New Page #4!
On Monday I posted a guide to who all of these new characters are. Use this Warren Family Tree as your cheat sheet for keeping all of Alan’s adopted brother-cousins straight!
VOTE this week to read a real letter written by Mary Warren! She wrote this to her youngest son John when he was serving in the army as a surgeon. I hope I did her proud in this scene…
I’m back from Williamsburg, and if you missed my picture updates via Twitter, go check it out. We had a wonderfully magical Grand Illumination–it was everything I hoped it would be!
Well, it’s FanArtPollooza time! Ready for some entries?!
(And yes, you can enter more than once!)
A beautiful digital painting inspired by Page 14 of Issue #12.
The Pain of War by Estelwyn13:
A short fan fic about Bea’s dilemma inspired by Page 18 of Issue #12.
Past the Dancing Days or: The True Lies of Stories, by Midenian-Lostie:
Excerpt: “She used to think that having a story would make her special. Living in her plays and movies–that would make her someone. But no one had told her that having a story would make her old. “
“Dreamer Doodle“, alternate lyrics to Yankee Doodle by SailorMoonSonic!
And inspired obviously by Page 16 of Issue #7, ”First Kisses” by Gaby C:
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“When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me – speaking words of wisdom: Let it be.” Love that woman! (Also love the way she refers to John as “Dear Child”, even though he’s in his 20s.) Will start enjoying the fanart when I’m less sleepy…
Once the baby always the baby. My mother-in-law was just referring to my (33 year old!) husband as “her little baby” yesterday, ha ha!
Poor John. It’s what he gets for being the youngest!
Then cousin Will addresses him as “Auspicious Youth” in his letter. I suppose that’s preferable.
Ooo…that song works so very well here! Well quoted!
Awe I wanna be like mrs Warren when I grow older
I’m rather curious about Aunt Mary’s gloves actually. Was it a choice of fashion back in the day or is it for practical reasons?
Possibly a little of both.
gah! oh im crying AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
Battered and torn
Still i can see the light
Tattered and worn
But i must kneel to fight
Friend of mine
What can’t you spare
I know some times
It gets cold in there
When my legs no longer carry
And the warm wind chills my bones
I reach for mother mary
And i shall not walk alone
So appropriate for how Alan’s feeling….the blind boys of alabama strike again
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So! I really love how things are ending here with Mary and Alan. It’s not hard to imagine little Alan growing up with a crush on everybody’s favorite aunt. Plus, her little speech about his dad? So great.
By the way, that vote incentive letter was awe-soooome ….good work on tracking it
and that picture of herdown.Update on fanfiction — piece is written, but the site keeps coming up with new and frustrating reasons to delay me posting it.
In other words……. GRRR-ARRRRRRRRGGGHHH!!!
Great update Mary knows just what to say! And I meant to mention this earlier, but never did, I have to give her some serious credit, I don’t think I could climb a tree as well as she did and I am sure I am at least half her age…maybe more lol I suppose she’s had a lot of practice with all the boys?
Mary Warren was a remarkable woman. They had a rather large farm for Roxbury. Were even considered “opulent” while her husband still alive. When he died she never remarried but she also didn’t give up the farm. She ran it as a woman while taking care of her four boys. Pretty tough stuff!
I imagine she must’ve worked around the farm herself–she had to. Her oldest son was off at Harvard when her husband died and the next oldest boy was only 12! I think they may have had one slave but that was it. So I bet she had some muscles!
One day in my spare time I will have to do some more American History research, it’s so interesting!
I wish Mary Warren was my aunt and the colors are so cute and sad at the same time.
I’ll comment on this again when I’m not half dead.
Ok I’m slightly more alive today. Such a sweet page. We all need Aunt Marys in our lives.
God… this page… so much feelings!
I almost cried along with Alan.
Almost.
So…. it’s 1759, right? How did Alan’s father die? In the French and Indian War? Has it been said previously?
Only in Alan’s bio here on the site with more details in the Quartet of Prattlers story. Yes his father was killed in the French Indian War. Alan has been staying with his aunt while his father was away.
so how did his mother die? has that been mentioned elsewhere?
hmmm. Yes, I think in the “Most Agreeable Thanksgiving” story. Joseph Warren mentions it in his thoughts.
Wow, I think I finally have a favorite character in your comic. I’ve always liked everyone, but I really love Mary Warren. She is amazing.
Poor Alan…must be tough to lose a family member so young. This seems like a “normal” reaction to emotions he doesn’t quite understand in himself! Beautiful page, and I love her reasonings on how to let go.
My memories of losing family members at that age was that I was sad, but not fully aware of the magnitude of the loss. I’m guessing that the experience is different if you lose one or both parents…and that kids may have been “older” back in the 1700′s than in the 1980′s, so they really -get it-.
I can see so much of adult Alan in sad little Alan’s face on this page! Of course, just like everyone else I absolutely ADORE Mary Warren. I can only hope I’ll be half that awesome of an aunt now that I am one.
Odd thought: Where I live,, most everyone pronounces “aunt” the same way we say “ant”, but my husband’s family says it more like “ah-nt”. How would it have been pronounced in Colonial/Revolutionary America?
PS: Also really love the letter, but now I’m curious. It seems she’s implying that the son it is addressed to may not be a Christian. That surely was rare in those days…am I reading it wrong?
Oh my word, ALL THE TEARS for today’s page. So beautiful, so sad, and so true. I’ve been reading this comic since the beginning, but this is the first time I’ve commented — I just wanted you to know what a beautiful job you’ve done with this. I love Mary. Just love her.
Wow, R.J. Thank you! And thank you for taking the time to tell me! :) You’re welcome to comment any time…
This page is wonderful! I’m loving Aunt Mary more and more.
Also, my copy of Volume 2 finally came into the bookstore the other day! It’s so beautiful, flipping through it literally takes my breath away. The comic has always looked lovely on the web, but in print it’s just AMAZING.
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