Having Ethan as a subconcious personification is scary indeed.
Last edited 2 months ago by Urainkhali
Robert
2 months ago
Just came here to say bwaaahahaha did not see that coming. Today I dreamt of having a Games Workshop store and hating each and every customer. Why? How? I don´t even played that for 20+ years now.
Funny cause when I was 28 I went into a Games Workshop and was interested in buying a set to start up but the snobby store clerks who laughed at me when I said is it required to paint them and another clerk who was eyeing up my partner been the only woman in the shop at the time put me off games workshop for life
GUNnibal
2 months ago
“…being unloveable” – I wonder if this is a hint at something in Lucas’ past. I’m no shrink, but this feels like an echo of some kind of trauma that’s still stuck in his subconscious.
And to not make it necessarily or accurately a man thing, women also worry about unloveable. It’s a human thing.
Reso
2 months ago
Oh my god, panel 1 reminds me so much of shojo/yaoi manga. Absolutely perfect.
Jedi
2 months ago
There is the last panel missing where Ethan says “shhh shhh shhhh shhhhh, quiet now” and boxes lucas in his ethernal prison 🙂
Soeroah
2 months ago
You’re a good friend, Ethan
Bakamoichigei
2 months ago
Oh my god, lol… These last two pages are giving me flashbacks to the Will Wright interview where he just deadpan says how interesting it is that people choose to torture and kill their Sims, describing it as users “Exploring the failure states“.
Well, on the one hand…. yikes. On the other hand, we don’t often get a pre-vis of what’s coming in our real lives and a tool that helps us prepare for a range of things *could* (in some ways) prepare oneself, although I’m hoping not by concluding ‘apathy to other humans’ is the lesson to learn. I know when I’ve got something big and unpleasant that could be on the close horizon, my brain kicks into the possible serious failure modes and then the possible responses and mitigations. On the one hand, I feel lousy heading into one of these… Read more »
Orodrim
2 months ago
One of the funniest pieces you have made in long time, love Ethan nightmare sims combined with relationship drama
Phaet
2 months ago
I don’t quite understand what Lucas problem is. That relationship stuff is hard to comprehend if you’ve never been in one (not even tried to be). But there’s deleting doors and windows so… yay 😀
He really wants to be in a relationship with this guy, but their jobs are opposites and would cause problems unless Lucas lies to Ben forever, which he also doesn’t want to do. And apparently he has some issues from a past relationship, which may be contributing.
7eggert
2 months ago
Useful nonsense if it makes you realize that it’s just a dream
Crestlinger
2 months ago
Claustrophobia Acquired! Will now seek Any Direction out if trapped.
Erandipiti
2 months ago
Oh god! That was so unexpected and still felt so logical
notme
2 months ago
Aw man, I really thought the dream would turn sexy where he gets handcuffed for being too handsome or something, but nooooo, anxieeetyyyyyy
Gonfrask
2 months ago
From “potentially horny” dream to trauma in just three panels
kaladorn
2 months ago
Welcome to the real (within the comic) world. Hard stuff never comes at you in dribs and drabs and when it arrives, its overwhelming.
I guess, if you survive those moments and learn a bit more on the way, you’re a bit toughened or at least are a bit more resilient for the next thing that comes along.
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Having Ethan as a subconcious personification is scary indeed.
Just came here to say bwaaahahaha did not see that coming. Today I dreamt of having a Games Workshop store and hating each and every customer. Why? How? I don´t even played that for 20+ years now.
PTSD – Post Tabletop Stress Dysfunction
Funny cause when I was 28 I went into a Games Workshop and was interested in buying a set to start up but the snobby store clerks who laughed at me when I said is it required to paint them and another clerk who was eyeing up my partner been the only woman in the shop at the time put me off games workshop for life
“…being unloveable” – I wonder if this is a hint at something in Lucas’ past. I’m no shrink, but this feels like an echo of some kind of trauma that’s still stuck in his subconscious.
To be fair, this is the mindset of a lot of men.
To be fair, we have a lot of trauma.
And to not make it necessarily or accurately a man thing, women also worry about unloveable. It’s a human thing.
Oh my god, panel 1 reminds me so much of shojo/yaoi manga. Absolutely perfect.
There is the last panel missing where Ethan says “shhh shhh shhhh shhhhh, quiet now” and boxes lucas in his ethernal prison 🙂
You’re a good friend, Ethan
Oh my god, lol… These last two pages are giving me flashbacks to the Will Wright interview where he just deadpan says how interesting it is that people choose to torture and kill their Sims, describing it as users “Exploring the failure states“.
Well, on the one hand…. yikes. On the other hand, we don’t often get a pre-vis of what’s coming in our real lives and a tool that helps us prepare for a range of things *could* (in some ways) prepare oneself, although I’m hoping not by concluding ‘apathy to other humans’ is the lesson to learn. I know when I’ve got something big and unpleasant that could be on the close horizon, my brain kicks into the possible serious failure modes and then the possible responses and mitigations. On the one hand, I feel lousy heading into one of these… Read more »
One of the funniest pieces you have made in long time, love Ethan nightmare sims combined with relationship drama
I don’t quite understand what Lucas problem is. That relationship stuff is hard to comprehend if you’ve never been in one (not even tried to be). But there’s deleting doors and windows so… yay 😀
He really wants to be in a relationship with this guy, but their jobs are opposites and would cause problems unless Lucas lies to Ben forever, which he also doesn’t want to do. And apparently he has some issues from a past relationship, which may be contributing.
Useful nonsense if it makes you realize that it’s just a dream
Claustrophobia Acquired! Will now seek Any Direction out if trapped.
Oh god! That was so unexpected and still felt so logical
Aw man, I really thought the dream would turn sexy where he gets handcuffed for being too handsome or something, but nooooo, anxieeetyyyyyy
From “potentially horny” dream to trauma in just three panels
Welcome to the real (within the comic) world. Hard stuff never comes at you in dribs and drabs and when it arrives, its overwhelming.
I guess, if you survive those moments and learn a bit more on the way, you’re a bit toughened or at least are a bit more resilient for the next thing that comes along.