He also looks more tired, not just older in the second pic. It’s not just his hair but his face. He looks so beaten down and that’s just heartbreaking. I don’t know if he married and mated with Amaryllis for love or convenience but it’s clear he does love his daughters.
I’ve been on the fence about Mallow… mainly my own preconceptions as a man
told all my life that ‘a real man…’
But this page is so close that it burns. Stay strong my friend.
‘Private Heart…
I have a public face,
and a private heart.
Do you see ones end,
and the others start?
Or like so many,
passing by,
Fooled by the smile,
you miss the sigh?
And blinded thus,
would you turn away,
When a private heart
would bid you
Oh my god I had forgotten all about Elftown. I cannot believe that this website is still up and running. That is absolutely delightful! Now comes the process of getting to recover a decades old account lol Thanks for this fun trip down memory lane.
I’m sorry you’ve had “real man” people in your life. My husband’s father was that way and it took cutting ties with him for my husband to begin to heal. I hope you’ve been able to move forward from that crap and have been able to find peace in your own values as a person.
I hope to never be a fair weather friend. This would still be Mallow, even if he hadn’t taken the initiative. He could still not do what’s best for Abeille and he would still be a loving father.
oof. this hit hard.
I’m in the middle of taking care of my own dad while he’s battling a nasty cancer. we’re hopeful but you still never know. because of that I’ve been reminiscing on old times with him. I’m in my 20’s and I’m just beginning my life on my own so I was saying good bye to how things used to be anyway, but it’s just harder when that good bye might be more permanent
All the best, I hope your father makes a full recovery! I lost my mom in October. I’m a bit older than you – mid-30s – but it still feels way too young to lose a parent. I suspect it always will. So I hope that you will be spared from that pain for many more years to come.
I am crying with FEELS, both from the characters and everyone’s responses to it. But, I have some usful advice: when cleaning your face while ugly crying, ALWAYS wipe your eyes first, THEN your nose. Good life lesson.
This really is a great page. The words and art are beautiful and give such a powerful message. Really hope Mallow can stand up to his wife for his daughter’s sake. </3
I saw this scene once from the child’s perspective. It went something to the effect of, “When I was a child whenever my father and I would go to the temple I would ask him to carry me on his back. When I got bigger he said ‘You have gotten to big for me to carry.” That’s when I knew someday I would loose him.”
I remember when my dad and I had this sort of moment. I was engaged to a man my mother and sisters did not approve of because he’s Jewish. My dad took me out to Joshua Tree, middle of the desert, where we used to go when I was a child to watch shooting stars. We had a really powerful bonding moment out there. I think we both knew this was the last time we would go out to Joshua Tree together. I had just finished college and was planning to move to another state shortly after the wedding, he and my mother were planning to move across the country to be closer to my grandparents.
Dad said something along the lines of, “I knew you’d fly from the nest one day. I’m glad you have a partner who flies as high as you.”
I can’t tell you how good it was to know at least one person in my family approved of my marriage. 15 years later, he still says stuff like “of all the in-laws, I like your husband the best.” Take THAT, antisemitic sisters!
He’s a good dad
That doesn’t look like Mallow is going to end up much of an asset to Amaryllis’ machinations. Unless she takes him hostage, that is.
Mallow’s hair – and how it changed as Abielle got older – is an excellent metaphor for oppression and Amaryllis’ control over him.
He also looks more tired, not just older in the second pic. It’s not just his hair but his face. He looks so beaten down and that’s just heartbreaking. I don’t know if he married and mated with Amaryllis for love or convenience but it’s clear he does love his daughters.
Not all cages are physical.
I’ve been on the fence about Mallow… mainly my own preconceptions as a man
told all my life that ‘a real man…’
But this page is so close that it burns. Stay strong my friend.
‘Private Heart…
I have a public face,
and a private heart.
Do you see ones end,
and the others start?
Or like so many,
passing by,
Fooled by the smile,
you miss the sigh?
And blinded thus,
would you turn away,
When a private heart
would bid you
‘Stay?’
Elihion Longtoes.
aka Paul Whitfield
07/08/2001′
http://www.elftown.com/wiki.html?name=elihion-poem1
Oh my god I had forgotten all about Elftown. I cannot believe that this website is still up and running. That is absolutely delightful! Now comes the process of getting to recover a decades old account lol Thanks for this fun trip down memory lane.
I’m sorry you’ve had “real man” people in your life. My husband’s father was that way and it took cutting ties with him for my husband to begin to heal. I hope you’ve been able to move forward from that crap and have been able to find peace in your own values as a person.
You are very welcome. 🙂 *hug*
Elihias
I wonder if this is what my Dad felt when I went to college…
This page is so beautiful ;-;
I hope to never be a fair weather friend. This would still be Mallow, even if he hadn’t taken the initiative. He could still not do what’s best for Abeille and he would still be a loving father.
You know Mallow, if just you (not your wife) stayed here on Monotropa I really don’t think Abielle would object to that.
There’s the moment I was waiting for. Now let’s see how he handles his wife.
Someone give this man a hug. <3
This makes the personalities of Abielle and her sister make so much more sense. They are such a mix of young Mallow and his present icicle.
I have a feeling that Amaryllis dislikes skating.
oof. this hit hard.
I’m in the middle of taking care of my own dad while he’s battling a nasty cancer. we’re hopeful but you still never know. because of that I’ve been reminiscing on old times with him. I’m in my 20’s and I’m just beginning my life on my own so I was saying good bye to how things used to be anyway, but it’s just harder when that good bye might be more permanent
All the best, I hope your father makes a full recovery! I lost my mom in October. I’m a bit older than you – mid-30s – but it still feels way too young to lose a parent. I suspect it always will. So I hope that you will be spared from that pain for many more years to come.
thank you !! I hope so too.
Sorry about your mom– it’s never easy.
*insert old man crying gif*
They could still skate together. Just, not every day.
I am crying with FEELS, both from the characters and everyone’s responses to it. But, I have some usful advice: when cleaning your face while ugly crying, ALWAYS wipe your eyes first, THEN your nose. Good life lesson.
This really is a great page. The words and art are beautiful and give such a powerful message. Really hope Mallow can stand up to his wife for his daughter’s sake. </3
We’ve seen people holo-in to the dance party, could he do the same?
I saw this scene once from the child’s perspective. It went something to the effect of, “When I was a child whenever my father and I would go to the temple I would ask him to carry me on his back. When I got bigger he said ‘You have gotten to big for me to carry.” That’s when I knew someday I would loose him.”
I remember when my dad and I had this sort of moment. I was engaged to a man my mother and sisters did not approve of because he’s Jewish. My dad took me out to Joshua Tree, middle of the desert, where we used to go when I was a child to watch shooting stars. We had a really powerful bonding moment out there. I think we both knew this was the last time we would go out to Joshua Tree together. I had just finished college and was planning to move to another state shortly after the wedding, he and my mother were planning to move across the country to be closer to my grandparents.
Dad said something along the lines of, “I knew you’d fly from the nest one day. I’m glad you have a partner who flies as high as you.”
I can’t tell you how good it was to know at least one person in my family approved of my marriage. 15 years later, he still says stuff like “of all the in-laws, I like your husband the best.” Take THAT, antisemitic sisters!