Iron

[frameacloud]

Page number 7 of Theri There, originally posted on October 10, 2005.

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Image description:
Large calligraphy letters say "Fae fear iron."
Below, a fae acts melodramatically horrified about an ironing board.
Description ends.

Notes: A more serious explanation of why fairies legendarily fear the metal is found in the Elvendrums song, "Iron."

[Edit October 21, 2023: Added local images, links, and transcript.]

Comments

[silussa.livejournal.com]

Darn....you found our weakness. *wry grin*

[makuus.livejournal.com]

Heh...

Although, a notable sidebar from your commentary item: "This is why dragons end up doing most of the housework." Not all dragons like doing housework, mind. This is why many will leave it until it must absolutely be done (after all, there is plenty of time to do it later), or are portrayed in media as having servants or slaves to do it for them (although, it should be noted that this is almost always a portrayal of wistful wishing and not reality). };-:}~

[a-leprechaun.livejournal.com]

LOL. I officially love this comic now. ;)

Very appropriate, since I never do ironing here at school. Eheh.

[clare-dragonfly.livejournal.com]

::DIES::

...I think I love you.

This is why I'm so bad at ironing clothes!

[delcan.livejournal.com]

*snurk* Bad. Bad in a good way. I especially like the fae creature's body language - is it 'It burns! It burns!' or 'Not the laundry!!' Or both? *grin*

[cloakable.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't know any fae, so I cannot confirm/deny any of it (either fae fearing iron, or dragons doing the housework). Would the source of this comic please stand up?

[frameacloud]

Who, me?

[cloakable.livejournal.com]

Ah, so it's you. Heh. You live with a fae?

[elynne.livejournal.com]

"Live with"... yeeaaaaahhh... I'll let waywind explain that, if xie's of a mind to. ;)

completely confused now

[frameacloud]

Live... with...? Uh... I think we're communicating from different platforms or something.

This week's particular comic strip is a hypothetical situation based upon sort of a pun, and the assumption that fae dislike doing the ironing as much as anyone else.

Why would you think that I'd live with a fairy in order to draw a comic about one? Or that the person making the comic would be someone else than usual?

Re: completely confused now

[cloakable.livejournal.com]

Heh. I thought you were talkung from experience. No worries.

The comic commentary below the comic hinted at some experience.

And I thought someone gave you the *idea* not the *strip*.

Re: completely confused now

[slupine.livejournal.com]

Because I think, by "who is the source", it wasn't meant "who drew it?" but "who gave you the idea?"

Re: completely confused now

[cloakable.livejournal.com]

Bingo!
*gives slupine a cookie*

Re: completely confused now

[slupine.livejournal.com]

*squees* Cookie!!!!!! *curls up with cookie and snuggles it before eating*

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

I was about to be all 'omg its showing up already?!' and then I remembered that today is in fact Monday. Stupid extended weekends, messing up my time sense.

[slupine.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least you got an extra day. My college only allows us one 3-day weekend a quarter. So even though the post office and many other places are closed today, we still have school. *waves a yay flag around*

[eredien]

I was going to print this, and perhaps affix it either to my laundry hamper or the notebook which I am currently writing a novel about fae in, but when I printed the page it didn't print at all.

Is there some way in which I might be able to print it?

[frameacloud]

Ha, I love that idea. :)

..."but when I printed the page it didn't print at all. Is there some way in which I might be able to print it?"
Hmm, that's unexpected... it probably has something to do with the way images are blocked on Comicgenesis or something. Since that's just something the website's programming does, it'd only happen if you're trying to print the whole webpage. So, save the comic image by itself to a folder in your computer. (In Windows: right click, save as.) Then print that image.

[eredien]

I tried that too; still didn't work.

[frameacloud]

I have no idea.

[forestdweller.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha! You've got me! I HATE ironing!!

My Phoenix is the one that usually does it! Still. I have it on my list for today. After cooking. Yes.

ROFL

[xanateria.livejournal.com]

Love the comic...have gone back to read from the start, and will posting a link in my personal journal for all of my Kin and Kin friendly friends.
Thank you so much for sharing your obvious talent.
Oh...and ps...voted for you too :D

[zuki-san.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

A more light-hearted comic. But I like.

Ironically enough, I don't particularly mind ironing, and do identify as a dragon.

Though I'm a rather disorganized sort, that has been known to do things like iron dirty laundry so it at least *looks* clean, and then wear it to school. Quick fix when you kinda need nice clothes that day.

[wearyed.livejournal.com]

Love this comic.
And as this was the first one I saw I about died laughing.
As that is the exact situation I live with.