Once upon a time, like a decade ago Holly mentioned having an uncle who shares a bed with his "roommate". It was mostly just meant as a silly gag page to illustrate that there's a lot more queer people in our everyday lives than many people realize. But this tangential little page has persisted as one of the more popular in the story. It was never meant to be anything more than what it was, but a lot of big theories came out of it, including the possibility that her uncle's roommate could possibly be Aiken, or Gavin's dad, or Arthur's brother, or even Rain's dad. XD

None of it was ever where I was going, but the theories were fun. It's been a delight seeing what was originally no more than a throwaway page having sparked so much enjoyment and speculation. ^_^

Now, years and years later, Holly's uncle gets brought up again, and she finally learns the truth about him. In the past, Holly might not have been antagonistic, but she might have still struggled with this. But seeing Emily come out and be happy with Rain helps contextualize it all for Holly. She's seen her dear friend in a healthy, happy, queer relationship, and now she's more prepared to support her uncle if he needs it (even if she doesn't get all the lingo).

So thank you for enjoying that old page. I didn't expect it to be something people clung to, and I didn't expect to give Holly much in the way of character growth in this story. But I guess I felt inspired. ^_^


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