I genuinely loved the lively commentary from everyone on the last page! Yeah, Alex isn’t acting her best right now, but a little bit of conflict is good! Both in a burgeoning relationship and in a good story. 🙂
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Alex, downcast)
Alex: I didn’t mean it like that.
Panel 2 (overlapping the first; large freestanding image of an introspecting Imogen)
Imogen: But you did mean it. Do you pity me for being where I am in life? …why is it so easy for everyone to treat me like shit? Is it… something about me? Do I put out an aura that makes people want to take advantage of me?
Imogen: Is it so bad to want a simple, kind life? To take care of my family? When my boyfriend left me alone with Lu, I never thought my life was over. Not even once. I was all-in for her, from square one. I loved that she was my everything.
Imogen: And Jonathan? I thought he was perfect – kind, and stable, and he wanted to be… man and wife, you know? To support me. That’s the dream for someone like me. And now all I can think is… was he just looking for someone gullible to serve him while he screwed around?
Panel 3 (Imogen grabs her hair, exclaiming)
Imogen: Was I just a target? I can’t think like that, I’ll go crazy! It had to have been love at some point, right?!
Yay, more Lu representation!
Yes, there it is, that’s the monologue I was hoping for. 😁 Not just as an immediate response to the previous page, but a statement that hearkens back to the comic that inspired this whole (amazing) series. Externalizing all of that doubt and addressing all of that criticism, both internal and external, about being that kind of mother and/or wife. It feels so, so good to see this out there now, and it’s being done so well. 🥰
I am glad Imogen isn’t just letting it slide off of her, both since A. we’re getting a lot of wonderful introspection from her, and B. Alex needs to experience consequences for her tantrum behavior to a degree to be reminded how to treat people.
As for what Imogen’s saying about Jonathan, it’s the same thing I’ve asked myself tons of times about a few of my exes.
Heck yeah, Imogen! So awesome seeing her stand up for yourself and putting *her* needs to the forefront for once. I hope Alex feels really guilty after this and gives a good apology to her and Nolan. I hope she really thinks about how her behavior and actions effect other people.
*herself
Alex not being at her best, was still her being honest. She just wasn’t being nice about it. I get that, being nice all the time is well hard work for some of us. It’s not that we hold others in contempt all the time. Not even some of the time, but when we see what we percieve as stupidity or foolish behaviour, its like nails down a chaulk board. It’s really hard to paste that smile on your face and say “that’s nice” or “its ok”.
I know what that makes me…unpopular at best, but I’m honest with everyone, and I’m even harder on myself.
Oh my god YES she deserves to speak and at least try to explain how Alex’s standoffish and cold attitude can affect people and how she’s not the only person to experience bad things. I can’t wait to find out how she answers ^^
Go Imogen! Alex gets a pass since she’s clearly not in a good place, but man it’s nice to Imogen let some of that fire out.