A surprise turn around from Rebecca Connolly 😀
Yes, although strict she is fairly cool, and I wanted to illustrate that she has the ability to give Ashling a break once in a while. It might surprise you to see a parent ply alcohol to her seemingly underage daughter (Ashling is 17 by the way…never really mentioned that), but you’d rarely see an Irish parent begrudge on older teen the chance to drink light beer. Legally speaking, once a person is 16 in Ireland they are permitted to drink some alcohol. However it remains illegal to purchase until a person is at least 18.
In some respects the low legal drinking age is a somewhat reckless relic of laws that haven’t been updated in centuries, but on the other hand I feel that it does allow for people to slowly weaned onto the ‘fire-water’ and getting used to it before being given full legal permission to have at it with a bar menu.
That all said, Ashling was plied off with the cheap-ass-flavored own-brand beer of Star. Probably has no kick to it at all 😀
Just for the sake of comparison, here’s the original page:
Next week: The Lake!
(Ah, teenagers drinking by the lake….isn’t that the setup to half of the horror movies released in the 80s? 😀 )
BEER! BEER! BEER! Tiddly beer! Have fun, Ashling. Just not too much. 😛
Rebecca seems to be kind of a laid-back Mom. Interesting.
One now wonders how the alchohol, however weak it may be, will mix with the Staff’s mojo.
Hmm, Beer+teenager+magic=a whole lot of plot?
@Azreal: Alcohol and magic? That’s not likly to have explosive results (/forshadowing) 😀
@Shirow: Not to worry, i’m mostly setting up the closing scene of the chapter here with a typical weekend night for an Irish teenager. There is going to be a point to all of this in the next couple of pages, but in the meantime i’m hoping to also share a slice of Ashling’s everyday life. 😀
Its amazing to see how much better you have gotten at drawing.
Oh you may want to know that your comic is on Comicrocket: https://www.comic-rocket.com/explore/bata-neart/
What drew me to it was the title, not too often you see irish on the general interwebs.
Thank you 🙂 I’m always studying the manga style, amd i’m always trying to improve. Hope you continue to enjoy the results 🙂
Glad you like the Gaelige angle on the title too. Beyond some actual anime, you don’d see it a lot whichnis something i’m banking on 🙂
Oh wow so they are allowed to drink.. oh well different cultures i guess wish my parents had been like that lol!
@Howard: For better or worse, both Ireland and the UK seem to have a culture that tolerates some alcohol consumption during teenage years, with most of Europe making it legal to purchase at the age of 18. In Ireland it is legal to consume beer from the age of 16 (but not to purchase).