Happy Independence Day Everybody!! Yay for the 4th of July. Barbeques & Grillin’, Fireworks, house full of relatives…and all that jazz~

I hope that everyone’s having a great day & for a touch of patriotism, the Americans of WaM got together for a little pin-up! And Mordred counts b/c he’s a citizen. Took the test & everything since he has no plans on moving back home with the family to the good ol’ UK.

And I still love Lancelot’s freckles~ So very much.

Moving on~

Reader Participation time!!

What’s your favorite thing to do on the 4th of July? (Or if  you’re not American – your Country’s equivalent holiday/birthday!)

“And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.”

“Proud to Be An American” by Lee Greenwood

Behold! The first WaM done completely live on Ustream. I am totally doing WaM live from now on. *_* I finished this thing in a third of the time it normally takes me b/c when I’m being watched I have no choice but to do nothing but draw. No distractions, no fanfiction, no youtube, no nothing.

And now you’ve got it done on time, in color & non-copy/paste.

So, there ya’ go. From 8-10pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I plan to be Ustreaming. Hope you all can join me.

Oh yeah, enjoy the Valkyrie fanservice while you can. We’re back with Wiglaf and Mordred on Friday.

“Happiness is a warm gun, (Bang bang, shoot shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun mama, (Bang bang, shoot shoot)
When I hold you in my arms, (Oh yeah)
And I feel my finger on your trigger, (Ooo, oh yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm. (Ooo, oh yeah)”

“Happiness is a Warm Gun” by The Beatles (I think the only thing I really like about this song is the title. XD)

Argh. Not happy with this at all. Expect more changes than color later. XD Still not happy with it. Ah well.

In another fail notice – it occurs to me that the only Valkyrie Sister whose name I can pronounce is ‘Brynhildr’ on the account it’s the name you hear all the time.

Does anyone actually know how to pronounce Sváfa or Sigrdrífa? XD

“Wind me up,
Put me down,
Start me off and watch me go,
I’ll be running circles around you sooner than you know,
A little off center,
And I’m out of tune,
Just kickin’ this can along the avenue,
But I’m alright.”

“Jerk it Out” by The Ceasars

What’s this? The Valkyrie Sisters? What happened to the two heros!? Did the polar bear get them? Did they drown? What about the man eating Ice Berg!

Was it….all a dream? o_O Would the authoress do that to you? Would she!?

Probably.

Keep reading and find out.

I do so love being evil~

“You make me wanna die
I’ll never be good enough
You make me wanna die
And everything you love, right up in the light
Every time I look inside your eyes
Make me wanna die”

“Make Me Wanna Die” by The Pretty Reckless

Driver needs to stop stealing the storyline. >_< She was supposed to pop in and out the jerk.

Anyway, um. I’m actually not sure what to talk about today. Kinda’ tired since I was running around all day. XD But my Mom did buy me a really pretty necklace as an early birthday present~ It’s shaped like a key and has little red stones on it. It’s got a little card theme going on with red hearts, dimond cut outs, a space accent and a little clover in the actual key part. So cute~

Oh hey. Found something to talk about. XD Awesome. I also test drove a Mustang today in the hunt for Roy II. Nicer ride than I thought~

Last but not least – someone listed ‘Ship Tease’ for WaM on its TVTropes page. I am amused.

I get a ridiculous amount of glee from seeing fans edit that stupid page or adding the cast to the individual trope pages. XD

“Black waves come
And so fear me, December
Sinking in nolan time
I’ve lost all my pure feelings
The psychiatrist posing as psychologist
When fear predicts
Then doubtly the mind suffers
Are we talking?
White is the winter”

“Apocalypso” by Mew

Welp. Car is totaled. XD In about a week I’ll find out how much insurance is going to give me for it. Hopefully I have enough for a down payment on a new car. Who shall be Roy II.

You all forgot they had a pet plant, didn’t you? You did.

Oh.

Happy Birthday Mike!

(And KGJ’s was Yesterday! :D)

“Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again”

“Memory” from CATS (Elaine Paige ver.)

Edit: Thanks for all the well wishing! Still waiting to hear back about the car, but we’ll see. And lookie! Color. You all can actually talk about the comic now instead of the mess below. XD Whee~

And my new nickname at work is “Crash” – I can’t tell if that’s sad or horribly amusing.

So yeah~ If you’re following my twitter you probably heard about all the excitement Mon/Tue. XD For those of you who don’t here’s a brief recap minus all the gritty details:

Monday night – Car got clipped while crossing a road and by the grace of God alone I walked away with only a few bruises and a bump to the head. Car? Not so much. Everything from the front wheels forward basically got ripped off. I’m 90% sure I’m getting a phone call back saying my car is totaled for good. *salutes Roy – Roy being the name of my car*

Overall opinion of event? Quick. Man. Never saw the other car. Was driving like normal and then BAM! Saw white (which I’m now thinking was the airbag) and the car was facing the wrong direction and my glasses are dangling off my face (looking back – it was a picture perfect anime moment. Blank staring forward and glasses hanging on with one side. I can laugh at it now b/c I was fine. XD) But yeah. I didn’t even realize my car’d been hit until I noticed the gear shift wouldn’t move and that my car had completely spun around to face the wrong direction on the one-way road. Heck, the other car had gotten so far away I didn’t even know where it was until the second ambulance showed up (the other driver wasn’t injured either!).

Anyway; end story is I’m fine save for being a little sore & I want to give a shout out to my local police & rescue squads because they were awesome & helpful!

Tuesday Morning: I took the first part of work off to take care of all that fun stuff like calling my insurance and finding out where that tow car took my car last night. Managed to find my car & empty it of all my belongings (and got to see the damage in the light. *whistle* Not pretty.) and then my Dad was awesome and took me to lunch.

Tuesday Afternoon: Had a laugh about car at work & shared pictures b/c they all knew about it thanks to an email sent Monday night. We spent about an hour talking about it so overall it was a good way to start the afternoon since I was pretty busy catching up the rest of the day. XD Whee~

So yeah~ Despite all that I don’t really have an excuse for only posting a sketch save for I’m just tired. XD Been busy.

Either way – I blame today’s WaM on my brother because he wanted this strip to happen. It’s his fault.

And to those of you who made it through all of the above to the content that actually dealt with the comic? You are the true fans and I love you. And I love all the other readers too on principal.

But if you really want to see color go see this drawing I did of Tracks and ‘Freerun’ from Transformers because it’s the first time I’ve drawn a TF and been happy about it. *foam* I love Tracks. XD I want a Blue Corvette Stingray gosh darn it!

Are you all still reading?

Yesh~ I have control over you.

Song lyric time!

“You know the game
Your wearing it
And you make the rules
I’m breaking ‘em
And it’s feeling good
For sure you can’t deny”

“Only You” by Josh Kelley

So~ Catwoman.

Little known fact but when I was little I loved her. Like loved her loved her and I hadn’t even seen Batman Returns. (And didn’t until I was 17…). I have a T-shirt with the movie version of her on it with ‘Catwoman’ written in pink that I got when the movie came out & still adore. And don’t get me started on her in the Animated Series.

Why am I telling you this?

I just re-watched Batman Returns. And loved it all over again. It’s still my favorite movie in the Batman Franchise with  Return of the Joker coming in at a very, very close second.

Why? Because it’s good. And Catwoman/Selena Kyle is amazing in it from her cute nervous secretary start to the wild woman in leather to the best romantic interest Batman’s ever had IMHO and of course – A kiss under the mistletoe~

But let’s not forget her best moment:

“Meow”

…I just fangirl’ed a bit, didn’t I?

“Commit your crime in your deadly time
It’s too divine
I want to bend
I want this bliss but something says I must resist”

“Face to Face” by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Wow. Three days off and my inner clock is totally out of whack. I doubt anything goes up when it should this week. Heh…you’ll probably’ll see Wed.’s WaM very late.

But yeah – busy busy. Went to Katsucon and had a blast. Had some fun cosplaying and of course – announced the Pair-a-Thon winners.

Oh, and in other news – I’m going to be on TGT Webcomics this Saturday! So make sure you tune in to check it out and watch me embarrass myself.

And yes. Those aren’t sodas in the last panel. They’re all well above the legal drinking age. XD

I’m sure they’re just going to play Ludo.

“When you’re at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass and the hangover doesn’t pass
Nothing’s ever built to last, you’re in ruins”

“21 Guns” by Green Day

I love Mordred in Panel 2.

Ah the wrapping up of a Volume. And then we get to move onto something new~ Though, things aren’t quite turning out like I’d hope (Not necessarily a bad thing~) so I think the build up between Azrael & Gawain will be brought to you next volume instead of the end of this one. XD

I blame the muse. I think he’s mad I haven’t given him a name like so many others have theirs…heh.

Also! Last weekend for the Pair-a-Thon! We’ve made it to ten entries! Let’s see how many we can get until the 7th!

Oh, and one more thing – Catena. They’ve got an awesome new layout and the comics are back! In color! Yay!

“Well you’re never gonna find it
if you’re looking for it
won’t come your way
well you’ll never find it
if you’re looking for it
should’ve done something but I’ve done it enough
by the way your hands were shaking
rather waste some time with you…”

“Blue And Yellow” by The Used