Comic 294 - Soap Opera

4th Dec 2012, 7:16 PM in Ch 12: Drab
Soap Opera
Average Rating: 5 (10 votes)
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Author Notes:

Jocelyn 4th Dec 2012, 7:16 PM edit delete
Jocelyn
I feel like it wasn’t totally clear, but this scene is literally following the other scenes with Rain/Ruby and Aiken/Chase. Time has passed since we’ve last seen these two. Kylie has calmed down a little, and asked about what the hell is going on. So Gavin clarifies everything that’s happened to everyone in the friend circle (since Kylie goes to a different school and is not as privy to this information).

As you can see, Kylie is doing all the talking here. I wanted it to come off like Gavin just actually spent the last hour or so going into the details of everything in the story (since Chapter 1) thus far. What you’re seeing, is Kylie kinda repeating it back in brief summation.

The end result: man, I liked this page a lot better on paper than in practice. I really was trying to just push the story forward a little, but this feels clumsy to me. At least the last two panels are okay, I think.

Oh, and Kylie’s bi. Yes, it was the point to throw that out there as haphazardly as possible.

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Comments:

j-eagle12212012 5th Dec 2012, 8:22 AM edit delete reply
j-eagle12212012
I like this page. if someone jumped into the story here they would have a general idea of what is going on.
Syrup 6th Sep 2014, 12:47 AM edit delete reply
if i jumped into the story here no one would have a general idea of what would be going on
Guest 5th Dec 2012, 4:54 PM edit delete reply
Gavin is actually the main character.
CyberSkull 5th Dec 2012, 10:14 PM edit delete reply
CyberSkull
In the next comic, someone suffers sudden random head trauma</organmusic>
Albireo 20th Dec 2013, 2:48 AM edit delete reply
Albireo
The answer to all three hyperlinks is yes, but might just aim for all three at this point lol

To be honest, this is a good page because it is something I can see real people doing. Away from everyone else. Like, what da heck?

Then in comes straight man Gavin, the odd man out.
Reader 24th Jan 2014, 12:34 AM edit delete reply
This is a pretty good summary page. I could have sworn there was a term for Kylie but I can't remember it off the top of my head.
Clara Oswald 29th May 2016, 2:00 PM edit delete reply
Ah yes, Gavin is the obligatory straight friend. Usually it's me.
Clara Oswald 21st Jun 2017, 9:00 PM edit delete reply
New development: Not the straight friend anymore!
no 6th Nov 2020, 3:21 AM edit delete reply
man, it always cracks me up to see these sorts of updates. the more time elapsed in between, the better
Taylor 25th Jun 2016, 3:00 PM edit delete reply
Ur right Ky this is a soap Oprah
Ben 21st Aug 2016, 1:55 AM edit delete reply
Lololol! There's always that one straight cis guy. Always.
NightHawk 12th Jan 2019, 2:46 AM edit delete reply
This is almost like a perfect comic form of part of my highschool friendgroup. I'm the obligatory straight male friend, and almost everyone else in the group falls somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum. What is even crazier is that I can see some of my friends reflected almost perfectly in this comic's characters, in terms of their personalities.
Mturtle7 1st Mar 2022, 9:18 PM edit delete reply
Since apparently nobody else has ever said it about this page...

"It's like we're in a soap opera!"
"Or maybe a slice-of-life comedy/drama webcomic."
"Oh, come on, Gavin. Surely we haven't gotten THAT ridiculous yet."
bluesky 12th Mar 2022, 1:35 PM edit delete reply
y know the last time I read this I thought I was the token cishet girl, along with one of my friends as the token cishet boy… now he’s come out as bi and I’m dating a trans girl. Our core friend group is apparently not heterosexual at all and 2 out of 5 members are transfem, meaning that instead of the token cishet boy my friend is just the boy. god I love my friends
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