New Page #21! The saddest page in Dreamer history.
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Oh Thomas Knowlton we will miss you forever and ever and poor Fed
R.I.P.
THOMAS KNOWLTON
NOVEMBER 22, 1740 TO SEPTEMBER 16, 1776
YOU ARE THE GREATEST SOLDIER WHO EVER LIVED, GOD WE ALL WILL YOU FOREVER
*salutes*
All we need to come up with what’s going to say on Thomas’s Tombstone so we can remember
from a website I found….
“Knowlton was buried with military honors in an unmarked grave at 143rd St. and St. Nicholas Ave. Knowlton is described as being six feet high, erect and elegant in figure, and formed more for activity than strength. He had light complexion, dark hair, and eyes of deep spiritual beauty.”
Oooohhh dear…dreamy
A book I read said he had the jawline of a superhero and the boyish good looks of a prince.
*sigh*
This is just downright depressing. :( Poor Freddy.
‘Tis very lovely though…
Yeah, no tombstone for Thomas Knowlton. Though he does have a statue in downtown Hartford. It’s sort of epic. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gfs3pS0dcKU/TZEtD-libBI/AAAAAAAAAzk/_IM74WxPInw/s1600/Col+Thomas+Knowlton.jpg
That is one very epic (and handsome) statue! :O So regal!
Wow! So glad there’s a real-life marker somewhere. And epic!
Nooooo……. *makes various whining noises*
Beautiful incentive, though.
“My body is broken. I go now to my fathers, and even in their mighty company i shall not now be ashamed.”
–Theoden Horsemaster, Lord of the Mark
GAAAAAHHHH!!!! *SNIFF*
WAHHHAAAHHAHAHA! D:
I could just imagine Knowlton saying this…. great, sad, lovely scene, perfect for Knowlton too…
This quote is attributed to him by legend.
Which quote, Knowlton’s?
“Out of his eyes I saw the last light glide.
Here among the light of the lording sky
An old man is with me where I go
Walking in the meadows of his son’s eye
On whom a world of ills came down like snow.
He cried as he died, fearing at last the spheres’
Last sound, the world going out without a breath:
Too proud to cry, too frail to check the tears,
And caught between two nights, blindness and death.
O deepest wound of all that he should die
On that darkest day. oh, he could hide
The tears out of his eyes, too proud to cry.
Until I die he will not leave my side.”
Well, damn. A song for Colonel Knowlton. http://youtu.be/vcj4SzzWYUo
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have something in my eye.
Wow, I love Dorothea Lange’s photos over that song… Make me think of John Steinbeck (obviously!) and I love them both.
*SOB* :’(
Make it stop! Make it stop! No-oooooo! :((((
:(
Oh geez. I come back from the Taylor Swift concert to find the most heart wrenching page yet! *Whimper*
And the VI: Bea, you are far more patient than I. I’d have run out after them by now…
GERG! You….saw….and I couldn’t get….
Dammit, now I’m even sadder.
Sorry. I didn’t get Swift tickets. My sis did. I was just along for the ride.
Don’t be sad!
Yeah, but you still got to see her perform, and Carrie Underwood is good but you know she’s no Taylor.
Don’t like Carrie Underwood.o.o
My mom was hoping for tickets for the Janet Jackson’s concert but somebody won the 2 tickets
I saw the preview on the blog, and I felt sick… :’(
Rest in Peace Thomas Knowlton… you’ll be remembered in your men’s, your son’s, and your fan’s hearts. <3
okay, I don’t cry easily…hadn’t yet…up until that last panel. Oh gosh. the blood on the grass, and the leaves blowing gently on the winds of change…It’s just my allergies causing my eyes to water and nose to sniff…
Poor, poor Fred. Now, go out there and do as your pa told you–he’s watching you.
VI–BEA! whyfor you still sit there like a lump?! Do something! Even if it’s a breakdown with drama queen hysterics, that would be more like you.
I don’t think Bea knows what to do. Follow the smoke? What would she do when she got there? How would she know how to get to the American lines and not the British? Last time she ran onto a battlefield it was an accident but it didn’t end well and she promised herself she wouldn’t do that again: http://www.thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=160
Though, it *is* Bea, so if she changed her mind I wouldn’t be surprised. ;)
I didn’t expect her to do anything useful, just to show a bit more emotion than she has. she’s got it all bottled up inside right now, and she’s going to blow hard when she does blow…unfortunately, that time is likely to be in the 21st century :P
I don’t know. If I were Bea, I’d march right out onto that battlefield with finger extended into Alan’s face…
Bea: “Mr. Alan Warren! All summer with no correspondence, and you finally give me this??? It’s beautiful, and certainly of the calibur I’ve been expecting for months, but the overall sentiment is all wrong!”
Alan: “Umm, Beatrice? This is a battlefield. Can you please leave before you get killed?”
Bea: “I won’t die. I’m still alive in two centuries! And stop trying to change the subject!!”
:)
ladies and gentlemen i give you the first INCENTIVE CAPTION!!! of the week. :)
Huzzah!
You know, this is the only place I can say ‘huzzah’ without people going “say what now?”.
They do tend to give you odd looks when you use that word. I should know, I said it by accident at the grocery store a few days ago. ouo;
wahhhh! it is so sad. I am going to miss Thom so much. Go Freddy! Take your father’s place. Be strong! *Cheers while sobbing*
*thumbs up*
I wake up in the morning and find this update….
Ttttrust me.. I just have a case of early morning eye problems… They always water like this.
Knowlton, cheers to you our brave hero, cheers.
It’s crazy! That’s going around today. We all seem to have it. ;)
When I woke up this morning saw the text on my phone from twitter about the updated page, I knew I had to make sure I do not have people near me. I knew I would cry, but the biggest thing that really cause my tears was the last part where Fred is alone with his Dad. I wanted to jump in the page and hug Fred and cry with him. Knowlton was a great man who lost his life for his young country. His wife, must have been proud to say she was his wife and no one else’s. Thanks Lora for making me cry, and in the morning too. :(
Nikita
So beautiful. So sad. :*(
I have to day, The Dreamer is my favorite thing about Wednesday mornings.
Glad to be of service!
Thank you for making me care so much for these people, you’ve made them so real and tangible. Though I’m going to be a bit of mess now Knowlton is gone, it is a true testament to the beautiful job you’re doing with The Dreamer.
I’m just going to go re-read earlier issues so I can live in denial now. *chants* He is not dead. He is not dead…
No, no, no, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *insert varied wailing noises here* Nooo you finally did it :(( *sniff sniff* I was NOT expecting this to be “the” quote page, mostly because the last update featured poor ol’ Nate…shocked me in any case. Man oh man…just..epic..sad, heartwrenching…all in one page…….. Excuse me. I’m gonna go crawl under my bed and go into denial now…..
Oh, before I do, I must say how much more flippin’ DASHING Hamilton looks when he’s…dirty. Not so prim and proper and spotlessly clean ;) Sorry. Random note.
And hey…where’d Knowlton’s shirt go? O_o surgeon rip it off?
He untied his necktie… shirt still on. Just open. http://thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=338
And Hamilton hates being dirty, I think. But he likes being a hero more, so it’s worth it to him. ;)
My dh went to Hamilton College in upstate New York.
When I pointed out Hamilton in the strip and told John that Hammy has a whole fanclub, he gave this look of “I knew you were a nut, but holy mackerel, there’s more like you?” :D
There are so many of us…soooo many….MUAHAHA!
Oh. Durh…. :)
I knowww…right…? Loving his “dramatic point” !! :)
nessili – Yay! *must..find…”like”..button…..* You should tell him to join us history nuts. The more the merrier. ;))
NO!!! So Sad! But it was done beautifully you really captured the emotions well.
I’m not crying.
It’s just raining on my face.
Beautiful, beautiful page. My sister told me to read it with this music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hre5fkdq-0
That music always reminds me of these scenes
-Aaron being introduced
-Shannon crying over Boone (not realising he’s now a vampire ;-) )
-all of them boarding the plane
okay, i got it now…. INCENTIVE CAPTION!!
Bea: “Okay, if I steal Brego, the battle is about ten miles away, maybe ….damn it, where’s a jewelry loving hobbit when you need one?”
Nooooooooo! :(
What it felt like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co27asXcXqQ
Saddest. Disney death scene. Ever.
What is your icon?
A fanart I got for my novel’s main couple. Age of Sail, nice, fatherly, dreamy captain and young, passionate lieutenant.
*groans* Noooo. Most traumatic childhood experience. Well, at that point. October 21st, 1996 and September 11, 2001 knocked it off the stage…
Still, traumatic.
God, that last panel! I was okay until I saw THAT, and now I’m just a blibbering mess of sadness and tears.
But great job on the page, Lora! I suppose it’s a good thing when a death scene makes you cry, even if doesn’t feel like it at the time :(
Another poem fitting for a Knowlton farewell:
Somewhere,
There is a city,
Made of Glass.
Where the Sun shines clear,
And the Moon is pure,
Where the day brings Love,
And the night is Peace.
War, and Hate,
Do not exist.
Everything is Fair,
All are Equal,
This City is where,
Angels sleep.
This City,
Puts Paradise to shame,
And perfection,
In perception,
For so great,
Is the Peace,
The mere Sight induces,
That the only thought,
Your mind may host,
Is “I have been Lost,
And at last,
I have return home.”
This City made of Glass,
Is home to all.
To you,
And to me,
For there,
In that perfect place,
We are all alike,
There,
We all may finally rest.
*edit for this page*
I go there now,
I wait for you,
I watch your life,
Live it as I have taught you,
Make me proud,
My son,
My boy,
Remember me,
And pray for peace.
:’( That was so touching.. I am flooding my heart with tears.. of which I have cried enough tears already today.
Did you write that yourself? O.o
….yes….o////o
Great job Half Moon! You have a talent. :)
My thoughts exactly.
o////o thanks
:D
Not bad. Not bad at all. Did you put it all together in just a few hours or was it prepared ahead of time for this moment? Whatever, I like it and I’m not the “mushy” type!
lol, I wrote it a while ago for a story I’m working on. I just saw this page and it started running in my head with the add-on at the end….though I wish I could change the fourth line in the add-on to “Live your life strong and true”…
:(
The old Knowlton is dead. Long live Freddy!
Oh, c’mon! He’s not even cold yet! But seriously, the really worst part of this is that we can’t just shrug him off as just another dead comic character who’d probably get resurrected a few issues later if he were a super hero or villain. Thomas Knowlton was an all too real flesh and blood person who went long before his time. I am certainly going to miss him, crusty exterior and all. Anyway, I hope you didn’t think I was getting on your case. Keep the faith, Faith!
I found this video of Thomas Knowlton!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VZSXSRbTBg
Sweetness. :)
*sobs* MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS ALWAYS DIE. ALWAYS.