dunno, but acting like a jerk and working out too much are classical symptoms, really!

True. But he could just be suffering from roid-rage. He seems to have gotten a bit buffer reacently.

How long will their relationship last in the comic?
Well it will be good if it continue to the end of the comic (hope it will be like 2014 year or something)

If you think they will not last, how will it end?
I vote "Someone or something forces them to split" coz i realy think it will be fun and it will be great push for new adventure. + i dont think that long love story will be good.

What do you think of this pairing?
It's a good pairing. Well form all the chars that apear in the comic (i mean main chars) this is maybe the best pairing. The only another that may hawe will be Pella/Cale (or maybe Pella/Benny )

Imo will be fun to have some romantic filings here. It will be great if richard pull some pranks on them (for them as a couple). Or make jokes i realy like his sense of humour.

I say about time! Its a great change from a lot of the light hearted humor that will keep certian readers interested and give enough space to keep other characters/plot strong. Besides, they've been travelling for how long? I would take benny over the dwarf any day and it gets lonely I imagine for Cale.

WooOOOOOoooo Cale and Benny!

Richard is in so many panels, its nice to see serious plot development in the other characters undisturbed by him

Please don't double post.

I think the relationship will be a good thing, though I'm surprised by the match. I thought Pella or maybe even a resurrected Shriek would be a more likely romance interest for Cale, because both of them are from the "old days" of honor and truth that Cale is trying to bring back so that would draw Cale to them.

That's called wooden writing. There's no such thing as a perfect match and the Shriek would have absolutely no chemistry with Cale, same with Pella. Benny has things that Cale lacks: aggressiveness, practicality, common sense, and an understanding of what fun is.

Totally just made this account so that I could pop in and complain. Well... I suppose, technically, I made this account so that I could pop in and complain whenever I wanted rather than seeing a page I wanted to whine about then not being able to because I was too lazy to register so late at night.

Anyway, DO NOT WANT.

There, that's the simple image-board speak for how I feel about Benny/Cale.

I'm big on love in comics. I'm a total girl when it comes to romance. Remy/Rogue and Batman/Catwoman was the gateway drug for me when I was just a wee comic nerd. I love het. I love slash. I love femslash. I love love... I hate this.

There was no build for the kiss. I see no moments I, personally, considered hints. They were nothing I haven't done with people I only consider - and will only ever consider - friends. Now I'm all for impromptu romance. Man has needs. Woman has needs. We'll take it from there. That works for me in some instances. It worked in High School of the Dead. Unfortunately, Benny and Cale don't seem to be afflicted by raging, teenage hormones. Also, High School of the Dead is soft-core porn.

I'm all for sudden romance. My very favorite comic book character is, easily, Deadpool. He's, literally, just announced on the spot that he loves someone before. There's rhyme and reason to it, but that is unimportant and can come later. Unfortunately, Benny and Cale aren't that attention-seeking and don't appear to suffer from issues with their self-esteem. Also, they're not completely nuts.

What this does remind me of is romance straight out of a Dragonlance novel. Don't get me wrong. I'm that kind of nerd. They're my Harlequin novels... but the romance is still; there's a man, there's a woman, here's a paragraph - BAM, they're a couple now.

I need context. But, even then. Even if something comes out of this, I'm still not sure I want it. I like Benny, but I could very easily slide into hating her. This last page reminded me of that. Kiss the guy first? Sure. I always make the first move. I'm feelin' it. Light bondage? I hear ya, sister. Do it all out of the blue on a guy who's shown little to no interest in you despite the fact that you're practically naked most of the time? There's this dark place where strong woman and slut meet and I get the feeling Benny's there.

But I've rambled on long enough. I feel slightly better for it. I can only hope that this all blows over or that it's some sort of crazy trap/mindgame being played on Cale. I definitely don't want to see any more pages dedicated to these two as a couple.

Here's some hints to the relationship that you probably missed:
Page 152
Page 228
Page 230
Page 249
Page 254
And the Big One: Page 270

I didn't miss them. I said, "There was no build for the kiss. I see no moments I, personally, considered hints. They were nothing I haven't done with people I only consider - and will only ever consider - friends." I stand by that. If we're calling a little comforting and admiration "hints", there's at least a dozen more pairings we could pull out of LFG; Pella/Cale, Richard/Cale, Pella/Benny, Richard/the bunny. When I pull someone into a comforting hug, it doesn't mean "You. Me. Evil Dead rape!tree in a few pages."

I think that somepeople do just have a problem with the fact that some of our character development happened off page. The pages listed above were just that, hints, but they were not the full development. That happened when we were following Ta'Vray or Richard/Pella.

I don't mind ofpage character development, personally, but I do know some people who don't (a few of them on these forums). And, even though other relationships have been hinted at, Cale/Benny has had the strongest hints, and, most importantly, the most hints.

To answer any questions about where Benny's attraction might be comming from, I think its because she has a deep admiration for basically good people and idealists. She may have been one herself, after all.

Yeah she most likely wishes she could have Cale's outlook and what started out as cynical contempt morphed into wistful respect and has now transformed into affectionate admiration.

I still think the main issue isn't that they are a bad machup, as it is there machup is bad for LFG.

Yes but you're opinion is somewhat discredited by the fact that anything that doesn't involve Richard is "bad" for LFG.

That is not an opinion, it is a fact. Richard is the ultimate aspect of LFG,

Richard is to LFG what Wolverine is to Marvel Comics: over-rated and over-exposed.

LIES! *kills in the most horrific way possible* Not the wolverine thing, i agree he is overated. But Richard!?!? NO! RICAHRD IS GOD!!

Basicly,i have one question only: elf+ork+human=???

You forgot the, "I just lost my lunch from the past several months." option.

I will admit that while Richards shenanigans are hilarious and make for a great element of LFG, he is a bit overrated. I think that all the naysayers of the development between Benny and Cale should at least give it a chance to progress before passing ultimate judgment on how bad or good a thing it is.

Could I point out that based off what evidence that we have now, it has much chance of Benny being the one kissing Cale as it being the weird wizard guy or one of his minions taking his form. After all the Wizard has proven to do what ever it takes in order to get Cale to fulfill his ambitions, and a far more relaxed Cale could be required for something. Or perhaps its the lead up for his next gambit or trick, using the kiss to distract Cale long enough for him to actually get him with some kind of spell, perhaps one that will

Alternatively it could be Benny , as many of you have mentioned, attempting to remove some of his guilt or stress over past incidents. But since I'm feel like making up random things, lets mention a couple of other potential people. It could be the first appearance of some kind of new enemy, perhaps daemonic in nature, maybe even in a similar nature to a succubus, though that might brake one of the seeming taboos. It could possibly one of the blue sisters from before, due to their own illusions powers which have already been demonstrated. It could be Pella, using borrowed magic or some other kind of gimmick to give Cale what he wants/needs in order to try and persuade him to forgive her (hence why it happened so long after their argument/fight.

Or if you want to play the Richard is meant for everything angle, it could just be Richard in an attempt to mess with Cale, or perhaps even due to some type of Bisquick love.

Or hell maybe after spending months together and saving each other's lives time and time again and gaining a deep respect and understanding for one another, maybe Benny decided she likes Cale and it's really Benny not some succubus or what have you. But no I'm probably wrong.

Everyone was choosing options that were likely and obvious... so I figured I would choose something more interesting instead. Besides this is Cale we are talking about... has a single good thing actually happened to him without bad stuff happening later or him having to do bad stuff

Who's to say it won't happen this time.
Benny: Cale, I'm pregnant, lets get married.
Cale: Ohhhh nooo, I have made a BIG mistake!

Heretic! Thou shalt not compare the raging inferno of awesomeness that is Richard to Wolverine. Burn!


Burn


Edited for greater probability.

Your edit makes no sense, is Cale talking to his split personality or some other guy who is also named Cale?
Also the whole Cale is a girl jokes have gotten really old.

Ooops.

It's a trorc and a gender ambiguous elf, nothing good can come of that coupling. I don't mind the romance aspect or anything, it's the people involved in the romance and the thought of their horribly disfigured offspring that made me lose my lunch.

Knowing fantasy conventions the child wouldn't be disfigured at all. If it were a male child it would grow up to look exactly like Cale but for the Green Skin, and perhaps one less finger on each hand. A girl child would probably look a little like Benny but with really long hair and with a more elven face. The hair would symbolize her Mary Sue Godmode magic powers that come with being a half-elf.

And how is neither enough to make you want to heave? It's bad enough having to see one Cale, but Cale and the incredible Calk?

From what I understand you hate all Elves but Drow. I on the other hand have no such prejudice against fictional creatures (except Fairies when they're written as perfect little fey "I'm BFF's with nature" hippies)

This is true, well, Drow and dunmer, dark elves in general really, as long as they're evil.

Some of the people who think that Cale should have ended up with Pella should realize that Pella and Cale have as much chemistry as Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.
Yeah I went there.

They'll probably stay together. Richard will probably freak them out with random baby charades.

And I'll leave that open. It's much more fun to see what kind of insane things people's minds come up with

dunmer ain't necessarily evil.

I find it interesting that the poll numbers (when I took it on Sunday night) indicate that more people think that Benny can do better than Cale than think that Cale can do better than Benny. I guess for his part, Cale better not rock the boat too much if he wants this to last.

I personally don't like this love-spin off in the comic. I find it rather cliche and predictable to have any main characters develop feelings for one another. Not to mention the plot of the whole story is already slowly shifting away from their journey to seek out the Sword of Truth, if anyone even remembers it. Now the focus seems to be on Cale wanting to get people into Kethenecia to 'build a nation?' And what of the Arch Mage who seems to be running around as Richard's bunny? It's getting really jumbled and now we have to contend with this new plot addition. I've already had to go back and re-read a lot of the stuff because it feels like there's a big chunk of story missing here.

I dunno, maybe it's just me. It also doesn't help that I'm not a fan of 'love scenes' in the stuff I'm watching or reading. (I blame horror movies for adding these love scenes into the story, even though there's some demonic entity about to destroy the earth, or a mad-homicidal lunatic running around with a chainsaw slaughtering people...but never you mind that, it's time for a make-out scene!!) So long as this new 'relationship' of theirs remains as a secondary plot advancement, I suppose I can tolerate it....for now...

-End Rant

Well, atleast if they start making babies Ricahrd will get some students and/or lunch.

I imagine a good plot twist would be if they had a baby and the Archmage possessed the baby's body. It'd be too much a fantasy cliche though.

I still think Cale and Pella is a better pairing. I am hoping Cale will go to Pella and reconcile with her, leading to their own little private romantic romp in the woods and in the end choose her over Benny.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMAN I PRESENT RICHARD. Come on tell me everyone got the recent page =). I told you that this would be a great source for jokes.

Pella would make an excellent royal concubine/jester.

neither are drows Drizzet Duarden (cant spell sorry)

Nah she'd be the royal blacksmith who "polishes the king's spear" Ya I've been playing way too much Oblivion lately.

Now that, is a pun i approve of!

I strive for excellence when I do actually make puns.

The sword was simply a device to get them to Kethenecia to begin with. The entire point of finding the sword if you remember was to placate Aelloon. There way past that option now with all the fighting defending the north. It drifted away from finding the sword two hundred pages ago.

More like the royal treestump, really.

i always thought that Richard had a thing for Cale
now THAT would be interesting