What the hell now? It's like the definition got screwed up....

There, that's better.

No it isn't...

It looks fine to me; sure it wasn't your browser just stopped loading it partway through the interlacing?

It looks great to me.

oooh.. Zig-Zag as his shrink? ;o

she wouldn't make anything on me shrink

Therapist, not shrink. As in, psychiatrist.

i know... but the pun was worth it

Should I be worried? More worried?

Noooo... don't be worried about her.

Remember that this is a flashback.

aw come on. Nobody is a rape wreck cuz of touch. If he were touched by justin bieber, well, that's some problem. O.o

This is not about sex. This is not a rape trauma.

But I'll explain it more in the next page (I think most people know this, anyway).

Someone who has repressed their entire sexuality because they are gender dysmorphic and is completely overwhelmed by their first true sexual experience needs to talk through it. It's not rape, it's just a whole lot of repression.

id love to see where this goes

Great icon you have there.

Having someone to talk to is good, and no matter how well-meaning friends and family are, sometimes, they just don't compare to someone who really KNOWS what they're doing. (I'm also glad you eschewed the stereotypical couch in favor of chairs.)

And Zig Zag? Now that's interesting! I'm just imagining an alternate world now where her own life went differently and where she ended up in a different profession - I'm sure she'd be good at it.

Interesting how they're both barefoot in the last panel.

Yes, that was intentional. That world is footwear-optional, but there are few people who never wear shoes. Especially when it rains.

But the barefoot thing is of course about opening up.

Aye, I thought so - the combat boots he was wearing before seemed very much like a symbol of protecting yourself against the world.

She very much seems like a worried mother in the last panel, too. It must be very difficult at times for therapists to keep their professional distance - it's a fine line to walk, and it'll take an emotional toll on you when you have to do it, too. I'm less concerned for her, of course (you don't enter this line of work if you haven't learned how to handle this), but I'm really hoping that he'll heal, as it were.

Of course, already knowing what the future has in store for him makes that a bit of an academic exercise, too. Oh well, I'm still crossing my claws for him.

(And I really have to applaud you for your ability to put so much emotion into your pictures and make viewers connect with the scenes and the characters so much. I can't think of a single other artist off the top of my head who can match that.)

That is actually incredibly flattering.

I so know how this was like,now I feel lot better thanks to opening up

I am glad to hear that. ^_^

I'm curious if that Egyptian picture means something.

That was well-picked-up on.

That's not Anubis.

I think that his dad had a darned good idea.
And - porn is always fun!

WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! Hold on a second! Zig Zag is a doctor? Since when?
Is this happening before or after she became a porn star?

Alternate universe.

This is in fact an alternate universe of a well-known and popular (dare I say cult) webcomic.

cracking him open. hope the therapy helps.