[973] He was very worried about you

Shadow, that sweet little smile, you're ridiculous. It is absolutely insane how cute you are, it really is. Look at that face, everyone! LOOK AT IT!
I wonder if he'll be able to shift between dimensions with enough practice now? At least when Shadow was 2d, he could get around anywhere or hitch a ride on somebody. Now it's going to be pretty hard to hide adorable shadow unless he stays in dark places naked all the time. It'd be neat if he could shift, though. So handy.

It's funny how the simplest things always end up being the most adorable.

Wait a minute… that hood makes him look like a jawa… he went from 2D to 3D… until now he could only live in dark places… OF COURSE! SHADOW2 IS AN ALLEGORY OF MODERN CINEMA!!!

Not gonna lie, I teared up.

Well, it's hard to draw something three dimensionally if it's entire surface is perfectly black. You can't do any shading, which is normally a prime tool to achieve the illusion of depth. That said, I'm thinking Shadow has a proper three dimensional body now. How much he may still be able to deform and stretch himself remains to be seen (it appears his body isn't entirely solid).

I think Shadow is still monomolecular, it's just the lack of shading that makes him look like he has mass. He got pushed off the floor, not inflated.

So wait, does Shadow2 have a shadow now? Uhbluhuu?

My mind must rest now.


I don't know what it is exactly, but something about Shadow2's head reminded me of the Yuyu from the Brackenwood series. Might just have been a reaction to the comment of him changing dimension though, because looking at them now, Shadow2 doesn't look much like them. Much friendlier and more huggable.

He does look a bit impish though, and that hood and smile makes him seem so childlike.

His people are poorer without him. Their loss.

I was just thinking the same thing! Tom, what do you think? Please? We've all been very good this year, haven't we?

When I saw Shadow's little smile, I felt all warm and fuzzy inside.

When I saw Robot's emotional sudden hug, I let out an audible 'AWWGGHHHHHWWWGHHH'

:')

Or perhaps the other glass-eyed men in the forest will come and request that they be cut away from the floor by Coyote's Tooth, once the word gets out.

Which links back to the possible reasons Coyote may have had to place that binding on Antimony in the forest...

You know, it kinds of amaze me how Robot and Shadow2 are still prominent in the story after all this time; after chapter 1 you really could have thought they were one-time characters; but nope!

so shadow is like the monolith in 2001, three dimensional but reflecting no light.

Regarding Shadow2 being 3D: he could corrugate himself. It would make standing upright, and holding clothes up, easier. He'd have to practice such things as walking smoothly, though.

Regarding clothing: quite a lot of items of clothing have different names in the US versus the UK. I once came across a list of ten names of items of clothing, the list as a whole having the following characteristics:
* Every term is a name of an item of clothing in both the US and the UK
* Every item of clothing on the list using the US meanings is also on the list using the UK meanings
* NOT ONE term refers to the same garment in both the US and the UK.

And they were not exotic items either. "Jumper" and "pants", I remember, are both on the list. I think "suspenders" is too but wouldn't swear to it.