Happy Motherlover day! This is the first of a five-week buffer I’ve very nearly finished, thanks to taking a week off work to focus on the comic. I’ve NEVER been five weeks ahead, it’s very exciting.
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Alex and Imogen descend into the basement, where Lucas is playing video games in the foreground)
Imogen: Lulu?
Lucas: Mmhmm?
Panel 2 (Imogen, hesitant)
Imogen: Do you… know what happened to Alex’s shoes?
Panels 3-4 (Lucas startles, then whips around, hands shaking holding the controller)
Lucas: I… didn’t do it! It was the twins! They were like that when I found them!
Panel 5 (Imogen, frustrated)
Imogen: What were you doing in her closet in the first place? That’s private!
Panel 6 (Alex, unbothered, leaning on the bannister)
Alex: Yeah, besides… you should really limit your time in heels. Your feet are still growing.
Oh, I really hope Lucas can tell them. Rooting for Lucas to have a place to explore this curiosity. I am glad Alex is so chill about all this 😀
YOUR FEET ARE STILL GROWING 😂💗 Alex has won my heart with this one.
MOTHERLOVER Wednesday, hell yeah! Best day of the week y’all!
LULU!! 😭 Even if Imogen isn’t fully aware of what’s going on, it’s not “Lucas.” Not a *boy-only* name.
omg, the shaking hands and speech bubbles, and Alex’s relaxed posture and smile, compared to Imogen’s confused concern. The Queer-And-Future Stepmom is here to make sure this isn’t a shameful or traumatic event in this child’s life. 🥰
YES. i am so here for this parenting dynamic already.
I come here every wednesday. And every wednesday am sad there isnt 5 additional pages because i need to know what is going to happen XD
If you can afford to sign up to the Patreon, we just got a dump of the next 4 pages all at once. If that helps?
Oh my gosh i wasnt even thinking about it. But i can i did and it helped so much 😆
I wonder if Alex suspects what many of us do, or if she’s assuming mere curiosity.
I am not immune to Alex arms >/////>
Oh! Oh! So it wasn’t the deliberate sabotage it looked like last week.
I know it’s been said by far better people above, but I am absolutely so here for this.
Small detail I noticed, is that just shading on Lucas’ nails, or is that the remnants of nail polish?
I mean it’s obvious where this is going, but I was wondering if that was a deliberate additional detail.
Good eye!
I saw that too :3
I’m so glad if it is a trans/nb/fluid story as I was so worried from his behaviour in past comics that Imogen’s husband had done something to him. Though I was also wondering if his attitude might have been that he’s seen something he shouldn’t have and was bullied to keep quiet.
Looks like it’s time to update the characters page!
Love the comic – absolutely adore the comic – but i just wanted to say that to me the actions lines around Lucas’ hands telegraph more of a squeeze than a shake. At least in my mind.
Wow you take 8 weeks off to have a baby and all the good plot set ups are there to welcome you back!