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This arc is a good time to remember that Wren is very much influenced by Mo of DTWOF: she’s in the wrong and we love her.
Speaking of stuff I love, I have been kind of obsessed with Adam WarRock for a few weeks now. I listen to him when I’m making comics, and when I’m getting ready for work, and one of his songs is stuck in my head pretty much all the time! Tonight I’ve been listening to this mixtape (which isn’t really that nerdy, just great) on repeat.If you like Riot Nrrd, you may want to start with this here track (if you read SUPER #1, it will not be surprising that I started crushing out on the line “I often wonder woman/if they’re feeling your power girl”). He has a lot of free music, but you should also think about buying something from him, because giving money directly to artists is kind of my favorite thing about the internet!
ANYWAY: thanks for reading.
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↓ TranscriptSAM: Hey, how did it go with Candice?
WREN: As awkward as you might have imagined. More so. And she - uh - he’s going by Charlie now. And he.
SAM: Oh. Well, good for him. Did you talk about where you two stand?
WREN: That’s it?
SAM: What’s it?
WREN: “Good for himâ€.
SAM: Yeah. I guess so?
MARIA: Hey all, I brought the coffee.
WREN: Maria, my ex just came out to me as a dude and Sam is acting like I just told her it’s Thursday.
MARIA: Oh, right. How did the date go with Charlie today?
WREN: Whoa, wait, you knew?
MARIA: Sure, since yesterday. He’s crashing at my place until he heads back west.
WREN: Ok, I’m going to need you both to be less well-adjusted immediately.
Did Sam get a haircut? She looks really good!
I am kind of like Wren. I want someone – just ONE person – to gasp and say “What??” when I reveal something I just learned. Even if they already knew it. I try to be that person for my friends.
Aw, Wren. Go ahead and have your freakout. In private, where Charlie doesn’t have to watch. And then dust yourself off and go be supportive to your ex.
I know she’s in the wrong but I have to admit if an ex (or someone I had loved in any capacity) went away and came back as the opposite sex..well I wouldn’t freak out but I would have a “Guh? But…but I thought I knew you! I thought we had no secrets THIS IS COMING OUT OF LEFT FIELD!” moment…mostly in my head but I would have to talk it out with a safe third party. Not because I couldn’t be supportive but I would feel like I was a bad friend/lover/parent/child not to have known before.
Still that would be my issue and I wouldn’t get my freak out all over the person revealing it. Because that’s not cool.
Oh geeze I forgot most of the world is cis (and binary!) and wouldn’t think that this is entirely a normal thing.
I kinda love how Wren is turning to MARIA with her “Can you believe how nonchalant Sam is being?” stuff. Like, maybe not the most sympathetic audience there for your trans freak-out, Wren.
On a related note: I am really, really glad my high school boyfriend has not found me on Facebook thus far.
Sam’s hair is so DIFFERENT. I am in such shock! Different! So different! I think I like her bangs, though.
I like the last line a lot. In the wrong, but with self-awareness.
(Please, pretty please, can I isolate that bottom right-hand corner as an image?)