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by Aria on April 11, 2017 at 4:40 AM

Chapter: Mile High Engage

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you’ll grow into it

Carcharadon

Those last three panels are fantastic in every way. <3
- Aria
  
  Thank you! I really liked working on this one
Amaaré

Oh wow, so Jo is to blame 😉
And of course kid Phin loves her awful looking hair.

This page is so sweet though, we haven’t seen enough of Jo trying to parent and kid Phin being…a handful.
- Aria
  
  Yeeah I actually love stuff like this but I don’t get to show this sort of domestic junk too often. I thought this would be a good chance to cap off the flashback from earlier while also getting the Hair Lore out of the way haha
l33tninja

…so the whistle summons sweet memories of Jo? Pretty cool.
- Wereael
  
  The moral of the story is, it isn’t escaping a crashing starship that matters, what really matters was the memories we made along the way ~~that are now flashing rapidly before our eyes as we crash to the ground~~.
caribouchat

…
pre-boof, check.
- Aria
  
  There’s always been this trope of cutting off long hair to signify growth but like. It always turns out so neat and perfect?? It’s hard to cut off a ton of hair like that, I’ve always wanted to see it come out real ugly lookin hehe. gotta earn the boof
  - caribouchat
    
    Do you know Witchy comic? Not so neat and perfect, there.
    But yes, I cut a lot of hair in my life, even my own, and often it’s not really good looking for a while… That will also be much less work for Jo, won’t it? (This sketch is still one of my favorite). Two birds with one stone.
    - Aria
      
      That’s true! But now Jo has to live with the fact that she was the one who introduced this child to a life of stupid hair, sigh
caribouchat

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5ec413e041671e750e01ea742eac4f2a90808f88de0e8d20bb2314a6313d41cd.png
- Wereael
  
  This explains the hair though. Jo isn’t exactly the best person to learn to cut your own hair from, when she doesn’t have any (being a rooster).
- Sandman366
  
  That was my first thought. That is absolutely hilarious that the hair that gets dumber….she made that way.
  
  I love that even more now.
Wereael

Aaah, end of the chapter! A good way to end it, even if somewhat of a cliffhanger.
- Aria
  
  Thank you! Don’t worry, I won’t make you guys wait too long.
Aria

That’s the one!
Sandman366

Jo cut apparently the worst hairstyle ever to where Phin just laughs about how terrible it is….and never changes the hair, ever.

Does she love how stupid it looks, do it to mess with Jo, do it to mess with others (and/or see if they’ll comment on how dumb it is)…or does she actually like it despite how apparently stupid it looks?

(Never really thought it looked that dumb myself. Phin’s hair. She wants to wear it that way, it’s her problem. (Especially when she’s capable of punching a face the way she’s capable of punching a face. Pretty much anybody except Jo says her hair looks stupid, I expect them to be backing it up with some fleeing, or bleeding.))

In any case, the streak of loving almost every page that goes through here…continues. (I say “almost”, since…while I don’t remember any pages I didn’t find awesome, there might’ve been a couple. But still, it’s quite the lengthy streak. Something like 300 or 400 pages. ;P)
- Aria
  
  Phin loves her hair the way it is now! She’s just also self-aware enough to know it looks really silly.
  
  Thank you very much <3
  - Sandman366
    
    Silly hair is subjective. And silly hair suits a silly person. So really, the hair suits her pretty well.
    
    Though, from the angle in that last panel, I’d say if you just flatten that it wouldn’t look that different from my hair. (Well, on the nearer side, anyway. And obviously not pink. And maybe I’m wrong about my description. Sometimes bad at descriptions. Especially for hair.)