SSSHH SHHH oh god it’s Wednesday again, this was totally up a few hours ago.
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Imogen leans in to Alex while Alex groans)
Imogen: That’s not bad! You’ll be on your feet by Halloween! And luckily, you have your own live-in nursing student!
Alex: Noooo, you were finally focusing on your school! You keep doing your own thing, I’ll manage on my own.
Panel 2 (More of Alex and Imogen talking, pulled back a little more)
Imogen: Eight weeks is a long time! How are you going to get Nolan ready for school, or walk Pika?
Alex: I can pay someone to do that.
Imogen: Don’t be silly! I’m here anyway, you may as well let me help you.
Panel 3 (textless; Alex watches with discontent as Imogen, in the foreground, accepts rehab pamphlets from the doctor)
Nursing school, huh? Imogen, tell Alex this’ll look good on your resume!
Speaking as a recovering control freak: ooh, this is going to be tough for everybody.
Can’t wait for the next time someone assumes Imogen is Alex’s girlfriend or partner, though!
Aww, I love them both so much. I think both are making good points, and I wouldn’t want Imogen defaulting to a caretaker roll when she was finally able to focus on herself either. But Alex, we’re a social creature. We all need to receive care, and requring suport isn’t the same thing as Johnathan’s willful incompetence. I had to learn in my adult life that sometimes people WANT to be there for you, and the kindest thing you can do is let them. Can’t wait to see how this situation unfolds.
I love that this is the equivalent to “there is one bed…”, only now it’s “Oops, now I’ve got to take care of you.”
I feel so bad for her broken leg 😔 But I’m wondering will she be getting a cast or sticking with the boot? Cause from personal experience I had the cast before I got an orthopedic boot.
It depends on the break, and the doctor! Both a cast and a boot can be used for a break.
True!! Both can be used for a break!! It is ultimately bout what happens. If does end up getting a cast I think it’ll be cool!
Oooh, Alex is going to have a hard time with realizing that her worth is not directly related to her usefulness. (I know, I’ve also been the Favorite Child, and that ish runs deep.) I’m glad she’s been reading Eiji’s book and her relationship with him is better, because I think that’s going to be a big part of her navigating this time of allowing herself to be taken care of.
Now I wanna see Alex watching Encanto with Nolan and silently wondering why this colorful movie for children is making her Feel Things. “I’m pretty sure I’m worthless if I can’t be of service…”
It’s been more than a week
Me when an update is late “I hope Lindsay is ok 🥺”
Same!
I’m good! A peek behind the veil is that the autopost for this week didn’t trigger, and by the time I realized it, I felt it was too late to post it – most people only check the site on Wednesdays, so if I double-posted, they’d miss a week and be confused. Things should be set for this week.
Makes sense, glad you’re ok!
Thanks for letting us know!
Wednesday again… is everything okay? I know you’re prepping to travel, so I get it, but I worry about people!
It went up! THIS time, it was just set a few hours later than usual. c.c I am on PST!