Page 43. The things you discover when you read.
Convention update! I will be traveling to Boise, Idaho to be a exhibitors at Library Comic Con from August 26 – 27. This show is shaping up to be a lot of fun with some really rad guests, so if you’re in that part of the country come say hello!
I’m heading to Oregon for the week to view the big solar eclipse, but there will be a regular update scheduled for next Monday. See you then!
I’m trying to visualize pellets of solid hydrogen and my brain just seizes up every time… still not as bad as asploding tho…
Oh my Golly!
So is Sulla already changing to be a girl or hasn’t asked yet? I ask because Brendan hasn’t used any pronouns, and Sulla does seem a little older than 13 and already more feminine than how she appeared in older pictures of her 13 year old self.
I don’t think Sully would need to slowly transform; they could change her body quickly. I think she knows something is not right and figures asking for flight is fun, interesting, exciting… And has less emotional baggage than asking to change presentation. Though if you’re synthetic I bet there’s a lot of bleed over in body mods and trans feelings. I bet Sulla will ask to change her body when the flight is tested and completed, maybe before install.
She looks about 12 here to me. She was six in the birthday shot, and she gets changed every 3 years. I’m going to guess she gets an upgrade sooner than planned. Perhaps after they perfect flight?
that would fit narratively so i am guessing you are right about the upgrade after they perfect flight
My thought is maybe BEFORE they perfect flight. Because imperfect flight gives a good reason to change chassis early.
Oh my GOD please do not explode yourself small child……
I love Sulla so dang much, A+ kiddo
“…I see I need to have another stern chat with Aunt GLaDOS.”
“But Brendannn, it’s for SCIENCE!”
These sorts of expository details tend to foreshadow unpleasant firings of the chekov’s gun :/
I think Sulla has always been into experimentation and body modding, and this will come up a lot.
*clears throat* Trans Humanish.
omg thats just like how Al and Brendan used to talk about their work ;-;
Sulla backward would be Al_lus; hmmm.
Getting close to time, and a decision point of puberty.
Will Brendan have much input, or let Sulla decide (with guided research)?
I bet you Brendan is wishing that Sulla would ask for something simple like a tattoo.
have we found out yet what Brendan has been calling this child?
“Sulla” was the name of a man in History (although a family name — Roman general, hence Titus’ joke about their names), so it might have always been Sulla. If not, considering how many trans people really dislike the whole deal cis people make about dead names (“birth” names), I doubt it’ll ever be stated in the comic. It would be interesting to know if Brendan had picked something like “Al” ofc, but we don’t really need to know, do we?
(…… and only now am i realizing that “Sulla” ends with reversed “al”)
That last panel… I love her so much, sunshine…
God, I love Sulla so much. She’s too fucking adorable <3
exploded. *laughs* And I adore how she has a response.
HAHAHAHA!!!! And I thought it was going to be the gender change!
I guess being able to fly is definitely more important! XD
this is actually really relatable as a trans person. I thought this was less about we all thought she was going to talk about gender with Brendan and more about this was an easier topic to breach. Sure, Sulla’s interested in both but even pre-transition you still feel the need to prove that you’re the same person and not defined by your gender or transness. This is more of a “she’s still her” even though Brendan doesn’t know yet that she is a her
At least, those are my thoughts
Ahh, this is the start of Sulla’s ability to fly!
Comments on the previous page: oh no, she’s having the gender-bends already poor baby trans :(
Sulla on this page: I WANNA FLY :D
She’s such a great character haha! And Brendan is a good dad.
Well naturally. This is a strange alternate universe where hydrogen vehicles succeeded rather than electric; obviously their hydrogen storage is better than their batteries.
Okay, I’ll admit it: didn’t expect her to ask for this. But super cute! And Brendan’s calling her ‘sweetheart’!!!
ahh, a sudden new topic that is definitely not to distract myself from Unrelated Feelings Of Unease…
“I’m having a growing feeling there’s something missing in me, some component I can’t fathom but as long as it isn’t installed my life is incomplete.”
“Well, you’re young, there’s much that could still change in your body and your mind, if we think it through carefully and earnestly I’m sure we can figure out what’s ailing -”
“Rocket legs!”