I agree with you here. I think Burlew enjoys dicking around his fanbase more then Clevinger does.

at this point I dont really care what V's gender is. It would just be nice considering english lacks neutred pronouns for sentient beings

I interpreted V's darker-colored kids as evidence that s/he and his/her partner were of the same gender, and they both adopted.

Of course, that's just wild speculation on my part and I could easily be wrong. Would at least help to explain the "parent / other parent" thing, though.

So, if the dragon succeeds at this plan as all signs are pointing out, would it count as fridging?

Yes, yes it would. But he won't, unless he does.

Well right now it fits this trope, all thats to remain is whether its what will happen or what its subverting

So, I just realized something that kind of pisses me off. The next page will probably have nothing to do with V or his kids. At best it'll leave on some sort of cliffhanger with V deciding whether to accept the imp's help or not, but more likely the next update will be Durkon and Elan.

There are two things that piss me off.

1 - He's making a living off of this outstanding comic that has slowed to an absolute crawl, and as I have said in the past, seriously man, this goes above and beyond just being sick. He just got lazy.

2 - http://pics.livejournal.com/miraigen/pic/000e9asw
THAT pisses me off too.

mine connects fine

and I understand the infrequent updates. But you cant really blame the guy for server issues, or atleast not much

Really I'd say the reverse, server issues are totally his fault. He needs to either prune the forums which are overgrown, or get a new server. The random updates caused by chronic illness aren't really his fault though.