Page 431 – Kidd Commander!

Wereael

“I knew what kind of ship you’d want ever since we talked in the hallway.” Cut to the most rickety ship you’ve seen, made haphazardly from planks of wood and sheet metal, in the rough approximation of what a ship would look like if it was designed by your eight year old self (complete with additional lighthouse, and treehouse lookout).

Phin: IT’S PERFECT!

I agree with Ulrich here, this ship doesn’t exactly inspire much confidence in people when they see it.

Anyway, (actual physical) SHIP GET!

Aria

Extremely accurate
Monochrome

Considering what we know about the entity at the core of this ship, this is probably the strongest visual example so far in the story that appearances aren’t trustworthy.
- Aria
  
  🙂
- Wereael
  
  I think the appearance of the ship is trustworthy. Well, as in it looks like what it’s supposed to represent. It’s Phineas’ ship after all, so it kinda looks like what her ideals in a ship (and most things) are: functionality, durability (not traditional durability, but durability like it can be patched up after any damage and still work fine), and general scrappiness. She isn’t much one for pristine things, so it makes sense for the ship to look like this. Note that nothing is broken, it looks like a well taken care of ship, despite the scrappy look.
  
  And about Noon, I don’t think the physical appearance of the ship reflects it that much at all, it ditched Artemis for this easily enough.
  
  Edit: Wait you probably meant that it doesn’t appear to be an advanced, powerful starship. Which is true, and I wrote two paragraphs of character explanation for nothing. Oh well
  - Aria
    
    I APPRECIATED IT VERY MUCH
    - Wereael
      
      GOOD

Sage

I think i love it

Aria

Yay!

Wereael

Haha, their reactions in panel four are amazing

Nicolumbia

Lucky Noon! I love the name and the ship’s description aaaa

Aria

Thank you! I’ve had this design finalized for about two years so it’s really nice to finally have it out.

Oscar Crooks

How I imagine the conversation between Artemis and Phineas subconscious went:
“Okay so star-ships can be made out of basically anything you want, indestructible metal, cloaking material stuff like that, and since you’re going to be fighting an entire pantheon of gods you’re probably going to want to make this thing as tough as possible”
“Wood and garbage please”
The cheerful defiance clearly references the defiance of building regulations and physics, but seriously I love this ship design it’s got so much character in it. The Material choice and overall scrappy look tell you a lot about Phineas psyche, as the ship has the appearance of multiple broken things being repaired into something better than they were originally.

One detail I like is Lucky Noon actually looks like a ship, while Artemis looked more like a warehouse attached to a dock. I’m pretty sure this signify the difference between the crews, People came to crow in the similar fashion that ships come to a dock, while Phineas is actively looking for her crew-members like a ship that picks up other ships and the metaphor breaks down around here. That or it could be that the sailing ship motif represents being motivated for your goal, and Crows Murder were lacking that, “being stuck in a miasma” as it were (Raven Slight). The ship took on an appearance more similar to a home.

Aria

This makes my whole entire day aaaa I love all of this. It was worth committing to drawing all those goddamn planks of wood for the rest of eternity
- Wereael
  
  have fun drawing this extremely inconsistent grade school art project for the rest of the comic. It would sure be a shame if it got redone in a much more reasonable and easily drawn style later, wouldn’t it?
  - Aria
    
    comics are already a masochistic endeavor anyway hahaaa. But yeah the ship is definitely designed to evolve over the course of the comic! It’ll probably look a little bit different every time we see it.
    
    It’s Noon now, or Lucky or some variation of that! We’re getting a character card just as soon as I can carve out some time for it.
    - caribouchat
      
      A little bit different: you mean, like the black design behind the name?
    - Aria
      
      Somethin like that

Solthas

I just want to say… Choo choo!

Aria

😀

caribouchat

Can’t wait to see how it looks inside.

Aria

I’M SO EXCITED
reynard61

Like a college dorm room just days before graduation. (Stuff like clothes, old pizza boxes and soft drink cans/bottles, etc. strewn about. Unmade beds. Half-hearted attempts to clean/dust/sweep/vacuum said mess.) Or not…
- Aria
  
  give ’em a few days

Carcharadon

Oh, Ulrich. Never change, buddy. Never change.

Aria

the eternal grump
- Carcharadon
  
  And that sass.
  - reynard61
    
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cd5133573008a6fdc45c1609eaf32d64bc166b2e25a3cb1c02d2dbaba175e708.jpg

l33tninja

oh Ulrich…you kill me. And by the way, I am so happy there is a tire swing

Aria

I’m also very fond of the useless tire swing haha
caribouchat

If I was Phineas, that’s the first thing I would try.
- Aria
  
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  - Wereael
    
    Amazing
  - caribouchat
    
    Awwwww.

ProbablyASerialKiller

I haven’t commented here in so long but this page deserves it! I’m so excited!

What does it say on the side, under the overhang? Something Alive? Archive Alive?

Aria

Hey! It’s good to see you’re still hangin around haha.

“Arrive Alive,” just some generally Travel Positive signage. Maybe to help inspire some confidence in this wooden deathtrap

I AM ALSO EXCITED YOU HAVE NO IDEA
- ProbablyASerialKiller
  
  I think this wooden death trap inspires plenty of confidence! I’d fly in it any day!

Amaaré

Wow I’m late to the party.
Lucky Noon….unnatural luck and the midday sun eh?

Is it just me or does the ship slightly remind anyone else of Phin and Jake’s treehouse from Adventure time?

Aria

Same idea! It’s a lot of kids next door and howl’s moving castle. And too many anime color spreads of people hanging out in junkyards

Sandman366

Don’t worry, Ulrich. You’ll make it.

See? There’s even a sign on it that says “Arrive Alive”. You’ll be fine.

(So what are we supposed to call Stone anyway? Since Artemis was apparently the name of the actual ship, and not the starstone…just treat like a renamed character now?)

Aria

Ye it’s Noon now! Or Lucky or whatever’s most comfortable. Like I said they don’t reeeally have names, so the old one died with the ship. it’s like shedding snake skin haha

i mean y’all can call them whatever you like, but in canon he’ll be referred to by the new name
- Wereael
  
  I thought of Noon more as a girl. I guess they don’t really have gender or names so it doesn’t matter
  - Aria
    
    that was def accidental on my part whoops
    - reynard61
      
      Well; in naval tradition, ships *are* referred to as “she”…
- Wereael
  
  I don’t want to call them Lucky, because I will be eternally reminded of Nintendogs. Though that made a funny mental image

reynard61

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e2fdaf2a7121495c11ebdfcd1c76e4a1c9685cb7c2559d622b9a80b829d28b80.gif

Elkian

Thinking about how the description for Artemis was about reliving glories long past… Lucky Noon is an apt one indeed for our heroic(???) duo.

WeirdEnby

It’s perfect!! 😀