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Page 27. I have also written a brief author’s note on my Tumblr about Al and Sulla’s relationship that I hope this page help clears up a bit.
O Human Star
by Blue Delliquanti
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Page 27. I have also written a brief author’s note on my Tumblr about Al and Sulla’s relationship that I hope this page help clears up a bit.
Oh, Sulla.
This page is really lovely but it also really hurts. D:
Re: the tumblr post, I think it’s one thing to be told you pass really well by a complete stranger, and another to be told, as an objective evaluation, by another version of your self. Every trans person is different, coming from different situations and with different personal sensitivities, and no one character can represent all of them… I think Sulla’s just fine.
For the current page, I can definitely relate. I think you’re doing an awesome job.
That’s probably also the reason why Al didn’t want to show in public his relationship with Brendan… Not because he was ashamed or anything… but because he doesn’t like having to answer questions and being ask thing that concern only him.
Ohhhhhhh, so THAT’S what she meant by safe. Poor Sulls. The parallels to being transgender keep piling up…
It must be really hard for her knowing that she isn’t human, is a transgendered and was made in the image of her father’s lover. It must be really tough being a transgendered android with a weird reason for being alive.
I dunno if to laugh or cry
Sulla, it’s hard.
It’s hard being a transgender gynoid who’s an amnesiac copy of her creator’s lover.
It’s hard and nobody understands.
I juts discovered this webcomic today and I really, really love it. I love all the characters and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for them! Your style is also very gorgeous, very expressive. Keep it going!
jeez.
it looks like sulla did a roundhouse palm thrust, doesn’t it?
the only thing missing is a set of :: swoosh :: lines to depict the velocity of the lass’s sudden fierce attack.
UNCOMFORTABLE PARALLELS.
Beautifully done page is beautifully done.
SYMBOLISM! :D
Brilliant execution :)
I’m glad you are responding to the comments Blue. I want to let you know that in the long run, I hope you do not let comments shape your story, because after all it is your story. You may get some details right or wrong, but as your readers we should be willing to understand it.
Put off, sure, we should be put off by some things because we will never all disagree with everything somebody else (anybody else) states. Just keep that in mind for the future because like Eren said, I think you’re doing a fantastic job. If it weren’t your story, I wouldn’t have wanted to read it in the first place.
God, it’s a parrallel with everything that is normally ostracised. Not only the trans universe, but also everything else. I love this. It’s said in such a general way that anyone can relate, either they categorise themselves as trans or queers or nothing at all. Really good job on that one darling.
Yeah, Al, you know that feeling, don’t you?
they have so much in common<3 but what else did you expect? XD
God, both as a human and specifically as a trans* woman, this page hit me in the heart so hard it hurts. I can’t tell you how much I know what she’s feeling, especially about the questions, the constant questions.
This page makes my heart hurt a little. Man, Sulla is just great. Both of them are. <3 thank you for sharing, Blue!
*sigh*
This.
I never felt the need to ask questions when my friends came out. I just want them to be happy.
I c wat u did thar.
No really, this is great. :D
This is such a fascinating and really beautiful story so far. This page really resonates for me in several ways- thinking of my GLBT friends, and some aspects of my own life. I’m interested to see how this story and the characters develop. Thanks for putting it out there to be seen!
OH MY GOSH THIS COMIC IS AMAZING.
I sincerely regret having read the entire thing in one sitting. I can’t wait for more.
I like what you’re doing here, just FYI, with the whole “passing” thing.
Wow. You get it. Thank you!
I also found this comic via Tumblr and also read the whole thing in one sitting. Brilliant <3
Oh man, this page. I feel like this is a page I will keep coming back to. Sulla, you are hurting my heart but it is a good hurt and I thank you for it. And Blue, for sharing this beyond beautiful comic with us.
Oh Sulla, I know exactly how you feel.
Blue, this is heartbreaking– Sulla is the most amazing kid but I am aching for Al here– that panel is like, things crystallizing for Al about why he hid from the world until he was forty, and you have the exact same expression as when Brendan suggested he was trans and when Brendan fixed the ballerina– that fear/shock/recognition. Faslkdfja this comic is so, so, good.
I really appreciate that while there are some really interesting ‘passing as human’ vs ‘passing as your identified gender’ parallels here, the synthetic character in question is still -also- trying to pass as a lady. Like, I really, really like that. I feel like a lot of times scifi tries to present analogies while shying away too hard from the actual issue they’re trying to make reference to, and this is so much more… idk, affirming.
Seriously. Thank you. <3
What I love most about this page is not only does it relate to the surface concern of Sulla’s desire to pass as human, but it also feels like it relates to Al’s being in the closet. That second-to-last panel where Al’s having that moment of realization feels like he must’ve said those same exact words to himself when he realized he wasn’t completely straight for the first time. Maybe he had a crush before he started his relationship with Brendan, but he never did anything about the crush, but given Al’s willingness to talk to himself into or out of things, I can see him telling his reflection those words. :(
Even before the revelations later in the comic, this page resonates SO profoundly.
Rereading this after i’ve read the ending makes this hit differently 🥺
Even being transgender myself, I think I don’t understand Sulla’s fear. She wants people to think she’s “normal”, i.e. a human born of man and woman, sure, nothing wrong with that, since most people consider robots to be subhuman or inhuman. Very relatable. I get my personhood blatantly dismissed a lot just by telling people I’m autistic, and that doesn’t usually get the level of actively hateful response as being trans.
But Sulla should have figured out those people who’d judge her character for the circumstances of her birth are not worthwhile. They can be dismissed, unless they’re posing an immediate physical threat. Their opinions don’t matter. Putting your honest self out there in front of people will quickly let you know if they are people you want in your life or not. Being nervous about being rejected is obviously a factor, but it cannot just stop you from trying. And I think she would know that.
Makes me wonder if introversion is genetic. . .