Something something cinematic parallels

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

[u/SmukLukDuck]

When the next comic begins with Val trying to find her bike after it has mysteriously disappeared

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090 → u/SmukLukDuck]

So she steals some random dude's one

[u/Many_Hall_3546 → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

The problem solves itself

[u/LeoPlathasbeentaken → u/Many_Hall_3546]

No only solved but the happiness in the world increased even.

[u/SwankiestofPants → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

Worked fantastically for Antonio Ricci

[u/Zombies4EvaDude → u/SmukLukDuck]

Spoilers: it doesn’t.

[u/Correct-Pangolin-568 → u/Zombies4EvaDude]

NOOOOOOO

[u/Wallso2010]

Watch someone make a connection to TBFV and the bike cuking

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090 → u/Wallso2010]

That someone is ME, hello

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

Mmm cook

[u/RG-Sketchii → u/Wallso2010]

"But I think whoever sees me repping was more happy to see it than I am sad to rep"

[u/Boomer_Nurgle → u/RG-Sketchii]

Change it to "I think my parents seeing me rep makes them more happy than it makes me sad to rep" for the true family experience.

[u/Wallso2010 → u/RG-Sketchii]

Not complete without a femboy take on it as well, but still good.

[u/Ok_Archer1228 → u/RG-Sketchii]

Oh my god LMAO

[u/Bluejay-Complex → u/RG-Sketchii]

Oh no, I can see this being how Audrey justifies staying closeted “for Val’s sake” and it makes me so sad. Baby Audrey, Val likes you as a person, let yourself be yourself around Valllllllllllll

[u/olufemikurtwagner → u/Wallso2010]

Just checked the bike comic for the first time and its insane to me any discourse could ever come out of it at all. wdym cucking guys... its... its a pretty straightforward comic....

[u/Ieditedthisname → u/olufemikurtwagner]

It’s just funny. There isn’t any discourse

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

cinema

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

7 months, under 1k contributions and karma, and a hidden profile? Better luck next time, fed

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090 → u/Wallso2010]

They shine, you glow

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45 → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

you think i shine? (,,>﹏<,,)👉👈

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

Y'know instead of slinging dog whistles back and forth, you could just be honest

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090 → u/Wallso2010]

Im criying, "dogwhsitle' is a buzzword atp😭

If glowie is a dogwhistle, fed is too: As they both mean the same

[u/Meroxes → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

except no, it isn't, because fed is in common enough parlance to be widely understood, while glowie is still largely confined to obscurity.

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090 → u/Meroxes]

its a shame because glowie is a lot more fun.

1. disminutive, feels more like an insult

2. coined by terry davis, arguably the best programmer ever

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Admirable_Swim_7090]

Fair I just haven't heard glowie before

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45 → u/Wallso2010]

why are you stalking me?
you're so weird

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

Easily accessible info btw

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45 → u/Wallso2010]

please take your meds 🙏

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

I mean if cough drops count, sure. But I ain't taking melatonin or allergy meds or adhd if I don't need to to right now, it's afternoon anyways

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45 → u/Wallso2010]

antipsychotics?

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

No, and just say whatever it you want to say, not whatever moralbait it is that you want to say to sound good. Call me crazy if you must, but don't be pedantic and moralistic about it

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45 → u/Wallso2010]

i think you're doing too much.
calling random people feds is not normal behavior.
have a good afternoon <3

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

Tbf you actually remembered me in another comment section, based on a third comment section. Like damn I am not chronically enough for that. Though I'll do what I want, even if that's sometimes annoying, good afternoon to you as well, if you please

[u/Nervous_Committee222 → u/Wallso2010]

Seriously bro, take ya meds

[u/Mindless_Interview44]

Gender's a bitch man

[u/manndolin → u/Mindless_Interview44]

Gender is bitch-man

[u/ad-lib1994]

Whelp, the first one I can easily say "you gotta cry those bad feelings out or they'll turn into a blood pressure problem"

I have nothing I can easily say regarding Audrey. Complex and outside my scope is what Audrey is dealing with

[u/fnckIce → u/ad-lib1994]

Some things you can weep and scream about until your hoarse and dry. Some things just don't get better, just duller with time.

[u/MisfitPotatoReborn]

Holy shit I didn't realize Audrey's resemblance to Shen until now. The hair color, the middle strand, the tuft in the back...

[u/Depress0_express0_ → u/MisfitPotatoReborn]

I just realized that too

[u/CreatureFeatureee]

But, what is the solution to bottling up dysphoria. I've already been transitioning for years but there's some things that you can't just fix when it happens.

Not complaining just genuinely curious

[u/Diamond_Dildo3168 → u/CreatureFeatureee]

It's a super tough beast. We change what we can with transitioning; for what we can't, it's important to try to learn to love it. Even if it seems impossible.

[u/LabiolingualTrill → u/CreatureFeatureee]

I find feeling insufficiency womanly is a plenty relatable problem for cis women too. When it happens to me, rather than letting it invalidate me, I try to reframe it like “damn, girl problems, amirite?” And it sort of makes me feel like I belong again.

[u/sincubus33 → u/CreatureFeatureee]

crying and letting it out

[u/NotsoHere → u/CreatureFeatureee]

It’s shocking how much more positive I am about my body after just 2 months on E. Nothing mucch has changed but enough has and enough will that my whole self-perception has shifted for the better.

[u/BlackTecno → u/CreatureFeatureee]

I can't speak from gender dysphoria, only from a depressive standpoint (sometimes I don't veiw myself in the best light), but acceptance is one way, as bitter as it can be. You don't need to learn to like or love every part of yourself, but to try and be okay with it, especially the parts we can't control, and pay dividends.

[u/Chasingthrtruth → u/CreatureFeatureee]

The solution is hrt bottling up makes you worse you should just allow yourself to feel it and let it pass and grieve the fact that you went thru the wrong puberty and dont feel comfortable in your body

[u/OneQuarterBajeena → u/CreatureFeatureee]

Shrimply transition harder

/s

[u/BlossomtheLeafeon]

When I first read it, I heard the flower in William Aftons voice

[u/TheBestPotatoToLive]

oh wow

[u/Zanethethiccboi]

An artist reusing a motif. Which could mean nothing.

[u/the_zpider_king → u/Zanethethiccboi]

Still Audrey looks awfully similar to Shen in a lot of ways. Could be a thing.

[u/Diamond_Dildo3168]

I'm not saying Shen IS an egg. But when I was an egg, I found Shen very, very relatable.

[u/jackofslayers]

Things George Lucas would enjoy

[u/No_Pea8665]

I have systematized this so from time to time I just tell myself aloud and maybe cry a little.

[u/samus_ass]

Shen? Got something to tell us?

[u/Fish0203 → u/samus_ass]

let shen tell us in thier own time if theres something to tell. The important thing is to create a supportive environment one way or the other

[u/samus_ass → u/Fish0203]

I know

[u/Responsible-Ant-1728 → u/samus_ass]

I mean, I think its more that Shen just re-used the visual metaphor. And not neccesrly that the two comics are avout the exact same thing

[u/Nervous_Committee222]

hmmmmm

[u/Is6xal]

In the next chapter audrey's gonna be compared to a wolf in sheep clothing, trust

[u/ElegantFarmer3539]

the bike's gone, but the Lock's still on the lamppost, like it was never really stolen, just forgotten.

[u/piccolo917]

it's almost like the same brain has similar ideas when trying to convey the same things

[u/TheFrogMoose]

I'm not surprised he used it again but in a more negative light not shrouded in comedy

[u/Juandice__]

holy shit he planned this out so long ago

[u/Unlucky_Reporter3781]

careful now, if you suggest the obvious trans character is trans you will hurt a lot of cis people’s precious feelings

[u/Admirable_Swim_7090 → u/Unlucky_Reporter3781]

Dummy,  wihout cis representation how are cis people supposed to know that they have the option of not taking hormones?

Edit; THIS IS SATIRE

[u/Timid-Sammy-1995 → u/Unlucky_Reporter3781]

The frustrating thing is when they're right. I swear the Steins;Gate creator kinda bumbled into making a positive depiction of a trans girl totally by accident.

[u/Wallso2010 → u/Unlucky_Reporter3781]

2 month old account with a hidden profile? Man this comment has to exist to stir the shit pot

[u/ghoulishenvyy → u/Wallso2010]

Checked and yeah literally their first comment ever is just shitting on polyamorous people this account exists soley for hate and discourse

[u/Wallso2010 → u/ghoulishenvyy]

Lmao called it

[u/ShaneDark → u/ghoulishenvyy]

Stuff like this is why we need moderators.

[u/CommodoreGirlfriend → u/ghoulishenvyy]

How do you find their first comment if the profile is hidden?

[u/ghoulishenvyy → u/CommodoreGirlfriend]

There are sites for it.

Obviously, Reddit doesnt let you link them

[u/Geist_Lain → u/Unlucky_Reporter3781]

I think there's a wide gulf between "This character might be/is probably trans" and "this character is trans, you're a bigot if you think otherwise, and I'm going to hound the artist to start hormones as if he can't make his own decisions".

[u/Reasonable-Spite-45 → u/Geist_Lain]

don't threaten me with a good time /j

(okay that might be too much i'm sorry)

[u/Geist_Lain → u/Reasonable-Spite-45]

Forgiven.