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Talky talk time! I liked working on this page a lot. Backgrounds may never be my forte, but I actually enjoyed doing th ones on this page, even if they will remain simple in general. See ya all next time!
  • Ally

    First! 8D

    • Stompydingdong

      Congratulations! You just lost 9000 internetz!

  • Innocei

    It is a lovely comic, Alej’s eyes have never looked a more beautiful shade of blue before.

    • Razmoudah

      I bet that her nano-spirit awakens soon. Now that she’s starting to come to terms with the darkness in her own heart it’s the perfect time.

  • Cool Sean

    Noticed Mora’s still sore…

    • Albert

      Yeah I noticed that too. She is putting up a brave front but her head obviously still kind of hurts. Glad to see they are getting things out in the open. Now I understand why Alej didn’t come to the funeral.She actually has a gentle look in her eyes. I haven’t seen anything like that in the whole comic. She usually had a cold look in her eyes. Now I am sure we will hear why Mora left and I am sure we will all understand better why she did it and stop hating on her. Also Randal is looking quite satisfied don’t you think? I think he is glad to see his sisters finally making up.

      • http://thelazyauthor.deviantart.com/ The Lazy Author

        “Now I understand why Alej didn’t come to the funeral.She actually has a gentle look in her eyes. I haven’t seen anything like that in the whole comic. She usually had a cold look in her eyes.”

        You must be looking at select pages then. >_>;

    • Thor

      Of course she’s still sore. Bleeding in the brain doesn’t just go away in a few minutes.

      • Renadt

        You are so sure she’s gonna die, aren’t you? Not sure if trolling or that thoughtless.

      • anon

        A little bit of both, Renadt.
        Trolling because obviously the main character isn’t gonna die.
        ..and yet making valid points about being injured.
        Perhaps there will be complications, or just a sore head.. dying isn’t likely.

        Try not to take everything so seriously~

      • Gaddez

        You do realize this isn’t a snuff comic right thor? That David hopkins isn’t writing this and Drip isn’t going to pop out from behind a bush?

      • Neku

        You do realize Thor’s trolling, right Gaddez?
        Trolling because obviously the main character isn’t gonna die, and yet making valid points about being injured. Perhaps there will be complications, or just a sore head, but dying isn’t likely.
        Try not to take everything so seriously~

      • guest

        I like you, Thor. ;) Not enough dark humor these days. I don’t know why they call it trolling. You’re only making a little joke. I mean, it’s pretty dark humor, but it’s so dark it’s humorous. It doesn’t sound like you’re rooting for Alej to strike at Mora again. You’re just satirizing the consequences of the blow if it was fatal. And you’ve known it wasn’t: first Chalo implied it in the description and now that she’s recovered it seems even more unlikely. I mean, does everybody have to gang up on you for that…?
        The defense rests its case.

      • Sharkie

        Jack is watching this scene, watching her slowly die.

  • jeremycanine

    wow so things are calming down

  • http://www.theundernetwork.com/ USM

    I saw this comic being made on Livestream.

  • SuperVoop

    Finally, everyone understands Alej is not a monster. She’s a genuine person who does care about others. Go Alej!!! <3

    • Elder

      Glad to see that they are working things out and Alej finally explains what really happened, I knew she had a soft spot deep down! Mora did a pretty good job of reaching out to her old friend, it will be interesting to see what results this development will yield… as far as their relationship is concerned.

  • Ally

    Oh cool, I’m actually first.
    Man, such a coincidence. I haven’t read this comic for 2 years, I come back to reread it, and once I reach the last page, I refresh and the comic is updated!
    I love Las Lindas.

  • Chaos

    I still want to know about Mora’s father. We understand her mother was a strong, independent woman, but Mora’s ears makes me wonder who her father is. Yea, I am odd.

    • AACMIV/ac2

      bet he was a crest…

  • JoatOrion

    I just want to see Patches really smile again. For the right reasons.

    • SweetBlackPaws

      Her NAME is Alejandra coldthorn. lolz sorry I just had to say it

  • https://www.facebook.com/ jeanmouloude

    nice again :)

  • Ashiyama

    Finally, some closure. Ah, I do enjoy it when a story actually has real character development instead of prolonging the issues because its the only way to keep the story “alive”. Will Alej be visiting Las Lindas more often now? I kinda hope so. Its her home, too, after all.

  • Pachi

    Mora’s still hurtin. lol

  • http://janelon.deviantart.com JaneLon

    Alej is the best character ever for me. Even if she made horrible mistakes, she is still good inside. May be even angelic one. But angel is hidden very deep.

  • Leo

    Awwwww Im, hands up you wanna hug Patches right now ^^

  • DezRaffy

    I think some of you read too much into the comic..

  • Chuck

    Looks like after many years, Alej is finally starting to let down her defenses and starting to relax emotionally.

  • Chessrook44

    FINALLY!!!!

  • http://www.furaffinity.net blackwind

    Understatement, from what I’ve read some people wanted this to get complicated even more when Alej broke the butt of the shotgun in Mora’s skull and all other sorts of nefarious deeds (hiding a body etc)
    Plus all that talk of characters being a “mary sue” is ridiculous, IMO some readers have very sad train of thoughts to be so concerned of COMIC characters like live people o_o;;;
    If this were live on TV like a soap it would have such a following it’s not even Funny.

  • http://www.furaffinity.net/user/maverikat/ MaveriKat

    Wow… a serious moment.

    *Gives Alejandra a hug*

  • Huh?

    Well crud, now you need a new antagonist~

    • CeriWolf

      If a new antagonist is needed, I have feeling it will come in the form of whoever is looking for Sarah.

  • Sandstorm

    While I like there being a plot with Alej in it, I really hoped for something more along the lines of her winning big over Mora to set the rivalry back to at least a draw in terms of score, rather than her joining the winning team which it looks like.

  • http://www.kitsune-realm.com Kitsune-Realm

    Great comic again, there is lots of emotion, and finally an explanation. I wonder how the plot further develops, now that Alejandra no longer real competition to Mora.

  • Leandro

    Wow, Alej is actually someone with a heart, that is something that pleased me.

  • Banter-O-Rilley

    This is a great page: the sun through the trees in the first panel is awesome; Alej seems to be more at peace with herself and Mora now that she explained why she wanted to buy Las Lindas in the first place; Rannie’s got a different-colored shirt, and the possibility of renewed friendship is sure to appear eventually…
    Here’s hoping for a proper conclusion to this story arc–it’s been really great!!

  • Asa

    Yay! They will become family again. It disgusted that they didn’t fight like family.

  • http://laslindas.katbox.net/ Carbuncles21

    Ok this page did change my opinion of alje a little bit sense all ive seen of her most of the time is just trying to take the farm away and before any of you say anything im not a fan of mora or alje it’s sarah

  • http://laslindas.katbox.net/ Carbuncles21

    also look at mora’s face on the first pannel she looks completely lost

  • Neku

    Randal’s pose and closed eyes look put the sudden mental image of Brock (Pokémon) in my head. o.o
    Aside from that, resolution and respite are always nice. Especially when it’s this well drawn.

  • Commander Clash

    I like this, especially how Alej says things have to be brought out in the open. We’re finally seeing how the animosity came about. It was all a mask to cover the anger at herself rather than anything anger against Mora. I think we may have them become close friends again…or friendl rivals. Whoo…here’s a CRAZY idea, with Alej’s smarts and Mora’s heart imagine the team tey could make. Las Lindas would be a might force to be reckoned with.

  • Jasper

    The best heel turns occur right after they convince you that they’ve reformed.
    Time to drop the hammer.

  • Chocothunda

    Seems that Mora and Patches are finally starting to patch things up *smacked*

    Anyway, this page makes me smile; it’s one thing to catch up with each other after a lot of bad blood…it’s another thing entirely to try and reconcile with each other, and I think that’s what we’re seeing in this page :) .

  • Eric Oxner

    Sometimes it does us all good to remeber.That there is always a 2 sides to every story.And not to be so fast to judge others.Although thats easyer said than done.Patchs seems to let some of her anger go for now at least.Alej has a heart and for her to admit to toots shes not o.k.So does this mean that mora and alej will become closser.It could go ether way so its still a 50/50 chance.Only time will tell.So every body hang on the ride is about to get wild.My opinon on things.

  • Victor

    Man, healing them very old wounds ain’t gonna be easy, but I know that it’ll be worth it :)

  • Albert

    I know she is healing and trying to do better but the ‘I don’t either’ still makes her seem egotistical. How could she not think she is a bad person? She has done a lot of bad things.I know a lot of people like to jump to Alej’s defense but she was basically the bad guy.A bad guy with a troubled past but a bad guy none the less.I understand why she did the things she did but that doesn’t make her not a bad person. Harley Quinn in Batman doesn’t think she is a bad person or that the things she does is bad and I feel sorry for her but face it Alej was rather cruel, anti-social and basically a business shark. She didn’t lack friends or comrades for no reason at all you know.To make it worse she sounded like she was basically trying to strong arm the farm away from both Mora and her mother when she knew damn well she didn’t want her to have it.A deeply troubled woman, yes. An angel? No.

    • Renadt

      We all make mistakes, especially when we hit rock bottom. Yes, she has done some bad things in the past, but who hasn’t? The damage can be repaired, and Alej seems to want to change. Again, I am not condoning her actions, which were definitely not nice, but the point is to let the pain heal.

  • http://deviantart.com Philly

    *tear* *cry* *sob* that is so sad. i think im gonna cry.
    *crying*

  • Draven

    First I’d like to say I almost murdurderd Mora with a shotgun. Not shoot her, just smackeed her in the back of the head with the butt after I broke it.”

    • Thor

      You did? Then that’s a pretty awesome costume you got there, fella. You look just like a cow-lady.

  • Aruswrath

    Alej is one of my favorite characters of LL, and now she is showing us a cute side of her, nice *.*

  • Vincent

    Sorry, I know this is a nice moment for both Alejandra and Mora, and no disrespect to “Mora-lovers” but I still don’t like her.

  • Kobra

    So could one of Alejandra’s resentments twords Mora be that she was not accepted by a woman she considered a mother in lue of a daughter that wasn’t there. And that sounded like a sweet deal, pity Mora’s mother didn’t accept, guess stubbornness runs in the family.

  • william

    good to see alejandra is getting back to square one there. she’s not entirely kosher in the emotional state, but she admits there’s a problem and that’s a big step for her

    • http://semc.deviantart.com SEMC

      Problem is, I thought we’d already been here before. I could have sworn we’d seen her start to mature as a character a few chapters ago. At least we’re finally back on track.

  • NBbowler

    Looks like Alej is starting to realize that she was out of control, and now the repairs on her heart are finally beginning.

  • http://deviantART.com ProjectWarSword

    The War is far from over, those two maybe finally bridging the gab between them, but they still have many battles that await them. Bring it on..!

  • Nyaliva

    You know what I like about this page? Everyone’s wearing believable and tasteful clothing. *hint hint Chalo*

    • http://semc.deviantart.com SEMC

      You mean how they they’re actually wearing clothing?

  • http://semc.deviantart.com SEMC

    While I find t his sudden change from psychotic bitch back to Alex’s more developed character we’ve seen before slightly jarring, I’m very happy that the story seems to be back on track. Thank god. Her rabid bizarre behavior this last chapter or so felt out of character.

    • OneManCOMICS

      Well, she was going crazy, and such.

  • Kolechek

    Thank you redemption ^__^ I’m glad Alej is on her way to changing – seeing her as a homicidal psycho was making me sad. But as soon as I saw that spirit gem pop up in her hands, I knew some type of change would be coming soon

  • Sunnie Kolme

    Oh dear, hopefully Mora doesn’t have a concussion. D: I’d freak out if she got worse even though it isn’t likely that she could be killed off. :P

    Also. Do those cows ever wear bras, or are their boobs just so HUEG that they flop no matter what? xD

    • Thor

      Or for that matter, have we ever seen any evidence that any of the female characters ever wear any kind of brassiere? I’m not currently bored enough to do an archive crawl to do an underwear survey, so I’m leave that to some enterprising young deviant who needs a challenge.

      • Neku

        Once for Sarah in “Ticklebug”, if you count such an undershirt as ANYTHING bra-like. Twice on Taffy in “Revenge”, with Rachel sporting a pink piece much like Sarah’s “Ticklebug” purple one. Thrice when Mora was in a white lace bra on “Making Love”.
        (For those wondering if there are any human females, look at “Rachael? Cuddly?” Either that’s an elf, a fur-less cat, or a human with an odd hairstyle.)
        Four times in “Sick of Playing Dress-up”, if a single cameo counts where Sarah resented it for the one frame she had it on. Supposedly. Five times if Taffy’s getup in “Curious about you” counts. We may count Six if what’s in panel three of “Inspiration” is a sports bra. It’s up for debate if the Nymph-Muses’ natural forms have leaf-bras. It’s slightly less up for debate if “Down Memory Lane” features a young adult Alej in a pink bra for #8.
        So at least five bras with four visible, potentially a sports bra or two, and if not, a couple cases of at least keeping just that area covered.

      • Thor

        Excellent work!
         
        As a reward, you may have the satisfaction of a job well done.

      • Neku

        Which is a satisfaction not oft sought out by people anymore. Sad.
        I graciously accept.

  • Wallet Inspector

    ..and then the Doomsday Meteor comes.

  • gyro5

    Things are calming down but it will be a calm before the storm. That husky guy is up to no good.

  • Katzy

    There’s a difference between a bad person and a lost one.

    Alej is coming back to her senses; she’s not lost anymore.

  • Thanatos

    It’s…very difficult to figure out who’s talking and in what order in this episode. The text colors are confusing…

    • Thor

      The text colors are there to eliminate confusion. All of the brown-on-ecru speech bubbles belong to Alej. All the white ones belong to Mora in the first two panels, and the rest are easy to figure out by context.
       
      The only really confusing speech bubbles are Alej’s top two bubbles in panel 3. The eye wants to read the topmost bubble first and the leftmost bubble first at the same time. Makes the reader stumble.

  • Albert

    @ Renadt you should just ignore trolls and their defenders. You are just giving them the attention they are obviously craving. Thor says these things so he can get attention and your playing right into his hands.He’s trying really hard to be funny and he is just sounding obnoxious now. Just ignore him like I am doing.

    • Thor

      If you are ignoring me, then how do you know what I sound like right now?

    • Rogue Dusk

      I don’t see what’s so bad about a little cynicism and pointing out the objective truth (what you define as “trolling”).

      • Neku

        That’s because you’re not a fanboy being challenged about what you believe to be the “solid truth”. Funny thing is, though, until now Thor’s left Albert alone this entire page of comments; his first reply was to Cool Sean directly.
        Do I smell more conclusive proof that Albert wants to be a hero (or martyr) here?

  • unthinkably swag

    aight so she aint the villain no more.

    Does that octaconish wolf dude get the throne of the villain, or does the whole style of the comic change?

    So yeah, what gives?

    • Thor

      I don’t think he’d really want to become the new antagonist. From what all I see, the antagonist doesn’t actually ever get to win, not even for a little bit.
       
      If you are Mora, reality will bend over backwards to kiss your rump roast before things even start to look a little grim.

      • RandomRedneck

        Yeah. Not like Mora took a shotgun to the back of the head a few pages ago or anything…

      • Thor

        Yeah, and she was incapacitated for all of one panel. And getting hit on the head allowed her to solve the conflict in her favor instantly and completely.
         
        That’ll show her!

  • http://laslindas.katbox.net/ Carbuncles21

    actually no back when all of this start alje has been winning for years unless you paid no attention to all the rewards she was shooting and you guys call mary sue just because she rose to the top from the bottom of the barrel

    • Albert

      Exactly. While Mora was struggling to make her little farm work, Alej has her own company, was winning awards, lives in a nice fancy house and gets invited to exclusive resorts and fancy parties. She is a big shot and was basically ‘winning’ all the time. Alej could have had tons of friends and colleagues but she choose to be bitter and anti-social instead. And she STILL wanted Mora’s little patch of dirt for herself and tried to strong arm it away from her. Alej was in a position to move on and be powerful but she chose instead to be petty and jealous of the nothing Mora has. Alej is the classic Lex Luthor type of villain. She has everything and instead of taking advantage of that instead you spend you life hating on someone for what little they have and the fact that they are happy with it. I know people like that. They have a good life and recent you because you are trying to rise up they try everything in their power to trip you up and push you back down. They have everything but still recent you for having anything.

      • RoslynDrey

        Lex Luther…..dude you read my mind. ._.

      • RoslynDrey

        *Luthor….pardon my spelling fail.

  • LameKetchupBeer!

    Calm scene. But ya know, ooold habits die hard. There´s still room for some petty fights (I´m pretty sure that´s some of the things that turn “on” Alej competitiveness). Anyway, I hope that Toots get some lovey-dovey time, got it Alej?. Dat tiny mousie loves ya, cunt! She did snuck in enemy territory for ya!

    xD

    P.D. @Albert, “The grass is always greener in the other side of the fence”. Right. For some people, that´s how the world spins.

  • http://laslindas.katbox.net/ Carbuncles21

    with all this going on i wonder what taffy and randal were doing before they got home

  • M&M’sthateatyou!!!!

    lol dat sad

  • RoslynDrey

    Maybe now we can see a little more into Mora’s reasons for running off so long ago. Yay for soon to come exposition!

  • Joseph Fox

    it’s about time we see some peace…. and now we can get to the bottom of why she left.

  • http://www.thegeekzone.us Justin T. Southerland

    this is capital! i always love it when a “villain” that i like becomes a good guy which is the rout this looks to be heading, boo ya!

  • RobinGoodfellow

    There’s a wistfulness in this page that echoes so beautifully…. Along with the buds of hope. It draws you in.