Still in recovery time! I have one more page in the hopper for next week completed, but then I’m through my buffer and haven’t managed to start on the next batch of pages yet – though, I’m sitting upright in my computer chair now, so that’s a good sign!
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Imogen, questioning)
Imogen: What? Why?
Panel 2 (Alex and Imogen from the back)
Alex: I… have a bit of a reputation for not letting people get close to me.
Imogen: Even Eris? You two almost moved in together.
Panel 3 (Alex, her eyes cut off, introspective)
Alex: She wanted to be the one to get me to settle down, but… I was terrible to her. Not just after my parents died and she wanted to move in. I just… pushed her away. They think you’re her because I never really invited her to stuff like this.
Panel 4 (close-up of Alex and Imogen’s champagne glasses)
Alex: It made it too real, and if it was real… I was just going to wreck it.
Panels 5+6 (Alex, looking exasperated then holding her head)
Alex: Which I did anyway, because: childhood trauma! It’s all in Eiji’s fucking book.
Imogen: 🤔🤔🤔 … 😲🤯💡
Fake dating! We’ll say we’re together! Right here right now! That’ll show them your reputation can change! Let’s go, ✨babe✨ 😘
Or…
Practice romantic cohabitation! I can be the guinea pig, you can act like I’m your girlfriend (since I’m already your housemate)! Think of it as a “living together test-run!” I can give helpful feedback 😊
Or…
Simple reassurance! You haven’t wrecked anything with me, and I’ve been there [X number of weeks/months]! You’ve been nothing but lovely and wonderful! My kids and I are just as real as anyone else who would live with you ❤️🫂
Oof I can’t imagine facing this shit through your sibling writing a book about it.
Ohhhh Alex, bb. Confronting your internal emotional landscape in the glittering concert hall after a successful performance is such a rollercoaster. You deserve a nap.
Ok but also “she wanted to be the one to get me” is not at all the same as “she wanted me” and you deserve better.
Ah, is Eiji her brother?
This is a rough position to be in.
YEP. There was a chapter where they climbed a mountain together on New Year’s Day and scattered their parents’ ashes and talked about it. You probably wanna start about here:
http://motherlovercomic.com/comic/c0703/