At least she wasn't trying to dye her tail brown.
Sorry this is a bit late. Life happened.
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Anonymous asked: So Gillie, you're a redhead now, but did you ever experiment with other colorsor styles when you were younger? How easy is it to dye your hair and stuff in the future? (Does Dirtball have a hairdresser??)
Gillie: It's been many colors, having white hair makes it very easy to experiment. I spent a few years in college as pink, but I've settled on orange for now. The annoying part has always been staining my lashes and eyebrows to match. Idrisah has suggested I get gene therapy to become a permanent redhead, but that would probably make my body hair darker, too. No thanks, I'd have to shave even more often... Shikaviil having a hairdresser is a funny joke. Most people here cut their own hair. I just use a box dye.
Curona asked: Gillie, have you ever dyed your tail? How did that go?
Gillie: I tried that as a teen... There were, uh... Technical issues.
Image: Pants-less teen Gillie attempting to dye her short tail pink using a small mirror on a toilet seat. The pink is smeared over most of her butt.
Image: Teen Gillie holds out a pair of her pants with pink staining around the tail sleeve and gusset.
13 thoughts on “RttS Reader Questions 23”
Arcstone
Whots all dis then?
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Arcstone
(dont know if theres a way to embed images in here)
Apollo235
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Elle
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MyUniverseinaBox
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Arcstone
Gilliebutt havin the fans acti’n unwise.
Guy Talking
“And to this day Idrisah still occasionally calls me pinkbutt…”
Teod
What does a sign for “uh…” look like?
Crow
I’m not an expert at all but from what I know it usually looks like vague hand gestures, a pause, or drawing out the last word you said. Linguistically, um is a filler word, meant to keep you talking while you think.
Jay Eaton
Gillie’s dialog is an English translation, not a direct ASL transcription. But there’s a lot of ways to portray that you’re pausing to think in ASL, including a “pondering” facial expression, fluttering your fingers, or drawing out a previous sign.
Light_In_The_Fog
If/when you release more info about your conlangs, could you also have something about the ASL signs created for this comic? Specifically remembering the sign Gillie used for ‘wormhole’ and wondering what other ones I missed. (I know thats not what ‘uh’ is but its making me think about this)
Kiariana
Jay said on that page it’s the only one they’ve created for the comic iirc!
Thisfox
I only know a very little smattering of Auslan (To greet students, and a few swearwords) and no ASL, so it all looks new to me! I do think her hands are beautifully drawn, I suspect the American audience is getting a lot more out of this than me! I should have asked her if she knows any more human sign languages than this ASL variant when I had the chance. Oh well!