I’ve been looking forward to drawing this page forEVER. Younger Alex! Actual in-canon confirmation a(t least one) character is gay! I’m one up on most mainstream media, now. 😀
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Alex looking up at Imogen while Imogen puts on her shoes)
Imogen: I used to get a lot of questions, too. Lucas’s father didn’t stick around either.
Panel 2 (Alex looking up at Imogen, confused)
Panel 3 (Alex looking up at Imogen, laughing)
Alex: Oh. Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve had this conversation.
Panel 4 (A younger Alex, standing in a bathroom smiling at a pregnancy test)
Alex, off-panel: There was never a father. There was never a man at all. I’m a lesbian.
Panel 5 (Imogen looking up at Alex, stunned)
Imogen: Oh.
Panel 6 (Alex, preemptively defensive)
Alex: You’re not gonna be weird about that, right?
Panel 7 (Imogen grabbing Alex by the shoulders and shaking her)
Imogen: What? No. No! Super fine! Negative weird!
I really love the way they look at each other in the first panel of the bottom row. It clearly illustrates the connection between them. It mirrors the first panel of the page, of course. For me, it strengthens the romantic tension.