate family she's the most rabidly Christian/Religious Right.
My Brother has some pretty nasty views on Gays because he knew a rather flamboyant kid from High School and my Mom sorta went. "They all act like that." and he developed his opinions based on that. :/ And his Girl-friend is pretty heavy handed Catholic...So she wouldn't help matters.
My youngest brother is still to young to understand....But given he's in a private school? Heh....He already thinks alot like my Mother when it comes to religion and what not. :/
My Uncles would be horrified...One Uncle thinks you become gay via conversion/braininwashing in college or something crazy like that.
My Grandparents? Pretty much Carbon Copy of my Mother...Though my Paternal Grandparents have always had a dim view of my Family because of favoritism...So no real lose there other then them cutting off even more contact...No idea how my cousins would think...Pribably varies....
I started to realize I was Bi halfway through High School. Of course because of my raising and the influence my family had on me I tried rationalizing it as some sort of mental defect...Eventually I managed to bury it and wind up exceedingly miserable as I repressed it. Then I hit community college and got more into porn and erotica along with furry stuff. Kept finding myself drawn to male and m/m stuff. Just went with it. Recently I just sorta sat down and thought about it and realized I had been Bi and I wasn't crazy like I thought I had been when I was in high school...I was just sorta....Well I had pushed all those feelings down. It's depressing that I kept a vital aspect of my personality pushed in the dirt out of fear for so long in a vain attempt at being normal. (Not as if I ever was but there you go. :( )
It's also a bit of relief...It's nice knowing who you really are.
My Mom is also highly concerned with appearances and how she and the family appears in front of both friends, family and public in general. Not to mention how she and the family are perceived in Church. Of course my parents got together because of love...Hell we were sorta low middle class while I was growing up...Real redneck farming family living in a trailer on my Grandparents property. (Though the place had always looked really nice....)
And yeah sorry to hear about your one brother. :(
I can see how him being your twin would really hurt....
I don't think it's bad enough for my parents business would be affected...Never thought of that...
*Shrugs*
But yeah I can understand where your coming from.
It's also a bit of relief...It's nice knowing who you really are.
My Mom is also highly concerned with appearances and how she and the family appears in front of both friends, family and public in general. Not to mention how she and the family are perceived in Church. Of course my parents got together because of love...Hell we were sorta low middle class while I was growing up...Real redneck farming family living in a trailer on my Grandparents property. (Though the place had always looked really nice....)
And yeah sorry to hear about your one brother. :(
I can see how him being your twin would really hurt....
I don't think it's bad enough for my parents business would be affected...Never thought of that...
*Shrugs*
But yeah I can understand where your coming from.
*Nods*
Yeah for me it was just easier lying to myself....I didn't make a lot of connections with people in middle school or high school....Mostly because my Schools were living hells for me. It's easier lying to yourself when you don't have many friends....Add in the religious guilt and the pressure from my family. Stories from my Uncle about how Homosexuals will try and tempt and brainwash you into being one of them. Casual comments from my Parents and Grandparents about how you have to be on guard along with a lot of negative and bigoted remarks....When I started developing an interest in guys I just panicked and tried to find a reason for it...Eventually I just hit on the idea of it being some kind of mental problem that I could beat down with force of will.
My accepting of it was like swimming back up to the surface of a body of water...Gradual until I finally hit air and get that first gasp of air...
And I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :(
And yeah I don't know anything about about the whole discrimination bit....I was always picked on and bullied for other reasons....But at the same time I used to think like my parents about Gays and Bisexuals....Thats something that disgusts me and makes me feel sick....When I finally realized my sexual orientation I was depressed for a while as I thought about how I thought and acted....I wasn't a bully or someone who would hurt anyone...But at the same time there was a disgust and sense of superiority that gets hammered into you from a Fundamentalist upbringing that makes me physically ill just thinking about it.
Whenever there was a event that was connected with homosexuality (Awareness over suiciding gay teens or etc....) I always rolled my eyes and got huffy about it....I still feel guilt over the way I thought....
*Sighs and bangs head on table*
Yeah for me it was just easier lying to myself....I didn't make a lot of connections with people in middle school or high school....Mostly because my Schools were living hells for me. It's easier lying to yourself when you don't have many friends....Add in the religious guilt and the pressure from my family. Stories from my Uncle about how Homosexuals will try and tempt and brainwash you into being one of them. Casual comments from my Parents and Grandparents about how you have to be on guard along with a lot of negative and bigoted remarks....When I started developing an interest in guys I just panicked and tried to find a reason for it...Eventually I just hit on the idea of it being some kind of mental problem that I could beat down with force of will.
My accepting of it was like swimming back up to the surface of a body of water...Gradual until I finally hit air and get that first gasp of air...
And I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :(
And yeah I don't know anything about about the whole discrimination bit....I was always picked on and bullied for other reasons....But at the same time I used to think like my parents about Gays and Bisexuals....Thats something that disgusts me and makes me feel sick....When I finally realized my sexual orientation I was depressed for a while as I thought about how I thought and acted....I wasn't a bully or someone who would hurt anyone...But at the same time there was a disgust and sense of superiority that gets hammered into you from a Fundamentalist upbringing that makes me physically ill just thinking about it.
Whenever there was a event that was connected with homosexuality (Awareness over suiciding gay teens or etc....) I always rolled my eyes and got huffy about it....I still feel guilt over the way I thought....
*Sighs and bangs head on table*
Yeah I've talked with a lot of supportive friends over stuff like that. They tell me I'm beating myself up to much...And the fact I feel so bad about it is a good sign that I've really changed.
And it's weird...I don't really know how to describe it really....It was bad...But for long stretches of time I either just didn't think about it. (Focused on the other troubles and stresses in my life.) Or just sort of tried to ignore it and put it in the back of my head...
And yeah it would be nice to hear more people undergoing that...The problem being I only opened myself up like that because deep down I threw out my old religious beliefs and accepted something more personal...Doing that allowed me to explore myself more freely and come to that realization.
*Nods* Still sad to here.
Ah....Yeah there are always things we regret saying or doing....Most of my regrets come from not saying or doing certain things...Doing that though would probably see me ousted from my family if I did that....
And it's weird...I don't really know how to describe it really....It was bad...But for long stretches of time I either just didn't think about it. (Focused on the other troubles and stresses in my life.) Or just sort of tried to ignore it and put it in the back of my head...
And yeah it would be nice to hear more people undergoing that...The problem being I only opened myself up like that because deep down I threw out my old religious beliefs and accepted something more personal...Doing that allowed me to explore myself more freely and come to that realization.
*Nods* Still sad to here.
Ah....Yeah there are always things we regret saying or doing....Most of my regrets come from not saying or doing certain things...Doing that though would probably see me ousted from my family if I did that....
I apologize if I offend you, but your mom sounds like a bitch And I feel bad for your brother having to be manipulated THAT much. I swear, some religious people and churches are brainwashers, telling nothing but bullshit and lies. I'm sorry you have to have such a hate-filled family, given your orientation. Just by reading a lot of your comments, I can tell just how hard it is for you
I hope one day, you can cut ties from them and be able to finally tell them how horribly wrong they are. Stay strong dude!
I hope one day, you can cut ties from them and be able to finally tell them how horribly wrong they are. Stay strong dude!
Nope you don't offend me at all.
I know she's a religious bitch...And I've been suffering under the thumb of my family for a quite a while now because I've never molded to their expectations. Whether it's because I'm more cerebral, or because I don't like sports or I'm not as social as my brothers.
And now? It's because I'm not a Hard-Core republican and because I'm a Christian Deist....Hell my folks accused me of being an Atheist once with the same venom they'd reserve for a guy who tortures animals or something.
If they found out that I fall on the Gay Side of Bisexual on the Kinsey Scale it'd be a great recreation of Krakatoa.
My youngest brother whose eleven has been enrolled in a Christian Private school since Kindergarten...and before that a Christian Preschool...He knows more about the fucking Bible then he knows about Science or anything else really....Hell one time I was argueing with my parents about the age of the Earth. My eleven year old brother starts spouting off how the earth is only 6000 years old because thats what his Science teacher told him. Not to mention that back in the Biblical Times people could live for hundreds of years because the air was cleaner or some shit like that. :/
Hell and my Dad and Brother agreed with him! O_o
My other brother whose only a year and a half younger then me is not only manipulated on what to think by my Mother...But also his rabidly catholic Girlfriend who also has his ear and fills it with religious dogma bullshit. :/
He was the kind of person to host a weekday Bible Club after school and go to a Bible Retreat for a week up in North Carolina...
And don't get me started on my Grandparents.
Their even more religious then my Parents if thats possible. :/
I know she's a religious bitch...And I've been suffering under the thumb of my family for a quite a while now because I've never molded to their expectations. Whether it's because I'm more cerebral, or because I don't like sports or I'm not as social as my brothers.
And now? It's because I'm not a Hard-Core republican and because I'm a Christian Deist....Hell my folks accused me of being an Atheist once with the same venom they'd reserve for a guy who tortures animals or something.
If they found out that I fall on the Gay Side of Bisexual on the Kinsey Scale it'd be a great recreation of Krakatoa.
My youngest brother whose eleven has been enrolled in a Christian Private school since Kindergarten...and before that a Christian Preschool...He knows more about the fucking Bible then he knows about Science or anything else really....Hell one time I was argueing with my parents about the age of the Earth. My eleven year old brother starts spouting off how the earth is only 6000 years old because thats what his Science teacher told him. Not to mention that back in the Biblical Times people could live for hundreds of years because the air was cleaner or some shit like that. :/
Hell and my Dad and Brother agreed with him! O_o
My other brother whose only a year and a half younger then me is not only manipulated on what to think by my Mother...But also his rabidly catholic Girlfriend who also has his ear and fills it with religious dogma bullshit. :/
He was the kind of person to host a weekday Bible Club after school and go to a Bible Retreat for a week up in North Carolina...
And don't get me started on my Grandparents.
Their even more religious then my Parents if thats possible. :/
Both sides of my family are deeply religious...Which sucks.
My paternal grandparents may not talk about it as much as my Maternal ones...But when the issue intrudes in on their lives they've shown to be just as bigoted as my other grandparents, the issue in question though the event occurred a few years ago...Old news now. was they didn't like the fact that their old Pastor knowingly gave a job to a Gay Man to lead the their Church's Choir and Music section.
And I mean REALLY didn't like....They were in full support of the Pastor getting fired as well as the Gay man.
Apparently they made a deal with the canned Music Director because he didn't press charges or anything....Though I'm not sure he could get in trouble for that.
But yeah a lot of the comments....Made me really uncomfortable...The whole general tenor of, "You can't be a Christian if your Gay so they should stay the hell away from the Church!" along with, "What if he tried seducing the boys or teenagers in the congregation!"
Which those comments left me speechless.....So yeah I can't imagine what they'd think of me....
My paternal grandparents may not talk about it as much as my Maternal ones...But when the issue intrudes in on their lives they've shown to be just as bigoted as my other grandparents, the issue in question though the event occurred a few years ago...Old news now. was they didn't like the fact that their old Pastor knowingly gave a job to a Gay Man to lead the their Church's Choir and Music section.
And I mean REALLY didn't like....They were in full support of the Pastor getting fired as well as the Gay man.
Apparently they made a deal with the canned Music Director because he didn't press charges or anything....Though I'm not sure he could get in trouble for that.
But yeah a lot of the comments....Made me really uncomfortable...The whole general tenor of, "You can't be a Christian if your Gay so they should stay the hell away from the Church!" along with, "What if he tried seducing the boys or teenagers in the congregation!"
Which those comments left me speechless.....So yeah I can't imagine what they'd think of me....
*blinks*
<_<
>_>
Was that directed at me?
I'm kind of the same way....I have standards....At the same time I've recently begun taking better care of myself and trying to look better....Losing weight, exercising, better grooming habits.
Overall I'm looking pretty good. ^_^
Just takes effort and hard work.
<_<
>_>
Was that directed at me?
I'm kind of the same way....I have standards....At the same time I've recently begun taking better care of myself and trying to look better....Losing weight, exercising, better grooming habits.
Overall I'm looking pretty good. ^_^
Just takes effort and hard work.
So you didn’t study biology or psychology?
Here in Germany we only got Protestants and roman Catholics this kind of variety is unknown to us.
And after a 30 years long war, between these two, with nearly 35% of the population got killed it better stay that way.
But I must say, the Protestants here got the stick much deeper in their ass than the Catholics.
Yes it is not easy here in a little (2000 souls) village for gay people, especially in the conservative south-west. I have seen a classmate got beaten up because he might be gay, he wasn’t even out like Marcus. Okay it was a “Hauptschule (german public school if you don’t have so good marks after 4 years of elementary school)”, Marcus would be on a Gymnasium (german public school if you got very good marks) and there a most full of geeks & nerds you will not find any jocks like Tobias in a Gymnasium.
Here in Germany we only got Protestants and roman Catholics this kind of variety is unknown to us.
And after a 30 years long war, between these two, with nearly 35% of the population got killed it better stay that way.
But I must say, the Protestants here got the stick much deeper in their ass than the Catholics.
Yes it is not easy here in a little (2000 souls) village for gay people, especially in the conservative south-west. I have seen a classmate got beaten up because he might be gay, he wasn’t even out like Marcus. Okay it was a “Hauptschule (german public school if you don’t have so good marks after 4 years of elementary school)”, Marcus would be on a Gymnasium (german public school if you got very good marks) and there a most full of geeks & nerds you will not find any jocks like Tobias in a Gymnasium.
I'm a history major but yes I've taken advanced Biology and Psychology courses in High School and College.
And Evangelical Southern Baptists are a form of Protestant. Back at the turn of the century there was this MASSIVE internal debate between the variety of Christian sects on whether they should stick to Biblical Fundamentalism or if they should Modernize. A lot of Christian Churches modernized....But the Baptists took to sticking with Fundamentalism and it sorta became dumping ground for the Crazies. :/
It's also pretty bad because currently the Southern Baptists are the largest and most influential Protestant Branch in the U.S.
And here you don't get that sort of weeding out like in a Hauptschule or a Gymansium. It's a sort of weakness in our system...I went to a Terribad High School....I was constantly bullied just because I enjoyed reading....And it got even worse when they opened up Advanced Placement courses to everyone so it could be fair. (Before you had to have great marks to even be considered....) Suddenly the AP system is flooded with delinquents who can't make the cut and either quit or stick around and distract the class with their brainless antics.
There were also murder, thefts, gang activity, neo-nazi activity, rampant drug use, vandalism and numerous fights.
Hell I was even threatened with rape by a crazy lesbian bully once in front of several dozen people and several teachers....Bullied and tortured me for weeks with threats of violence....Of course the Adminstration fucked up the investigation when she said I had been antagonizing her with racial slurs. The case was then dismissed and I was told to behave....I had to go to the school resource police officer for protection....
And Evangelical Southern Baptists are a form of Protestant. Back at the turn of the century there was this MASSIVE internal debate between the variety of Christian sects on whether they should stick to Biblical Fundamentalism or if they should Modernize. A lot of Christian Churches modernized....But the Baptists took to sticking with Fundamentalism and it sorta became dumping ground for the Crazies. :/
It's also pretty bad because currently the Southern Baptists are the largest and most influential Protestant Branch in the U.S.
And here you don't get that sort of weeding out like in a Hauptschule or a Gymansium. It's a sort of weakness in our system...I went to a Terribad High School....I was constantly bullied just because I enjoyed reading....And it got even worse when they opened up Advanced Placement courses to everyone so it could be fair. (Before you had to have great marks to even be considered....) Suddenly the AP system is flooded with delinquents who can't make the cut and either quit or stick around and distract the class with their brainless antics.
There were also murder, thefts, gang activity, neo-nazi activity, rampant drug use, vandalism and numerous fights.
Hell I was even threatened with rape by a crazy lesbian bully once in front of several dozen people and several teachers....Bullied and tortured me for weeks with threats of violence....Of course the Adminstration fucked up the investigation when she said I had been antagonizing her with racial slurs. The case was then dismissed and I was told to behave....I had to go to the school resource police officer for protection....
So you too, I study history as well. Even I considering Latin and old Greek not as my friends. Here College is integrated in the University. And you can only go to a University if you got your “Abitur” which you can only get if you pass the Gymnasium. This school system was established 200 years ago from Alexander von Humboldt (by the way he was gay too).
I forgot the “Realschule” which is between Haupt and Gym. I run trough all 3 schools so I know the difference. Even many leftwing politicians think this is very unfair to underclass children (about 90% of the students in a Gymnasium are upper- and middle-class) and even if children from immigrants got good marks they probably didn’t get in. And there are Hauptschule’s in Berlin with 5% Germans and the rest are children from Russian and Turkish families.
And private schools (in a German point of view) are only for lazy stupid spoiled little brats who to lazy or to stupid for Gymnasium or if they got kick off. Even if it is a public school they kick you off very easy or they grad you down to Realschule. I know some people who have a 2 hour bus drive to the next Gymnasium because there kick out of some local Gyms. I mean even millionaires send their children to a public Gym. It is better for their reputation and it is free. But it is very hard, if even 6th graders suffer of burn out syndrome.
So the American school system is better for equal opportunities for all the class system, but it is bad for all the children who, like Marcus, are not so physically strong and all the other guy which are easy prey for bullies.
Oh I had luck that it was small village Hauptschule and not in the bigger cities where even the teachers got tortured and terrorized by the students. But strange that all German school massacre were in Gyms or Real schools. Bulling in Gyms is more subtle, more Cicero style.
I forgot the “Realschule” which is between Haupt and Gym. I run trough all 3 schools so I know the difference. Even many leftwing politicians think this is very unfair to underclass children (about 90% of the students in a Gymnasium are upper- and middle-class) and even if children from immigrants got good marks they probably didn’t get in. And there are Hauptschule’s in Berlin with 5% Germans and the rest are children from Russian and Turkish families.
And private schools (in a German point of view) are only for lazy stupid spoiled little brats who to lazy or to stupid for Gymnasium or if they got kick off. Even if it is a public school they kick you off very easy or they grad you down to Realschule. I know some people who have a 2 hour bus drive to the next Gymnasium because there kick out of some local Gyms. I mean even millionaires send their children to a public Gym. It is better for their reputation and it is free. But it is very hard, if even 6th graders suffer of burn out syndrome.
So the American school system is better for equal opportunities for all the class system, but it is bad for all the children who, like Marcus, are not so physically strong and all the other guy which are easy prey for bullies.
Oh I had luck that it was small village Hauptschule and not in the bigger cities where even the teachers got tortured and terrorized by the students. But strange that all German school massacre were in Gyms or Real schools. Bulling in Gyms is more subtle, more Cicero style.
Oh cool. :D
A fellow History Major. :3
Yeah here in America you just pass High School and you can enroll in any University that will take you. This typically means any given College can be awash in people who probably shouldn't be enrolled either because they just don't make the cut or any number of other reasons...There's a lot of pressure for people to go to college even when they probably shouldn't and when they get out there in a mountain debt and there's a metric shit ton of other people with degree's all clamoring for jobs.
The system needs serious rethinking....Colleges are getting way to good at stripping people of their money or landing students in debt...
(In some cases intentionally as some colleges are apparently partnered with credit card companies and for them debt means they can squeeze people out of more money.)
For example I have a cousin whose put three years into a Community College....And he has NO idea what sort of degree he wants or what he even wants to do with it...He doesn't even have a major selected...He just wastes more money paying for classes...
I've always admired the European system for being able to naturally select people who should be going to a college or university and who should go towards something more akin of a Trade School.
In the U.S. private schools are most of the time religious oriented....A lot of parents will spend money to have their kids attend because on the whole it's a safer environment.
Bullying in American Schools are typically revolve around verbal or physical confrontations.
It can get bad...One year in High School we even had a murder...That was a scary event...One student had a knife and stabbed another student repeatedly and ran back into the school....Cue an hour long police manhunt to find him.
Large fights were common...There were typically one or two scuffles a day...Minimum.
Sometimes you get some really scary beatings like one back when I was a freshman one girl walked up behind another, grabbed her by the hair and began ramming her face into the flagpole, split her face open pretty bad and broke her nose.
Then there was the Vandalism....Students breaking into the classes after school with hammers or nailguns and destroying computers, windows, projectors and books. Throwing tables into walls, upturning chairs before spraying swastika's on the walls.
Heh...One time a student just took a bunch of toothpicks and shoved it into the locks of two entire wings of the school.
They had to replace the doors and it disrupted the entire school.
Then you factor in gang activity stealing computers thousands of dollars worth of new computers, dealing drugs, starting fights with other gangs....Spray-Painting sections of the school...
Heaven above and the bathrooms....Some of those students were animals. Smearing shit on the floor and walls of the stalls. Or on the toilet seats...I have no idea why...
My school was a hellhole...And when I got out it somehow got even worse if my Brother could be believed. :/
A fellow History Major. :3
Yeah here in America you just pass High School and you can enroll in any University that will take you. This typically means any given College can be awash in people who probably shouldn't be enrolled either because they just don't make the cut or any number of other reasons...There's a lot of pressure for people to go to college even when they probably shouldn't and when they get out there in a mountain debt and there's a metric shit ton of other people with degree's all clamoring for jobs.
The system needs serious rethinking....Colleges are getting way to good at stripping people of their money or landing students in debt...
(In some cases intentionally as some colleges are apparently partnered with credit card companies and for them debt means they can squeeze people out of more money.)
For example I have a cousin whose put three years into a Community College....And he has NO idea what sort of degree he wants or what he even wants to do with it...He doesn't even have a major selected...He just wastes more money paying for classes...
I've always admired the European system for being able to naturally select people who should be going to a college or university and who should go towards something more akin of a Trade School.
In the U.S. private schools are most of the time religious oriented....A lot of parents will spend money to have their kids attend because on the whole it's a safer environment.
Bullying in American Schools are typically revolve around verbal or physical confrontations.
It can get bad...One year in High School we even had a murder...That was a scary event...One student had a knife and stabbed another student repeatedly and ran back into the school....Cue an hour long police manhunt to find him.
Large fights were common...There were typically one or two scuffles a day...Minimum.
Sometimes you get some really scary beatings like one back when I was a freshman one girl walked up behind another, grabbed her by the hair and began ramming her face into the flagpole, split her face open pretty bad and broke her nose.
Then there was the Vandalism....Students breaking into the classes after school with hammers or nailguns and destroying computers, windows, projectors and books. Throwing tables into walls, upturning chairs before spraying swastika's on the walls.
Heh...One time a student just took a bunch of toothpicks and shoved it into the locks of two entire wings of the school.
They had to replace the doors and it disrupted the entire school.
Then you factor in gang activity stealing computers thousands of dollars worth of new computers, dealing drugs, starting fights with other gangs....Spray-Painting sections of the school...
Heaven above and the bathrooms....Some of those students were animals. Smearing shit on the floor and walls of the stalls. Or on the toilet seats...I have no idea why...
My school was a hellhole...And when I got out it somehow got even worse if my Brother could be believed. :/
And here in germany we shit your pants if must pay 500 EUR for a semester on a University, before that it was free and in some states it is still free. And now were it got very expensive for your pals in UK they come to us, and many subject of study are complete in English.
But therefore it is totally normal to pay 2600 Euro for a f**king driver’s license!!! And you’re a considered disabled if you don’t have one. I should call it Carland if 9% of all cars in the world driving through that tiny spot. Reis would probably hit here by a Mercedes S class, and nobody walks again after getting hit by that Battleship. Okay a Hummer would be worse.
Good old capitalism. The land of the free, if you got the money.
They tell that stories from some Hauptschulen in big cities would be like that and that the police is at least 2 times the week there. But I have never seen things like that and barely on TV not even the high schools we seen in TV are not so bad. All this sounds more like the 10th circle of Hell, I think Dante shit his pants right now out of fear.
But therefore it is totally normal to pay 2600 Euro for a f**king driver’s license!!! And you’re a considered disabled if you don’t have one. I should call it Carland if 9% of all cars in the world driving through that tiny spot. Reis would probably hit here by a Mercedes S class, and nobody walks again after getting hit by that Battleship. Okay a Hummer would be worse.
Good old capitalism. The land of the free, if you got the money.
They tell that stories from some Hauptschulen in big cities would be like that and that the police is at least 2 times the week there. But I have never seen things like that and barely on TV not even the high schools we seen in TV are not so bad. All this sounds more like the 10th circle of Hell, I think Dante shit his pants right now out of fear.
Really? I have to pay roughly 400-500 dollars a class per semester. So yeah things quickly add up....Heaven help people who don't have a Scholarship....And Financial Aid typically means you have to pay all of that money back with interest...Get out onto the world and find you can't get a job your in deep shit...
You pay how much for a Drivers license? O_o
Yeah its 25 dollars over here...
Thats a little harsh....Private Schools are expensive because their completely independent of funding....I would blame the Public School system for being shitty.
It was hell.
Thats the AVERAGE American High School. :/
Not all of them are bad....But if your in a bad area...Or if your School District is in a bad area....Well your in deep shit.
We also have a constant police presence in the way of School Resource Officers.
Basically we have a handful of Cops who are on station at the school in case anything happens.
And my School was overcrowded as all hell....The school was designed to house roughly...3000 or so people.
We had around 5000-6000 students.
You pay how much for a Drivers license? O_o
Yeah its 25 dollars over here...
Thats a little harsh....Private Schools are expensive because their completely independent of funding....I would blame the Public School system for being shitty.
It was hell.
Thats the AVERAGE American High School. :/
Not all of them are bad....But if your in a bad area...Or if your School District is in a bad area....Well your in deep shit.
We also have a constant police presence in the way of School Resource Officers.
Basically we have a handful of Cops who are on station at the school in case anything happens.
And my School was overcrowded as all hell....The school was designed to house roughly...3000 or so people.
We had around 5000-6000 students.
South-west Germany near the black forest. You will not find a place with more bureaucracy. And don’t ask what you all have to do if you want to hunt here.
It is not about the comic it is about the value of its content, I mean they want their taxies. Okay everything under 23 Eur must be free, but if this whole Greek-Spain-thing gets any worse I better ask Rukis if she takes glass beads, silver or Cuckoo clocks. ><
It is not about the comic it is about the value of its content, I mean they want their taxies. Okay everything under 23 Eur must be free, but if this whole Greek-Spain-thing gets any worse I better ask Rukis if she takes glass beads, silver or Cuckoo clocks. ><
Wow I'm over in France and their nick picky ass hell. But I've never be taxed customs for anything I've ever imported from old home in the states, or when I've bought things online. Books and small items they never pay much mind here. One thing you can do is ask NighFox to carry it at BlackPaw.de that'll save you the problem then. :)
Absolutely epic, awesome, and cute. Glad to see Reis in uniform, and that he finally has a happy ending.
It was very awesome to read about these two characters story and although it's sad it comes to a end in the comic fashion. I am expecting fan art of them in the future.
Also, "You have the right to remain silent." ;3
It was very awesome to read about these two characters story and although it's sad it comes to a end in the comic fashion. I am expecting fan art of them in the future.
Also, "You have the right to remain silent." ;3
Just wanted to put this on here now that the online comic version is over. I wish to thank you Rukis for sharing with us this fantastic story and putting all your time and love into these pages, and I can assure you that I will be one of those pre-ordering the full comic when I can.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
"He like's a boy in uniform~ 'school' uniform!" ;D don't we all, looking sharp big guy~
Love it Rukis n.n and this has been just so awesome of you, the comic, story, your attitude about it. Just everything XD sorry for being a 'fanboy' lol. Just stay awesome!
Love it Rukis n.n and this has been just so awesome of you, the comic, story, your attitude about it. Just everything XD sorry for being a 'fanboy' lol. Just stay awesome!
"Now you too can own your very own anatomically correct Reis model! Complete with removable police uniform, binders and taser. Lawyer themed Marcus sold separately!" <3
As soon as I finished typing that, I realized that Marcus and Reis could very well be the furry version of Law & Order! Lawlz!
As soon as I finished typing that, I realized that Marcus and Reis could very well be the furry version of Law & Order! Lawlz!
I'm really happy about the ending of Unconditional, but I'm also sad to see it end! D: It's kind of a bitter sweet feeling to go through all of the emotional rollercoaster dips and then see the ending. I really do need to get around to ordering your books though, Rukis. Especially Cruelty and Unconditional, because those are the two that I've invested the most in emotionally. Not to say I don't want the Red Lantern, too, because I do. X3 You do great things with your work. :D
The second I get money in hand I have to buy Cruelty&Unconditional along with your other works. I loved your work and I loved this comic to a point where I couldn't get through my day without reading the next page. Thank you for allowing us all enjoy such a beautiful story and I look forward to many more things from you ^W^
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I don't see him wearing a vest, or any sort of armor under the shirt which is normally always visible on an officer. Although some are slimmer than others(mine sure wasnt, add in rifle plates and it was obvious I had armor on), but ya as for accuracy he needs one :p
I don't see him wearing a vest, or any sort of armor under the shirt which is normally always visible on an officer. Although some are slimmer than others(mine sure wasnt, add in rifle plates and it was obvious I had armor on), but ya as for accuracy he needs one :p
WHEW!! I've been scrolling for hours to get down here to the bottom of the list of comments. *pants*
Now I forgot what I was gonna say.... damnit.
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Oh yeah. Awesome job! Super awesome comic and yes I have pre-ordered. I can't wait to get it. WooHoo!
Now if you'll pardon me, I think my scroll wheel is on fire. ><;
Now I forgot what I was gonna say.... damnit.
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Oh yeah. Awesome job! Super awesome comic and yes I have pre-ordered. I can't wait to get it. WooHoo!
Now if you'll pardon me, I think my scroll wheel is on fire. ><;
I can't overstate how much I hate cops. Jackboots of the bourgeoisie on the neck of the proletariat, 'n all that.
But Reis is okay, maybe if more people like him were cops, my opinion would be different, and things in general would be different.
I am somewhat concerned about the feedback loop of a small town like that though. Mostly low paying jobs, and not enough jobs to go around for everyone, not a lot of opportunities for upward mobility.... except in LEO fields, where demand paradoxically goes up as alternative opportunity goes down, due to increased desperation to make ends meet and live. Crimes of desperation go up, meaning The State hires more jackboots for the booming prole neck market. It's a self sustaining toxic paradigm perpetuated by the only real opportunity being one that puts you in an adversarial role with the very demographic you used to be a part of. It's like, you can be one of the guards loading people onto the cattle car, or you can be one of the people getting loaded on the train. Pick.
I'm ranting, sorry.
It's a really good picture, you did a good job. Reis in uniform skeeves me out a bit, but it would probably be a good thing if I'm thinking objectively, for there to be more like him.
But Reis is okay, maybe if more people like him were cops, my opinion would be different, and things in general would be different.
I am somewhat concerned about the feedback loop of a small town like that though. Mostly low paying jobs, and not enough jobs to go around for everyone, not a lot of opportunities for upward mobility.... except in LEO fields, where demand paradoxically goes up as alternative opportunity goes down, due to increased desperation to make ends meet and live. Crimes of desperation go up, meaning The State hires more jackboots for the booming prole neck market. It's a self sustaining toxic paradigm perpetuated by the only real opportunity being one that puts you in an adversarial role with the very demographic you used to be a part of. It's like, you can be one of the guards loading people onto the cattle car, or you can be one of the people getting loaded on the train. Pick.
I'm ranting, sorry.
It's a really good picture, you did a good job. Reis in uniform skeeves me out a bit, but it would probably be a good thing if I'm thinking objectively, for there to be more like him.
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