Pinned Bluesky post about the personal situation

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I originally wrote a standard comedic "Sarah, the least powerful one there, is intimidating" response.

Which works when paired with a lot of characters, but not Jay. Prior to realizing what she might have been asking someone to reveal about themselves, Jay only holds her tongue because of the social situation she's in.

I ALSO originally wrote "oh carp" at the end of panel two, but that didn't feel right for Jay, either. She did say "holy carp forks" once when surprised by Grace (delivering pizza to their party), but for reasons that elude me, I'm fine with that.

Seriously, "oh-carp" here feels out of character, whereas "holy carp forks" feels in-character, and I cannot tell you why. I'm going entirely by gut feelings on this. I'm guessing it's something to do with the context and flow of the latter, but I'm still not sure.

Revenge of the shoulder the reckoning

The day I finished working on this comic, my drawing shoulder was bothering me. Fortunately for me, I'd sketched it the day before, so I wasn't starting with anything close to a blank canvas with this ten panel page.

Granted, as far as ten panel pages go, this one wasn't so bad in terms of amount to do. It's more like a seven panel page, really, in terms of what's shown.

Now, if it was ten panels, and every panel averaged two characters per panel? THAT would've been a "what am I even doing to myself" situation.

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- Thursday EGSNP