Yeah, I'd say this hits the nail on the head. I know exactly how you feel.

c: Thanks Hedoro- posting this, it's kind of comforting to know so many people can relate to it.

I'll be honest this feeling is often what causes me to break down in most friendships, it's difficult, and yet it never feels like there will be anybody there when I'm finally at a point where I need them.

So seeing that feeling visualized, iunno, I feel a bit better I guess? Knowing I'm not the only one, though at the same time it feels bad because that means you have to deal with it too, which I empathize with. Augh brain make sense plz.

tl;dr my brain is a rambling moron.

I understand how you feel completely, and it's a fear I've often had myself- there's a lot of self-doubt when it comes to these things, and I always find myself wondering- "Am I nothing but a fair-weather friend? Am I selfish for feeling this way?" It really is comforting to know others have felt the same way, but you're right- at the same time it makes me a bit sad because I know others are going through a hard time.

It's so hard, and there's never an easy way to tell. I guess sometimes you just have to think hard, and ask yourself if the friendship is mutually beneficial, is this just a tough patch or is it a clear and steady decline? Does this person have an overwhelmingly negative effect on me? Do you find yourself dreading conversations with them? Do you feel an abnormal amount of anxiety or sadness or guilt after speaking with them?

I guess only you can decide if continued contact with a person is worth it- it's not your job to play therapist for people, and you can't fix everyone. You just have to have faith that even if you can't help that person, there will be someone in their life who can. IDK, it's a tough case-by-case thing. :<

You already know how much I love this, it holds a lot of weight. I'm really glad you got around to finishing it <3

U uU Thank you Sam- like I said to Dec on the first page, I don't think I'd have finished it if it weren't for you two cheering me on! <3

Oh man this really hit home, and the monochrome just makes it stronger. u_u

:> Thanks dude... I don't really know what to say, but I'm happy I'm getting a solid emotional response from it. When I was first sketching out this comic I was feeling so stressed and overwhelmed- I think it helped a lot to get it drawn out.

all of my tears.

THESE COMICS WERE SO DEEP.

In all honesty I think everyone could relate to this, and it hit me hard, really pulled at my heart.

; U; Ahhhh gosh thank you Hawthornish! I really wanted to make something intensely emotive, something that clearly said how I felt- I'm really happy I seemed to succeed on that point!
Thanks so much <3

Golly this was adorable and sad and I get the feeling it was also really personal and stuff.

the expressions were great. The thing that sunk into the mire was suitably creepy and still made me feel really sorry for it and wish it was possible to help it.

the shading in the last panel seems a bit awkward though- it looks a bit too much like you used the gradient tool idk.

5/5 this was great

:> Thank you Hedgehodge! I'm glad all those things showed through here- it really was some intensely personal stuff. I don't tend to make a lot of stuff I connect to in this way, so it was a pretty intense experience getting it done.

I really tried very hard on the expression- Faux is not an easy character to emote, but I think I managed to do pretty okay and got in some great practice on drawing expressions on birds! I'm also glad the creature was as sympathetic as it was eerie, I was hoping it would come off that way. :D

I think you do have a point about that last panel- I use Sai so there isn't a gradient there, but I might have over-used my airbrush and could have stood to put a little more time trying to paint it. I'd already spent so long on this series though, I was just dying to see it done. XD Out of the three pages, I feel the third was definitely the weakest and wasn't as well-thought out as the others, but I was running out of steam.

u Uu But yes thank you dude! I appreciate you took the time to leave me such a detailed comment! <3

I'm actually surprised people can make birds emote at all. I've certainly never been very good at it.