Latho didn’t want to believe it, at first, but the tables have indeed turned.

…don’t ask me why. o_o I just know that they’re apparently supposed to do that in this kind of situation.

I mean, it’s usually not shown, but it gets pointed out so frequently at this point in a plot, and never gets any pushback, so it simply has to be something that actually happens. So I felt reasonably confident I could let Mopey actually show Latho the tables, so his incredulity can be summarily dealt with and won’t delay the plot any further.

What I wasn’t sure of is what kind of tables these usually are, and which way they get turned…so I just stuck with normal wooden desks being turned over. Hopefully the situation doesn’t call for something else, like dining tables turned sideways…but I guess I could always alter the strip if there was any issue like that. >_> I just thought that a writing desk would fit H.P. Lovecraft better than a dining table… because he wrote more than he ate.

On another note, I think Mopey does a pretty good job of being triumphantly menacing. Not every hero figure is cut out to pull off something like that so easily, but Mopey’s canonical character flaws make it a cakewalk for her.

Of course she’s ably supported by Latho, whose re-designed form not only better fits the genre but can also look threatened a lot more convincingly.

More on Thursday.