Remember this guy? It’s been a while since we’ve seen him!
So, Nareth calls his father “pop”. I actually did a bit of research and found that both “pop” and “dad” are very old nicknames for fathers. I didn’t want to use “dad” because for some reason it sounds too modern – even though it clearly isn’t. So I went with pop, even though that also sounds a bit new. I just thought I’d share that bit of trivia. Those words were a lot older than I realized!
Argh, I didn’t plan this page well and committed the cardinal sin of having the tails of speech balloons cross each other. Sorry about that.
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D’aaaw, dat hug. :3 I love his dad’s face while he’s getting squashed. XD
Haha, yep, he’s like “….oooookay…”.
‘pop’ really? not dad or father? I understand Nareth is his son but there’s people there too, he might have some respect
Yep! Don’t think I didn’t think this through. 😉
For the respect thing – Nareth’s been through a lot. He’s happy to be home and to be able to hug his dad again and I really don’t think he gives a damn at this point what Agneris thinks anyway. It’s to show his happiness/relief/comfort at being home.
It’s also a throwback to this page, because we saw there that Nareth doesn’t tend to call Lord Guren “father”. The reason I didn’t use “dad” is in the author’s notes – because even though “dad” is not a modern word, it sounds modern and out of place in a fantasy setting. Thus we end up with “pop”.
All that said, you are free to disagree with my reasoning or think it seems wrong, that’s the fun of art after all! 😀 But it was not something I did off the cuff or without thinking.